...Running head: The Construction of a Developmental Game Part II: The Construction of a Developmental Game Appropriate for Adults: A Slide Presentation With Accompanying Notes Part II: The Construction of a Developmental Game Appropriate for Adults: A Slide Presentation With Accompanying Notes Rationale for Part II Project Application As an instructor, this writer is charged with the responsibility of challenging students to strengthen critical thinking skills while developing an understanding of course material. College students taking an adult development course are expected to apply critical thinking skills when studying developmental theory and research. This requires that they examine their own assumptions and discern their hidden values. In addition, critical thinking involves their evaluation of evidence and the assessment of conclusions. An important aspect of such a scientific approach is the attitude of humility. Critical thinking requires the humble scrutiny of competing ideas. Students must understand that they may have to reject their own preconceptions (Myers, 2004). One must acknowledge the potentially biasing effects of preconceived ideas. Such ideas can evolve from a number of sources including culture and environment. In contemporary American culture, some regard the aging process view as being undesirable. For them, the term old connotes an inevitable future involving physical frailty, narrow-mindedness...
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...intellectual and academic experience for students during the final year of the academic course being pursued. It resembles a very great extent a college thesis, but capstone project has a wide variety of forms. The most common feature is the handling of long-term investigative projects culminating in a final presentation, product, or performance. Usually, students are to choose a topic, a social problem or profession of their interests. They conduct researches on subjects selected, maintain a portfolio of the results or findings, and give shape to a final product that demonstrate their acquisition of knowledge and learning. The finality of the research may also be in the form of conclusions like a short film, paper, or multi-media presentation. It may also involve an oral presentation on the project to a select panel of experts, teachers, and community members who evaluate the quality of presentation collectively (“Glossary of Education.”2014)....
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...According to McCarson (2008), the best feature of Wlodkowski’s book, Enhancing adult motivation to learn: A Comprehensive guide to teaching all adults is his call for action and change among all educators. After considering the sixty different strategies designed to motivate adults to learn and engage in the classroom, the reader cannot help but feel inspired to lead and engage adults to further their studies. The real question is, however, do these instructional strategies translate into helpful tips for advisors working with adults who are returning to college? McCarson believes that Wlodkowski starts with a biological basis for adult willingness. Nonetheless, he explains why our brains are adrenalized in certain ways and why some prompting strategies work better than others. That being said, even the non-scientific reader will find that this clarification provides a solid basis for the rest of the book (McCarson, 2008). There are equivalent strategies and tips throughout the book to remind teachers that their jobs are not only to advise students as they advance through their college careers, but to be encouraging and influential. Mature students particularly can lose attention and commitment in their studies; teachers need to know how to build back that eagerness. Though, Wlodkowski’s reasonable ideas for intensifying...
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...a part of our everyday curriculum. Technology should be the primary factor in our educational system, and become the focal point of how adult students are educated. Technological tools should be used in various educational settings so that adult students are provided the opportunity to be successful in a learning environment as well as in a career environment. Most adults who make the decision to continue their educational goals do so for career advancement and growth as well as utilizing and enhancing their professional and educational knowledge and skills. Adults should be given the opportunity to be successful in all aspects of their lives; which includes their educational endeavors. The way that this opportunity can occur is for adult students to be properly exposed to the advantages that technology can provide them. This report will discuss and demonstrate the advantages of technology and its connection to educating adult students through my explanation and delivery of an educational lesson. The content of the curriculum of focus will be that of Science Research Projects, which will be introduced as group work for the students. Each group will be given a particular topic to complete a Research Project on, and will be expected to answer various questions related to the topic that should be included in the presentation. Adult students will be given a set amount of points for the completion of the project; which includes bringing in necessary information on topic...
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...Staff Development Project Summary In today’s environment of exponential advancements in knowledge and technology, a concept known as the learning organization (LO) is becoming increasingly important to health care institutions (Marquis & Huston, 2012). The LO philosophy embraces the importance of learning as a continuous process and emphasizes that in order for hospitals to adapt to changes in the environment and be successful, they must create staff development programs. Nurse educators are the primary hospital resource for generating such educational programs. This summary will describe the steps to follow when planning an effective staff development program, which include assessing learning needs, selecting a learning theory, developing learning objectives, presenting learning content, and evaluating learning. Assessment of Learning Needs In order for the teaching-learning process to be effective, an assessment of learning needs must first occur (Kearney-Nunnery, 2012, pp. 162-176). Performing an analysis of learning needs will identify knowledge gaps and skill deficits and enable the educator to select the most relevant topics when creating staff development programs. Research has shown that questionnaires are a reliable method to collect this type of information (Doughty, 2012). To analyze and determine learning needs of nurses in the intensive care unit where I work, a questionnaire composed of two parts was used. The first part consisted of five questions...
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...Everyone should have personal goals that evolve around anything that needs to be accomplished. I set goals on a daily basis. One goal that I seem to have not truly focused on has been my college education. Considering all things, I decided I needed to focus on my college education. The first thing I needed to accomplish was to enroll in an institution for higher learning. Now that my enrollment is complete, I am an official student at the University enrolled in the undergraduate program for business management. As a student at the university, I now have to set personal goals so that I will be successful in my endeavors. My personal goals are to gain personal growth and development and graduate from my undergraduate program in business management with honors. After my completion of the undergraduate program I will then move on to a master's program. To accomplish my goal of personal growth and development, I will make sure that by the end of every course I take I will have a full understanding of the subject matter. This is where I will take advantage of the learning teams that are offered in conjunction with individual learning. The way I look at the learning teams is that they are there for me to learn and share experiences with my peers. If there is something that I do not fully understand, I can in turn go to my learning team for the answer. If I cannot get the answer from my team then I will go to the instructor. I will not stop until I have a full understanding of ...
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...learning opportunities for the adult learner. By examining these new innovations in adult education, it will allow us to see how we have grown from the past teaching styles and delivery methods to the advanced opportunities that we have today. Adults of today are looking to increase their knowledge and improve their skills from a few different ways. There are able to do this through formal and informal training, on-the-job training, and self paced courses. In today’s society adults need to be educated or have some type of trade or skill in order to be competitive in the workforce. Before you can get these adults to return to school you have to first get them to get over any fears they may have. Therefore, we will discuss those fears and obstacles that prevent the adult learner from achieving their maximum potential and provide them with some methods to overcome or cope with them as well as allowing them to see that technology is there to help them. Keywords: education, innovations, training, advancements, potential, technology. New Innovations in Adult Education The workforce today is in desperate need of well qualified and educated individuals. These individuals are important, and are needed in order for companies to advance and keep up with the growing and demanding economy. Competition with foreign companies is growing as well making it hard for individuals who have little or no education. Therefore, training these adults and giving them the skills...
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...Vaccines in a Childcare Center Education is one of the most important aspects of a nurse’s role with patients. This is especially true of the community health nurse. The area of primary prevention and health promotion is gaining special popularity as educational material for nurses as healthcare is shifting towards heavily focusing on prevention of diseases and preservation of health. This teaching experience featured information about vaccines that would be pertinent to teach to parents of all ages and nationalities utilizing a childcare center in Tempe, AZ. The topic presented was about relevant information concerning vaccines that parents of children ages 0-10 years old would be interested in learning. The information was delivered via a power point presentation which included graphics, open dialogue, a quiz section at the end of the power point and a question and answer segment. The nursing diagnoses identified were, “risk for infection related to incomplete immunization series, knowledge deficit (parent) related to potential side effects of vaccinations and readiness for enhanced knowledge related to health promotion and vaccinations” (Clark, 2003). Traits to gauge readiness to learn were identified as, “motivation, maturation, past experience, activity, practice, reinforcement and transfer of learning,” (Knowles, 1990). In this teaching experience the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning is used through the creation of a power point presentation to show the information to...
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...of something, you wouldn’t want to have lack of clarity on the purpose of a presentation. A presentation can have five ways in including goals, Informing, entertaining, being persuasive, to inspire and to instruct. I would write all of this on a piece of paper and jot down the different logs. 2. I’d use employment trends for college students. How I would research is as follows. First I would research the career aspirations if there are 100 college sophomores (females and males) in the room how many are pursuing a career in Business Administration (Accounting, Finance, management or business owner, proprietor). If out of the 100 students 30 males and 40 females decides to pursue a career in business. I would then research how many students will find a job right after graduation. 3. Say for instance the target audience is a cleaning service ran by women only and the discussion is about new household cleaning products that will hit markets. The main part of the analysis is the women. They will want something safe and harmless towards family and natural environments. Affordability is important. Teach them the different types of gimmick cleaning products used before entering in the presentation just so we can get an understanding of what’s most popular and how we can compete. The ages of these women may range from 25 to 45 years of age, either stay at home mothers or married, middle class and education is a far as high school...
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...Annotated Bibliography Educational Technology Issue Question: Should online higher education courses replace traditional on-campus learning? Arguments for online courses replacing traditional learning: Clark, K. (2009, April 2). Online Education Offers Access and Affordability. US News Education. Retrieved November 8, 2012, from http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Online-Education-Wont/133531/ Summary: US News Education provides rankings of the best universities and provides valuable insight for college students. In this article, the author argues that recent improvements in the quality of online courses are attracting millions of students. It also states that adults who are time-stressed and already worried about commuting to a campus university find convenience in online courses. As the economy began its decline, there has been an increase of students enrolling in online courses. Coleman, S. (2005, August 14). Why Do Students Like Online Learning? Worldwide Learn. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-articles/benefits-of-online-learning.htm Summary: Worldwide Learn is an online resource for students’ educational needs. This article contains a list of reasons why more college students are enrolling in online courses. It provides a convincing argument that includes accessible course material 24/7 and allows for a broad spectrum of content. The article praises online courses for its flexibility, accessibility and quality of content....
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...When fully utilized, the practice of organizational psychology begins with assessment or diagnosis, proceeds to design and implementation, and concludes with evaluation of the efforts to bring about change. Organizational psychology is practiced with service delivering and product generating organizations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors of society. Mission: The purpose of the organizational psychology program is to provide students with the finest possible education for practice and for becoming license eligible in New Jersey and other states. Comparisons with Related Fields : Organizational psychology has common interests with both organizational behavior and industrial/organizational psychology. But the field also differs from these related disciplines. All three fields of study, for example, concern themselves with such topics as motivation, leadership and group dynamics. The related fields, however, differ in institutional location, intellectual emphasis, orientation to education for practice, and employment objectives of graduates. Organizational behavior tends to be...
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...Adults who sacrifice their lives to better themselves through education has the ability to achieve more. Returning to college in an adult oriented accelerated learning environment may be an obstacle if experience and skills developed as an adult are not used. As a professional adult, I must demonstrates my abilities learnt over my adulthood in order to actively participate in this fast past program. I heavily critiqued myself when written and oral communication skills are involved. These skills are highly valued as a professional and improvements are endless. Emails are the foundation in my occupation as well as collaborating with others in order to accomplish a task. In my past profession, I delivered several presentations but the...
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...School of Psychology Module Title: Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One 1. Aims of Career Interventions: Beyond the One to One This module will enable you to: 1. To enable students to develop a level of competence in workshop facilitation necessary for professional practice and a critical understanding of relevant theoretical approaches. 2. To understand how to plan for and design a career learning programme within an educational institution , training or guidance organisation and evaluate good practice 3. To enable students to develop an awareness of the online tools available to use within career coaching practice, how to critically evaluate their effectiveness and an understanding of the learning theories as applied to online interventions 2. TEACHING/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES To enable the achievement of learning outcomes we offer the following: * Teaching sessions/ seminars * On-line learning through Moodle * Undertaking independent study and group work * Practice days with a range of clients Main Topics of Study 1 Delivery of group work in the guidance context, including competing theoretical approaches and skills and methods required for competent workshop facilitation in career coaching 2 Group theories including group dynamics, peer to peer coaching and learning and teaching theories 3 Career Learning Theory & frameworks and their relevance to development of learning programmes...
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...Different Types of Schools for Children in the U.K. The topic I chose for presentation is different types of schools for children. Though I try to highlight the different schools available for children, my prime focus is on primary education. Primary education is the foundation of a child’s development, both academically and socially. Thus, it is really important that a child is given proper primary education, without any impediment. After a lot of speculation and consultation I chose to write this essay because while explaining the different types of schools and levels of education in U.K. and showing how the primary level prepares the child for future studies, it also indulges in the merits and demerits of selective education in the lives of students. For this purpose of writing on primary education, I searched a lot of websites and newspaper articles. There were some sites on the grammar schools and some on comprehensive education, while other sites had almost all the information I wanted to cover in this journal. There were also some reliable magazines and newspaper articles which helped me complete this work. Primary education in U.K. is the first level of compulsory education for child. The children are put under the primary education at the age of five and they generally pass out of this level at the age of eleven. Primary education usually comes after the children have completed their basic academic level, i.e. the nursery level or the pre-school level. The children...
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...Some might say the military brain washes young kids, but in reality they train and prepare them for serious situations. I personally spent 4 years active duty in the United States Navy, I learned a lot and with that came tons of responsibility I acquired. It wasn't the easiest choice I made but it was time well spent. After serving 4 years honorable I received 100% on school tuition. Some kids like myself didn't have the parents to afford college or provide the right steps to get into college. Therefore the military can be a great career, you receive excellent pay and great job opportunity's. Another perk that the military offers is professional appearance and attitude, something that some civilians don't get with the job-force or college. American society should be proud of young adults choosing to serve there country, its the people who choose to fight is what keeps us free and safe at...
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