The effects of competition in the educational setting have deteriorated the learning process and need to be addressed. ... It was because the students in competitive conditions were more performance oriented than learning oriented. Competition inhibits the learning process and focuses on performance. ... For teaching and the learning process to thrive, therefore, competition must give way. ... Great minds with similar goals and passions could be identified to achieve greater and more qualified common goal because, "students succeed in spite of competition, not because of it," (Kohn,...

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With emphasis based on violence, and rightfully so, I feel the learning environment has deteriorated to an extreme extent. ... Therefore, NY adopted "The New Compact for Learning". ... Learning is a complex process acquired through a variety of experiences. ... A supportive environment allows student's to develop a positive attitude towards learning for life. ... It is more efficient for their learning then lecturing to them is, though, of course, a teacher can lecture in less time. ...

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Special education is a term used for those students who need extra help in learning. ... " (Schreur) Bibliotherapy is uses the art form of literature as a tool to enhance learning skills. ... Improvement of education skills is the goal of every educator. ... " (Schreur) The purpose in lowering expectations is to give the students smaller goals to help accomplish the bigger goals. ... For those with learning disabilities it can be a frustrating event that may manifest itself in inappropriate behaviors. ...

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I met the ELP instructor before class to discuss the overall goals of the course, as well as goals for that day's lesson. The overall goal is to improve reading comprehension skills, increase vocabulary, promote a higher reading speed, and develop discussion skills. The goal of that day's lesson was to work on reading strategies: scanning, identifying main ideas, and understanding details. ...

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His goal is to make the reader creatively discover his point of view and understand his motives for his style of writing in the "Banking Concept of Education."" ... (page 357) It is a type of education based not only on learning but experiencing for oneself. A teacher's purpose in a classroom would no longer be to lecture and fill the students with gobs of useless information, but to guide students through the learning process, and teach them how to apply their knowledge to real life. ... He/She would also have to be very motivated by experiences, and willing to share information in...

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By just flooding students with information, studious students would probably result to rote learning and they would memorise chunks and chunks of knowledge to cope for the examinations. ... Learning, after all, is a lifelong process and life is nothing but a learning journey. ... This simple example only serves to show that learning should be a lifelong process and should not end in the classroom. With reference to Singapore's education system, on further examination of the students, one would find out, students, despite under a supposedly "good" education system, do not have a sense ...

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Due to Americas life long goal of continual progress, Americans in the 60's found billions of their tax dollars going towards the growth and improvement of colleges. ... This in itself is a very noble goal, in my opinion, but Bird brings to light a few facts that made me think a little differently on the matter. Some where down the line of trying to achieve this "goal," the feelings of students as individuals were forgotten. ... I can't help but think, how my college experience would change if all my class mates had an honest desire to learn, and all my teachers had one goal, to t...

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Dewey believes that these are crucial moments for learning as we can reflect on and analyse these problems to resolve the perplexity, learn from it and apply new and improved ways of thinking in the future (Hatton & Smith, 1995; Hoban & Hastings, 2006). ... Essential to effective teaching and learning is the concept of 'reframing' which refers to the deliberate change in the viewpoint a teacher takes in relation to a given situation (Killen, 2013). ... The term technical reflection revolves around the efficiency and success of means to achieve certain goals. ... Student feedback ena...

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Additions such as online tutorials and student discussion forums provide aspects of learning that a regular classroom would not be able to provide. ... " Arizona State has a different goal. ... If institutions offer online and blended learning format courses, they woul...

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