PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Age- related macular degeneration (AMD)‚ a chronic‚ progressive disorder of the retina‚ is the most common cause of blindness in individuals over the age of 60. The macula is the part of the retina which provides high resolution color vision (Redmond &While 2008). As the macula degenerates‚ individuals lose their central vision and color vision. There are two types of macular degeneration: wet‚ or choroidal neovascularization and dry‚ or nonneovascular . Dry AMD is the more
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Home Care and Common Age Related Eye Diseases As we age‚ many things change‚ and not all of them change for the better. Age-related eyes diseases are some of these less than positive changes. Among the most common of these ailments are macular degeneration‚ cataracts‚ diabetic retinopathy‚ glaucoma‚ presbyopia‚ and dry eye. While dry eye and presbyopia are not diseases‚ per se‚ they do cause numerous problems in seniors‚ and dry eye syndrome is linked to many other age-related diseases such as rheumatoid
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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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CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE SETTING INCLUDING POLICIES AND PRACTICES Self-reflection is a very important tool to be used in order to keep the nursery up to date with current legislation and to raise service standards. By regularly looking at where we are as a setting we can ensure that we continue to offer high quality education to our children. “Research has proven that self-reflection and evaluation both support good practice within a setting as a part of continual development. Importantly
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INSTRUMENTATION IN MATHEMATICS Prepared BY: MA. KARLA RACHELLE ULIBAS BSED - II Prepared For: JUBERT GANAPAO INSTRUCTOR TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page i Table of Contents ii-v Theoretical Considerations‚ Literature and Research Studies on the Use of Learning Aids 1-16 Activity Sheets 17 On Numbers Complete the Skip Counting Series 18-19 On Measurement Metric Length 20 Metric Weight 21 Metric Capacity 22 Compare Metric Measurements 23
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Vice-Chancellory Open Universities Australia (Curtin) Unit Outline 311803 EDP136 Mathematics Education 1 OpenUnis SP 2‚ 2013 Unit study package number: 311803 Mode of study: Area External Credit Value: 25.0 Pre-requisite units: Nil Co-requisite units: Nil Anti-requisite units: Nil Result type: Grade/Mark Approved incidental fees: Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit f ees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees
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questions the Namibian curriculum in light of Eisner’s statement. From Eisner ’s perspective the null curriculum is simply that which is not taught in schools. Somehow‚ somewhere‚ some people are empowered to make conscious decisions as to what is to be included and what is to be excluded from the overt (written) curriculum. Since it is physically impossible to teach everything in schools‚ many topics and subject areas must be intentionally excluded from the written curriculum. But Eisner ’s position
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Curriculum Development Process Purpose 1. This paper describes the curriculum development process that will be used to develop the national curriculum. It also describes the structure of writing teams and consultation groups that will be involved in the national curriculum development. Background 2. The Board is committed to a process of curriculum development in each learning area that: • provides opportunities for consultation • establishes achievable timelines • ensures high quality curriculum
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CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT Assessment is an important part of our curriculum framework as it both enhances learning and provides opportunities for students to reflect on what they know‚ understand‚ and can do. It also provides the guidance‚ the tools and the incentive for the teachers and the students‚ as well as the curriculum makers‚ for them to become more competent‚ more skillful and better at understanding on how everybody will learn. INTENDED VS IMPLEMENTED VS ACHIEVED CURRICULUM INTENDED Curriculum
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variety of information including The role of the Assessor Guidance on assessment of different types of evidence Guidance on the arrangement for assessment The Centres appeals and complaints policy The Centres Quality Assurance Policy These documents and other information provided during your training should assist you in the completion of this document. Introduction to Qualifications and Credit Framework QCF Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) is a unitised qualification framework underpinned by a
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