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Cultural Diversity in the Classroom Environment Developmentally Appropriate Teaching Strategies Read the articles “10 Effective DAP Teaching Strategies” and “Culturally Responsive Classroom Strategies.” In addition, view the Culture in the Classroom website and the Lisa Delpit Interview article. After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are appropriate for culturally … Read more

The Truth about Lies In the textbook, you read about prosocial lies and antisocial lies. In the case of prosocial lies, parents and caregivers teach children the value of telling “white lies” to avoid hurting the feelings of others even as they are teaching children to be truthful. How does this practice influence the moral … Read more

Control on children The role of the microsystem in shaping children’s effortful control is important and parents play a critical role. After reading the text and viewing the “Life at 3: Bad Behavior” video, address the following: What would you recommend to a parent who asks you what he or she can do to promote … Read more

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation in Children Imagine that you are a preschool teacher. Describe a situation in which you would use an extrinsic reward to motivate a preschooler. Discuss how these motivators could result in learned helplessness. Now, give examples and explain how you can lead the same child to achieve intrinsic motivation by becoming … Read more

Marriage and Family Therapy Classic Models of Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Please prepare a response to each of the items below.In this interaction you will discuss concepts regarding competency and theory in MFT, research and ethical foundations of MFT theories, and the philosophical foundations of MFT theories (Gehart, 2014).   Gehart, D. R. (2014) … Read more