... | |Subject: |EML110 English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy | | |This subject introduces foundational concepts about language and literacy as sociocultural practices, and theories and models of language acquisition and early literacy | | |development. Students will explore contextual factors that impact language and literacy development such as cultural and linguistic diversity, and the influence of | | |globalisation and new technologies on literacy teaching and learning. Students will critically engage with English Curriculum documents to understand the intent and | | |organisation of English through the strands of language, literacy and literature. Students will develop core practices related to collecting, analysing and interpreting | | |data in order to understand children's early language and literacy experiences in a range of contexts. They will connect these experiences to pedagogical approaches that | | |support literacy learning in Years K-2. ...
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...escalating challenge in terms of cultural diversity. Ideally, cultural awareness in health care provision entails being sensitive to the different values and perceptions of members of a given community. This is because with the rise in the world population, the percentage relating to minorities has been steadily on the rise and thus the relevance of understanding the aspect of global and cultural awareness. In essence, the adoption of a culturally competent system of health care is important as this ensures that health care professionals remain sensitive to the existent differences between groups, not only in accordance to the outward behavior but also to attitudes relating to emotional events like pain, disability and depression (Christine & Karren, 2013). In this paper I will discuss the scope of global and cultural awareness in relation to the health care system by depicting the various aspects that surround the scope of global and cultural awareness. Factors of culture affecting an individual’s health status The various cultural factors that may have an impact on an individual’s health status are literacy levels, ethnicity, traditions, and health disparities. Literacy levels bear a significant influence on an individual’s health status with the issue affecting many people in the world who exhibit low levels of health literacy. Many adults demonstrate only the basic or even in some instances below-basic levels relating to prose literacy (Wawrzyniak et al., 2013). This is a major...
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...use with learners. Issues of assessment, motivation, and cultural as well as linguistic diversity will also be addressed. Offered online. EDU 669 Week 1 Assignment Culturally Responsive Instruction Culturally Responsive Instruction. You have been learning about issues of cultural and linguistic diversity and their impact on student achievement. In this assignment you are asked to use your own personal and professional experiences to write a paper analyzing and defending the use of culturally responsive teaching to support effective literacy instruction. In your analysis: Produce a research-based rationale for the use of culturally responsive teaching in literacy instruction. You must include at least Describe at least threeone scholarly source in this section; research-based techniques that educators can use to support this pedagogy. You must back your assertions with at least one scholarly source in this section; Discuss the instructional implications of this pedagogical approach. Your paper must be three-to five-pages not including the title or reference pages. It must be written in APA format per the Ashford Writing Center Guidelines with at least two scholarly resources, in addition to the course text. EDU 669 Week 2 Assignment Constructing Meaning Research Analysis Constructing Meaning: Research Analysis. As you have been learning, one key to success in literacy instruction is the use of appropriate strategies to support student learning. Select one...
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...others. All of these components come together in the overarching diversity context. An example of the diversity context is the staff at Merced Community Medical Center where Lia was being treated that had some experience with the Hmong culture, but their application and knowledge of the diversity context was still emerging at the time of the ethnography. Additionally, bilingual staff were not always available at the times the Lee’s were in the hospital. Another important aspect of healthcare is effective interprofessional practice. This allows practitioners from different disciplines to work together to provide the best care for patients. There are four areas of competency in interprofessional collaborative practice. They are values/ethics, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and teams/teamwork (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011). Each of these areas contribute to skilled interprofessional practice, which contributes to better patient outcomes. A third component of healthcare that may have contributed to the challenges faced in The Spirit… is health literacy. Health literacy has many components, including, “...the ability to read and understand text and to locate and interpret information... (print literacy); use quantitative information... (numeracy); and speak and listen effectively (oral literacy)” (Berkman, Sheridan, Donahue, Halpern, & Crotty, 2011). Poor health literacy is also linked to poor health outcomes, particularly higher rates...
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...Mirabelli feels that in most social institutions, literacy is defined by consideration of achievements and standardized tests of individuals (Mirabelli 146). Mirabelli feels that social and economic institutions, for example schools, should “consider language and literacy education in the terms of ’multiliteracies’” (Mirabelli 146). “The concept of multiliteracies supplements traditional literacy pedagogy by addressing the multiplicity of communication channels and the increasing saliency of cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today” (Mirabelli 146). By the term ‘multiliteracies,’ Mirabelli means different methods of communication; those that can extend a limited form of communication out of traditional methods to new and multiple...
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...for Review Elysia Stephens Week 11 and 12 Chapter 10 1. What is an orientation designed to do? What are the characteristics of an effective orientation? * The training model identifies the design inputs as the training needs from the TNA, the organizational constraints, and the training methods based on learning theory. For the hypothetical example, we have identified the training needs. Before determining what training methods to use, we need to consider the constraints. 2. How are organizations dealing with diversity? Are the methods effective? Why or why not? * The Bank of Montreal won the prestigious Catalyst Award for its effective diversity programs, promoted vigorously by its senior management. Then there is IBM; it developed a diversity program that resulted in an increase in black executives and female minority executives in about two years. Carrier Corp formed diversity councils in all business units. It develops diversity business cases to assist in training and has successfully increased the percentage of black people in executive positions. 3. What are the important components of an effective sexual harassment strategy? * Defining sexual harassment when it relates to a hostile environment is difficult, and care in determining what is enforceable is important. Those who develop and conduct training must not bring their own values into the training. Rather, they must present situations that are irrelevant and could quite likely lead to a...
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...Cultural Diversity in School Lekesha Fraley ELL 240 Linguistically & Culturally Diverse Learners Instructor: Ashley Simpson May 15, 2014 Connecting with families of ELLs is every bit as important as connecting with the learners themselves in the classroom (Syrja, 2011 ).Working with families is an important first step in helping children accept, understand, and value their culture in school. By creating culturally aware school-family partnerships, school systems can reduce cultural discontinuities, create diverse learning opportunities, improve ethnic and racial perceptions and attitudes, and foster interethnic friendships. Parents are a child's first teacher, and play a vital role throughout their child's formal education. Healthy relationships between home and school contribute to student achievement. Regardless of socioeconomic level, ethnic/racial background, or parents' education level, students do better academically when their families are involved in learning process (Antunez, 2000). Family and parent involvement can take many forms, from volunteering in the classroom, to setting high expectations for learning and creating a supportive learning environment at home; the more ways schools and family’s partner to support student learning, the more family involvement takes place. Family involvement is linked to higher student achievement, better attitudes toward learning, lower dropout rates, and increased community support for education--regardless of...
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...Understanding Standing Our Patient Educational Needs When Cultural Diversity Meets Healthcare MA Excelsior College Health Science Author Note This paper was prepared for HSC434: Health Literacy Issues and Solutions September 28, 2014, taught by Professor Linda Rozell-Shannon. Abstract Improving provider-patient communication to overcome cultural diversity, healthcare literacy, and improve quality healthcare for all patients. Through good communication, understanding and positive feedback. Dialogue communication is like a two-way street given and taken of information to help improve provider-patient relationship, services and knowledge. Keywords: Cultural diversity, Healthcare literacy, Communication Understanding Standing Our Patient Educational Needs When Cultural Diversity Meets Healthcare Cross Walk Content My patient is a 22-year-old Vietnamese female named Khanh Ly 9 months pregnant with her first child. Khanh Ly is new to our country and unable to speak or understand the English language her husband is an oversea oilfield worker currently working out of state. Patient currently has no family or friends to help guide her. Khanh Ly is coming to the clinic for a checkup after having sharp pains throughout the night. Not knowing anyone in the city, she picked the first clinic in the phone book. Khanh Ly enters the clinic and welcomed by Nurses Mary. Mary is the clinics nurse educator. Assessment: Mary: Hello, My name is Mary your Nurse Educator, (Point...
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...COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: SHARING KNOWLEDGES FOR PRESERVING CULTURAL DIVERSITY – Vol. II - The Impact Of Media On Literature - William Egginton and Bernadette Wegenstein THE IMPACT OF MEDIA ON LITERATURE William Egginton and Bernadette Wegenstein The Johns Hopkins University Keywords: media, media studies, media theory, history of media, new media, comparative literature Contents U SA NE M SC PL O E – C EO H AP LS TE S R S 1. Introduction 2. Current Media Theory and Media Studies 2.1. Origins of Discipline 2.2. New Media Theory 3. Historical Examples 3.1. Oral Transmission 3.2. Pictography 3.3. The Andean Khipu 3.4. Manuscript 3.5. Print 3.6. Theater 3.7. Photography 3.8. Moving Image 3.9. Radio and Television 3.10. The Digital 4. Conclusion Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketches Summary The growing consensus among literary scholars is that the meaning of literature cannot be properly studied or understood outside of the specific medium of its transmission and archival. This realization can be considered a revolution in literary studies, and its fundamental ramification is the confluence of literary studies and theory with media studies and theory. The fields of media studies and media theory are dedicated to the analysis and understanding of the myriad media through which information is communicated. Under the influence of these fields, the media through which literature is communicated is no longer considered...
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...Heather Carpenter EDUC 4025/5025 – Dr. Jennifer Lucko One of the questions that educators and policy makers have been trying to agree upon for decades is “What is the best way to teach English Language Learners (ELLs)?” This is particularly true today as the numbers of students with limited English proficiency (LEP) are increasing; about 37.4 percent of the state’s public school enrollment. ELLs face a great challenge: They must learn academic curriculum and a new language simultaneously. Some argue that it is too much to expect ELLS to learn academic content and a second language, when they have not gained literacy in their first language. Others contend ELLs students fall too far behind academically in transitional bilingual programs, and they need to learn English quickly enough and fluently enough in order to participate in academic courses in mathematics, reading/language arts, social studies, and science). In the late 1990s, bilingual education came under attack for failing to do an adequate job of developing English proficiency in ELLs in an effective and timely manner. In 1998, California voters passed Proposition 227, making it so that English language learners were to be taught “overwhelmingly in English” and would spend at least one year in Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) learning both English language development (ELD) and content instruction utilizing “specially designed academic instruction in English” (SDAIE). The goal was for Limited English...
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...The Early Years Educator Qualification is structured around four themes: Theme 1: Health and well-being Unit 1.1 (L/505/9300) Support healthy lifestyles for children through the provision of food and nutrition The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand the impact of food and nutrition on children’s health and development. Understand how food choices impact on health and development during pre-pregnancy, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Understand the nutritional needs of children. Understand the impact of poor diet on children’s health and development. Understand individuals’ dietary requirements and preferences. Be able to support healthy eating in own setting. Unit 1.2 WB (A/505/9809) Promote healthy lifestyles for children through exercise The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s need for exercise. Be able to support children’s exercise in an indoor and outdoor space Unit 1.3 WB (M/505/9810) Support physical care routines for children The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand the physical care needs of children. Be able to use hygienic practice to minimise the spread of infection. Understand rest and sleep needs of children. Understand childhood immunisation. Be able to support children in personal physical care routines. Unit 1.4 WB (T/505/9811) Promote children’s emotional well-being The learning outcomes for this unit are: Understand children’s needs in relation to emotional well-being...
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...Emily strickland Dec 13, 2015 Final assignment 1. The classroom literacy observations relates to standard 3 observing, documenting, and assessing to support young children's and families. Based on observing classroom literacy and interaction between children and teachers, a few of the key elements states that understanding the goals, benefits, and uses of assessment. Understanding and practicing responsible assessment to promote positive outcomes for each child. By evaluating the classroom and the needs of the children including interests there is an understanding of what literacy materials can be placed throughout the classroom. The 5 booklists relates to standard 1 promoting child development and learning. By understanding and applying understanding of the different books and establishing if the book is developmentally appropriate for them that can reflect both positive and negative learning. With both special topics such as death, or divorce that can be an upsetting and even hard experience to explain to a child or to go through as well as diverse topics such as culture that can show differences in background. Each book either placed on shelves, or in the library give children opportunities to engage with. The literature study relates to standard 5, using content knowledge to build meaningful curriculum. I chose this standard because designing activity plans require the ability to create developmentally appropriate practices such as activities that are meaningful,...
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...University February5, 2012 This assignment focused this writer’s attention toward the practice areas adult basic education and literacy programs at a local state college. It extends beyond five campuses and includes three educational centers. Its flexible course scheduling allows adult learners to attend multiple campuses or center at the same time. Each campus possesses the capability of preparing adult learners for an associate degree. However, core courses for many of its degree or certification programs are restricted to specific campuses. The writer identified the practice area of adult basic education and literacy programs within her department. She gathered relevant data that reflects the college’s contextual setting by providing a (1) description of the educational services; (2) its history, mission, vision, and values; (3) demographic and data; (4) the annual budget or funding; (5) methods or models of program planning and delivery; (6) recruitment and marketing strategies and processes; (7) effectiveness evaluation techniques; (8) and recommendations for improvement in educational services. 2 Introduction This writer identified several practice areas of adult basic education and literacy programs within the community and neighboring geographical areas. The campus and community site programs are affiliated with a...
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...University 101 is a college class that I feel all college students should take as a freshman. It goes into different details about settling into a college routine, talks about why college is important and many other new things that come with college. It explains that college isn’t all about sports and partying that as young adults we have that image of college in our head. College is another step in education, and in today’s society having a college degree is very important when trying to get a high paying job. Having a college degree makes living the American Dream a lot easier, and it helps you grow as an adult and teaches you leadership roles. This class also explains that college is a place for young adults to enjoy life, meet new people, and try new things. The reasons most young children are so ready to leave for college. Its going to help you know what you want in life most of all. College is for finding your purpose in life, figuring out what your good and Managing your time while in college is more valuable information that you’ll learn in this class. Learning to manage your time with all the freedom college brings is one of the hardest transitions to make. While in high school you always were reminded when your work was due and etc. In college it’s your own responsibility to know when you have work to be turned in and test. In explains ways to make managing your time easier such as knowing your goals and knowing what you have to do to achieve your goals. You also have...
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...Information Literacy With information being so readily available at the click of a button, is information literacy a necessary to tool to have and/or succeed? College students have multiple search engines, blogs, and social media sites that they obtain information from on a daily basis. These sites are the go to sites for students when completing academic work. According to Russell (2009), “students easily abandon the system of academic information available through their institution in favor of more intuitive sources like Google Scholar” (p. 92). This paper will analyze the importance of information literacy as it relates to the Scholarship, Practice, and Leadership Model. Loss Concept of Seeking Information William Badke, emphasizes that “showing students the magic is the key to getting past resistance to information literacy.” As simple as information literacy is to understand, students are resistant to becoming proficient in information literacy. It can be argued that students have become complacent with the convenience of acquiring information via smart phones, iPad, and smart watches. It is not commonplace for students to utilize journals and information that are peered-reviewed. In Williams Badke’s article, Information as Tool, Not Destination (2008), he suggest that students should know learn how maneuver through information to have a better understanding of it and to be able to identify the problem. Often times, students find it hard to research information...
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