Consumerism and Education

At many universities changes are happening every day for students. According to a 1997 article in Harper’s Magazine by Mark Edmundson titled On the Uses of a Liberal Education, universities are changing due to consumerism affecting the education system. A professor of English at the University of Virginia. In the article, Edmundson says his overall … Read more

Integrating Technology in Classroom

Abstract The goal of the paper is to synthesis my learning about how technology integrated into the classroom is beneficial to student learning, followed by an examination of benefits and detriments that are derived from effective integration of technology. Research suggests that technology used inappropriately have a significant effect in teaching and learning. Integrating technology … Read more

Assessment tools and methods

Assessment is a tool used in the classroom every day. It is used to measure a student’s mastery of a skill or knowledge of a given subject. It is also what demonstrates to the teacher what the students have learned. Educators use that information to determine if they need to re-teach to a specific student, … Read more

Use of effective questioning to promote thinking and understanding

Evidence study 1: Use of effective questioning to promote thinking and understanding. ‘All students have a right to high cognitive development, and educators have the responsibility to provide the instruction and opportunities to make that right a reality.’ (Tienken, Goldberg and DiRocco : 2009) Questioning is an integral part of every classroom whether teachers use … Read more

The school system

Students beginning in elementary school and continuing all the way through secondary education have become acclimated to a standard school schedule of sitting behind their desks for 180 days a year at an average of 7 hours a day. This system has been in commission for over a century and is desperately in need of … Read more

Constructivism

Among all theories of learning and teaching, I found Constructivism to be the one that better reflects what education should represent for both teachers and students. According to the humanistic psychologist, Carl Rogers, education must be a chain in which a teacher and a student are firmly interconnected, working together to grow in the direction … Read more

MOOCs

5. Language differences Since MOOCs are opened for global students, due to language problems or learning mode problems, if the students do not good at the language used in these courses, they will become very difficult to catch up with the progress of the course because lecturer will not consider different students’ abilities to accommodate … Read more

Types of language learning strategies

Language Learning Strategies have been classified by many scholars such as Wenden and Rubin 1987; O’Malley et al. 1985; Oxford 1990; Stern 1992; Ellis 1994 and more. However, most of these attempts to classify language learning strategies reflect very few obvious changes. According to Rubin’s (1987) Classification of Language Learning Strategies, there are three strategies … Read more

Deep education

Abstract Apparent in Western (and increasingly global) assumptions about how education is delivered, received and presumed, is the ideology of individualism. It is the notion of the individual and its overarching ideology of embedded ontological, ethical and pedagogical ramifications that I explore in this dissertation. For most people, the notion of individualist ‘self’ is for … Read more

Importance of Technology in Mathematics education

LITERATURE REVIEW Introduction Introduction of technology has a very large impact on the educational environments, and has made many changes in the way students learn and the way they are being taught by their teachers. This has finally caused the teachers’ roles to slightly change. Students are responsible for learning by being active in increasing … Read more

Application of appropriate strategies in teaching and developing self-confidence

What is the impact of application of appropriate strategies in teaching and developing self-confidence on the primary school children with dysgraphia, in Sri Lanka? Research Topic: An action research case study on the impact of systematic and individualised instruction along with motor-skill practice on the development of handwriting skills and self-confidence of primary school children … Read more

The structure of education in the 16th Century

In modern day society, education has become a highly developed organization, the product of multiple renaissances and reformations over the course of centuries. The educational structure and its myriad of complexities are often considered an art or science of its own accord. In Elizabethan England, an educational renaissance was underway that could be said to … Read more

Singapore tuition

Singapore tuition industry is approaching a billion dollar market. Private tuition are mainly based on four different types of tutoring approaches such as TOP notch tutoring, group private tuition, home based tutors and tuition from government bodies. The TOP notch tuition accept students who are highly capable of achieving good results and above average students. … Read more

Reclassified students

The article written by Eliane Rubinstein-Avila explains that ‘reclassified students may require content and language support for two years after reclassification’ to ensure continued involvement. Although the development of a second language is ‘likely to take 5-7 years, many students are reclassified within a year’. The problem is that many students can be reclassified prematurely … Read more