The Effective College Lecturer
Introduction: Education is the gateway to better understanding, cultural refinement and financial means. School education offers basic information on various topics, whereas college education provides specialized instruction and information, making way for a person to follow and practice in a specific field. The lecture was established formally centuries ago as a teaching process that began […]
Children’s Speaking and Listening
The Primary curriculum for English at Key Stage 2 sets out the knowledge, skills, and understanding which pupils are expected to learn. The Programmes of Study document 3 strands: 1) speaking and listening, 2) reading, and 3) writing, with linked attainment targets, DfEE (1998), DfEE (2000a), DfEE (2000b), DfES (2001), DfES (2006). The speaking and […]
Managing the behaviour of challenging children
Introduction Creating a good atmosphere in the classroom is important and crucial for the learning process and every child’s needs have to be taken into account. The majority of pupils behave in an appropriate manner; however, there are pupils whose behaviour are challenging in many ways and their behaviour disrupts lessons, particularly in secondary school. […]
Evaluation and Moderation
Section 1 Explain the Principles and Purposes of Evaluation Evaluation No. 1 The task that I have selected from my area of expertise is teaching Everyday Communication to students who are speakers of a language other than English. The tasks in the Everyday Communication course are based around the concept of giving non English speaking […]
The Impact of New Teaching and Learning Strategy at Harlow College
INTRODUCTION The terms ‘adult learning’ and ‘further education’ are familiar but difficult concepts in the modern day education scenario in the U.K because of its many diverse forms which incorporate general and vocational training. These terms have invited widespread debates, cutting across political parties and intellectuals, and procured reports and reviews resulting in the formation […]
Curriculum Design and Evaluation
The Evaluation Process It is an unavoidable fact that all teaching and learning curricula are ever-changing and always open to evaluation and scrutiny, and in a society where, as John Field points out, “lifelong learning…is the new educational reality,” a successful and well thought-out curriculum is essential (Field, 2006, p.9). Rather, this evaluation is internal, […]
The challenge of teaching the World Faiths of Hinduism and Christianity in Britain today
This title is deceptively simple: the factors of issues of legislation, pedagogical research, the role of the teacher and relevance of the subject (and particularly of striking a balance between varying concepts and weightings of these) are common to all subjects in one degree or another. And yet, to discuss religious education – and teaching […]
A critique of anti bullying week within schools
Bullying, the act of deliberately intimidating or persecuting those who are weaker (Oxford English Dictionary, 2002) has become a frequently used word in relation to our schools. It is a phenomenon that attracts a great deal of political and media interest and which is a high priority (if not the highest) for educational establishments to […]