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The Benefits Of Outdoor Education And Guidelines For Implementation In An Elementary Classroom, Jacqueline Jordan
The Benefits Of Outdoor Education And Guidelines For Implementation In An Elementary Classroom, Jacqueline Jordan
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Outdoor education can significantly improve the wellbeing of children, in regards to their mental health, emotional welfare, and physical condition. This thesis will present the existing evidence supporting the benefits of outdoor education, alongside resources and strategies that I have explored to support teachers beginning to take their students outdoors. For the purposes of this thesis, outdoor education is defined as experiential learning that takes place outdoors or focuses on learning about the natural world. The curricular resource portion of the thesis will serve as a guide for educators wanting to implement outdoor education into their classrooms. This will include …
How Can We Teach About The Holocaust To Seven To Ten Year Olds?, Eleanor Hersh
How Can We Teach About The Holocaust To Seven To Ten Year Olds?, Eleanor Hersh
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
Teaching about the Holocaust in a school setting is a debated topic. When and how to approach and teach the subject is not always agreed upon. In this research paper and unit plan you can see how a teacher can teach the Holocaust to children aged seven to ten.
The Process And Impact Of Professional Collaboration In An Arts Integration Education, Rachel Marina Chambers
The Process And Impact Of Professional Collaboration In An Arts Integration Education, Rachel Marina Chambers
Undergraduate Honors Thesis Collection
In the fall of 20 14, I began student teaching at Wallace School of Integrated Arts in Kokomo, Indiana. Under the guidance of my cooperating teacher, Lashaya Williams, and our co-teacher, Abigail McClure, I was given the chance to educate fifth grade students and further develop my personal understanding of authentic arts integration (AAI), which is defined by the Kennedy Center as follows: "Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives …
Trends In The Teaching Of United States History In The Elementary Schools Grades I To Vi, Alma Hoss
Trends In The Teaching Of United States History In The Elementary Schools Grades I To Vi, Alma Hoss
Graduate Thesis Collection
It had in the past been thought that United states history was an essential part of the elementary course of study…
The Development Of A Reading Readiness Program In The Kokomo Public Schools, Susan M. Baldwin
The Development Of A Reading Readiness Program In The Kokomo Public Schools, Susan M. Baldwin
Graduate Thesis Collection
This study presents a plan of approach to the problems that arise in the development of a reading readiness program. It outlines some of the factors that influence reading readiness: it includes a program of procedure for dealing with children who are deficient in some of the factors of reading readiness; it enumerates some of the classroom, and some of the administrative problems that arise in planning a program of this type; and it attempts to eradicate the age old fallacy that a six year old child is ready for the reading process merely because he has passed his sixth …