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Why it Makes Perfect Sense to Accelerate Your Education Using a Fast Online Degree Program
The driving force behind returning to school for most people is to improve their employment potential and increase the salary they earn. But in the long run, is this a strategy that makes sense for you?
Not everyone is a fan of fast online bachelor degree programs, as they argue it’s too compressed to learn everything you would in a normal program. Others argue though that accelerated courses are simply the best, easiest and most convenient way of earning your bachelors degree as an adult.
A basic online bachelors degree program may take a student up to five years to complete. This is because the flexibility of online courses allows students to take as little as one class at a time so they can fit their study into their already hectic life schedule.
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Understanding Learning: How Recent Research Supports Natural Affinities
Fielding questions from parents about the best way to “teach” young children, I often revert to research that supports integrated and emergent education models. However, parents influenced by marketing trends and imprudent education mandates are often skeptical by what they view as hackneyed analysis. How thrilling to come across leading edge research, such as David A. Sousa’s, “How the Brain Learns”, which presents evidence of brain development in the first five years of life and the potential this has in the area of early childhood education and beyond.
An exciting revelation of brain research is that educators get to rethink the long-standing “tabula rasa” theory. This refers to the thesis that individuals are born with no innate or built-in mental content, and that their entire resource of knowledge is built up gradually. Researchers now know that children are ready and motivated to learn, not by being fed knowledge, but by discovering the world around them. It’s up to the teachers, parents and caregivers in their lives to provide the inspiration and facilitation. And instead of a mandated curriculum, it’s creativity and individuation that will best ensure a student’s lifelong success.
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Online Graphic Design Degree – Is It Right For You?
The answer to whether an online degree is right for you depends on several questions only you can answer but research has demonstrated online distance education is as effective as traditional education.
Both forms of education require the use of technology and provide ample learning opportunities for students to participate in. Each form requires the student to learn the essential body of knowledge required to graduate with a degree and be prepared to go out into the job market.
Furthermore, studies have shown there are no significant differences in final course grades between distance education and traditional education. It was found many online education methods fit perfectly with students’s preferred learning style including the ability to work on course material in their own time frame.
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