A self-directed learner is someone who consciously decides to learn and consume information for the purpose gaining knowledge. This decision comes with the willingness to hold him/herself accountable for all the processes involved in his/her pursuit of knowledge and education. Also‚ this individual’s learning activities is not limited by place‚ time‚ or age‚ and it could be by any means (Hiemstra‚ 1999). Intrinsic motivation is the act of engaging in any activity basically for the satisfaction and
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Abstract Service Learning combines community service with classroom instruction‚ focusing on critical and reflective thinking as well as personal and civic responsibility. Why Service learning is Important in Nursing Service-learning basically tests nursing concepts in the real world through service to community or non-profit organization. It promotes hands-on learning by fulfilling community needs‚ promoting civic responsibility and actively reflecting
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Teachers’ Professional Life Cycles 1 Introduction The idea of teachers’ life cycles isn’t new. I first became familiar with it when reading Amy Tsui’s book on expertise in teaching. The notion that teachers pass through a career cycle matched my own experience‚ and it helped to provide a useful way of thinking about supervising teachers‚ since my particular concern was with this really important aspect of managing a language teaching organization (LTO). So‚ while this article is mostly about teachers’
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SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH LITERACY IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS Key Issues and Promising Practices Diane August August & Associates Report No. 61 February 2003 This report was published by the Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed At Risk (CRESPAR)‚ a national research and development center supported by a grant (No. R-117-D40005) from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)‚ U.S. Department of Education. The content or opinions expressed
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Walker state‚ "Motivation is a key factor in successful learning". They later suggest‚ "Use material familiar to the students" (Reece and Walker‚ 1997‚ pg96 & pg98). In the exercises I devised for the students I have tried to include subject matter familiar to the students. One exercise involved the sorting of a mobile phone spreadsheet‚ another the sorting of a
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for and rapport with all learners? Class rules were discussed prior to the beginning of the lesson and‚ also‚ a poster with these rules was placed in plain sight. To demonstrate respect for and rapport with all learners‚ I modeled throughout the whole lesson how one should behave during class‚ being open-minded to student’s attitudes and providing feedback to these. 2. How did you provide a positive learning environment that both supported and challenged learners moving to self-determination? I
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rainfall varying from less than 125 mm in Baluchistan to in excess of 1000 mm in Islamabad‚ but becomes low again in northern mountains. The Indus‚ the main river of Pakistan‚ has its source in the mountains of Karakuram range and flows south-words through the provinces of Punjab and Sindh to Arabian Sea. Sutlej‚ Ravi‚ Chenab and Jhelum are the major tributaries of Indus in Punjab. Relatively abundant water and fertile plain have encourages major proportion of the population to settle in the main
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Mwangi Kevin macharia 628945 The product life cycle theory is used to comprehend and analyze various maturity stages of products and industries. Product innovation and diffusion influence long-term patterns of international trade. This term product life cycle was used for the first time in 1965‚ by Theodore Levitt in a Harvard Business Review article: "Exploit the Product Life Cycle". Anything that satisfies a consumer’s need is called a ’product’. It may be a tangible product (clothes‚ crockery
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Table of Contents A. Part A: Industry Life Cycle Framework - Critique 3 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Industry Life Cycle Framework 4 2.1 Introduction Phase 4 2.2 Growth Phase 4 2.3 Mature Phase 6 2.4 Decline Phase 7 3.0 Conclusion and My Views – Part A 7 B. Part B: Industry Level Analysis 8 4.0 Introduction 8 5.0 Resource-Based View (RBV) of the American and Japanese Automobile Industry 9 5.1 Mass Production Capabilities - Economies of Scale 9 5.2 Lean Production Capabilities 11 6.0 Conclusion
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Research-Based Best Practices in L2 Literacy Developing Reading Comprehension Skills for English Language Learners Infiernito Finca Escuela Honduras (2009) EDUC 5465 Introduction to ESL/Bilingual and Special Education Written by: Mia Ariela Allen May 2010 Research-Based Best Practices in L2 Literacy Developing Reading Comprehension Skills for English Language Learners Research guiding questions: * How should classroom reading instruction practices best meet the needs of
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