Jean Piaget; a French-speaking Swiss cognitive psychologist has contributed immeasurably to understand the “development of learning” in children. He devoted his life to closely observing and recording the intellectual abilities of infants‚ children and adolescents. According to Piaget‚ the human brain is not fully developed until late adolescence. People often expect children to think like adults when they are not yet capable of doing so. It is important that parents know what to expect from their
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Teaching Preschool Children Early Childhood Education Capstone – ECE 430 Prof. Pilar Carroll January 21‚ 2013 Teaching Preschool Children First of all‚ I would like to say thank you for this interview that is allowing me to discuss my qualifications and philosophy of education. Teaching children brings me great satisfactions because I am contributing to their education. Children are very special and unique as they are still going through their cognitive development. Every child is
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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Innovation in teaching Jackie Lewis One of the major concerns of the tourism industry is that there is a mismatch between graduates’ skills‚ acquired from higher education institutions and the skill sets needed in industry. Many of the current graduates are found to be lacking in creativity‚ communications skills‚ analytical and critical thinking‚ and problem-solving skills (Teo & Wong‚ 2000; Tan‚ 2000). As such‚ there is much need for institutions of higher education to focus on training future
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I’ve been working as a teacher for a year and four months now. Yet my understanding of being a teacher is still evolving day by day. I realized that how I understood this profession was not yet substantial until I was immersed in the actual teaching scenario. I realize that the books‚ lectures‚ and inputs given by my college professors‚ when I was just an education student‚ are just spectacles of what is in store for me. When I ask my students what course they are planning to take up‚ they tend
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………. CHAPTER I: STRATEGIES OF TEACHING WRITING SKILLS…………………… 1. COPYING………………………………………………………………………… 2. DICTATION………………………………………………………………………… 3. WRITING SENTENCES ON A GIVEN PATTERN……………………………… 4. WRITING ANSWERS TO GIVEN QUESTIONS…………………………………… 5. TEACHING COMPOSITIONS ………………………………………………… CHAPTER II: DIFFICULTIES PUPILS COME ACROSS WHILE ACQUIRING WRITING 2.1. CORRECTION OF MISTAKES……………………………………………… 2.2. ANALYSIS
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PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THE PROBLEMS FACED WITH TEACHING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE An analysis of the obstacles in the way of effective pupil-centred teaching and learning of the English language in Tanzanian government primary school with recommendations Katy Allen MBE Director‚ Village Education Project Kilimanjaro Presented at The Forum on Community of Practice of Learner Centred Learning in Tanzania held at the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Centre‚ Kurasini 18th – 19th August 2008 PRIMARY
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INTRODUCTION Clinical teaching is a form of teaching and learning with its focus of involving patients and their problems (Spencer‚ 2003). According to Lim‚ (2011)‚ it can be conducted in small group or one-to-one basis and is not only specific to nursing but is also used in other health sciences. The methods used in clinical teaching varies but the elements remains the same in that students experienced learning through providing care to patients under the supervision of experienced clinical tutors
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Introduction Teaching is a profession that is considered to be a rewarding challenging and complex role. An effective teacher does not simply teach knowledge their students and instead aims to arm students with the knowledge‚ skills‚ understanding and attitudes that will prepare students for life-long learning. The constructivist theories developed by Piaget and Vygotsky have impacted on the way that teachers teach and this has changed the approach of teaching to place a greater importance on
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Shared Reading – 5-Day Lesson Plan | | |Lesson Focus: | |What is the focus of the lesson? | |
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