7 Strands
7 Strands
7 Strands
Learning in Community
Community Building/Stages of Community
Prior knowledge: Communities go through four stages: pseudocommunity, chaos, emptiness, and community. Many communities never become true communities. Application:
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Conflict Resolution
Prior knowledge: Conflicts are bound to happen between students, between teachers, and between teachers and students. Its important to practice good conflict resolution skills to ensure relationships arent damaged by conflict. Application:
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Values
Prior knowledge: Values are oftentimes reflected in the way we teach. We need to be aware of this, and realize that our students values may not always align with our own. Application:
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Classroom Management/PBIS
Prior knowledge: I know PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Intervention System. There is a PBIS committee in place at my school, but I dont know that its overall supported by administration and staff. PBIS works to motivate students to act respectfully, responsibly, and safe. Application:
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Constructivism/Universal Instruction
Prior knowledge: Constructivism is based in learning experiences in the classroom. Constructivist teachers help students learn how to learn by providing them with broad ideas that students can delve into and explore the intricacies. Application:
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Universal Instruction
Prior knowledge: Universal Instruction is providing instruction that meets the needs of all students in your classroom. Application:
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Metacognition/Dialogue
Prior knowledge: I think metacognition is knowing about how students/people learn, and, in particular, knowing how to apply that to classroom instruction.
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Prior knowledge: I know there are different beliefs, cultures, and languages we need to be aware of in the classroom environment, but I dont have much experience in this area. I have worked with some ESL and Hmong students at my time at Holmen High School. Application:
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Educational Research
Action Research
Prior knowledge: Action research is carrying out experiments, collecting data, and analyzing the outcome in the classroom setting. Application:
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APA
Prior knowledge: APA is a format used in Language Arts and college classrooms in which the author of a paper needs to provide a Bibliography/Works Cited page at the end of a paper and site the sources and authors referenced in the paper.
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Unit Design
Prior knowledge: Im not sure what Unit Design means in this context. Im guessing it may have something to do with the pre-assessment, instruction, check for understanding, practice, assessment cycle. Application:
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Technology in Education
Technology Individual Application
Prior knowledge: I individually use a lot of technology on a daily basis at school and in my personal life. Being a business teacher, I rely on technology for all my lessons and for presenting material to my students. Application:
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D2L
Prior knowledge: I feel comfortable with D2L as Ive used Blackboard (a very similar program) in the past. Application:
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Teacher Leadership
Facilitation
Prior knowledge: Facilitation is leading and helping others, most likely fellow teachers, to reach a common goal.
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Reflective Practice/Metacognition Prior knowledge: Reflective practice is continually thinking about what youve taught, what you did well, and what you could work on in the future. Its important to continually reflect, as there is always room for improvement. Application:
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