of Synectics William J.J. Gordon & George Prince developed the synectics approach to problem solving in 1960. They observed that business meetings had inconsistent results. After hours of studying tapes from meetings‚ they determined the success factor to be free-form brainstorming. This brainstorming process in an open‚ non-judgmental climate paired with analogies and metaphors led to more creativity and innovation. Gordon later adapted synectics for classroom use. Orientation of Synectics Gordon
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Needs Assessment: Integrated Curriculum _____________________________ EDA 524 Supervision of Curriculum‚ Instruction‚ and Assessment _______________________________ University of _______________________ | Integrated curriculum is an educational approach that prepares children for lifelong learning. There is a strong | |belief among those who support curriculum integration that schools must look at education as a process for developing | |abilities required by life
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Factors of Poverty No one universally accepted definition of poverty exists because it is a complex and multifaceted phenomena. Poverty is borne out of economic factors that include a lack of access to secure employment‚ insufficient income‚ and a lack of assets‚ especially that of real-estate. There are social structural elements and psychological factors that both contribute to‚ and have a tendency of perpetuating poverty. While both of these contribute to poverty they are very different
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In her article‚ “Curriculum as Window and Mirror”‚ Emily Style discusses how everyone has different perspectives on everything in their day to day lives based on several personal factors‚ specifically those rooted in one’s culture‚ race‚ and gender. She notes that so often in classrooms‚ everyone is clumped together and ignores the differences between each other‚ when in reality‚ the differences should be taken into account because individuality and perspective is important in a liberal arts education
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we model our programs after highly respected models such as‚ Montessori‚ High Scope‚ and Reggie Emilia‚ Creative Curriculum‚ etc. We all have our own approaches to education. In the following paragraphs I will summarize two curriculum models‚ compare and contrast two of the curriculum models and compare the one that best matches my own educational philosophy. High/Scope curriculum is based on Piaget’s concept that children are asctive learners who construct their knowledge base through playing
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Children and young adults follow a sequence of development. This means they develop in a certain order but this is not limited to set ages and in fact spreads across ages. As detailed somewhat in question 1‚ they develop as a whole so all parts listed below make up a childâ€TMs development: Physical Development – this includes coordination‚ fitness and development of healthy muscles as well as gross and fine motor skills. Emotional Development – this includes empathy‚ self-esteem and self-expression
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During week three I discussed the 8th grade math curriculum. All eight graders in the state of North Carolina are expected to follow the same standard course of study in the same order. My district adopted a new middle school math program. Some schools in the district continued to follow the curriculum as required by the state and embed practices and activities from this new math program within the lessons. Other schools‚ like my middle school‚ elected to followed the math program as it was written
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Due to the government’s lack of budget‚ facilities‚ and teachers‚ the K-12 curriculum will be hard to implement. The Philippines is need of better education‚ not more education. The problem of poor education should be solved first. The Department of Education (DepEd)‚ it is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the management and governing of the Philippine system of basic education‚ should first ensure the people that the quality of their education is excellent.
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lot of controversy about what is being taught to children in school over the years‚ but have you ever looked at what the younger generations are learning from your own un biased point of view. John Dewey writes an essay titled “The Child and the Curriculum” in which he explains his views on what our children are learning in school. Dewey says‚ “Abandon the notion of subject-matter as something fixed and ready made in itself‚ outside the child’s experience; cease thinking of the child’s experience
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To what extent is animal experimentation considered ethical? Every year more than 25 million animals are used to develop new medicines and the majority of these animals are either euthanized or die from the experiments. This makes many people question our motives and moral principles. Should we continue to allow scientists to use animals for their research? Is research experiments really necessary? Is it alright for us to kill animals just so that we can benefit? The debate between supporting or
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