Damien Vaillant
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💼 E-learning solopreneur 🧭 in Avignon, FR 📅 since 2020
General Education Portfolio

Gen Ed

About
ELA
HSS
FLS
Math
Science
Tech
Engr
Fine Arts
PE
Academic Skills
Life Skills

About

This portfolio is the result of my life-long interest in learning and sharing. The programs and courses that are listed here were taken over the span of several decades as I went through secondary school, and over the years as I revisited some of these topics as a tutor and teacher.

Sources:
  • KA subjects
  • GED + SAT subjects
  • TESU Gen Ed reqs
  • ELT changelog

    2019.04.18 – Created initial portfolio based on my LDT Portfolio– All previous updates to the core files of the portfolio are located under portfolio/ldt/about/portfolio

English Language Arts

ELA

Reading & Literature

  • Literary Theory: Analyzing and interpreting literature (SDC English 103)
  • English Literature (SDC English 101)
  • American Literature (SDC English 102)
  • World Literature (SDC English 301)

Discourse

  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication

Speech

  • Phonology
  • Prosody

Active Listening

Listening Power

Vocabulary Development

Vocabu-lit / Wordly Wise

Grammar & Mechanics

English Grammar in Use

Longman Academic Writing Series

Research & critical thinking

Source: Gen Ed > Academic Skills

  • Information Literacy
  • College Readiness: College success (Saylor/SDC)
  • AI for Education
  • College Admissions
  • Careers

Humanities & Social Studies

HSS

Civics and Global Leadership

  • Diversity: Cultural Diversity in the United States
  • Civic Engagement and Awareness: ✅ US Government & Politics
  • Global citizenship education (GCED)
  • Ethical Leadership – Business Ethics

History

  • ✅ US History
  • – UK History
  • ✅ World History (Origins to the Present)
  • ✅ Big History Project
  • – Art History

Geography

  • Map skills: Navigating maps ang globes: symbols, cardinal directions, latitude and longitude, using coordinates for finding places
  • Physical geography: continents, oceans, landscapes, and climates
  • Human and cultural geography: Countries, cities, population, urban planning, cultures and customs, population migration, sustainability + (SDC Geography 101)
  • Environmental Geography: climate change, pollution, resource management
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • World Regional Geography (Saylor GEOG101)

Economics

  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Finance and capital markets

Philosophy

  • Epistemology
  • Ethics
  • Logic
  • Metaphysics
  • Moral and Political Philosophy (Saylor PHIL10)

Sociology

  • Introduction to Sociology (Saylor SOC101)
    • Sociological Thinking and Research
    • Culture & Social Structure
    • Socialization, groups, and Social Control
    • Social Stratification
    • Deviance
    • Social change and Social issues
      • Family and Education
      • Race, ethnicity, and gender
      • Social inequality and poverty
      • Crime and deviance
      • Social chance and movements
  • SDC Sociology 110: Cultural Studies & Diversity in the U.S.
  • Swayam: Sociology of Education
  • SDC Sociology 305: Sociology of Work

Psychology

Source:

  • 101 Intro to Psychology
  • 102 Educational Psychology
  • 103 Human Growth and Development
  • 104 Social Psychology
  • 105 Research Methods in Psychology
  • 301 Industrial / organization psychology
  • 302 Cognitive Psychology
  • 315 Psychology of motivation

Foreign Language Studies

FLS

– French (C1)
– Chinese (B1)
– Spanish (A2)
– Thai (A1)

Mathematics

Math

– Quantitative literacy
– Arithmetic
– Algebra
– Geometry
– Trigonometry
– Statistics and probabilities
– Calculus (Pre, diff?, int?, 1+2)
– Integrated mathematics

Science

Science

  • The Scientific Method
  • A Scientific origin story: Big History–Thresholds 1-5
  • Space Science: Cosmology & Astronomy
  • Physical Science: Physics & Chemistry
  • Earth Science: Geology & Environmental Science
  • Life Science: Biology

Technology

Tech

Computing

– Computers and the Internet
– Computer Science Theory
– Intro to CS – Python
– Computer programing – JavaScript and the web

Digital Literacy

Robotics

Engineering

Engr

  • Engineering Design Process
  • Fundamental Engineering Principles
  • Problem-Solving and Creativity
  • Intro to Engineering Disciplines
  • Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

Fine Arts

Fine Arts

Visual Arts

Penmanship and calligraphy

Drawing

Digital art (From Content Creation portfolio)
– Pixar in a box

Animation

  • 2D animation
  • 3D animation

Photography

Film making

Performing Arts

Music

Dance

Acting/theater

Physical Education

PE

Football

Basketball

Baseball

Soccer

Hockey

Ultimate

Academic Skills

Academic Skills

  • Information Literacy
  • College Readiness: College success (Saylor/SDC)
  • AI for Education
  • College Admissions
  • Careers

Life Skills

Life Skills

  • Growth Mindset
  • Internet Safety
  • Social Media Literacy
  • Financial Literacy
  • Career Orientation

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