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Critical Thinking and Creativity Portfolio Anne Locke Ridgway |
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Making Real World Connections to Music and Its Affect on Literature II. Making Real World Connections to Culture III. Teacher Connection to the Community IV. The Internet and Its Surprising Fun Role in
Grammar Wacky
Web Tales Multiple Intelligences Information
VII. Field Experience Questions and Critique of Student Candidate VIII. Reflection Paper on Essential Question:
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Essential Question: How can teachers in a certain content field exhibit critical thinking and creativity in their instruction while promoting those qualities in a large class of diverse students? Overview: The purpose of this portfolio is to showcase this educator's completion of the essential question stated above. In this portfolio the educator will provide a series of entries that will meet the goals listed below.
MAJOR Goals:
Expectations This portfolio will meet the requirements/expectations set forth by Dr. Brown in the syllabus as well as focus on GPS standards, MCREL standards, goals of the teacher, Piedmont's CATA, and address certain areas of the Capstone expectations. These expectations will be provided at the beginning of every entry's web page, not every page. Present purposeful and appropriate implementation of ideas into practices Show clear evidence of understanding of the real world connections to concepts in the content area. Clearly show how to implement the content. Show awareness of modes of inquiry for the content field. Provide evidence of appropriate methods for teaching the content. Provide concrete illustrations of how to teach the content to meet standards. Illustrate how to teach the content to diverse students. Provide evidence of knowledge of best practices in teaching within content area. Provide concrete examples of how those best practices are used in the classroom. Illustrate content knowledge in at least four different areas of the content field of certification for Advanced Certification Candidates. Illustrate content knowledge in at least two different areas of the content field of certification for Initial Certification Candidates. Use content terminology accurately and appropriately.
Must have 8 entries. Must address at least three strands of ones content field. Must include scholarly paper. Must contain one entry that shows application to Piedmont Colleges School of Education sixteen questions for developing a lesson. Must contain one entry that relates to on-going discourse in the candidates content field and shows how the candidate has applied that knowledge to teaching and learning. Must have one entry that illustrates awareness and application of the modes of inquiry for the candidates content field. Must have one entry that provides application of one of the findings in the candidates scholarly paper. Must have one entry that provides evidence of understanding real world connections to your content field. Must have one entry that provides evidence of plans for striving for proficiency on CATA item number fourteen. Must provide evidence of completing the field experience. Must include at least one entry that shows how to make connections within the candidates content field to the other disciplines. Provide an overview of the portfolio, including identification of the required items for the portfolio, and the rationale for included items. Provide an answer to the question that the portfolio should be addressing: How can teachers in a certain content field exhibit critical thinking and creativity in their instruction while promoting those qualities in a large class of diverse students?
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