Which class is easier: Film, World Music, World Art, Art, or Child Development?
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All depends on the student.  My advise, don't take the easiest for you.  School is for learning, knowledge is power.  Take something that will challenge you.
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This excerpt is taken from "It Takes a Community - A Community Guide to the Sure Start Program"\n\nCurriculum\nThe curriculum is probably the single most important component of any educational program. Its primary goal is to provide educators with a framework for helping students become capable learners-that is, children who are skilled developmentally and are motivated to learn.\nSure Start has designated The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood (Dodge & Colker) as the curriculum of choice. The underlying reason for selecting this curriculum is that it has a proven track record with Head Start programs and military Child Development Programs (CDP): over 18,000 Head Start grantees have successfully used The Creative Curriculum.; it is also the curriculum of choice at most military child care centers. The curriculum focuses on providing children with learning experiences that promote their socio-emotional, physical and cognitive growth. Using Piaget and Vygotsky’s theories of cognition, Erik Erikson’s writings on socio-emotional development, and principles of physical development as its foundation, The Creative Curriculum presents staff with a structure for helping each child grow according to his or her own individual timetable The context for learning in The Creative Curriculum is an environment that supports clearly defined learning activities. The curriculum features 10 activity areas through which instruction is introduced:\nBlocks\nTable Toys\nMusic and Movement\nArt\nBooks\nSand and Water Play\nHouse Corner\nOutdoors\nComputers\nCooking\nIn the curriculum, activities are discussed in terms of their importance to children’s development, what learning objectives are appropriate for children, how the environment can be structured to promote these activities, strategies that can be used to enrich and extend learning, and ideas for coordinating with parents. The goal of the curriculum is to provide guidance for planning, without prescribing a series of set lessons.\nTeachers are thus encouraged to build content around the experiences and interests of the children in their program so that learning takes place in a context that is meaningful to individual children. The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood fosters creativity in both children and teaching staff. Being creative means thinking of new ideas, obtaining information by asking questions, learning through trial and error, and benefiting from mistakes. Children’s creativity is supported through an environment that encourages them to try out ideas and risk making errors. Teachers’ and Program Assistants’ creativity is supported by a curriculum framework that encourages them to be innovative and responsive to children. By focusing on both teaching staff and children, The Creative Curriculum provides a framework for development in an educational setting in which young children can thrive.\n\nTaken from http://www.dodea.edu/instruction/curriculum/ece/pubs/community/community-portrait.pdf (pages 10-11)\n\nTry looking at this website for a detailed look at the creative curriculum referred to in the above passage:\nhttp://www.teachingstrategies.com/pages/page.cfm?pageid=173
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you need a story idea, and characters and then for kids you need to have some kind of moral (not heavy) in there.\n\nhow about a story about a panda who has lost his shoes?\n\nWriting classes can teach you the technicalities of structure, pace and so on, but the real main part - the heart - needs to come from your heart. They can't teach you that.
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I use novels and films quite often in my courses (in comparative religion).  Many of my colleagues in other departments do so as well.  \n\nHowever, the statement that "people learn best from narrative" is not always true.  People have many different learning styles.  Some are tactile learners, for instance.  \n\nI have learned that the most effective professors will incorporate many different types of materials into their syllabi so that they are able to accommodate a broad range of learning styles.
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I enjoyed English and Language Arts during my high school days. My favorite subject in college was Human Growth and Development and Psychology.
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I think it would be easy to explain the difference in the difficulty of courses that one must take in grade 6, compared with grade 9.  I really think it would be a fun essay to compare your  feelings about; boys/girls, fashion, your parents, your hobbies, etc. I personally had such a 360 degree turn around from 6th to 9th grade.
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Currently I like Basic Desgin, I've always been into art so any art class is always my favorite.
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Being a music education major in college, I think that the reason music isn't a mandatory subject is because the abstractness of the arts in general. There isn't such a thing as a standardized test for any arts, therefore there isn't a way to measure how well the students are doing, and if it's impacting their intelligence (which is ironic, because there are several studies that show students who are involved in the arts get higher grades in the "core" subject). Or it could be the fact the the no child left behind act is about learning the skills to create weapons (math and science) and boosting up the literacy rate (reading). Therefore music has nothing to do with bombs or literacy rate so who cares about it right? (This last point is my own theory)\n\nTo the address the jazz question:\nI students would benefit from studying jazz and it's origin, seeing that Jazz is one of the few original American art forms. I feel that classical training is a good thing, but incorporating jazz and other American art forms in there is crucial for a well rounded study of music. Also, jazz is just fun to play, and promotes creativity thought improvisation.
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We desperately need more qualified Kindergarten and Early Childhood Educators. Sadly, we do not pay them what they deserve. Early Childhood education is all about using our senses and observing Nature. Psychology, human development, biology, environmental science, chemistry, math, sociology, anthropology and music are great starters, especially human dev and bio in high school.  The very best of good fortune to you.
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I like the music one.\nHow does music affect children's behavior - look at the fashion trends that come out of the music industry - low hang pants, mid driff tops, etc.\nAlso as for the sound of music - lullabyes are used to help calm children to get them sleepy for a nap.  Fast music like that played at a circus or carnival gives the feeling of "engery and excitement" (even if its a lame circus or carnival).\n\nI think you could have alot of fun with the music one.  You can also look at how what kids have considered "cool" or popular over the generations has changed.
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Depends on your mode of thinking.  If you feel that there should be a disconnect between the art and the audience, then film is the highest form.  If you feel there should be a connection between the artistic creator(s) and the art's audience, then theatre is the highest form.\n\nI say this because these two art forms incorporate all the classical aspects of art and pull them (or at least try to) into a cohesive vision.
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I am a Montessori Directress in a school for underprivileged children in Chennai,India.\nI have found that the Montessori Method has been phenomenally successful. The child develops in all areas,- cognitive, social and emotional. The variety of material and the freedom the children are given helps them to learn skills in keeping with their learning style and capacity. \nEven if the children are not sufficiently motivated as the previous answer mentioned those children are better off in such an environment where they are not forced to produce results which they can't. The child does not lose his confidence and self-esteem, which he may in a traditional school.
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Go for ceramics for the art courses.  Also try history of film.\n\nGood luck with that.   Be careful trying to take the "easy" way out.  An A in an easy course may not look as good as a B in a difficult course.
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A variety of materials are beneficial in the classroom because of the different learning styles. Visual learners will benefit from charts and pictures, and also the written words on the board. Auditory learners will learn from just the spoken word, such as stories on CD as many literature books now have. Kinesthetic learners need to move around, so some activities with some controlled movements are good. Also remember that most people are a mix of learning styles, so incorporating a mix of things is best. These were just a few examples that make the learning process more impactful for students.
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"best" is subjective, as schools have different programs that suit different students.\n\nUCLA has a good film school, but isn't known for teaching visual effects.\n\nTo learn animation, CalArts, RISD, Ringling and SCAD all have good programs.\n\nThe LA Film School has programs in editing and visual effects.\n\nGnomon is focused on visual effects work.
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There are 3 types of learning styles: Visual, Kinaesthetic and Auditory. Films cater for the first 2 learning styles and provide variety of content. Film is also a valid text - students need to be exposed to a variety of literacies.
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The cause of the developmental delay, academically, is not an issue, except that a child who is a victim of neglect or abuse will usually either not tolerate even a hand on the shoulder and/or fast movement near him/her, or will be extra clingy and want lots of extra hugs and praise. It is more of a management issue, as well as having to take on additional nurturing interactions with the child (in teamwork with the counselor/psychologist).\n\nWhat subject and age level?\n\nI would suggest that, barring more details of subject, lesson objectives, and age level, you should look at incorporating multi-sensory activities as part of the whole-class activities that the DD child can participate in (hands-on, auditory-visual mix, etc.). Any seatwork (paper-pencil) for the overall group should be either shortened (just the first, lower-end Bloom's Taxonomy, easier questions on the page) or modified (cut-and-paste labels, reduced print, spiral curriculum work from a lower grade level addressing the same goal, etc.).  If the students will be expected to create wall displays or make class presentations, plan on creating an achievable product goal for the DD child in which he/she can produce (with reasonable effort) similar *quality* (rather than level/quantity) as the rest of the class.