Video:  Inside Out BingBong and Saddness Watch: “Empathetic Listening” Watch VideoCommunication Skills: Empathetic Listening – Inside Out, 2015Duration: 1:46User: n/a – Added: 4/10/18 Discuss the Following Questions:  How is Sadness listening empathetically?  What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? Can you recall a time you were an empathetic listener? When and how? Do you find it easy or difficult to show empathy? Technical Requirements:  Write […]

   In the context of research, alignment and social change will be important topics to return to as you prepare for the next courses in the research sequence and continue your development as a scholar-practitioner. Consider, for example, what criteria are used in your discipline to evaluate alignment of research components. And in what way will your future research contribute to your identity as scholar-practitioner […]

   Part 1 Question 1 The statement, “Communication is a process” implies that the function of communication seldom changes. communication is ongoing and ever changing. communication is best understood as a series of step-by-step actions. communication is generally transmitted through electronic means. social systems are merely contexts in which communication occurs. Question 2 According to the text, the essential components of communication are symbols, understanding, […]

 19 hours agoMarina Whaley Master TeacherCOLLAPSE Most educators will agree that teaching and learning is very important part of our life and that we as educators need to use different approaches to promote children’s and our own learning. Learning is defined  as “an enduring change in behavior, or in the capacity to behave in a given fashion, which results from practice or other experience“. (Slavin&Schunk, […]

   Children, Families, and Communities Guidebook: Parent Message [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4] The Summative Assessment for this course includes creating a family message in which you will describe how you will apply the contents of your previously developed Children, Families, and Communities Guidebook to promote collaborative learning with the parents or guardians and families with whom you work. The purpose of your Guidebook is […]

  To create an introductory letter to send to families before the beginning of the school year and to evaluate your letter. Scenario:As a first-year teacher, you are very interested in establishing strong relationships with your children and their families. You have been conducting research on home visiting programs and have approached your director about implementing such a program in your preschool. Your director thinks […]

   Question 1) At the operating breakeven point, ________ equals zero. a. variable operating costs b. sales revenue c. earnings before interest and taxes d. fixed operating costs 2) Breakeven analysis is used by the firm a. to determine the level of operations necessary to cover all operating costs. b. to evaluate the profitability associated with various levels of sales. c. Both A and B. […]

Who is a teacher? You may quickly answer this question by saying that a teacher is an instructor. However, your teacher is a social being with several character traits in their profession that make the teacher endeared to you. Other than giving instructions, a teacher is an adviser, a director, a counselor, a defender, and an opinion leader in your life. Teaching as a service industry […]

  Play and the Curriculum There is much research that supports the use of play in early childhood, and “the science behind play, what exists, should be sufficient to argue at least for its inclusion, if not a focus, in early education.” Yet, there is tension between play and “in the face of increased pressure on literacy and mathematics, driven in part by the No Child […]

In higher education, having each faculty member develop their own syllabus alone is a practice of the past. Now, faculty are expected to collaborate with instructional designers, curriculum developers, college administration, and other faculty in order to create a curriculum that is more centralized and, often, that can be delivered in multiple modalities. In your CLC, develop a lesson plan collaboratively. Using the “COE Lesson […]