Element 6: Teachers continually improve their professional knowledge and practice. Statement/ Annotation I believe in order to be an effective teacher‚ one must always reflect on their own practice. Reflecting on one’s own practice encourages criticism of your practice‚ evaluating strategies which work well in the classroom and ones which don’t‚ identifying problems and creating solutions. I believe that ‘valuing and respecting every student‚ and being committed to working continually and improving
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This historical document is derived from a 1990 APA presidential task force (revised in 1997). LEARNER-CENTERED PSYCHOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES: A Framework for School Reform & Redesign TABLE OF CONTENTS: Background Learner-Centered Principles Prepared by the Learner-Centered Principles Work Group of the American Psychological Association ’s Board of Educational Affairs (BEA)‚ November 1997 BACKGROUND Throughout its history‚ psychology has provided vital information for the design of schooling based
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dingCan lay expertise contribute to scientific knowledge? What are the obstacles? Using Brian Wynne’s Chernobyl work as a case study‚ assess the possibilities and the perils of welcoming different publics into the scientific sphere. The Science Council recently embarked on a year long project to work out a new definition of science. They claim it is the first ever official definition published: “Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social
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children’s spoken language development; of the best ways of gathering information and eventually making informed assessments of children’s talk; and through all this‚ how our behaviour as teachers in our planning of the curriculum‚ in our interactions with children and our discussions with other colleagues‚ can best contribute to the kind of classroom and school climate most conducive to oracy." [Howe‚ 1997.] In the 1970’s‚ projects led by linguists and educationalists such as Wilkinson [1965‚] Vygotsky
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2‚ July 2011‚ 221–237 Whatever happened to curriculum theory? Critical realism and curriculum change Mark Priestley* School of Education‚ University of Stirling‚ Stirling‚ UK In the face of what has been characterised by some as a ‘crisis’ in curriculum – an apparent decline of some aspects of curriculum studies combined with the emergence of new types of national curricula which downgrade knowledge – some writers have been arguing for the use of realist theory to address these issues. This
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Special learners are individuals whose physical attributes and/or learning abilities differ from the norm. Students who are mentally impaired‚ learning disabled‚ visually impaired‚ hearing impaired‚ physically challenged‚ and gifted and talented are often identified as special learners. Music is a vital part of the education of all learners including special learners. Music is a valuable content area and can be used as an aid in developing basic skills for all learners. Children learn to learn
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Supporting the Curriculum 1. Explain what is meant by the term National Curriculum? The national curriculum is a legal requirement and is compulsory to all schools children aged 5 to 16 whether attending private or public school. Schools must provide an age appropriate and achievableeducation to all students. Schools are required to provide a varied education including English‚ mathematics‚ science‚ religious education and physical education. The education should challenge the learner and needs
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Creative curriculum I. Introduction: Creative curriculum A.) Description of what is Creative Curriculum II. Theories and research behind Creative Curriculum A.) Maslow B.) Erikson C.) Piaget D.) Smilansky E.) Vygotsky F.) Gardner III. How children learn and develop A.) Areas of development 1.) Social/Emotional 2.) Physical 3.) Cognitive 4.) Language B.) Individual differences IIII. The learning environment A.) Setting and maintaining the classroom
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Integrated Curriculum Defining integrated curriculum has been a topic of discussion since the turn of the 20th century. Over the last hundred years‚ theorists offered three basic categories for interdisciplinary work; they defined the categories similarly‚ although the categories often had different names. Integration seemed to be a matter of degree and method. Integration: The unification of all subjects and experiences. There I have defined three approaches to integration a) Multidisciplinary
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GUILDS FURTHER EDUCATION TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE 7407 STAGE ONE: UNIT 104: SELECT RESOURCES STAGE ONE: UNIT 104: SELECT RESOURCES Review the range of resources available within the organisation for a selected curriculum area. Prepare‚ use and evaluate one of them in their teaching. Analyse the strengths and challenges of the selected resource and how it has supported learning. INTRODUCTION Selecting the use of resources is a vital
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