This essay discusses two of the theories surrounding children’s learning and development. It further goes on to discuss how they could be used to inform practice in the classroom. The two theories to be discussed are Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory and Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Theory. Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who lived from 1896 to 1934. He was widely involved in developing the education program of the emerging Soviet Union. At the time of his death‚ his theory was
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Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children ECE 101 Professor Kara Bullock Chakera Simon October 12‚ 2010 Sociocultural Learning Affects the Development of Children Lev Vygotsky believed that children learn from their own experience. As a teacher I have grown to learn that Vygotsky’s findings are true in so many ways. Just from watching the children in my classroom I see that the Zone of Proximal Development and Scaffolding play a huge part in the development of a child.
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Developing Learning & Development Activities Training Plan The purpose of my training session was to equip delegates with the right skills and knowledge to understand the changes auto-enrolment brings and what they need to communicate to their employees. Prior to my training session I emailed the learners to gage their existing knowledge on auto enrolment. There was a mix in responses with a couple of people saying their knowledge was around 3 on a scale of 1 to 10‚ a few sitting on the fence
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Mentoring and enabling learning in the practice setting A reflective account of my experience of facilitating learning‚ assessing and teaching a student or co-worker‚ and how this experience will inform my future development within the mentor or practice teacher role. Student Number: 2930211 Word Count: 3150 Part 1: Introducing the Mentorship role I am a band five registered paediatric nurse based on an orthopaedic and spinal surgical ward in a tertiary paediatric hospital. I am currently
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Responsibilities in Lifelong Learning To evaluate my own role and responsibilities as an assessor I need to be honest with myself as well as brave. I have a good understanding of my role and responsibilities‚ but to improve I need to become a reflective practitioner which can only be achieved if I am prepared to evaluate my own performance [ Petty.G pg 527]. By using Kolb’s learning style model‚ I realise it’s useful concepts can help me understand how my learning behaviour can help others to
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Deep‚ surface and strategic. Evaluate these approaches to learning Nowadays‚ approaches to learning (deep‚ surface and strategic learning) are increasingly popular in the contemporary world. But in the meantime‚ which approach is the most effective has become a highly debated issue. Some students adopt a surface approach to their studies (Lublin‚ 2006) and others adopt a deep approach (Morgan‚ 1993). Therefore‚ this essay will analyze deep‚ surface and strategic learning‚ and show that these three
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Peer Practice/Reciprocal Learning Lesson The Reciprocal Learning Strategy is a “unique partnership that is forged between pairs of students working together to practice previously presented skills and information‚ to increase reading comprehension of information-rich texts‚ and to develop the thinking processes needed to become competent problem solvers” (Silver‚ Hanson‚ Strong‚ & Schwartz‚ 2003‚ p.200). "The purpose of reciprocal teaching is to facilitate a group effort between teacher and students
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Evaluating Learning Activities. The reasons why it is important to evaluate learning activities are: • To see what is working and what needs removing or changing • To assess how the activities are being delivered and how they could be improved • To see how the activities are being received by the participants Evaluation is important as it helps out when planning and helps you to think about the learning that has taken place. Spending time going through the learning activities and
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Smartphones can do a lot of things these days. They give us turn-by-turn driving directions‚ show us the best places to eat nearby‚ check us in for a flight‚ and entertain us while we’re waiting in line. But can we use them to turn on our TV or lower the volume on our stereo? The short answer: Yes. You’ll need to download an app and purchase a few pieces of equipment‚ but using your phone as a universal remote is no longer a tech dream. TVs‚ DVD players‚ cable boxes and stereos use an infrared (IR)
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FACTORS AFFECTING ACCOUNTING PRACTICE IN NIGERIA AND THE WAY OUT Accounting Practice refers to the routine manner in which the day-to-day financial activities of a business entity are gathered and recorded. A firm’s accounting practice refers to the method by which its accounting policies are implemented and adhered to on a routine basis‚ typically by an accountant and/or auditor or a team of accounting professionals. In another context‚ an accounting practice is intended to enforce a firm’s accounting
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