WHAT IS TEACHING? "I believe that the teacher ’s place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the school to impose certain ideas or to form certain habits in the child‚ but is there as a member of the community to select the influences which shall affect the child and to assist him in properly responding to these influences." (Dewey‚ 1897) "Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It IS education. A teacher who is not
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If you are looking for words to describe a person you love the most; choosing words that describe his personality‚ behavior‚ character‚ and mind will really make that person feel special. You can choose from an ocean of English language adjectives to describe a person. However‚ before choosing these words‚ make sure that it sounds good‚ and not like you are actually describing a thing. If you are searching for good words for writing a love poem for your loved one‚ first understand the meaning of
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fulltime teaching practice and I am not an exception. A week ago I came back from my school practice and I am full of emotions and positive fillings. I was allocated to a comprehensive school in Donetsk. And I did my fulltime practice as a teacher of English and foreign literature. I spent my first week observing lessons in different classes and giving occasional lessons myself. Sometimes I had to substitute some teachers because of their illness. At these moments I understood that teaching is not
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Grammar is very important for everyone who wants to learn English language because it is a central to the teaching and learning languages. It is a requirement for them to write or speaking correctly and fluently. By learning grammar‚ students can easily adapt of learning target language from native language. Other than that‚ grammar learning would help students grow intellectually. Student would probably never use the target language‚ but the mental exercise of learning it would be beneficial anyway
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“Talk about “Distance Teaching” in the UK: the way it works and the success the students achieve” In our days practically every person has a chance to get higher education. Even those people who can’t abandon their jobs or schedules in order to get to a university campus on a regular basis have such an opportunity as distant learning. They can become a student of one of such educational institutions as the Open University in the United Kingdom. The Open University is the only University in the
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching Geoff Thompson ELT Journal Volume 50/1 January 1996‚ pp. 9 - 15 Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use‚ there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions‚ discusses why they have arisen‚ and why they can be so described. In doing this‚ the article attempts to
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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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development of any type of portfolio used for assessment. Barton and Collins (1997) state that portfolios should be multisource‚ authentic‚ forms of dynamic assessment‚ explicit of purpose‚ establish a correspondence between program activities and life experiences‚ based on student’s ownership‚ and multi-purposed. Therefore‚ portfolios should be on going so that they show the students’ efforts‚ progress‚ and achievement over a period of time. Organization of Portfolio Content A portfolio is
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TEACHING PHYLOSOPHY STEPHEN OBENG (4121190019) OBUASI METHODIST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ‘Skill acquisition is the foundation of learning and an indispensable component of universal education’ It is my desire as a teacher to help my students acquire technical and vocation skills at the early stages of life if he or she is to be useful in their societies. I believe this will be the surest way to achieve universal education considering the different physical and mental abilities of the pupils. Again
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presented in the paper and gathering evidence useful to assist the discussion. The role of a teaching assistant (TA) varies from school to school. TAs may work supporting an individual or a group of pupils‚ or they may support the teacher (CT)
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