WHAT IS TEACHING? "I believe that the teacher ’s place and work in the school is to be interpreted from this same basis. The teacher is not in the school to impose certain ideas or to form certain habits in the child‚ but is there as a member of the community to select the influences which shall affect the child and to assist him in properly responding to these influences." (Dewey‚ 1897) "Dogma is actually the only thing that cannot be separated from education. It IS education. A teacher who is not
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ethics to adopt at the school‚ I came to the conclusion that most had already been thought about before and many a theorist could be used as a reference‚ but that indeed I was exercising that very thing I am hoping to become a teacher- and teaching is what it is all about! For “education is inherently about values: it reflects a vision of the kind of world we want our children to inherit; a vision of the kinds of people we hope they will become” (Alexander‚ 1992‚ cited in Pollard‚
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Personal connection between employees. Objectives 1. To identify the causes and effects of having insufficient motivational stimulus/stimuli within a workplace (in connection with McClelland’s drives‚ Herzberg’s two-factory theory‚ and Expectancy Model of Motivation). 2. To associate the general effect of having communication gaps between the employees. 3. To determine the administrative powers that should be given to the officials of the organization. 4. To resolve the issues surrounding
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the "professional character‚ spirit or methods" or the "standing‚ practice‚ or methods of a professional as distinguished from an amateur". Now to the question that whether teaching is a profession or not‚ some people consider it as a profession and some do not. However‚ I would firmly and in one line statement say that teaching is a profession. How? The following passages would clarify. Although the term ’professional ’ might at first glance seem to be relatively easy to define‚ it is in fact quite
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Course: Foundation Degree in Children’s Learning and Development Module: Teaching Assistants The beginning of the Victorian age education had no relevance‚ with children forced into employment. The 1870 Education Act came into force establishing free education for all children‚ regardless of wealth‚ religion or status. The 1944 Education Act instigated the school leaving age to rise to fifteen years‚ providing mass secondary education in addition to primary. Development in the
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An exploration of the innovative methodologies requires an awareness of the goals and objectives of teaching literature in general and the novel in particular‚ the advantages of teaching novels and teaching methodologies. It is very difficult to agree on the goals of teaching literary texts. In the past‚ teaching literature was viewed as a way of making people better human beings and better citizens. The purpose of making English Literature a course of study at University College‚ London in the
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"All professions have an identifiable knowledge base. Teaching has no such knowledge base‚ therefore‚ it is not a profession" Discuss this statement. There are different characteristics of what a profession entails of. Some characteristics‚ such as full graduate training are based on the more known professional modes such as law‚ medicine and engineering. The majority of critics have agreed on the similar aspects of an occupational group acquiring: a knowledge base‚ expertise in their field‚ a sense
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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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of Learning and Teaching. It should be carried out sensitively and professionally‚ and should involve teachers in consultation about the purposes and format of the exercise so that everyone involved is clear about their role in the activity The Nature of Observation Observation is a systematic eye on what happens in the classroom. It can be recorded by narrative writing‚ videoing‚ sound recording or full written transcripts. It is no so much a part of our tradition in teaching‚ as it has been
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