Throughout this class I have found that I have a lot
in common with my colleagues and the views we share on education, attachment, brain
development and nurturing children. I am looking forward to growing and
learning from them throughout this journey.
Some questions that arise after reading some post are:
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How can we adequately prepare students for
the future?
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How can we teach students to be life-long
leaners?
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What can teachers do to help parents
become more involved into their child’s education?
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How can we help parents to educate parents
about proper brain development?
Some topics that I would like
to further explore are:
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Family Cultures
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Attachment theories
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Brain development
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How poverty affects academic achievement
Some additional resources based on my colleagues post
are:
Attachment
Theory:
Ainsworth, M. D. S., Blehar, M., Waters, E., & Wall, S.
(1978). Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Groh, A. M., Roisman, G. I., Booth-LaForce, C., Fraley, R.
C., Owen, M. T., Cox, M. J., & Burchinal, M. R. (2014). Stability of
attachment security from infancy to late adolescence. In C. Booth-LaForce &
G. I. Roisman (Eds.), The Adult Attachment Interview: Psychometrics, stability
and change from infancy, and developmental origins. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 79, 51–66.
Brain
Development:
Benasich, A.A., Gou, Z., Choudhury, N., & Harris, K.D. (2008).
Early cognitive and language skills are linked to resting frontal gamma power
across the first 3 years. Behavioural
Brain Research,195 (2), 215–222.
Social-
Emotional Development:
Berg, J. K., &
Aber, J. L. (2015). A Multilevel View of Predictors of Children's Perceptions
of School Interpersonal Climate. Journal Of Educational Psychology, 107(4),
1150-1170.
Cuc, M. C., &
Macarie, S. (2012). Contribution of Socio-Emotional Development Game to Social
Integration of Young Children from Disadvantaged Backgrounds. Acta Didactica
Napocensia, 5(4), 59-64.
As I continue through my
journey, I hope to keep in contact with my colleagues. Hopefully, we can keep
in contact through email, social media, and phone calls. I know that I may have
classes with the colleagues in this class and I hope to continue to share ideas
and collaborate. I think it is important that in order to be the change we talk
about then we must continue to educate ourselves and others in the educational community.
I think it is important to collaborate and
share ideas and information as much as possible in order to promote our
visions. I think that it is especially important that we create shared language
of learning in our community to educate all those involved in community.
