After reading the book “Becoming a Learner” by Matthew Sanders‚ I was able to better appreciate the effect that positivity has on learning in a college setting as well as throughout our entire lives. There were a few key points that stood out to me‚ that I want to touch on briefly. Sanders said‚ “The primary purpose of college isn’t learning a specific set of professional skills‚ the primary purpose of college is to become a learner.”‚ I think that this statement is so true. Often times as young
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Interview of First Year Adult Learner My interview was conducted via phone with a student at Kalamazoo Valley Community College. For all purposes her name is Co-ed Cady. STUDENT’S BACKGROUND: Co-ed Cady is a 40 year old‚ recently divorced‚ white female which lives in Kalamazoo‚ MI she is originally from Anderson‚ IN but‚ moved to Kalamazoo when her husband was transferred there ten years ago. Co-ed has two children a daughter 22 and a son 19. Her main support system is in Anderson but‚ her children
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Gina Gannon Unit 52 Engage in personal development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Describe the duties and responsibilities of own work role Job description 1.2 And 3.1 Explain expectations about own work role as expressed in relevant standards. Evaluate own knowledge‚ performance and understanding against relevant standards. A day in the life at my setting. Arriving at my setting each day I am required to sign in and note down the time. I put my bag in a
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Some reports portray English language learners as a new and homogenous population. Actually ELLs are a highly heterogeneous and complex group of students‚ with diverse gifts‚ educational needs‚ backgrounds‚ languages‚ and goals. An English language learner is an individual that is of another culture and has migrated to America to live‚ learn‚ become educated and find a career. English language learners have been coming to America and continue to migrate here more and more. Most of them speak different
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I found many of the topics discussed in Becoming a Learner useful‚ but the things I found most useful were how most college students go into college and how it is wrong. Sanders describes how many students go into college with the assumption that college will give them a good life. Talking about this he says‚ “The problem with this conversation is that it can turn education into an obligation instead of an opportunity” (Sanders 26). I can relate to this because many times I have thought that college
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Valinda Hinkey SPE 226 April 15‚ 2012 Betty Cokeley Educating the Exceptional Learner Introduction An observation was completed on a 2nd grade student who has two different types of visual disorders. The first disorder is dyslexia and the second disorder is a visual disorder which requires the use of an overhead projector with instructions being written in fluorescent colors. The observation was a math activity which involved counting‚ identification of colors‚ simple addition‚ and graphing
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and hour depending on what or how much work I have to
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Teresa McGuinness CELTA: Assignment 1- Learner on the Focus Part 1 Overview The International House Intermediate class is a mixed genre class‚ with student ranging in age from 25 to 50+ years old. It contains a combination of abilities and levels from lower intermediate to higher imediate. Class Profile The first language of the students varies; covering such native languages as France‚ Spanish‚ Italian‚ Mexican‚ Arabic‚ Somalia‚ Portuguese and Russian. The students have a wide knowledge
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Buss. Ethics Why do companies engage in corporate social responsibility? ~ Companies engage in CSR in order to maintain a business on track to do the right thing. However‚ there’s three reasons that keeps a business engage with CSR. Pragmatic‚ where the term "use power or loose it" is used ‚ this mean that if businesses are not responsible certain advantages could be taken away. Ethical reason‚ is when businesses have a responsability to behave ethically‚ this mean that executives’
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hands of the beholder and certain goals can be achieved through changing. Following in Smile’s footsteps came many imitators in the practice of self-help; from Dale Carnegie and his massive seller‚ “How to Win Friends and Influence People‚” to Rhonda Byrne and her popular work‚ “The Secret.” And that is how the industry began to grow. Today‚ the self-help business is a multi-billion dollar industry marketed and promoted to target groups of individuals who have the desire to self-improve. Self-help is
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