Explain how an understanding of Honey and Mumford’s learning styles could help you to maximise your own learning on the International Diploma course. Learning Styles were created by Peter Honey and Alan Mumford‚ and they identified four distinct learning styles or preferences: Activist‚ Theorist; Pragmatist and Reflector. ( Mobbs‚ 2003).These are the learning approaches that individuals naturally prefer and they recommend that in order to maximise one’s own personal learning. Individuals have
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from video games‚ including violent ones like Mortal Combat or Doom. While the media often focus on the violence in these games‚ Gee argues that they are just like any other technology – alone they are neither good nor bad. Moreover‚ he asserts‚ “Effects (good or bad) flow not from the game but from game + context” (p. 3). The things Gee said is true but that is not his whole intention with his book‚ Gee’s intention is not to suggest that video games can‚ or should‚ replace books and teachers. In
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Social Security Disability The growth in Social Security disability jumps a tremendous amount each and every year. Many people receive benefits that should not and the people that are in need will be denied time and time again. Nearly two-thirds of initial applications will be denied because an applicant is found to not be totally disabled. The process to begin may take as little as 20 days under the new revisions‚ if you are clearly proven to be disabled. Unclear
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N Nuclear Energy Effects On Economic Development Abstract This paper seeks to understand the various effects that the nuclear energy program has on the economic development of any country‚ particularly the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Global energy requirements are only increasing with each passing day and the contribution of nuclear power to the overall energy consumption is bound to increase significantly in the coming days. Energy security and climate change are important reasons to
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The disability simulation that I choose to do was to rent a wheelchair from the mall and spend an hour navigating around the mall in the wheelchair. The reason that I choose this simulation is because I thought it would be a great idea for me to experience what obstacles the people who are in wheelchairs have to endure on a daily basis in simple day-to-day activities. There are many things that people without disabilities‚ more specifically in this simulation people not in wheelchairs‚ do every single
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Knowledge specification DN22 1) SKULL. The skull consists of 28 bones‚ 22 of which form the framework of the head and provide protection for the brain‚ eyes‚ and ears; six are ear bones. With the exception of the lower jaw bone and the ear bones‚ all skull bones are joined together and fixed in one position. The seams where they join are known as sutures. The bones of the skull are classified as either cranial or facial bones. Cranial Bones. The cranium is formed by eight major
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Summary: Students with learning disabilities have always been present in our school settings. Unfortunately for many‚ many years it was an "invisible condition" that was not supported by educators and parents. No doubt little was known about why a child had a reading disability‚ now known as being dyslexic; or a writing disability now labeled dysgraphic. Many children even suffered from dyscalculia‚ a math disability. But think about the many years of frustration and embarrassment so many students
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The word discipline connotes a negative image of a strict caregiver enforcing rules upon a child to instill order. It gives one the impression that discipline has to be exerted forcefully upon a person. This differs greatly from the Montessori perspective of discipline being created from within a child rather then being imposed from the outside. Discipline rises naturally within a child when s/he is given freedom within limits. Montessori says that freedom in intellectual work is found to be the
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hope of providing a better future for me. I have a disability called cerebral palsy‚ which affects my muscle coordination and reflexes. From my experiences thus far‚ I learned that there are more encouragement and opportunities for disabled individuals in the United States compared to Indonesia. For example‚ the middle and high school system in the United States has the 504 plan for disabled students. Every college and universities have a disability department to provide accommodations as well. Because
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Oppression and Disability An oppressed group is a group of people that are treated unequally‚ different‚ and unjust. Unfortunately‚ there are various groups of race‚ sexual orientation‚ or religion that face oppression. There is one group that also receives it and it is our disabled community. Even with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)‚ they are still discriminated against in various forms. Society does not know their full capabilities and refuse to learn more about them. They are oppressed
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