...Learning by Doing 1 Running Header: Learning by Doing Learning by Doing Shellie Liggins Dr. Luis Garcia-Fierro PAD 525: Constitutional and Administrative Law October 21, 2012 Learning by Doing 2 The Tennessee Public Records Act is found in Tennessee Code Annotated 10-7-101 and the sections that follow it. For purposes of access to public records, the operative provision is found in TCA 10-7-503, which says: “All state county and municipal records ... shall at all times, during business hours, be open for public inspection by any citizen of Tennessee, and those in charge of such records shall not refuse such right of inspection to any citizen, unless provided by state law,” (TN.gov, 2012). In summary, documents that come into possession of a governmental agency either by virtue of receipt of the documents by the agency, or creation of the documents by the agency, are public records that must be made available for public inspection unless they are exempt from the disclosure by state law. TCA 10-7-505(d) says the law “shall be broadly construed so as to give the fullest possible public access to public records”, (TN.gov, 2012). Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of 1895 was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the unapportioned income taxes on interest, dividends and rents imposed by the Income Tax Act of 1894 were, in effect, direct taxes, and were unconstitutional because they violated the provision that direct taxes be apportioned...
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...officers in the organization and their responsibilities. | 05 Feb 2013(Tuesday) | - Recall double entry treatment.-Learn and write name of the company, company’s account number, amount in the slip of Muamalat Bank, and deposit cheque at Muamalat Bank. After deposit the cheque we need to take the slip report and filing the slip in file.-Learn on how to use a Photostat machine.-Learn on how to do a casting (figure). | Understanding on how deposit check to bank muamalat. | 06 Feb 2013(Wednesday) | -View a blue file (permanent audit file) : * PILOT POWER SDN. BHD * NALURIAN SDN. BHD-Having a short quiz and interview with staff.-Discuss the answer and learn to interpret the documents.-Learn on how to record the journal EPF and SOCSO. | Learning process | 07 Feb 2013(Thursday) | -Having a first meeting session with En. Zul.-Learn on how to use UBS.-View the audit report contained in the audit file with the employees’ help to explain its content. - Learn on how to use fax machines, binding, photocopying and...
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...Reflective Learning Process One of the problems of "book learning", is the difficulty of trying to relate theory to practice. We might know the answers, but true understanding cannot be absorbed until the experiences have been captured, analysed and related to the environment in which we work. Experiential learning, can be useful to learners who want to use direct learning experiences in order to develop an understanding of a process and gain further knowledge about a topic or issue. So how easy is it to translate experiences into learning? Kolb's learning styles model and experiential learning theory are useful concepts towards our understanding of our learning behaviour and towards helping others to learn. The following example might illustrate the value of turning book learning and emotions into learning experiences. A social worker interviews a parent of a young child. The social worker receives a question from the parent: "Do you have children?" "No", is the reply. The credibility of social workers in the field can be undermined. A lot of distrust can arise from "book learning", so using the work place to apply learning can be very useful. Kolb's learning theory is a four-stage learning cycle, (which might also be interpreted as a 'training cycle') but can be very useful. Kolb's model is particularly well-designed, since it offers both a way to understand individual people's different learning styles and also an explanation of a cycle of experiential learning that...
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...most College of Business Administration teachers prefer to use the conventional way of teaching, management students would learn best through the learning-by-doing/Constructivist approach because it provides first had experience in the business world and it challenges students way of thinking. Introduction: Business education and learning has become challenging over the last few years. The knowledge gained in university education is met until they write and pass their examinations (Gill &Lashine, 2003). Transferring knowledge from the classroom to the workplace has become one of the most important goals of business education. Basic skill development along with sound knowledge of workplace environment has become crucial in the education scenario. Whilst the most important skills needed for the business graduate in this era of globalization are technical skills, analytical skills, communication skills, multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary skills (Gill & Lashine, 2003) and whereby universities are educating and training students for the labour market to be professionals and business specialists, academicians still face a great challenge in making students comprehend business concepts and theories at the initial levels. I. Only a small number of College of Business Administration teachers favour to use the learning-by-doing/constructivist approach way of teaching. Some are still at ease using the traditional way of teaching. A. Teachers believe that the conventional...
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...Levels of Learning Single-Loop Learning Single-loop learning assumes that problems and their solutions are close to each other in time and space (thought they often aren't). In this form of learning, we are primarily considering our actions. Small changes are made to specific practices or behaviors, based on what has or has not worked in the past. This involves doing things better without necessarily examining or challenging our underlying beliefs and assumptions. The goal is improvements and fixes that often take the form of procedures or rules. Single-loop learning leads to making minor fixes or adjustments, like using a thermostat to regulate temperature. Are we doing things right? Here's what to do—procedures or rules. Double-Loop Learning Double-loop learning leads to insights about why a solution works. In this form of learning, we are considering our actions in the framework of our operating assumptions. This is the level of process analysis where people become observers of themselves, asking, “What is going on here? What are the patterns?” We need this insight to understand the pattern. We change the way we make decisions and deepen understanding of our assumptions. Double-loop learning works with major fixes or changes, like redesigning an organizational function or structure. Are we doing the right things? Here's why this works—insights and patterns. Triple-Loop Learning Triple-loop learning involves principles. The learning goes beyond insight...
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...part of successful learning. Doing jigsaw puzzles develops several functions of the brain simultaneously as a child has fun and also learns. Most notably developed in this learning process are the abilities to reason, deduce, analyze, sequence, and develop logical thought and problem solving skills. Physically, eye-hand coordination and spatial awareness are also required to complete a jigsaw puzzle. Putting these benefits aside, I want to look particularly at the jigsaw puzzles that are labeled “Educational”. These puzzles are designed to teach a specific learning objective. Some examples of these might be a jigsaw puzzle map of the world, or of the solar system. The manufacturers claim that such puzzles will teach a child those specific facts. What educational value in reality do these types of puzzles contain? Firstly the degree of the educational value of these types of puzzles is dependant on how the puzzles are used in the learning process. For example, let us suppose that the learning objective is to learn about the geography of the United States of America, specifically the position of the individual states. You buy a puzzle picturing all the states and their position in the country, and give it to the child to do. Will the child ace a test on the States? Probably not! I’m sure that some learning will take place, but it will be limited and a few weeks later very little of the learning would be retained. To the child the learning process of doing that puzzle would...
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...My Learning Style: And How I Have Adapted Every person has a learning style and most of us combine styles. There are three main learning styles; do you know what your style or styles are? The styles are audio learning, which are people who learn best by listening and hearing information. Visual learning or people who learn by seeing things, objects, displays and take note of interesting points that they can relate to. The last style is the tactile learner; the doer’s the people who learn by actually doing things hands on. Based on data taken from two questionnaires “Assessing Your Learning Style” (Kolb, 1984) and “Multiple Intelligences Survey” (McKenzie, 1999) I discovered that my learning style is Kinesthetic or tactile. Let’s discuss how I discovered my learning style and how I adapted to it to benefit my learning experience and I will discuss an example of how I applied this learning style. Identifying your own personal learning style is important not only to ourselves but to our educators to aid in a plan outlining how we as an individual learn most effective. After describing the three basic learning styles and you have a basic understanding let’s concentrate on the tactile learner or the Kinesthetic Learning Style. The tactile learner will take action rather than thinking or planning what action to take. There are many positive attributes to a tactile learner, they usually have very good dexterity, can assemble and disassemble things proficiently and are very coordinated...
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...Online learning Vs. Classroom Learning When you’re watching T.V do you ever notice the entire commercial that they put out about going to college and doing your homework in your jammies eating cereal? I know I do. There are many different ways that you can obtain a higher education degree or certificate. You have choices of learning in a classroom environment, you can choose to take courses online, or you can choose to take both and see what option best fits your lifestyle or schedule. When choosing between which paths to take always remember that online learning is not as effective as sitting in a classroom environment because it is taking away the experience of getting direct and immediate hands on learning. In class when you’re faced with a misunderstanding or a problem or a situation; then you can get the immediate help that you need before you get any more confusion than what’s taking place in your mind. It also allows the instructor to see the facial expressions or reactions of the student to the information that has or is being given out. Also, when working in a group or working on a project it usually means that you have to interact with other people and get to know their learning styles’ and techniques. Depending on the project you have to get to know them on a cultural level and getting to know their beliefs. When you take an online course your faced with working alone and you don’t really get to interact with anyone except the...
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...Running head: How Do I Learn Best How Do I Learn Best Kelli Powell Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V September 30, 2012 What is a learning style? Well a learning style is the way a person tends to learn best. It involves your preferred method of taking in, organizing, and making sense of information, Lake Washington Institute of Technology (2012). Some people prefer to learn by doing and touching, others prefer to learn by seeing, or by hearing the information. Still others learn using more than one learning style. If a person was interested in finding out what their particular learning style is would be to take the VARK questionnaire for learning styles. The most common learning style is the multimodal, but the learner can switch from one type of learning style to another depending on what the subject is being learned and or their mood, Fleming (2011). After taking the VARK questionnaire, Multimodal learning styles was assessed as the learning style of choice. The multimodal learning environments allow instructional elements to be presented in more than one sensory mode (visual, aural, written, and kinesthetic), Sankey, Birch & Gardiner (2010). In this particular case visual and kinesthetic were the dominate methods of learning. Strategies of learning that this person uses are highlighting and underlining notes, grouping subjects together with a certain color highlighter, use of charts, graphs and images to help them learn the subject matter. They...
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...Learning Team Reflection Angela Lewis (Alcoset), Dawn Nyberg, J. Troy McMurtrey, Tammie Scott ETH /316 January 16, 2012 Ted Haas Learning Team Reflection Simulations administer a productive learning environment for students. The use of simulations in education is becoming an effective tool for students and offers several benefits. A major benefit of simulations is that it enhances the problem solving skills of a student. This week Team D went through two simulations that allowed us to make ethical decisions based on the four lenses, where each had a different perspective in the decision-making process. In this summary, Team D will compare and contrast the usefulness of doing assignments based on simulations as opposed to writing paper s that answer questions. Team D will also make a decision regarding which we prefer as a team and provide the reasons. When comparing the usefulness of doing assignments based on simulations as opposed to writing papers that mostly answer questions, Team D finds there are differences between the two. Doing assignments based on simulations is a structured approach, which gives the opportunity for a more hands learning experience. Writing papers that mostly answer questions is a different approach that externalizes our learning. One needs to find information to answer the questions asked when writing a paper. This may require some research...
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...The Four Learning Styles When it comes to learning everyone learns differently. You might use one or all your senses to help you process and learn the information. There are four different types of learning style there is read/write, visual/graphic, auditory/verbal and lastly tactile/kinesthetic style. Read/write learning style prefers information to be presented in a written format. Learning new information comes easier to you if you’re able to read it yourself. Instead of someone else reading and explaining the information for you. You like taking notes so you are able to read and study from them later. When it comes to studying it is helpful for you to read over handouts, lecture notes and textbooks. Transferring mathematical problems, pictures, and diagrams into written words to make it easier to understand. People who has a Visual/ graphic learning style learn best when the information is presented visually in the form of a picture, symbols, graph or diagram. Watching and listening to video and film presentation help you better understand the material. You recall information by picturing it in your head. The best study environment for you is in a quiet room by yourself. Highlighting and underlining information is helpful because you can easily find it to study from. To help you memorize important and key information you may use flash cards. Auditory/verbal learning style learns by listening. When learning you might want to read and talk out loud so you’re able to...
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...Observation: MOTIVATION AND EVALUATION A. Teaching Strategies 1. Learners Teachers Interaction 2. Provide an opportunity to the students to participate 3. Using instructional materials B. Learning Styles 1. Through raising their hands 2. Answering in chorus 3. Reading by their own C. Evaluation Technique 1. Informal assessment 2. Recitation in oral 3. Assignment D. Classroom Management 1. Chairs are properly arranged 2. References are accessible anytime 3. Classroom facilities were clean 4. Discipline and proper behavior of students are observed. II. General Impression The teacher motivates her students through asking question in relation to the previous lesson. The teacher has a well-modulated voice which everyone can hear it clearly. She manages the lesson properly. The interest of the students arouse the teachers sense of humor. OBSERVATION SHEET Name of Teacher Observed: MRS. VIVIAN F. FAJARDO Grade Taught: Grade IV-C Subject: SCIENCE Date: October 03, 2012 School: DARMES Point of Observation: MOTIVATION AND EVALUATION A. Teaching Strategies 1. Presenting pictures 2. Informal questioning strategy 3. Learners teacher interaction B. Learning Styles 1. ;learning through visualize pictures 2. Through oral questioning 3. Through understanding C. Evaluation Technique 1. Seatwork 2. Oral recitation 3. quiz D. Classroom Management ...
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...Debate topic: HOMEWORK IS A WASTE OF TIME. Introduction: We all hate homework, but is it really important that we do it? Is doing homework good for us or is it simply a waste of time? This debate sets out the arguments on both sides .Homework is an assignment that students are given to do at home. It might be a continuation of classwork or a new piece of work. It may also be preparation for the next class. The amount of homework school students get varies a lot not only from country to country, or from school to school, but often from day to day. For most the amount of time spent on homework gets longer as we go through our school lives. At the start of primary school we get almost no homework but it is often several hours a day by the time we finish secondary school. The most important thing in this debate is not so much how much time is spent on homework but whether that time is wasted. If it is time well spent then having a lot of homework to do may not be a bad thing. The debate should therefore consider what else school children would do with that time. Another angle would be to look at whether school could replace homework with something that makes better use of time. For example in Britain the education secretary (the member of the government who controls education across the whole country) wants schools to scrap homework and instead have longer days in school. The affirmative: Homework teaches us to learn on our own The main aim of education is to prepare us for the...
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...Week 2 Assignment 2 Learning styles and competencies The learning styles and competencies outlined by Merlette in chapter two of Keys to Effective Learning are a way to help distinguish what kind of learning style fits you best. The results I got from these exercises were very surprising. I thought I was going to end up a bodily kinesthetic learner, but after completing the exercises, I found that you are not limited to only one learning style. In fact, according to Howard Gardner, everyone has eight different intelligences. Depending on the person, some of these intelligences are more developed than others. Finding a solid way to study and to do whatever works best for you is key to being effective at learning. After doing the exercises and reading chapter 2, I found that the best way for me to be effective at studying is to stay active. When I am doing school work at home I try to take a break every 30 minutes. Doing this helps me stay focused and not zone out. When I study I like to make flash cards and look at them while I walk my dog. Doing these things makes it easier for me to retain information as a kinesthetic learner. Knowing your abilities and competencies is essential to being proficient in anything you choose to do. If you know your abilities and competencies, you can work on them and practice different exercises to make them further developed. Doing this will help you in a professional environment because if you have confidence and you know what your strengths...
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...VARK Analysis Paper Pamela J Moran Grand Canyon University: NUR-429V Teaching and Learning Styles January 10, 2013 VARK is a questionnaire that will provide information about a person which can assist them in a more effective style of learning. This system was developed in 1987 by Neil Fleming and is a very popular model (Cherry). In this model learners are identified by the different preferences they have for learning. The styles are Visual (seeing), Aural (hearing), Read/Write (books, notes) and Kinestheitc (hands on activities, movement, experiments) (Cherry). Description of My Learning Style Listening to lectures and taking detailed notes for later review was a very good way to absorb the information presented. Having an actual hard copy of the information that would be available for review prior to an exam seemed to keep the information fresh. With the online learning available today the approach is a bit different. The lecture is written out and available to review for the duration of the course and can be printed out, key areas highlighted and outlined. My learning style is hands on and taking an active part in the physical class room. While taking these current courses online the style is focused mostly on Read/Write Learning Style. Preferred Learning Strategies • Reviewing the syllabus at the beginning of the course for an overview of what is expected. • Reading all of the assigned course material and taking notes, making lists or...
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