I worked as a teacher of children aged 5-12 with learning difficulties ADHD and Autistic spectrum children. My work included attending to the pupil’s personal needs and implementing personal programmes‚ including social physical and welfare matters. I encouraged pupils to interact with others and engage in group activities for example peer group activities‚ games‚ chanting slogas and music class. I also encouraged pupils to act independently as appropriate for example by arranging their bags‚ shoes
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Summary More and more adults are returning to school to either further their education or to start fresh in a new course of study. With the challenges of work‚ kids‚ home life‚ and school work; the adult learner has many challenges that they face almost every day. Just as extensive research goes into learning about how children learn‚ research has also been put in place as to how the adult learns. Both of the articles “Revisiting Adult Learning Theory through the Lens of an Adult Learner” by Londell
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Application of Adult Learning Theory 1. Adults have a need to know why they should learn something. Adults spend a considerable amount of time and energy exploring what the benefits are of them learning something and the costs of them not learning something before they are willing to invest time in learning it. It is seldom convincing for them to be told by someone (even the boss) that it would be good for them. Training should be based on valid needs of the intended audience. All information
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Adult Learning Theory Christina Bell (Student #0000000) American Military University Professor Michelle Jones 4/23/10 Adult Learning Theory It is a known fact that Humans dominate the planet because of their intelligence. The ability of the human species to formulate ideas and make use of those ideas and concepts to teach‚ learn and grow as a whole is phenomenal. This paper will focus on the ageless learner and how cognitive learning develops from
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This is only guidance on what you need to include in your reflective account to provide evidence for the units you are doing‚ you will need to look at the units you are doing and be guided by the Assessment Criteria Ensure that when writing your account write reflectively‚ using “I” statements‚ i.e I recorded in the clients daily notes‚ not it was recorded. You need to ensure you are writing what YOU did‚ HOW you did it and WHY you did it the way you did. A brief history of the candidate
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M Middleditch REFLECTIVE ACCOUNT HSC 2028 J/601/8027 After helping Mr A get washed and dressed and as he is unable to weight bear or walk‚ in accordance with the risk assessment in his care plan he needed to be transferred into a wheelchair using a hoist. On explaining our desire to transfer him using the hoist ‚ he declined ‚ stating that he could do it himself ( he has some degree of short term memory loss ) and he asked
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Adult Learning Theory: Sociocultural Learning Theory Thomas Condon American Military University Charlestown‚ WV Alvina Alexander 9/27/2009 Introduction Since teachers and researchers first stumbled upon the benefits of utilizing sociocultural connections to enhance the learning of adults‚ many papers have been published on the subject. Early theories viewed learning as a solely cognitive process‚ taking place in the mind of the learner. These theories made the assumption that
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Characteristics of adult learning Education of children is compulsory‚ formal and standardized. Adult learning is voluntary and intentional. The aim of adult education is the independent self-directed learner. Adults tend to resist a learning process which is incongruent with their self-concept as autonomous individuals and does not correspond to their needs and interests. Adult learning is learner-centered What children learn in school should be useful to them — but later in life. Child learning is subject-centered
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published in the Journal of College Reading and Learning gives insight into the characteristics‚ positive and negative‚ of the non-traditional student. The article relays that many non-traditional students are adults who have been in the workplace for an extended period. As stated‚ there is much adult learning theory that comes from the "organizational development field (OD) field . . ." and the article gives four principles that characterize adult learners (Knowles‚ 1974). These principles point
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Reflective Account “End of Life” Last year 23 September 2012. I had a resident called “Mrs X” she was a 72year-old widowed living at ---‚ a Nursing Care Home. She’s not a religious type of person as she was Atheist. She has lived in the home for the past two years‚ and during that time I was assigned as her key worker. Mrs X had One Son and 3 grand daughters they are all regular visitors to the home. She has recently been diagnosed with renal failure‚ and her life expectancy is only a couple of
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