‘Teaching for life’: Does Social Life Skills education as a rout to gaining recognised qualifications embrace a learning for life outcome that can be an integral part of the rehabilitation process? Introduction I work at Hindley HMP YOI‚ Europe’s largest juvenile estate‚ which caters for male 15 – 18 year olds. Its catchment area embraces prisoners from England and Wales‚ inclusive of the home counties. This results in a diverse population with a mixture of cultural and social backgrounds and range
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Language and Composition Mr. Kim 20th April‚ 2013 Learning Disabilities All my life‚ I’ve had issues with academics. For many years‚ my parents and teachers always believed that the reason I was academically challenged was because I was lazy and un interested. It was not until the eleventh grade‚ when I was diagnosed with a spacial visual disorder‚ did my parents realize that my academic downfall was not due to laziness‚ but in fact‚ due to this learning disability. After being diagnosed‚ many aspects
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Differentiated Learning Everyone is diverse and learns in different ways. Not every student is the same. Established on this knowledge‚ differentiated instruction applies a method to teaching and learning that gives students numerous options and opportunities for compelling in information and making sense of ideas. Differentiated instruction is a teaching theory based on the principle and idea that instructional tactics should contrast and be adapted in relative to individual and diverse students
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344 Learning at University: The International Student Experience1 Meeri Hellstén Macquarie University‚ School of Education meerihellsten@mq.edu.au Anne Prescott Macquarie University‚ School of Education anne.prescott@aces.mq.edu.au This paper reports on research that explores internationalisation of the University’s curriculum offerings and how this affects international students. The central focus of this paper is to highlight some of the student commentary on communication between teachers
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belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further conclusion to which it tends. Dewey worked as an educationalist and developed his concept of reflective practice and reflection through experiential learning theories. He concluded in his work that the experience the individual lives through can be described as a dynamic continuum - and that each experience influences the quality of future experiences. Boud - the learner ’s point of view Boud et al (1985)
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Assessment for Learning and Pupils with Special Educational Needs The aim of this paper is to provide a summary of the key issues that emerged during the Agency project Assessment in Inclusive Settings in relation to the application of the concept of Assessment for Learning to pupils with special educational needs (SEN). A significant aspect of inclusive assessment in practice that emerged from the on-going discussions with Project Experts was the concept of Assessment for Learning. References to
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computer 10 4 Twenty steps to learning five times better‚ faster and easier 15 5 How to think for great ideas Ð A new programme to teach yourself how to think creatively 19 6 A Sensible guide to producing better‚ brighter babies 22 7 The vital years: How to enrich the child’s intelligence from birth to ten 24 8 The secret heart of learning Ð How to ensure success in the business of learning 26 9 True learning the fun-fast way Ð Guidelines for teachers
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Nowadays‚ active learning is used mostly used method in teaching-learning process. Active learning gives some positive affects to the teaching-learning process so that it gives good result in the end of lesson in class. Hannele Niemi (2002) asserted that according to the qualitative data‚ learning as an active learning process has a clear connection with student teachers’ professional development. Learning which demands active reflection and high responsibility gets student teachers to overcome their
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Planning For Assessment in Learning Assignment Arts education encourages individual‚ creative responses and needs an appropriate assessment methodology that genuinely reflects the expressive and creative dimensions of art. The aesthetic qualities and understandings that learners’ bring to their work are a valued and important dimension of the art experience (Ross‚ et al 1983: p10). The conception of a fair valid‚ reliable and inclusive assessment tool was motivated by my own reflective teaching
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Dr. Marius Rietdijk Student Assistant Shabi Shafei (s.shafei@student.vu.nl). All correspondence please via Shabi. Lecturers Coordinator and lecturer Dr. Marius Rietdijk‚ assistant professor Strategisch management and behavioral change‚ management consultant‚ co-author Slag om de toekomst; director ADRIBA. See: www.docstoc.com/profile/mrietdijk for more information. Guest lecurers (with reservation) Martien van Winden MBA‚ management consultant‚ director Hoofbosch
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