I did my service learning project on the North Shore of Pittsburgh. I volunteered at Providence Family Support Center. At the center they focus on caring‚ strengthening and enriching families and lives. They provide inner city children between the ages of six weeks and 13 years a stimulating and engaging child care experience. They offer help for the entire family by incorporating their highly trained family development specialists along with daily volunteers so the families are able to build a solid
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Outcome 1: Knowledge of usage to oral languages and specific literacy skills for young Children. Outcome 13: Recognition of appropriate modifications in language-related experience for children from a wide range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds. NAEYC standard 1: Promoting child development and learning: Through class activity each student designed a “center” and described the kinds of materials and props used in the center for the growth and development of students needs such
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Learning is supposed to be more than just the stereotypical perception of sitting in a classroom and getting lectured by the professor. Going into my First Year Seminar class I honestly did not know what to expect. I was initially nervous that this class was going to forcibly push me out of my comfort zone‚ and it did‚ but in a way that was exciting and comfortable for me. One of the reasons why I enjoy this class is because you never know what you are going to expect. There is never a day where
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Classical Conditioning Learning Experience My Learning Experience As early as I can remember‚ my house growing up was always free of bell peppers. My mother is allergic to them; even the smell makes her sick to her stomach. I always wondered if I was allergic to them as well‚ but never took any chances as a child and didn’t eat them either. Even to this day when dining out with my parents my mother always asks “are there bell peppers in this” her face would always have that crinkled
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Look back As a second year nursing student‚ I felt more confident in Simulation Learning Experience (SLE) practicum in that‚ I could integrate my nursing knowledge‚ skills‚ and clinical experience into the practice. In the simulation scenario‚ I simulated the primary nurse caring for a patient with post-operative complications. I learned about general procedures regarding how to approach a patient with post-operative complications. I learned how to effectively decide which assessments are priority
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Reflections on my learning experience – a personal story Inspired by the research performed by LDI on this subject‚ I have decided to put down what I have learned about learning in the course of my formal education as well as my experience in learning to live. In retrospect‚ the term reports I received in high school are a source of great mirth to myself and my family. Although I seemed to perform at least at an average level in most subjects (with an inclination toward the languages and
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optimum pedagogy. Offering learning opportunities that make connections to students’ prior knowledge‚ their interests‚ and their curiosities‚ in the context of their physical‚ social and cultural environment‚ promotes a way for them to make their own meaning and understanding. These experiences employ critical thinking‚ creativity‚ communication‚ and collaboration as they are processed through an integration of multiple curricular disciplines. Intentional learning experiences are carefully implemented
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Today is the last day of my Service Learning in this classroom with my lovely students. We started our day with the daily routine‚ by singing students names on the paper folder that Mrs. Britanny made it for them. I can see that students writing improving each time they practice‚ it is a great accomplishment for them. Also‚ today I asked Mrs. Genson if I could clean the white boards‚ which students practice writing on‚ because they were dirty. There were ten of them; I cleaned them with the soap
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S H A R O N J O H N S O N A life time experience as an English Language Learner… My great-grandparents were from the West Indies who came to Panama with the sole purpose of working in the Construction of the Panama Canal. Therefore‚ my grandparents and parents first language was English having the opportunity also of studying at the former Panama Canal Zone schools. In my early years‚ I understood English and was able to communicate but only did so when needed. I did all my talking in Spanish
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Learning Experience Paper How could someone become afraid of heights? Acrophobia is simply a fear of heights (Holden‚ 1995). Being afraid of heights is common and sometimes appropriate feeling. The phobia kicks in when you feel afraid in a safe environment such as the inside of a skyscraper. Acrophobia is treated with graded exposure therapy (Holden‚ 1995). Fear is an emotion produced by the brain to avoid a potentially bad situation or anxiety caused by the presence of danger. Fear caused by
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