concerning the learners, that is those from the tertiary and secondary school Rio is allowing them to work in its company first as a learning guide to the students, it has been mentioned by a student that working in the field is better than learning (Rio Tinto, 2013) Thus Rio Tinto has already created an image on the mind of people that by allowing students to gain experience from its mining industry there are positive publicity about the firm itself and the senior
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The Problem A. Introduction “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles Vanish. Motivation is what gets you Started; Habit is what keeps you going". - John Quincy Adams What is Academic Performance? Academic Performance refers on how student deal with their studies, it is on how they do the entire task that they assign to. Base on how they will cope up or communicate in their studies. So what it means to become a working student
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1. What ethical issue(s) are raised by this scenario? During this particular scenario, the major issue being raised is confidentiality. When working with adolescents, trust is gained and viewed as an important quality. In this case, the counselor is being asked to disclose information about a student without her knowledge. 2. What parts from the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws, and/or regulations would inform your ethical decision making? Per the Code of Ethics, Privacy and
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The large amount of money made off college sports has led to some questioning as to whether student athletes can be considered amateurs any longer, and whether they should instead be paid for their efforts. This debate over whether or not NCAA athletes should be paid boils down to a disagreement over whether their scholarship is compensation or whether they deserve more incentives. One side argues that athletes do get paid by going to school for free with scholarships covering all expenses so that
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interest at learning new things. When you observe a class of high school students, for example, most of the student’s goal was to pass the requirements, exams, and then the subject then forget about it after. Learning in the past where they focused on memorization and acquired skills (writing, reading, calculation, science etc.) are different from today. Today’s learning focused more on higher order skills, such as solving complex problems. That is why
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Strategies to Solving Procrastination Procrastination is an epidemic among college students, and is an issue that most would like to resolve in their day to day lives. Procrastination is loosely defined as intentionally putting things off that you would rather not do in the present. William J. Knaus, states in his article, “Procrastination, Blame, and Change” that procrastination has been around since the beginning of time, and also cites that even Benjamin Franklin included in his 13 virtues:
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18, 2013 Working Through College There are several types of college students. Some students live on campus and take the required 12 hours of classes while taking out loans to pay for school. Other students take as many classes as they can fit in their schedule and take on jobs to pay the bills. These two groups of students can be classified by many different characteristics. But students who work their way through college become more diversified individuals. Working college students have a tendency
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to a method of acquiring knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of practical experience working in a related job environment. College universities require their students to have their OJT as a part of the curriculum with a specific number of hours. This type of training can help the students to become more familiar with the realities of working. In doing the OJT or internship, the student trainees will learn to be more disciplined and organized in every task that they were doing. Aside
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Roberts, T. S., & McInnerney, J. M. (2007). Seven Problems of Online Group Learning (and Their Solutions). Educational Technology & Society, 10 (4), 257-268. Seven Problems of Online Group Learning (and Their Solutions) Tim S. Roberts and Joanne M. McInnerney Faculty of Business and Informatics, Central Queensland University, Australia // t.roberts@cqu.edu.au // cowlrick@optusnet.com.au ABSTRACT The benefits of online collaborative learning, sometimes referred to as CSCL (computer-supported
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three semesters of student teaching while earning almost all of her degrees. The first semester she student taught in a general education third grade classroom. She then noticed that general education was not for her. That’s when Janice started to gravitate towards the students who needed extra help. She craved the constant interaction of working with kids with special needs. Lucky for Janice, her next two teaching placements just so happened to be in the same school she was working in. At that point
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