733 Search Results for Adult Learner and Concepts of Learning
Pedagogy and Wine
For this study into my own personal experience with pedagogy, I chose the subject of wine and wine tasting to learn about. Over the course of 2 months, I immersed myself into the world of wine drinking in order to better understand Continue Reading...
nursing program to a BSN program
Over the years, promotion of nurses' higher education has been a focus of national reports. One of several reasons for this is growing evidence tying improved performance with continued education. Another factor is Continue Reading...
Roanoke County School System Faculty and Staff's Perceptions Regarding the Use of Web-Based Professional Development
Educational Thesis
Implications for Improvement of Practice
Introduction (could be longer. Include mandatory teacher ongoing cert Continue Reading...
Dyslexia in IrelandPurcell (2001) notes that nearly 50% of the adult population in Ireland are parents with more women working than ever before. As a result, children are provided more materially in todays Irish society compared to any other previous Continue Reading...
Section A 1. Each edition of The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church since 1972 has contained the formulation that has come to be widely known as the “Wesleyan [or Methodist] Quadrilateral”— the claim that “the l Continue Reading...
Popular Culture in the Classroom
From the wide range of materials teachers can use in the classroom, popular culture is one of the best sources. They appear to public attention as the indication of the rapid growth of the society. Many of the pop c Continue Reading...
However this research fails to focus on the outcomes of this particular teaching method. For instance, the existing research does not reveal conversational abilities, level of comprehension or whether or not the learner is able to read and write Eng Continue Reading...
Future Technology: The University of Phoenix Workplace & Classroom
In 1976, Dr. John Sperling founded University of Phoenix (UOP) and made a commitment to provide working adults with local higher education options at convenient class times. Toda Continue Reading...
In grade four white males performing "At or Above Basic" math skills is stated at 90% while black males were performing at only 59% "At or Above Basic" skill levels. White males in the "At or Above Proficient" skills level is stated at 49% with blac Continue Reading...
For both teachers, however, Boxer and Cortes-Conde highlight moments where the teacher talk lends itself to greater student interaction. At these moments, the teachers often fostered group discussions by asking students about their own cultural norm Continue Reading...
Bruner and Piaget
Theorists
The purpose of this work is to examine the theorists Jerome Bruner and Jean Piaget in the context in which they wrote and to identify their major influences which helped shape the major themes within their work. Further Continue Reading...
Revised Introduction: Challenges and Strategies in Assisting Children with DisabilitiesHandling the needs of children with disabilities is a complex task for both families and professionals, whether at home or within educational environments. To effe Continue Reading...
Environment Science education and its effect on Students' Improvement
Does the current curriculum actually improve the student's decision making regarding environmental issues?
Sample Size and Sampling Method
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Curriculum
Curricula associated with LSS are important and must be carefully considered in Maths and electronics teaching. The purpose of this discussion is to carry out further research connected with the topic of curricula and evaluate the extent Continue Reading...
While the quality of Internet phone calls is still not as good as that of dial-up long-distance telephone, more and more users are taking advantage of Internet telephony because it offers free phone calls (McReal and Elliott, 2002). Internet teleph Continue Reading...
In their study, "Thinking of Inclusion for All Special Needs Students: Better Think Again," Rasch and his colleagues (1994) report that, "The political argument in favor of inclusion is based on the assumption that the civil rights of students, as Continue Reading...
(Stasz, and Bodilly, 2004)
In the press release by Mike Bowler and David Thomas (2005), High School Students Using Dual Enrollment Programs to Earn College Credits, New Reports Say. According to this report, the federal budget proposes to increase Continue Reading...
The Vygotsky influence has recently had an impact in a university environment in New Zealand. Indeed, the application of the ZPD model in New Zealand moved well beyond just another theory for "old school" teachers to bravely tackle, and has actuall Continue Reading...
As a result, the majority of recruiters mislead incoming students with false promises that results in unsatisfied customers. Recent DOE review conducted in the summer of 2003 have found that UOP's is not compliant with the Higher Education Act, whic Continue Reading...
She was almost radical in her approach to healthcare and healing.
By radical, I mean that she was the type of individual who aimed to solve matters by getting to the root of the problem. She was more interested in solving the problem and not the sy Continue Reading...
Cross-Sectional Study to Determine Factors in the Educational Advancement of the Licensed Practical Nurse to the Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina
According to the Harvard Nursing Research Institute, United States nursing school enrol Continue Reading...
This can be achieved by creating more open universities, adult education centers and informal learning venues. Companies can be encouraged to provide employees with the facility to upgrade skills in the spare time. It can lead to a degree, but other 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...
For this reason, it is critical to ascertain the causes of word reading difficulties in order to identify these problems and provide appropriate instruction as early as possible. (Allor, 2002, p. 47)
Spear-Swerling & Sternberg note that the fun Continue Reading...
As Moore and Anderson emphasize, "Another driver is that distance education students have as much right to expect effective library services as traditional on-campus students. Therefore, services have been enhanced to ensure easy access and equitabl Continue Reading...
The knowledge that I have gained in the past 5 weeks of the course will be helpful in my own classes because it has helped to broaden my appreciation of both teaching and learning approaches. Giving students an opportunity to communicate more fully w Continue Reading...
School Advisory Program Implementation
Knowledge, Integration, and Synthesis of Theory and Research
School advisory programs aim to serve various purposes that include providing the environment and time to develop meaningful teacher-student relatio Continue Reading...
first language (L1) in the second language EFL classroom (L2). The study provides a brief historical background of the use of native or target language for a classroom teaching. The literatures are also reviewed to enhance to a greater understanding Continue Reading...
How Registered Nurses can Help Prevent Urinary Tract Infections
Background and Context
Concepts, models and theories
Today, catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) remain one of the primary causes of nosocomial infections in the United Continue Reading...
Identifying Opportunities to Reduce Income Disparities in South Africa Today and In the FutureDespite the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, South Africa remains racially and economically segregated. The country is beset by persistent social inequa Continue Reading...
Several community colleges have in recent times shown preference for non-credit post-secondary students as opposed to credit students. This trait is particularly common in the areas of staff tutoring and contractor training. Several of these non-cred Continue Reading...
These people are also, reportedly, more creative, and also excellent at problem solving. One Moroccan individual was injured in an accident, she was a bi-lingual, and she could speak both French and Arabic before the accident. During her recovery, s Continue Reading...
To remove women survivors of intimate partner violence to a stable and theological mindsetIntroductionWife abuse is not desirable, but at times it is not inevitable. Many wife abuse incidences occur mainly in bad marriages. Domestic violence occurs t Continue Reading...