"A happy and healthy childhood depends on loving relationships in the family, regular exposure to the traditions of a culture, and access to a rich array of institutions in society." (Child Development and Education, 65).
Deliverable: Socratic Seminar. Class divided into two groups and discusses in forst group, returns and converses with partner in group 2, return to group one and talk again, then group 2 switches and does the same. This way they can gain the most from their discussions and learning of the topic.
"Health depends on eating habits, physical activity, and rest and sleep. Children can benefit from overtures by adults that affirm health protection and discourage problematic behaviors. … During adolescence, the brain makes new interests and passions possible, sparks impetuous behavior, and grows in areas that will play key roles in forethought and judgement." (Child Development and Education, 179 & 188).
Deliverable: Divide the class into three groups, categorized to their age group of teaching, then discuss the topic with the groups and present to the class the information you learned and gained in your discussion and findings.
"Piaget portrayed children as active and motivated learners who, through numerous interactions in their physical and social environments, construct an increasingly complex understanding of the world around them." (Child Development and Education, 210).
Deliverable: Kahoot quiz for everyone to participate in, as well as dividing into groups and going around to each group discussing certain aspects of the lesson. Therefore, engaging the students in an enjoyable activity as well as having participation in the lesson and understanding each part of it more thoroughly.
"Information processing theories focus on how children acquire, interpret, and remember information and how these cognitive processes change with development. Basic sensory and perceptual capabilities exist at birth and develop further with maturation and experience." (Child Development and Education, 254).
Deliverable: Socratic Seminar. Engage the students in a Socratic Seminar by providing insightful topic discussions and questions to insight rich discussions and conversations. The groups will be split into two and the first group talks while the second group takes notes and intently listens and the groups will switch and do the other groups thing, such as talking and discussing, and listening and taking notes.
"Theorists think of intelligence in a range of different ways, yet most agree that it has several qualities. . . . It involves a capacity for learning. . . . It is adaptive, . . . use of prior knowledge, . . . reflects the thoughtful coordination of many distinct mental processes, . . . develops with age, . . . [and] it is embedded in culture." (Child Development and Education, 274).
Deliverable: Interaction among students and reciprocal teaching. Throughout the lesson questions and discussion topics are brought up and peers and students interact with one another teaching each other.
"Emotions have adaptive functions for young people, helping them decide how to direct their attention and which goals to pursue. Children become increasingly able to regulate their emotions in ways that are both socially acceptable and personally satisfying." (Child Development and Education, 429).
Deliverable: Kahoot quiz before and after lecture. To engage the students before hand into the lesson, and after as well to keep them engaged and refresh what they learned throughout the lesson.
"Children develop knowledge, beliefs, judgments, and feelings about themselves, sentiments collectively known as sense of self. . . . Self-concept includes understandings of one's own characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses." (Child Development and Education, 447).
Deliverable: Interaction between students and Kahoot to entice participation and intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (candy) to participate in lesson.
Virtually all children are motivated in one way or another. . . . Sometimes youngsters have strong extrinsic motivation. . . . [T]hey are motivated to attain or avoid certain consequences in the outside world. . . . At other times youngsters have deep intrinsic motivation. . . . [T]hey are motivated by factors within themselves or inherent in a task they are performing." (Child Development and Education, 497).
Deliverable: Kahoot as well as extrinsic motivation as well. But doing this involved participation among all students, both online and in person.
"Today's scholars find that emotions are strong influences on moral thought and behavior. In fact, it now appears that emotions, not cognitive insights, jump-start moral reflections in children." (Child Development and Education, 529).
Deliverable: Review game that involves movement and participation from all members, as well as court case debate and discussion.
Review Game: After reading material previous nights before go over it with the class in a manner that involves fun participation form all. Splitting into teams, and making individuals board pieces in a game to refresh understanding of topic through this game.
As well as create a court case that allows for students to place themselves in a scenerio to better understand the topic.