Task 1 – Signed off Learning Contract Learning Contract Choice of topics and learning context. This learning contract has been prepared to guide my study of two very useful topics. I have chosen to develop my competencies in ‘Working relations’ and ‘Time management’. Should any of these prove difficult my focus will change to the topic of ‘Influence and Persuasion’. Below I have cited reasons why I have chosen the above topics. The first reason is due to the tough
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For someone that has been diagnosed with a learning disability‚ they may feel that it takes over their lives. But with the right help it will not affect their ultimate success in life. In this research essay I will be talking about what a learning disorder is‚ how to detect that a child has a learning disorder‚ and how it affects children in school and ways to treat them. The four common types of learning disability I will be discussing are Dyslexia‚ Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder‚ Dysgraphia
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There are many tasks that a child learns in their early life. Some of which include learning how to crawl‚ then walk and learning how to talk. I think a child learning how to talk and communicate is very important. That alone will shape them and how well they will communicate later in their life. Our system of language and the process of communication are closely linked. Communication can be described as any act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about
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Theories of teaching and learning and how they impact on the classroom environment Education plays a significant role in supporting and influencing the healthy development of children. However‚ teaching is more than just knowing what to teach. Professional teachers must also understand how to teach their students. Therefore‚ in order to create an effective classroom environment which caters for the diversity of students and their various developmental levels and abilities‚ teachers are urged to
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Goh‚ S. C. (1998). Toward a Learning Organization: The Strategic Building Blocks. Advanced Management Journal‚ 63(2)‚ 15-22. This article proposes that there are five strategic building blocks and two supporting foundations in order to build a learning organization. The five building blocks----mission and vision‚ leadership‚ experimentation‚ transfer of knowledge‚ and teamwork and cooperation‚ are summarized from literature. Also‚ the author believes that these building blocks require two major
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strategic conversation‚ boardroom consultant for large companies around the globe. Introduction This course provides the state of the art in the scientific field of Strategic management and the professional application in Scenario planning. Scenario planning provides tools for helping organizations to develop a deeper understanding of the longer-term business environment and its impact on their business model. The course builds upon the course Strategy and Environment in block 1 year 2. After
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ENG-101 Prof. Santiago Collateral Learning Collateral learning induces lessons that students learn through and by doing other activities. These sorts of things may not be assessed‚ directly or indirectly‚ but are the sorts of literacies that are fundamental to what they do. “Television as Teacher” by Neil Postman and “Why Games Are Good for You” by Steven Johnson are both articles that examine different strategies about collateral learning. Postman’s article stated how certain shows on television can
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approach for an instructor to take is to address a variety of learning styles with their teaching plan. It is also helpful to encourage students to understand their preferred leaning style. By the time students reach the college level it is often assumed that they have figured out the best and most productive way to study to retain information. Of course‚ this is not a correct assumption. Teachers should make students aware of the various learning styles and encourage them to consider their preferred style
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COGNITIVE LEARNING What is cognitive learning? Not all cases of learning can easily be captured by classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Learning would be extremely inefficient if we had to rely completely on conditioning for all our learning. Human beings can learn efficiently by observation‚ taking instruction‚ and imitating the behavior of others. Cognitive learning is a powerful mechanism that provides the means of knowledge‚ and goes well beyond simple imitation of others. Conditioning
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THEORIES OF LEARNING The starting point for all language teaching should be an understanding of how people learn. The key to successful language learning and teaching is in understanding the structure and processes of the mind. 1. Behaviorism : learning as habit formation This simple but powerful theory said that learning is a mechanical process of habit formation and proceeds by means of the frequent reinforcement of a stimulus-response sequence. This method‚ based firstly on the behaviorist stimulus-response
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