The Caterpillar as a Teacher A Lewis Carroll’s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has fascinated me since I was a little child. Now, as an (almost) grown-up, I keep discovering additional layers and ever fresh important messages, new insights, and wisdom hidden in it. My intent in this work is to shed some new light–also relying upon the foremost commentaries on the subject–on the significance of Alice’s encounter with the Caterpillar. Alice encounters the Caterpillar when she has already had…
REFLECTION This FIRST AID subject was a really new experience for me both from learning point of view and performance wise. The practical part of the course was really helpful where ones get a chance to implement all the knowledge gain during the lectures and through self-studies. I have adapted the knowledge on learning the 11 types of bandaging in the class on the teaching. Madam Najwa the activity that was given to shoot videos on 11 types of bandaging. We get into group of 5 people and…
Today, in so many countries, there is such a big problem related to the subject mentioned above. In every step of education, for example, from primary schools to high school or from high school to university, there are important exam which is deterministic of students’ future. This exam-oriented system has negative effects on students. In contrast to what progressivism requires,students have no free time to improve themselves…
We know that as educator students learn best if the instructions are appropriately challenging for them. We know as soon as the students become engage and interested at what they are learning is when they have the opportunity to interact with others in discussions, exploring and experimenting with the concepts of their own skill and experience. As an instructor at a community college, I see many adult learners who enroll in the program I work for to maintain their job or to find a better job…
Ron Miller (1991), is one of the recent strong voices in the holistic education. In addition to the perspectives stated above, he describes four essential characteristic of holistic education outlined by Andrew P. Johnson 1. Holistic education nurtures the development of the whole person It is not simply worried with building up the intellectual capacities alone or getting higher scores on tests and examinations. Like all humanistic learning theories suggest, holistic learning also in the same…
4. The strategies of listening skill listening strategies are very helpful to the students, but without grammar, vocabulary and the knowledge of phonology, these strategies stay not enough, teachers should teach students these strategies and increase the knowledge of grammar and etc. (Goh, 2000) . Vandergrift (1999) reported that strategies are conscious means where learners can manage and assess their own comprehension and responses, for that reason, strategy development is very significant…
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: AN INSPIRATION OR UNECESSARY BURDEN? School curriculum is the total experiences of a student under the guidance of the school. Some experiences are planned while others are unplanned i.e., the Hidden Curriculum. Extra-curricular activities are part of the unplanned curriculum of educational system which provide to the students numerous educational and social opportunities which are not included in the classroom setting. Extra-curricular activities include such…
school’s curriculum because theater participation helps develop social tolerance, it is a great form of self expression, and the arts also provide new challenges for peers. Countless numbers of people think that arts education should not be offered in schools; however, theater participation helps develop social tolerance in numerous…
grow, they develop skills that become practical to use while in school. Although art is vital in a child’s learning process, most parents aren’t aware of the benefits that come when their child is involved in art activities. It is up to the child’s parents to find a way to change and direct a path in order to help a child become successful. When children become involved in art activities, they obtain several skills that are vital for school and will be able to use for the rest of their life. A…
I think phones should be allowed in school, we may not have to be on them all the time but we should at least be able to have them incase we need to call someone or if we have free time in a class we could play games, listen to music, or use google, dictionary.com, and an example of is our history book is online and at school sometimes there’s not enough chromebooks or Ipads. Mobile devices are kind of like a drug that children, teens, and young adults can’t seem to put down and that’s…