TEACHER HOMEWORK2

Assignment # 1:

Question: In at least two paragraphs, please:

· Describe Vygotsky’s theory of the “Zone of Proximal Development” and apply his theory to helping pupils attain mastery of their work.

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Assignment #2:

Question: In at least two paragraphs, please:

· Describe Bronfenbrenner’s theory about the ways in which the pupils’ environment

impacts their psychological, social and personal views of the world; and apply

his theory to your work in improving the classroom environment.

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Assignment #3:

Question: In at least two paragraphs, please:

· Describe how a child’s first language affects his/her learning of English as a Second

Language; and the ways in which a teacher could use the meanings of the first language to help him/her learn the second language.

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Assignment #4:

Question: In at least two paragraphs, please:

· Describe the problems teachers encounter in teaching in diverse classroom

Populations.

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Assignment #5:

Question: In at least two paragraphs, please:

· Describe what is meant by “classical conditioning” and “operant conditioning”

and how teachers can use this information in their teaching practices.