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 * WEEK 2 Who Is At School? **
 * Students: Chapter 3 & 4 **

__** CHAPTER 3 **__** : **** Who are we? **
 * Sources of diversity **
 * Race/Ethnicity/Cultural Differences (**see video below**)
 * English Language Learners: The impact of immigration on learning (**see video on supporting ELL students**)
 * Different abilities and needs
 * Learning styles or preferences
 * Multiple Intelligences (**see quiz below**)
 * Special Education - students with learning disabilities; including speech; gifted and talented
 * Pre-schools
 * Physical and Psychological Needs
 * Why is the ability to make choices important in our lives? Glasser's Choice Theory
 * The need to belong (see video below) - Adolescent Subcultures
 * Do these needs relate to the social problems seen in Ch. 4?


 * Responding to our needs and differences **
 * IDEA/ADA
 * Preschool education
 * SPED in schools: mainstreaming/inclusion/pullout = least restrictive environment
 * Learning about grit (perseverance and passion) - **see video below**


 * Take this Multiple Intelligence Quiz: **
 * You will need to complete this Multiple Intelligence test and then be prepared to discuss your results and how you believe the knowledge of those results impact your teaching and learning.
 * Go to this site: []
 * Read through the home page, clicking on the " ** __Assessment__ ** " link. You will be taken to the next page that has a link to click on (" ** __Here's an interactive form__ ** ") where you can take a Mulitple Intelligence test.
 * This would be something you could use for your own students if you were teaching (depending on how old they were - other lower level tests are available too).
 * Consider if personal intelligences affect how one teaches, the instructional activities selected, and how teachers relate to their students.

__**CHAPTER 4**__: ** Social Problems Affecting Today's Students: **


 * At Risk Factors - (p. 98) **
 * Family Patterns/functions or dysfunctions
 * Poverty (**see video below**)
 * Teenage Parenting/Sex Education
 * Abuse & Neglect
 * Alcohol/Drug Abuse
 * Adolescent Suicide - **see video below**
 * School Violence & Vandalism (including Gangs & Bullying) - **see video below**
 * Cheating
 * Graduation/Drop-Out Rates


 * Resources: **


 * Bullying Facts -** A Website dedicated to educate readers about bullying, state laws regarding bullying, and the effects of bullying.


 * Stop Bullying** - The national website for bullying prevention (stopbullying.gov)


 * KERC -** A central location from the //Kansas State Department of Education// for a variety of resources on dealing with diversity, preventing bullying, and other school issues.

- a resource from Kansas State University


 * Teenage Suicide **: **Kids Health.org**


 * Week 2 Power Point **: // Who Is At School - Students (Ch. 3 & 4) //


 * // Before you write your reflection for this week, I would encourage you to take the time to review the videos posted below. They will strengthen your connection to the content. //**


 * Videos: **
 * Multicultural ** - We should teach diversity. Does everyone agree?

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 * 1 Child; 2 Languages: ** Supporting English Language Learners

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 * The Need to Belong **- High School students talk about how they have changed, the perceptions of those changes, and their need to belong.

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 * The Key to Success: Grit? ** Angela Lee Duckworth, former teacher and researcher studies why some people succeed and others don't - in education and in other real world situations. She offers some interesting insight into the significance of the single characteristic of grit. How do we as educators develop this work ethic in students?

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 * Poverty Video: Hard times Generation from CBS **

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 * The Faces of Teenage Suicide - ** it might not be who you expect

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 * Another Look At Teenage Suicide Prevention - ** ignore the typos and the stats as they pertain to Canada and look at the message.

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 * Bullying - ** One Middle School Girl's story with a happy ending.

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 * Anti Bullying & Abuse Commercials **

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 * // Make Someone's Day Better not Worse //**.

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 * // Report Child Abuse //**