Address the learning environment as follows:
Consider the grade level in which your imaginary child is placed.
Describe how to construct a positive and supportive learning environment for your imaginary child and the children in their classroom. What does this look like? Provide support statements from the course text.
How do you incorporate the child’s personal interests and experiences when planning instruction, and why is this necessary?
What do you need to do as a teacher to intrinsically motivate this imaginary child? How does this affect lifelong learning?
Minimum length: 1/2 page.
Address the instructional strategies as follows:
Examine the grade-level standards in your state for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Which instructional strategies are most appropriate in the areas of vocabulary, the principles of art, and the basic structural elements of art? Why?
How do you foster independence and self-efficacy in reading for your imaginary child and the rest of the class?
How do you encourage your child to self-express in reading and help the child develop their identity?
How do you help your child think critically and be self-directed?
