The Essence of Being an Educator. Being an educator starts with choosing it as a career. There may be several reasons for a person to choose teaching; it may be idealistic or practical (Ornstein & Levine, 2008). However, it was never my intention to become a teacher before I entered college. My inclination was actually on the field of Philosophy and Science; however, faced with the ever-changing challenges as to how to use my knowledge in the practical world we are living in, I veered my disposition
Deployment of ICTs in PSS Institutional e-readiness • Schools use the available ICT resources for teaching basic computer skills. • Distribution of ICT facilities in PSS is not a priority due to limited funds from the Government. ICT equipment and software in PSS • Computer laboratories are used as the model for equipping students with the necessary ICT skills. • There are no available data to indicate the state of ICTs in PSS except Teacher’ Colleges
in finding knowledge. For the past few years, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) has received special attention in the education world. The unlimited boundaries of knowledge-searching have definitely made MOOC as one of the choices in learning and teaching online as it is an online learning course that is open freely. Although there are many challenges in adapting MOOC into the education world, one prominent challenge comes from the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) set by the Ministry of Higher Education
different State Universities and Colleges in Region I. The predictor variables include personal characteristics (age, level of education, teaching experience, work assignment), perceived level of mathematics teaching effectiveness, professional development, teaching strategies and mastery of math content, social support, school climate, attitude towards teaching mathematics, and teacher collaboration.
“concepts are to be understood as basic units of knowledge that can be accumulated, gradually refined, and combined to form even richer cognitive structures” which essentially is the concept attainment model. In this model, the teacher “provides examples and non-examples of the concept, and the students determined the concept from examples”. Students formulate a definition for the concept using only the given example and non-examples. Concept attainment requires
that provides an environment in which teaching and learning escalate by setting clear and well-organized classroom rules and procedures. An effective learning can be maximized in a secure learning climate, where the teacher and her students feel comfortable. It is very beneficial that both, the teacher and the students must be encouraged and motivated; Students to learn and acquire the adequate knowledge, and teachers to facilitate learning. Effective teaching and learning are synchronized and can’t
Nowadays in Spain a model of "bilingual school" is being implanted, which every day acquires more popularity among the population. There is a growing tendency for schools to see the need to incorporate this new model into their educational projects. This is of great importance, however, to appreciate the fact that bilingual education requires a series of requirements and implications for all actors involved in the educational area. In Europe, and particularly in Spain, great efforts are being made
Effective Teaching Many things can be done to create a context for good teaching, but it is teachers themselves who finally ascertain the success of a program. Effective teachers can often compensate for imperfections in the curriculum, the materials, or the resources they make use of in their teaching profession (Richards, 2001). This study, because of the crucial role of teachers in the effective teaching and the existing limitation to consider all the factors contributing to effective teaching, focuses
student-teacher to the profession of teaching, and for this reason, the concept of workplace mentoring for them has got popular acceptance to give them access
Blended Learning environment has been in the changing trends with the mode of teaching and learning in present higher education system. The empirical research states that in online environment, students self-regulate themselves in order to achieve better outcomes. Recent quantitative studies highlight the role of learners in the online course format as they required high self-regulation in order to achieve cognition, but there are limited reports that investigate the role of learners in Blended Learning