... example, a child who is intrigued by frogs may be assigned the task of researching and writing a report that describes a certain type of frog, its life cycle, and what part of the world it lives in. The child may also be asked to explain why the study of frogs is important to scientists. If the child then becomes interested in space exploration, the learning program can be altered to ... meet that interest. Since the child is always studying something he or she is interested in ... , the learning has more impact and meaning. This type of interest-led learning is only possible with an id...

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Introduction "Sugar and Spice and all things nice, that's what little girls are made of", "Frogs and snails and puppy dogs tails. That's what little boys are made of". We enter this world amidst ... According to Barber, some schools in Ireland do not give boys and girls equal opportunity to take higher Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Few schools give the sexes equal opportunity to take metalwork, engineering science, technical drawing, building construction or Home Economics. Barber maintains that in co-educational schools in Ireland ... can elicit pupils" analysis, synthesis and evaluati...

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