Providing for inclusion Introduction This report will aim to discuss the inclusion for special educational needs (SEN) students as well as those students with autistic spectrum condition (ASC). This report will discuss inclusive education and its history, as well as the social, political and philosophical arguments that impact upon it. The report will look at how educational practice is shaped by legislative and regulatory frameworks; it will also show how our own practice provides support for
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formative and summative assessment, looking at the advantages and disadvantages of both. Finally, the author will discuss the numerous techniques of assessment. Throughout the assignment conflicting research will be offered thus giving a balanced debate for the chosen topics. The aim of this will be to equip the preparing mentor with sufficient knowledge for the future role. Also it will enable the mentor to adopt a suitable learning style
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school teachers ans staffs management are all essential. Educational Discrimination in Social class ‘Both parties have been talking about education for quite a while. It’s time to come together to get it done, so that we can truthfully say in America: No child will be left behind.’ said to President George W. Bush in 2001. (Bush, 2001) Besides the educational discrimination in gender and disabled, social class may caused the educational discrimination as well. A series of social stereotypes from
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years of research with typically developing infants and preschoolers at Harvard University’s Preschool Project, believes that the period between 8 months and 3 years is critical to cognitive and social development:“to begin to look at a child’s educational development when he is 2 years of age is already much too late”(Heward, 2009, p. 535). The consensus, however seems to be that the earlier a deficiency or disability is discovered the better chances for helping a child learn to navigate the
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understanding concepts, principles, and ideas are achieved through deductive reasoning.[6] Similarly, he believed in the idea of meaningful learning as opposed to rote memorization. In the preface to his book Educational Psychology: A Cognitive View, he says that “If [he] had to reduce all of educational psychology to just one principle, [he] would say this: The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly” (Ausubel, 1968,
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CONCLUSION…………………………..9 BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………10 2 STUDENT NUMBER: 54953405 EDRHOD-G UNIQUE CODE: 824406 1.0 INTRODUCTION This assignment looks at the local and the national problems accounting for poor matriculation results and low educational standards. In terms of both the local and the national problems, the assignment begins with a research problem statement and its associated aims followed by motivational statements. This is followed by how the two research problems can be solved
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Introduction As educators we are in charge of teaching hundreds of students and ensuring that they are grasping the actual contents of the lessons we are teaching. What we need to ask ourselves is, “What defines that our students are learning?” The constructivism theory of learning changes the way we answer this question. No longer is getting the “right” answer the sole determining factor of whether a student has learned a particular lesson. In this theory learners create and drive their own
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Benefits of Technology in the Classroom The benefits of technology in the classroom are broad and deep. When schools utilize education technology like SMART® Interactive Whiteboards, students are more engaged, more motivated, and more excited about learning. An interactive smart classroom enables teachers to prepare dynamic multi-media lessons with hands-on components. The benefits of technology in education reach across all grade levels, from K-12 all the way up to colleges and universities
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longer accurately depicts a student’s progress in school; therefore, other forms of testing must be implemented to give all students a fair chance. Throughout history educators have used standardized testing as the main tool to predict how our educational system is working. These tests have been used as a way to assess what a student has learned throughout the school year and to inform teachers and school officials about how the curriculum is working. In many cases, the tests are administered closer
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There is no single explanation or all-encompassing theory that explains how adults learn. The adult learning process is complex, context bound, and highly personal. As a result, there is no single theory of learning that can be applied to all adults. Instead, the literature of the past century has yielded a variety of models, sets of assumptions and principles, theories, and explanations that make up the adult learning knowledge base. The more adult educators are familiar with this knowledge base
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