absolutely vital to the school’s success. Teachers work with administrators to develop a teaching plan that will facilitate the aims of the school, but when class is in session teachers are in control of their classrooms.
Value of the Curriculum
Self-directed learning is valued in the school, but really all learning is viewed as intrinsically valuable. The school recognizes that not all students are able to be self-directed learners, at least initially. The STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines are important but they do not reign over the humanities, as the latter are recognized as formative of students’ characters.
Preferred Pedagogy
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job of recognizing diversity and uses appropriate language and images.
Sample Teaching Plan
Goal: Master the new catheter being used
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focus on end-of-life-care and is not particularly abstract. It is designed to facilitate a teaching plan, which is the objective of this particular initiative. It is founded in social science theory, one critical aspect of the approach which stresses how lived behaviors are experienced in a specific context. “Expectancy value theory” suggests that “individuals engage in actions to achieve goals that are perceived as possible and that result in valued outcomes” as well as cognitive behavioral approaches which suggest that changes in thinking result in changes in behavior (Pender, 2013, p.3). In other words, the nurse begins with the expectation that people will want… Continue Reading...
