A Synthesis of Posts During the Module and a New Vision for Education. In pooling my ideas for this final blog, I spent some time going through my posts so far and there seems to be a narrative that has been emerging. Where I considered the development of cognitive representations in arithmetic tasks; language. On last week is an excellent start in this regard. Conversely, my blogs on mindfulness.

So what do we know? April 8, 2011. At first I did not feel as though I would learn anything, but looking back over my blogs and everyone elses I can see certain things which could help children in schools. Introducing children to a healthy breakfast either at home or in a breakfast club will help with concentration. I also think that children who are more able would learn better in sets, where as those of a l.

So in this blog we have to sum up what we have learnt in this module. I have heard many talks touching on a range of educational issues. Some were things that I was already aware about others that I had never considered before. One small step for an NQT, one giant leap for teaching.

This is the Science of Education! April 9, 2011. I have to admit that when this class begun I was a bit sceptical. Blogs? But after eleven weeks, I am totally convinced that this type of teaching works, and works well. But why is this? So basically, like every other week, I had a browse on Google Scholar to see if I could find anything interesting, and lo and behold I found; Ten Ways Online Education Matches, or Surpasses, Face-to-Face Learning.

The science of education! On April 8, 2011. Finally, virtual reality can be used to allow abstract information that might previously have been unfathomable to become much more tangible. On April 3, 2011. Further suggesting that perhaps a divergence in education may be beneficial.

I am heading out with a team of people to Ghana to help out with starting a school and teacher training. Although resources are scarce in the area i would love it if people had a few summary ideas i can take to the teachers of this area.

Students need to learn at their own pace, and be able to go back over the basic material regularly in order to be able to fully understand more com.

So this is the end, or is the beginning? April 9, 2011. Many of us have discussed over the past few weeks the importance of education for having an impact on what happens AFTER education. So, what am I going to do about what I have learned here? For me, this is just the beginning. I am soon to be entering teacher training, and all too soon entering a school to teach a class of my own! Could have added in the way of constructive criticism and encouragement.

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