315 Blog # 2 - alienation to empathy

Answer the following questions from Chapter 1 in Dr. Jensen’s book

Dr. Jensen informed us that the number of children of poverty, children in low-income situations, is predicted to increase in the near future. Explain at least 2 ways this fact will impact your future classroom and teaching practice.

Name the factor that Dr. Jensen claims is most closely correlated with dropout rates?

Dr. Jensen stated that, “low achieving high school students report a sense of alienation from their schools”. Define alienation and explain one reason why children might report a sense of alienation from their schools.

Describe 2 strategies will you use to prevent your students from reporting a sense of alienation from their schools by the time they are in high school?

Define empathy.

Explain 3 behaviors that you could model that promote empathy.
Articulate what matters about the timing and duration of poverty for children.

HLTH 315 Blog Post # 1 - Teaching With Poverty in Mind

Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 in Dr. Jensen’s book Teaching with poverty in mind: What being poor does to kids brains and what schools can do about it.

Reflect on and answer the following questions:

1) What is the focus of the book, according to Dr. Jensen?

2) What three claims does he make?

3) Define poverty, in your own words.

4) Dr. Jensen writes, and I quote, “Poverty involves a complex array of risk factors that adversely affect the population in a multitude of ways.” [end quote, page 7]

Explain and reflect on how inferior resources both at home and at school place children of poverty at risk for low academic success and high risk of becoming a school drop-out.