Distinguish the fundamental differences between the needs of child learners and those of adult learners Individual differences are visible between adult learners and child learners, and this is something that can be seen in the day-to-day lives between the two types of people. In children, learning is a job and this is because it is essential for a child to go to school and learn […]

Democracy as a process takes time and transition from leadership experience various levels of its practice. Major democratic advances in America were experienced in the eighteenth century during the times of Presidents Jefferson and Jackson with President Jackson embracing more diversity towards democracy as compared to Jefferson (Innes & Philp, 2015). During their leadership regimes, the two presidents embraced different policies cutting across political, social […]

Key instructional strategies for facilitating the transfer of knowledge to the long-term memory In order for information to be transferred to the long-term memory, the instructors and the learners as well need to understand how the memory works and what triggers it to remember information. That is, the learner as an individual needs to study and understand how his/her memory functions to establish its strengths […]

Immigration is the movement of an individual from their home country to permanently reside in a foreign country. In the years between 1870 and 1930, there was an industrial revolution in the United States. At the same time, in Europe, there was mass migration before the Civil War. There were also immigrants coming from Asia. Immigration into the United States diversified society. The main point […]

Darwinism and the evolution theory played a key role in America and mainly shaping its societal structure, policies, and way of life in the mid-eighteenth and nineteenth century (Villamar, 2016). The theory, and which ascertained that people, just like animals and plants evolved making an improved breed in the following generation was used to categorize people and classify them into social classes. The theory as […]

William Perry’s Theory of Intellectual and Ethical Development Perry’s conceptual explanation of cognitive development is marred by significant problems. The study was conducted on those who studied in Ivy League learning institutions such as Harvard to understand their thinking patterns and the results were generalized to include all students. The populous of these institutions are predominantly white males who belong to the upper class (King, […]

William Perry’s Theory of Intellectual and Ethical Development Perry’s conceptual explanation of cognitive development is marred by significant problems. The study was conducted on those who studied in Ivy League learning institutions such as Harvard to understand their thinking patterns and the results were generalized to include all students. The populous of these institutions are predominantly white males who belong to the upper class (King, […]

Adult education is poised to become accessible to more individuals that wish to pursue their studies outside the formal institutions such as colleges, vocational schools, and universities that continue relying on the face-to-face learning paradigm (Kebritchi, Lipschuetz, & Santiague, 2017). With school leavers dominating admissions to conventional or face-to-face learning institutions, the accessibility that technology offers has become a counterweight to the challenges that adult […]

There are five theoretical orientations of learning: behaviorist, humanist, cognitivist, social learning, and critical reflection (Goldie, 2016). The one that aligns closely with my philosophical approach to teaching and learning is humanist theory.  The theory provides that the learner’s impact determine how the teacher will teach based on his perceived needs and values (Goldie, 2016). Humanist teaching involves experimental learning where teachers act more as facilitators to […]

I agree with Ryan’s argument on the impact of English among non-western students. I believe that the use of English as a universal language in education is becoming challenging, as a language should be a form of identity. Usher, Bryant, and Johnstone (1997) explain that telling non-westerners to use English in their day to day lives is a form of colonialism as westerners have used […]