Prepare: Read the article A Portrait of the Teacher as Friend and Artist: The Example of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Hunter McEwan (2011) from the Ashford University Library. Reflect: As you take notes while reading this article, think about the importance of understanding the philosophy behind taking general education courses and how your courses have taught you to think more critically, build character, and become more open-minded to cultural differences, thereby paving the way for you to be successful in the career field you have chosen. Write: For this discussion you will address the following prompts: Describe at least three ways a person can teach by example according to the article and provide a personal example in which you have demonstrated this concept. Explain how “teaching by example” influences the development of ethical and moral reasoning as well as cultural sensitivity and awareness. “Rousseau categorically denies the educational power of example” (p. 513). Explain your agreement or disagreement with Rousseau’s philosophy of education as it applies to your experience in gaining knowledge. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.and reference Prepare: In order to prepare for this assignment, view the following tutorial from the Ashford University Library: Scholarly and Popular Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Reflect: Good research is a combination of many types of sources. Prior to taking this course, did you understand the differences between these sources and the importance of finding one type of resource over another? Write: For this discussion, you will address the following prompts: Explain at least five differences between popular and scholarly sources used in research. Locate and summarize one peer-reviewed, scholarly source from the Ashford University Library and one popular source that pertain to your Final Argumentative Essay topic. In your summary of each article, comment on the following: biases, reliability, strengths, and limitations. From the sources you summarized, list and explain at least five visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that were not evident in the popular source. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length, which should include a thorough response to each prompt. You are required to provide in-text citations of applicable required reading materials and/or any other outside sources you use to support your claims. Provide full reference information of all sources cited at the end of your response. Please use correct APA format when writing in-text citations (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.and references (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Three-way in which you can teach by example

Teaching techniques vary from person to person. There are three ways in which one can teach by example. These include imitating, practice and example (McEwan, 2011).  This article describes teaching by examples drawing the ideas from the document A Portrait of the Teacher as a Friend and Artist: The Example of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Hunter McEwan. The first example of how one can teach with the instance is through acting while the learners observe and take the opportunity to try to imitate or give an example. For example, a physical Education teacher instructing basketball can demonstrate on how to dribble. The leaners observe, and they are given a chance to dribble in the same way the instructor performed. On the other hand, one can teach by example through the way we carry out ourselves for other in the same environment to see. The teaching by example influences the development of the ethical and moral development.

Teaching by examples

Teaching by example affects the ethical as well as moral reasoning. This is because education by instance enables the teacher to interact with the students. The teacher is the role model that the students imitate in most of the cases. Therefore, there are chances that the students will grow morally and upright if the teachers carry the moral actions (McEwan, 2011). The teacher-student interaction enables the teacher to identify the adverse effects of the learners and make the possible corrections about them.

Educational power of example agreement or disagreement

One would not agree with the Rousseau about the education of power by example. Some people learn by example. Most of the people determine visually primarily at the college level because learners study the practical aspect of their study. Therefore, education by the power of example is essential in the study. I have been learning up to the college level. Most of the classes I have had and still having required demonstrations hence of power by example is applicable.

Differences between popular and scholarly sources

There are differences between the popular and academic sources. The first difference is that the scholarly sources are written by experts like the Ph.D. holders in a given area. On the contrary, the popular sources are not necessarily an expert in a particular field (Fabian, 2011 ). Additionally, the scholarly sources must pass through a peer review and must be evaluated by independent experts. On the other hand, the popular sources can just be published without evaluation. The scholarly sources are references and fully cited while the popular sources have no references (Fabian, 2011 ). The academic sources have the minimal advertisement, unlike the popular sources. Lastly, the scholarly articles are based on the intellectual inquiry as opposed to the popular sources.

The academic article from the Ashford University Library is ‘’who benefits form the minimum wage increase?’’ The authors are Ohn W. Lopresti and Kevin J. Mumford. The article describes the effects of minimum wage on workers versus the payment they would receive in case the wage increases. The paper is reliable because there are references at the end of the work and the same are cited in the text. The strength lies in the information that is mentioned in the paper. The article has not provided the solution to the problem hence the weakness is outlined from that sources.

The popular source that is identified by the Ashford University Library is USA TODAY NETWORK. It was published on the 27th June 2017. The article is a newspaper of the United States. The reports describe the minimum wage although most of the citation used are not from credible sources hence not reliable.  The strength is that it is explaining the content of minimum wage vividly.

Visual cues from the peer-reviewed, scholarly source that was not evident in the popular source.

The scholarly sources the author asked questions and gave answers to what one needed to keep their businesses going with the minimum wage increase, and the popular only gave details the boost for a particular city. The editorial was organized and detailed on the negative and the positive effects of the minimum wage increase. The information was consistent on details from the start of what an employer can do. The scholarly article was drafted on an original perspective. The academic source could be visualized those that might occur unlike the recording about a reporter about the issue.

 

References

Fabian (Director). (2011 ). Effective internet search: Basic tools and advanced strategies (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site [Motion Picture].

McEwan, H. (2011). A Portrait of the Teacher as Friend and Artist: The Example of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.