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EFL Capstone Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
This portfolio demonstrates my comprehensive understanding of the teaching of English language learners (ELLs). In my Philsophy of Teaching, I elaborate on my beliefs on how to help students thrive in a foreign language ...
Capstone EFL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
The portfolio here I present is my theoretical and practical understanding for teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL). There are four parts in my portfolio: my teaching philosophy, introduction for the artifacts, ...
Implementing the Third Mathematical Practice by using Argumentation
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-02-28)
This paper examines the current research and theories that can help those teaching the third Mathematical Practice in the Common Core State Standards of Mathematics. Driven by a Constructivist approach to learning, the two ...
Capstone EFL Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-01)
Clinical Teaching as Tutoring: Theory-Driven Clinical Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-25)
Research on effective teaching in the clinical years of medical school lacks robust educational theory. The medical education literature contains a variety of models to guide clinical teachers in their practice, however ...
EFL Capstone Portfolio
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-03-05)
Giants Dreams: Undocumented Students in Higher Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-31)
Through the collection of the life stories, this research explores the college application process of two undocumented students in Nashville, Tennessee in order to examine ways in which teachers and college counselors can ...
Understanding Evolution: Why is it so hard, and what can educators do?
(2013-05-10)
This paper is a discussion of the intuitive biological thought processes that interfere with the understanding of evolution, mainly essentialism and teleology. I compare the aspects of these thought processes with Darwin’s ...
Developing Agency for Global Citizenship through the Implementation of Human Rights Education
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-10)
The world we live in today is one in which we can communicate to people on other continents instantly through Skype, Email, Facebook, and even by telephone. We have more cross-cultural encounters presently than in any other ...
Embracing the need to do: A fusion of literature, conversation, and curriculum that showcases the reasoning and best path to implementing service learning in elementary schools
(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2013-05-31)
This paper presents a discussion of service learning, its benefits and struggles, its place amongst students in urban schools, and how to transition the common practice of service learning in high school to elementary ...