Sunday, July 19, 2009
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Uses of technology in education
Educational technology has also served to support students who were once taken out of the classroom to receive individualized learning services. The need to accommodate students out of the classroom can be reduced as some tools can be employed directly in the classroom. Word processors for students with motor deficits and portable dictating machines for students with memory deficits are just two examples. Educational technology has accommodated students with severe physical disabilities in public schools. Computers can monitor eye gaze, detect a blink of an eye, respond to student breathing, and respond accordingly, thus allowing students to participate in classroom activities alongside their classmates.
No matter how one perceives the role of technology in the classroom (i.e. whether a mere tool, or an important medium), one fact remains clear: the ultimate value of the latest information communication technologies inside the classroom has been in its capacity to make available information in the hands of both students and educators in a matter incomprehensible to past generations.- In the current age we live in, technology has become an important component. Every day there is some new gadget or software that makes lives easier and improves on the technology and software that already exists. Making lives easier is not, however, the only role technology plays in our lives.
- Technology is playing an increasing role in education. As technology advances, it is used to benefit students of all ages in the learning process.
- Technology used in the classroom helps students adsorb the material. For example, since some people are visual learners, projection screens linked to computers can allow students to see their notes instead of simply listening to a teacher deliver a lecture.
- Software can be used to supplement class curriculum. The programs provide study questions, activities, and even tests and quizzes for a class that can help students continue learning outside the classroom.
- Technology has also become part of many curriculums, even outside of computer and technology classes. Students use computers to create presentations and use the Internet to research topics for papers and essays.
- Students also learn to use the technology available to them in computer and tech classes. This ensures that after graduation they will be able to use the technology in a work setting, which may put them ahead of someone who didn't have access to a particular technology or software in their own school setting.
- As technology advances, students have better access to educational opportunities like these. When something new and "better" is revealed, the "older" technology becomes more affordable, allowing it to be used in educational settings, even when schools are on a tight budget.
- There are people who may say children are "spoiled" by technology. Instead of being able to add a long column of numbers in their heads, for example, they turn to a calculator. Regardless of these arguments, technology is an important part of today's society. By incorporating it into the classroom, students will be better equipped to transition from the classroom to the work place.
- information from : http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Role-of-Technology-in-Education&id=1745666
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Teori Perkembangan Kanak-Kanak
Teori Perkembangan Kognitif Jean Piaget
Menurut Jean Piaget, kanak-kanak akan melalui peringkat-peringkat perkembangan kognitif yang sama tetapi pada usia yang berbeza-beza. Beliau berpendapat persekitaran tidak membentuk kognitif kanak-kanak, sebaliknya, kanak-kanak membina pengetahuan mereka secara aktif untuk memahami persekitarannya. Keadaan ini berlaku melalui pelbagai proses penerokaan, manipulasi dan menilai persekitaran fizikalnya.
Untuk menerangkan dengan lebih lanjut mengenai proses ini, Piaget memperkenalkan 4 konsep utama:
· Skema (Schema)
· Penyerapan (Assimilation)
· Pengubahsuaian (Accomodation) dan
· Keseimbangan (Equilibrium)
Skema adalah struktur kognitif atau mental yang membolehkan individu mengurus dan menyesuaikan diri dengan keadaan persekitaran. Skema adalah seperti sebuah kabinet yang menyimpan banyak fail dan setiap fail mewakili satu skema. Apabila seorang bayi dilahirkan ia mempunyai skema umum dan semakin bayi itu membesar skema yang diperoleh semakin meningkat dan skema itu semakin diperhalusi. Skema adalah proses mencipta, memperhalus, membuat perubahan, menyusun dan mengurus. Apabila seorang bayi dilahirkan, skema sedia ada pada bayi itu ialah menghisap susu dan menggenggam. Apa sahaja benda yang dimasukkan ke mulutnya akan dihisapnya. Seperti puting susu atau jari tangan. Bayi berkenaan masih belum dapat membezakan yang mana satu akan mengeluarkan susu atau sebaliknya, kerana hanya ada satu sahaja skema iaitu menghisap.
Asimilasi merupakan proses kognitif di mana seseorang menyatukan maklumatmaklumat baru atau pengalaman-pengalaman baru ke dalam skema yang sedia ada, iaitu penyerapan (fitting) maklumat baru ke dalam struktur sedia ada. Asimilasi berlaku sepanjang masa kerana manusia sentiasa melalui pelbagai maklumat dan pengalaman. Keadaan ini boleh disamakan dengan sebuah belon yang semakin membesar apabila ditiupkan angin ke dalamnya. Oleh itu, perubahan yang berlaku adalah secara kuantitatif atau bukan kualitatif.
Akomodasi atau penyesuaian diri dan menghasilkan perubahan kualitatif serta perkembangan skema (development of schema). Jika maklumat yang diterima sesuai dengan skema yang ada, maka ia akan diserap ke dalam skema, sebaliknya jika maklumat itu tidak sesuai, maka maklumat itu akan ditolak atau diubah atau diubahsuai. Oleh itu, proses penyesuaian diri berlaku apabila skema yang sedia ada diubah suai untuk digabungkan dengan maklumat-maklumat atau pengalaman-pengalamanbaru. Peningkatan maklumat dan pengalaman ini meningkatkan tahap skema sedia ada. Proses ini berlaku secara berterusan sehingga seseorang itu mencapai tahap pemahaman yang stabil dan mantap bagi satu-satu kemahiran tertentu.
Keseimbangan akan tercapai apabila seseorang kanak-kanak menyeimbangkan proses penyerapan dan pengubahsuaian. Contohnya, apabila seseorang kanak-kanak menerima maklumat baru, ia akan menyerap maklumat itu ke dalam skemanya. Sekiranya ia berjaya proses keseimbangan akan tercapai. Sebaliknya, jika ia tidak dapat diserap, maka maklumat itu akan diubahsuai melalui pengubahsuaian skema atau mencipta skema yang baru. Jikalau maklumat baru itu dapat disesuaikan, maka tahap keseimbangan akan tercapai. Proses ini berlaku secara berterusan bermula dari bayi sehingga dewasa.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Gotta Be Somebody~
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Monday, February 16, 2009
The teaching of Buddha
The teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct, wisdom, and meditation releases one from desire, suffering, and rebirth.
Buddhism teaches salvation through escape from samsara, the endless cycle of birth and rebirth The state of Enlightenment or nirvana is a state of liberation from the passions and frustrations of ordinary living, a radiant state of living in the present, obtained by following the Way, or the eightfold path Two main kinds of Buddhism are recognized. Theravada (or Hinayana, lesser vehicle) Buddhism is found mainly in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. Mahayana Buddhism is found in Nepal and the countries surrounding and including China.
Rebirth (Buddhism)
Rebirth means beings go through a succession of lives, each running from conception[23] to death, as one of many possible forms of sentient life. It is important to note though, that Buddhism rejects the idea of a permanent self or the concept of an unchanging, eternal soul as it is known e.g. in Christianity or even Hinduism.
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