INTRODUCTION This chapter focuses on Problem-based Learning (PBL). Enquiry-based Learning is defined in the first chapter as “a broad umbrella term used to describe approaches to learning that are driven by a process of enquiry‚” O’Rourke and Kahn (2005:1). Within this context Problembased Learning is seen as a set of approaches under the broader category of Enquiry-based Learning. One of the main defining characteristics of Problem-based Learning‚ which distinguishes it from some other
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J Value Inquiry (2011) 45:67–84 DOI 10.1007/s10790-011-9261-5 The Offenses of Blasphemy: Messages in and through Art Elizabeth Burns Coleman Published online: 3 March 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 In 2007‚ Bill Donohue‚ president of the United States of America Catholic League‚ objected to a plan to exhibit My Sweet Lord‚ a sculpture of a crucified Christ figure depicted naked and made from chocolate by the Canadian artist Cosimo Cavallaro‚ at a New York art gallery in
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eworkCHAPTER 2 Theoretical Framework and Literature Review We are on the cusp of a completely “new era”‚ and changes must be made in education to ensure that all students leave school prepared to face the challenges of a redefined world. (Thornburg‚ 2000) 2.1 Introduction Collaborative learning through structured blending of online tutorials‚ and lecture supplemented with Socratic dialogue‚ role-based group assignments and other similar activities seems to be a viable option in the
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knowledge[24;32] . The cognitive linguistics is formed on the base of several origins. For instance‚ cognitive science or cognitology‚ cognitive psychology‚ linguistic semantics are the foundation for the cognitive linguistics. Besides‚ the cognitivism studies the human mind‚ thoughts and mental processes and states connected with them. The problematic area of the modern cognitive linguistic is rather wide. [24;35] We decided that it would be interesting to investigate the basic notion of cognitive
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AIMS OF EDUCATION Education has been conceived so variously in human history‚ especially in term of its aims. Chopra (2005) defines the term ‘Aims’ as: “Long-term ambitions which may or may not be achieved‚ but which provide personal motivation and direction” (p.16). Perhaps more than other aspects of human existence‚ it is education which lends a direction to human efforts through a certain underlying ‘philosophy’: “a set of ideas about the nature of reality and about the meaning of life” (McNergney
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Applied psychology Liza Knepper 6/1/2012 The many different areas of applied psychology are found in every aspect of our lives from home to work; from our families to our friends it’s on the city street and in the red barn on the farm. Applied psychology has played a major role in our lives and is very important to the understanding of all psychology from the way we work to the way we sleep and is a large part of everything. Understand Our World of Applied psychology Introduction A
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Theories and principles for planning and enabling learning In this assignment I am aiming to explain three different theories of learning (behaviourism‚ cognitivism and humanism) and how they contribute to the motivation‚ experience and aspirations of learners. Behaviourism Behaviourists have a clear definition that we learn in response to external stimuli. Anything from a sweet smell to the layout of classroom‚ the clothes someone is wearing. They reject the thinking of psychologists who are
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Interdisciplinary teaching is a method‚ or set of methods‚ used to teach a unit across different curricular disciplines. For example‚ the seventh grade Language Arts‚ Science and Social Studies teachers might work together to form an interdisciplinary unit on rivers. The local river system would be the unifying idea‚ but the English teacher would link it to Language Arts by studying river vocabulary and teaching students how to do a research report. The science teacher might teach children about
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Mentoring student nurses in theatre The Operating theatre is an alien environment for students and may be deemed hostile and uninviting. The role of mentors in such a specialised environment is to encourage interaction rather than passivity and utilise every learning opportunity that exists. Students should be encouraged to reflect on those experiences in a structured manner‚ to assist in their development of meaningful reflection‚ which is a valuable tool for throughout their career (Quinn 2000)
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ABSTRACT This report explores recent literature in the fields of E-Learning‚ Technology in the classroom and modern theories in learning strategies and recent developments in virtual classrooms in order to inform the research question: How effective is the use of a virtual technology to improve the learning of key educational groups? Although there has been much debate into the positive and negative aspects of the use of technology in the classroom and the effect on students‚ there seems
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