Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tuesday September 30th 2014

Circle: Who are  you more like?  Your Mom or Dad?

Finish T or F

Identifying Developmental Landmark Activity:
On you own, identify the age which you think average child can do the following:

Laugh

Pedal a tricycle

Sit without support

Feel ashamed

Walk unassisted

Stand on one foot for 10 seconds

Recognize and smile at mother or father

Kick a ball forward

Think about things that cannot be seen

Make two word sentences

After you have completed your an answers get together in groups of two or three and come to consensus about the answers.  You will be reporting out at the end.

Books in the house study:  After reading a study that showed a very strong correlation between the amount of books in a child's house and their academic achievement the Governor of Michigan started a program that gave books to every newborn born in his state.  How could the number of books in someone's house influence how someone does in school?

Biggest factors that determine how a child does in school?


Nature and Nurture Article

Homework: Tri-fold module 4

Friday, September 26, 2014

Friday September 26, 2014

Friday September 26, 2014

Circle: Do you want to be a parent?

Collect Papers:

K-Pax: What are the perspectives we've seen used so far?  Working with with a partner, create a list of where you think you see each of the six perspectives being used.  They don't all have to be with Prot.  You can use Dr. Powell, Ernie, Howie, Bess, Ms. Archer, etc.

Finish K-Pax

Start Child Development: T or F

Monday, September 22, 2014

Monday September 22, 2014

Monday September 22, 2014

Learning Target: Understanding the six perspectives

Circle: What is your earliest childhood memory?

Defining Psychology:  The study of behavior and mental processes.  Why people act the way they do.

Perspectives Paper Questions:

Perspectives Paper Product Descriptor

Introduce K-Pax
You are responsible for answering the following questions at the end of class.

What do you think is wrong with the main character?

What perspsectives are being used to diagnose him?

What do you think is going to happen?

Homework: Maxwell Smart and Jane Doe Paper is due at the beginning of class on Wendesday.

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Thursday September 18th 2014

September 18th, 2014

Learning Target: Student will understand the six major psychological perspectives.

Question Activity You will be preparing questions for Mr. Springer.  Using what you know about the six perspectives, your teacher interviews, the articles you've read as well as the transcript analysis, create questions for Mr. Springer that will give you a better understanding of why some students are so successful while other struggle.  The expectation is that you will have a number of questions for Mr. Springer.  You will be taking notes to use in a more detailed report.

Note Organization  Using all your materials; Jane Doe and Maxwell Smart transcripts, notes, Springer interview, articles, teacher interviews, and perspectives create a document that addresses why you think some students succeed and others struggle.  Your paper should demonstrate an understanding of the six perspectives and how you believe they impact both positively and negatively on students success.  I would suggest that you break the paper up into six sections that individually address each perspective as well as an introduction and conclusion. This paper is due next Wednesday, September 24th.

In class writing time.








Friday, September 12, 2014

Tuesday September 16th 2014

Tuesday September 16th, Circle Question: If you could start HS all over again, what would you do different?

Article:
Poorer kids often depressed as teenagers



Survey:  You will be interviewing one student in this class and ask them the following question; What do you believe is the one biggest factor in students success or struggles in school?  You will record your response in writing. 

Continue Transcript Activity
Breaking into groups you will investigate these transcripts.  What can you tell me about the person in each?  How do we explain their record in school?  What could influence them?  What might there home life be like?  Friends? Childhood? etc.

Activity forClass:
Interviewing adults in building about biggest influences in students academic achievement?  What can we really do about it?
You will be interviewing staff in the building using the questions generated the previous class.  Going out in groups of two or three you will conduct interviews using the transcripts.
For the interview process make  sure you do the following:
1. Introduce your self
2. Explain that this is part of your Psychology class
3. Use the transcripts as the basis for you questioning.
4. Make sure to record the staff responses.
5. Thank the staff for their time.

Homework:  Create a profile for each of the two transcripts:  What was their childhood like?  Parents?  Economic Status?  Relationship with teachers?  Friends?  Sports?  Drugs/Alcohol?  Personality?

Homework for Thursday: What do you believe  is the difference between students who struggle in school and student who excel?  Parents, intelligence, teachers, motivation?  Explain

Friday September 12th, 2014

Friday September 12th, 2014

Learning Target: Student will understand the six major psychological perspectives.

Circle Question: If you had a magic wand and could change one thing about this school (that is realistic) what would you change to make this a place where all kids could reach their full potential.

Check off Homework

Self Assessment Activity

Reflecting on your homework and school performance why do you think you do good, average or poorly in school.  You must use the perspectives to explain your behavior.  This should address grades, homework completion, relationships with teachers, relationships with peers, intelligence, self-confidence and outlook on your future.  Please use the attached sheet to complete this assignment.

Self assessment Templet

Activity: Using your homework how would you explain your success, mediocrity or failure as a student.  How much is you, your DNA, your upbringing, your environment, the schools, etc.
You will be broken up into groups.  You will first introduce yourself and find out what their favorite cartoon was as a child.  I will call upon you to introduce the people in your group as a well as their favorite cartoon.  After introductions you will talk about yourself as a student using the templet and share why you thing you are the student you are.

Article:

Transcript Activity
Breaking into groups you will investigate these transcripts.  What can you tell me about the person in each?  How do we explain their record in school?  What could influence them?  What might there homelife be like?  Friends? Childhood? etc.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Wednesday September 9th 2014

Circle Question:  What do you think the is the reason students either succeed or fail in school?

Create a profile of yourself based on your Myers-Briggs results.
Using results create a brief profile.

Perspectives Hand Notes
Ray and Janay Rice.  How would you describe the behavior of either or both using perspective.  


Perspectives Activity:  Generate a list of famous people who have acted in bizarre or inappropriate manners.  What was the behavior and how would you explain the behavior using the six perspectives.  You will be doing this in groups of 2-3 and you will put together a brief presentation explaining how each perspective would explain the behavior.

Self Assessment Activity

Reflecting on your homework and school performance why do you think you do good, average or poorly in school.  You must use the perspectives to explain your behavior.  This should address grades, homework completion, relationships with teachers, relationships with peers, intelligence, self-confidence and outlook on your future.  Please use the attached sheet to complete this assignment.

Self assessment Templet

Homework
Interview an adult and ask them why some people are "neat" while others are "slobs"?
Record their answer and explain which perspective they are taking and defend your response.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Monday September 8, 2014

Monday September 8, 2014

Check Homework

Jung Typology Test

Circle Question: What is something you learned or confirmed about yourself as a result of your Meyers-Briggs profile. 

Decoding Meyers Briggs: What the letters mean.  E/I S/N T/F J/P


How could this help you in life?

Perspectives Activity: New student comes to school.  Doesn't really make much effort to get to know people.  Sits by himself in class and the cafeteria.  Has poor attendance and doesn't do any homework.  Does not like to talk in class and refuses to work in groups to the point he becomes very agitated.  He is failing most of his classes and it appears that he is not using the best personal hygiene practices.  In other words, he smells. 

Textbook Activity
Tri-Fold Module 1

Homework
Finish Module 1 Tri-fold


Thursday, September 4, 2014

Thursday September 4th 2014

Thursday, September 4th 2014

Target: Understanding perspective and how your perspective shapes your world.

Circle: Name a bizarre behavior that you have witnessed.  How would you explain it?

Homework: Collect love definitions

Next Class: What if I could predict your grade for the semester based on this homework assignment?  I will record a grade for you.  How close do you think I can get?


Activity: How many different perspectives can we look at "LOVE" from?  Partner  up with someone your table then partner up with two from the other table.  Pick someone to record responses.  How many can you come up with?  We will list these on the board.

Graphic Organizer: Perspective.  Fill out sheet.

Connection between perspective and mental illness:  Imagine you are famous, you are loved and adored by millions, your career is successful beyond your wildest dreams, you have a loving spouse, you have children that love you, you have beautiful houses, cars, boats and whatever else money can buy.  How great would your life be?  Would you want to live this life?

Why would he kill himself?  What was his perspective?  How could he see the world so bleakly? Remember, we all see the world through our own eyes.  Mental illness changes our perspective in such dramatic fashion that even people who have the world in their hand can see the world in such dark terms that sometimes they can't go on.

Understanding the power of  your own perspective:  Why you see things the way you do.  How you make sense of the world.  How you interact with the world.

"Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas.  Judgement involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived.  If people differ systematically in what they perceive and in how they reach conclusions, then it is only reasonable for them to differ correspondingly in their interest reactions, values, motivations and skills." -C.G. Jung

Decoding Meyers Briggs: What the letters mean.  E/I S/N T/F J/P


How could this help you in life?

Homework:  Find your profile online and bring it next class.




Looking forward
Textbook Activity
Tri-Fold Module 1
Homework
Finish Module 1 Tri-foldDebrief