Nothing is what it seems, like democracy that sounds good on paper, so do many other things, but by education we are able to open our eyes and make a judgement on our own. ... We need to find out how a child learns best and as we use a variety of methods to teach them, we can also set up independent studies for them, so they can show us what they can do in their own terms. ... As a teacher, we are there to teach, to guide, to motivate, to figure out how this child learns and tailor to their needs. ...

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Northern Caribbean University College of Education and Religion Department of Education MTED 201: Primary Mathematics Methods Factors that influence how children learn Psychological influences Professional influences Technological influences Language influences Societal influences Research influences Psychological influences: The essence of this theory is students construct their own understanding of math ideas (by interacting with physical models of these ideas). Professional influences: Its emphasis is back to the basics, the 3 R's were emphasized (reading, wr...

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Likewise, Rabelais emphasizes the importance of learning through Gargantua's letter to Pantagruel, in which he emphasizes his past experiences with humanistic studies, having in his prime "the reputation of the most learned man of [his] day- (157). ... He encourages teachers to have a student's "virtue and sense of right and wrong shine through [his talk] and have no guide but reason- (48). ...

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