Mentoring and enabling learning in the practice setting A reflective account of my experience of facilitating learning, assessing and teaching a student or co-worker, and how this experience will inform my future development within the mentor or practice teacher role. Student Number: 2930211 Word Count: 3150 Part 1: Introducing the Mentorship role I am a band five registered paediatric nurse based on an orthopaedic and spinal surgical ward in a tertiary paediatric hospital. I am currently engaging
Words: 5059 - Pages: 21
but are essential for healthy child development. Yet many schools have cut already minimal offerings in these areas to shift time and money to expensive, unproven technology. The emphasis on technology is diverting us from the urgent social and educational needs of low-income children. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Sherry Turkle has asked: "Are we using computer technology not because it teaches best but because we have lost the political will to fund
Words: 1290 - Pages: 6
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Reading is a way of life. We do reading in our day to day activities, from boarding the bus with the designated signboard to deciphering warning signs in the roads, business letters, and correspondence in the offices schools and even in our own homes. We need reading skills in cooking, reading the labels and instructions and even following directions in using our household gadgets. Reading is a complex process between a reader and a text. (Wedgewood J. 2009). It is simple
Words: 3423 - Pages: 14
Marina Chapman was kidnapped and abandoned with fear and hunger in a forest when she was five-years-old. Finally, a group of monkeys adopted her and raised her up. She in turn followed them and copied not only what they ate and drank but their social activities and language. She also learned to catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands. After 5 years, she returned to the so-called civilization. She was being beaten and groomed to be a prostitute. She escaped and earned a living by picking pockets
Words: 404 - Pages: 2
The purpose of this website is for children and teenagers alike to utilize the website for educational purposes as well as obtain different reading materials for their personal use. My target audience would be different ages of children as well as parents who may want to use the educational part of this website to help educate their children who enjoy the computer. They can use this website for the educational needs as well as needs for other books children may like. The website will contain books
Words: 496 - Pages: 2
I was exposed to a limited amount of virtuous teachers early in life however the compassionateness of some fascinated me to become a teacher. I was not born into the most privileged family with an educational background then again that is my motivation. My college journey began while working a full time job as a teacher’s assistant at a daycare and that’s’ where I decided to become a part of the learning process. Someday I would like to contribute an academic proficiency and develop myself into an
Words: 261 - Pages: 2
Desiree Bealer English 3 Pd 7th January 31, 2014 In the passage Lord Chesterfield reason for writing this is to inform the readers that his advice is not to harm us, but to help us. He is not trying to be like our parents, but to be our mentor and guide. Mr. Chesterfield is saying he has been through it and would like to help us as he repeats “I know “. Chesterfield use strong diction words such as moroseness, imperiousness, and garrulity to get his point across. The tone of this passage
Words: 364 - Pages: 2
little more than a typewriter. The productivity side of computer use in the general content area curriculum is neglected or grossly underdeveloped (Moursund, 1995). Recent publications by educational associations are advocating for a more meaningful use of technology in schools (ISTE, 2000). Educational technologists are clearly describing what students should know and be able to do with technology. They are advocating integrating computer skills into the content areas, proclaiming that computer
Words: 909 - Pages: 4
International Perspectives on Adult Education Author: Susan Imel Date: 2000 Adult education is practiced throughout the world. Although the adult education enterprise varies in scope, philosophy, and structure in different nations, it is not unusual for approaches to adult education developed in one region or country to spread. Certainly, adult education in the United States has been influenced by the ideas of international adult educators such as Paulo Freire and Roby Kidd and by practices such
Words: 2021 - Pages: 9
Assessment) Alicia M Thomas Grand Canyon University: EDA-575 Educational Leadership in a Changing World February 08, 2012 The Big Picture: A Strategic Plan (Benchmark Assessment) Introduction Education is moving into a period of unprecedented change. Changing demographics, economic transitions, the transformation of mainstream values and competition are having and will continue to have a profound effect on the entire educational system. Furthermore, the tendency over the last several decades
Words: 3311 - Pages: 14
