head: Learner Autobiography Learner Autobiography Demetria J. Pipkin ED7311 Theory and Methods of Educating Adults Growing up I always attended magnet schools once I entered the public school system in Third grade. Magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curriculums. In grades 3-12‚ I attended Communication Arts magnet schools. As a child I never had the desire to be in the "communication field" so I never understood why my Parents enrolled me in these types of schools
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blessed with natural abilities‚ but through human nature‚ we desire personal connection and motivation. The movie Stand and Deliver told the story of a high school class that fell short of academic requirements. Jamie Escalante was a new‚ influential teacher who made an impact on inner city students by simply demonstrating interest and faith. Jamie showed attention to the students outside of the classroom and did not give them the opportunity to make excuses. Mr. Escalante cleverly manipulated his students
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TRISTAN CALLAGHAN CITY AND GUILDS FURTHER EDUCATION TEACHERS’ CERTIFICATE 7407 STAGE ONE: UNIT 104: SELECT RESOURCES STAGE ONE: UNIT 104: SELECT RESOURCES Review the range of resources available within the organisation for a selected curriculum area. Prepare‚ use and evaluate one of them in their teaching. Analyse the strengths and challenges of the selected resource and how it has supported learning. INTRODUCTION Selecting
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Assignment 2: focus on the learner 1- Background to the learner: My student is called Samir Salem Abdullah Al-Ahsani. He is an Omani student working as an employee in the Bouhelba Company. He speaks Arabic which is his mother tongue and a little English. He’s at the elementary level at Polyglot Institute. He first studied English in the Omani public schools where he didn’t learn much according to him. He felt he couldn’t respond ‚when talked to in English‚ and needs to improve his speaking
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1.1 Unit Adults and young people as learners What are the characteristics of adult and young people as learners? There is no single definition of an adult learner. However‚ an adult learner is a person that is 21 years and up who is involved in formal and informal learning. Generally in the United Kingdom‚ an adult is anyone over the age of 18 years of age; however‚ the term adult learner implies that the individual has not necessarily recently finished mainstream education. Remember: Learning
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of kinesthetic learner. Kinesthetic learners‚ formulate about 20 percent of the population‚ to become able to concentrate learners need to become able to participate to have greater success in the project. Accordingly‚ to Cardon kinesthetic learners they need group activities‚ hands-on activities‚ or breaks at least every 20 minutes. Conversely‚ kinesthetic learners do not always have the opportunity to have utilized their learning style; therefore‚ several of the kinesthetic learners must adapt to
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Assignment 1: Focus on the learner 1. Profile My student´s name is Francisco Morales‚ he is 30 years old and of Chilean nationality. Francisco is in an Elementary English class and has only been studying English for 2 months. He had English lessons at University but these were mainly focused on reading. Francisco said he did not learn a lot through these and therefore had to take another course now‚ mainly for work purposes. Francisco works in the Pharmaceutical industry‚ specifically in
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Faith Onyilimba Learning Style and Strategy As a kinesthetic learner‚ learning is based on physical activities instead of sitting and listening to lectures. Hands on method of learning are more efficient for a kinesthetic learner; they prefer to use their body and sense of touch in tackling a problem instead of reading through the instructions (Vark‚ 2014). Kinesthetic learners are also known as doers. They rather start doing an activity instead of thinking about initiating an action. They are usually
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4 Understand how to involve learners and others in assessment 4.1 Explain the importance of involving the learner and others in the assessment process Assessment is all about making judgements. A major argument for involving students in self and peer-assessment is that it helps them to develop the ability to make judgements‚ in particular about themselves and their work. This is an important life skill as well as an academic one. If an assessor wants to observe a specific piece of evidence but
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begging of the qualification so the assessor can see if the learner has skills‚ competence and knowledge to complete the qualification. The assessments are on-going throughout the qualification. The assessments give opportunity for the assessor to monitor the progress and performance of the learner and enable them to record achievements. Within the assessments the assessor can identify learner’s needs. If it is identified that the learner is struggling it will give the opportunity to look at other
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