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Teaching & Learning Electromagnetism through Agent-Based Modeling
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03-01)
Restructuring Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Programs for the Urban School Context
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03)
This capstone proposes a restructured pre-service teacher preparation program aimed at
better preparing pre-service teachers to respond to unfamiliar communities and cultures
encountered in the urban school context ...
English Language Learners Capstone Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03-01)
The following document includes a collection of Artifacts that demonstrate my ability to meet the needs of English Language Learners. I prove my knowledge of language acquisition and appropriate language teaching by providing ...
Capstone ESL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03-01)
This ESL Portfolio reflects all I have learned from two-year study in English Language Learners program, Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. I combine academic study during different courses with a variety of practices ...
Project Strong: Empowerment through Health Education for Elementary-school Girls in a Pakistani Public School
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-03)
For my capstone experience, I designed a project-based learning (PBL) unit for implementation as an after-school enrichment program in an urban, low-income girls’ public school in Karachi, Pakistan, specifically, Government ...
Play as a Model for the Middle Grades
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)
Play in the lives of children of all ages is on the decline. This decline is even more dramatic in the middle grades, as in this context, play is almost non-existent and has been replaced with a rise in negative qualities ...
Neoliberalism & Critical Adult Literacy Education: Impact and Implications
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-07-18)
Discussions about education tend to revolve around K-12 schooling; adult education is generally
not a part of the conversation even though it was an incubator of social change and progress at
many points in history. Much ...
Designing an Intergenerational Literacy Program for Teen Parents and their Children
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-07-15)
Intergenerational literacy programs (i.e. family literacy programs) seek to raise the literacy level of both parent and child by linking their education and treating them as a learning unit. Though intergenerational ...
Where the Magic Begins: The Nexus of Commercially-Given Narratives, Pretend Play, and Literacy Learning
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016)
While research has suggested that pretend play can give children invaluable experience in
such literary practices as story ideation, creation, and renegotiation, character development, and reading and writing rehearsal, ...
Writing the Way to Reading
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2016-06-15)
This capstone examines the possibilities of writing instruction to support the reading development of young children in late preschool through early first grade who are just beginning to understand the alphabetic principle. ...