THE CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOLOGY TO EDUCATION Edward L. Thorndike (1910) Teachers College‚ Columbia University First published in The Journal of Educational Psychology‚ 1‚ 5-12. ________________________________________ Psychology is the science of the intellects‚ characters and behavior of animals including man. Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects‚ characters and behavior of men‚ its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims‚ materials‚ means
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THE ROLE OF ADVANCED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION NETWORKS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. Prof. Tamás Lajos‚ Co-Chairman of EDEN-EADTU Task Force Eastern Europe‚ Dr. András Szûcs Prof. Jacques Vauthier Co-Chairman of EDEN-EADTU Task Force Eastern Europe‚ European Distance Education Network European Association of Distance Teaching Universities October 1996. 1/ INTRODUCTION The rapid and positive change of appreciation of open and distance learning‚ mainly
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Scope Introduction In the history of mankind‚ the internet is the greatest development in the domain of communication industry. Similar to each and every invention‚ the internet carries the number of advantages and disadvantages. Nevertheless‚ the advantages of the internet are so huge in number that they outperform the disadvantages quit easily. What is Internet? According to the definition provide by oxford dictionary‚ the internet is an arrangement of connected computers‚ which let the
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The role of the internet in education Introduction In today’s world‚ the Internet is one of the most powerful tools that will be used in the more than 50% of global population. Hence the Internet has now become a major part of daily life in today’s society. It is uses every fields of life like communication‚ knowledge‚ news‚ shopping‚ marketing‚ entertainment‚ education etc. Among these‚ the Internet is done a tremendous role for the education. The internet connection‚ the ability to easily obtaining
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Introduction The Internet is a huge collection of computer networks that can communicate with each other – a network of networks. It is built upon thousands of smaller regional networks spread out around the world. It has emerged as a powerful tool for education. It is a confluence of all kinds of information related to each and every field of education. It also allows teacher and students‚ sitting in far flung areas to interact‚ share and exchange information. This paper seeks to study about
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Research on Internet Use in Education Executive Summary: There is emerging research on how the Internet can be an important component of a program that significantly increases student learning. This type of program requires students and teachers to have appropriate access to the Internet and instruction in its use. It also requires changes in curriculum content‚ instructional practices‚ and assessment to take advantage of the communication and information storage and retrieval strengths of the Internet
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Impact of the Internet on Education For the majority of people‚ it is difficult to imagine what life would be like without the internet. The world of education has also undergone tremendous change since the advent of the internet. It allows students to quickly obtain a vast amount of information on every subject. They also get the convenience of going to class and completing assignments‚ permitting them to schedule their time with great flexibility. The internet has become one of the easiest‚ fastest
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http://www.futureofchildren.org The Impact of Home Computer Use on Children’s Activities and Development Kaveri Subrahmanyam Robert E. Kraut Patricia M. Greenfield Elisheva F. Gross “I really want to move to Antarctica—I’d want my cat and Internet access and I’d be happy.” —16-year-old HomeNet participant (1995) Kaveri Subrahmanyam‚ Ph.D.‚ is assistant professor of child development at California State University‚ Los Angeles. Robert E. Kraut‚ Ph.D.‚ is professor of social psychology and humancomputer
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President Clinton watched a woman enter a village health centre‚ call up a web page on the computer‚ and get information on how to care for her baby.1 It is possible that this baby will have better health because of the availability of information on the internet. However‚ this possibility is underpinned by several assumptions‚ and the potential of information and communication technologies still has not been harnessed systematically to bring about important improvements in the health of populations‚ particularly
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Rome & its Contribution Many methods and procedures that standardize today’s education are said to be products of early agricultural practices. Rome‚ one of the oldest civilizations to first stress the importance of education‚ has inadvertently influenced today’s educational format. Their focus on war and politics made it possible for roman individuals to set forth techniques that we would one day consolidate and thus produce the educational system of today. Once a small republic state‚ Rome had
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