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Course:	Cognitive and Social Skills training
Code:	ALTE 618
Semester:	Spring 2004
Instructor:	Dr. Jessica Bowman

Reflection

This course has taught me to explore brain-based learning, theory and practice related to cognitive and social skills training in order to prepare the effective classrooms for at-risk students as well as regular students.

I, as an effective teacher, should be able to understand the relationship between my teaching and my students’ learning styles in order to succeed in instructional tasks. Therefore, I must pay their attention to the differences between teaching and learning styles in order to teach in the styles that can meet students’ needs and learning styles, at least some of the time. Students will be able to learn in a manner that, sometimes, matches their learning styles. The most important thing is that I, as well as other teachers, must acknowledge and respect that students learn differently and are unique.

I have also learned that all students, especially students with limited social learning skills, need teachers as collaborators to help them develop social strengths, such as learning how to solve problems interactively with teachers and other students. In order for teachers to accomplish the social skills development task, they are required to understand their students’ feelings, background, and culture. Teachers also need to know how to act wisely to respond to their students. On the other hand, teachers must have a social intelligence.

Books

Goldstein, Arnold P. (1999) The prepare curriculum: teaching prosocial competencies. (revised edition) Champaign, Illinois: Research Press. Jensen, E. (1998). Teaching with the brain in mind. Alexandria, VA: ASCD. Mamchur, C. (1996). Cognitive type theory & learning style. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Unit 1 - Brain Research And The Learning Brain

Assignment 1_Introduction    Assignment 1_Introduction

Assignment 2_How the Brain Learns    Assignment 2_How the Brain Learns

Resources

Brain-Based Learning: Where’s the Proof? http://www.jlcbrain.com/truth.html American Psychological Association (APA) Format (5th Edition) http://www.crk.umn.edu/library/links/apa5th.htm

Unit 2 - Getting Students Ready to Learn

Assignment_Indentifying an At-Risk Child    Assignment_Indentifying an At-Risk Child

Unit 3 - The Role of Emotions

Assignment_Compare and Contrast    Assignment_Compare and Contrast

Unit 3_Threaded Discussion    Unit 3_Threaded Discussion

Resources

The Choice Theory Connection http://www.sctboces.org/choicetheory/index.htm Choice Theory and Reality Therapy http://www.angelfire.com/ab/brightminds/tControlnew.html Choices http://www.angelfire.com/ab/brightminds/roghachoices.html

Unit 4 - Motivation & Rewards

Unit 4_Threaded Discussion    Unit 4_Threaded Discussion

Resources

The Three Conditions of Quality http://www.sctboces.org/choicetheory/conditions.htm

Unit 5 - Cognitive Type Theory & Learning Style

Assignment_Teaching and Learning Styles    Assignment_Teaching and Learning Styles

Unit 6 - Is there a cognitive component to Social Skills Training

Unit 6_Threaded Discussion    Unit 6_Threaded Discussion

Resources

Lock, Robin H., Prigge, Debra J. PROMOTE BRAIN-BASED TEACHING AND LEARNING. Intervention in School & Clinic, 10534512, Mar2002, Vol. 37, Issue 4 Walsh, P. A hands-on approach to understanding the brain. Educational Leadership. November 2000 Vol 58 Issue 3 p 76

Unit 7 - Introduction to Social Skills Training

Assignment_Jurnal Review    Assignment_Jurnal Review

Resources

Social Learning Theory (A. Bandura) http://tip.psychology.org/bandura.html Social Learning Theory of Albert Bandura http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/comm/bandur-s.mhtml Albert Bandura http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/bandura.html

Unit 8 - Social Learning System

Assignment_Social Learning System    Assignment_Social Learning System

Unit 9 - Teaching Prosocial Competencies

Assignment_Review Scholarly Article    Assignment_Review Scholarly Article

Unit 9_Threaded Discussion    Unit 9_Threaded Discussion

Unit 10 - Social Skills

Assignment_Basic Skillstreaming    Assignment_Basic Skillstreaming

Unit 10_Threaded Discussion    Unit 10_Threaded Discussion

Resources

Teaching Social Skills To Kids Who Don’t Have Them http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/ SocialSkills.html Social Skills Training http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/litrev/treatmod/lit22e_e.shtml Social Skills Instruction: A Factsheet from OSEP http://www.ideapractices.org/resources/detail.php?id=2097 Social Skills Training Programs http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ebdstudy/strategy/socskils.htm Social Skills Group Assessment Questionnaire http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ebdstudy/strategy/goldsten.htm

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