resist impact. Due to traffic loads‚ the road stones are subjectedto the pounding action or impact and there is possibility of stones breaking into smaller pieces. The roadstones should therefore be tough enough to resist fracture under impact. A test designed to evaluate thetoughness of stone i.e.‚ the resistance of the stones to fracture under repeated impacts may be called animpact test for road stones Impact test may either be carried out on cylindrical stone specimens as in Page Impact test
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Teaching‚ learning and assessment have been the three main focus points for this unit of study. Teaching today is thought of differently to the way it has been thought of in the past. One major learning point of this was that we now know that students aren’t like tape recorders. Students don’t learn by being told information‚ they construct their own knowledge‚ and they do this better if the teacher provides a constructivist setting in the classroom. In order to teach in the manner expected of
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cases‚ there is a wealth of knowledge in the very building in which they teach. Many administrators have caught on to the concept of Professional Learning Communities (PLC). Basically‚ a Professional Learning Community is a group of teachers who work together to share ideas and concepts‚ and to analyze data in relation to instruction. The goal is to discover new teaching strategies and to improve instruction. Research has shown that schools that foster teacher collaboration and mentoring between novice
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Professional Values & Ethics and Career Success Yvonne Burns Professional values can be defined as the motivating factors that appeal to a person most when it comes to career selection. There are a great deal of stirring factors that one could choose from when selecting a line of work or accepting a job invitation‚ including intellectual status‚ stability‚ and location; to name a few. (“Professional Values”‚ 2009). Relatively‚ professional ethics is a matter of morality‚ influencing
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Assignment 1.2: The Teaching and Learning Cycle a) Teaching and Learning Cycle The teaching and learning cycle is about how we assess and teach learners and the different stages of teaching and learning. There are four stages in the teaching and learning cycle: initial and diagnostic assessment‚ course and lesson planning‚ teaching and learning‚ and assessment and review (summative and formative assessment). Each stage is key in determining what happens in the next stage and that ‘the cycle involves
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Learning & Teaching Strategies in Lifelong Learning Unit 5 Steve Coyle (EL57424) Contents Section Pg 1.1 – Key aspects of legislation 1.2 – Promoting equality and valuing diversity 1.3 – Own role and responsibilities in lifelong learning 1.4 – Identifying and meeting the needs of the learners 2.1 – Boundaries between the teaching role and other professional roles 2.2 – Points of referral to meet the needs of the
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Effective teaching and learning Our school promoted these features of good teaching; • High expectations and clear objective Conveyed to pupils in simple language: ’what I am looking for is pupils who can…’ • Structured lessons‚ often with an engaging starter‚ with new skills and ideas introduced in well-planned stages‚ and always with a summary at the end; • Challenging and engaging tasks to interest all pupils‚ coupled with appropriate interventions by teachers‚ including: 1. Practical
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The Impact of Values-Clarification on Ethics in the Helping Profession America is faced with an overwhelming abundance of moral and social problems which seem to consume the fragilely woven fibers of our nation. What has happened to America? What can be done to rescue the innocents in society from those who seem to prey upon them? Can one person make a difference? Those in the human service profession have felt a calling‚ have been affected by the seeming hopeless perils of the weaker members
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There are many factors that can have an influence on my learning. One of them is my friends. My friends can influence my learning by distracting me during lessons and also by helping me to catch up on work. In some ways‚ friends can motivate me because they encourage me to do my work and to get my assignments done on time. They also motivate me because they assist me with my work when I need it instead of waiting to ask a tutor which cannot be done as easily; I can easily call a friend. Friends have
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Teaching Values In School But can the public schools do it? That in-fact is the true question of this controversial bulletin‚ which can almost surely set up dozens upon dozens of wildfires across the nation. From "Suburb to Ghettos" anybody who has even a breath of a word will most likely speak it with the wrath and ferocity of an incensed animal dying to protect his/her cubs from harm. The questions that arise like‚ the undead are: What morals do we teach‚ and most importantly who’s right
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