Unit 407-Principles of assessment in lifelong learning 1. Understand how types and methods of assessment are used in lifelong learning 1.1 Analyse how types of assessment are used in lifelong learning Assessment can be defined as a sample taken from a larger domain of content and process skills that allows one to infer student understanding of a part of the larger domain being explored. The sample may include behaviours‚ products‚ knowledge and performances. Assessment is a continuous process
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Jun Contextual Teaching and learning I. INTRODUCTION I.1. Background of the Study Language is used for communication between individuals‚ wherever human exist‚ language exist‚ that’s why all of us learn some language. There are any way to learn the language‚ someone can take a course or join at school. English as we know‚ is one of the most
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FIELD STUDY 2 – EXPERIENCING THE TEACHING LEARNING PROCESS Course Description This Field Study course 2 is designed to provide FS students with opportunities to connect teaching-learning theories and principles discussed I the six-unit courses in Principles of Teaching 1 and 2 with actual classroom practice. It is intended to help the FS student observe how these principles of teaching and learning are applied by the resource teacher to make the teaching-learning process interactive‚ meaningful
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This assignment will discuss effective teaching and learning environments. According to Brophy (2004) there are twelve principles contributing to effective teaching; a supportive classroom environment‚ the opportunity to learn‚ curricular alignment‚ establishing learning orientations‚ coherent content‚ thoughtful discourse‚ practice and application activities‚ scaffolding students‚ strategy teaching‚ co-operative learning‚ goal orientated assessment and achievement expectations. All these principles
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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 forms of Enquiry-based Learning‚ is that
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Teaching and learning in your Subject The world we live in today is a complex multinational society in which children and pupils are taught to get along together regardless of their race‚ gender‚ faith or disability. The current National Curriculum mentions inclusion and how all students should be able to reach their learning potential through lessons which incorporate Individual Education Plans (IEP’s) and differentiation in order to reach the potential of all students who may step across the threshold
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Teaching & Learning Articles: Wiggins‚ G. (2004). Assessment as Feedback. March 2004 New Horizons for Learning. Retrieved 11 September 2007‚ from http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/assess/wiggins.htm Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Keys to Learning. Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Retrieved 13 September 2007‚ from http://www.mcrel.org/keystolearning/default.aspx?tabid=2098 An examination of system level issues regarding what is
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Environmental factors‚ such as learning opportunities‚ economic status‚ poverty‚ play‚ family and society and various types of stimuli. P3 – Describe how this chosen area of development affects other areas of children and young people’s holistic development P4 – Describe TWO (2) activities which will support children or young people’s learning in this area of development Two activities which I have chosen are “Big Maths” and “Big Writing”. • “Big Writing” is an approach to teaching writing and raising
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Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning Strategies During my PGCE placements I felt I have used a wide variety of assessment‚ teaching and learning strategies. I feel that this is absolutely necessary in terms of providing the best possible service to the pupils. To be repetitive‚ predictable and non-contemporary with such strategies is to compromise the effectiveness of your teaching and limit the chance of achieving your Learning Objectives. It is crucial at the outset to understand that the pupils under
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PTTLS | Teaching & Learning Approaches | | Iqbal Vohra | 6/6/2011 | Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Learning styles 3 2.1. Visual learners 3 2.2. Auditory learners 4 2.3. Kinaesthetic learners 4 3. Functional skills 5 4. Differentiation 6 5. Conclusion 7 6. References 8 7. Appendix 1: Learning styles self-assessment 9 8. Appendix 2: Embedding functional skills in a PTTLS session 13 Introduction This assignment is about different teaching and learning approaches
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