The artifact I choose today is a unit plan from my Community Health Promotion class. It is on nutrition and spans 12 lessons plus a review lesson. The lessons provide an overview of digestion, an overview of the Food Guide Pyramid, a breakdown of every food group, physical activity, serving sizes, an online game for healthy choices, foods from around the world, and a review/summary. It is aimed at a 1st grade level and is worth 130 points.
I believe it fits under Characteristic 7: effectively integrate content and pedagogy. I think this because my unit plan teaches the Food Guide Pyramid through science, math, language arts, art, drama, physical exercise, technology, and diversity. This allows the instruction to be eclectic and diverse: students are doing new activities everyday. This allows the content of other subjects to easily flow through lessons. Also, it shows that a teacher understands the in's and out's of the multiple subjects well enough that they do not have to be taught in isolation.
Additionally, this could fit under Characteristic 2 (effective communicator) or Characteristic 10 (liberally educated). These are true because the unit integrates many subjects and must be thoroughly communicated.
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I think your lesson on nutrition will spark interest in your students. It is important for young children to develop good eating habits early in life so that these habits will carry over into their adult life.
ReplyDeleteI think this lesson does indeed fit into Characteristic #7. In order to teach this lesson, the teacher must have knowledge of what to teach. The teacher must also be able to present the material in an interesting, attention-catching way so the students make the most out of the lesson.
Rebecca I think that your first blog is clear and easy to read. It addresses the elements of the characteristic(I liked how you stated the characteristic's title). You fully described the relationship between your artifact and the characteristic. Good choice for Characteristic 7.
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