Peabody College Teaching and Learning: Recent submissions
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-29)The purpose of this paper is to argue for the implementation of an education program that is effective at preventing mental disorders and promoting mental wellness. This interdisciplinary paper between the fields of ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-14)This paper addresses the argument that algebra should be viewed as a civil right and mode for social justice. The framing question addressed is, “How and why is algebra a civil right?” The goal of the paper is to discuss ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-16)High percentages of racial minority and low-income high school dropouts present a growing concern for both the student and society as dropouts are likely to experience future economic instability and are more likely to ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)Literature circles have been used extensively for the past few decades at the elementary level for the purposes of increasing engagement and motivation through peer-led discussion. Some researchers, however, have found ...
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Successful Practices in Culturally Responsive Educational Programming for Immigrant and ELL Parents (Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)This paper identifies the need to improve the academic achievement of immigrant and ELL children, particularly those living in conditions of poverty and proposes to do so by increasing parental involvement in children’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-10)The world we live in today is one in which we can communicate to people on other continents instantly through Skype, Email, Facebook, and even by telephone. We have more cross-cultural encounters presently than in any other ...
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(2013-05-10)This paper is a discussion of the intuitive biological thought processes that interfere with the understanding of evolution, mainly essentialism and teleology. I compare the aspects of these thought processes with Darwin’s ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)This portfolio demonstrates my comprehensive understanding of the teaching of English language learners (ELLs). In my Philsophy of Teaching, I elaborate on my beliefs on how to help students thrive in a foreign language ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-25)Research on effective teaching in the clinical years of medical school lacks robust educational theory. The medical education literature contains a variety of models to guide clinical teachers in their practice, however ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-04-16)This is my capstone portfolio for the ELL strand. The portfolio consists of three parts which are 1) philosophy of teaching, 2) artifact introduction, and 3) reflection. In the philosophy of teaching, I discuss what my ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)The portfolio here I present is my theoretical and practical understanding for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are four parts in my portfolio: my teaching philosophy, introduction for the artifacts, ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-02-28)This paper examines the current research and theories that can help those teaching the third Mathematical Practice in the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics. Driven by a Constructivist approach to learning, the two ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-07-15)For decades, research has shown that traditional grammar instruction taught in isolation in secondary English language arts classrooms is ineffective in both improving student writing and also in grammar recognition. ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-09-15)This paper investigates the process and benefits of Readers Theater in order to determine its usefulness within a variety of instructional settings. It discusses ways that Readers Theater has been implemented in real ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06)In recent years, theorists have begun to explore the ways in which the narratives our children read influence the democratic ideals we wish to impart. In a nation so stratified along both racial and socioeconomic lines ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)Like all people, adolescent members of racial, linguistic, and socio-economic class minorities are in possession of norms and values from their home cultures that influence how they see and act in the world. Unlike those ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2012-06-15)Zero tolerance policies that mandate expulsion for a variety of student behaviors have become extremely prevalent in almost all schools today. These policies originated as federal law in the 1980s and transitioned into the ...