For those who doubt the innovative potential of America 's youth, look no farther than your own gifted child when it is time to do homework. From the dog ate it to we don 't have any this year, your little Mozart has probably produced his or her own lines of genius. Rest assured that America 's lineage of scientists, inventors, and artists will continue. Homework is not the reason. In harnessing this creativity, in fact, it is malnutrition. Thankfully, bright minds happen to be a resilient lot.…
NEGATIVE PEER EFFECTS AND POSITIVE IMPACT ON LEARNING Peers have tremendous influence on children as they grow up, but some of this can certainly have a negative effect (Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders, 2015 ). Parents and family generally have the greatest influence on a child and although some have suggested that the peer role can be even greater, Berk (2006) counters this claim. However, the net effect of peer influence on student development can also be profound. As Ladd (2005)…
things such as interact with people or what you enjoy doing for fun. These Signature Themes are to help one understand their strengths and weaknesses, and how to properly maximize themselves. My Signature Themes were Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Intellection, and Learner. People who have the Consistency Signature Theme need to have set rules…
“Information is not knowledge” (Albert Einstein). Being able to retain information does not truly display you know something. Our education system is based on our ability to preserve information. Countless students do well in school, but transition into the real world subsequently they don’t find the same success because of the way our education system is structured in such cases, voluminous pitiable students excel in the real world but their grades during school does not reflect their…
Reflecting back, when first starting my learner autobiography, I immediately noticed that I had grown over the semester and was able to improve in creating my learner autobiography. When first starting, I had only mentioned how I learn best and what learning strategies and techniques I benefit from. In the first draft, I did not mention what made it easier to learn when using specific strategies or techniques. I also noticed that I did not mention any theories that play a role in helping me…
Young children do not have the capabilities to think like adults. In fact, this is a misassumption in psychology for many years. Children, on one hand, are competent thinkers in a way that they think in different ways compared to adults. Although they may be wrong when providing an answer, children would not admit it because they have reasons for their wrong answers to questions that involved logical thinking. Incorrect answers indicated the differences between the thinking of children and…
2.4.1.3 Lecturers knowledge Curricular as factor The curriculum is the planned and guided learning experiences and intended outcomes, formulated through the systematic reconstruction of knowledge and experience under the auspices of the school, for the learner 's continuous and wilful growth in personal-social competence. Bringing all these points together, the curriculum is viewed as a composite whole that includes the learner, the teacher, teaching and learning methodologies, anticipated…
Key Assignment During my time in this class, I learn the development and learning process in children. I understand what type of impacts us, teachers can make in the classroom. It is not just the child’s parent teaching them about ways of life, it is also a teacher influencing their development. In addition, a teacher needs to plan for diversity, know the differences in children’s development, and have strategies for different learners. As a teacher, they are liable in students’ education and…
In my opinion, what it means to be a peak performer is to be a real go- getter. Being a peak performer is taking on life as if it were a game that could be mastered and conquered. I have learned that there are many qualities of being a peak performer, and those qualities we must learn as humans to become a peak perform. Peak performers are lifelong learners that have developed the appropriate attitude to become successful in life (Bethel University, 2013). Peak performers are people who are…
A good overview about what special needs is, has been provided from this learning process. From that, we have learned about the categories of special needs that affect human beings especially young children. Proper definitions, causes and prevention about what these categories entail have been clearly put down and understood. This paper focuses on the summary, knowledge and insights of what we have learned from this process. We must understand what these categories of special needs are. They are…