Teachers are found to be more at ease in using their own self-constructed assessments. Most science teachers rely much on traditional paper and pencil type of tests more than any other forms of non-traditional assessments (Marso and Pigge‚ 1988). Lawrence and Orton (1989) study found out that Science teachers give more emphasis to class discussion‚ attendance‚ behavior and projects instead of focusing their attention on the type of assessment most appropriate to enhance students learning. The issues
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Malala is a young lady who became known to the world after the Taliban shot her in her head for speaking out. She is a girl who decided to make a difference in her country and as a result made a difference in the world. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi‚ “We must become the change we want to see in the world.” In the memoir‚ I am Malala‚ Malala’s relationship with her father is continuously highlighted throughout. Malala depicts the relationship with her father by telling us about the influence her
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Playful Learning and Montessori Education by Lillard (2013) explains Maria Montessori’s methods of teaching. Montessori education started early 1900s in Rome and has evolved in schools to follow her curriculum exactly or by taking bits and pieces. “Classrooms contain age groupings spanning three years: infant to three years old‚ three to six‚ six to nine‚ and nine to twelve” (Lillard 2013). The classrooms should have thirty to thirty-five children in them but it is not stated how many teachers are
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Being a public school teacher is certainly one of the most challenging careers‚ but it is absolutely the most important profession there is. After all‚ without teachers‚ there wouldn’t be any other professions! As a teacher‚ you create the foundation for your students upon which they will build the rest of their lives. You are not only influencing the future of your own students‚ but you are affecting the collective future of all of humanity for generations to come. You may not be able to see
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Temitayo’s shared a difficult time in her life to be the death of her mother. Temitayo stated that her mother passed away very young. In Nigeria‚ Temitayo reported that if you die before your 70th birthday you have been considered to have died young. Temitayo describes Nigerian funerals to be a celebration of a person’s life. The funeral lasts two days. On the first day‚ there is a wake keeping. At a wake keeping “family members and others carry pictures of the dead person and dance to gospel
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Education is an instrumental part of any society that wishes to advance and function. The function of education should be to foster citizenship. Although the idea of teaching seems a simple one- teacher teaches student- there is much more to it than that‚ it seems because of the variety of students‚ resources‚ and teaching staff. A teacher must not lead the classroom tyrannically‚ they must create a healthy learning environment and level playing field for students who may be polar opposites. Paulo
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1. Pellegrino‚ A. (2010). Pre-service teachers and classroom authority. American Secondary Education‚ 38(3)‚ 62-78. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.wwwproxy0.library.unsw.edu.au/docview/722356586?accountid=12763 In this article Pellegrino examines the classroom practices of 5 preservice secondary school teachers‚ identifying the challenges faced in establishing their authority to create an effective learning environment. As a framework for his study‚ Pellegrino gives 3 basic origins of
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I chose the song Whatever it Takes by Imagine Dragons to describe my 8th-grade career because it describes my experiences in both the specific lyrics and the overall message of the song. The overall message of the song is that hard work is required to do well in life. This certainly describes my 8th-grade career‚ as it has taken a large amount of effort in order to do well in all my classes‚ while still balancing a social life. The overall message of this song relates to my 8th-grade career because
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that was not truly relevant in the wider world. As an informal educator I see it as my duty to assist in empowering young people to challenge and question in order to truly learn and therefore make the lives for themselves that they desire. In the ‘pedagogy of the oppressed’ Freire speaks of the ‘banking concept’ of education. He writes of how this concept dehumanizes and oppresses the learner‚ by simply having information stacked upon them‚ with no right to challenge or self interpret‚ the learner
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“Engaged Pedagogy” the first chapter of “Teaching to Transgress: Education as a practice of Freedom” bell hooks walks us through her philosophy of pedagogy with a chapter that manages to serve as a powerful introduction to her book. In chapter one‚ Hooks manages to introduce her view on pedagogy‚ her inspirations and her experiences within the academia as a student and a professor and how it helped formulating her philosophy. In the first part of the chapter‚ Hooks introduces “Engaged Pedagogy” by noting
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