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Nigerian delta

Children out of school living in the oil-rich delta of Southern Nigeria

Teaching as research and action

In T.H. White's The Once and Future King , King Arthur seeks advice from Merlin, his magician and counsel. Merlin's wisdom is sought at adesperate time for King Arthur, trying to find meaning in a world gone awry. May these words create a spark of light in the midst of our global distress.

Merlin speaks:

"The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in youranatomies; you may lie at night listening to the disorder of your veins; you may miss your only love. You may see the world around you devastatedby evil lunatics; or know your honor trampled in the sewer of baser minds. There is only one thing for it, then - to learn. Learn why the worldwags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust,and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you."

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Teaching in the 21st century requires us to be continual learners. It necessitates a familiarization with a wide varietyof issues that may not seem, at first, connected to one's subject. They are, however, essential:

  • Early childhood education
  • Literacy and numeracy for adult learners
  • Environmental education
  • Education through the arts
  • Girls' education
  • Conflict mediation
  • Special education
  • Community Teaching and Learning Centers

In this part of the course, we will describe each of the above areas in a separate module. You are asked to choose 1 topic only to study.

Do the reading and the assignments for that 1 topic, and when you're finished and your mentor says you're "Ready," continue to PartThree of this course. In Part Three you will integrate what you have learned in Courses 1-4 with this special topic to create and implement a ServiceProject.

Descriptions of topics

After reading the topic summaries below, choose 1 topic only that you would like to study in depth. (You may also wish to skim the modules by clicking on the Outline button.)

Once you decide on a topic, go to that module and complete the reading and assignments for that topic only .

Early Childhood Education - Addresses the needs of our youngest learners in terms of health-issues, cognition, and creativity during this critical stage ofgrowth.

Literacy and Numeracy for Adult Learners - Focuses on the elements of creating, sustaining, and evaluating literacy training for the adult learner with the idea thatteaching parents to read helps educate children.

Environmental Education - Introduces the skills of observation, questioning, listening, and attunement coupled with a reverence for the earth and theinhabitants coexisting on our planet.

Education through the Arts - Creates a venue for different ways of knowing about ourselves and others while it sparks lively dialogue within our schools,our community, and our culture.

Questions & Answers

A golfer on a fairway is 70 m away from the green, which sits below the level of the fairway by 20 m. If the golfer hits the ball at an angle of 40° with an initial speed of 20 m/s, how close to the green does she come?
Aislinn Reply
cm
tijani
what is titration
John Reply
what is physics
Siyaka Reply
A mouse of mass 200 g falls 100 m down a vertical mine shaft and lands at the bottom with a speed of 8.0 m/s. During its fall, how much work is done on the mouse by air resistance
Jude Reply
Can you compute that for me. Ty
Jude
what is the dimension formula of energy?
David Reply
what is viscosity?
David
what is inorganic
emma Reply
what is chemistry
Youesf Reply
what is inorganic
emma
Chemistry is a branch of science that deals with the study of matter,it composition,it structure and the changes it undergoes
Adjei
please, I'm a physics student and I need help in physics
Adjanou
chemistry could also be understood like the sexual attraction/repulsion of the male and female elements. the reaction varies depending on the energy differences of each given gender. + masculine -female.
Pedro
A ball is thrown straight up.it passes a 2.0m high window 7.50 m off the ground on it path up and takes 1.30 s to go past the window.what was the ball initial velocity
Krampah Reply
2. A sled plus passenger with total mass 50 kg is pulled 20 m across the snow (0.20) at constant velocity by a force directed 25° above the horizontal. Calculate (a) the work of the applied force, (b) the work of friction, and (c) the total work.
Sahid Reply
you have been hired as an espert witness in a court case involving an automobile accident. the accident involved car A of mass 1500kg which crashed into stationary car B of mass 1100kg. the driver of car A applied his brakes 15 m before he skidded and crashed into car B. after the collision, car A s
Samuel Reply
can someone explain to me, an ignorant high school student, why the trend of the graph doesn't follow the fact that the higher frequency a sound wave is, the more power it is, hence, making me think the phons output would follow this general trend?
Joseph Reply
Nevermind i just realied that the graph is the phons output for a person with normal hearing and not just the phons output of the sound waves power, I should read the entire thing next time
Joseph
Follow up question, does anyone know where I can find a graph that accuretly depicts the actual relative "power" output of sound over its frequency instead of just humans hearing
Joseph
"Generation of electrical energy from sound energy | IEEE Conference Publication | IEEE Xplore" ***ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7150687?reload=true
Ryan
what's motion
Maurice Reply
what are the types of wave
Maurice
answer
Magreth
progressive wave
Magreth
hello friend how are you
Muhammad Reply
fine, how about you?
Mohammed
hi
Mujahid
A string is 3.00 m long with a mass of 5.00 g. The string is held taut with a tension of 500.00 N applied to the string. A pulse is sent down the string. How long does it take the pulse to travel the 3.00 m of the string?
yasuo Reply
Who can show me the full solution in this problem?
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Source:  OpenStax, Course 5: educating for civil societies. OpenStax CNX. Mar 08, 2006 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10335/1.10
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