the core ontological tenets of constructivism. Namely‚ I modeled constructivism’s two core ontological tenets: (1) that “social reality is constructed” and social agents are the “social constructors of their own practices and structures;” and (2) that the agent-constructed social world informs agents’ interests and thereby circumscribes what they see as possible and morally appropriate courses of action. Building on the first core ontological tenet of constructivism‚ the exogenously given
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History and Philosophy of Nurse Education Amy Allin Capella University Abstract Each educator brings to the academic arena their own personal nursing philosophy that is based on experience and is historic in nature. By studying the history of nursing‚ the educator is able to guide the student through their education process. As an educator the nurse becomes an extension of one’s own personal philosophy. Nursing theory serves as the foundation on which to develop a personal philosophy and characterizes
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FTD38 DH401 Higher Diploma in Early Childhood Education (2012-2013) EDU4017EF/P Introduction to Early Childhood Education TMA1 Name: LUI YAN TUNG Student ID : 10971094 Class: E Name of Lecturer: Adeline Leung Date of submission: 17/12/12 Total word count: 946 words My “Philosophy of Education” in Early Childhood Education Pre-primary institutions mark the beginning of schooling for early childhood on their critical stage of growth. Teachers of kindergarten are going on a mission to promote
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Policies and Procedures 1. The philosophy that I choose for my Physical Education Program would be the enjoyment of leisure activities for a lifetime. As a teacher I feel that my job is to teach the students how to make physical education a part of their life. The more I think about it I see that it is not all about teams sport as much as it is having the students develop a "womb to tomb" mentality. 2. The curriculum objectives of my Physical Education Program will include safe participation
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As a special education teacher‚ I will strive to engage‚ challenge‚ and inspire growth within my students not only in the classroom‚ but to also teach them lessons that will help them in the real world. I believe that every student deserves an equal chance to learn no matter his or her race‚ disability‚ or learning level. Growing up in a family of relatives who thrive in teaching‚ there have been many lessons both taught and learned in the process. As a special educator‚ it is important to remember
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The special education teacher is under a great deal of pressure with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law which was recently passed by the government in 2002. Students with disabilities are now treated as if they are to know as much as students that do not have a disability of any kind. Schools that fail to meet the governments mandate of the NCLB are in danger of losing some of their government funding‚ are put on a “needs to improve” list‚ and are punished rather than helped out by the government
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Each and every person has a different view of what physical education really is. “Is it education in sport?” asks Siedentop “Is it fitness education? Is it social development? Is it development through risk and adventure? Is it movement? Instead‚” he says‚ “it is all of these things – and maybe more?” (1998‚ p.237). Whereas Wuest and Butcher feel that physical activity is “a means to help individuals acquire skills‚ fitness‚ knowledge‚ and attitudes that contribute to their optimal development and
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Education is a matter of discovering what is ultimately real and learning to live in relation to it in a way that produces a life marked by meaning‚ freedom‚ and even happiness. Education presupposes truth‚ even in the most relativistic contexts‚ because teachers are concerned with correspondence between thought and reality. But from a Christian perspective‚ truth is not just a label applied to the successful representation of reality in thought‚ but comes to personify that eternal reality itself
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and I believe this is best described using Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development. Vygotsky (1986) argues that it is the teacher’s job to assist the student to build on their previous knowledge rather than just provide them with new information‚
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the realm of education. Education is often correlated with learning so that the nature of the learning itself should be clarified considering every individual has an interpretation of what learning is. RESULTS Table 4.2.2.1 below shows the percentage of the favored concept learning of the participants. The highest percentage is the concept of study presented in the theory of Existentialism (39%)‚ although there is not much different compared with the second highest chosen philosophy‚ Essentialism
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