MODULE 3 FINAL PAPER DRAFT SUBMISSION SCHEDULE
EDUC 230 Final Written Report Assignment Outline and Writing Schedule
Instructions:
In this final paper, your task is to create a developmentally appropriate learning activity to apply your knowledge of the theories of child development you have learned about this semester. You may select a curriculum area and grade level of your choice. First you will describe the child development theories you have studied this semester. These theories form the foundation for the design of a learning activity that is appropriate for the age level of the students in the grade you have selected. Next you will discuss the general plan you have in place for promoting the cognitive, social/emotional and moral development of the children in the class and how you will engage their parents. The outline and assignment writing schedule below will guide you in the organization and timely completion of this final paper. The requirements for the paper are that it be in APA format, contain 5 pages, and include the information listed in the outline below. This outline will serve as your assignment checklist and rubric.
*The link to the online APA formatting guide is located below.
DUE WEEK 12
Introduction~ Overview of Developmentally Appropriate Practice
What is developmentally appropriate practice?_____
Why is it important that educators have a working understanding of the concept of developmentally appropriate practice?_____
Description of the Developmentally Appropriate Learning Activity
What is the grade level of the children in your class?____
What is the subject you are teaching and what are the learning outcomes for this lesson?
Click on the link to the New York State Education Department Next Generation Learning Standards to guide you in your selection of either a Mathematics or English Language Arts Learning Standard Outcome on which to base your leaning activity, on for the grade level you have selected.
The Mathematics or English Language Arts Learning Standards may be accessed by pressing the Control button on your computer and clicking on the following link:
http://www.nysed.gov/next-generation-learning-standards The menu on the left hand side of the NYS Education Department’s Learning Standards webpage list the tabs
for each learning standard as illustrated below.
Describe the learning activity you have created. You may also select a lesson plan that you have found online that meets your criteria for developmental appropriateness and cite the sources._____
DUE WEEK 13 ~ 14
Description of the developmental theories that guide developmentally appropriate practice
Jean Piaget- Theory of Cognitive Development
Lev Vygotsky – Socio Cultural Theory of Development___
Erik Erikson – Psychosocial Stages of Development _____
Lawrence Kohlberg – Stages of Moral Development ______
Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs ______
Uri Bronfenbrenner – Bioecological Model of Child Development _____
DUE WEEK 14 ~ 15
Description of Your Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Plan
Cognitive: Which stage of Jean Piaget’s stages of cognitive development describes the children in your class? Describe how this learning activity will support and promote the developmental level of the children in your class according to Jean Piaget. How do you plan to implement Lev Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development and scaffolding strategies during the activity?____
Social/Emotional: State the stage of psychosocial development your students are in. Based upon the potential “crisis” area for this stage according to Erik Erikson’s theory of Psycho Social Development, describe your plan for creating opportunities to support a positive outcome for the critical stage of psycho social development of the children in your class during the activity. _____
Motivation and Discipline: Describe how you will apply Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to guide your approach in promoting student learning and plan for addressing the deficiency needs that may get in the way of their intellectual development stage during the activity?____
Describe the moral development stage of the students in your class according to Lawrence Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development. Discuss a developmentally appropriate method of discipline you have in place to use to promote the development of prosocial behavior among the children in your class during the activity. ____
Culturally Responsive Parent Engagement: Describe your plan for engaging the culturally diverse parents of the children in your classroom. Explain how Bronfenbrenner’s Model of Nested Ecology can assist you in making a meaningful connection with students’ families in supporting their reinforcement of the topic before and/or after the class learning activity. ____
References
Link to APA online writing format guide:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html