8 PEER RESPONSES DUE IN 20 HOURS FLYER DISCUSSION Guided Response: Please respond to at least two of your peers, as early in the learning week as possible so they can make improvements to their final draft. Offer your peers feedback based on the following points: · Is the flyer clear and easy to follow? · Is the flyer engaging and does it make you want to attend the workshop? · Is the objective of the workshop clear? Do you know what you should be learning? · Do you know who should attend this workshop? · Does this flyer make you interested in attending the workshop? Why or why not? · What other suggestions do you have for your peers? JENNIFER’S POST: (FLYER ATTACHED) State your degree program- Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood Education  The position you interviewed for at the University of Arizona Global Campus Multigenerational Center- Assistant Teacher  Your clients- parents and caregivers of babies through children age 10 years old  Title of your workshop- Conscious Discipline (Dr. Becky Bailey) The topic of your workshop- Conscious Discipline ways and methods for social-emotional growth  Why you chose this topic for your workshop- It is a very helpful program for children that attend the center. We use it here at the multi-generational enter and it would help the children to have the same methods echoed at home. It also lets the parents know what we do and why.  Your biggest concern about hosting this workshop- Some parents may find it too "new school" and not effective.  KELLIE’S POST: (FLYER ATTACHED) Hello, my degree program I am currently in is Bachelors of Arts Early Childhood Education. I applied for the Assistant Teacher posting.  My workshop is geared toward parents who have children attending preschool. The title of my workshop is The Art of Teaching Preschoolers. This particular workshop aims to assist parents with fun and creative ways to keep their preschooler engaged while learning. I choose this topic for my workshop because, during parent-teacher conferences, parents have stressed that their child shows no interest in learning when they are at home.  My biggest concern about hosting this workshop is speaking in from of a crowd. Regards, Kellie QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN DISCUSSION Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings by providing evaluations of their questionnaires. Responses to students should be at least 200 words in length. In addition, remember that this is a group discussion forum so be sure to ask questions or provide direction to your classmates as needed. The discussion format was designed to give you an opportunity to learn from your peers and talk about your understanding of different survey research and questionnaires. SHEMAIAH’S POST: 1. Do you enjoy listening to music? 2. What types of music do you enjoy listening to? 3. What types of food or dishes do you enjoy eating? 4. What activities do you enjoy doing in your leisure time? 5. What culture (s) do you identify w.

1. 8 PEER RESPONSES DUE IN 20 HOURS
FLYER DISCUSSION
Guided Response:
Please respond to at least two of your peers, as early in the
learning week as possible so they can make improvements to
their final draft. Offer your peers feedback based on the
following points:
· Is the flyer clear and easy to follow?
· Is the flyer engaging and does it make you want to attend the
workshop?
· Is the objective of the workshop clear? Do you know what you
should be learning?
· Do you know who should attend this workshop?
· Does this flyer make you interested in attending the
workshop? Why or why not?
· What other suggestions do you have for your peers?
JENNIFER’S POST: (FLYER ATTACHED)
State your degree program- Bachelor of Arts in Early Childhood
Education
The position you interviewed for at the University of Arizona
Global Campus Multigenerational Center- Assistant Teacher

2. Your clients- parents and caregivers of babies through children
age 10 years old
Title of your workshop- Conscious Discipline (Dr. Becky
Bailey)
The topic of your workshop- Conscious Discipline ways and
methods for social-emotional growth
Why you chose this topic for your workshop- It is a very helpful
program for children that attend the center. We use it here at the
multi-generational enter and it would help the children to have
the same methods echoed at home. It also lets the parents know
what we do and why.
Your biggest concern about hosting this workshop- Some
parents may find it too "new school" and not effective.
KELLIE’S POST: (FLYER ATTACHED)
Hello, my degree program I am currently in is Bachelors of Arts
Early Childhood Education. I applied for the Assistant Teacher
posting. My workshop is geared toward parents who have
children attending preschool. The title of my workshop is The
Art of Teaching Preschoolers. This particular workshop aims to
assist parents with fun and creative ways to keep their
preschooler engaged while learning. I choose this topic for my
workshop because, during parent-teacher conferences, parents
have stressed that their child shows no interest in learning when
they are at home. My biggest concern about hosting this
workshop is speaking in from of a crowd.
Regards,
Kellie

3. QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN DISCUSSION
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings by
providing evaluations of their questionnaires. Responses to
students should be at least 200 words in length. In addition,
remember that this is a group discussion forum so be sure to ask
questions or provide direction to your classmates as needed.
The discussion format was designed to give you an opportunity
to learn from your peers and talk about your understanding of
different survey research and questionnaires.
SHEMAIAH’S POST:
1. Do you enjoy listening to music?
2. What types of music do you enjoy listening to?
3. What types of food or dishes do you enjoy eating?
4. What activities do you enjoy doing in your leisure time?
5. What culture (s) do you identify with?
6. What activities do you enjoy engaging in with your family?
This questionnaire is focused on gaining insight into an
individual’s cultural influences. By asking these questions the
researcher will be able to identify how the elements of culture
correlate to individual behaviors. In addition to this, the
researcher will also be able to pinpoint specific elements that
are shared amongst varying cultures. The overall strength of
this questionnaire is the usage of open-ended questions. Open
ended questions allow the researcher to ask questions that are
participant led. This is a strength because it provides an
opportunity for participants to answer questions openly while

4. simultaneously eliminating the opportunity for the researcher to
coerce participants.
This questionnaire consists of five open ended questions and
one question that will require a yes or no response. Each
question is concise and is structured in a manner that will allow
the participant to respond without constraints. By requiring that
participants respond to open ended questions, the researcher
will encourage unfiltered speech and the opportunity for the
participant to provide in depth explanations (Malec & Newman,
2013, p. 176). This questionnaire does not provide cues for the
participant because culture is not limited to one set of
guidelines or practices. Finally, each question is written with
cultural aspects in mind.
In summation, questionnaires can be improved. One way that
this questionnaire can be improved is by adding more questions
that will allow the researcher to gain a deeper understanding of
cultural aspects. Another way to improve this questionnaire is
to make sure that questions are asked individually.
Malec, T., & Newman, M. (2013).
Research methods building a knowledge base.
San Diego: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
PATRICIA’S POST:
A questionnaire is a research device or instrument that is made
up of a series of questions that are closed-ended or open-ended.
The goal is to collect relevant data from respondents which can
then be used for a variety of purposes. Questionnaires, though
versatile, aren't ideal in every situation - especially when you
need to understand specific issues. Questionnaires should be
used to collect more general information - qualitative or
quantitative data - regarding features and preferences.

5. "However, in many cases, there is no perfect measure for your
research question either because no one has studied the topic
before or because the current measures do not accurately assess
the construct of interest you are investigating. " (Malec &
Newman, 2013 )
As parents, we struggle to feel good about our kids’ screen
time. My questionnaire is focused on how much time and what
your child/children are watching. The strength of this
questionnaire
One strength of the questionnaire is that it contains detailed
information that can be obtained and it avoids oversimplifying
issues. The weakness is that depending on the age if a parent is
asking then the child might not be as open to answering out of
fear of revoked TV privileges. My questionnaire has six open-
ended questions and they are simple for kids.
1. Did you watch any TV shows today?
2. How long did you watch TV?
3. What was one of your favorites?
4. Who were the most interesting characters?
5. What was interesting about it?
6. What does the show make you wonder about?
SAMPLING DISCUSSION
Your post should be at least 300 words. For this discussion,
rather than responding to two peers, select one peer whose study
idea you find particularly intriguing and engage in a back and
forth discussion with that peer about the discussion question

6. topics. You may reconnect with the peer you discussed with in
Week 4 Discussion 1 or select a different peer this week. Make
sure to have at least two substantive posts to that classmate.
Here, our goal is to dive a bit deeper into a discussion with an
individual peer. Feel free to post additional responses to the
discussion thread that share what you both learned from your
exchange.
CLAUDIA’S POST:
Stress is a natural response to changes in lifestyle or schedule.
A healthy amount of stress is manageable, but in some cases,
stress can harm your health. When conducting a study on the
body’s response to large amounts of stress, many factors must
be considered. One major factor in conducting a qualitative
study is sampling. The first step in sampling is choosing the
population to study. In this case, we will be studying the
population of first-year college students at an Ivy League school
to determine the level of stress they are experiencing; Simple
Random Sampling would be used. We would randomly choose
50 participants out of 100 possible choices. The participants
would be equally female and male. This number of participants
is a large enough number to get a good reading of the data, but
small enough that we can hone in on the overall nature of the
questions asked. Questions would be administered regarding
their grades, their understanding of the curriculum they are
taking, their on-campus living situation, and their social
activities. An agreement would be reached with all those
chosen to ensure no one dropped out, causing a threat to the
validity of the study. Sampling error will undoubtedly happen,
but we would calculate beforehand the error of estimation to
ensure how much of the data from the sample is expected to
stray from the population as a whole. To eliminate the threat of
non-response bias, we will make sure all questions are worded
clearly and the survey is not too long. After the study is
complete, we will be able to gauge how much stress is

7. experienced by these students and further studies can be
conducted on how to eliminate the stress exhibited by first-year
college students and how the stress is affecting their health.
Malec, T. & Newman, M. (2013). Research methods: Building a
knowledge base. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
DAWN’S POST:
Sampling
Again, my study of interest is how be to eliminate bullying in
early childhood development by introducing social and moral
development. I have many years of experience in the area of
children and conflict. I want to understand how educators and
community leaders can intervene and minimize the behavior in
early childhood years. Through education and intervention, I
feel that should need to understand what bullying is and how to
avoid the behavior. “Qualitative research is valuable when the
nature of a phenomenon such as bullying, its signs, symptoms,
dynamics, and emotional consequences are not well understood”
(ch. 3). As a researcher, making sense out of what’s being
observed and focusing on interpreting the data makes the
method qualitative instead of trying to simplify and quantify
these observations (Malec, 2013). Important information is
needed from the participants and the questionnaires that guide
the study. Having parental participation would be essential
without the parents giving any family history prior to my groups
and observation. Questionnaires should be clarified before
dedicating the assets for a full round of information assortment
because it can give you valuable information to revise (Malec,
2013). The questionnaire would be used after the participants
have been randomly selected. There are no rules for qualitative
research as it pertains to sampling. My focus would be on a
group of elementary school children, ages from 5-8 years old. It
would be ideal to use the simple random method from several

8. different areas and backgrounds with no true logic. The
sampling would include about 15-25 children. After the
questionnaire of what bullying is, there would observation
period with children playing to collect data on how the children
act aggressively or non-aggressively. Then collectively in focus
groups to observe the behavior after using various tools to
introduce social skills and bullying. The information gathered
from this type of study will show the earlier bullying and
empathy is introduced, the ability to handle conflict or defend a
victim can be evolved within all children.
Reference
Malec, T. & Newman, M. (2013). Research methods: Building a
knowledge base. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
MOVIE DISCUSSION
Respond to at least 2 of your classmates.
BOYD’S POST:
This week, I'd like to discuss the film "Birdman or (The
Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (2014). Since discussing the
dynamics of honoring screenplays and screenplay rights in
university, I saw this film in a whole new way. I believe I now
recognize why it earned the coveted award for the screenplay; it
is genuinely insightful fiction. Only by reflecting on the
dialogue, you can see that the main character is going through a
big crisis, and the words spoken have a strong impact on me.
For one thing, the voiceovers he has in his head come off as
very profound and bleak, as they convey the tale of his
hardships through the years. Years earlier, he chose to quit a
lucrative superhero position to do something that will leave a
profound mark in the art of acting. The conversation that goes
on in his head in the film is serious, and it always takes a toll

9. on him, but he does a decent job overall.
The writing's originality, in my opinion, was extraordinarily
well done. It tells a tale that delves deep into our main
character's soul, but it also delves into the complicated feelings
of those around him in the theater. I think it's much more
impressive that the storyline and set are focused on Broadway
performers portraying various roles at times. The discussions
taking place right over the main character are well handled, and
they elicit a range of feelings, from humor to drama. You are
exposed to various characters hopping about in the writing, but
it isn't done to the point of frustration, more so, I feel it draws
all kinds of storylines into one huge and fascinating plot.
Overall, the script for Birdman was fascinating. I believe that
just reading this script without having it on the screen will
result in a genuinely convincing novel or short tale. It is highly
dramatic, and it pulls on a variety of viewpoints scattered
through many characters, in my opinion. Still, in the midst of it
all, we have the main character, who is going through a lot
himself and is trying all he can to fulfill his true desire. The
writing does an incredible job of gradually telling the viewer a
genuinely unique tale that, in my opinion, was worthy of an
Oscar for Original Screenplay.
References: The first ten pages: Birdman or (The unexpected
virtue of Ignorance) (2014). (2018, March 12). The Script Lab.
https://thescriptlab.com/features/first-ten-pages/7232-first-ten-
pages-birdman-unexpected-virtue-ignorance-2014/
COLLIN’S POST:
This week I decided to write my discussion on the 2017 winner
for best original screen play,
Get Out (2017)
by Jordan Peele. This is a film about a young African American

10. man who experiences racism through his life with a main focus
on his girlfriend and her family. The main character, Chris,
finally gets to meet his girlfriends parents as they go to their
house for the weekend. Little did Chris know, he would be
experiencing some of the most racist things of his life. This film
does a great job about addressing different forms of racism and
has a big plot twist at the end.
There are a few reasons I believe this film won an Oscar for
best original screenplay. To start, I think it did an excellent job
at bringing to light different kinds of racism in a way the
audience can relate to. This film also addresses a lot of different
stereotypes towards people of color. These stereotypes are
brought to light when Chris is introduced to all of his
girlfriend's family and friends at the "gathering". They
constantly ask him questions about his physique and talents
because of his skin color. A lot of these stereotypes and
comments that were brought up during these scenes are very
relevant today. I think audiences watching these parts can learn
from what they saw on screen and how inappropriate a lot of the
comments were.
Another reason I think this movie did a great job is it was
extremely entertaining and had a big plot twist at the end. This
plot twist definitely threw me for a loop as I am sure it did
many others. This gives audiences a lot more feelings and
emotion towards what is happening as a character who was
likeable suddenly becomes unlikeable. This film was also
straight to the point with the plot and had little "filler" content.
Throughout the majority of the film, all the scenes related to the
main storyline/plot in someway. I think this is very beneficial
as it keeps the flow of the film going and keeps audiences
engaged.
After watching and reading this weeks content such as,
Ex Machina - The Control of Information (2016),

11. I understood some of the things that made this film such a great
screenplay. In this video they talk about the journey of
discovery. This is when a character knows something that is
going to happen while another character does not and slowly
finds out over time. In this case, the main character Chris does
not know his girlfriend is actually a psychopath racist who
recruits African Americans for her family to take over. Chris's
girlfriend does know all this and everything that is going to
happen to him throughout the film, but does a good job at
convincing everyone otherwise. The audience follows Chris's
point of view so they go along the same journey of discovery as
him keeping the film interesting and intriguing as we want to
see what will happen to him. Looking at John Truby's "
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master
Storyteller",
we can identify his theory on revelation sequence. This is where
the audience discovers the key pieces of information that force
the main character to change their desire or motivations. In this
film I would argue there are about 8 revelations that take place.
1. Chris loves his girlfriend and finally gets to meet her parents
(this is usually a big milestone in relationships). 2. Chris starts
to realize where they are going out of town that people look at
him differently because of his skin color. 3. Chris realizes his
girlfriend's parents are racist. 4. Chris realizes that everyone in
her family and friends are racist. 5. Chris meets the subplot
character, another African American who had the same thing
happen to him, and gets a funny feeling. 6. Chris realizes he
needs to leave. 7. Chris realizes his girlfriend was lying and
using him and is now in a bad spot. 8. Chris must find a way to
"get out".
Lastly, looking at Frank Hauser's and Russell Reich's work on "
Notes on Directing
" we can see some other key things that relate to the film. In
this reading they talk about "Giving the audience all the dots
they need but do not fill in the dots". Essentially, provide all

12. the information for the audience to draw a conclusion on what is
going to happen without actually telling them. This sticks out a
lot due to the large amounts of foreshadowing throughout the
beginning of the film. When audiences rewatch the film
knowing what happens they start to pick up on these small
details and realize the ending was there all along. Overall, I
think Jordan Peele did an outstanding job on this film and
rightfully deserved to win the Oscar. Jordan also became the
first African American to win an Oscar for best original
screenplay with this film which makes it even better in my
opinion.
References:
Lessons From The Screenplay. “Ex Machina - The Control of
Information.”
YouTube
, YouTube, 20 Dec. 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ko9mWdqW-M.
Lessons from the Screenplay. “Gone Girl - Don't Underestimate
the Screenwriter.”
YouTube
, YouTube, 8 June 2016,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF3lFPW4E1o.
Truby, John.
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master
Storyteller
. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007.
Hauser, Frank, and Russell Reich.
Notes on Directing
. RCR Creative Press, 2003.