wk 6 2

The Influence of Personal Beliefs in Decision-Making and Judgment

This discussion assesses your ability to evaluate the influence of personal beliefs on judgments in special education professional practice. This assessment also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 6 and 7 and the MASE Program Learning Outcomes 6 and 8.

Special education landmark court decisions have paved the way for 21st century learning. In addition, the theoretical framework for positive behavior management and instructional delivery is the bedrock for designing appropriate learning experiences for students with exceptionalities. As a classroom teacher prepared with this foundational knowledge, your teaching style; student and parent relationships; professional peer relationships; and professional judgment is influenced by your system of personal and professional beliefs. Contributing factors that have shaped your perspectives and ideologies can come from your own personal education experiences, cultural upbringing, and teaching preparation coursework.

Initial post: This discussion calls into question your personal beliefs as a result of the previous five weeks of coursework including the readings, websites, and interactions with your peers.

Give thought to your how this course is connected to the learning in the previous course you completed in this program, ESE601, what you have learned, the theoretical knowledge you’ve gained and its real-world application. Perhaps your own professional experiences to date can be a source of reflection for this discussion. Then, create an initial post that evaluates these influencing factors on the professional judgments you are making or will be making in special education professional practice. Comment on how your own personal beliefs have changed, if at all, through the experience of taking this course. 

Guided Response: Review the posts of your classmates and that of your Instructor. Consider the similarities and differences of the various posts.  Substantively respond and to at least two peers and extend the discussion by asking questions that require critical thought, inquiring about what you’ve read for further discussion and relate to their post on a personal or professional level.

Though two replies are the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and application of the material, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have made (including your Instructor) before the last day of the discussion period.  This will extend the conversation while providing opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic.

Carefully review the  Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)  for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your discussion.

Grading Rubric

Description:

Total Possible Score: 3.00

General Content/Subject Knowledge

Total: 0.50

Distinguished - Addresses all aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the discussion topic.

Proficient - Addresses all aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates knowledge of the discussion topic.

Basic - Addresses all aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates basic knowledge of the discussion topic.

Below Expectations - Addresses all or most aspects of the prompt in accordance with the parameters of the discussion and demonstrates limited knowledge of the discussion topic.

Non-Performance - There is no initial discussion post, or the post does not address the discussion prompt at all.

Critical Thinking

Total: 0.75

Distinguished - Comprehensively explores the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provides relevant evidence and information that demonstrates all of the following as applicable to the discussion prompt: clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, use of information resources, and logic.

Proficient - Explores the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provides relevant evidence and information that demonstrates most of the following as applicable to the discussion prompt: clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, use of information resources, and logic.

Basic - Explores the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provides relevant evidence and information that demonstrates some of the following as applicable to the discussion prompt: clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, and use of information, and logic.

Below Expectations - Attempts to explore the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provide relevant evidence and information, but demonstrates few of the following as applicable to the discussion prompt: clarity, relevance, depth, breadth, use of information resources, and logic.

Non-Performance - There is no attempt to explore the ideas, thoughts, and elements of the topic and provide relevant evidence and information in either the original post or subsequent response posts within the discussion, or no post is present.

Written Communication

Total: 0.50

Distinguished - Displays clear control of syntax and mechanics. The organization of the work shows appropriate transitions and flow between sentences and paragraphs. Written work contains no errors and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays control of syntax and mechanics. The organization of the work shows transitions and/or flow between sentences and paragraphs. Written work contains only a few errors and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic control of syntax and mechanics. The work is not organized with appropriate transitions and flow between sentences and paragraphs. Written work contains several errors, making it difficult to fully understand.

Below Expectations - Displays limited control of syntax or mechanics. The work does not include any transitions and does not flow easily between sentences and paragraphs. Written work contains major errors.

Non-Performance - Fails to display control of syntax or mechanics, within the original post and/or responses. Organization is also not present.

Engagement/ Participation

Total: 1.25

Distinguished - Contributes to classroom conversations with at least the minimum number of replies, all of which were thoughtful, relevant, and contributed meaningfully to the conversation. Fully engages in the conversation with appropriate topic-based responses.

Proficient - Contributes to classroom conversations with the minimum number of replies that are somewhat thoughtful, relevant, and contributed meaningfully to the conversation. Attempts to fully engage in the conversation with appropriate topic-based responses.

Basic - Contributes to the classroom conversations with the minimum number of replies. Attempts to fully engage in the conversation, but the responses are not relevant or fully aligned with the discussion topic.

Below Expectations - Attempts to contribute to the classroom conversations with fewer than the minimum number of replies; however, the replies are not thoughtful and relevant, or they do not contribute meaningfully to the conversation.

Non-Performance - There is no contribution to the discussion.

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