Children need to grow up understanding the different cultures around them because they will have a big impact on them for the rest of their lives. ... When a higher level of confidence is achieved then a better understanding of the nature of art through personal engagement with ideas, materials and processes. ... I believe The Arts is the unsurpassed approach to gaining a link between cultures and ensuring that the society we live in is understanding and tolerant of each other. ...

• Word Count: 1614
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

They assimilate new information and modify their understanding in light of new data. In the process, their ideas gain in complexity and power, and with appropriate support, children can develop insight into their own thinking process."" ... Educators can also use this new communication technology to facilitate constructivism in the classroom by giving more freedom to the student in understanding their own thought process. ...

• Word Count: 1344
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Assessment is a means whereby the teacher obtains information about knowledge gains, behavioural changes and other aspects of the development of learners (Oguneye, 2002). ... Assessment in the cognitive domain is associated with the process of knowledge and understanding. ... Over time the documentation of the evolution of students' understandings, skills, and science dispositions can be accumulated and can provide a wealth of data for reporting student progress and development for occasions such as report cards, science nights, and parent conferences. 2) ENHANCES STUDENT LEARNING Teach...

• Word Count: 2244
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Teachers need to be understanding of parents" role and self-efficacy and invite them to support their children's education (Lazar & Slostad, 1999, p.4). ... These experiences include things such as: alphabet and print awareness, storybook reading, talking about text, observing family members use written language to gain information for day to day life, to maintain careers and for entertainment purposes. ... Parent initiatives must force collaborative relationships, thus creating mutual understanding and establishing common outcomes between parents and teachers (Cairney, 2000, p.99). ...

• Word Count: 1973
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Both her cognitions and practices were influenced by her understanding of the context in which she worked; meeting different expectations in particular may have contributed to the divergence between cognitions and practices. ... Exposing the students to cultural features generates a deeper understanding of and interest in the topic. ... As students pool their individual strengths they gain confidence in being able to function in an English-speaking society (Kelly, Lawrence, Mark & Bruce, 2002). ...

• Word Count: 1475
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In effect critical pragmatism allows students the opportunity to elaborate on thought provoking opinions that defy the status quo without neglecting the 'operating procedures necessary for understanding and producing [them]' (Brandt: 1990). ... Success in tertiary coursework relies on sound knowledge and understanding of the discourse outlined and presented by lecturers and tutors to students. Gaining scope of a students' knowledge of such discourse is largely reliant on their results in assessment tasks, many of which are written pieces of work. ...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Jordan (2000) explains that a lack of understanding of the cultures and traditions of the GRT communities by the teaching professionals will prevent the integration of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. ... Cudworth (2008) also mentions that minimal understanding of the culture is not only reflected by attitudes of the teaching staff, but also the National Curriculum within the educational structure. ... Kiddle (1999) suggests that some parents consider state schooling to be of little importance, except to provide their children with the ability to gain basic literacy and numeracy skills, w...

• Word Count: 1983
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is the school's policy to allow children to revise class work covered which helps them evaluate their understanding of what was taught earlier. ... It is in this context that if the child has gained something from his/her misbehavior he/she will likely to repeat it. ... However, if the penalty gains him/her recognition then you can be sure he/she will do it again. ...

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Ravitch asserts in her article that "the idea that teachers are the most important factor [in] determining student achievement is false -teacher quality accounts for about 7.5-10 percent of student test score gains (2). ... Hence, it leaves no time to place importance on whether the students have had their share of breakfast, if there are any issues that may affect the student from learning that day, or whether the lack of understanding the material could lead to future procrastination. ...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These advantages include: the role of the instructor being transferred from that of a utensil to a mentor, the teacher gaining a more clear knowledge of students problems, and becoming a better instructor overall. ... Conventional teaching methods failed to provide for this understanding between the teacher and the student. ...

• Word Count: 1456
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However as a trainee teacher there is still the difficulty of not spending enough time in one school to get to know the pupils well and therefore feel I can only try to motivate individual pupils by using my general knowledge and understanding of pupils of that age. Additionally I consider that as a trainee teacher, much of what has been alluded to regarding effective motivation and assessment will only follow once I have gained confidence in my authority in the classroom and I can routinely execute basic classroom procedure. ...

• Word Count: 1308
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

All the time, students struggle to gain a native-like pronunciation. ... Another problem that is present is that the majority of teachers are inadequately trained to address the pronunciation needs of students in a communicative approach and lack an understanding of how to address pronunciation in an integrated way". ... Generally, non-native teachers have certain advantages compared to native instructors since that they have already undergone some difficulties in understanding certain phonemes, and know, beforehand, which are the specific core and non-core features to deal with. ...

• Word Count: 2008
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Growing Population of "Unschoolers" Our public school system has become a controversial issue. There are many options for schooling besides the public school system. Many parents do not agree with the public school system. Therefore, home schooling or "unschooling" has become quite popular...

• Word Count: 2307
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The effective use of ICT in other subjects often builds on discrete ICT lessons by providing fresh contexts for applying newly learned skills and understanding. ... Some of the file names are rather ill thought out such as (prta.ppt) and it looks as though some of the units were not written by teachers and were not even written with teachers in mind but sometimes instead, the National Curriculum seems to gain more from the Key Stage 3 strategy. ...

• Word Count: 1601
• Approx Pages: 6
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Discuss teaching and classroom management strategies to incorporate children with Asperger's Syndrome in Mainstream Primary Classrooms. I have chosen this subject because one of the pupils in my stage two, year four class, has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and is treated by the school i...

• Word Count: 2363
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate