Education
Week 2: Learning Contract
A learning contract is a written document that is developed by the student in conjunction with his/her fieldwork mentor and/or instructor. The contract is based on the performance objectives developed by the Champlain College but allows the student to individualize his/her learning program by:
Complete prompts to an article
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE): Focus on what constitutes an “appropriate” education for students with disabilities, as defined by case law like Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley, which established a “basic floor of opportunity”.
Concept of humanity
You will write a 1000-1500 word response to your chosen paper topic from the list below. See Course Outline for the due date.
This assignment is worth 300 points, or 30% of your grade.
DO NOT USE ANY SOURCES OTHER THAN THE DALRYMPLE ARTICLE AND YOUR TEXTBOOK.
YOU WILL ATTACH A FILE IN THE BOX AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
Learning Objectives:
Students will demonstrate their ability to construct arguments about issues of both personal and universal significance. Their writing should demonstrate that they can construct cogent, concise, and logically coherent arguments.
Assessment:
Students should demonstrate that they can distinguish the relevant points that form a logically coherent argument. They should also be able to construct criticisms which effectively undermine, through the use of appropriate counter-examples, some premise of that argument.
Your assignment is to read any ONE of the following four articles:
The Frivolity of Evil Or,
How and How Not to Love Mankind
The adolescence stage
After reviewing the presentation this module/week on adolescence and your readings in the Feldman text, describe how you can help teenagers and adults get through their adolescent years without the risk of long-term effects of poor choices.
You must submit a thread of 500–550 words in answer to the provided forum questions.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Please , answer the following questions:
Describe the characteristics features of ADHD.
Describe the classic onset of the disease
Evaluate the negative impact of the learning process of the patient.
Cite the first line of treatment currently prescribed in treating the disease