Essays on Pedagogy

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The Experience and Importance of an Effective Community Service-learning

12 pages / 5242 words

The Mitchell reading talks about how effective community service-learning is about witnessing/developing a commitment to changing the structural components that underlie the issues that the student is working to combat. Historically when I’ve done any sort of volunteer work it has been sort of half-assed...

Community Service Service Learning

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The Problems Associated in The Administration and Scoring of Standardized Testing

3 pages / 1303 words

Numerous studies have been conducted on the various aspects of standardize testing since Horace Mann coined the idea in the year 1845. Horace Mann’s idea behind standardized testing was that instead of oral testing at the end of each year, student’s should rather have their...

Standardized Testing

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The Issues of Standardized Testing in No Child Left Behind Act

4 pages / 1996 words

In recent years, standardized testing has become the basis for learning standards. Lesson plans and school activities tend to be built around what will be on the standardized tests that year, leaving little room for teachers to come up with creative activities. This has caused...

No Child Left Behind Act Standardized Testing

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Standardized Testing as a Form of Competition in The Education System

3 pages / 1225 words

It is true that standardized testing is commonly used in most schools and other institutions of learning to compare the performance of students. This is a scenario where similar tests are administered to the students and the answers or responses given by the students are...

Standardized Testing

271

The Reasons Why Educators Should Continue Professional Development

1 page / 378 words

The Professional Regulation Commission recently came out with the “Revised Guidelines on the Continuing Professional Development Program for all Registered and Licensed Professionals” through Resolution No. 2013-774 series of 2013. The resolution adopted by the PRC is a revision of the guidelines on the Continuing...

Teacher Teaching

272

The Teacher-student Relationship Review

1 page / 481 words

The teacher student relationship is very important for children. Children spend approximately 5 to 7 hours a day with a teacher for almost 10 months. All of us have gone through schooling, and if fortunate had a favorite teacher. A positive relationship between the teacher...

Student Teacher-Student Relationships

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Ainsworth’s Strange Situation: Pros and Cons

1 page / 548 words

The strange situation was a testing procedure created by Mary Ainsworth et al. in 1978 to measure attachment. The aims of this study were to assess how infants between 9 and 18 months behave under conditions of mild stress in order to test stranger anxiety,...

Experiment Standardized Testing

274

Theatre-based Language Instruction Programme (tulip)

1 page / 649 words

Theatre-Based Language Instruction Programme (TBLIP) is an art-based language developed programme that trains students to use Theatre-Based Instruction techniques. The TBLIP strategies aim to connect student’s personal experiences in a manner reliable with authentic instruction principles. The objectives of this programme are to focus on...

Language Diversity Learning Styles

275

The Importance of Teacher Leadership Skills in School Improvement

1 page / 682 words

The broader literature on teacher leadership posits the notion that school leadership involves the interaction of all participants working toward a shared vision of quality learning for all students. This notion links to the US standards of leadership (2008) where their first action point is...

Teacher Teacher-Student Relationships Teaching

276

The Naeyc Code of Ethical Conduct

2 pages / 799 words

The NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct was developed to uphold the application of core values, ideals, and principles to assist teachers” decision-making about ethical issues. The Core Values of the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct is based on the foundation of the field’s commitment to...

Ethics Teacher Teacher-Student Relationships

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Discussing a Kid's Mind as Illustrated in Biology: Transforming Students Motivation to Learn by Carol S.

2 pages / 851 words

Mindsets: Fixed or Growth? Carol S. Dweck’s Brainology: Transforming Students’ Motivation to Learn will change the way you think about learning. Dweck’s “Brainology” article emphasizes the mindsets of kids and how they can either be hardworking adults when they grow up or become lazy and...

Brainology

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Reflecting on My High School Experience: Nurturing a Growth Mindset

2 pages / 1016 words

A fixed or growth mindset can determine how you will achieve in life. My two life experience in high school that I faced dealing with my math class and college applications indicates I have a growth mindset. Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it...

Brainology

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Teaching Kids to Think, not Regurgitate

2 pages / 1028 words

Through no fault of their own, today’s children are now in a position where they do not have to think nearly as much as the children of generations that have come before them. It’s a sign of progress, but if we aren’t careful it could...

Children Teaching

280

A Report on a Flipped Classroom

1 page / 431 words

Flipped classroom is an instructional strategy and a type of blended learning that reverses the traditional learning environment by delivering instructional content, often online, outside of the classroom. It moves activities, including those that may have traditionally been considered homework, into the classroom. In a...

Classroom Learning Styles

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A Case Study on The Reading and Writing Struggles of a 7 Year Old

2 pages / 747 words

Sam is a 7 yearold male in the 1st grade. Sam is an only child, and his parents are recently divorced. Halfway through the year, Sam and his mom moved to Utah, and his school records indicate that he has been falling behind recently. Reading...

Case Study Teacher-Student Relationships

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Future Plans and My Teaching Experience

1 page / 530 words

Getting Started You know what’s funny? I never thought I’d end up teaching. It just kind of happened during my second year of college when I started tutoring kids in math to make some extra cash. But here’s the thing – that random job totally...

Teacher Teaching

283

Professional Learning and Leadership Actions in Professional Learning

2 pages / 1107 words

Teaching is a very dynamic, challenging and demanding work which requires teachers to have the advanced skills and adequate knowledge that would heavily impact on student learning. Professional learning involves continuous improvement of teachers and teaching quality as the major determinant of student’s achievement. This...

Leadership Teaching

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The Factors Surrounding The Theories of Coaching

6 pages / 2626 words

In all the games may it be soccer, basketball, football, netball and hockey among others, there exist coaches who train the participants in these games in order to better their performance. Being a coach is a noble position that one has to be dedicated to...

Coaching

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Ethnomusicology and Music Education

5 pages / 2227 words

Ethnomusicology provides a vital research model for ethnographies in music education. The main difference is that ethnographies in music education revolve around educational issues which are directly related to the training and education of music. Virginia Garrison (1985) conducted a study to find out the...

Ethnography Learning Styles Teaching