and dismissal‚ Training‚ Disciplinary procedures‚ Union rights and consultation‚ Maternity Leave‚ Holiday Entitlement. Health and safety laws cover the work conditions‚ and minimum wage and other laws set basic compensation levels. The Disability Act‚ Manual Handling Operations and Regulations‚ Data Protection Act‚ The Medicine Act‚ General Social Care Council code 2001‚ RIDDOR 1995 and more protect the employees and their rights in the workplace. List the main features of current employment
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Learning can be described as a course of action that encompasses a variety of influences and experiences in order to obtain‚ change or develop a person’s understanding‚ ability and vision. The learning process concentrates on what happens when learning occurs. A great deal of information and research discusses the various perspectives and theories of learning. Theories in child development have evolved over time in order to improve children’s lives and assist educators by providing frameworks for
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Assignment 1.2: The Teaching and Learning Cycle a) Teaching and Learning Cycle The teaching and learning cycle is about how we assess and teach learners and the different stages of teaching and learning. There are four stages in the teaching and learning cycle: initial and diagnostic assessment‚ course and lesson planning‚ teaching and learning‚ and assessment and review (summative and formative assessment). Each stage is key in determining what happens in the next stage and that ‘the cycle involves
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& Jones‚ P 2012‚ p44) with children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds in urban Sydney resulted in the development of a pedagogical model of how to effectively teach literacy in a learning environment. This model is now known as the teaching and learning cycle. The model originally had an emphasis on teaching young students how to write but has changed and adapted over time with greater understanding about pedagogy and genre and now involves reading‚ listening‚ talking and writing within a supportive
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principles of Constructivism theory. (b) Describe‚ using appropriate examples‚ how you would adapt the selected learning theory in executing four of the central task of teaching in your classroom. ‘The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate “apparently ordinary” people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people (K. Patricia Cross).’ The constructivism theory is closely related to this quote as according to
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Learning and Teaching Models/ Approaches Essay Philosopher‚ Psychologist and Educator John Dewey once said “Give the pupils something to do‚ not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” (1933) This understanding can be seen as the foundation of the Inquiry Based approach to teaching and learning‚ developed over decades of various educational researches. From the foundations of the theory that began with Dewey through to a more comprehensive
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your presentation. Through working in a special school‚ teaching Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) I have had to adjust my teaching and own assessment practices to meet a range of disabilities‚ all the children at School‚ have a statement of special needs. These needs include mild medical issues‚ developmental disorders including ADHD and Dyspraxia‚ autism and behavioural‚ emotional and social issues. Ways in which we assess the learning of these students has been adapted and changed to suit
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Teaching and Learning Online Communication‚ Community‚ and Assessment A Handbook for UMass Faculty Editors: Mya Poe‚ Research Associate for Assessment Mar tha L. A. Stassen Director of Assessment Office of Academic Planning and Assessment University of Massachusetts Amherst This handbook is a joint project of the Center for Teaching‚ Office of Academic Planning and Assessment‚ the Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology‚ and Continuing Education. Publication was supported
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Effective teaching and learning Our school promoted these features of good teaching; • High expectations and clear objective Conveyed to pupils in simple language: ’what I am looking for is pupils who can…’ • Structured lessons‚ often with an engaging starter‚ with new skills and ideas introduced in well-planned stages‚ and always with a summary at the end; • Challenging and engaging tasks to interest all pupils‚ coupled with appropriate interventions by teachers‚ including: 1. Practical
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Certificate in Education Word count 3‚832 Monday class Effective Teaching and Learning Assessment Author Tutor Teaching is not just one way‚ giving information to students and expecting them to draw from the information! A teacher (to be professional and effective) also needs to know all the different theories‚ models and learning styles. Embedding models to enable best practice in each session and allow students to absorb valuable information. The tutor is to reflect on
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