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// Standard 2 // = Teachers know how children grow. = The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.

Evidence 1: //Critique of an Online K-12 School (652) //

Rationale 1: //This critique of an online k-12 school was conducted after researching the components, pros, and cons of online education. The paper discusses and analyzes an online school for effectiveness, appropriateness, and practicability. For the critique, I needed to apply my knowledge about child growth and development, taking into consideration what I know about the wide range of ability levels of each child, to determine whether the online school would be conducive to learning intellectually, socially, and personally. After researching and inferring, I was able to explore certain novelties online learning can provide and apply them to my classroom. I was able to take ideas from the online school and think about how they could apply to my classroom. My students' learning was impacted because I was able to think outside of the box and allow them the opportunity to learn in non-traditional ways, such as the virtual feildtrips I learned about while conducting my research, to make learning more interesting, exciting, and effective.//

KSD: 2.K.2 The teacher understands that students’ physical, social, emotional, moral, and cognitive development influence learning and knows how to address these factors when making instructional decisions. //By arguing the pros and cons of the online school, I reflect my understanding of student develop in its many different capacities. I used my knowledge to determine reasons why an online school would be very beneficial for some capacities of development (for example, students can work at their own pace) while also stating reasons why an online school would inappropriate (for example, students would not have live social models).//

2.S.3 The teacher assesses students’ thinking and experiences as a basis for instructional activities (i.e., encouraging discussion, listening and responding to group interaction, and eliciting samples of student thinking orally and in writing). //After researching and critiquing the online school, I discovered ways to build student experiences in the classroom though online-type experiences. The critique inspired instructional practices, after assessing the students' thinking and experiences, in order to find a starting point//.

2.D.1 The teacher appreciates individual variation at each developmental level and shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners, and is committed to help them develop self-confidence and competence. //I determined that an incredible advantage of an online school is that students have the ability to work at their own pace on their own time. Children's learning styles vary so greatly depending on their development level, temperament, strengths, and struggles, and I discovered that online learning opportunities, such as online discussions, allow for students to complete conversations with a higher level of thinking and confidence because of the casual atmosphere to which the activity lends itself.//