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The word integration means the act of combining two or more things to work together. In this assignment, integration refers to the combination or linking of related subjects, facts, concepts and knowledge while teaching and learning. During the Mombasa conference in 1968, it was observed that the traditional separate subjects’ approach of teaching; a heritage from the colonial past, was not encouraging the citizens to identify themselves with their own historical, geographical and political traditions Odada (1985) gives a more elaborate definition of social
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Primary Colleges of Education offer various subjects in what are called “study areas”. The study areas hide several other vital subject areas.. Spiritual and Moral Education study area has Religious Education, Social Studies and Civic Education. In all these study areas, HIV and AIDS education is integrated, and cross-cutting issues such as drug abuse and environmental education to mention but a few are also taught. The lumping together of subjects into study areas makes the identity of subjects difficult and as a result some very important subjects are not taught or are taught scantly in Colleges of Education. The situation is made worse by the limited time of training. For example, wood work and metal work are almost nonexistent though there are members of the teaching staff for the two subjects. At some point, Physical Education became almost extinct until political pronouncements were made to revive it in schools. The other aspect of the curriculum challenge is that the ZATEC programme is not effective in the way it is set up and the way students are supported during their year in the field. Large numbers of incoming graduate ZATEC teachers require substantial content upgrading in all subjects. In addition, college curricula fail to adapt to changes in the primary school curricula and consequently, teachers are not sufficiently prepared …show more content…
The Ministry of Education (1996:40) recognises that: Quality education requires the availability and use of textbooks and other educational materials.Without these aids to the learning process, effective teaching and learning in the modern sense cannot take place. Suitable materials enable pupils to acquire and apply knowledge, to learn at their own pace and to assess their own progress.However, Colleges of Education do not have enough textbooks and other training and learning resources necessary for the moulding of teachers. The libraries in Colleges of Education are ill equipped. In most cases, the few books available are too shallow to mould a teacher’s skills. Books that are found are those written by the Ministry of Education e.g. pupils books and teachers’ handbooks. But books that talk about theories and approaches of teaching cannot be found in the colleges. If there are any, they are either obsolete publications or only one textbook which is not easily accessible to students. In addition, colleges no longer produce materials such as rulers, axes, hoes and other tools during training. The Industrial Arts section for instance is almost dead though on paper and in theory, it exists. The Industrial Section lacks tools for students to use to develop skills that they can in turn impart onto their learners when they go to teach. The section gives assignments to students to make dusters,
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What are the main ideas and/or issues of the article as it relates to the chosen topic?
In this assignment I will introduce my research project and examine some of the issues surrounding my topic, take an initial look at the research papers I have chosen for my literature review and consider the wider context that the research took place in.
A holistic approaches to teaching and learning children should pay attention to children’s physical, personal, social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing as practitioners should also focus on the child’s cognitive development.
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The Civil Rights Movement was a difficult but necessary time of change in America. In 1963 Daisy Bates, President of the Arkansas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said “More than any other single event in many years, Little Rock demonstrated the gaping discrepancy between the Declaration of Independence, one of the most precious documents of American history, and the reality of twentieth century America… The impact on Americans and on the world was one of Little Rock’s historical contributions to the over- all crusade for rights and dignity.” Our county was built on equality but to this day we continue the crusade for it, racially, sexually, religiously, etc. It takes courage to change and the Little Rock Nine embodied that.
Without a good education it will be hard to get by in life. Being an educator is not an easy profession and simply the utmost devoted ones will really be prosperous. With great planning and learning tools will show a positive impact on the students improving learning. Now that children are way different from back then than are they now their learning is perceived to be more advance today (Chatoupis, 2015). For an illustration, they are teaching the students material in preparation for the next grade. Whatever grade they are in want them to be learning on the next grade level
“After we moved into an integrated school everything changed in a big way.” That's what he grandpa said as he first moved into an integrated school for the first time.
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Inclusion in classrooms is defined as combining students with disabilities and students without disabilities together in an educational environment. It provides all students with a better sense of belonging. They will enable friendships and evolve feelings of being a member of a diverse community (Bronson, 1999). Inclusion benefits students without disabilities by developing a sense of helping others and respecting other diverse people. By this, the students will build up an appreciation that everyone has unique yet wonderful abilities and personalities (Bronson, 1999). This will enhance their communication skills later in life. Inclusive classrooms provide students with disabilities a better education on the same level as their peers. Since all students would be in the same educational environment, they would follow the same curriculum and not separate ones based on their disability. The main element to a successful inclusive classroom, is the teachers effort to plan the curriculum to fit all students needs. Teachers must make sure that they are making the material challenging enough for students without special needs and understandable to students with special needs. Inclusive classrooms are beneficial to students with and without special needs.
It is noticeable that the system of education is changing from time to time based on financial issues and how the world is growing. In the past, individuals taught the education system from the oldest member of the family to children, and their members were charging fees from the families that sent their children to them. Which meant that education was an important thing in all ages. Nowadays, the education is shaped to an official system run by professional people in governments and many countries invest high amounts towards education which makes evidence of how important it is in our current life. Every country has a different system of education based on their financial stability, government infrastructure and the standard of the government officials. It is noticeable that there is a big difference between the education in developing countries and the prevailing system in developed countries .In my essay I will discuss some reasons for these differences...
As a teacher, is very important to use a wide range of learning and teaching resources, from books or other printed materials so, that students are encouraged to explore issues of interest,
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In order to help foster an understanding across curriculum areas, integration needs to unify the subject matter in the students’ minds through making connections between subject areas and exploring how these relate to their everyday lives. Integration of content is important and potentially very effective because the brain processes information through connections. If teachers help their students create connections between subject-area material, then they will potentially increase the amount of long-term knowledge retained by the students (Beane, 1997). Integration is also important due to the fact that there is a growing emphasis on application of knowledge rather than rote memorization and due to the fact that knowledge is not fixed (Beane, 1997). Integration allows students to look at things from different angles and to explore the grey areas that may be a part of the various concepts.