Whole Brain Teaching Definition Whole-brain teaching is an instructional approach derived from neurolinguistic descriptions of the functions of the brain’s left and right hemispheres.   Basic Elements Neurolinguistic findings about the brain’s language functions show that in the integrated brain, the functions of one hemisphere are immediately available to the other, producing a more... [اقرأ المزيد]

أنماط التعلم    Learning Styles Definition   This approach to learning emphasizes the fact that individuals perceive and process information in very different ways. The learning styles theory implies that how much individuals learn has more to do with whether the educational experience is geared toward their particular style of learning than whether or not they are “smart.” In fact,... [اقرأ المزيد]

Learning By Doing APPLICATIONS AND APPROACHES This section contains examples of traditional and innovative learning applications. We welcome descriptions and discussions of other innovative applications, including samples of your work.   A passive approach   A bell rings. The professor stands before a podium with a sheaf of lecture notes. Facing her is a roomful of banked seats filled... [اقرأ المزيد]

  How can the university teacher formulation process goals?     In the framework of activating the development courses faculty members at the University of Helwan The activities of today's meeting on the drafting process goals, on the grounds that such skill should a faculty member to be able himself to them and to the characterization of the planned area, as well as its role in... [اقرأ المزيد]

The Analysis & Assessment of Thinking (Helping Students Assess Their Thinking)   by Richard Paul and Linda Elder There are two essential dimensions of thinking that students need to master in order to develop as fairminded critical thinkers. They need to be able to identify the "parts" of thinking, and they need to be able to assess use of these parts of thinking , as follows:   1... [اقرأ المزيد]

Thematic Instruction   Definition Thematic instruction is the organization of a curriculum around macro “themes.” Thematic instruction integrates basic disciplines like reading, math, and science with the exploration of a broad subject, such as communities, rain forests, river basins, the use of energy, and so on.   Basic Elements Thematic instruction is based on the idea that people... [اقرأ المزيد]

Thinking With Concepts   Taking Our Students on a Journey to Personal Freedom Concepts are to us like the air we breathe. They are everywhere. They are essential to our lives. But we rarely notice them. Yet only when we have conceptualized a thing in some way, only then, can we think about it. Nature does not give us, or anyone else, instructions in how things are to be conceptualized... [اقرأ المزيد]

    Portfolio Assessment     What Is a Portfolio?   A portfolio is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits the student's efforts, progress, and achievements in one or more areas of the curriculum. The collection must include the following:   Student participation in selecting contents.   Criteria for selection.   Criteria for judging... [اقرأ المزيد]

The Role of Questions in Teaching, Thinking and Learning   One of the reasons that instructors tend to overemphasize "coverage" over "engaged thinking" is that they assume that answers can be taught separate from questions. Indeed, so buried are questions in established instruction that the fact that all assertions — all statements that this or that is so — are... [اقرأ المزيد]

Critical Thinking: Identifying the Targets Abstract The goal of this chapter is to set out clearly what critical thinking is in general and how it plays itself out in a variety of domains: in reading, in writing, in studying academic subjects, and on the job. Richard Paul and Jane Willsen provide down-to-earth examples that enable the reader to appreciate both the most general characteristics... [اقرأ المزيد]