Assignment 1 Module 4

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:

·         How can we adequately prepare students for the future?

·         How can we teach students to be life-long leaners?

·         What can teachers do to help parents become more involved into their child’s education?

·         How can we help parents to educate parents about proper brain development?

Some topics that I would like to further explore are:   

·         Family Cultures

·         Attachment theories

·         Brain development

·         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.