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Newsletter Fall 2020: Environmental Science and Ecology
No full textNewsletter for the Department of Environmental Science and Ecology for Fall 2020. Discusses COVID-related issues as they affected the faculty and students, notes the retirement of Dr. Doug Wilcox, and a number of other happenings that occurred during the Fall 2020 semester.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/env_news/1021/thumbnail.jp
Implementing Universal Design for Learning in a Unit on Arithmetic Sequences
No full textThis curriculum project was designed to support teachers in the integration of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) way of thinking into the Common Core Algebra Curriculum. The specific content involves arithmetic sequences and the UDL principles align with multiple means of action and expression. It was created by a mathematics teacher who has substantial experience supporting special education students in the mathematics classroom. UDL can play a critical role in students’ learning and understanding of mathematical content. The diversity of learners in the mathematics classroom calls for removing barriers to learning and providing equal opportunities for all students’ success. This is the power behind the integration of the UDL way of thinking. This curriculum project includes lessons introducing sequences that would be taught at the end of a linear functions unit in Algebra 1. All lessons feature aspects which are consistent with UDL guidelines
A Unit on Simultaneous Equations Designed to Limit Math Anxiety and Increase Interest for All Learners
No full textThis curriculum project was designed around growth mindset principles and implementing project-based learning geared towards decreasing anxiety that is typically associated with learning mathematics. The content focus is Algebra 1 Systems of Equations. The curriculum is aimed toward students who learn most efficiently in non-traditional ways. The curriculum incorporates collaborative learning and mathematical literacy to support students as they analyze and create simultaneous equations based on real world situations. Teachers can use this curriculum to allow students to showcase their understanding of simultaneous equations through a project-based assessment at the end of the unit
Undergraduate Major in Mathematics with Adolescence (7-12) Education with Grades 5 and 6 Extension
No full textA new and streamlined major in Mathematics preparing students to teach the subject to adolescents in the 21st century classroom
Change in MPA Program/Core Elective Course Composition--Inrease Core Courses from 21 to 24 Credits; Decrease Elective Courses from 9 to 6 Credits (No Increase of Decrease in Total Credits) Change in State and Municipal Management Emphasis Content Focus (and Name); Offer in On-line Modality. Change in Poverty Studies Emphasis
No full textChange in Core/elective composition (39 total credits)
-increase common core from 21 to 24 credits
-decrease elective courses from 9 to 6
Change in state and municipal management emphasis
-change emphasis foci to reflect local only (versus also state)
-change emphasis name to reflect focus to Public Management
Offer a fully on-line option
-All common core classes and the Public Management emphasis courses will be offered online at least every 3 semesters to allow for Public Management emphasis students to complete the MPA in online modality
Change in Poverty Studies emphasis
-change emphasis foci to a more clinical base (applied projects with community client
Reduction in Credits Required to Complete the Anthropology Major, Allowing ANT 101 to satisfy One of the Three Introductory Class Requirements and Streamlining Course Numbering for Core Courses
No full textIn order to better serve the needs of our students, the Anthropology Department proposes to streamline course numbering, to broaden the options which satisfy our lower-level course requirements, and to reduce the credits needed to complete the major by 3 upper-level elective credits. Specifically, the changes are as follows: 1) to allow ANT 101 to satisfy the lower-level core course requirements, 2) to renumber ANT 220 (a required core course) to ANT 330, and 3) to change one of the required methods classes from ANT 456 to ANT 356 and 4) to change the requirement of 3 upper-level (333-400) elective courses to two. These changes are in response to suggestions recommended by our recent PPR reviewers and better reflect how our department has expanded in terms of curriculum development and faculty
Complex Realities, Simple Beauties: Interactions Between the Development of Physics Ideas and Western Civilization, from Ancient Times to the Late Nineteenth Century
No full textThis study focuses on the roots of modern physics and the human desire to explain nature, from prehistoric animism to the scientific advancements of the nineteenth century. The origins of science are examined in chapters on Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Greece, with a focus on how each society understood science. Chapters on the Arab world and medieval Europe follow the preservation and gradual development of earlier knowledge, before exploring the growth of scientific thought in Early Modern Europe. A final chapter addresses why modern science took hold in Europe and how developments in physics interacted with Western culture. The author argues that a firm understanding of the roots of pre-twentieth century scientific thought is necessary to understand modern physics as well as to address modern anti-scientism. This study is an edited version of the original 1991 text
Integrating Culture in Instruction for ELLs
No full textNationwide, there is a lack of integration of culture in instruction for English language learners (ELLs). This project explores the reasons and provides potential solutions for the problem. The literature shows there is a lack of teacher preparation, negative beliefs towards linguistic and cultural differences, and teacher misconceptions about linguistically diverse students. A solution to the problem is to implement various culturally responsive teaching (CRT) strategies including Geneva Gay’s (2013) CRT framework, instructional conversations, online CRT strategies, family engagement strategies, and strategies to embrace diversity. Future research will be necessary to determine if there is a correlation between L1’s and the effectiveness of particular CRT strategies
Personality Traits within the Field of Nursing and Desired Field of Work
No full textPersonality is defined as the individual differences in the characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving (American Psychological Association, 2019). Personality is a unique make up for each and every person. There are many components of personality and different assessments used to define this intricate make up. The different tests and theories of personality categorize the aspects of personality in a manner that is unique to each assessment
Updates
Get PDFRichard Bud Meade worked in Human Resources at the College at Brockport from 1968-2000. He knew many of our faculty and staff and in retirement he began to circulate an email newsletter which passed on stories and news about various college retirees. This remarkable, ongoing project has captured a tremendous amount of information about the folks who built the college over the last 50 years.
This collection of his Update is searchable, and covers from the beginning in 2001 up to August, 2020. More will be added as time goes on..