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Understanding How We Learn That – Three Analogies to Help You Visualize Success

A good friend of mine was concerned about how hard it was for him to get through his doctoral research classes. He was beginning to panic a little about how difficult the material was. A support group of fellow students got together to offer him the following pieces of advice in order to help them appreciate the challenges of the learning.

Here are three analogies he was offered and maybe they will give you some insight in your own educational career.

Three analogies can help you understand …

Don’t Just Teach Students to Think, Emphasize Critical Thinking

The process of adult learning may be enhanced when students learn how to utilize and apply critical thinking skills. Thinking in a critically reflective manner has the potential to assist the learning process by providing the adult learner with a tool that promotes his or her cognitive development. Many schools and universities emphasize the importance of thinking critically. For example, some universities list critical thinking skills in their degree program description as a core skill set that is learned and implemented.

What does the process of critical thinking involve? It is …

Can an Adult Learn to Play Music?

How often, now that childhood is but a memory, have you wished that you had learned to play a musical instrument? Maybe you wanted to learn to play the trumpet or the piano. Perhaps you were in love with the sound of a violin (whether played in an orchestra or as a fiddle by a Bluegrass or Mariachi group), or you dreamed of playing a saxophone. But those things just weren’t “cool,” so you caved in to peer pressure and learned to strum a few chords on the guitar. You and three of …

Dealing With Adult Onset Acne and Steps to Reduce Adult Acne

Half of the women and quarter of men are affected by acne at one or the other stage in their adult hood. There are no particular scientific reasons for the cause of acne but it is considered that it occurs due to hormones that are released in our body during adulthood.

Adult onset acne has been dramatically increased for the past decade. Several factors need to be considered which results in adult acne. They include lifestyle, hormones, stress and medications. But the problem of adult onset acne can be …

As a group of modules, the Air Carrier Package was designed to meet the training requirements of Federal Aviation Regulation FAA Order 8900.1, your Ops Specs, 135 subpart K, 135.351, and 135.331. Each module must contain an exam at the end to meet the testing requirements of Part 135 online aviation training. They used the Security Manual, Hamzat, Standard Operating Procedures, SOP, FAA-approved Training Program, Operations Specifications, and General Operations Manual, GOM, to customize each module so that it is well delivered. They deliver the Part 135 online aviation training in a personalized Online Learning Center dedicated to the company.…

Acne Treatment – Effective Methods For Getting Rid of Acne Permanently

In spite of the availability of costly cosmetic brands and advanced anti-acne technology, people are going for easy, mild and inexpensive natural acne treatments. There are many ways of making use of home remedies for acne. These are less expensive and also effective as compared to their counterparts that are hyped by the media. You have to keep in mind that the only way of getting rid of the condition is by treating the causes. Acne is caused by skin inflammation, clogged pores of the skin, bacteria and excessively …

Advancing Your Career With a Certificate 3 in Business

In order to make more money and advance your position in today’s competitive business environment, you must constantly seek to improve your skill sets and learn all you can about the business sector. A Certificate 3 in business can give you exactly what you need to move up positions and make more money in your business field. It is no big secret that employers seeking to hire staff always look to hire the ones with the most experience or knowledge in the position that they are looking to hire in. They …

A Short Introduction to the Role of the Project Manager and Its Importance For Business Management

For those eager to study degree-level business management or to enter into the world of business even sooner, project management is becoming an increasingly important specialist skill, and a subject of study in its own right. So what is the role of the project manager in the 21st Century business place?

Today any large or mid-sized business will likely have one or a number of project managers (pm) working full time to plan and organize workloads against resources, staff and time. Typically, the primary …

Why Nutrition Matters With Incontinence Problems?

Incontinence is a common problem among the elderly but it can happen to anyone. When you are dealing with incontinence you need to consider the cause and type that you are dealing with in order to know what you have to manage so you can purchase the right incontinence products. Nutrition is one of the things that you need to focus on when you are dealing with incontinence as it can limit the frequency of your incontinence episodes. Here are some tips that will help you to understand the impact of nutrition and incontinence.…