Introduction This essay seeks to focus on two main concepts that have influenced my thinking in regards to my own teaching career. My personal interest in the two concepts have opened up a window of opportunity for me to critically evaluate the overlapping influences that have impacted my teaching as a new born lecturer in adult education. First; I will evaluate the concept of an “Expert teacher” and secondly; I will compare and contrast the values underpinning “Critial Reflection” and its relation
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from their child as they develop and to be sure that the expectations they have for their child at a given age are realistic. An understanding of child development is essential‚ allowing us to fully appreciate the cognitive‚ emotional‚ physical‚ social and educational growth that children go through from birth and into early adulthood. As educators‚ we must draw on the variety of theories and perspectives in order to understand how kids grow‚ behave and think. A pre-school teacher needs to study
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Models of Teaching Summary Information-processing models emphasize ways of enhancing the human being¡¦s innate drive to make sense of the world by acquiring and organizing data‚ sensing problems‚ and generating solutions to them‚ and developing concepts and language for conveying them. The book discussed eight different information-processing models which include: Inductive thinking‚ Concept attainment‚ The Picture-Word Inductive Model‚ Scientific inquiry‚ Inquiry training‚ Mnemonics‚ Synectics
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"All professions have an identifiable knowledge base. Teaching has no such knowledge base‚ therefore‚ it is not a profession" Discuss this statement. There are different characteristics of what a profession entails of. Some characteristics‚ such as full graduate training are based on the more known professional modes such as law‚ medicine and engineering. The majority of critics have agreed on the similar aspects of an occupational group acquiring: a knowledge base‚ expertise in their field‚ a sense
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Traditional Teaching vs Online Teaching Nowadays‚ education becomes one of the important things in human life. Most of the individual in the earth is aware to obtain the education. Besides that‚ every country always concern on developing the quality of the education to improve the human resources. If the quality of human resources of a country is good‚ indeed‚ the quality of that country will be good too. As the matter of fact‚ we cannot deny that the improvement of technology really influence
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The teacher as a person cannot be detached from the teacher as a professional. You are this person. Before you become a professional‚ you must possess and develop characteristics which are attuned to the teaching profession. In other words‚ aptitude towards teaching is a significant factor to one’s success as teacher. A good teacher is a humane person looked up to and highly regarded by others. Like you and me‚ a teacher is a breathing‚ feeling and loving person with inborn qualities as well as
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plan for each child concerned. They adapt the curriculum to meet the needs of each child concerned and provide that child with equal opportunities and inclusion. This also provides equal opportunities for boys ‚ girls and children from different social and cultural backgrounds ‚ including children that come from a travelling background . ....................................................................................................... 2. 5 factors that can affect the success of inclusive
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Teaching Readers of English “A book of this kind is long overdue. . . . It is a giant contribution to the field. With its emphasis on a socioliterate approach to reading and literacy‚ it nicely captures the prevailing view of academic literacy instruction. Its extremely skillful and well-developed balancing act between theory and practice allows it to appeal to a wide variety of readers. Pre- and in-service teachers‚ in particular‚ will benefit immensely.” Alan Hirvela‚ The Ohio State University
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PTTLS Steve Plant Explain the boundaries between the teaching role and other professional roles The role of a teacher is multi faceted. It not only requires the teacher to be able in terms of teaching their given subject‚ but they also have to be competent in many of the softer skills often taken for granted by outsiders ‘looking in’. The ability to share knowledge‚ conduct research on a subject and understand individual learning styles is coupled with the ability to be a good listener‚ be approachable
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Reflection of my personal development on Professional Practice/ Leadership and Management/Personal Effectiveness It is of importance that we should start building up on our personal development in teaching from the start of the NIE in-service training programme and continue on when we join the teaching fraternity to be a full-fledged teacher and as we advanced further up the education career tracks. For me‚ professional practice is a set of values‚ attitude‚ knowledge‚ skills and behaviours that
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