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My own practice is characterised by a mixture of all three theories, it depends which group I am teaching and what topic. To me, social construction is more practicable with top set. I can easily get them into dialogue and intervene accordingly. As I move down the set, I meet issues in the classroom like lack of motivation and other behavioural issues, which makes it unrealistic to engage students in dialogue. Lack of sufficient support either from within the department or senior leadership in…

example of classroom management, since it gives students and outline, as to how they should act during the activity. **By walking around and ensuring students understand the task, the teacher can observe whether students are still working within their zone of proximal development. **Repetition helps students move the new information from short-term to long- term memory. Throughout activity three students must identify again what material sink, and what materials float. ** Closing activities…

snowy border between the Noth and South Korea, a young man stands alert. The year is 1990, a time when South Korea was starting to heal from the years of military dictatorships. The man has to patrol around the ironically dangerous Korean Demilitarized Zone, a mix of beautiful mountain wildlife and dangerous mines, for his family, friends, and countrymen. A couple of days ago, the small Korean penninsula was hit with big news; Germany was close to reunifying again, after years of separation…

The current state of North Korea is an unstable dictatorship threatening the globe with nuclear attacks. The People’s Republic of Korea, or better known as North Korea, is an authoritarian, dictatorship where all power and “knowledge” hails from Kim Jong-Un. Currently North Korea is in a loose partnership with two of the world’s powerhouses, Russia and China. Russia and China can both contribute and aid North Korea if they were to release Nuclear weapons or threaten another war. Because of this…

The misinterpretations found in Parish’s book, Amelia Bedelia, are similar to some of the communication issues that English learners have in our classrooms today. Even cartoon artists, as seen above in Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley, see that Amelia is not alone in her misinterpretations. English has many homonyms and idioms that make learning English difficult. When we examine the issues with communicating that Amelia Bedelia has, we can easily see how similar miscommunication happens with our…

Getting the attention of kindergarteners can be hard sometimes, one way to grab their short attention is by telling them a secret. VanNess starts one of her first writing lessons by telling her students a secret and that secret is that “kindergarteners can write!” (574) When she tells her students they can write, she sees faces light up all around her. VanNess starts out the lessons with something simple and gives some examples of ways to use the word I. She models with the students and once…

adult or a peer. This also means that a child can complete an activity or task, but only with the help of an adult or peer. For example, a child with a medium (more challenging) book can read the book but will need help from an adult or peer. The Zone of Proximal Development has three stages. The third stage consists of what is not known. Consisting of what is not known, also means what a child does not yet know. The third stage is when a child can not do an activity or task, even with help…

1. When considering the theories of oral language development, which do you feel best explains your own viewpoint and why? The Social Interactionist Viewpoint explains my viewpoint of language development. Lev Vygotsky built on Piaget’s Constructionist theories that oral language is predetermined and without cognition language development is limited. Piaget developed the idea of stages of language development, although he recognized that not all children reach the final Abstract Reasoning…

These winds converge within the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) near the equator at the doldrums (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, 2012) or as described by William Ferrel (1890) “a belt of calms extending around the globe, where not interfered with by abnormal disturbances or forces”. Whereby, warm…

“God Please Protect America” was written by Jimmie Osborne on July 26,1950. The song was recorded the day after the Korean war began on July 25,1950. The war took place right after all of the distress of both World Wars and the Civil War. “God Please Protect America” was written as a depthful plea during this difficult time for all. On the morning of June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded the South with “advanced units of the 135,00 soldiers of the North Korean army” (McGowen,10). The South was…