K-12 and Technology: An Illustration of How Constructive Applications is Changing the Way We Teach and Learn. ... Constructive teaching and learning through technology is the key aspect of how information technology is changing our education methods. ... Here, a teacher can see how a student is performing as they work, and address any needs as soon as they might arise. Educators can also use this new communication technology to facilitate constructivism in the classroom by giving more freedom to the student in understanding their own thought process. With the advent of information te...

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Seefeldt would offer me even more than I had expected. ... Now, I think completely different. ... I embrace change. I like to think that I adjusted to Colorado very quickly and enjoyed the change of pace into a college lifestyle. ... I am looking forward to changing accordingly and learning all that I can about the lifestyle I will soon have there. ...

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Now the educators were posing open-ended questions, teaching their students how to think and use their cognitive abilities, not firing cold, hard facts. ... Rather he taught the nation and its thinkers at the time how to learn through experimentation, questioning and analyzing. ... Why were we to sit and think and learn and teach the same way just because it was what we knew? ... One can decipher meanings behind lessons taught to them (you) and even develop their (your) own ways of learning. ... What else can we try to change? ...

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Individual differences may have something to do with their interest and even intelligence or aptitude. ... With this knowledge, teachers can think of a better strategy to ensure effective learning in their students. ... It helps them to realise that even students in school are divided according to social class, gender and ethnic and how these three elements will affect their learning in school. ... This can be seen in our Malaysian schools too, where teachers may prefer certain races of students, for example, a teacher may think a Chinese male student as more intelligent than an Iban male stud...

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A- She said that she has been in Education for over 20 years and that she thinks that burn out has a lot to do with changing your attitude. ... (Stephanie started her sentence very hesitant and she stuttered a bit when she said SPE needs children and how they can be trying. ... How has your role changed over the years? ... Tennille provided me with wide ranged answers that helped give me balanced thoughts and more knowledge about some of the different variety of opportunities and different departments that teachers can look into as there field. ... She had made comments like "we like to thi...

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We, the people, need to come up with a sensible solution on how to cut down on cigarette smoking amongst the young and old. ... If we do the same when educating people about smoking, maybe we can get somewhere in the fight to decrease the percentage of people who do smoke. ... I don't think so. ... Nothing changes in that sense. ... We need to approach this problem with gentleness, but with confidence that we can prevent the smoking problem from becoming larger. ...

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However, IEM has changed the way I think and work. ... Another discussion, we held in class, was so cultivating. ... I thought that I am a very helpful teacher who assists her students well. ... Another exciting assignment emerged in the field and changed my attitude toward my students. ... Even listening to my friends' intervention plans has also enriched my attitude and relation with my students. ...

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Career Interest When we are young, people continually ask us what we want to be when we grow up. ... These beliefs can be affected by, and include a person's family, education, how a person cares about others, and employment. ... In conclusion, I want to express my opinion, that even as we get older, we are never too old to follow our dreams and pursue the career interest that we have always wanted. It may take more time than we first thought, but in the long-run, it is worth it. We are never too young or too old to think of, or even follow our career interests. ...

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Another possibility is read books in class, and make them write essays of their thought of the boo or even what they believe would be a good ending. ... Education is very important, so we need to put a change in now to help the future of our children. ... I lost the understanding of how to think for myself. ... I have been struggling to learn how to think on my own. ... As you can see the world around us affects the way we think and act. ...

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" Smartphones and handheld computers have changed education in a good and bad way. ... When I first started, I thought the class would definitely be hard because of the self-learning structure, but the program has its advantages. ... I am even able to make my own practice quizzes. ... Sherry Turkle, author of "How Computers Change the Way We Think," implies that PowerPoint "speeds up the pace" in learning (279). ... Computers alone can help parents bond with their children, because the child can educate the parent on how to use a computer. ...

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The theoretical obstacle we face is that the imagination, like the bodies of our students, are subject to age and experience related changes and there could be no blanket curriculum to develop the imagination. ... When we engage the emotion of wonder in our students we are showing them how to look and see the wonderful and rare (or even the strange) in our familiar world. ... Their ideals are seen when they express how they think the world should work and what their ideal role in it should be. ... How can teachers possibly make the material they have to cover in their curriculum interestin...

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Flowers made on Marguerite at such a tender age changed her forever. ... This, I thought frequently to myself, is how to be a good teacher without being perceived as a pushover. ... He encouraged his classes to write their opinions and thoughts about how he taught the class. ... When he said those words, it made us feel like we could be the greatest athlete, astronaut, or even the president of the United States. ... Teachers can and should shape their students. ...

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According to advocates of behaviorism in educational practices, believing in a sense of freedom is refusing to acknowledge how our experiences and environment greatly affect the way we think, learn, and act. ... That is what makes me decide how to shape my life in the long run. ... The societal benefits outweigh even the individual benefits (73.) ... In light of this, the thought of reversing the law of compelled school attendance could prove quite detrimental. ... Opponents of compelled education argue that even though American children score near the bottom in regard to other children ar...

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That being said, there are some changes we can implement that could help even out the education system and make education in the United States less of a positional good which mainly lie in diversifying the socioeconomics of cities and suburbs. ... How do we do this? ... We can do this through changes in neighborhoods and cities, but also in the way we think about schools. ... I feel that this can apply to the changes needed as a whole. Parents need to understand how they can use their privilege to help change the whole-because nothing will change unless we change....

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Both my parents only knew how to read and write and even this was very limited. ... This made her feel we would succeed. ... As long as we knew how to read and write then we would surely succeed, or so they thought. ... With this paper I was then able to change my life in slowly but surely way. ... Some parents even think that school is a place where their children socialize and have fun. ...

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So, we interviewed 10 people to find out about their concerns, doubts and what information about education they have and how children should be taught. ... So that they can live in society and understand that we are all equal and we have should live the best way we can but never hurt or harm others specially because if we do not want to be hurt or harmed ourselves. ... How to teach Language When talking about language, we are going to divide the learning process in two: from 0 to 9 and from 9 to 12 years old. ... So, parents can help in many ways: talking, reading and singing to their k...

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"All students have the opportunity to learn with their peers, not because it's required by law but because it's right, "states Suzy Ruder in her article We Teach All. ... Even if this exposure just occurs at school assemblies and special functions, if that is all the special education student can handle. ... Their imitation can turn into resistance, mostly because they do not know how to deal with the change. ... Training is extremely important so that teachers can learn how to teach all their students, and adapt the curriculum where needed, to do that. ... Sharing thoughts and o...

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This child seems to be no older than in the 6th grade, and the boy begins to sob to his mother about how he didn't want to stay at the school. ... Until, the teacher walks out of the room without even saying a word to the students. From this scene we start to see the body language and camera angles change. ... The boys are not changed yet, but the thought processes of some are starting to manifest new ideas. ... The Dead Poet Society has shown that there is a change in gender even in a all man boarding school. ...

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How I wondered once again, could people be so stubborn as to refuse to see the truth behind their beliefs and actions and why when presented even with the facts would people turn away? ... Most often, and even more surprising though, we blame "reality". ... Education itself can in fact make this situation of people not submitting their thoughts to a narrow test of accuracy worse, not better. ... We can not become so afraid of facing reality that we let others dictate to us what we should truly believe, or what the truth is. I can offer no answer on how to avoid this situation, I often find my...

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We don't even have to travel far to grasp a hold of it. ... He said, "Do we expect they can be learned from books." ... We can all learn a lot from our environment. ... We have different thoughts and ideas; everybody looks at something from a slightly different perspective. ... The question always pops up, whether at dinner with friends or a meeting with a important client The person who asks the question's opinion of you can change dramatically depending on the answer....

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Through the use of a detailed and well thought metaphor, teachers can enhance their views on both themselves and clarify where they are and where they hope to go in future endeavours. These metaphors give us a guide as to what we believe and can help to shape what happens in a classroom with things such as classroom management, lesson preparation and flexibility. Personal incidents, beliefs and other inputs have significantly influenced the type of person we are and through development of an appropriate metaphor we can greatly improve all chances of overcoming future obstacles. ... W...

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The idea that as educators, we have the power and obligation to change cultural perceptions and misconceptions as an imperative can be agreed upon by almost everyone involved in education. How we approach this issue and then implement teaching our culturally rich history while modeling respect, interest, tolerance and present day applications of knowledge is the topic of this literature review. ... This is highly important to think about in a school community. ... He states that this does not place his organization into homogeneous categories of thought. ... Their own attitudes are not alway...

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How will their families learn to adjust and adapt to the new demands on the students lives? ... Students can now even participate and study for classes completely from home using web-based programs or those sent through the mail on compact disc or video cassette. ... Testing methods have changed as well. ... Hart didn't, and on a test that she thought she had aced, received a 63. ... Granted, he came through fine with no permanent damage, but it made me think. ...

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"The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think -rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men"( Dewey n.d.). ... Hamm (2005) defines aims as actions or activities of beings that can think. ... How can the education system accomplish this aim? ... One can question whether such high levels of participation are possible or even desirable in a liberal democracy. ... According to Winch and Gingell (2005), education systems can have aims even when they are not formerly codi...

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I have never really thought of myself as a creative person, I am not artistic, I can't sing, and I can't play any type of instrument. ... How would that have changed my life in any significant manner? ... Creativity has been shown to initiate mental growth in children by giving opportunities to try new ideas, and to think in different ways. ... Creativity has dramatically changed our lives and added a sense of understanding to the world. Others argue that kids today can get anything they desire, even creativity if they so wanted. ...

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