...a psychological investment in learning. They try hard to learn what school offers. They take pride not simply in earning the formal indicators of success (grades), but in understanding the material and incorporating or internalizing it in their lives (Newmann, 1992)." Engagement involves the active participation of students in the classrooms as well as in the teaching process. It has also been described as the willingness of to participate in routine school activities, such as attending class, submitting required work, and following teachers' directions in class. All these point to one thing the teaching process can be a very “tedious and boring one”!. So it’s important that we find creative ways to actively involve the students. If the regular teaching style can be “tedious and boring” to the young ones, how about if you are having to teach adults. Teaching adults can be much more tasking and requires more efforts on the part of the teacher. Adults easily get uninterested (not any fault of theirs) especially when the teacher goes on and on without asking for their inputs or engaging them in discussions. This is because the adult mind has only a few hours for assimilation after which the brain will need to take a rest before it can take in more. It is also a well-known fact that learning by association helps assimilation, so introducing activities outside the subject being taught helps to keep adult students engaged and alert. Here are few things I do to keep students engaged...
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...Cognitive Theory: An Annotated Bibliography History of Education in America Pamela Allen November 12, 2007 INTRODUCTION The study of child development has inspired many theories. Psychologists have tried to understand why there is a difference between a child’s level of intelligence, motivation, social skills, and mannerisms. The cognitive theory helps explain each step of a child’s development with different aspects of each. The study of development of children is important to help parents, teachers and caregivers’ insight in the different ways children grow and learn. Cognitive theory helps explain how senses, environment, and an individual’s brain effect how and what kind of personality develops and possibly predicting a future. If parents believe that intelligence can be strongly influenced by experience, they make special efforts to help them learn, if believed inborn and unchangeable, they are less likely to make any effort. Children have their own internal drives and needs as well as heredity endowments that influence development. The cognitive theory is only a stepladder and there may be different equations added in either direction but we are given a building block foundation. Cognitive theories emphasize the mental aspect of development like logic and memory and focus on Jean Piaget’s theory children are born with an inborn ability to adapt to their environment. STATEMENT OF THE ISSUE TO BE INVESTIGATED ...
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...Cognitive Theory Cognitive development of a child takes palace in various stages. But their styles of thinking distinguish them. Piaget first revealed that the thinking and reasoning of children occurs at different time periods as they grow. He distinguishes the four stages that occur in children’s’ lives which are very distinct and explain the development of cognition. The stages form his Piaget’s Stage theory, are preoperational stage, sensory motor stage, concrete operational stage and formal operational stage. The first stage is the sensory motor which happens from the day of birth to around the age of two. At this stage the child only knows what is given to him. The child is concerned physical objects and his motor skills as well as the results of their movements He learns of objects which exists even when such object are not visible to them. The second stage is the preoperational stage which is when a child is from two to seven years old. A child can speak and learn problem solving skills like counting and numbering. This stage is further divided to intuitive phase and preoperational phase. The child concerns himself with learning verbal skills and making sense of the world which occurs in the preoperational phase. The intuitive phase is the Childs ability to make conclusion from his experiments with concrete objects. At this stage however, children are incapable to speak clearly what they mentally mean may not be exactly what they express. The final...
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...A – Self – evaluation 12 Appendix B – Passage 13 1. Question A – TEACHING CONTEXT I currently teach at an inner city private school. I teach English Home Language to Grades Ten, Eleven and Twelve. The school is relatively well – resourced and provides the necessary infrastructure to facilitate learning. Classrooms are equipped with the sufficient number of desks and chairs. All learners and educators are issued with the appropriate resources such as textbooks and study guides to achieve the outcomes of the curriculum as determined by the Department of Basic Education. Periods are 40 minutes long. A total of four hours per cycle is dedicated to the learning of the home language. The majority of learners are from a lower to medium economic background. The school’s language of teaching and learning is English. Consequently, all learners are registered as English Home Language learners. In reality and for most learners, English is their second or even third language. Many of the learners had their actual mother – tongue as medium of instruction at a primary education level. After two years of secondary education ( Grades 8 and 9 ) this aspect of the context, for both learner and school, often remains a challenge. This assignment will focus on the Grade 12 group. 2. Question B – PASSAGE I have chosen an article ( DEAR JOBLESS GRADUATE ) written by Doctor Jonathan Jansen which appeared in THE TIMES of 21 June 2012. The article...
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...Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Master's Theses 1932 The Influence of Certain Study Habits on Students Success in Some College Subjects Leslie J. Roch Loyola University Chicago Recommended Citation Roch, Leslie J., "The Influence of Certain Study Habits on Students Success in Some College Subjects" (1932). Master's Theses. Paper 342. http://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/342 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact ecommons@luc.edu. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1932 Leslie J. Roch THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN STUDY HABITS ON STUDEN'l! SUCCESS IN SO:ME COLLEGE SUBJECTS LESLIE J. ROCK A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF 1USTER OF ARTS IN LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ~932 VIT~ Birth January 2, 1900, Ohicago, Illinois Education Oak Park and River Forest Township High School St. Viator Academy, Bourbonnais, Illinois Bachelor of Arts St. Viator Oollege, Bourbonnais, Illinois Graduate Work in Loyola University 1927-31 Profession Associate Professor of Sooial Sciences St. Mary's University of San Antonio San Antonio, Texas TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter I II IV ·V Purpose and The Need For Teehniq~e...
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...aboriginal culture in favor of the then dominant white European population. The teaching strategies that were encouraged ranged from pulling children as young as six away from their parents to mental, physical and sexual abuse. The Residential schools were run by a variety of participating church organizations, which received funding from the Canadian government. The funding was based on a per aboriginal basis therefore it was in the best interests of the churches to enroll as many aboriginal students as possible. The schools were run in almost every province in Canada from 1860-1884 and claimed to be promoting religious and cultural assimilation. However, the cruelty that was experienced by many young aboriginals in the residential schools emphasizes the differences between the aboriginal societies and the European dominant society making complete assimilation impossible. The imposition of residential schools on First Nations children has led to significant loss of indigenous languages, and this language loss has led to further cultural losses for traditional First Nations cultures in Canada. The earliest known date opening of a Residential school was in 1840, located in Manitowaning, Ontario. The school was the Wikemikong Indian Residential School, it closed in 1879. The last Residential school to close was La Tuque Indian Residential School, located in La Tuque, Quebec. This school opened in 1962 and closed in 1980. These schools, run by religious people, were not...
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...Cognitive Theorist: Jean Piaget Tatiana Larson PSY/390 May 30, 2015 Richard Codd Cognitive Theorist: Jean Piaget Theorist Jean Piaget was the first psychologist to make a “systematic study” of cognitive development. The work of Piaget is often described as genetic epistemology simply put, “the origins of thinking” (McLeod, S. A. (2015). This theory is often recognized for its four stages, sensorimotor, preoperational thinking, concrete operations, and formal operations. Later in this article we will go over the details of each stage. The goal however of these studies was not to measure how well a child could function cognitively in order to grade their I.Q., but to identify the way the material concepts emerge in the mind. In this article we will be going over some key information regarding Jean Piaget and the theory he developed. Jean Piaget: Contributions After understanding what Jean Piaget set out to prove with this theory it is important to recognize the contributions that were made. It is because of this theory that “discovery learning” has been integrated with the primary school curriculum. The stages that were developed by Piaget help teachers, psychologists, etc. to identify the path that each child takes cognitively. Once we fully understood the true benefits of understanding the youth and were able recognize the importance of individuality we could then see an influence on the learning process. According to Piaget’s theory, classroom learning should...
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...Bilingual Education In 2012, Psychology Today reported that in 2007 the American Community Survey reported approximately 18 percent (ages 5 and up) of the United States population was bilingual. In 2013, the National Center for Education Statistics reported an increase from 1976 to 2012 in minority enrollment in college (Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian/Alaska native). Bilingual education has been a highly controversial topic in America. Based on the report from the National Center for Education Statistics, you would think that this type of education would be widely supported. Has our nation actually thought about the impact of bilingual education? After all, it could be the reason for the peak in college enrollment of minorities. Bilingual education should continue to be an option in the United States because of the many benefits such as: aiding non-English speakers stay on track, giving natives the opportunity to learn other languages, and helping preserve the cultures of non-natives. Bilingual education is the key to increased high school graduation and college success rates. By offering non-natives the opportunity to learn another language while learning in their native language eliminates the pass or fail, sink or swim aspect of English. When students unfamiliar with the language are put into classes without assistance, both the teacher and student are being cheated. The teacher’s performance will be judged for not being able to teach a non-English...
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...our graduates in the labor market BASIC STUDIES EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES | Mission | | a | b | 1. To provide students with a good and solid foundation in mathematics, basic engineering sciences, engineering drawing, physics, general chemistry and other branches of natural sciences and to apply knowledge to aviation and other related discipline. | √ | √ | 2. To develop communicative skills in listening, speaking, reading, writing and graphics communication pertaining to technical drawing interpretation. | √ | √ | 3. To teach and train students the importance of humanistic values and respect of cultural differences through humanities and social sciences. | √ | √ | 4. To impart high ethical standards to the students through assimilation and incorporation in the learning activities. | √ | √ | 5. To infuse students with enhanced computer concepts and expertise through incorporating competent applications and disciplines. | √ | √ | 6. To acquire the total human development according to its physical, mental, emotional, social aspects in promoting a healthy lifestyle. | √ | √ | COURSE SYLLABUS 1. Course Code : MATH 121 2. Course Title : Analytic Geometry 3. Pre-Requisite : MATH 111, MATH 112 4. Co-Requisite : MATH 122, MATH 123 5. Credit/Class Schedule : 3 units 6. Course Description : Slope of a line; distance between two...
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...Acculturation was found to be a function of their perception of the value of their identity (Lavooy, 2018). Ethnic Identity has been associated with self- esteem, and act as a buffer to the effects of discrimination. Children with higher self-esteem were found to be less likely to become depressed when they experienced discrimination (Lavooy, 2018). A bicultural identity is also associated with higher school grades is Latino/a American middle school. Latino/a bicultural youth were found to have better academic success and peer support than those in assimilation or maintenance groups (Hall, 2010). Because Mexican American women are becoming more acculturated and educated the dynamics of families has changed. Their power in their family and marriages has increased, but the children who are educated in the US have an upper hand or advantage over their parents (Lavooy,...
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...Louisiana became the second state to order the legislation in French and English in 1847, and New Mexico Territory did so for Spanish and English in 1850. By the end of the 19th century, more than a dozen states had passed comparable laws. In addition, numerous territories gave bilingual education in languages as assorted as Norwegian, Italian, Polish, Czech, and Cherokee.” Enrollment surveys at the turn of the 20th century reported that at least 600,000 primary school students (public and parochial) were receiving part or all of their instruction in the German language -- about 4% of all American children in the elementary grades.” (Rethinking...
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...The test will focus on material covered since the Midterm Exam: Unit #7: Deviance and Social Control * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 7 * Wolf, “The Rebels: A Brotherhood of Outlaw Bikers” * Video: Faking the Grade Unit #8: Sociological Research Methods * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 2 Unit #9: Social Stratification / Politics and Economics * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 8 and Ch.14 * Bales, “A New Slavery” OR Reiter, “Serving the Customer: Fast Food is Not about Food” Unit #10: Global Inequality * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 9 * Eglitis, “How Economic Inequality Benefits the West” OR Klein, “The Discarded Factory….” * Video: NO LOGO Unit #11: Racial and Ethnic Inequality * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 10 and Ch. 16 pp. 375-377 * Video: The Real Avatar – optional Unit #12: Gender and Family * Schaefer and Haaland, Ch. 11 and Ch. 12 pp. 254-259, 262 and 265-267 * Adam, “Why Be Queer?” * Kimmel “Masculinity as Homophobia” * Video: Tough Guise 1. Explain how Daniel Wolf used participant observation to conduct research on biker gangs and how he used the interactionist perspective and labeling theory in his analysis. Define the term counter-culture, say how this concept applies to biker gangs, and use the conflict perspective to explain why people might join a counter-culture such as a biker gang. Use Merton’s anomie theory and the cultural transmission theory of deviance...
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...new policy that separates from other policies of Barisan Nasional before this, instead, it is the completer to the existed approach to strengthen the unity in order to ensure stability, towards achieving higher development for the citizens and Malaysia itself. In other word, One Malaysia is built as a formulae that will help ensuring national aspiration, Wawasan 2020 to be achieved if it is instilled in every Malaysians’ soul and practised by every Malaysian. To succeed the idea of One Malaysia, firstly, we need to understand the concept of One Malaysia. One Malaysia concept is based on the point that is to achieve the ‘developed country’ status as being suggested in Wawasan 2020, the main condition is a strong and stable country and this can only be achieved when all the citizens unite. Unity that is pictured by the idea of One Malaysia is quite different from the concept of assimilation that are being practised by other countries where the identities of ethnic races are eradicated and replaced by the one national identity. Instead, One Malaysia appreciates and respects the principles of Federal Constitution as well as ethnic identities of every race in Malaysia, and assumes them as an asset or advantage that should be proud of. One Malaysia also stress on ‘accepting’ attitude among various races of Malaysia citizens, where each race accepts the uniqueness of other races as what they are so that we can live together in...
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...Julia Reaves Professor Tina Crafton MLA 1 17 February 2014 Communication in an Assumptive World In relation to politics, religion, social class or any number of categories, humanity has been compartmentalizing and in some cases exiling each other based on numerous cultural differences and classifications. For millennia, millions of humans lived and died seeing and interacting with only those geographically nearby. Mankind was, as a whole, a species organized by relatively low-population “tribes,” each with their own language, culture and societal mores. Clashes between societies based on cultural differences became evident as nations stretched further in the pursuit of conquest, with far-traveling conquerors arriving on the shores of the “savage” natives, and the misunderstandings that disrupted native life in the interest of the expansion of more “civilized” establishments. Planned or not, connected people living in the world today are going to have to face the issues Dean Barlund and Amy Tan chronicled due to the world-wide nature of the internet and the inherent differences of the connected cultures. Dean Barnlund explains in his essay the assumptive world in which we live today. He foretold the cultural difficulties that he saw to be an issue in communication; globally and locally. He described the presumptive perceptions humans have toward each other. Each culture is subject to their own way of living. He explains, “It is the differences in meaning, far more than mere...
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...To Teach Effective Writing, Model Effective Writing ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 10, 2014 | UPDATED: JULY 14, 2015 * ------------------------------------------------- 8.1KSHARES * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- I strive to teach my high school students the value of criticism, especially when it comes to improving their writing. To do so, I model how criticism continues to help me become a better writer. Earlier this year, for example, I shared a draft of one of my education feature articles, which included detailed feedback from an editor at a prominent media company. I asked my classes for advice on how to address several edits, dealing with sources, transitions, terminology, and structure. A few days later, I directed my budding writers to the much-improved final draft. This easy but worthwhile activity helped more of my students feel comfortable receiving criticism, and not view it as an affront. As a result, they improved their writing by taking the time and care to consider and respond to reader insight. I want my students to feel secure in the knowledge that nobody is beyond criticism (even their teacher), and that the bigger challenge is developing the good sense to acknowledge and successfully respond to feedback. Along those lines, I also offer the suggestions below...
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