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1.0What is feedback?:“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great inspires” William Arthur Ward A teacher carries a big responsibility in area of learning. Some people believe a teacher’s job is to teach and a student’s job is to learn. In today’s classroom‚ the role of teacher is totally different. Teacher as a facilitator of learning‚ mentor for learner and classroom
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move from bottom to the new zone of proximal development to the bottom where no assistance is necessary. This ties in with the sociocultural theories as it emphasizes the fact that other people contribute greatly to the children’s development and the ZPD shows us that assistance is needed when doing a difficult task at
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teacher does not simply teach knowledge their students and instead aims to arm students with the knowledge‚ skills‚ understanding and attitudes that will prepare students for life-long learning. The constructivist theories developed by Piaget and Vygotsky have impacted on the way that teachers teach and this has changed the approach of teaching to place a greater importance on the teacher instead to act as a facilitator of learning in an open‚ constructivist environment and providing students with
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incomplete of itself. Yet‚ each also has insights into development and learning that is useful. The three together build a foundation for learning theory that has surpassed behaviorism in its scope and its usage and its main theorists‚ Piaget‚ Bruner and Vygotsky are still highly considered in the field of epistemology. Kermit and Cognitivism The scenario “Kermit and the Keyboard” exhibits many of the strengths of the theory of cognitivism as well as highlights some of the differences between three major
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Assessment Title: Annotated bibliography that reflects your developing understanding of the cultural‚ social and theoretical issues linked to themes of inclusion In this assessment I shall describe an Annotated Bibliography on Autistic Spectrum Disorder. The important factors of inclusion in educational settings will be discussed and how parents as partners can help children’s development. Autism is a condition which affects
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There are many different theories on how people learn and over the years learning theories have dramatically changed. They have been superseded by newer theories based on psychological‚ social‚ cultural development factors‚ (Fritscher‚ 2011).In this paper I will be concentrating on five theories‚ three psychological and two social‚ they are; Behaviourism‚ Humanism‚ Constructivism‚ Lave and Wenger Communities of Practice‚ and Vygotsky’s learning theory. I have chosen these theories because I believe
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Developments During Early Childhood Physical‚ cognitive‚ and psychosocial are the three major developments that children learn to live by. Children learn so many new things as they grow and‚ these three developments tend to change the way children think about the world and themselves. When children go through physical development their appearance tend to change as they are growing older. They also learn great motor skills. Cognitive development is when child start to use their language skills to
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Critically Analyse Student Writing Samples Analysing children’s writing is critically important because it allows teachers to have an understanding of what the child knows already‚ and what he/she needs to build on with their writing (Stewart‚ 2012). In the paragraphs ahead‚ two samples have been chosen and have been analysed using the Victorian Essential Learning Standards and the Western Australia First Steps Developmental Continuum. The Victorian Essential Learning Standards have established
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Cognitive Development Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky proposed that children learn through interactions with their surrounding culture. This theory is known as the socio-cultural perspective. It also states that the cognitive development of children and adolescents is enhanced when they interact with others who have more advanced skills. Vygotsky viewed interaction with peers as an effective way of developing skills and strategies. Vygotsky presented three important contributions to the cognitive
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