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It is also said that people do not necessarily have only one modality. Some might have auditory and kinesthetic perception. Others might have multiple sensory preferences. 2 What Kind of Learning Styles Do ESL Learners Prefer? Reid (1987) conducted survey on the learning style preferences of ESL learners. He analyzed the data based on various categories: age, mother language, TOEFL score, length of time in U.S., major fields, etc. Among them, we will discuss three background differences…

Growing up, having art as a part of our daily curriculum was important. Throughout the years, some schools find that art education isn’t really a necessity. Personally, I find art education to be crucial to a students’ learning experience. When it comes to art education, it isn’t always about the art; it is about what positive things students can take away from the art. Some of the many positive effects not only help with making students’ art beautiful, but it also helps a student in and out…

From the moment someone sets foot into the school realm, they are always asked “ What are you going to be when you grow up?”. This question stirs a variety of answers due to the personal differences between people in what they find of interests or what they are told they will become by big influences in their lives, such as their parents. As someone who has been unsure of what they want to become, my answer has been changing constantly. When I was younger I had my mind set to become a…

provoking. At the PAC session the panel explained how their majors/fields of interest could be related to sustainability. Personally, I have a curiosity in most subjects, however my major interests are in the arts. I am particularly in writing and the visual arts, although I have a passion for music as well.…

As a social worker I will be working with people that have phycological issues and from research it says, the relationship between engagement with the creative arts and health outcomes, specifically the health effects of music engagement, visual arts therapy, movement-based creative expression, and expressive writing can help reduce adverse physiological and psychological outcomes. Since I now know that these simple things can help someone I can use these strategies to help my client. How…

activities. The World Health Organization 's (WHO 2010) criteria for low vision: Low vision is a best-corrected visual acuity lower than 0.5 logMAR (Snellen 6/18) but equal to or more than 1.3 logMAR (3/60) in the better eye, or visual field corresponding to less than 20 degrees in the better eye. Blindness is defined as a best-corrected visual acuity lower than 1.3 logMAR or a visual field no more than10 degrees in the better eye with best correction. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is…

Art is a term that cannot be defined incorrectly, art can have many definitions but some will be better than others. Art plays an important role in many people lives, it motivates the human brain by making people react with their emotions. It also provides many people with source of creation and self-expression. Art is very subjective and it has a different meaning to many people, but it is also at a continuous state of change. A way that art can be defined is through form and content (Wollheim,…

Imagine a ceiling covered in Styrofoam cups assembled together so intricately and catching the light so meticulously that the material used looks far more advanced than an everyday manufactured item. Imagine a giant cube of toothpicks being held together by just the weight of the other surrounding toothpicks, causing it to be so fragile and vulnerable yet so sturdy at the same time. Imagine a plethora of metal Slinky’s intertwined and entangled in such a way it looks as though they are wrestling…

“It is in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough—it’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our heart sing.” (Steve Jobs, 2011). That was the late Steve Jobs giving his perspective about how the arts should be viewed in our society. Over the years the fine arts have been neglected in schools worldwide. There is not enough funding put aside in schools for the fine arts. Society does not believe it is needed in our children…

The book a highly unlikely scenario written by Rachel Cantor is about a boy named Leonard who works for Neetsa Pizza, and sits in a white room answering phone calls. It starts off with him getting strange calls from a guy named Marco, who claims to be from the thirteenth–century. Also, Leonard’s sister keeps disappearing with her “book club,” which is leaving Leonard to take care of his nephew, Felix. This means he’s got to go outside, and that’s when trouble occurs. The most meaningful part…