Essays on Learners

Introduction

Educational integration serves to harmonize all the essential elements regarding educational, policies, systems, governance, and any other significant aspect that is directly or indirectly related to learning. The period between the end of the 1960s to the end of 1990s marked a period of fundamental educational reforms and discourse in Finland. Major educational policy and administrative and governance changes were instituted and implemented with the 30year time frame. The Finland government and ministry of education was determined to make significant strides and development in ensuring that the education system was inclusive, student-centered, content sensitive, vocational, and entirely free of ...

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Abstract

Nowadays, the role of English can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keeps widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language requires taking great responsibility and, therefore, it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications that may arise during the learning process so as to define key tendencies and principles in ...

Introduction and the Mission Statement

Education without practicality ends at nothingness. Students may need to engage in activities that emphasize the theories and concepts learnt in class. A research by ID Tech Camps reveals that VEX robotics enables the testing of knowledge through designing, programming and building (2016). Moreover, science and technology are two cornerstones of education as well as development. This paper will focus on the basic details of my forthcoming project concerning the VEX robotics, which will allow students to apply their class knowledge in coming up with creative designs alongside generating more experience. Moreover, the project will include Innovation Diffusion Theory ( ...

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

Article Summary

In this article, Maura Sellars examines the role of the teacher as a change agent through reflective practice. The author argues that it is the teachers and not education authorities, curriculum developers, or policy makers who are the most effective, durable, and powerful agents of educational change. She also contends that the reliability and proficiency of change in education practice depend largely on the capacity of teachers to develop self-knowledge and reflective practice. According to the Sellars (2012), historically, these aspects of teacher development have not been emphasized in the process of preparing and promoting effective teachers. ...

Technological advancement is one of the most evident changes that the world has experienced and is experiencing up to this day. It cannot be denied that these advancements impacted the world and its inhabitants in many different ways. Nowadays, doing almost everything in the world has become so easy and convenient. One of the aspects that has greatly benefited from these developments in technology, is the field of communication. Before, sending messages and transferring information often takes a long time to reach its intended audience, especially when the space between the sender and the receiver is quite wide. Today, ...

Diabetes is a disease feared by many since it is considered depressing. People who find out they have the condition face life differently and in low esteem. As such, lessons ought to be given to help these people understand their situation and walk through it. Mostly, the male gender is affected by this condition where most men fall between 40 to 65 years. According to the CDC, 9.3% of the USA population is diagnosed living with diabetes while 27.8% of the population is undiagnosed but living with diabetes. As such, I am addressing those who are new diagnosed with ...

One of the challenges depicted by the video is the shortages of staff and heavy workload. As such, the preceptors have many patients on their hand. This limit the time preceptors can have with the students to teach and guide the learners on different clinical procedures or how to offer adequate care to patients. Additionally, as shown in the video, the nursing faculty has not designed a proper work schedule whereby a nurse instructor has a definite time to report for the shift and offer guidance to the students. In this video, the preceptor has just been called in ...

The article under the title “Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning” by Lisa Marie Blaschke is reviewed in this paper, aimed at the revealing of its importance, its strong and, perhaps, weak sides.

Summary of the Article and Author’s Recommendations

The analyzed article gives a reader a short outline of the development in education field: from pedagogy to andragogy, and then – to heutagogy, with a specific attention paid to the benefits of the application of the last element of this hierarchy (heutagogy) in a strong connection with Web 2.0. What is more, Blaschke (2012) has suggested to consider the heutagogy ...

Thesis Statement: due to the current globalization and the current status of English as a global language, learning English is an undoubtedly required competency for people from any part of the world that need to start being acquired since the youngest age possible. Alternate Thesis 1: A number of benefits which appears due to a good English command are multiple and incorporate different domains, therefore teaching English should be encouraged among foreigners from their very young age. Alternate Thesis 2: Teaching the young learners is a complex issue which must be aligned with the specifics of their development and ...

It is evident from the case that the teacher did not set clear goals and objectives of the lesson(s) such that the learners could relate or appreciate the entire course. Palmer (n.d) suggests that a teacher needs to device specific learning objectives and communicate the expected behavior during the lessons. Moreover, it is advisable to make the class format lively, engaging, and informative to the learners. Zaguan seems bored by the teacher, and this indicates a non-creative and engaging approach that makes the entire lesson boring. As a result, some of the students may lose interest to engage ...

The role of English nowadays can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keep widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language implies taking great responsibility and thereby it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications which may arise during the learning process so that to define key tendencies and principles in English teaching. Taking into ...

Introduction

Trends of online or electronic learning are at rise all over the world, and this growing influence has made it the center of attention for scholars, thinkers, and researchers. Experts’ input involves appreciation and justification as well as criticism for this mode of learning. It is in response to this rising influence that a renowned speaker and educator, Dr. Badrul Khan came up with his e-learning framework with an intention to providing a comprehensive scale to evaluate any category of e-learning program or course. The model outlines eight dimensions wherein each aims to measure the effectiveness and performance of ...

What would you do to create a supportive academic climate in your classroom describing what you would do to ensure success for ALL your students? Include steps you would take to alter instruction and modify assignments for students with learning differences and disabilities. The classroom has learners with different abilities, learning differences, and disabilities. The modern teacher is challenged to ensure the inclusive classroom provides for the different needs in the learning experiences. Through a consideration of the learning environment, time, resources, and learners, one can create a classroom environment increasing the learners’ abilities to learn, cooperate, and feel ...

Currently, the area around campus has several restaurants that sell pizzas to students. However, some of these eat outs are not effective when it comes to serving health conscious products to customers, especially in the late night eats. In particular, Cici’s competitors in the market, which include Drunken Bento and Toppers, have failed to offer the best quality of products to students at the right prices. Furthermore, Cici Pizza has experienced considerable growth in the recent past. Hence, there is need to have a restaurant that offers a cheap option for the learners. In fact, with the current ...

I understand that University’s Academic Honesty Policy (3.01.01) holds learners accountable for the integrity of work they submit, which includes, but is not limited to, discussion postings, assignments, comprehensive exams, and the dissertation. Learners are expected to understand the Policy and know that it is their responsibility to learn about instructor and general academic expectations with regard to proper citation of sources in written work as specified in the APA Publication Manual, 6th Ed. Serious sanctions can result from violations of any type of the Academic Honesty Policy including dismissal from the university. I attest that this document ...

Is the Current Student Loan Policy in the United States Fair and Equitable?

Is the Current Student Loan Policy in the United States Fair and Equitable? The student loan policy tries to accommodate the needs of various students through grants, borrowing limits, loans, and federal work-study programs among others (Blumenthal, n.d.). Despite its effort to improve the affordability of education for all, there is still a challenge that hinders the fairness and equitability of the policy in the USA. The high interest rates scare students who are uncertain about their ability to repay the loans. Many post-traditional learners who seek educational advancement, for instance, work in low-paying jobs. It makes it difficult ...

Research Question: What Strategies and concepts can teachers use to enhance English comprehension-levels in learners?

Problem and Purpose: Enhance English Comprehension in Learners Theory: Mental Model Theory Theorist: Phillip Johnson-Laird and Ruth Byrne Primary Postulates of Mental Model Theory (Relation to problem and purpose) The theory stipulates that in order for learners to comprehend what they are learning, they must have the ability to create mental picture or models of what they are reading. For example, when one is reading fiction, it has to be reconstructed in the mind thus helping the student stay in track of what is being talked about in the reading (Casper, Catton & Westfall, 1998). The creation of the mental ...

EDU-225

Introduction In this day and age, living within the Internet of Things it would be unwise to ignore the benefits technology can provide in the classroom. When used appropriately it can enhance learning experience for children of all ages; the unprecedented interactivity it provides allows for achieving greater level of involvement in the learning process. This plan makes an attempt to outline some practical uses for technology in kindergarten for improving the learning experience and communication between teacher, parents and children.

Section One: Mission and Vision Statement

Vision: technology will enhance the knowledge of children in kindergarten and help them as they strive for excellence ...

Part 2: framework for curriculum evaluation

Part 3: Curriculum analysis Strengths and weakness of the current curriculum Strengths The current curriculum is primarily geared towards ensuring a student-oriented instructional platform. Therefore, most of the tenets basic to a sound and efficient curriculum are inherently embedded. For instance, the standard of the curriculum tally and align with those stipulated in the state of Georgia's department of education. The content is also keenly and appropriately customized to meet all the student’s requirements as per each grade and level. Weakness The primary weakness that the curriculum creates to my students is in reading since the curriculum is ...

Introduction

HRIS is an essential tool in large corporations as it helps in connecting HR management with all departmental roles. Technology is the key tool that connects organization systems and HR software. The HRIS allows the human resource management activities and process to be carried out electronically. The electronic systems and software enable the organization to undertake different activities such as management, accounting, and payroll. HRIS aims in increasing efficiency in decision making by HR (Martin, 2006). The decisions made are essential in increasing quality and productivity of both the human resource manager and employees. Furthermore, it offers different solutions ...

PART 1: ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY

The utilization of tools such as Socrative, Poll Everywhere and Edmodo can help to improve the student’s learning, understanding of concepts, interaction with the teachers and the overall performance. The teachers stand to benefit from technological input by adopting better, more efficient and less labor intensive teaching practices. This paper presents the incorporation of technology in formative assessments which are focused on monitoring each learner’s learning progress and making decisions aimed to improve instructional programs. When creating an online assessment I need to first register or create a profile with a choice online assessment website. It then ...

The 2013 Early Learning Challenge Flyer is a document describing the details of discretionary grant program by ‘Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge’ (Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). The program is for states in their struggle for assuring early learning and development for children with high needs in their pre-kindergarten age. The flyer is a summary of the program itself, as well as its grantees’ plans, and investment areas. The document also enumerates the American states and territories, which have applied for the grant in three phases – from 2011 to 2013. This flyer could be helpful ...

Having completed my learning and teaching style inventory, I realized that there are comparisons between the two aspects. It is clear that the teaching style inventory is focused on the relationship between the tutor’s personalities, learning strategies, and cognitive styles (Billings & Halstead, 2015). Learning style inventory are usually geared towards modeling desirable behaviors among learners. This is because as a tutor, I will always tend to show learners how best they can observe and emulate different approaches to the nursing course or medicine-related courses. Indeed my teaching style inventory employs various strategies that will ensure that the learners ...

Introduction

Technology has undergone tremendous evolution over the past couple of decades leading to several innovative developments and inventions. E-Learning is one of the most remarkable products of the technological development. Electronic learning or e-learning, in short, is the process of learning through electronic media with special reference to the internet. To say differently, any form of online learning is synonymous to e-learning (Dror, 2011). This paper sets out to analyze the growing trends relating to electronic learning in different settings such as K-2 schools, institutions of higher education, and businesses.

Significant Developments in E-Learning over the Past Decade

Past ten years have witnessed several developments in the ...

Nobody has contemplated precisely on the complicated phenomenon why English has become so widespread and common all over the world. The ability to communicate in English fluently does not awake the feeling of surprise or pleasure on the foreigner’s faces. However, it is a rational and logical issue that English seems to be an international language or a lingua franca. From the historic point of view, one should mention Latin and its role all over the world. Many centuries ago, Latin was considered to be a lingua franca as well. However, after the Roman Empire lost its power ...

Abstract

One of the pressing matters of today’s society is definitely the importance of accommodation and inclusion of deaf-blind students into regular educational environment. Deaf-blindness means the combination of the hearing and visual impairment which leads to the loss of person’s communication skills, as well as different developmental and educational needs. The problem of modern world, concerning students with such disabilities, consists in the accepted truth that the majority of typical education classes fail to provide appropriate tools for the accommodation of deaf-blind children. The participation of deaf-blind students in general class activities is almost impossible, because of ...

Part One

Part Two: Education success for students depends on more than just class work and practical education for learners. Course sequencing is another important factor in education. It refers to the order of courses learners are prepared to take throughout their learning course. In most cases, the order begins with the simple cases followed by the more complex ones. In particular, more general subjects forms the simple cases while the specific units and practical subjects from the complex courses. This order of sequencing education has various benefits in the education system. They include: Smooth transitions: course sequencing enables the teachers ...

Personal Development Planning

Abstract Personal development planning is an innovative concept that was developed to ensure that the achievement of a student are tracked in a structured manner. Such a plan has been essential in enhancing their learning and career development, which are essential aspects of their learning and career development. Universities in different countries have facilitated students to develop PDPs, which are integrated with their transcripts. It is essential to note that PDPs have facilitated students to set clear goals that are essential in ensuring they achieve the desired objectives. Personal development planning has facilitated students to develop effective learning skills, ...

Introduction

Human sexuality refers to the capacity for one to have sexual feelings. It can be expressed in differently including same-sex relationships, heterosexual interactions and even relationships among different partners. The form of sexuality one follows is guided by their life teachings and influences by culture, global interaction, and religion. These factors determine how one would choose to live their life. Over time sexuality has changed especially in the past century. Freedom to express one’s sexuality has increased, and people are more willing to transform due to reduced fear of persecution and reproductive limitations. This paper will explore the ...

Nursing is an exciting career. It's teaching and learning is equally exciting. Majorly, it is exciting because it brings together learners from a diverse background, both working and living, into a classroom. Thus, a nursing teacher should devise strategies to capitalize on his or her student's diversity with the aim of better learning and understanding. To begin with, as a nursing educator, I will work towards developing reciprocity and cooperation between students (Billings & Halstead, 2012). Here, I will embrace the use of teamwork, class discussions, peer tutoring, and encouraging students to share their viewpoints concerning topics being discussed in ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Despite the enthusiast nature of using computers in learning, research disputes its effectiveness especially in elementary schools like kindergarten. Learners in elementary schools are raw and naive and require proper guidance from educators as opposed to exposing them to technology. Therefore, the following steps would inform best learning strategy in elementary schools. Arithmetic and simple reading techniques is another step in producing knowledgeable elementary students. It should be emphasised that learners require the basics of academics as opposed to the direct exposure to technology. When fundamentals of simple arithmetic and reading skills are realised in a student at elementary ...

I totally agree with Sheridan, but before presenting my opinion, I would like to describe these two statements (lifelong learning and continuing education) from my point of view. First of all, I would like to state, what does lifelong learning mean to me. Lifelong learning - it is a constant process of obtaining knowledge in particular field of activity. The main feature of this studying process is that it is not a self- compulsory one. The process of lifelong learning depends on your interest and is absolutely voluntary. For example, linguistic professions demand life lifelong learning. Studying languages and ...

Scaffolding

Scaffolding can be described as a teaching technique which provides a temporary support to child learners until they can stand on their own. The expert who is the teacher or the facilitator sets an example for the learners and guide them closely until such time that they can grow on their own. Puntambekar, S. (2009) cited the definition of Vygotsky (1896-1934) of scaffolding that learning begins not in the cognitive level but in social interactions. Vygotsky as cited by Puntambekar added that in a scaffolding, the expert set the tasks that are beyond the learners’ capability. It is then ...

English and Literature Teaching Routines

English and Literature Teaching Routines

Scenario

I have selected stage 3 and 4 to focus on the class scenario at Leafy Hills. These grades have students from age six to nine. Leafy Hills is located in a regional area, and its students live in semi-suburban situations. The school comprises of Aboriginal students that have PLSs as well as learners from low SES. The class I will be teaching has twenty-eight students where nineteen are boys, and nine are girls across two grade levels. It is recorded that twenty-two students are from low SES backgrounds thus have been poorly prepared for ...

EDU 100: Issues in Education

Choosing a major is very difficult. In many cases, it determines the activity that a person will do for the rest of his or her life. Students have to consider some important aspects when deciding what the emphasis of their college studies and further career will be. This is problematic in many respects. In this sense, Koeppel (2004) affirms that the main factor that influences the decision-making on a college major is the age of students. He states that, since young adults are in the midst of self-discovery, making such an important decision puts an incredibly heavy pressure on ...

Abstract

Special education is about educating students with special needs because of their disabilities, such as speech or vision impairment, autism, and orthopedic issues among others. Their condition does not allow them to progress in the normal classroom environment, and so they need special attention. Over the past 20 years, the legal system has evolved to guarantee the inclusion of children with disabilities in the public school system. Various laws have been passed, such as Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHCA) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to afford the necessary services to special students and ensure that ...

Description of the Philosophy

The educational philosophy entails that all the basic components of the education system must seamlessly combine to realize the intended goals of education. Human nature should be a point of consideration in developing educational policies. Similarly, the role of the school should be understood if educational goals are to be understood. The characteristics and roles of the teacher should also be outlined and adhered to so that educational goals are met. The student and the curriculum also need to be incorporated into the educational philosophy. The current paper defines the components of the philosophy of education as held in ...

Implication of Introducing Dual Language at an Early Age

Implication of Introducing Dual Language at an Early Age The acquisition of languages other than a native language has become a matter of great advantage throughout past several decades as the world continues to change. Whether it is the interest in other cultures or the academic and professional advantages it can afford an individual, the need to learn additional languages can provide several benefits. It is common for language practice to begin at earlier ages, but without reinforcement and continual practice it becomes less of a necessity and more of basic beginner’s course that may or may not ...

The Effect of Social Status and Gender on Realization of Refusal of Suggestion among Iranian EFL Intermediate Learners

The dependence associated with both practical and discovered strategies about the refusal of proposal among people sharing distinct social status and gender have been an issue of concern to many researchers. Therefore, research was carried out among the Iranian intermediate level students to understand the strategies used and their application, based on gender and social status. The paper covers an article review on the above issue. The report for reconsideration bears the title” The Effect of Social Status and Gender on Realization of Refusal of Suggestion among Iranian EFL Intermediate Learners”. The primary theme and idea of the research ...

Andrew is the name of the chosen student for the objective of this action plan. Andrew, a boy who comes from a humble background, and a Hispanic aged seven years old, is in his first grade. Spanish is the native language for his family since they are not Americans by birth. English is not Andrew’s first language, as well as the parents. However, Andrew has an older sister who speaks English fluently, and greatly assists the first grader with his homework. Additionally, the boy has a hard time with literacy skills, and he is among the slow learners ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Introduction

Learning a foreign language is a slow and progressive effort which requires constant and responsible practice. Independent study is absolutely necessary for progress, and the hours spent in the classroom are not nearly enough in order to achieve fluency. This is particularly true for languages which are considered difficult to master, such as Mandarin. In recent years, Mandarin has become one of the most important foreign languages studied in schools throughout the United States of America. Mastering Mandarin challenges students to a great extent, even though many of them choose to study this language. Consequently, many teachers use the ...

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Actual Word Count: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs in classrooms call for students bringing various convenient mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and smart phones for educational purpose. Working with the devices they are more attached to enhances the interest of children to learn. As applying digital technologies in classrooms in the US is showing promising results with regard to promoting a student-centered learning atmosphere, introducing the same in Australia would fetch similar results. More importantly, as students are encouraged to come to the class with their cherished mobile devices, the BYOD approach is sure to keep students ...

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Relationship between language and literary development Literacy development process is a very complex issue because it involves numerous experiences that intricately coincide and complement each other (Antilla, 2013). Literacy development begins at birth as a young baby hears and starts to interpret meaning from the spoken word. Thus a child’s very early experience set the stage for the development of literacy. As children discover and get to know the world around them, they tend to find the ways to connect with their environment and communicate with others. Thereby oral language becomes the foundation for a child’s entry ...

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Organizations from around the world are working on improving the qualities and capabilities of leaders and managers, and developing new leaders. Moreover, a large number of executives and officials consider leadership development as an important priority not only in the present world but also in the future. Nearly, two-thirds of 500 executives showed leadership development as their top most concern (Gurdjian, Halbeisen, & Lane, 2014). This is due to the fact that organizations can’t flourish with average leaders. Whereas, an exceptional leader can deal effectively with employee commitment, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability and these things ...

Introduction

Diversity is a concept that can have various meanings. It entails an understanding that every person is unique. It is essential to mention that diversity is all about understanding one another irrespective of our race, culture, sexual orientation, physical ability, gender, social class, or ethnicity, and embracing tolerance to our individual differences. Diversity is primarily a good thing as it allows for both variety and richness and increases innovation which, in turn, facilitates the economic growth of a country. Diversity is fundamentally an opportunity because the society, which learns to coexist with it has high chances of attaining faster ...

[Due Date] Homeschooling parents are at times seen as isolated, self-centered, and reclusive. They keep their children away from the markedly valuable commonplace school, the environment where children acquire the essential knowledge and experiences that equip them with the required skills to successfully deal with civic and societal demands. Levin and Belfield (2003) report findings that “private schools produce more community service, civic skills, civic confidence, political knowledge, and political tolerance than public schools” (Ladd & Goertz, 2014, 222). However, it is incorrect to portray homeschooling as dispossession or removal of schools of their valuable purposes. It is widely known ...

STEM activities are able to teach us a special attitude towards knowledge and the approach to learning which could be interactive, interesting and integrated. With its child-centered learning structure and learning by doing technique the activities encourage and lead children to their new discoveries. STEM activities make a learning process easy and fun, treating the young learners as true scientists and thus cherishing their talents and capacities from the earliest age. A great example of a STEM activity can be the one called “Likes go together”. Judging from its title, we can presume that the activity is focused on ...

English curriculum

Maria needs an integrated English Curriculum that will enable her to improve her reading and writing skills, and subsequently, improve her class performance. English language learners are usually non-native speaker meaning that English is not their first choice. Therefore, they are likely to experience problems in their schoolwork as they have not yet mastered English, which is the medium of communication and instruction in school. They need help with the language so that they can understand the concepts taught and that way; they will achieve the objectives set for their class work. Sometimes, these students may understand the concepts ...

How does cultural intelligence differ in India and the United States?

Cognitive Skills and abilities: The paper “Social Skills Intervention for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Literature Review from the American Perspective” by Kaili Chen assesses the relationship between social skills and behavioral difficulties for students in special educational programs. The author contends that social skills are a necessary element in the learning environment due to the capabilities that they provide to learners in interacting and communicating in order to help determine their difficulties and to help them function more successfully. Difficulties with these faculties is often discovered to be a primary factor in the inability for an individual to ...

The main decision that led to the development of this paper was upon realizing how the young generation takes education for granted in the present era. The high number of school dropouts each year and the increasing rate of unemployment in the country because of the lack of highly skilled people to handle professional careers is scaring. The paper discusses complexities in the learning sector especially those associated with adult learning. Many people who dropped from schools or never took education seriously during their teenage start looking for those opportunities during adulthood. However, these people experience major challenges because ...

The No Child Left Behind Act became law after President George Bush signed it in January 2002 (Jorgensen and Hoffman 6). NCLB conveyed impressive clarity to the worth, use, and significance of accomplishment testing of students starting from kindergarten to secondary school. The basic role of NCLB is to guarantee that learners in each government funded school accomplishes vital learning objectives while being taught in safe classrooms by competent instructors (Yell 180). To expand understudy accomplishment, the law requires that school areas expect obligation regarding all learners achieving 100% understudy capability levels inside 12 years on tests surveying essential ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The chapter contains details of the information regarding special education and challenges associated with it. The chapter is divided into four sections to facilitate the users of the study. The theoretical framework comprises of theories and definitions of key terms mentioned in the study. Another section contains the material extracted from past studies that provide clear evidence on the arguments. A conceptual framework is also included that represents the selected approaches from past studies and elaboration of the definition. The summary is also provided at the end of this chapter to provide a concise view ...

Part A

As America continues to be more ethnically and culturally diverse so are the learning institutions. According to Hall, Quinn, and Gollnick (2014), teachers may now find themselves educating learners who are different from them in terms of race, socioeconomic background, culture, religion, physical abilities, and sexuality. The educators will find that the classrooms are filled with culturally diverse, disabled, gifted, and English learning students. Being part of one group may affect the way the teacher thinks about another group. For example, the way that the teacher will deal with someone from a different racial group is not the same ...

Lifelong Learning in the United States and Japan

Lifelong learning is a concept that emerged in the 1960s after intellectual radical student movements demanded new modes of education that encourage pluralism, diversity, and individual freedom (Young & Rosenberg, 2006). According to the Commission of the European Community, the concept embodies formal learning, informal learning, and non-formal learning. Formal learning is carried out in recognized educational and training settings and results in the acquisition of legally recognized academic qualifications. Nonformal learning takes place where one works or within the activities of civil societies or organizations and one does not get legally recognized qualifications. Informal learning occurs as a consequence ...

For young children, the play environment is like their “university”, although they do not sense the significance, because they are usually enjoying themselves at play. Playing with toys is their “major” in the early years of their life, for with their toys, and their imagination, they play and learn. Even more importantly, it has been said that “Play is the mechanism by which children learn—how they experience their world, practice new skills, and internalize new ideas—and is therefore the essential ‘work of children’ [according to teacher and author Vivian Paley]” (Guyton, 2011). Therefore, the learning environment of ...

Abstract

The development of an individual involves changes that are both physical and psychological. People encounter numerous challenges as a result of life dynamisms, which make it necessary to seek the assistance of professionals to help them in dealing with life issues. Both the physical and psychological changes that occur throughout the life of an individual are often referred to as transitions. Life transitions can be challenging, and they are usually accompanied by psychological and physical downturns. As such, life coaching becomes an essential part of human development. Different people do not have the same life encounters. Therefore, their transitions ...

Meta-Cognitive Awareness

According to the British Teaching Council, Metacognitive awareness is a mental condition characterized by an individual’s awareness of the manner in which they think. In the classroom context, the corpus of metacognitive awareness basically refers to an individual’s capacity to possess adequate knowledge concerning their learning process/progress (Murayama, Pekrun, Lichtenfeld & Vom Hofe, 2013). The development of metacognitive awareness is an imperative aspect of growth among learners and children. It assists individuals to become more efficient as well as enhance their individual decision-making capacities. Certain researchers argue that Metacognitive awareness is imperative for children and learners because it ...

Education is one of the basic requirements for survival today. In the past people used to ignore the importance of education because there were diverse ways of survival. Despite the desire for many adults to acquire knowledge through learning, a challenge of balancing between school and life responsibilities takes the center stage. I believe between college, and life responsibilities is a big challenge for many adult learners especially those with families. The following paper is a synthesis of the problem as a barrier to adult learning. The adult education program in collaboration with adult students and instructors should join ...