Learning style is the way human beings take in new and/or difficult information‚ how they process‚ store and retrieve it. (Prashnig‚ B: Debating Learning Styles) Having studied a small number of learning styles I will evaluate my own personal learning style and how I can use this through the next three years of my life at Bucks New University. I will look at the most popular theories in use today and their value in today’s world. The theory of individual learning styles began in the 1970’s and
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Interdisciplinary teaching is a method‚ or set of methods‚ used to teach a unit across different curricular disciplines. For example‚ the seventh grade Language Arts‚ Science and Social Studies teachers might work together to form an interdisciplinary unit on rivers. The local river system would be the unifying idea‚ but the English teacher would link it to Language Arts by studying river vocabulary and teaching students how to do a research report. The science teacher might teach children about
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there was a 13% increase in registration for distance learning classes throughout the public university system. (Beverly Creamer‚ 2003) It is now possible for people to learn conveniently from home or office. People that want to go to school can do so now because scheduling and geographic location does not matter with online classes because the class course is brought to the student rather than the student to the course. Is distance learning as effective as classroom based courses? This study will
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Theories of teaching and learning and how they impact on the classroom environment Education plays a significant role in supporting and influencing the healthy development of children. However‚ teaching is more than just knowing what to teach. Professional teachers must also understand how to teach their students. Therefore‚ in order to create an effective classroom environment which caters for the diversity of students and their various developmental levels and abilities‚ teachers are urged to
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1 Compare and contrast the role of the teacher and the learning support practitioner in assessment of learner’ achievements. “Assessment for learning is the process of seeking and interpreting evidence for use by learners and their teachers to decide where the learners are in their learning‚ where they need to go and how best to get there”. Assessment Reform Group‚ 2002 The teacher has ultimate responsibility for setting schemes of work for the class with clear objectives (Formative assessment)
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ill look at how my role as a mentor can facilitate learning and promote effective assessment in practice and also explore my role to support the students who are failing. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008a)‚ defines “the role of a mentor as someone who facilitates learning‚ supervises and assesses learners in practice setting.” The mentor is a key support to students in practice‚ this is where students apply their knowledge‚ learn key skills and achieve the required competence for registration
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COGNITIVE LEARNING What is cognitive learning? Not all cases of learning can easily be captured by classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Learning would be extremely inefficient if we had to rely completely on conditioning for all our learning. Human beings can learn efficiently by observation‚ taking instruction‚ and imitating the behavior of others. Cognitive learning is a powerful mechanism that provides the means of knowledge‚ and goes well beyond simple imitation of others. Conditioning
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Chap14: E-Business Multiple Choice 1. What is the buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet? A. E-business B. E-commerce C. E-market D. E-mall Ans: B Level: Easy Learning Outcome: 14.1 Response: This is the definition of e-commerce. 2. What is the conducting of business on the Internet‚ not only buying and selling‚ but also serving customers and collaborating with business partners? A. E-business B. E-commerce C. E-market D. E-mall Ans: A Level: Easy
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What is learning? From born to dead‚ we non-stop to learning‚ how to sound‚ walk‚ study knowledge‚ even working skill. We learn in our whole life. But what is learning? Why we need to learn? Is it to follow other success person so we need to learn? Gagné(1965) describe learning as four factors‚ Drive‚ Stimulus‚ Response and Reinforcement. For every learning process before it start there are also have a reason to basic on‚ whatever we are learning a knowledge or a skill. And this is the factor of
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Distance learning Distance learning has been around for a long time in the form of correspondence‚ in which assignments were completed without supervision and submitted to an instructor via mail. Most courses were quite basic and did not allow for much‚ if any‚ teacher-student or student-teacher interaction. The introduction of the Internet‚ however‚ changed this model for delivering and submitting educational content. Computers allow more complicated information‚ more engaging instructional materials
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