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build, The purpose module synthesize readings thoughts feeling. I tap creativity dreams create a proposal a 21 stCentury School. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1.You investigate range diversity schools. 2. You evaluate importance -developed curriculum, learning activities, assessment strategies meet learners.
The world we live in has changed dramatically in the last decades and this is not necessarily in the positive way. The values, norms, and principles of the society have drifted from the traditional means of education and have enabled children and young adults to behave differently then children used to do in the mid 50s for instance. The dramatic changes have taken place as a result of the modernization of the society, of the increased development of technology, which defines today's reality at every pace. The children from today have the most to profit and gain, but, at the same time, if not taken into account, their future can take turns that may not be benefic for their development. For this reason, the educational segment is extremely important and vital for the way in which children develop in their early stages.
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It is common knowledge that most children are, in their early stages, rather reluctant to being into a controlled environment such as a kindergarten or prep years in school. However, with the right approaches, this experience can become a pleasant one and can ensure that evolution has brought about positive change in the education of small children.
A good example in terms of a 21st century school would be one which would use the benefits of technology, of the research that has been conducted in the last decades in the area of education and provide added value to the educational system. It is important to consider that children are rather different than the generations in the 50s particularly because they have a much larger access to information, to stimuli that can detract their attention from learning or from discovering themselves. Today, children have the Internet, a source of unlimited information but at the same time of temptations that can prevent them from reading a novel and rather watching the film, which deals with the subject of that novel, to give just an example. Also, small children would rather play…
Taking this into account, a 21st century school would be based on the Waldorf example particularly because that kind of educational system challenges the child without him or her realizing (http://www.sonoma.edu/users/f/filp/libs_200/waldorf.pdf ). The methods of education take into account a special and private interaction with different kinds of games that challenge the imagination of the child and create a specific interest for the child to interact. In this sense, games which determine the child to recognize different shapes and forms, to learn to count by allowing the child to differentiate between object not only keep the interest of the child alert but also develop special skills in the child which are, at an early stage, not visible but which make the child develop more harmoniously.
A 21st century school would also take into account the development of the caring side of the child, would include the interaction of the child with different types of backgrounds, in a controlled manner and in a way that would make the child learn different types of behavior from early stages in life (http://www.parkerschool.org/programs/culture / ). This would develop a caring side of the child and would plant the seed of tolerance through knowledge and interaction. At the same time though, the child needs to come in contact with this entire array of different cultures, perspectives from an early stage because the reality in the society today is that we are all a mix of individual and tolerance is something that needs to be learned from infancy.
Finally, a 21st century school would need to focus on human interaction and to encourage human interaction from the basic levels. Classes of good behavior where children would be taught to be polite, to be tolerant, to be aware of the equality among human beings are of utmost importance and prevent the establishment of prejudices and preconceptions that harm today's society (http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/sites/default/files/pdf_files/rc_brochure_8page.pdf) Although it is extremely important to focus on the practical role of school, that of providing information to children and students, given the multiple channels of transmission of information, the more important role of the school has become that of helping children and students manage that flow of information and filtering it for the benefit of the child and his development as a socially responsible member of the community. The role of the 21st century school would be just that: to educate the child to grow up and become an adult that brings added value for the society in which he or she lives.
Green provides some clear guidelines to assist health education and promotion specialists in the identification and design of health promotion techniques for implementation in health promotion and disease prevention programs. Discuss how five of the guidelines presented by Dr. Green could assist you in the selection of an appropriate health promotion technique. Support your answer with appropriate examples. The module gives really simple guidelines as to the how the process of
Students can collaborate with students in other schools and other countries as they develop ideas, skills, and products. Students in a class can collaborate outside class without having to meet in person. The theory behind collaborative learning is that the social construction of knowledge leads to deeper processing and understanding than does learning alone (Appalachian Education Laboratory, 2005). The bulletin board and the chat room have become the backbone of
Companies such as XYZ Widget Corporation are well situated to take advantage of burgeoning markets in developing nations, particularly in Asia and Africa. 2. XYZ can grow its business by expanding its operations to certain developing nations in ways that profit the company as well as the impoverished regions that are involved, particularly when marketing efforts are coordinated with nongovernmental organizations operating in the region. 3. Several constraints and challenges must
Kraft Foods' Competitive Strategy Kraft Foods is a one of North America's largest packaged food companies. To reach its current competitive position the organization is changed to great deal of the last decade, with increased focus on the core products, and the sale or spin-off of the non-core divisions, for example the sale of the frozen pizza division 2010 to Nestle, and in 2012 the demerger of Mondel-z International (Kraft
, 2005). In addition, the workload on clinicians is often increased past the point of reasonable because it is too intrusive and time consuming to document patient encounters during clinic time (Grabenbauer, Skinner, and Windle, 2011). The amount of information that can accumulate in a patient's record from multiple sources can be daunting and lead to information overload. CDS alerts can be so common that clinicians begin to ignore them.
(pp.45-58) Hooks also recognized that when integration occurred these change agents were alienated from black children and alienation and discrimination ensued, associated with being taught white history and democratic ideals, rather than reformation of education, which was the intention. (p. 3) Both perspective childhood stories imply implicit as well as environmental (explicit) characteristics of wisdom, as Hooks acknowledges that she may have been singled out, as a child of a