My Meaningful Experience Since I have always been interested in activities that offer opportunities for helping people‚ I recently volunteered at XXX Hospital. Actually‚ the purpose of this activity was twofold‚ both to use my time for assisting the sick and disabled‚ and to try a hand at working in a medical environment. Both purposes were successfully fulfilled. I really enjoyed seeing that even with my limited knowledge I was able to make a difference in the daily routine of the hospital. My
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MEANINGFUL LEARNING by David Ausuble Biography * BORN: October 25‚ 1918 * studied at the University of Pennsylvania ‚ receiving a bachelor’s degree majoring in Psychology * earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University * In 1973‚ Ausubel retired from academic life and devoted himself to his psychiatric practice. * Died: July 9‚ 2008 Ausuble came up with cognitive learning theory that is well considering when seeking to understand and plan for learning
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How can the teacher use story book as a theme to help students to achieve meaningful learning where they can comprehend and use the new words that they learn from the story book? INTRODUCTION The ESL students of Ironside State School come from non-English speaking background. Therefore‚ they are lacking or having minimal range of useful vocabulary as they are used to speak in their own mother tongue. Even if they do know how to spell or read the new words‚ they cannot comprehend or put the words
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What is a Learning Experience? posted Jan 5‚ 2011‚ 4:37 AM by Shane Gallagher When I think about “Learning Experiences‚” I think of every situation someone finds themselves in as a learning experience. People have not traditionally used that phrase in relating to more formal learning interventions – i.e. classroom‚ but from a learner’s perspective‚ both formally and informally‚ that’s exactly what is happening: learners are experiencing something that‚ hopefully‚ results in a change in thinking‚
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Learning Experience During our training at Balik-Manggagawa‚ I learned a lot of things such as interacting with other people. We know that people have different characteristics and attitudes‚ however‚ making friends with them is not that difficult. I learned to build on my competence‚ professionalism in dealing with people‚ discipline and ability to communicate with people. I gained self-confidence and maturity which are needed in the work and acquired the ability to work harmoniously with employers
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In life we encounter many positive and negative experiences. Both help to mould and shape the people we are‚ and the person we ultimately will become. In this essay I will discuss significant learning experiences that were important to me‚ and how they affected me. The first learning experience I will discuss is something that I find I use every day. One day I sat in class discouraged about numerous assignments‚ projects‚ and tests that were due soon. I found myself overwhelmed and frustrated
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Every day we encounter experiences that help shape who we will one day become. Whether the events turn out to be good or bad‚ they ultimately leave a dent in our lives. One particular experience from my past has definably outlined part of who I am today. Ironically‚ I consider this event to be the best and worst learning experience of my entire life so far. “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney
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methods whereby individuals learn from their environment: namely classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Classical Conditioning was studied by the Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov. Classical conditioning involves learning by association‚ and operant conditioning includes learning from the consequences of actions.B.F. Skinner examined operant conditioning of intentional and unintentional actions. Sigmund Freud is the founder of psychodynamic perspective. Sigmund Freud believes that happenings
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My worst and best learning experience goes back to 2005‚ when I was attending an FCE course. It actually started from day one‚ when our teacher walked in and he didn’t say a word. He spent the first few minutes going through the course book‚ and then he started mumbling for a while. I could sense that he was rather a bit upset. The classroom was almost full and everyone was very excited‚ and eager to start immediately. However‚ Mr. X was in no hurry at all‚ it was like we didn’t exist. While he
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When I applied for my first job at Leslie’s Pool Supplies‚ I thought it was going to be just a summer job. Instead‚ it turns out‚ after a year and a half I am stilled employed. My goal was to make some extra cash for the summer‚ but instead I have made a good amount of money and I have also acquired many life long skills. I have learned so much about the variety of people that come to shop at a pool store. Most people are nice because they rely on me to get their pool back into balance. They normally
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