Noddings impacted our system of education in very profound ways. Dewey believed that there should be communication between the student and the teacher. Adler believed that schools should only teach the traditional courses (English‚ Math‚ Science‚ Social Studies and Foreign Language). Noddings believed that teachers should be more caring towards their students. John Dewey’s idea of education greatly affected our system of education today. John Dewey’s ideas for education were to concentrate
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“Little children‚ from the moment they are weaned‚ are making their way towards independence.” Dr Montessori believed that from the moment child is born‚ he begins his journey to independence. She believed that every child is born with certain potentialities/Nebulae and an urge or Horme to carry out activities. Maria Montessori termed the child as the spiritual embryo. The child possesses within him‚ a pre-determined pattern of psychic unfolding which leads him to perform activities for his self
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I started a family at a fairly young age that includes my two beautiful daughters who before preschool‚ were diagnosed with a learning disability at the Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resource System South (FDLRS). I dedicated my life to ensure my daughters were enrolled in the best schools and programs available. I faithfully attended their Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings‚ to support their learning development and education career. During these sessions I was extremely impressed
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independent and engaging respectfully with peers and adults is what teachers strive for. The transition from dependence on a caregiver to their independence is often facilitated through preschool. This paper will discuss this evolution through the social embryotic stage‚ some of the obstacles children need to surpass‚ the benefits of the right environment‚ the changing role of the teacher throughout this process and the optimum guidance for a child (Montessori 1966‚ 2007a‚ 2007b). There are three
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Whitney Vick April 26‚ 2012 Liberty University Customized Learning Theory Many educators operate their classrooms using a “learning theory” that they feel optimizes the best learning environment for their students. As an educator it is very important to create your own customized learning theory to use in your classroom. A customized learning theory is developed to create an optimum learning environment for students. Educators have to research
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Negative Effects of Social Media There are always two sides of every coin. Social media is just a tool or mean for people to use. It is still up to the users on how to use this tool (just like a knife‚ can help you to cut food or hurt others). Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center conducted a study on "The Future of Online Socializing" from the highly engaged‚ diverse set of respondents to an online‚ opt-in survey consisted
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2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori ? Dr. Maria Montessori was a keen observer of children. She used her observational and experimental proclivities from her medical background to develop‚ what we might today call‚ a Constructivist understanding of the process of learning. She studied them scientifically. If she saw some unusual behavior in a child‚ she would say‚”I won’t believe it now‚ I shall if it happens again”. She studied the conditions in which the children would perform
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It is also important to understand how social interactions and skills‚ including friendships and how positive relationships are formed. Janine‚ is 8 years old girl who has had her cousins come to stay with them. Janine is feeling left out‚ alone as well as replaced by her father’s actions. With
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As schools are making the shift to the twenty-first-century‚ educators are tasked with an unending challenge and responsibility of maintaining student engagement‚ learning to develop the necessary knowledge and skills needed in the twenty-first century. Studies indicate that Australian educators are able to produce and guide students towards learning outcomes‚ through opportunities presented within the classroom (Reynolds‚ 2014‚ p.42). To allow children to learn through authentic experiences and
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LESSON 10 The Computer as a Tutor DISCUSSION 1. Do you believe CAI in some future time can replace teachers in the classroom? 2. Since it is admitted that CAI relates to lower learning skills (behaviourist and cognitivist learning)‚ what grade levels would CAI drill-and-practice software materials be useful? Do you think those in college will still want drill-and-practice learning activities that provide plain memorization (behaviourism) and brain processing like a mere computer (cognitivism)
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