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Culturally Relevant Instruction and Literacy in Art Pedagogy
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Strategies for instance, differentiation or scaffolding as a tool to support literacy in the Art classroom. This research project concluded the analysis of my student teacher’s practicum experience in the 2021 – 2022 school year. I spent the year in a multi-grade (9th to 12th) secondary school Digital Arts classroom. The research details an analysis of these three questions:
How have differentiation, culturally relevant pedagogy, and inclusive education changed my Art classroom?
How can scaffolded instruction be used to develop an inclusive lesson plan?
How does literacy adapted to Art pedagogy inform content-specific strategies in
the classroom?
Data was compiled from journal entries, formal observations, formative and summative assessment, and lesson plans. This paper includes an introduction, philosophy of education, literature review, research methods and presentation of data, as well as implications and concluding thoughts. To curate a strong literacy of a subject, one must first define and teach the expectations of the classroom. Art content specifically is not special, as most literacy strategies will adapt to support the gradual release of responsibility being taught.
Keywords: art pedagogy, literacy, differentiation, scaffolding, gradual release of responsibilit
More to the Story: A Multifaceted View of Vicarious Trauma as Applied to the Profession of Sign Language Interpreting
Get PDFVicarious trauma is a serious issue for signed language interpreters. Education, training, and support related to vicarious trauma are often provided to other practice professionals who engage in trauma work. This paper addresses these practices in relation to the profession of sign language interpreting. Exposure to emotionally-charged and traumatic situations has been shown to result in symptoms of vicarious trauma, and findings of the current literature demonstrate that vicarious trauma significantly impacts interpreters. The author aims to take a closer look at the current literature on vicarious trauma as applied to the interpreting profession, as well as provide an analysis of the current approaches to managing vicarious trauma. The author addresses why vicarious trauma occurs, preventative education and training, and post-traumatic care. The author features some of the risk factors associated with an interpreter’s likelihood of experiencing vicarious trauma, as well as some of the preventative education and training and post-traumatic care techniques currently employed by interpreters. Following, the author emphasizes recommendations from the research for the interpreting profession to utilize in supporting its practitioners as they navigate this issue. These recommendations aim to assist interpreters in their goal of producing work of the highest standard while also reducing their risk of experiencing vicarious trauma while on an assignment. Finally, the author shares personal reflections from her perspective as a student of sign language interpreting
Necessary or Outdated: Are Post-9/11 Changes to U.S. Police Forces Still Justifiable?
Get PDFSince the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, many changes have been made to the U.S. police forces. These modifications have stirred a lot of controversies among the general public, especially because some groups argue that individual freedoms have been overlooked to give U.S. police more power to prevent crime. Previous research has studied the effect of militarization on the police-community relationship and has determined that the militaristic appearance and tactics of police has, in some studies, resulted in unfavorable public perceptions. The goal of the present thesis project is to evaluate how the police have altered their approach to law enforcement after 9/11 and if those changes are still necessary based on the effectiveness of militarized policing. In doing so, I will have compiled thoughtful analysis on the topic and contribute several recommendations that I believe will aid further research in this area of study
2022-02-23 (Western Howl)
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Thomas Sweet Interview 2022
Get PDFThomas Sweet details his experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown and other events that occurred in 2020 and 2021. Thomas talks about his experiences with the initial shutdown, summer protests, the strange weather events, and the state\u27s lifting of restrictions
Jackson Beeler Interview 2022
Get PDFIn a short interview, Jackson Beeler discusses his experience during the Covid-19 shutdown
Fostering an Understanding of Childhood Anxiety Through Picturebooks: Children’s Literature as a Tool for Emotional Regulation
Get PDFThis thesis provides an understanding of pediatric anxiety and provides a tool for students to learn about their emotions and how to regulate them. In early stages of adolescence, the effects of mental illness may have already begun to take effect or are beginning to develop. As a child goes through their early life without learning how to express and handle emotions in a healthy way, these effects can worsen. It has been shown that children greatly benefit from social and emotional learning in school as well as learning about mental illnesses early on to develop tools to monitor and aid in the regulation of emotions. As a child, I suffered from an undiagnosed anxiety disorder, and I would have benefited greatly from learning about emotions and knowing that the way I felt was manageable and not something to be pushed to the side. I created this book with children like me in mind, who think that it is “normal” to be nervous and scared all of the time and have no idea what to do with their overwhelming emotions. In my project, I will navigate the understandings of adolescent mental health and use this understanding to author and illustrate a children’s picture book centered around a little girl learning how to handle her generalized anxiety disorder through discovering tools and language to manage the symptoms she experiences. The completed book functions effectively in and out of a classroom as a tool for children to understand anxiety. This project also includes a reflection on the process of creating this book and the contextualization of this book in the genre of pediatric mental health issues and children’s literature
Fall 2023 INSIGHTS cover design
Get PDFWith the use of collage and photo manipulation as primary design techniques, this cover features the intersection of color, movement, and light. The layering of various photographic elements, the vibrancy and saturation of colors, and the abstract form and moving parts, symbolize the complexity of the human mind. This design specifically explores the concept of the lightbulb idea, the desire to access a source of creativity, or the next big thing that could change the course of humanity. However, this cover also implies great ideas and creativity truly reside nowhere else but within ourselves and the world around us. It is when we open our minds that we are able to form connections that reach the potential of our creative insights and unlock the possibilities of the human imagination
2022-03-30 (Western Howl)
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