Unit 1: Planning and Preparing for Teaching and Learning Word count:5150 At present my role is of a hairdressing teacher in a further education college. I currently teach hairdressing on the NVQ level 1‚ 2 and 3 programs. Gravel’s‚ A (2006‚ p5) suggests that it is all about helping someone to reach their full potential‚ whether this is for personal or professional reasons‚ and for me‚ helping to make a difference to someone’s life can be very rewarding
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CURRICULUM BASED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DESIGN Curriculum Based Summative Assessment Design Rosalind Rogers EDU645: Learning & Assessment for the 21st Century Dr. Amy Gray December 22‚ 2014 1 CURRICULUM BASED SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT DESIGN Part 1 2 The Summative Assessment Design is to develop the students with addition and subtraction by having multiple strategies to addition by placing together and understanding‚ and also
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Outline I- Introduction II- Definition and characteristics III- Six Facets of Understanding IV- The Backward Design V- Strengths and Challenges of the UbD VI- Research Findings VII- Concluding Remarks VIII- References Introduction The major goal behind school education or any educational experiences is to prepare students for further learning and more effective functioning in their lives. “One of the most important strengths of a country…is its educational systems…provided that the educational
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Introduction There are many different ideas of what a curriculum is; in the Latin definition curriculum was a racing chariot‚ currere meaning ‘to run’. With this in mind curriculum can literally be translated as ‘a course’. Taba defines curriculum ‘…usually contains a statement of aims and of specific objectives; it indicates some selection and organization of content……includes a programme of evaluation of the outcomes.’ (Taba‚ 1962) Therefore the curriculum is a structure or framework of teaching towards
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Resources On lesson planning and curriculum design Carter R & Nunan D eds. (2001 reprinted 2004) The Cambridge Guide to Teacher English to Speakers of Other Languages This contains a whole series of articles that link to planning‚ the use of skills and different student groups Harmer‚ J (2010) The Practice of English Language Teaching (4th Edition) (Longman. ) This is a standard title for pre-service teacher courses in the UK and abroad. Focus on Part 7 for a treatment of Language Skills
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Creative Curriculum Model of Teaching I enjoy using the creative curriculum when working with the preschool children by using many hand on activities. The curriculum allows children to explore in their own way. The children’s learning experiences enable use of critical thinking skills to help them to develop confidence and creativity. The Creative Curriculum creates a warm and secure environment. It helps children to develop confidence and independence. The children will use words to describe
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centred design Introduction Nowadays‚ User Centered Design has been embedded in many design works. This essay seeks to explore the nature of this approach. This essay is split in to four sections. The first section is to provide a definition for User Centered Design while the second section will explain the benefits of using this approach with examples. I will then move on to discuss the limitations of User Centered Design and a conclusion will come afterwards. What is User Centred Design? User
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04 Educational Transformation and Information Technology 05 My Ideal School and My Ideal Classroom: My Vision 06 Curriculum – Core and Hidden 07 Active Learning 08 Ethos and Social
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RJ2 – Broadening your Experience by working with other Specialists The experience of year 1 PGCE enabled me to understand the importance of understanding how learners need to be enthused by the subject and the context of my teaching. I recognise although I understand my subject area‚ as a part-time lecturer‚ it is beneficial to draw on experiences of lecturers and teaching staff who have been in education and academia for longer and have other backgrounds and knowledge. What I have pro-actively
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Taba in Curzon (2004‚ p185) Armitage‚ et al (1999) looks at exploring the curriculum and asks why our courses look the way they look‚ how they may have developed and how we can understand our courses better in order to help improve the quality of our student’s learning. It also covers definitions of ‘curriculum’ “The curriculum is a formal course of study as at a college‚ university or training provider” This is a definition with which I agree‚ or it is “... the public form of attempting to put
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