Social Dimensions of Education: Finals Activities

Hello Soc Dim students.

All of these Final period requirements to be submitted on Oct. 12, 2012.

I. Graded Recitation:

  A. Prepare to recite: Rights of the child.

  B. Be ready to explain one random RIGHT to be drawn after reciting.

II. Social Research:

  A. Prepare an analysis and recommendation on an interview that you will personally conduct with 2 grade school teachers. (1 public, 1 private).

  B. Focus your questions on their experiences w/

     1. Changing cultures of the students based on subsequent generations.

     2. Cultures/personal chaacteristics of students based on:

          a. Economic background.

          b. Family status background.

          c. Gender orientation background,

Supplement these with your own follow up questions about, when did the changes occur? Do these personal characteristics help or cause classroom problems.

Your objective here is to learn about current grade schooler cultures, analyze issues and situations that come from these cultures, and propose recommendations that you and other teachers can use.

  C. Output must be printed in 3-6 pages. Short bond paper, Times New Roman, font size 12, 1 inch margin on all sides, double spaced, justified.

ALL OUTPUTS TO BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY BUT TO BE SUBMITTED AS ONE, COLLATED IN ONE CLEAR BOOK, SORTED ALPHABETICALLY.

  D. Output content must be sequenced with the following headings:

     INTERVIEW

     ANALYSIS

     RECOMMENDATION

  E. Interview part will simply be the transcription of your conversation

Sample:

Mr. Jimenez - what changes have you observed in the culture among your students as the batches change?

Teacher - (place answer here)

  F. Analysis part will be your interpratation of the interview. Base this on any of the chapters used in the lessons.

  G. Recommendation will be your analyzed way of dealing with situations that you have analyzed in the interview.

 F. You will be graded 1-5 pts each on the following.

     1. Formal output.

     2. Creativity of output.

     3. Creativity of ideas.

     4. Quality interview.

     5. Quality analysis based on lessons.

Total of 25 pts.