Social Change

Part 1: Introduction   

My topic of study is focused on teacher education on how the brain learns to best support students in learning.  If teachers know how a brain matures, functions under stress and ways to create an environment or learning experience for the brain to thrive with realistic learning expectations.  

1. Write a one page background statement that includes:

1. What you have learned about social change as a social issue.

2. What you have learned about social change as a research problem and how the implications for social change refer to how the findings of your study may lead to positive social change. Keep the significance within the frame of the study purpose. Support your insights with academic citations (at least 5)  from the Learning Resources below.

3. Describe the gap that your study will address.  

2. From the gap, create a brief purpose statement that is aligned with the following research question: What is the meaning of social change for Walden graduate students?

Background info: There are several problems with teachers not knowing about brain development and how it learns:  Students are not retaining information or learning. There are behavioral problems and higher levels of student expulsions even among children in preschool.  Many of these behaviors arise among students because their brains are stressed and being required to function outside of the brain’s maturation level.  

My topic of study is to explore teachers awareness and understanding of how the brain functions and learns and their perceptions of how their teaching practices support how the student brain learns.

There is a gap in practice in US schools as a majority of fully credentialed teachers have no formal education in how the brain learns. 

8 Teacher Learning | How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School: Expanded Edition | The National Academies Press (nap.edu)

 how many credentialed teachers have formal education in how the brain learns. – Bing

The Bridge – The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (thecttl.org)

What’s Your MBE-IQ? – The Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (thecttl.org)

Social Change | Walden University

2. Use (5)  resources/articles from the last 5 years 

3. Use proper APA 7 format, citations, and referencing.

Learning Resources

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.

• Chapter 7, Ethics and Relational Research (pp. 193232)

Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 13, Sharing the Results (pp. 213232)

Shenton, A. K. (2004). Strategies for ensuring trustworthiness in qualitative research projects. Education for Information 22(2), 63-75.    https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=iih&AN=13857302&site=ehost-live&scope=site

The following articles are examples of literature reviews on the aspects of social change.

Thomas, E.F., MCGarty, C., & Mavor, K.I. (2009). Transforming Apathy into movement: The role of prosocial emotions in motivation action for social change. Personality & Social Psychology Review, 13(4), 310-333.  https://doi-org.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/10.1177/1088868309343290

Kezar, A. (2014). Higher education change and social networks: A review of the research. Journal of Higher Education, 85(1), 91-125.   https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=92997979&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Aguinis, H. & Glavas, A. (2012). What we know and dont know about corporate social responsibility: A review and research agenda. Journal of Management, 38(4). 932-968.

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Course guide and assignment help