Brain Based Learning For many years science and education have concentrated on learning and the mind‚ but today’s neuroscientists and educators are seeing learning from a different scope – the brain. From this viewpoint‚ learning is creating links – by linking the information in which the student has prior knowledge or interest‚ the student is able to expand upon this and learn something else which he can relate it to. For example‚ in a history class when discussing Native Americans‚ a teacher
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Major Learning Theories Objectives To consider some of the major theories that try to account for how learning occurs To think about the implications of these ideas for our work as teachers References Pritchard‚ A. (2014) Ways of learning: Learning theories and learning styles in the classroom (3rdedn). Abingdon:Routledge Pollard‚ A. et al. (2014) Reflective Teaching in Schools (4th edn). London:Bloomsbury Pound‚ L. (2005) How children learn: from Montessori to Vygotsky – educational
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DESCRIBING A LEARNING SITUATION WHERE ICT HAS BEEN USED SEPTEMBER 14th 2007 Contents List Page 1.0 Aim Page 1.1 Background Page 2.0 The learning situation Page 2.1 The lesson Page 2.2 The assessment strategies used Page 3.0 Strengths of ICT as a learning tool Page 4.0 Weaknesses of ICT as a learning tool
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Self-Regulated Learning "Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century." (Alfred Perlman). As he said‚ there is no doubt that learning is a very important skill especially in modern society because of the knowledge explosion and rapid developing of information technology. However‚ there are different results with different learning methods. Good learning method can lead to success easier‚ on the contrary‚ poor learning method means wasting time and energy. Therefor
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way‚ suggestopedia and total physical response‚ we have devised our own philosophy of teaching. We believe that creativity is essential to learning and if the students are making an effort on their part and discovering things for themselves; the factor of self-reliance is evolved and since the students are active and autonomous in exploration so the learning would be more effective. We believe that for language learners‚ the language would present itself as a problem or a riddle to be solved. Learners
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Upon completing the quiz‚ I found that my learning style results were quite surprising. Since I plan to have a long career as a businesswoman‚ I expected that my kinesthetic learning qualities would be low. Similarly‚ I expected my auditory learning results to be higher. This is because‚ as a future CPA and businesswoman‚ much of the information I will receive in my career is auditory and very little is kinesthetic. The other learning style results were middle of the road and expected. However‚ my
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communicate‚ it also bring Online Learning become reality. The advent of ICT and the Internet has greatly influenced the way knowledge is transmitted. This has resulted in the development of Online Learning which also called as E-Learning. Online Learning is an established and popular method of learning‚ delivering education to millions of people all over the world. In essence distance learning is when students are able to learn at a distance from the learning provider. In recent years the demand
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1. Be able to contribute to planning learning activities. 1.1 Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities. A learning support practitioner or teaching assistant could contribute to the planning of an activity simply by an informal discussion with the teacher about what weekly and daily activities will be taking place. This form of planning is known as short term and would be the most likely that a teaching assistant
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that the best way to learn was through repetition‚ a principle from behavioral learning theory that dominated educational thinking since the time of Ivan Pavlov and his experiment with animals. Students would spend their time copying spelling words‚ historical information‚ and mathematical formulas over and over again until they “learned” the information. The Behavioral perspective views the environment as key to learning. Environments factors are seen in terms of stimuli and its resulting behavior
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Research Paper: Adult Learning Education beyond high school‚ even beyond a Bachelors degree is a critical requirement to obtain a decent rewarding employment in today’s society. However‚ many individuals do not graduate high school or college for many reasons: unexpected pregnancies‚ lack of family support‚ need of financial aid‚ etc. These individuals who return to some kind of higher education later in life are known as adult learners‚ or the non-traditional students. Adult learners over
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