Dan Vanderheiden‚ Discussion Article Summary Learning to live with diabetes – integrating an illness or objectifying a disease The article was focused on the learning process of patients who had been diagnosed with diabetes and how they worked to modify their lifestyle to cope with their illness. They had to learn how manage their diets‚ measure their blood sugar and administer insulin injections (some of them did anyway). Some patients placed a heavy reliance on measuring their sugar with a
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What I Learned “We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.” People go through their whole lives trying to figure out who they are‚ look for a sense of purpose or belonging‚ or attempt to discover the right path for them-self. The lucky ones have somehow found what ever it is they were looking for throughout their journey. They try to teach the people who are still looking how to find their way but often fail because
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Vygotsky’s theory indicated that development occurred through the interaction between a learner and the surrounding culture (Sigelman and Rider 2009). Based on Vygotsky’s theory‚ learning is a social process as it takes place through this interaction. Vygotsky came up with the notion of “zone of proximal development” which argued that with assistance children can accomplish tasks that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to do so independently. (Kravtsova 2009) Through the mentors and mentees‚ I have
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Self-Assessment of Learning Tawanna G. Bethea ECE 101: Introduction to Early Childhood Education Heidi Sublette May 24th 2014 For me I think that the assignment that was most engaging would have to be that of‚ when we learned about Multiple Intelligences. The reason for this is because it made me realize that there is so many different ways that a child can learn. I was amazed as I watched the interview with Howard Gardner at how different each of the intelligences was‚ and how each of them
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Developing my own self-regulated learning plan I followed self regulated learning process in my preparation for OSS exam‚ which really helped me. First of all I clearly defined my main goal‚ to pass OSS exam. In order to achieve my goal I needed 5 months‚ before the exam will take place. As for allocation of time for every section of exam I should spend 3 weeks. I will study at home‚ library and can take private courses if I will stuck at certain topics. These mentioned steps will take at Forethought
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Two summers ago I had two of my former high school students commit suicide within a span of six months. Being a teacher at one of Momentum Learning’s community schools‚ I transferred one student back to traditional school and graduated the other and yet I am still haunted with thoughts wondering if I had done enough. Those tragedies impacted my professional ambition along with my personal identity. I began to think of the influence I could have had if I could have taught them with more resources
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However‚ a stronger believes in nobody born with perfect competence. In fact‚ it is rarely to find people who just naturally good at anything. Achievement in life requires hard work‚ experience‚ and skills (Lash‚ J. 2007). Everyone can develop by learning and training to become better. They can change their attitude and acquire appropriate capability and attribute that required for a good manager. It is ambiguous in the aspect of good managers are born‚ not made‚ because there are many evidences and
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To make sure that people with learning difficulties are able to live in their flats independently and not go through any abuse‚ there are various strategies to help them such as: Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme (POVA) The Protection of Vulnerable Adults (POVA) scheme was July 2004 was introduced to protect vulnerable adults such as people with learning disability who are aged 18 years and over in care settings. Employers or managers are required to check the POVA list when employing workers
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Learning styles and Competencies Did your personality spectrum profile and competency results surprise you? Why or why not? My personality spectrum profile and competency results did not surprise me. I knew what kind of personality and learning style I had beforehand. It just reconfirmed what I already knew about myself. I have an organized style of approach to everything I do‚ from learning‚ daily everyday tasks
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Education is important because it is the key to a persons future.if I have a good education it will help me achieve all my goals in life.i have a much easier time finding a good job.it will help me become more useful and civilized if better educated and will allow me to be a good provider for both my family and society.education is my best investment for the future because it will help me how to think‚how to work properly‚how to make decisions and how to face life and to accept successes and failures
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