As supporting notes The practitioner we were most inspired by was Katie Mitchell. The crucial idea behind Katie Mitchell is that of Stanislavsky‚ naturalistic but with a contemporary twist. We chose to explore an extract from Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen. Being‚ a naturalistic play‚ we thought that by using Katie Mitchell as our practitioner‚ we would be able to put a slight twist onto the dated play‚ and gain more knowledge of the characters. This involved us researching the era of the play‚ the
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3.2 MY VIEW ON MEANINGFUL TEACHING AND LEARNING No single principle can account for development of cognition without reference to the social and cultural influences”. Lev Vygotsky (1896-1934) researched and developed a theory in cognitive development focusing on socio-cultural contribution towards cognitive development while Piaget also developed a cognitive development theory but without any focus at all. Social and cultural influences have proven to have an influence on the development of cognition
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Using computers as comparisons to the human mind‚ Lewis Thomas’ "To Err is Human" stresses the importance of mistakes as a tool for action. He states that to err is what separates the human mind and superhuman‚ electronic minds. While computers have the capacity to produce an infinite amount of precise calculations‚ glitches and errors will still be made‚ and the corrections made by humans. He mentions that the knack of being wrong is "a uniquely human gift" and that it should be used as "a guide
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Differences on English Learning and Teaching I. Introduction Nowadays‚ culture plays a very important role in the foreign language classroom. Because cultural differences may give rise to misunderstanding that exists in intercultural communication. So the teaching of culture in the English classroom has been becoming a heated topic and people pay more and more attention to the cultural studies and intercultural communication in recent years. Therefore‚ culture teaching is feasible in the English
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Computer and video games could be used as an innovative tool for constructive teaching approaches. Based on the activities that are realistic‚ allows people to build their own understanding and knowledge of the world. It also allows them to gain experience and reflection on their experience. (Vygotsky‚ 1978). This report examines games that allows players to manipulate artifacts of the game with the physical movement‚ without the intervention of any kind of controllers and allows players to be immersed
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------------------------------------------------- Preparing to teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector ------------------------------------------------- Unit 002 – Understand inclusive learning and teaching in Lifelong Learning Angie Alvarez Lorza 1.1 Summarise Learning and teaching strategies used in own specialism Within my own specialty field having a variety of teaching methods and strategies to potentiate learning is an absolute requirement. The field caters to people from all kinds of
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School of Foreign Languages Sichuan University of Arts & Science Discussion on the Cultivation of High School Students’ Self-learning Capability in English Reading Comprehension Teaching by Wang Pei A Thesis Presented to the School of Foreign Languages In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of B. A. in English January 2011 Thesis Supervisor: Gu Yulan ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Discussion
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Teaching Grammar at the Secondary Level Justification To structure my lesson‚ the key element that I had to consider was the A-factor‚ Appropriacy. I had to take into consideration the background of the students. The students are from Secondary 3 Normal Academic (NA) and they are not exposed to reading and they don’t like to read. So I have to create a lesson where by I don’t bombard them with a passage of words but instead give them shorter sentences to work on. Also due to little exposure
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Sociological Principle of Language Teaching and Language Learning Speech Act Theory A theory of language based on J. L. Austin ’s How to Do Things with Words (second edition‚ 1975)‚ the major premise of which is that language is as much‚ if not more‚ a mode of action as it is a means of conveying information. As John Searle puts it‚ "All linguistic communication involves linguistic acts. The unit of linguistic communication is not‚ as has generally been supposed‚ the symbol‚ word‚ or sentence
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Argument for Teaching Creationism Opening Statement: The definition of science found in a dictionary is “a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws.” The study of evolution is only a theory that can very easily be disproven. Only when a theory cannot be disproven and becomes a principle or law then it should be taught in a science class. Creationism at its basic level of understanding has no way to be disproven
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