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Teaching Students with ODD

Posted on March 15, 2011 by jamesbeckr

Team PowerPoint Presentation Teaching Children with ODD

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Students as Learners

Posted on March 8, 2011 by jamesbeckr

1-      Does intelligence change across the lifespan? Continuous learning is a something I believe in. Certain researchers such as Vygotsky and Chomsky have theories relating to development through life, and how if certain needs are not met the result will … Continue reading →

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Social, Moral and Academic Education & Literary Influences

Posted on November 29, 2010 by jamesbeckr

Topic #1 When pondering the ideas of social, moral, and academic education, and what it means to educate well rounded students that are mindful of others as well as their own academic prowess, I start with a definition of morality … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 9 “Authentic Application”

Posted on November 26, 2010 by jamesbeckr

We teach a subject, not to produce little living libraries from that subject, but rather to get a student to think mathematically for himself, to consider matters as a historian does, to take part in the process of knowledge-getting. Knowledge … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 8 “I can teach”

Posted on November 19, 2010 by jamesbeckr

As important as all the readings were this week, probably the most pertinent to me as a Special Education teaching student was Arthur Ellis’ section on the Public Law 94-142 in 1975, which has been updated several times maybe most … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 7 “All things considered”

Posted on November 9, 2010 by jamesbeckr

One of the important points I notice in Horace Mann’s annual report for the Massachusetts State Board of Education (1848) is the denunciation of “European theory.” It was about 50 years after the French revolution when he wrote, “the fatal … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 6 “Search for Meaning”

Posted on November 4, 2010 by jamesbeckr

In this week’s readings there is no lack of deep meaning pertaining to education. From the first selection I picked two quotes which I found in Rouseau’s Emile, or a Treatise on Education (1773). First was “(“Man’s worth does not … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 5 “Key Idea Identification”

Posted on October 28, 2010 by jamesbeckr

As I read through this week’s readings I find myself reflecting on what kind of teacher I would like to be. In Arthur Ellis’ Philosophical Perspectives paper he outlines the different schools of philosophy and educational philosophy. As he mentions, … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 4 “Learning Illustrated”

Posted on October 23, 2010 by jamesbeckr

This week in my Severe Disabilities class we talked about positive behavioral support (PBS), and while reading the papers for our EDU 6120 Foundations class a topic came to me from page 4 of the Session 4 Readings: Plutarch and … Continue reading →

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EDU 6120 – Week 3 “Clear and Unclear”

Posted on October 15, 2010 by jamesbeckr

After reviewing this week’s readings I noticed that when I read scripture such as the “parables” I feel a need to self reflect and look at some of my weaknesses in comparison. The one that jumped out at me this … Continue reading →

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