The colloquium that I went was Meeting the Psychology Faculty and discover how Psychology Research can improve your Learning on September 24‚ 2015. It was an amazing experience because the faculty members provide a warm welcome to new students at St. Catherine University. The faculty members introduce themselves with the professional manner and it inspires me to see how brightly they were they talked about themselves. The two professors who presented the presentation were Arturo Sesma‚ Jr‚ Ph.D.
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Rhetorical Reading Response: Amy Tan’s “Mother Tongue” In the essay “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan (1990)‚ which discusses her mother’s way of speaking through “broken English”‚ Tan explores the different “Englishes” that she has come into contact with in her everyday life; these variations have presented struggles in her mother’s life. Tan illustrates this to her audience by giving examples of the struggles her mother was faced with due to “her” English and the many versions of English that surrounds
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My Philosophy Statement on Teaching and learning Learning is described as the acquisition of new knowledge which eventually leads to a change in behaviour while teaching is regarded as the transference of knowledge...... As a teacher‚ my main responsibility in the classroom is to facilitate and provide guided my students learning. Learning is the acquiring new knowledge which will lead to behaviour change. On the other hand‚ teaching is transference knowledge in a manner that caters to individual
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According to the article “Is My Child Learning Enough?”‚ the author Edauthor gives an advice to find out that homeschool student is actually learning. He asks that how will I know if my child is learning. First‚ he says that a child is in public school always has a test and the grades will send to home if it’s good‚ then the parents will find out that their child is learning. But are you sure that the testing is only way to know if your child is learning enough? Homeschooled children receive private
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should analyze quantitative date‚ and build conceptual models. One way I can develop skills in all four learning modes is to get together with people who both complement and challenge me. I wrote a paper on the multiple intelligences indicated by Howard Gardner in a previous class and found it very interesting. It is important to assess a combination of skills that may identify the characteristics of individual talents. The intelligences refer to human abilities‚ talents or mental skills that
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to get a grip on my learning disability. “Will I ever learn to deal with my learning disability? Why must I have to work hard at school work and yet feel like I have not gotten anywhere. Why me?” I have cried out. The hardest part of going back to school is dealing with this disability. I have the hardest time comprehending reading assignments and spelling is a huge chore on any written assignment‚ which makes me want to just throw my hands up and give up at times. My learning disability makes
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Honestly. What is the point of this? I have so many things that I’d rather be doing in my spare time than going out in the public to do some stupid service learning project. Those were the exact words that flowed through my head while the assignment was being explained to the class. Even though I was not excited about this project in the least bit‚ I knew that it had to be done and it had to be done right. I was really hoping to work with kids and bring in a cool black light to show them some germs
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English as an Additional Language (EAL) refers to pupils who speak another language at home and that this other language is their most prominent language‚ in other words their mother tongue is not English. Children with EAL should not be confused with children who are bi-lingual or children who grew up or spent time in another country but still had English as a first language. The educational system in the United Kingdom has always had to cope with the difficulties and challenges that arise in the
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Gayle D. Romine Patricia Wrangler Writing 110 December 14‚ 2010 The essay “Still Learning from My Mother‚” by Cliff Schneider is a personal tribute to his seventy-nine-year old mother. In the essay Schneider shares his fondest memory as a young boy growing up in the 1950’s. During this time it was common for a young boy to “have a catch” with his father. This was a time to toss around the baseball and to talk about life. Schneider shared he had many catches with his father‚ but his most
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Children and teachers use the Safety Rule to decide on appropriate behavior for themselves and others. I do think that preschool age children need clear expectations defined for them so they will understand their limits and boundaries but in my experience‚ the best approach is to not depend on a set of rules but rather make your expectations a part of your teaching process as you consistently provide guidance and redirection. Preschool age children are still developing their sense of right and wrong
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