Articles Tagged: learning

Various intervention strategies have been implemented to try and reduce the risk of sexual abuse in those persons with a learning disability. There is a general consensus that education programmes directed towards the perpetrator are least effective and that techniques aimed at fostering assertiveness and communication in the learning disabled adult are the best preventative measures.

The current study reports the findings of a systematic literature review of research regarding the mentorship of student nurses. Mentorship was evaluated in terms of its development, implementation, outcomes and wider effects and the identified research was presented and critically analysed with reference to each of these areas.

This article will attempt to examine the importance of communication through talk by children ranging in ages two through to six years.  To do this, a focus will primarily involve considering and examining talking as a key communication tool and developmental factor in the overall growth of the child.  This article will thus explore and discuss the following: (i) development of (and through) language (ii) development of social skills through communication (iii) development of child personality and ‘self’ through communication.

The teaching of music in Primary Schools is an area of education that has seen dramatic changes in the last few decades. From a situation where music teaching was almost non-existent in some schools, and where in others young children were frequently alienated from music by being banned from choirs or told they were ‘tone-deaf’, music is now strongly represented within the National Curriculum.

There have been a number of studies of motivation, particularly in an academic environment, in recent years. Motivation has also been studied in work environments.  Many also consider motivation to be an important aspect of both learning and teaching within the psychological disciplines.  Applying the main theories of motivation to learning and teaching reinforces this, allowing motivation to be considered from both the learners’ and the teachers’ perspectives.

In this chapter Accelerated Learning (AL) will be described and critiqued. The implications of AL for the primary school will be considered in the light of successes reported in the media and on commercial websites. However, due to a lack of rigorous research into accelerated learning, it will be important to avoid drawing hasty conclusions from such anecdotal evidence.

This project addresses the problems that are currently being encountered with regard to the delivery of citizenship and PHSE within UK schools. To give emergent themes context – an historical  review of their academic treatment is presented. This is broadened by considering the United States delivery of these subjects to determine whether the UK can learn anything from the American experience. Documentary analysis and interview schedules are the research methods used to analyse secondary sources and generate primary data. A number of conclusions are drawn – namely these subjects must be linked to current issues (e.g. AIDS/HIV, global citizenship etc) of the day – to ensure that their content and delivery remain  relevant to the needs of young people. Recommendations for a more flexible approach regarding the delivery and assessment of these subjects are made at the end of the study.