down turn it has become a priority to increase the capability of our workforce. A report prepared by the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Education out lines this importance: American companies and businesses require a highly skilled workforce to meet the demands of today’s increasingly competitive global economy. Higher education is provided through a complex public-private market, with many different individuals and institutions participating (“Economics”). Creating an…
Disabilities Act the definition of disabilities is a person with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activity. According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, special needs are the individual requirement (as for education) of a person with a disadvantaged background or a mental, emotional, or physical disability or a high risk of developing one. According to the Australian Human Rights Commissions under the Disability Discrimination Act, disability…
In Nigeria, Islam pre-dated Christianity by well over 300 years. But these two important religions which have influenced Nigerian education in no small measure are of recent development…(p.15). c. While quoting internet sources use page number if available. However, use paragraph as para. or the paragraph symbol, or the section, if necessary, for a web document of hypertext markup language (html) or other without pagination. For example, Yusuf (2005) opined that “the Nigerian national policy…
paramount when identifying strengths amongst staff at the same time as up skilling an effective model of training and development. Subsequently this will improve the pedagogical content and the importance of comprehending scientific literacy to enable all students to learn that content (The Department of Education and Training, 2005). Teachers are generally concerned that the less fortunate schools have limited resources to teach STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).…
works best for your students? Students are our future; and occupations will be filled with these people who you teach. What and how they learn is depended on your teaching style. The success of education depends on the students’ ability to learn material in different learning environments. From my education experience I found Feynman the most logical. So, I challenge you to incorporate practice in your teaching style, enabling students to apply their knowledge to what they have learned. After…
The Importance of Physical Education If there was a proven way to ensure children are more attentive in class why would it be taken away? Children especially in the time we live in need all the physical activity they can get. With commercials and TV shows that promote junk food and un-healthy habits thrown at them all their life they need something they enjoy but that also benefits them in a positive way. Gym class is not only a privilege but it is also a right that should not be taken away.…
The Importance of Assessment Assessment in the education setting allows teachers to monitor and gauge what the student is learning. It gives the teacher feedback for further instruction on how and what to teach the student. If the student does well on the assessment then the teacher can move on to the next step in the process, if the student is struggling, the teacher can adjust and reteach the lesson, or modify it if necessary. The assessment measures the metacognition knowledge that is…
Paper 5 In today’s world, nothing is more important than the success and education of our youth. Without it, our nation as a whole would surely amount to little if not nothing at all. Their decisions and future achievements are huge factors that indirectly affect the way our country develops. That’s scary to think about. Right? Well luckily enough for us, we have highly skilled and trained educators set in place to help the students of today achieve all they are capable of and more. Since the…
Adult education is defined by “the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)” (Tight, 2002, p. 63) as learning programmes that are designed for many different learning stages and requirements that men and women want to partcipate in throughout their life (Tight, 2002). These learning programmes can range from formal to non-formal “as well as education with a collective social purpose” (Tight, 2002, pp. 63-64). This essay will begin by explaining the purpose of adult education…
Students with disabilities have to learn how to become socially accepted members of their community, just like normally developing students. Constructivists fell that teachers must instruct their students within their zone of proximal development. The zone of proximal development refers to, “ the instructional area between where the learner has independence or mastery and what can be achieved with competent assistance”(Mercer, Jordan, & Miller, 1994, p.292). Adding to the misunderstanding of…