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School-Home Partnership To Promote Literacy, Cheryl L. Adam
School-Home Partnership To Promote Literacy, Cheryl L. Adam
Graduate Research Papers
Parents are the primary influence on young children's emergent literacy. They provide the first and most important models of involvement in the language processes for their children. Children who observe their parents reading and writing in the home environment come to believe that these activities are important.
The purpose of this paper is to explore ways that parents of first graders can be engaged as partners with the school to nurture their children's emerging literacy. First, a review of professional literature concerning what parents need to know about emerging literacy among young primary-age children and how teachers can assist parents …
The Effects Of Multiage Grouping On Primary Students, Susan Mooney
The Effects Of Multiage Grouping On Primary Students, Susan Mooney
Graduate Research Papers
This study analyzes the literature regarding the appropriateness of grouping children in multiage groups. The term multiage groups is defined here as the deliberate assembling of pupils together who are of, at least two or three chronological age groups.
Three issues are discussed in this regard: (1) What are the characteristics of the multiage approach? (2) Why is the multiage grouping approach becoming more popular? (3) What are the standards which would be applied when assigning children to multiage groups?
The history of multiage groups is addressed as well as the characteristics and reasons for the return in popularity of …
Human Relations Training For Student Teachers, Richard Stahlhut, Richard Hawkes
Human Relations Training For Student Teachers, Richard Stahlhut, Richard Hawkes
Faculty Publications
Human relations training is a requirement for all teacher education majors graduating from Iowa colleges and universities. At the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) this course is delivered to preservice teacher education students in conjunction with their full semester student teaching experience. Major goals of the training program are: (1) to confront individuals with experiences designed to create an awareness of biases; attitudes; and beliefs and to create awareness of the degree of congruency between stated beliefs and actual behavior; and (2) to internalize and translate such awareness into actions which result in more positive relationships within the teaching/learning environment. …
What Educators Want In A Master's Program: A Practitioner's Perspective, Mary J. Selke
What Educators Want In A Master's Program: A Practitioner's Perspective, Mary J. Selke
Faculty Publications
A constructivist practitioner's masters program in professional development (PDMA) was designed and piloted at the University of Northern Iowa. The program provides an option for pursuing a master's in education structured upon the following constructivism-focused framework of components: (1) the program is designed for experienced educators; and all coursework is applicable to the classroom; (2) classrooms serve as field-based learning laboratories; (3) students progress through the program in cohort groups; (4) professors collaborate in teaching teams to deliver an articulated curriculum; (5) electives; seminars; and practice foster individualization within a community of learners; (6) exit outcomes reflect the linkage of …