Tertiary education

outside of Trinidad and Tobago are among the “highly educated” group. The discussion of development in Trinidad and Tobago looks at the economic development, with great emphasis on the infrastructural improvement, while social development focuses on education and training needs of the population. Furthermore, migration in Trinidad and Tobago has been largely absent from the discourse on development and governmental level. It is shown as a gross oversight as Trinidad…

coursework, continuous assessment and Extended Written Response. The first method we will be looking at is examination, what does this mean? all of us must of written a exam at some point in our lives, whether it be in primary school, high school or tertiary education. We all know the basic concept regarding this topic however I will be going in to more detail discussing the strengths and weaknesses included in examination. Looking at the meaning of Examination it refers to ‘a set of questions…

What is M-learning and E-learning? M-learning is education that uses primarily mobile or electronic devices. M-learning is similar to home-schooling in the sense that you can learn anywhere. M-learning can encompass a variety of tools to help learning such as videos, podcasts, online textbooks and more. M-learning classes can communicate through text which is an easy way to learn about assignments, projects etc. E-learning is a similar thing. E-learning means 'electronic-learning' and usually…

For the private, the process of being educated is the process of enjoying learning. With the help of education, people get more than they expect, especially the sublimation of spirit. Moreover, it is a method to accumulate human capital. Human capital is a stock of knowledge, skills and creativity. Students develop their comprehensive skills through education, increasing their competitiveness in labor market. Usually, high-educated people have high production capacity as well as higher expected…

society to be adapted and updated, and education is not an exception. Nowadays, are certain factors that made the intervention of technology to education foreseeable. First a rising birth rates, which leads to a increasing enrolments and expanding. Subsequently, an increase knowledge in many fields, with modifying effects on the curriculum; this factors made advance technology influence on the instructional process (Ruark 1961). The integration of technology in education is called on-line…

variation in ways of learning, whether they are reproductive, analytical or speculative. In case of Australian education system, each level education is required to meet certain attitude to learn. They are reproductive approach that focused on memorizing and following procedures, this occurred in primary and secondary stages. Analytical approach which is expected to students in tertiary education, this required students to questioning and thinking critically towards knowledge they gained.…

Supporters of American tertiary education view the system as a flagship model, the crème de la crème, but I beg to differ. With ever increasing tuition costs, time wasting core curriculums, and the diminishing quality of education given, the American tertiary educational system should be seen as faulty. As Thomas Jefferson once said, “those talents which nature has sown as liberally among the poor as the rich, but which perish without use, if not sought for and cultivated.” Jefferson believed…

Analysis Demographic Thailand’s population registered at 68.2million in 2013. Because of their middle class growth, this has presented greater opportunities for New Zealand education providers. These opportunities are in response to a growing trend in Thai students, as more of them are seeking to undertake international tertiary education. 24,491 Thai student studied overseas in 2012, with only 2% of them studying in New Zealand. The alternate countries Thai students chose were, the United…

Curriculum under the banner of multiliteracies which include listening to, reading, viewing, speaking, writing and creating oral, print, visual and digital texts, and using and modifying language for different purposes. In 2008 the then Minister for Education Julia Gillard announced that co-operation between states and territories “will see a…

What is the goal of your College Education? Some people may think that college is about leaving home, picking a career, getting a job to make money and working for the rest of their lives. However, some of this is true, a lot of it is wrong. College is so much more than this. The purpose of a college education is to prepare you to take your place in the economy, prepare you for a full life and for lifelong learning, and to prepare you to be a Christian leader throughout the rest of…