INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Shelter is essential to man as food and clothing. It by ranks occupy the second position of the hierarchy of mans needs (maslow‚ 1954). Housing does not necessarily mean mere shelter‚ i.e. a place t cover ones head from the harsh climatic condition; rather‚ it includes the infrastructures and services which make a dwelling unit habitable. The basic dwelling units which the individuals strive to put up require a substantial part of their resources which
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I see the importance of each and how they can be applied to the classroom under certain circumstances. The essentialist theory believes in bringing back higher educational standards‚ instilling morals and values‚ and focusing curriculum on training intellect through the “essentials” - language arts‚ mathematics‚ and writing. (Webb‚ et al.‚ 2010‚ p. 81) The progressivism theory focuses on problem-solving and critical thinking skills as opposed to following a “set of predetermined facts or truths
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Learner Strategy Training in the Classroom: An Action Research Study in Methodology in Language Teaching As a course‚ Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching that I have learnt‚ I have grown and learnt more than I thought possible from the course book and my lecturer. As a student and also a lecturer of English who had taken numerous courses‚ I have found that knowledge of teaching is broad and various through the findings of each researcher and educator. Getting knowledge from
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setting‚ and using visual and creative teaching methods to sustain the hunger for knowledge in your classroom setting. An educator will remain successful if they possess these qualities in addition to enthusiasm and patience. It is the sole duty of the teacher to assess the different learning styles early and develop a plan of action. An effective educator should have the ability to foster the students’ confidence levels and monitor the teaching strategies that are unsuccessful. I find that relating
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In this essay I will use the given scenario to analyse and critique the teaching practice it outlines‚ drawing on the learning theories and themes outlined in the Professional Practice paper to explain and validate my ideas and thinking. I will consider the approaches in the scenario and offer alternatives‚ justifying my opinions with reference to theory‚ literature and my own emerging philosophy. Throughout my essay I will give consideration to the use of culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy
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activity is not a lesson plan. In fact‚ there is no need for a lesson plan to ever be seen‚ touched‚ considered or dreamed of by students‚ and nor does it even need to exist on paper or disk‚ though it usually does. A lesson plan is a teacher’s plan for teaching a lesson. It can exist in the teacher’s mind‚ on the back of an envelope‚ or on one or more beautifully formatted sheets of A4 paper. Its purpose is to outline the "programme" for a single lesson. That’s why it’s called a lesson plan. It helps the
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negotiations with the United Federation of Teachers‚ and greater public interest‚ we are enjoying "improved conditions". But in the two weeks that I have been here‚ conditions seem greatly unimproved. You ask what I am teaching. Hard to say. Professor Winters advised teaching "not the subject but the whole child". The English Syllabus urges "individualization and enrichment" — which means giving individual attention to each student to bring out the best in him and enlarge his scope beyond the prescribed
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Teaching Methods in Business Education 1 Topic: Concept Mapping Date: October 1‚ 2012 What is Concept Mapping? It is a technique that allows students to understand the relationships between ideas by creating a visual map of the connections. Concepts maps allow the students to (1) see the connections between ideas they already have. (2) Connect new ideas to knowledge that they already have‚ and (3) Organize ideas in a logical but not rigid structure that allows future information
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Alignment to rigorous standards * Clarity of lesson objectives * Differentiation of lesson objectives | Lesson Strategies‚ Activities‚ and Delivery | * Activation of students’ prior knowledge * Use of strategies that are appropriate for the lesson objectives * Use of activities and student work that engage students as active learners * Differentiation of strategies‚ activities‚ and student work to ensure that all students sufficiently benefit from the lesson * Communication of accurate
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ON TEACHING EURIPIDES’ MEDEA K.O. Chong-Gossard Euripides’ Medea remains one of the most often performed Greek tragedies today‚ and one of the favourite tragedies for secondary school students to read in Classics or English courses. Since there is a tremendous amount of scholarship already published on this play of plays‚ this article is intended to provide a quick reminder of the background to the play‚ a discussion of the character of the chorus and the character of Medea‚ and thus a variety
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