An analysis and evaluation of selected teaching strategies.
This analysis and evaluation will seek to describe four lessons taught by myself to a middle ability Year 8 class during my first block placement at Langleywood School. The unit that I have chosen to describe, analyse and evaluate, will outline the two teaching strategies; use of images and shared ....
Child development
Having kids isn't always easy. You have hard decision sometimes. Like what to name your child, what kinds of food to feed them. One decision that some people don't realize is the most important is which day care they should pick. Some people think anyone will do. The trust is when children are....
Classroom Management
“Across the nation, on the web and in the home, classrooms are evolving beyond the traditional learning environment.” Classroom management has evolved immensely over the years. When teaching first began, there was just an elder woman with a small group of children of all different ages in her car....
Classroom Performance of Abused Children
All children are born to grow, to develop, to live, to love, and to articulate their needs and feelings for their self-protection. Although growing up can be difficult, most children and young people receive the love and care they need to develop into healthy, happy young adults. For their developme....
Computers Role in Education
"Computer literacy" has become a key phrase in defining the goal of schools and teachers. As computers have become more important in professions and the workplace, many Americans have assumed they should become equally important in the classroom.
However, educators and parents are now finding distu....
Creating Home in the Classroom - Carollyne Sinclaire - Looking for Home
A TRUE FAIRYTALE
“Wherever a story comes from, whether it is a familiar myth or a private memory, the retelling exemplifies the making of a connection from one pattern to another: a potential translation in which narrative becomes parable and the once upon a time comes to stand for some renascen....
Creative Activities Philosophy Statement
Creativity is a beautiful thing! I believe that it is the act of using materials to express what you are feeling on the inside to the world. It can be as simple as a stroke of paint on a paper or a scribble. It can be as intricate as Picaso. As long as the person creating the art is able to expres....
Developing Communication in the Workplace
Developing Communication in the Work Place
Developing personal skill such as listening, verbal and nonverbal messages and interpersonal skill will help improve how a person communicates at work, and in work groups. Developing personal skill directly affects success or failure in the workplace. Ad....
discuss and justify learning and teaching strategies used in primary literacy
This essay will discuss and justify the teaching and learning strategies outlined in the Unit of work. Burnett & Myers (2004) note that language and literacy is the key to the way in which people live their lives. There are many different contexts in which language and literacy are used; speaking,....
Does having music in the classroom affect noise level?
Introduction
My purpose of my Science fair project is, Does having music in a classroom affect the noise level? I will test it by having a room about 10 people. While they are doing their work, I will put on country music for 10 minutes and pop music for 10 minutes and see how they react to each ....
Effective teacher
Teacher is one of the main factors that contributes to student success. A numerous researches conducted since in the past like Coleman et al. 1966, Fitz-Givvon 1991, 1992, Tymms 1993 or Brophy and Good 1986 (Ayres 2008) show that the more effective the teacher are, the better the student perform. M....
Freedom of Speech & Censorship on the Internet
IntroductionWith more and more frequency the newspapers are reporting instances of school children distributing disks of pornographic images which they have downloaded from the net and recently a university student was found to be operating such a site for material. On November 11, an Associated Pre....
Laptops in Classrooms
Running head: Laptops in Classrooms
The use of laptops in Classrooms
Luis Ortiz
Park University
Introduction to Computers
CS 140
Instructor: David H. Trimble
April 26, 2006
The Use of laptops in Classrooms
The advent of relatively cheap, robust personal compu....
Mentoring New Teachers
Mentoring New Teachers
Student: Dan Moore
Date: 12/1/04
Mentoring New Teachers
Mentoring has been used in business and industry for hundreds of years. Tradesmen apprenticed young or inexperienced workers so they could eventually become skilled. There has been evidence....
Multimedia
As a technology, it is called multimedia. As a revolution, it is the sumofmany revolutions wrapped into one: A revolution in communication thatcombines the audio visual power of television, the publishing power of theprinting press, and the interactive power of the computer. Multimedia istheconver....
My Philosophy of Education
The education system has changed drastically from 40 years ago. This is due to the change in society, advancements in technology and the people themselves. Because of the progression showed by this country, educators must adjust to the children of today. I feel that the experience that I have had w....
No Child Left Behind
LEAVING CHILDREN BEHIND IN NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
No Child Left Behind. What could be a more worthy goal for our schools? Unfortunately, the new federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) will aggravate, not solve, the real problems that cause many of the children to be left behind. “T....
Plagiarism
Pressure to Plagiarize
Where would the world be if no one had ethics? If everyone were so immoral that there was no remorse, no guilt, no conscious, or no regret? We would be a rabid nation with no principles or societal boundaries. We would steal, lie, abuse, and violate one another without thin....
Poetry on the Internet
Introduction
The interest in poetry is at an all-time high, and much of that interest has to do with the accessibility of poetic materials on the Internet, a vehicle that offers both a wide latitude of choice to browsers and researchers and a curious mixture of attention and anonymity to those who ....
Quantitative vs. Qualitative Research:
Statement of Purpose
Using two research studies on the topic of student teachersÂ’ perception of classroom discipline, this paper will illustrate the comparative strengths and weaknesses of the qualitative and quantitative research methods. The paper will then discuss how the authorÂ’s understandi....
sales training
EXUECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This report discuses and analyses all the aspects of Sales training programs for to executives, managers and sales teams involved in sales. It mainly focuses on different aspects related to sales as needs behind training, training content, techniques, various training options ....
small group work
Written Paper
Challenges of group work
Benefits Problems
„« Share opinions and ideas „« Side track
„« Construction of knowledge „« Individuals not contributing
„« Collaborative thinking „« Group control
„« Metacognition „« Organize
„« Brain Based Learning „« Diffe....
Special Education Classroom Observation
On March 16, 2006, I observed a special education classroom at the Jefferson Center. This classroom contained only disabled students ranging in age from about thirteen-years-old to twenty-one-years-old. This classroom contained students who were on different levels in certain subjects. Most of th....
Substance abuse among adolescents
Adolescence is the time period most often associated with experimentation and/or abuse of such substances as drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Substance use can prove to have major implications for adolescent development mainly because of the fact that an adolescent is still in the process of developing ....
the effect of air pollution
The effect of air pollution
I The over view how air pollution effect society
Air pollution has effect society in a short term and long term health issue.
A. short term effects
B long term effects
Health of many people is affected by chemical substance and sometime is present in the air with....
the prime of miss jean brodie
characters
Mr. Teddy Lloyd
Teddy Lloyd is the "art master" and the man whom Miss Brodie loves and desires. He is a happily married man with children and from a strong catholic background. For these reasons the relationship between himself and Miss. Brodie is forbidden despite the fact that ....
Using Rewards
Over the past several decades, there has been discussion within the educational community about the wisdom of offering children rewards for achieving academic or behavioral goals. Proponents of reward programs or behavior modification argue that uses of incentives are an appropriate and effective w....
Vocabulary tests
Vocabulary tests
Content: Page
1. Introduction – why test?.............................................................................2
2. Why and how to learn vocabularyÂ…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â…Â....
Why do African American have Lower Graduation Rates & What can be done to help raise it?
A quote from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People website stated “Our children continue to fall through the cracks of the educational system at an alarming rate” (NAACP.com Educational Resolution). Whether this is just a catching phrase or an attempt for the reader to ....