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Continuing Your Financial Education
“Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit of self-education. “ – BC Forbes
It is never too late to go back to school and learn. Whether you are taking a single course or beginning a whole course of study – it important to keep yourself educated. There is a limitless supply of knowledge in the world and you have every right to it. Increase your skills, your knowledge, your technical expertise and become well informed. Learn about new places, become a proficient computer user or learn a language. It does not matter if you have a degree or would like to have a degree, keeping your mind active is the best thing you can do for your body and soul.
In the past continuing education was hard for adults to do. Classes often interfered with daily responsibilities. However, today, many classes can be taken online – there is no need to go in a classroom. You can learn, do assignments, and test at your own convenience. Your work might even offer tuition credits. Many companies will pay for their employees to take classes and stay current in their field. There are many specific programs which offer coursework in a particular business sector. These sectors include financial, education, and technology.
If learning a new profession does not interest you there are plenty of other opportunities. Perhaps you have always wanted to be a chef, learn to sew, or trouble shoot a computer. In addition to hobby classes most colleges offer seminars which cover a wide range of information. You can learn about investing, how to renovation your house, become a real estate agent, or learn about ancient history.
Some continuing education courses offer college credit while others do not. Make sure you understand the credit situation before you take a class. Another benefit of going back to school is that you may want to get certified in something you already do. Perhaps you are a medical technician but you are not certified. There are courses available which will allow you to review, learn core knowledge, and prepare for certification exams on your own time.
You might be thinking, “How will I pay for these classes?” If your job does not offer education credits you might want to seek out local organizations which offer grants or loans to continuing education students. Most communities understand the need for it’s members to be educated and informed. It is only through the aggressive pursuit of education that a person can grow, achieve, share, and then teacher. Take control of your life and future today, go back to school, and watch yourself flourish
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Continuing a Higher Education Online
When it comes to gaining a higher education, online opportunities are quickly becoming one of the most popular options around. If it’s not the user friendly features of online learning, then it’s the cost effective aspects that appeal to the average working adult. This is the person who is greatly interested in the benefits that come from a higher education, just not the rigid schedules and the pricey tuitions that tend to go with it. The benefits of online learning go beyond time and cost to offer a sense of accomplishment once the new Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is in hand.
With technology consistently changing the shape of the landscape of nearly everything, the history of e-Learning has evolved and continues to evolve into great legitimacy in the world of education. While conventional classrooms still have their place, the virtual classroom is seeing more and more students each year. With the accreditation of online schools offering not only a number of degrees and qualifications, the opportunity for financial aid also makes online venues even more attractive. For some, there is just no beating the practical experience one receives in online degree programs. This is especially true when career advancement hangs in the balance.
Whether opting for a particular qualification or needing to get a general education online, prospective students will find just the right courses they need in almost every subject. For some, online education can offer a chance to either broaden horizons or narrow down career options. Selecting a variety of subjects can help define a career path when a student finds they gravitate more toward certain subjects more than others. Often, online credits are considered transferable and can help in achieving one’s degree.
It is doubtful that distance learning could have ever reached the level of effectiveness that it has without the help of the internet. Though this type of learning has been in place for a great number of years, it is the information superhighway that has changed the face of education from a distance forever. Where students waited weeks and months for correspondence from distant universities, one now merely needs to take a few seconds to log on to their virtual campus to get assignments. The virtual learning environment provides not only learning tools but collaborative software featuring such options as chat, discussion boards and even audio-conferencing. This can make long distance learning seem like anything but.
The advent of computer-based testing allows for students to gauge their skills and focus attention right where they need it. This leads to another bonus in the world of online education in the form of handy online tutoring. Students will find that supplemental learning options are readily available to those who may need the extra help from time to time. Many have come to realize that the only way to get around the frustration that sometimes comes with learning new skills is understanding the material better.
Most online programs generally consist of CBT (computer-based training), WBT (web-based training), interactive media, educational animation and a whole slew of other types of educational technology. Rapidly improving technology continues to develop these features at every turn, making online learning more and more efficient. Learning management software allows students to take control of their education and organize it right down to the specifics of career planning using ePortflios.
Of all the things the internet has proven itself to be useful for, online and distance learning continue to make their appearance at the very top of the list. The ability to cut across the distances in the blink of an eye and share common information also crosses the borders of the amazing. Every new technological enhancement ensures there will be no stopping the world of continuing education.
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When Teaching, Multiplication Just Doesn’t Add Up
Teaching multiplication is a case in point, this is because it involves merging new information and ability with the knowledge the children have previously acquired (in particular, addition skills).
We will look at two studies that observed developmental changes in the understanding of mathematics then teaching multiplication. These are the changes in the children’s comprehension of mathematics between single-digit addition and simple multiplication.
The first study dealt with teaching multiplication to third-graders, fifth-graders, and adults. The subjects performed simple addition or multiplication in mixed- and blocked-operations formats. There were substantial interfering effects from related knowledge found at all age levels, believe it or not. However, these problems were much more apparent in the younger children tested.
From this we can conclude that in the early stages of teaching multiplication, one consequence of learning something new is trying to separate the newer skill from an earlier, related skill, less recently studied. In teaching multiplication we considered error tendencies that supported the problem we addressed—the problem of integrating operations. This is definitely a prominent issue even in the early stages.
The common errors were generally found in patterns consistent across all age groups. For instance: all groups were much more likely in learning multiplication to answer an addition problem with the correct multiplication answer than the reverse. This means that when learning multiplication the knowledge the students had absorbed about addition fell away somehow, and if not, in the very least the skills were muddled enough for them to give the wrong response.
The second study in teaching multiplication was a longitudinal study that confirmed this theory. There was evidence of impaired performance in addition skills over time within individual children in the second, third, and fourth grades who were tested with simple addition and multiplication problems for several months.
The reaction times for the addition problems showed that second-graders in higher level math classes and third-graders in the usual math classes tended to slow down when they came across addition problems. The fourth-graders, though, mostly increased their speed of addition. Over the year(s), in either late third or early fourth grade, their understanding had improved. Thus teaching multiplication will disrupt mathematical skills previously learned, but in most cases, in the course of time, by teaching multiplication and other mathematical skills with repetition, both new skills and old skills can be integrated.
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A Children’s University – Accessibility to Higher Education in the 21st Century
The past few months have seen record numbers of applications to UK universities. According to the University and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), an extra 57,000 students have applied for degree courses compared to the same time last year, leading to speculation from many corners of the media that around 50,000 people will be denied a place. Yet, as higher education funding is cut, and university places become more in demand – it may surprise some that university has never really been anymore accessible.
A good example of this increased accessibility could be the Children’s University. What started as a Saturday school in Birmingham in the 1990s, has now become a national organisation that gives children aged between 7 and 14 the opportunity to learn outside of school, whilst promoting the importance of further education when school is over.
The latest Children’s University scheme is taking place in Stoke-on-Trent in association with Staffordshire University and Wedgewood Museum in Barleston. According to thisisstaffordshire.co.uk, students partake in 30 hours of accredited activities and are rewarded with a fully fledged graduation ceremony which even includes mortar board and gown. Not only is the introduction of the concept of university seen as a very positive thing, but children are also stimulated to be more active within their community – and becoming more familiar with the notion that learning doesn’t have to be restricted to what they see on their curriculum.
At the other end of the scale, a 55 year old man from the isolated town of Sandsound in the Shetland Islands is proving that time really is no object when it comes to further education. According to The Shetland Times, James Smith has been named as one of the longest serving devotees of distance learning by studying one course or another for nearly 30 years.
The electronic engineer for Bolts Shetland Ltd. car hire company is also a retained fire-fighter, yet despite his already busy schedule he has always been eager to keep up to date with changes in radio, television and computers. Not only do distance learning courses allow him to keep abreast with developing technologies in his own time, and in an area of the country that has traditionally been perceived as ‘cut-off’ from the accessibility of education we are familiar with on the mainland – but the price of each course has been affordable and worthwhile enough for Smith to continue long into adulthood.
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