Listening Skills in CLIL Does the application of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) truly encourage and develop better listening skills? What proof is there that CLIL can indeed help students learn to listen more closely for content and Continue Reading...
Online questions that are used in discussions that take place over the Internet have to be worded in just the right way, or they will not be appropriate for the students - and misunderstandings could occur. In other words, communicating online throu Continue Reading...
Online Challenges Online classes are presented with challenges that brick and mortar classes do not have to face. The challenge of not being able to see the professor to ask questions is limited to email, phone, and times the professor is available. Continue Reading...
Internet & Electronic Marketing Website & Business Model Target Market & Consumer Behavior Building & Maintaining Customer Relationships F. Recommendations for Website Improvement G. Conclusion H. References Pace University is Continue Reading...
(Singer, 2003, p. 36) Education should be a constructive process. Palinscar states that the teacher must assume an active and directive role by establishing the pace, content, and goals of the lesson. (Palincsar, 1998) Byra also described such a pro Continue Reading...
Students are encouraged by the staff to find their own goals for leaning, and this keeps them intensely motivated until the time when they complete the courses that they have undertaken to study. (Stephanie De Pinto, Axia Instructor) References Ax Continue Reading...
Pedagogy and Andragogy In general, pedagogy and andragogy are both forms of learning and education. However, based from the origin of the two terms, pedagogy and andragogy differs in the field of study that each covers. As it was defined and conside Continue Reading...
Online Education Find three articles (in newspapers, journals, or online) that discuss the value, soundness, or impact of online education. Over the last several years, online education is becoming increasingly popular. This is because there a num Continue Reading...
Journey Who knew that MBA studies would be so rewarding? This essay summarizes my learnings, both personal and professional, during the course of studying for a Master of Business Administration post-graduate degree. In the course of reflecting on Continue Reading...
China-Puerto Rico K -- 12 Students in China and Puerto Rico In this essay, the author will use the 2009 PISA analysis to compare the China and Puerto Rico's policies on education and the impact or influence on the performance of K -- 12 students. B Continue Reading...
AustralianHE 'How to Effectively Market and Manage Quality Australian International Education' A primary focus for the nearly half a million international students choosing to study in Australia each year seems to be on obtaining a higher educatio Continue Reading...
d.). If those conditions have been met, the student can be given an extension for the length of deployment. If deployment is over 120 days, the student should request a withdrawal from the course. For the student with an ill family member, I would c Continue Reading...
In other, more charter-friendly states, there are multiple authorizers -- universities, state boards, even specially created bodies with expertise in charter school creation. The new bill before the state House and Senate will give the Board of Educ Continue Reading...
Life-Long Learning In discussing the strategies outlined in several of Malcolm Knowles books, one can clearly recognize adult learning theory as separate from traditional theories in education. In his book, Andragogy in Action, Knowles accurately pr Continue Reading...
Therefore, managing texting threads and system security will be a major concern. User comfort must be ensured. Social networking administrators must be trained and designated. In her book on online teaching, Tisha Bender explores this challenge. Di Continue Reading...
The ten major differences between the Medieval/Renaissance University and matriculation into college, in fact, were: gender, availability, language, curriculum focus, study/work expectation, finances, instruction/tutorial, testing/exams, overall fu Continue Reading...
The dedication shown by the principal, MR. Jett, and the two instructors was truly tremendous, and it is obvious that the high-risk students attending ACE Academy are well served. The cramped environment, however, provides a challenge whose effects Continue Reading...
These authors purport: Intentional living-learning (LL) communities that expand upon the Oxford and Cambridge models of residential living are higher education's attempt to respond to the student and societal need for a quality and seamless educati Continue Reading...
Still, Mason indicates that the opposite is often true in public education settings, where educators, parents and institutions collectively overlook the implications of research and demands imposed by law. Indeed, "despite the IDEA requirements, res Continue Reading...
Failure to pursue professional development gradually relegates all academic instruction to the mere presentation of history instead of the transmission of applicable knowledge conducive to the professional competence of students. Service to the Col Continue Reading...
With Kim's help, I saw that I had a knack for helping people. I was able not just to be supportive of others, but I could really connect with people and help them. I also had a great knowledge of course planning for almost every major at UConn, beca Continue Reading...
The importance in training and development with regard to understanding how adult learning works provides the ability to develop effective programs for adult learners in field of employment, education and interests. When these two articles are ble Continue Reading...
Serving students with a full range of abilities and disabilities in the general education class room with appropriate in-class support is how Roach (1995) defines inclusion using this practice. Friend & Bursuck (1996) noted that children with d Continue Reading...
Distant students and their teachers often have little in common in terms of background and day-to-day experiences and it takes longer for student-teacher rapport to develop. Technology is typically the conduit for information and communication flo Continue Reading...
Online vs. traditional degrees [...] difference between getting a traditional (attending class) education vs. online/distance degree. Since the advent of the Internet, increasing numbers of students of all ages are utilizing online courses as part o Continue Reading...
Flight School Application I am very interested in being accepted into your flight school program for several reasons. I have a strong desire to contribute my services to my country by flying in the Armed Forces. I believe this flight school is one o Continue Reading...
Managing the Transition of Starting Primary School in England - Policies and Practices BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Education for the English child is compulsory from the age of five through the age of sixteen. This compulsory primary education consists of Continue Reading...
Desire 2 Learn Insights Gained From an Assessment of Desire2Learn (D2L) Desire2Learn (D2L) is a full-featured suite of applications that can be successfully used for increasing students' learning effectiveness and long-term retention of complex sub Continue Reading...
personal reflection giving past experiences used in selecting an assessment method to evaluate learning. It further outlines how assessment can be used for both individual learner mastery and continuous quality improvement of the instruction. Moreov Continue Reading...
Education Project-Based Assessment Project-Based Learning (PBL), by design, lends itself to differentiated instruction. It uses a student-centric approach-- an extended learning process that incorporates inquiry and challenge to stimulate the grow Continue Reading...
Therefore a system of priority needs to be developed. The top priority -- and therefore the minimum amount of cuts -- goes to the areas that are the most essential to the basic function of the school. The most important is Instructional. There is li Continue Reading...
middle school, high school, and now college, is my ability to focus on an academic task when I really need to buckle down and concentrate. I get decent grades because I can give enough focus at the last minute, some call it "cramming," to get throug Continue Reading...
BrainPOP IT instructional technologies in the classroom In The Study of the Effectiveness of BrainPOP (2009) a multiscale tool to facilitate learning and assessment of curricula content is analyzed in the interest of development in education (SEG R Continue Reading...
Disappearing Ink -- Todd Gitlin In a September 1999 Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, New York University Professor Todd Gitlin wrote of a new trend in university education, cropping up amongst American colleges -- an Internet company posting free Continue Reading...
One solution to enhance learning might be to require that all officers take the initial course and to then develop online content for 'follow-up' briefings and re-testing of knowledge every six months. This would be more rigorous than the current m Continue Reading...
As such, I then find myself truly understanding the concept as opposed to forgetting or misunderstanding the information if I don't have a relationship or something to hook the concept onto. The other factor that is especially relevant to me is that Continue Reading...
Professional Development Activity Description and Summary The activity I completed was a professional development workshop. This particular workshop was focused on attendance in the New York State school system. It provided a plethora of informatio Continue Reading...
Behavior Management EDFD260 ASSESSMENT A: BEHAVIOUR Management PLAN Discuss your overall philosophy of behaviour management. Refer to theoretical models / approaches which have influenced you. On the whole, behavior cannot be controlled, but can o Continue Reading...
Education Over the last several years, the field of education has been continually changing. This is because the public is demanding greater amounts of accountability. For the Library and Media program, this means that there must be a focus on provi Continue Reading...
Because the course is literature, we expect a challenging course that demands English language expertise. Yet as a professor, Doe is required to be encouraging. She is supposed to help her students excel, and not supposed to make her students feel b Continue Reading...
