ADULT EDUCATION Part of being an effective educator involves understanding how adults learn best (Lieb‚1991). Andragogy (adult learning) is a theory that holds a set of assumptions about how adults learn. Andragogy emphasises the value of the process of learning. It uses approaches to learning that are problem-based and collaborative rather than didactic‚ and also emphasises more equality between the teacher and learner. Knowles identified the six principles of adult learning outlined below. Adults
Premium Learning Knowledge Education
ESSAY: OUR CHILDREN DON’T NEED TO LEARN MORE LANGUAGES IN THE FUTURE. _"There are hundreds_ _of languages in the world‚_ _but a smile speaks them all" (c)_ With technology progress advances communication between foreign countries. Nowadays everybody has to know english‚ because it’s some kind of international language. And it’s recommended to know some other languages: french‚ german‚ chineese as example. But our children don’t need to learn more languages in the future. Why? We will find the
Premium Language Translation Future
The best way to learn about a foreign country is to read its newspapers and magazines Nowadays‚ newspapers and magazines have become a part of our life. People cannot deny the fact that they need information provided by these media. This information may not only available for natives of the country where the newspaper is published‚ but also for foreigners who want to learn about this country. I believe that reading these media is the best way for a foreigner to learn about a country. First
Premium Newspaper Journalism Mass media
Unit 1 - Communication and professional relationships with children‚ young people and adults 1.1 The Importance of maintaining effective communication with children‚ young people and adults Effective communication is key to developing and then maintaining relationships at all levels of teaching because the pupils have to be able to understand the messages that are being conveyed. Good communication and the ability to express ones feelings and thoughts is an important enabler to building
Premium Communication
Observing a group allows for one to identify the behaviors and relationships of participating members. Every movement‚ response‚ verbal and nonverbal communication is taken into account for to distinguish how each member feels about certain topics and discussions. When observing a primary group‚ the observer is dealing with an abundant amount of personal and shared relationships among the members. These members are involved in this group to merely socialize‚ there is no common threshold for the members
Premium Scientific method Sociology Observation
Introduction The purpose of this lab is to be able to observe the reaction rates of different chemical substances‚ by looking at which substance is the fastest reactant. This is what chemical kinetics is. Reaction rate is the change in the concentration of a reactant or product in a chemical reaction per unit time. In this lab the requirement was to be able to calculate each Average reaction rate which is the change in reactant or product concentration at a given time interval. Some equations that
Premium Chemical reaction Reaction rate Sulfuric acid
Social Media and the World Today If you observe people in today society many people are influenced by the extreme grasp of social media. “Marketing‚ Media‚ and the First Amendment: What’s Best for Children?” written by Susan Linn‚ talks about how advertising plays an important part of directly advertising to children. William Deresiewicz the author of “Faux Friendship”‚ writes about how friendships have been becoming more centralized through social media instead of being centralized through person.
Premium Sociology Marketing Internet
Support Children and Young People’s Positive Behaviour • AC2.1 Describe the benefits of encouraging and rewarding positive behaviour It is important that the adult influences of the classroom recognise and praise the positive behaviour of individual pupils – especially those who struggle to maintain good behaviour and tend to be told off more than others. It is also essential to praise constant good behaviour (from pupils who never misbehave) to avoid the development inappropriate behaviour. Children
Premium School Teacher
Consumer Behaviour Consumer behaviour is the behaviour that consumers display in searching for‚ purchasing‚ using‚ evaluating and disposing of the products and services that they expect will satisfy their needs. * Personal consumer; buys goods and services for his or her own use‚ for use by the whole household‚ for another member of the household or as a gift for a friend * Organizational consumer; includes commercial for-profit organisations and non-profit organisations‚ public sector
Premium Marketing Brand
Observing Leadership Style & Task Process Behaviors As the meeting of choice‚ our monthly assembly for the side project between friends began fairly casually. The meeting starts with opening comments initiated by the leader. The approach here is free reign or laissez faire. While it does impose ideas or functions‚ it allows the other members of the team to be openly expressive and creative. Once the opening phase is complete and the ideas have been thoroughly stirred around‚ the leader
Premium Management Leadership Sociology