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The Four-Year Expectation
When I was 18 years old, I started my music degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland. It was my first time living away from home, my first time feeling independent, and the first time I had to make adult decisions by myself.
By Kendra Felicity Wheeler8 years ago in Education
From STEM to ESL. Top Story - October 2017.
Having dedicated (or sacrificed, depending on your point of view) the final 5 years of my 20s to taking a foundation degree in physics and maths, followed by a Bachelor’s degree in physics, I am frequently asked why I am an English teacher rather than a physics and/or maths teacher. Allow me to explain.
By Grace English8 years ago in Education
My Personal Philosophy Statement Towards Becoming an Educator
For my profession, my attitude needs to constantly be encouraging, energetic, happy and endearing in the classroom. Personal Beliefs
By Abigail Lieb8 years ago in Education
Being an Adult Learner
Ok, so I'm a lecturer. I teach at a college which not only has FE courses but also houses HE. I got into teaching by mistake really, well, not mistake but definitely by accident. Allow me to paint the scene for you...
By Anne-Marie Sagar8 years ago in Education
Freidrich Froebel’s Biography
Introduction In this article, I will be giving light upon Friedrich Froebel and his historic background. I have books and articles to support my assignment. Using this evidence, I will show how different books and articles have information based on Freidrich Froebel.
By Shannon Oates Jones8 years ago in Education
How To Respond When Someone Attacks Your Major
There are some majors out there where people are unsure of why you're getting a degree. I'm majoring in mass media broadcasting production with an emphasis in video production (TL;DR I want to go into filmmaking). I've gotten questioned about why I'm majoring in that because "You could just go and look up how to do what you're doing on the internet" or some version of that.
By Makenzie Dockerty8 years ago in Education
Books Aren't the Only Way
I suppose one way of starting this off is to introduce myself. My name is Jon. I live in England near the south coast. Many beach days are had in the summer. We'll get to the drunk bit later on...
By Jon Baillie8 years ago in Education
Fundraising Fright
Do you remember doing fundraisers in school, like selling chocolate bars at football games? Yeah, I don’t like them anymore, either. I mean, my younger antisocial self didn’t like them in the first place, but one incident really set the bar for my dislike of them and completely stripped the fun out of fundraisers.
By Kyndall Bennett - Kyrabe Stories8 years ago in Education
Grammar In Isolation
The prevailing theory in the modern university classroom, as developed by education bigwigs and based upon their unequivocal research, is that teachers must never give their classes lessons on grammar isolated from other aspects of text. The reasons why sound very compelling to a young teacher or teacher-candidate. The student is easily bored and therefore apt to immediately forget whatever was taught, especially when returning to the realm of available modern technology, where a blind trust in the authority of spell-checkers enables adolescents (and too many adults also) to tolerably get by in the world without looking too much the fools. Education gurus therefore assert that we address grammar as a secondary tier upon methods and concepts that are more likely to hold the students' attention because of their deeper involvement with the text. Perhaps while examining an author's point-of-view (first or third-person) we should look for subject-verb agreement. Perhaps in a wider discourse on description we should find a teachable moment in which to caution against the comma-splice.
By Joel Crow8 years ago in Education
The Use of Still-Capture Within a Physical Education Lesson
The wider recognition of pupils’ diverse learning needs has led to variations in pedagogical approaches. In modern society, technological determinism emphasises the potential inevitable integration of information and communications technology (ICT) within an educational setting to assist in meeting those needs. When used appropriately to facilitate learning, the multiplatform structure of ICT has the potential to provide alternative and suitable experiences to all young people, whereby Vygotsky’s (1978) theory of social constructivism suggests social experiences help to articulate ideas and lead to continuous personalised learning and development, in which all pupils should be supported to make progress.
By A D8 years ago in Education
The Life of a PhD Student
Whilst studying for my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, I had a vision that I would do a PhD. This dream saw me swanning around in a white lab coat, performing faultless experiments and producing groundbreaking data with a P value of <0.001. My publications would be globally recognised, and my career would be accelerated into the gateway of medical research. I would be lauded for my contribution to research and my expertise envied in the field. The reality is very different!
By Tracey Evans8 years ago in Education
Higher Education and the Existential Crisis
It's 10:08 AM on a Tuesday morning. I don't yet know if not bringing a jacket was a mistake or not because they're aren't windows in the lecture theatre. I think about how much worse my day will be if I have to not only sit through five hours of drudgery but five hours of drudgery with sopping wet hair.
By Hannah Davenport8 years ago in Education