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Teachers With Passion: Teaching In A Distressed Educational Environment, Professor Ben C Osisioma Oct 2011

Teachers With Passion: Teaching In A Distressed Educational Environment, Professor Ben C Osisioma

Prof Ben Chuka Osisioma

Passion is great enthusiasm, very strong emotion, a willingness to sacrifice. Men and women with passion outpace themselves as they go beyond mere talent, to leave their impact on society. Nigerian education needs teachers with passion – men and women with fire in their bones, impatient for lasting and enduring results. Such extra-ordinary pedagogues are people who will give themselves as ministers and missionaries in the temple of education.


Branja Mladinske Književnosti (Readings Of Youth Literature) (2011)., Milena M. Blazic Sep 2011

Branja Mladinske Književnosti (Readings Of Youth Literature) (2011)., Milena M. Blazic

Milena M. BLAZIC

Children's literature, the pedagogy of children's literature, folk tales and fairy tales, and multicultural children's literature.


Listening To The Voices Of Today’S Undergraduates: Implications For Teaching And Learning, Glenn A. Bowen Phd, Carol Burton, Christopher Cooper, Laura Cruz, Anna Mcfadden, Chesney Reich, Melissa Wargo Jan 2011

Listening To The Voices Of Today’S Undergraduates: Implications For Teaching And Learning, Glenn A. Bowen Phd, Carol Burton, Christopher Cooper, Laura Cruz, Anna Mcfadden, Chesney Reich, Melissa Wargo

Glenn A Bowen PhD

The landscape of higher education has changed with the presence of a new generation of college students. Current studies do not carry the voices of the new generation known as the Millennials. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study that explored the learning experiences of Millennial-generation undergraduates at a public comprehensive university. The researchers organized a series of focus groups designed primarily to determine how the undergraduates characterize their learning experiences. Five thematic categories of data emerged from the study, providing insights into students’ perceptions and motivations. The implications of the findings for teaching and learning are highlighted.


Learning Management Systems (Lms): Inside Matters, Shakeel Iqbal, Ijaz A. Qureshi Dr. Jan 2011

Learning Management Systems (Lms): Inside Matters, Shakeel Iqbal, Ijaz A. Qureshi Dr.

Shakeel Iqbal

By the end of last millennium, many universities and colleges started using internet to meet their distance learning needs. Different course management systems (CMS) were developed to meet the needs of online and hybrid courses. These CMS later on transformed into Learning Management Systems (LMS). Many educational institutions have already started using LMS and there are still many who are considering adopting one. The big question before the late adopters of this online learning technology is which LMS they should opt for? This study will be useful for those who are in the process of selecting an LMS as well …


Fostering Speaking Across The Room, Across The Curriculum, Patricia L. Rieman Jan 2011

Fostering Speaking Across The Room, Across The Curriculum, Patricia L. Rieman

Patricia L Rieman

While secondary educators worry about covering content in the face of preparing for standardized testing, best practice methods that provide students with opportunities to speak in the classroom may fall to the wayside. Rieman describes landmark and current research that support the use of speaking in the classroom, delineates professional standards that promote speaking, and provides specific methods and examples that may be used across the curriculum to foster student engagement. Methods described include discussion webs, Intra-Act, Save the Last Word, grand conversations, and informal debates.


Definitions Of Adult Education, Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu Jan 2011

Definitions Of Adult Education, Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu

Dr. Uche J. Obidiegwu

This paper is articulated in the interest of new entrants into the profession of adult education, to colleagues – educators and non-educators, who may wish to share in this all- embracing and encompassing discipline which seems to be confusing to many people, also for the advancement of knowledge in this area of study. The paper explains why the concept of adult education seems confusing, reviews some definitions of adult education by different authors, proposes some definitions, highlighted andragogy as conceived by Malcolm Knowles and pointed out that it should not be viewed as being in sharp contrast with pedagogy in …