Outdoor education

Involvement in community and church activities has been a major priority throughout my life. I have participated in various types of volunteer efforts. I raked leaves in the fall with my high school student council, and participated in community clean up with the volleyball team. I am very involved within my church as I assist with tasks such as ushering, filming of services, and performing in the church choir. I am a Vacation Bible School leader during the summer, and assist with the after…

In long time, we all know that education system in the U.S is the greatest system in the world. Then it also is the reason why many international students, who have different nationalities, come to the U.S for studying. Basing on the data of "IIE Releases Open Doors 2015 Data", during 2014 -2015, over 900.000 international students enrolled to colleges and universities in America (Sharon).Not only government focuses on upgrading the education system in colleges or universities, but government…

about the overwhelming lecture halls, the huge class sizes, and uncaring professors. I use to think that professors were intimidating figures that wanted to make their classes so difficult that one could possibly fail. My entire view on the tertiary education system changed when I met my Focused Inquiry professor, Dr. Julia Kaziewicz. I wanted to interview Dr. Kaziewicz to further understand why I am intrigued by her methods of teaching. Dr. Kaziewicz conducts herself in a way that students feel…

These activities include Cross Country, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, and Students Nurses Association (SNA). SNA meets once a week. We participate in activities throughout the community, invite guest speakers in to share their journey through nursing, and practices skills with future nursing students…

also causing students to spend less time outside “over the last thirty years the amount of time children spend outside has dropped by 50 perecent” (Abeles). With the loss of time spent outdoors comes an increase in stress because students are not able to escape from their school life. If students had time to be outdoors exploring the world around them and putting the lessons they are learning in school to use, they would no longer be stressed. It is this heavy workload that is making children 's…

Middle school, a time where children are forced to grow up. I was introduced to teen pregnancy, drugs, and ditching my first-year. In my physical education class, the outdoors where a must. I was one of the first students done in terms of finishing our mile run. One day, a friend and I finished running and decided to go play on the field. A field in which felt never ending at the time, filled with children from ages ten to eighteen. Losing track of time we found ourselves to be one of the few…

here at Dolgeville inspired me to become a teacher. After years of working beside and benefiting from the efforts of our school administration, Board of Education, staff, and faculty members, I am determined to become an educator. I will attend St. Lawrence in the fall of 2016, where I will major in Mathematical Economics and Minor in Education. I look forward to becoming a certified mathematics teacher and eventually an…

school : Experiential education is the education that involves the process of learning through experience. It can also be deemed as hands on learning that takes place between a teacher and a student. It is also defined as learning through reflection. This term cannot be used for experiential learning as they do not have the same meaning; However, experiential learning is a part of experiential education. In one of the methodology from the Association for Experiential Education is that teachers…

Although these activities have kept me very busy, I have always made time to focus on my school work and prepare to commit myself to a post-secondary education. From the time I was legal to do so, hunting has always been an…

better and more enjoyable career would be Fire fighting. one of my possible careers was dentistry and in dentistry you work with the patient's teeth and mouth. you also have to take x-rays and use different tools for cleaning and repairing teeth. the education that is required for becoming a…