...Careful understanding and analysis of the methods employed by modern educational institutions reveal the fact that educational systems have succeeded in imparting the knowledge and skills that are required to face the world. However, in the modern world, educational institutions have a greater responsibility of ensuring that their students pursue fields of study where they are more likely to succeed. This, claim can be better understood if we imagined Roger Federer trying hard to become a lawyer or Henry Ford trying his hand at football! The above chimera may have given a brief insight on the catastrophic effects on the life and career of a person in the wrong field. Therefore, it becomes the added responsibility of educational institutions to help students understand themselves so that they fit in well in this vast jigsaw puzzle of the modern world. Providing counselling services, taking students on educational tours, providing an insight into various professions are some of the ways in which this responsibility can be carried out. It is or common understanding that the number of fields to choose from is very vast in the current setup of the world. In such a situation, students will need guidance while they select their field of study. They will need to be able differentiate between infatuations and genuine interest in a field of study. They will have to overcome their inherent fickle nature in order to take a stable decision which will define their...
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...Original article Using handhelds in a Jigsaw cooperative learning environment C.-Y. Laià & C.-C. Wuw ÃDepartment of Information and Computer Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, and National Taichung Nursing College, Taichung, Taiwan wDepartment of Information and Computed Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan Abstract This paper reports our implementation of a handheld wireless environment to support Jigsaw cooperative learning activities in a college setting. A quasi-experimental research design was conducted to investigate the effects of using handhelds, as well as issues associated with the use of handheld technology. Two intact classes of fourth-year students from a five-year junior nursing college participated in the experiment. Our findings showed that handheld tools enhanced both students’ attitudes and performance in learning, and promoted better interactions among students and instructors. We also found that the handheld technology was not sophisticated enough to support cooperative learning goals without full support from a technology specialist. collaboration, empirical, handhelds, ICT use, nursing, post-secondary. Keywords Introduction With recent advances in wireless communication technology and mobile devices, the application of handheld technology in education is expected to increase. Handhelds, also known as palmtop computers, were originally designed as personal organizers or note takers, and now offers...
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...Overview of Varying Learning Styles People are different and therefore do things differently, such as how they learn. How does one assimilate information the best? In this paper, this writer will discuss how to figure out a person’s learning style, different styles of learning, and how to accommodate the different learning styles. By understanding one’s individual learning styles, people can change the way that they teach and study in order to increase the knowledge that is retained. How to Determine Learning Styles There are multiple ways to figure out someone’s personal learning style. A person can look at ways that they study best for clues. Does an individual need to write and read everything, watch videos on the subject, must learn by doing, or a combination of these? A person could also take a questionnaire and based on their answers, come to the conclusion of their learning style. One of the most popular ways to learn one’s style of learning is to take a questionnaire created by VARK (VARK, 2014). Different Styles of Learning According to VARK learning questionnaire, the populace fall into five categories. These different sections are visual, aural, read/write, kinesthetic, and multimodal (Vark, 2014). Visual consists of learning best by studying with diagrams or pictures. Visual learners, while studying written words, should find that highlighting information useful ((Blevins, 2014). Persons that are more aurally inclined learn better by listening to information...
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...3. OPERATING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION A. STORE 1. Location - SM Megamall, Basement, Ortigas, Pasig City 2. Size - 20 sqm 3. Rent - P40,000.00 Our children’s bookstore, Fun Page Bookshop will be located at basement of SM Megamall which is the 3rd largest mall in the Philippines and soon to be the biggest mall in the Philippines after its renovation by the end of 2013. Megamall attracts daily foot traffic of 800,000 people. With this numbers, our shop will be visible to people from different walks of life, class A to B and hoping that at least 10% of these people may notice us, spread the news and patronize us. B. CLIENTS Our clients will be children ages 3-12 years old. Through our interactive bookshop, children will develop their self-esteem by interacting with other children. They will be comfortable in social settings and enjoys group activities as well as develop independency. Parents/guardians who are in the mall with their children may visit the area to allow their children to play and learn at the same time. C. MARKETING Since we are just new in the business of children’s bookstore, the Managing Partners, its partners, family and friends will work hand in hand in promoting the bookstore. We will be doing awareness campaign through social network advertising, online promotions, distribution of flyers and TV guestings. On the grand opening, we are working to have a celebrity mother to do the first story telling. We are working...
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...Policies and procedures are put in to place by the governing body, in order to ensure that children with special educational needs are treat justly and are given the same valued opportunities and other individuals in the mainstream educational setting. The special educational need and disability code of practice (SEND) has recently been updated (2014) in order to support individuals from birth to twenty-five years old. The framework states that it will ‘provide equality, opportunity and enable high achievement’ for children with special educational needs. The SEND framework specifies that a child with a special educational need ‘can achieve well in their early years’ providing that they are given the appropriate support and inclusive care in their educational setting. The framework also articulates that practitioners should stretch targets of a child with autism and encourage them to have high ambitions; By doing so it ensures that children are given the same individual opportunities as other individuals who do not have any educational needs, giving a child the same opportunities also means that they are included in the educational setting....
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...Physical Manipulatives Manipulaitves can be classified into two: concrete or physical manipulatives and virtual manipulatives. Domino (2010) categorized these physical manipulatives in three types. First, manipulatives can be objects that are familiar in everyday life, such as beads, buttons, coins, dice, and popsicle sticks. Second, manipulatives can be objects that are commercially manufactured and have multiple possible educational applications but exist primarily for some other purpose such as children’s building blocks, jigsaw puzzles, Legos, and Tinker Toys. Third, manipulatives can be objects that are specifically designed to be used in teaching mathematics, such as attribute blocks, base-ten blocks, color tiles, Cuisenaire rods, geoboards,...
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...they enjoy themselves and have fun, find out how they make friends, and about their relationships. This can be seen and evidenced in the Channel 4 Series ‘The Secret Lives of …… 4 year olds, 5 year olds etc’. Observation can enable the provision of good quality services for children based on observed assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of existing services. It enables you to assess a child’s physical state and monitor whether they are generally fit and well, along with their emotional well-being and identify signs of distress and anxiety, and also look for evidence that children are being well cared for, and plan appropriate intervention. Standard Measurements – These measurements are more often likely to be used in Health and Educational settings. Within Health they have set up a National Child Measurement Programme. This is generally height and weight checks and is done at several key points during a child’s development. It has been suggested from the research carried out that the height and weight of a child at a certain age can be linked to health problems later in life and gives them an opportunity for example to change eating habits. Within the Education system the Government have issued a set of standard measurements which children are expected to achieve at certain ages and stages throughout their education. They are used as a tool to monitor what progress a child is making academically and to identify whether support and other interventions are required in...
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...Introduction The urgency is that last years the imperative need of using a foreign language appears in all areas of a science, manufacture and culture. Importance and openness of the problem of effective teaching foreign languages have caused its topicality, and consequently the choice of a theme for the given course work. In present practice of teaching foreign languages there is a problem facing the teacher to address to experience of the colleagues, to innovative ideas, to a science, is that low authority of a subject because of shortages of a present technique of teaching. Aim to investigate the role of contemporary methods in teaching foreign languages, to distinguish the most rational techniques of teaching a foreign language which can be used in school. In this work it is necessary to solve the following primarytasks: 1. To investigate the bases of teaching a foreign language 2. To study effective ways and techniques of teaching a foreign language 3. To observe ways of teaching English language in contemporary methods 4. To work out exercises for using innovation technologies of teaching English language in contemporary methods The subject of this course paper is variety of methods and ways and their effectiveness of using in teaching a foreign language. The object of research is the process of teaching and pupils who are the subjects of this teaching process. Theoretical value of this course paper is in its results, having received which it will...
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...LANGUAGE ARTS Understanding Assessment: Putting Together the Puzzle SHEILA W. VALENCIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE “No one test or assessment should be asked to serve all the assessment purposes. We need, at this point, a system made up of articulated components, glued together by their adherence to content standards and serving explicit purposes for assessment.” —National Council for Education Standards and Testing, 1992 discussions, and more. Now, 10 years later, we are hearing the same reminder (Brennan, Kim, WenzGross, Siperstein, 2001; Herman, 2001; International Reading Association, 1999). In fact, in July 2001 members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teacher’s union, endorsed a policy calling for a combination of standardized tests and other assessment tools such as teacher designed assessments when making important educational decisions (Blair & Archer, 2001). Assessment has always been a part of the educational landscape. However, because assessment can serve so many different purposes and can come in so many different forms, it has been confusing and, sometimes, it has been the subject of contentious debate. Unfortunately, as a result, many of us have come to view assessment as a necessary evil, a requirement rather than a helpful part of instruction. But assessment IS a critical part of instruction and it CAN be useful if we understand the pieces of the puzzle. As far back as 1992, when the standards movement was launched...
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...Designing an Active Training Sales Program for Wellbridge Clubs Sales Staff Dawnita Blackmon-Mosely Tiaunna Connelly Elizabeth Davis Jesus Elias Jaimi Faux Michael Morris Rodney Ulibarri Webster University Abstract The purpose of this project was to develop a training program for Wellbridge Clubs that focused on teaching sales staff to sell personal training (PT) packages to members, in order to increase Wellbridge sales. The training agenda was designed based on Silberman’s (2006) Active Training, in order to engage the participants in their learning process. The use of immediate learning exercises is intended to draw the participants into the process of guided note taking during the brain-friendly lectures. Through headlines and graphical associations, organized information is presented that is more easily retained. Role-playing scenarios solidify newly acquired information, and action planning provides an opportunity to prepare the participants for on-the-job application. These techniques were chosen because they provide the best option for active involvement of the participants, and thus, their attainment and retention of skill. Keywords: Wellbridge, personal training, active training, human capital Designing an Active Training Sales Program for Wellbridge Clubs Sales Staff Wellbridge Clubs is a fitness management company that was founded in 1983 in Denver, Colorado (Wellbridge Clubs, 2014). Through the operation of 19 athletic clubs nationwide, Wellbridge...
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...Content Introduction 1. Comparative Teaching Methodologies 1.1 Grammar Translation Method 1.2 Direct Method 1.3 Audio-Lingual Method 1.4 Silent Way 1.5 Total Physical Response (TPR) Community Language Learning (CLL) 1.6 Suggestopedia (Suggestology) 1.7 Communicative Approach 1.8 Natural Approach 1.9 Emotional-semantic method 2. Theoretical aspect of effective methods of teaching 2.1 The bases of teaching a foreign language 2.2 Effective ways and techniques of teaching a foreign language 2.2.1 Constructivist teaching strategies 2.2.2 Communicative Teaching Method 2.2.3 Using project method in teaching a foreign language 2.2.4 The method of debates 2.2.5 Games 2.2.6 Role plays as a method of teaching 2.3 Methodological principles of modern methods of teaching 2.4 Practical aspect of ways of teaching 3. Comparative characteristics of modern techniques of teaching English 3.1 Features of techniques 3.1.1 Communicative method 3.1.2 Project methodology 3.1.3 Intensive method 3.1.4 Activity Based method 3.2 Similarities of methods 3.3 Positive and negative aspects of techniques Conclusion Bibliography Appendix Introduction Language teaching came into its own as a profession in the last century. Central to this process was the emergence of the concept of methods of language teaching. The method concept in language teaching—the notion of a systematic set of teaching practices based on a particular theory of language and language learning—is a...
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...Functions of Music Music therapy Music therapy is a treatment method that involves using music to enhance health. There are many different approaches to music therapy, including creating music, listening to music, and talking about music. Although music therapy is often used to promote mental and emotional health, it may also help improve quality of life for people coping with physical health conditions. . In the 17th century, the scholar Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy noted that music has an "excellent power ...to expel many other diseases" and he called it "a sovereign remedy against despair and melancholy." What Does Music Therapy Involve? A music therapy session may incorporate a number of different elements, such as making music, writing songs, or passively listening to music. While music therapists often aim to foster the patient's emotional expression, there can be many other different goals in a music therapy session. These goals include relief of stress or anxiety, improvement of mood, and enhancement of quality of life for people dealing with illness. Research shows that patients do not need to have any musical ability to benefit from music therapy. Benefits of Music Therapy Here's a look at some key study findings on the health effects of music therapy: 1) Music Therapy and Depression Music therapy may help some patients fight depression, according to a review published in 2008. Researchers sized up data from five previously published...
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...AO1 – Patterns of Development This coursework will describe how children develop according to milestones from birth to eight years old. Activity 1 Emily is 17 years old and lives on the outskirts of Woking. She is currently living with her mum and attends St. John the Baptist Sixth Form College in Old Woking. Emily is a conscientious and hard working individual and her qualifications clearly support this. Having achieved excellent grades at GCSE and AS level, Emily is eager to continue with further education by hopefully attending Portsmouth University and pursuing a career in film and television production. Emily enjoys a variety of activities such as socialising with friends and photography. She has a great interest in fashion and styling as well as thoroughly enjoys looking at the latest brands by designers such as Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port. The main stages are – Infant (0 – 1 year) Toddler (1 – 3 years) Pre-school child (3 – 5 years) School age (5 – 8 years) |Key stage |Growth |Physical |Intellectual (language and |Emotional/ | | | | |cognitive) |Social | |Infant (0 – 1|At the beginning of this |At the beginning of this stage, a |At the beginning of this |At the beginning of this stage,| |year) |stage, a...
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...Introduction Jean Piaget Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was a biologist who originally studied molluscs (publishing twenty scientific papers on them by the time he was 21) but moved into the study of the development of children's understanding, through observing them and talking and listening to them while they worked on exercises he set. His view of how children's minds work and develop has been enormously influential, particularly in educational theory. His particular insight was the role of maturation (simply growing up) in children's increasing capacity to understand their world: they cannot undertake certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so. His research has spawned a great deal more, much of which has undermined the detail of his own, but like many other original investigators, his importance comes from his overall vision. He proposed that children's thinking does not develop entirely smoothly: instead, there are certain points at which it "takes off" and moves into completely new areas and capabilities. He saw these transitions as taking place at about 18 months, 7 years and 11 or 12 years. This has been taken to mean that before these ages children are not capable (no matter how bright) of understanding things in certain ways, and has been used as the basis for scheduling the school curriculum. Whether or not should be the case is a different matter. Piaget's stage theory describes the cognitive development of children. Cognitive development involves...
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...DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARIÑAS College of Education Graduate Studies THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AMONG THE GRADE 7 TEACHERS OF CARMONA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR 2015 – 2016 In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Management Ethics For Educational Management in Graduate Studies Anna Gianelli S. Espino Maricar H. Delos Reyes Rosalie N. Pandan October 17, 2015 DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY – DASMARIÑAS College of Education Graduate Studies THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCIES AND STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS AMONG THE GRADE 7 TEACHERS OF CARMONA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOL YEAR 2015 – 2016 In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements in Philosophical, Sociological and Psychological Foundations of Education For Educational Management in Graduate Studies Anna Gianelli S. Espino Maricar H. Delos Reyes Rosalie N. Pandan October 17, 2015 Chapter 1 Introduction Background of the Study Communication is about more than just exchanging information. It's about understanding the emotion and intentions behind the information. Effective communication is also a two-way street. It’s not only how you convey a message so that it is received and understood by someone in exactly the way you intended, it’s also how you listen to gain the full meaning of what’s being said and to make the other person feel heard and understood. Some students are weak in the communicative...
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