Attention-hyperactivity disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has features such as inattention, hyperactivity, and/or impulsivity. For a child to be diagnosed with this disorder, the manifestation of these features in at least two different environments of the life of the child is required—for example, at home, at school, on outings [...]
Homeschooling is the name given to the educational process kept at home under the teaching and guidance of parents or guardians. This is a new teaching approach for parents and children and a new educational alternative to the formal learning environments. Among the reasons that motivate more parents to teach [...]
Technology in the educational field acts as an important tool for information and communication, offering new approaches to knowledge and relationship to the adult learner. It is about confronting the student with problematizing questions, new ways of learning and retaining knowledge, experiences and conversations with new people and cultures, providing [...]
Learning is a process developed throughout our life; however, little emphasis has been given to adult literacy or the construction of knowledge acquired in adulthood. If you look at the masters in our history, such as Jesus in biblical times, Paulo Freire in Brazil, and Socrates and Plato in ancient [...]
According to Wikipedia, online tutoring is a teaching process that occurs virtually, where teachers and students interact in different places of the world and at same or different times, through the Internet.Online tutoring helps to meet previously unmet needs by some educational institutions. Students with limited time and locomotion are [...]
Technology is offering new tools for information and communication in all fields of life and education is no exception. Internet has brought about a new possibility that never existed before in the history of mankind: face-to-face learning from a distance! Distance education in the form of correspondence courses has [...]
Volunteering is an activity of free choice, driven by altruism and cooperation in favor of a social cause in order to serve and help the less privileged. In the educational field, volunteering aims at learning and the development of pedagogical knowledge that will meet the needs of a School, University, [...]