After 32 years, the words of Dr Jerry Jones (as cited in Bullus & Cole, 1998) still ring true: ...there is now a clear picture emerging that the development of the child's perceptual abilities, perceptions of space and time and orientation and the perceptions of sequence are very important in terms of reading and writing and one of the best ways of learning these things is in terms of physical activity (p7). ... A sense of belonging is essential for children to develop a motivation for learning (Tripp, Rizzo & Webbert 2007). The EYLF (2009) suggests that "When children have positive expe...

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The students' perception on what is bad or good teaching practice has been unraveled by various researches on the spacing effect process in education. ... This perception is very helpful is enhancing the students morale in learning. He or she will always tend to develop a sense of responsibility to perform well as reciprocity to the teachers caring. ... Secondly, the effectiveness of the spacing effect strategy depends on the students perception over how helpful is the spacing effect. ... Students may develop a sense that they can dictate their teachers on what approach they believe is be...

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We each see the things in a way that makes the most sense to each of us as individuals. ... There are children whose perception is concrete and think, "it is what it is" while the abstract child's perception seems to be, "things are not always as they seem". ...

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According to Witmer (1995), the VC "potentially facilitates discussion and debate, enables collaboration opportunities for experiential learning, enhances group cohesion among students, reduces communication anxiety, improves student perceptions of learning, provides a wide range of information resources, and extends access to university resources." ... They are implementing use of state-of-the-art video and audio communication technology to achieve this sense of "being there." ... Mottet (2000) concluded, "Instructors" perceptions of students" nonverbal responsiveness are positively relat...

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There are several factors that lead to a child's psychological and academic improvements; such as foster parent involvement/investment, foster parent support and affection, the teacher's positive perception of the student, and the student's sense of self-worth and self-respect. ... A crucial accommodation teachers can make to improve the lives of their students is to nurture the perception that they have a tremendous influence on their students. ...

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Which gives that child a sense of being outcast and inferior. ... This technique not only gives the child a sense of belonging it also gives the child a sense of hope in beating his or hers learning disability. ... The term includes such conditions as perceptional handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental asplasia. ...

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Bracey, PhD, a big part of being a successful student is "creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, self-discipline, leadership, courage, compassion, resourcefulness, sense of wonder, honesty, integrity." Universities have a tunnel vision perception by emphasizing SAT scores, which is an objective learning strategic that does not measure important qualities in a student. ...

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Elements of Best Practice 1.1 Breaking the Stereotypes Best practice in Aboriginal education begins with developing a more positive and accurate perception of Aboriginality whilst breaking down stereotypical behaviours. ... Essentially, he believed his students could be successful and educated individuals with a strong sense of cultural identity. 1.2 Recognising Indigenous Perspectives It is essential for all individuals to "recognise, value and respect the rich cultural heritage of Indigenous people and be proud of this cultural heritage" (WAAETC, 2011). ... The school's rol...

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Many people would agree that continuing an education is key to surviving in society. Therefore, education is essential and every individual needs to acquire some type of skill or degree, regardless of how or where they obtain it. Even though people believe that education is important, others disagre...

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And understanding how schools and community stakeholders establish meaningful partnerships helps make sense of why it is that some career transition programs are more successful than others. ... Over the course of this project, a series of workshops and interviews involving six teachers and six community stakeholders was held to discuss community perceptions of partnerships with the school. ...

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And understanding how schools and community stakeholders establish meaningful partnerships helps make sense of why it is that some career transition programs are more successful than others. ... Over the course of this project, a series of workshops and interviews involving six teachers and six community stakeholders was held to discuss community perceptions of partnerships with the school. ...

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Common Perceptions A major assumption regarding Mexican-Americans living in the United States is that they have crossed the Mexico-United States border with little desire to challenge themselves in school. ... With perceptions based on statistics, many Anglo-Americans assume that Mexican-Americans have little interest in bettering their status or employment opportunities as a result of a lack of educational values. ...

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Effective capacity building among the professional faculty should incorporate their opinions and perceptions. ... Students acquire a sense of belonging when the teaching staff includes them in the learning process. ...

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Culture is defined as the shared perceptions, experiences, beliefs, knowledge, values, norms, and social forms of a group of people.1 At the time when African Americans entered the public school system it was the intent to civilize the population. ... This is a sense of security that allows children to feel good about themselves. ...

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Abstract This study was designed to concentrate on brain-based learning and its effectiveness in an educational setting. Brain-based learning is a strategy that was designed to integrate different learning styles that promote academic achievement. Most individuals are confused about brain-based lear...

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Grade 7 Mathematics covers numbers and number sense; measurement; patterns and algebra; geometry and statistics and probability. The learning competencies in Numbers and Number Sense are describes and illustrates well-defined sets, subsets, universal set and the null set; defines and describes the union and intersection of sets and the complement of a set; uses Venn Diagrams to represent sets, subsets and set operations; solves problems involving sets; describes and illustrates the absolute value of a number on a number line as the distance of the number from 0; performs fundamental operation...

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Introduction In this world of plurality and polivocality, it has become a challenge for both educators and learners to negotiate their voices and opinions on a number of things the way that they should move forward and hence give the pedagogy a go, keeping the tunnel open for any sort of heightened understanding between parties concerned. I, like others, in the same boat, feel the exigency of this orchestration, as I encounter the problems of differences in opinions between my students and me both inside and outside the classroom. Negotiating these differences between students and their teache...

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