Tertiary education

We worry about your child too Parents in general, no matter the age of their child will always worry about their well-being during many aspects of their life, Education is no exception. A constant concern lingers inside as to whether or not their child is receiving adequate instruction and assistance from the teacher. Furthermore, parents desire to see their child flourish in knowledge, therefore, certain doubts as to the quality of instruction exists. In that aspect, teachers also concern…

asked my father why my grandfather never send any of them to school, my father will tell me that back then, Gambia did not have western education system like it is today. He said Gambia was still under colonial rule and the only western school system in the country was centered in the capital city and not in the villages. Secondly, back in those days western education was not seen as a requirement to hold a chieftaincy position or to be a district leader of once territory. There was no…

So many people have different interpretations of mathematics, in elementary school we learn that if you have 5 apples and your neighbor takes 3 away you are only left with 2. In middle school we were shown that there are 360 degrees in a circle and a numerous variety of rules and theorems that seemed only relevant for that section. We learned about sine, cosine, and tangent, which were chiseled in our brain. In high school we were introduced to things I didn’t know existed, such as derivatives,…

Reading Instruction has stimulated many discussions among educators in the past few years. There has been an increase in the use of reading in multiple content areas in the past few years. Educators around the country have changed and interweaved the new and the old ways of teaching and understanding the reading process. Many aspects have changed this instruction such as the understanding of content area literacy, choosing the appropriate texts, knowledge transformation, and learner development.…

The close study of the Melbourne Declaration (2008) enables an insight into the historical changes to educations, the objectives of policies and the limitations in its enactments. Thus, policies allow for positive ideologies of teaching, yet its effectiveness can be…

Holistic education cannot be seen as separate from the concepts preceding in this report, but instead as a summary. Holistic education seeks to define a person’s passion for life and learning through a focus on community, the natural world, and humanitarian values. Jackson and Davis (2000) contended that the middle school…

nd: All individuals have their own core values but many share values with their family. Most values are taught through natural and logical consequences. Core values my family lives by are honestly, forgiveness, strong work ethic and not judging people based on their appearances or background. Our values are extremely similar to American mainstream values. We did not grow up with different cultures influences. My father is part Mexican and he grew up in a Mexican culture in America but he was…

content. Finally there should be plenty of repetition in the classroom environment for successful learning to occur. By integrating, and implementing these strategies more students will have a successful learning in the academic environment. In education, communication between a student and a teacher, and student to peer is an integral part for successful learning to occur. Students need to feel…

Get Organized Get organized; effective teachers have to be organized in their classroom and as well in their personal life. There are a lot of books and videos that are available to teach you how to do that. You can go to a bookstore and look them up. If you don’t want to read a book or listen to video tapes, you can always go to a mentor. Who you know has a very organize and strategic life. They are glad to help you get organize. If that’s an issue, you have to deal with. First, your teacher…

The anticipation for the Inside-Out class has been building all summer. When I mentioned to people that I would be having class with inmates, their facial expressions spoke volumes. Some would express curiosity about what we would be studying and it all would work. Others expressed concern about safety and what kind of inmates would be involved. I didn’t know a lot about the program before signing up for class, so I did my own research. I found that is was started at Temple University in…