Were you ever given the opportunity to go back in time? Freshmen year, my mother said “no” to furthering my education when I asked her if I could stay at Maryvale High School for the honors program. Instead, she informed me I would attend a charter school nearby that didn’t offer any sort of honors courses. Subsequently, I didn’t feel cognitively challenged so now my educational goal is to challenge myself. My career goal is to become an actor. Now that I have the possibility to be tested in the
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Changes that would increase the amount a student retained from a lesson at school would be great, right? When most students get home from school there parent or guardian will ask “What’d you learn today?” and most students have the typical answer of “Nothing” or “School is boring”. This needs to change. Students need to be more excited to share what they have learned with others and have a more positive attitude about their learning environment. With a positive attitude a student would become more
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Online education vs. traditional education a compare and contrast Traditional education used to be the primary means of furthering ones education. However, in recent years online education has become more popular and is currently the preferred means of education. When concerning the convenience of the education, and resources online education has surpassed its opponent. Did you know that According to the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Enrollment in degree-granting
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I chose this article for the purpose of showing the challenges of online learning and balancing the schedule of online college learning and normal day-to-day life. I remember a time when I graduated high school, and thinking I didn’t need college, I quickly found out that I didn’t know as much as I thought I did. So I made the decision to go to college, and not just any old college, I needed to do it online because of working full time and having a family. I thought it would be the easiest thing
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(EDTK2030: Unit 1), which are certain boundaries that limit the way in which an object or mechanism can be manipulated. Despite the affordances, ICT tools used for education purposes require appropriate knowledge of how learning takes place in order to be able to “facilitate learning” (EDTK2030: Unit 2, p. 35). Learning theories in education, provide a framework for understanding how people learn, as well as helps teachers and instructors to utilize and incorporate different learning and teaching methods
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I am an active duty Marine who still has two and a half years left on my contract. I’m determined to obtain my degree while still maintaining active duty status. Prior to enlisting, I was struggling not only with accepting the fact that the previous major I was pursuing, geology, may not be for me; but working 2 part time jobs to make ends meet. I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps since I knew that I could still provide service to my country. Also my experiences in the Marine Corps would
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Education Philosophy and Rationale Philosophies of education are an ongoing process and evolved over time. When developing my philosophy of education, I found that exploring my personal beliefs concerning education is of utmost important. Therefore, I have taken philosophies from other teachers from my past, my personal experiences and my personal beliefs to make up a philosophy of education that I use in teaching today. I found that the philosophy of my fundamental beliefs of educational teaching
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then employers are willing to invest in education because education is less expensive than hiring more employees. Incentives may be provided to employees to encourage increased productivity. Many people I’ve spoken with have mentioned how busy they are at work and it is not uncommon for them to be working longer hours to keep up. Some people in the workforce today may not have attended college or university and are encouraged to obtain university education. Some universities, like Athabasca University
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• Compared to when I began this class, I have changed in the following ways: During the past 8 weeks I have changed my ways of searching for research articles and learned how to use APA format properly. • The most meaningful learning occurred when: Dr.Tina corrected my assignment of the six annotated bibliographies and gave excellent advice and examples on my APA format, which helped me throughout this course. Thank you Dr.Tina • The most lasting change occurred: The most lasting change occurred
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sport of running, without quantity, there can hardly be results that please. Correspondingly is the work of studying. Throughout years of school, students can find that without the repetition of studying, one will not reap the benefits of furthering their education. Lack of practice and efficiency leads to a lack of growth, which is exactly what Bradbury attempted to portray. He tells of how he would write a minimum of one-thousand words a day, simply to allow himself to maintain his talent. Bradbury
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