I believe that the temperature of the room, having tables instead of desks, and the overall decorations of a classroom play a big part in designing an ideal learning environment. ... In view of that, my ideal classroom would stay at the most enjoyable temperature possible. ... For example, if a student walks into a room and sees that the teacher put effort into making the classroom look fascinating then that student will think that teacher is also going to attempt to make the class fascinating in every aspect and therefore look forward to being in that class. ... Teachers making an...

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Most little girls want to be teachers whilst the boys eager to be astronauts. ... You might get hurt because of that, Dear Why don't you try to be a teacher instead?" ... These approaches come from your social group; it might come from your teacher, neighbor, or even your family. ... As a result, these ideal views limit their options and make them bound to their "fate". ... However, this social construction is absolutely invalid to create the "ideal" men and women. ...

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Student and teacher relationships are a predominant issue in our society. ... Professors walk the thin line of being an involved teacher and an inappropriate one. ... A less drastic, but still morally wrong issue that intimate student/teacher relationships face is favoritism. ... Though the options aren't ideal, nor perfect, they are reasonable and have been accepted in other professions. ... The idea of student/ teacher relationships is very predominant in our society due to both of the sides our culture argues. ...

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Holden's life is tormented by his constant search for the ideal. ... Because he upholds these ideal standards, Holden is constantly disappointed by society. ... Holden's crusade against phoniness begins with his teachers, the adults that are meant to be role models. ... Holden is frightened to grow up successfully because he doesn't want to end up like his teachers by transforming into a phony. ... He labels everyone off because they are not the ideal. ...

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It was a positive remedy for the operation of justice in the ideal state. ... Its with this conviction that Plato starts to emphasize the importance of education in his ideal state. ... The active spiritual force, the teacher never tries to touch-at any rate directly. The true business of the teacher, in fact, is to bring out what is best in his pupil : more truly, it causes of itself in response to the right objects, & it is in sitting them before his pupils that the true art of the teacher lies. ... The ideal state, thus, will be realized & its people, balanced in soul, will be just & hap...

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Edgar Dale's description of what an ideal student should be. ... In the process of describing the ideal student, Dr. ... At the same time, I don't believe all of my teachers always seek to cultivate "the good mind" either. In other words, it's a great idea and something to strive towards as students and teachers, but to me Dr. Dale's "good mind" is more an ideal than reality. ...

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One ideal that was stressed is that we need to use multiple indicators of student performance for assessment. ... I now understand the ideals of running record and informal assessments. ... The ideal that we have moved to more informal assessments and to tests that encourage higher-level thinking is also encouraging. ... And also the ideals about portfolio assessments. ... I hate the ideal that any child would see these new standards as unattainable. ...

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Students are taught to learn to accept their ignorance, as to justify the teacher. ... He spends so much of his time describing, in his mind, the fundamentally unconcerning banking concept of education, he never really gives a clear view of what his ideal form of education consists of. ... The teacher values each one of his/her student's ideas and opinions and is not afraid to learn something from them. ... After the reader understands his form of education, it's easy to develop Freire's ideal student. ... A good example of a student in problem posing education is what we call a...

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The Ideal Subject Advisor A subject advisor should be competent and confident in delivering support to educators in their respective subject areas. ... The role of an ideal Subject advisor should be to facilitate growth and support teachers in developing their subject content knowledge. ... Throughout the interviews the role of Teacher Unions were highlighted. It was evident that one of the major teacher unions (SDATU) was seen as adversarial. ... A large cohort of teachers from neighboring countries compounded this view as subject advisors, teachers and principals felt that there was not eno...

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This includes what is learnt by the teacher's personal response to the curriculum and Syllabus guidelines, peer interactions and the school's own discipline approach as well as the values and attitudes on which they base their school ideals. ... All of the diversities that exist within the classroom are not catered for within this ideal type of curriculum. ... school has set and most importantly by the way in which the teachers personal values and attitudes, as well as personality affects the knowledge transfer and exhibition of ideal behaviours. A teacher can portray their perso...

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In an effort to help alleviate that problem, teachers at schools across the country have started to ban the use of some online sources. ... Sandra Ordonez, a spokesperson for the company, says that "Wikipedia is the ideal place to start your research and get a global picture of a topic, however, it is not an authoritative source. ...

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The humanistic approach to education suggests that students and teachers should understand and appreciate the concept of a unique self in order for a harmonious and productive school life which provides an ideal learning environment for the student. ... In terms of education, Rogers suggests that teachers should try to see things from the point of view of the student. ... Teachers should be "real" and express their own feelings. ... Because of this teachers should set work at the right level for an individual so they so not feel like a failure and they should avoid criticism which may lowe...

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Teachers aren't sure how to use the standards correctly nor do they fully understand them. ... They theory behind this new way of teaching show promising results, but many critics believe they were "based on ideal situations/aspirations in education by people who have funding and for students who already are ahead of the learning curve." ... Research has shown that most teachers are in favor of the common core standards. ... Three strategies that can help future teachers are: 1. ... They are there for a reason, teachers should start paying attention....

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In this way Freire deepens the Lesson's significance by promoting mutual human interaction and relativity between student and teacher, resulting in the student and teacher learning from each other, rather than students being deposits for information. ... A majority of teacher's, knowingly or unknowingly use the technique of the banking concept. The 'teacher' speaks on reality as if it were predictable and motionless. ... Freire shows the Raison D'etre of libertarian education drives for the uniting of student and teacher. For education to truly begin, there must be s...

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It is through these narratives that teachers can engage their students" imaginations and involve them into the material of the lessons being taught. ... Egan calls this time revolt and ideals. Revolt implies an ideal whose absence justifies this revolt they are going through. Their ideals are seen when they express how they think the world should work and what their ideal role in it should be. ... If we can show the connection between the scientist's ideals and what drove him to revolt against what convention said at the time, teachers can mirror our students" imaginative experiences....

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Pedagogy of the Oppressed In this philosophical book, the author enlightens us about the relationship between the "oppressor" and the "oppressed" in terms of the student-teacher relationship. ... They achieve this by relying on a hierarchical method that glorifies the knowledge of the teacher and the incompetence of the students. As the oppressor, a teacher tries to "regulate the way the world enters into the students" therefore maintaining a sense of passivity and marginality in the students character. It relies on the student's ability to memorize the contents of the teacher rather...

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It also sets forth the neglect of parents, teachers and schools of our youth. ... He also tells us that although this concept was given to us early on we have, as a society, failed to meet this ideal. ... It is an ideal betrayed." ... This knowledgeable person should be the teacher. ... All teachers and future teachers should be gifted, strongly motivated and rise above regardless of adverse conditions. ...

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The transcription is taken from a classroom scenario where a teacher is taking a small year 9 booster group for additional English. ... The first transcript begins after the class has been settled and the pupils are sitting waiting for the teacher to speak.This opening immediately demonstrates some of the formalities embedded in most classroom situations, the pupils expect the teacher to speak first and wait for the opening line.The teacher immediately begins with a marker 'right then' (line 1) this phrase serves no other purpose than to inform the class that the teacher has begun an...

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But at what point does challenging the known and accepted in search of ones personal ideals begin to negatively impact a students' academic success? ... The role of a teacher, as defined in the Oxford Online Dictionary is to 'impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something'. ... Ultimately, this type of pedagogy seems ideal with its 'best of both worlds' approach but it could be argued that it is instead hypocritical. How can such contradictory ideals be paired and delivered to students without causing confusion? In a world where individuals are...

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However, Confucius did have a set of principles that according to him, would structure the ideal man. ... Studying these qualities of the ideal leader, one can see similarities between Confucius" ideal leader and his ideal man of jen. ... The ideal leader must lay tasks on people, without their repining. ... Nonetheless, this is not especially surprising given that the overall message of both religious leader's teachings are virtually identical, and that in due course, both teacher's goals were very similar as well. ... After studying both teachers" philosophies, I am surprise...

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Introduction Somewhere between Vygotsky and Piaget; somewhere between Newton determining the laws of the universe alone with his apple tree, and Andrew Wiles proving Fermat's last theorem with the aid of his colleagues around the world; somewhere between learning the 3Rs by rote under a strict schoolmaster beating down the slightest whisper, and the neo-pragmatist's "knowledge is conversation" ideal mathematics lesson of total discourse; somewhere between these opposite ends of their various spectra lies the true role of language and conversation in the mathematics class. ... If all...

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In this view, the idea that there is some sort of universal ideal or natural law is often just an argument by those who do not like the laws of the government in power. The opposing view argues that there is a natural ideal of justice that law aspires to that can be used as a criteria to measure whether laws are just or not. ... Catholic social teaching is partly based on the assumption principle that there is an ideal of justice that can be discovered and be held up as a criteria with which to evaluate current legal arrangements. ... Socrates was a teacher and philosopher who lived i...

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A teacher must do the following: 1. ... As a trainee teacher, you will encounter children from many different linguistic communities, some of whom have been established locally for several generations, others more recently arrived. ... "English as an Additional Language" is the terminology used in the Teachers' Standards and many official documents. ... Class teacher has concerns regarding other pupils teasing B.Z.K about her accent relating to her sudden reluctance to speak. ... She responds well with one to one conversations and has no problems particularly enjoys talking to ...

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While a monarchy does not sound ideal to a society such as ours you must remember that this may have been the best form in order to have a safer and more pleasurable place to live. ... Wouldn't an ideal society be one in which people weren't categorized by their social level, but by one that made everyone equals and that did not have a censorship such as the one Socrates suggested in "The Republic"? Although Plato was the teacher of Aristotle, this philosopher was totally against the ideas of his former educator. ...

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Humanistic teaching is meant to focus on the teacher-student relationship. ... Teachers cannot always have the well-behaved respectful student. ... I know from my experience as a pre-school teacher there are the ideal students and some students that others deem difficult. ... As teachers, we need inquire about our students. ... Finding a way to help is part of a teacher's job. ...

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