Research Homework

  Identify a teaching professional or a related service provider in the area of special education you may know. Talk about his or her experience in special education and about what it is like to work in the special education field. Compare your expectations of a career in special education with the experiences of the…

  This discussion focuses on the competency “Implement developmentally appropriate and culturally responsive practices” and the transferable skills of communication and diversity, equity, and inclusion. Keep in mind the issues and topics discussed. Consider what you believe about them and what you want to learn more about still as you complete each discussion. You are…

  Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:  Share an experience that you have had with assessment, either as a student or as an educator. Describe how the experience made you feel. Consider both positive and negative emotions.  Explain how that experience reflects something you learned in this week’s readings. 

 Students may argue about fairness and ask why a student with special education needs is treated differently regarding behavioral discipline, accommodations, etc. Review the “Beyond F.A.T. City:  Look Back, Look Ahead-Conversation about Special Education,” focusing on the “Fairness in the Classroom’ section. Consider the statement, “Fair is not always equal.” Discuss how you, as a…

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, IIHS (Links to an external site.), states on their site that “Providing adequate yellow signal time is important and can reduce crashes. Studies have shown that increasing yellow timing to values associated with guidelines published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers can significantly decrease the frequency of red light violations…

What do you know about assessment that you did not know before? Can you clearly articulate the importance of assessment in early childhood practice? For this discussion, you will look back at the many elements of assessment and determine seven points that you feel every early childhood educator should consider when looking at assessment and…