Catering for learner diversity with HEART Thomas FUNG According to UNESCO’s Salamanca Statement 1994‚ inclusive education is the best means of achieving ‘Education for All’. (EMB‚ 2005) This means that all children should have the right to receive basic education‚ no matter how weak they are academically and in discipline control. To do so‚ meeting students’ needs in curriculum planning and classroom teaching is of paramount importance (UNECO‚ 2005 & EDB‚ 2010). This article aims at sharing with
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State Curriculum Assessment Curriculum Defined Every year as new students enter school they wonder what they will learn. As the student enters the room on the first day of school the teacher has her room precisely decorated and has all of her lesson plans clearly defined. Although the student has no idea‚ these lesson plans where designed specifically for his/her every need before he even stepped into that classroom. Every year the curriculum for Louisiana schools is determined long before
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theoritical framework By : BARBARA L. MCCOMBS The age is here of distance learning and new forms of e-learning. The rate at which a variety of institutions are entering the distance learning arena is increasing rapidly. In spite of the increased popularity and presence of online learning opportunities‚ however‚ many researchers and practitioners are decrying the lack of a researchvalidated framework to guide their design. Other researchers and practitioners point out that what works in effective
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MODULE 1 CURRICULUM: CONCEPTS‚NATURE AND PURPOSES Curriculum from Different Points of View 1. Traditional Points of View of Curriculum* “It is a body of subjects or subject matter prepared by the teachers for the students to learn”‚ and is synonymous to course of study and syllabus. *According to Robert Hutchins‚ curriculum is permanent study which emphasizes rules of grammar‚ reading‚ rhetoric and logic and mathematics needed for basic education which gives importance to the 3Rs
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of any circle’s circumference to its diameter in the Euclidean plane; this is the same value as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius. It is approximately equal to 3.14159265 in the usual decimal notation. Many formulae from mathematics‚ science‚ and engineering involve π‚ which makes it one of the most important mathematical constants. π is an irrational number‚ which means that its value cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction m/n‚ where m and n are integers. Consequently
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Unit 5: School Curriculum: Development and Influences - Notes Curriculum Curriculum refers to what is taught in school‚ and can be defined as a set of subjects‚ subject content‚ a program of studies‚ a set of materials‚ a sequence of courses‚ or all of the experiences in the school. The curriculum includes the explicit curriculum (the formal policies‚ manuals‚ materials‚ and textbooks of a district)‚ the implicit curriculum or hidden curriculum (the often unspoken or even unconscious assumptions
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The Mathematics for Essay 2 The purpose of these notes are to explain some of the mathematics behind Essay 2. Your own essay should not just repeat these arguments but have a more geometric flavor. Write about how you can physically place the blocks. You may assume basic facts about geometric sums and series. Let r be any real number and let n be a non-negative integer. The sum 1 + r + r2 + · · · + rn (1) is a geometric sum and the infinite series 1 + r + r2 + · · · + rn + · · · (2)
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relation to theoretical perspectives of play. Play provides open paths to literacy and numeracy. Researches highlighted that play is the foundation of counting‚ reading and writing through manipulating‚ pretending‚ and exploring freely without setting objectives. It is acknowledged by Gonzalez & Widmeyer (2012) researches where children’s free explorations offer opportunities to strengthen their numeracy skills through counting buckets of sand for their pretend cake and literacy skills through
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P3 – Describe Legislation and Frameworks which Govern Work with Individuals with Dementia In this assignment I will be describing the legislation and frameworks which govern work with individuals with dementia. I will be writing about different Acts and how they protect people with dementia. Human Rights Act 1998 – The Human Rights Act involves: The right to life The right to freedom from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment The right to freedom from slavery and forced labour The
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Culturally Relevant Teaching (CRT). Culturally relevant teaching as describe by Gloria Ladson-Billings in 1992‚ “as a way that would empower students to excel because of the way in which they experience the curriculum makes sense in the context of their lives and helps them develop confidence as a learner.” (Amy Marin Carlson) This makes a great deal of sense because students need to be able to apply what they have learned to everyday life. Teachers need to relate
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