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Richard Davies

Learning to be professional / Streamed sessions - 0 views

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work related learning; resources; academic

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  • Richard Davies on 01 Apr 09
     
    some streamed seminars on work related learning and learning to be a professional
Sharon Elin

Has Ontario taught its high-school students not to think? | University Affairs - 1 views

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shared by Sharon Elin on 13 Dec 09 - No Cached
  • most of the students I see are not so much disengaged as poorly trained for university expectations. Students' ability to do analysis and synthesis seems to have been replaced by rote memorization and regurgitation in both the sciences and the humanities. This is a complaint that I hear from instructors in senior high-school classes through to professors in the humanities.
  • students do not really understand what they are doing even when they have covered the material in high school.
  • More important is the ability to relate these facts in new ways, to see them in a new light, and to bring quite disparate ideas together to solve new problems or create new forms of art. This ability to analyze and synthesize is what makes good scientists, writers, philosophers and artists. It is the ability needed to drive a knowledge-based economy.
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  • Much of the new curriculum in the junior grades is considered by many experienced teachers to be beyond the mental development of students at that level. This encourages blind memorization rather than understanding.
  • Moreover, the new curriculum significantly reduces time spent on the visual arts, and was so content-heavy that it greatly limited the amount of time available for developing analytical and conceptual-understanding skills from kindergarten on
  • much of the teaching at the elementary level is now directed to passing those tests, as schools are rated publicly on the results
  • our students entering university are a year younger. The teenage brain is still developing its "executive functions" during this time, so students enter university with a year's less ability to analyze and plan ahead.
  • grade inflation is clearly present
    • Sharon Elin
      Sharon Elin on 13 Dec 09
       
      I agree this trend toward video and video games has reduced reading habits and turned the focus off text and onto multimedia delivery of information, but I'm not sure this trend alone has reduced analytical skills. Many video games require deep levels of analytical maneuvering to complete. A great book to read on this is Steven Johnson's book, "Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter"
  • The trend among young people to move away from reading and towards video and video games, means they spend less time developing reading/writing/analytical skills
  • They do not appreciate that, even as students, they will be expected to develop new knowledge, not just regurgitate existing facts.
  • Students continue to demonstrate serious deficiencies in problem solving skills, basic math skills, and hands-on laboratory skills when they arrive at the university level
  • There may be 10 years of students who have been taught not to think, and reversing that effect will be not be easy without a determined effort.
shai edrote

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lam hoang

Do you know much about cornish hens and cornish hen recipes? - 1 views

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cornish hen recipes tips what is

shared by lam hoang on 18 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • lam hoang on 18 Oct 11
     
    Are you interested in animal? Do you raise any animal as a leisure activity or at least to improve your life standard? Don't think that animal is all that stupid, they sometimes work as your loyal friend, partner, company. Many people often use animal as a type of meat, help them to supplement their nutrition. According to an institute, white meat such as fish or chicken is more nutritious and safer compared with red meat such as beef or pork. As the result, chicken is always one of the most favorite of every customer. There are many types of chicken in the world now, however, have you ever heard about the Cornish hen? If not, this article will give you short introduction about this interesting species. Cornish hen is a breeding and cross-breeding of chickens. Cornish hen has a quite long and glorious history, extending over continents and centuries. A new type was made from the Cornish Game and Plymouth or White Rock breeds of chicken, which produce a very deliciously-eaten chicken, the Rock Cornish hen or Rock Cornish hen. They are a great combination between the two hens. Though they are called hen, but we can easily find both male and female chicken of Cornish hens. One interesting point is that unlike other type of chicken, Cornish hen has shorter period of time in order to have a large breast. Hence, they are considered the world leading attribute of the breed in developing the large breast. Not only their short period of time in having a large breast, they have pretty short time in growing span as well, ranging from 4-6 weeks and after that they may be slaughtered or killed to the customers. Cornish hens weigh around 2 to 2, 5 pounds and provide about one serving of meat each. Many people like this type of chicken due to their light weight. There are some questions related to Cornish hen. Many know what a Cornish game "hen" is. However, many do not know the proper terminology for the male counterpart. There are some ideas about this question but some of the
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