OOUTCOMES-BASED EDUCATION: PRINCIPLES AND POSSIBILITIES Dr Roy Killen Faculty of Education‚ University of Newcastle‚ Australia This paper explores some of the basic principles of outcomes-based education and relates them to the Australian school and vocational education context. It is intended to help teachers 2 understand how they can translate the theory and philosophy of OBE into practical action in their instructional planning‚ teaching and assessment of student 3 learning. The
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the Lifelong Learning Sector Theory assessment level 4 Introduction Within this assignment I intend to research the following four points: * Negotiating with learners (1a) * Inclusive learning (1b) * Integrating functional skills (1c) * Communication (1d) Much of my research was carried out online and I have included my written research notes and sources. Teacher net (2010) says “Adopting an approach to your teaching which draws on research and evidence should help you in
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Introduction For years now I have taught context/gist/specific info/post activity type listening lessons‚ but my reading on authentic materials and helping students with compensatory strategies alerted me to the fact that I have been testing rather than teaching listening in the classroom. My learners‚ who are living and studying in Australia‚ often view understanding the news as a major achievement in their listening development. It is an authentic text that they have free‚ repeated access to on
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“It is important that you are able to accept the areas you have strengths and those where you have weaknesses” (citation 1) Even more so‚ it is important for educators to leverage students’ strengths in their classroom. There are three main ways that a person can learn‚ some through a combination of multiple. There are auditory learners‚ there are visual learners‚ and lastly there are kinesthetic learners. An auditory learner is one who “has a preference for the transfer of information through listening:
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as a teacher can encourage and motivate teachers and adults to accommodate learners who are experiencing barriers to learning by encouraging teachers to Promote Positive attitude of both teachers and learners towards one another supporting one another and stand as a united as a school and colleagues. As well as equal input in school activities all teachers should enjoy participating in school activities it would make learners feel more comfortable to join and also participate in school activites.Teachers
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Establishing‚ Presenting and Using Outcome Measures ∗ Outcome measures are important to accreditation and other forms of evaluation. Outcome measures are quantifiable indicators that gauge productivity‚ in this case productivity of a school or graduate program of public health. Although this paper refers to schools‚ the information and advice herein are also applicable to graduate programs outside schools of public health. These quantifiable indicators may represent a school in its entirety‚ or
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Thesis Statement Multiple Sclerosis is mainly an inflammatory disorder of the brain and spinal cord in which central lymphocytic permeation leads to harm of the myelin scabbard and axons. Initially‚ inflammation is temporary and re-myelination occurs but is not long-lasting. Hence‚ the early course of disease is characterized by occurrences of neurological dysfunction that usually recover. However‚ over time the pathological alterations start to take over by widespread microglia activation
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perceived as a positive influence‚ this has been true for decades from the FIFA World Cup win in 1966 to the recent success of the London 2012 Olympics. The importance of the subject is clear to see with the amount of governing bodies and funding that is put into sport‚ for example‚ Youth Sport Trust and Sport England. Using Sport England as an example‚ the organisation currently focuses on encouraging a sporting habit for life. From 2012 they will be investing over £1 billion of National Lottery and
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Negotiating with Learners It is important at the start of any learning experience for learners to have a clear understanding of their prior knowledge‚ skills and current learning needs. To assist learners in taking ownership of their learning experiences‚ teachers can initiate negotiations with learners through the prior use of discussions and assessments to enable negotiations to take place through reflective discussions‚ resulting in establishing personalised learning agreements. As highlighted
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unemployment is an issue which sociologists delve. Unemployment has far reaching affects in all areas of society. Stratification in the areas of age‚ race‚ class‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ sex and disability is rife amongst the employed and unemployed alike‚ unemployment creates further segregation amongst these already stratified people. This essay will look at unemployment from the functional and conflict theory perspective‚ as well how four main institutions (family‚ education‚ government and health) are affected
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