Education tips and articles

So you need some help or tips on how to study, not a problem. Studying is not hard, and getting good grades is not hard either. It’s all simply a matter of how much effort and work you are willing to put in. Keep in mind however that studying requires work, and sometimes for certain people this can mean hard work.

Like anything in life that is worth doing work and focus are required. Look at it this way, if you are making sacrifices now they will pay off in the future. Some other people are just lucky and don’t really have to work that hard. There is a lot of variance when it comes to studying and how to study properly. Different people learn in different ways, what I am going to address here is basically some tips on how study effectively.

If you are in college or university, don’t miss classes as a rule of thumb. Go to lectures pay attention, sit in the front of the class, get to know your teachers and take notes as well.

Make sure you balance study time with play time. In university you’re naturally going to go out and party and drink. One good thing you can do is incorporate some exercise. Exercising stimulates the brain and body and will help you in focusing on studying as well. Prepare for tests and examinations well in advance. It has been proven that studying right after a class can help your brain retain the information you learned 90 percent better.

Find out what works for you and stick with it. Making practice tests is one of the best things you can do. When doing your readings browse through the chapter first and make a question out of headings and or sub headings. When you read this will create a purpose for your reading. You are searching for an answer. Also its good to brows through the chapter first and read the problems at the end of each chapter. Take notes while you read and then consolidate your lecture notes and book notes. Do problems and practice and practice till you know it like the back of your hand.

In order to make practices tests for the purpose of studying all you got to do is utilize questions from class from the end of the chapters make up your own multiple choice by looking at lecture slides etc.

By: Amit K Sharma

What exactly went wrong with your lesson? Why did it backfire? These are the first questions new teachers eventually ask themselves somewhere between the minute they walk out the door and arrive home.

For a new teacher trying to juggle the ropes of classroom management and lesson planning, it is hard to also figure out what exactly went wrong in the lesson.

Knowing what went wrong in a lesson is key to also planning the next few lessons. Since so much in a lesson depends on what happened in the lesson previous to it, you’ll need tips and strategies to figure out how to improve your lessons quickly. If you’ve been reflecting on these questions, that is a good sign that you are on the right track to experiencing teacher growth!

A good way to speed up the process is to of course, apply what you’ve learned from your reflection, is to start by address these areas in your lesson plans.

Start by asking yourselves: “What went wrong?” and “What didn’t?” as you wash the dishes or drive home. Don’t worry if the answer isn’t apparent right away. By mulling on the question, eventually, you’ll reach the answer as you write your plans or read the textbook.Create distance and objectivity as you begin to formulate in your mind the answers. Remember you will both good and bad lessons. It is important to equally remember the good lessons. Many new teachers quickly forget this. Journaling can also facilitate the process. You might find that by writing about it, you might come up with a few tactics for solving the problem at hand.

Are you struggling with specific areas of classroom management such as planning effective rules and procedures?

Are you still teaching for that one effective way to instruct students?

If you haven’t yet been able to come up on your own with specific areas for improvement, then you can also talk about it with your mentor or a teacher colleague, or with somebody you can trust upfront. There are many teacher forums and community links you can read for help, support and encouragement. There’s no one right way to become a better teacher, but there are many ways which you should try.

By: Dorit Sasson

I read a lots of article about child geniuses… The fact is most of children are geniuses when born. I strongly believe this when I start to observe how my children developed since zero days old. I have also read many books about how to train and teach or perhaps enhance they genius ability during early childhood stage. I can conclude that all our children are geniuses!

Here, I share my 7 Tips:

Tips #1 Antenatal and postnatal counselling or training.

Parents should attend postnatal classes during pregnancy of 5 months above. This is good for both baby and parents to prepare for arrival of the new baby. At the same time, mommy can learn and understand earlier about pregnancy to reduce the discomforts feeling during pregnancy.

Tips #2 Sign up for postnatal exercise, such as pregnancy yoga.

Find professional exercise coaching by a Physiotherapist. Learn do to safe exercises during pregnancy can help your body balance and calm your baby mind in your womb. An aternative way is to buy pregnancy yoga book from a book store at your neighborhood.

Tips #3 Breast Feeding your child at least 100 days upon birth.

Breast milk is the best for baby. Lots of article mentioned about the nutrition from breast milk, it’s natural and it’s the most basic food for all new born babies.

Tips #4 Basic nutrition for baby starting with solid food.

Pick nutritional food that is easy to digest such as carrot, potato. It helps your baby to have healthy teeth and skin, plus increase your child analytical skills. Apple or grapes juice can be as supplement drinks besides breast milk.

Tips #5 Display colorful toys or pictures in baby room wall

Display many colorful toys or pictures to develop your baby’s eye focus and mind concentration. You have to change the position once a while to catch your baby attention and thinking.

Tips #6 Play a variety of foreign languages songs CD

During nap time, play a series of different languages music. When your baby is grown, they will be able to learn foreign languages without any difficulty, possible will be very good in speech and self expressing.

Tips #7 Right brain kids education

Parents if you have planned for your child education financial budget, try to enroll your child n enrichment course for right brain kids education. From the course you can learn more on how to train your toddler at home. Some methods from Montessori also very good in helping parent to teach at home.

Hope above tips are useful especially for 1st time parents!

By: Jas Ng