Ed Psych test

I have an essay test to do for educational psychology--Here we go.


First off, it's about applying educational psych prinicples to a creative writing exercise. Aliens are coming to earth in 5 years. Teachers have to prepare all people on earth for their arrival to teach them about the alien's nature and culture.

Okay, so what do I teach them?

I think I'm going to teach moral and philosophical principles. Human beings need to know that they're still worthwhile even though these aliens are intellectually and technologically superior. I think a fundamental concept to teach is how to deal with the loss of power and priviledge human beings will feel over losing their sense of superiority and uniqueness. I feel we have to look inside ourselves to find our common human identity and being able to look to for commonalities in the alien beings. It has been shown that these aliens have a similar laws of gravity in their universe, and they also have a similar atmosphere and can breathe oxygen. These aliens also have superiorly developed and tested the moral law of karma, which is found in Indian and Buddhist texts here on Earth. The aliens have found a way to break the cause and effect chain of morality. On Earth here, at least in Buddhist and Indian belief system, we continue to live out lives and be reincarnated when we die; our karma, the virtuous and vicious actions we carry out in our lives, determines how the next life we live will fair. The aliens have broken that cycle of reincarnation and are morally superior. We know their mission is peaceful, and they are interested in helping human beings break their cycles of suffering.

The basic concepts I must communicate to my student: the alien's intentions are peaceful; their moral, intellectual, and technological superiority should not be feared; and we can learn from these beings greatly. I forsee a great challenge and struggle with my students--I must deal with their prejudices, their fears, and their...