Which class is easier: Film, World Music, World Art, Art, or Child Development?
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Although the music and art would SEEM easier, they are truly deep in study. I say go with film or child deveopment. If you take film, you will probably never see a movie in the same way again. IMO~ good luck!
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.allcollegesearch.net/Film-Class.htm
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From a learning standpoint of view I'd say science and medicine.  I always did well in that.\n\nArt, literature and entertainment is too dry and stuffy in school.  They never read books off the NY list, entertainment is always too PC, you're not going to teach them about Spamlot, are you!  I mean, you CAN conceivable teach them where Beck get's all his influences from by playing some Beck and then playing some World Beat music that HE listens to and incorporates!  But what Teacher would do that!  (Do you even know who Beck is and I don't mean Jeff Beck!)\n\nScience and MEdicine is at least safe to teach and can be quite awesome if don't right.
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A good source for the latest in child development and learning can be found at Bank Street College of Education, NY, NY. ~ a premier institution in this field.  Check it out!
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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.
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As in a high school class, community class, or college?\n\nFor the first two, I'd hail the benefits of knowing how to be a better babysitter and better marketability for babysitting and day care working.\n\nFor college, it would be a good class for anyone wanting to go in any child related career
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I would review my text books on the differences between the mental capacity of the two age groups.  For example, children of 5 to 6 years old tend to be more concrete in their thinking.  They have less ability to think in abstract ways and lesson plans should reflect these changes.\n\nI found a site that provides ideas of lesson plans for various age groups:\n\nhttp://www.edhelper.com/\n\nHere is a site that is a serach engine for Teachers, lesson plans and other data is available:\n\nhttp://www.lessonplanet.com/?fromgoogle=CbAG1phraselesson_plans&gclid=CN70k7v0j4QCFQe8SgodqlEZxA\n\nRemember that children are in the Pre-Operational Stage of thinking until about 7 years old which would include Second Grade.\n\nPre-operational Stage\n\n2-7 years At the age of 2 children have usually developed their ability to express themselves using language. This means that they have developed some form of Symbolic Representation. This is a key feature of this stage of development. Children do not only develop language as symbolic representation, they also develop other skills such as drawing, dance, modelling, number and music. Symbolic function develops through 4 stages:\n\n1. Deferred imitation\n\n2. Verbal evocation\n\n3. Symbolic or make believe play\n\n4. Symbolic drawings\n\nAt around 7 to 12 years of age, children DO start to think in more logical terms, so lesson plans should take into consideration the children who may be learning in either of these stages.\n\nConcrete Operations Stage — 7-12 years\n\nAgain, children make another leap as they begin to become less egocentric and start to understand and use new concepts. They can now classify things into categories, deal with numbers, take all aspects of a situation into account and understand reversibility. Children become much better at seeing the world from another person’s angle and this has implications for the development of moral behaviour. Children also develop CONSERVATION during this stage. This is the ability to understand how two equal quantities of the same matter remain equal despite changes in their appearance. Piaget tested for this using balls of clay. He rolled one ball of clay into a sausage and left the other as a ball. Children below the concrete operations stage would be unable to understand that the quantities remain equal, despite the change in appearance.\n\nChildren develop the ability to conserve the different dimensions at different times. At 6-7, they learn to conserve mass, or substance; at the age of 9-10 they can conserve weight; and by the age of 12, volume.\n\nMore Data Here:\n\nhttp://www.northern.ac.uk/NCMaterials/psychology/lifespan%20folder/Cognitivethinking.htm
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check out greatschools.net and look up how other schools education and test scores add up.\n\nPopularity is one thing, but the ones where kids are passing the tests with good scores, have a high level of parental volunteer involvement, etc, is much better for your child, also see which schools in your area that still have art, music and PE programs, as these programs are just as important, in my opinion, to childhood development as the 3R's and are being cut out of the schools so that a kindergartner must learn to read by the 2nd half of the year.
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RISD - Rhode Island School of Design is the number one school in the US for visual arts.\n\nSurprisingly Yale is #2.\n\nYour a good parent to support your child's dream and realize his true talent. I was lucky too, though they were a little shakey at first, my parents have always supported my love for art and I completed my B.A. in Graphic Design 4 years ago. I can't think of anything I love doing more!\n\nGood Luck! RISD looks amazing, if I could do it over, I'd go there, but I might still go back for an MFA
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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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Choices are a great thing for young children. They learn through their play, and allowing them to make choices has so many benifits: they are more interested in what they are doing, they get more confident in themselves and their ability to make decisions (rather than be dependant on an adult making them for them), children at different levels of development are able to work at different levels which are appropriate for them, etc. There are TONS of websites and magizines with more information on this. They key to organization is this: a quality teacher is able to skillfully weave in specific goals. All of the activities available should promote learning. For this age, that could be a block center (geometry, physics, social skills, hand-eye coordination), an art center (creativity, small muscle development)...the list goes on and on.
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aahh..\nSociety has cultivated Singaporeans into science + maths geeks.\nThe Arts, though not frowned upon, are less popular with the kids who are under the Education system.\nTypical mindset is -- "Study a course that will ensure you a high paying career."\nTough to earn $5K  a month if you're a busker.\n\nWe're oblivious to Arts like that.
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A kid can start a matrial art at any age, so long as they learn that it is strictly for sport and self defense. Tae Kwan Do would be a really good one.
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I recommend the performing arts, theatre studies in particular.\n\nIt will expose you to a wide range of cultural expressions very quickly and give you a good idea of the sort of direction you want to go. Besides which, they tend to be pretty welcoming people who are always good to hang around with. \n\nBe the change you want to see in the world. Good luck
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if you really get your child into it, they could become professional and open thier own studio. i just wanted to say that there are other types of dance out there than just tap shoes and ballet. i'd imagine there are local youth groups who perform hiphop and have never really thought of giving lessons. theres also all sorts of dances that your child could learn. if your dutch, there is that dance with the pointed hats, braids and clog shoes. if your african there is that dance in the red cloak and rainbow necklaces with the wooden stick. if your only thinking tap or ballet id say create your imagination today. you get my point!
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A human being learns in many different ways.  For instance, as you develop, you develop from the outside in.  First comes the gross motor skills (large arm/leg movements)...then smaller and smaller until your fine motor skills (handwriting, finger movements) are developed.  In elementary school, it is very important to have daily PE because this provides the physical movements that allow a child to develop the ability to write.  \n\nMusic and art are important in brain development.  Learning about and being exposed to these art forms trigger changes in the brain that allow greater learning and also allow children who have talents in these areas to feel success.
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Hey there - I am Jo and I am doing a Bachelor of Primary Education with a Special Needs minor in Western Australia.\n\nI get the feeling this is an essay question.  I guess it depends on what you are referring to as "the alternative".  We have already discussed with PowerPoint as the alternative, I see, however as an education student who subscribes to the theory of Authentic Learning, lets say that the alternative is situated experience.\n\nPiaget believed that we "learn by doing and by thinking about our experience" (Shor, 1992, 17).  Education, in this case, is not something that is done TO students, but rather done BY students.  Authentic learning and assessment are, in my opinion, the way to go.  \n\nGardener idetified 7 learning styles - seven intelligences in his Multiple Intelligence theory.  You would find teaching with a piece of chalk caters only to those with strength in visual and possibly auditory intelligence.  Students who are strong in kinaesthetic intelligence or musical intelligence, for example, are overlooked.  This means we need to diversify the learning experiences we provide our students, and offer them the autonomy to make choices about which experiences will best suit them.\n\nI think this is the best way to ensure each of our students has optimal chances at success.  Think outside the square.\n\nPS.  In this question, you could think about whether the it is the teacher or the student who should be holding the chalk.