health skills through the V.E.C. one of the modules is care of the older person‚ I decided to do this course because I would like to work with elderly people in my community‚ I have previously worked as a home help and a carer‚ I feel there is a great need to learn and up date new skills in this area as there is more elderly people living alone and some been cared for by family members in the family home instead of nursing homes. I am specialising in Alzheimer’s disease as I have worked with a person
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Active Learning and Learning Styles: A selected bibliography An Invitation: Readers are encouraged to send details of their own favourite references for adding to the list to me at: mhealey@glos.ac.uk. Thanks. Readers new to the topic may find it helpful to start with the references marked with a *. Angelo‚ T.A. and Cross‚ P.A. 1993. Classroom assessment techniques (San Francisco: Jossey Bass). 2nd Edit. Backx‚ C (2008)*The use of a case study approach to teaching and group work to promote
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Transfer of learning is the study of the dependency of human conduct‚ learning‚ or performance on prior experience. The notion was originally introduced as transfer of practice by Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth. They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another context that shared similar characteristics – or more formally how "improvement in one mental function" could influence another related one. Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on the
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My Philosophy of Learning My philosophy regarding education is based on the belief that an important introduction of education is to provide students with knowledge and skills that they will need to become active‚ confident students. The success of each student including me‚ is based on the knowledge and understanding that is taught to everyone of us . An important part of recognizing that success is by providing students with three requirements: a positive learning environment‚ allowing students
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objective This project was undertaken to examine the changing needs of public middle schools in order to develop more appropriate furniture for the cooperative learning classroom. Schools are moving towards cooperative groups as the model for learning. The current classroom furniture and environment does not accommodate this trend. definition of cooperative learning In cooperative learning students work with their peers to accomplish a shared or common goal. The goal is reached through interdependence
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Theories of teaching and learning and how they impact on the classroom environment Education plays a significant role in supporting and influencing the healthy development of children. However‚ teaching is more than just knowing what to teach. Professional teachers must also understand how to teach their students. Therefore‚ in order to create an effective classroom environment which caters for the diversity of students and their various developmental levels and abilities‚ teachers are urged to
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in the teaching and learning environments Contents 1. Rote learning and Meaningful learning. 2 2. The Teaching strategies 2 2.1 The Problem-based tasks and project as a teaching strategy. 3 2.1.1 Assumptions underlying problem-based tasks and projects. 3 2.1.2 Inquiry learning 3 2.1.3 Problem solving 4 2.1.4 Using case studies to solve problems. 5 2.1.5 Using brainstorming in the search for solutions to problems. 5 2.1.6 Project based learning. 5 2.2 Using role-play
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Of Jordan E-learning Done by: Yasmine Mehyar Public Administration 0096894 E-learning E-learning is essentially the network-enabled transfer of skills and knowledge. E-learning refers to using electronic applications and processes to learn. E-learning applications and processes include Web-based learning‚ computer-based learning‚ virtual classrooms and digital collaboration. (1) The delivery of a learning‚ training or education program by electronic means. E-learning involves the use
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Learning Centered Psychological Principles EPS 511 As a student‚ learning was fun‚ but it could be challenging at times. As a teacher‚ I must capture the essence of making learning enjoyable and worthwhile to my students. Thinking about the learning centered principles‚ I see myself having to be a chameleon in many different ways. I must adjust to the many different learning styles of my students‚ consistently be creative‚ develop new ideas to keep them engaged‚ and be an understanding
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Learning Organizations: Two Achievers Tania M. Brown OMM 625 Instructor Clifton Howell January 28‚ 2013 Learning Organizations: Two Achievers A learning organization is one‚ which facilitates learning and development of its employees‚ while continuously transforming itself. Organizational learning occurs with an organization skilled at creating‚ acquiring‚ and transferring knowledge‚ and at modifying its behavior to reflect new knowledge and insights. The most successful learning organizations
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