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"Educational Research" Some basic Concepts and Terminology
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"Educational Research" Some basic Concepts and Terminology What is Educational research? Education research is the scientific field of study that examines education and learning processes and the human attributes, interactions, organizations, and institutions that shape educational outcomes. Scholarship in the field seeks to describe, understand, and explain how learning takes place throughout a person’s life and how formal and informal contexts of education affect all forms of learning. Education research embraces the full spectrum of rigorous methods appropriate to the questions being asked and also drives the development of new tools and methods. Education Research refers to the systematic collection and analysis of data related to the field of education. Research may involve various aspects of education including student learning, teaching methods, teacher training, and classroom dynamics. Education research continues to remind us of the powerful impact tea
Digital natives
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Digital natives What is a Digital Native? Digital native is a term coined by Mark Prensky in 2001 used to describe the generation of people who grew up in the era of ubiquitous technology, including computers and the internet. Digital natives are comfortable with technology and computers at an early age and consider technology to be an integral and necessary part of their lives. Many teenagers and children in the first world today are generally considered to be digital natives as they mainly communicate and learn via computers, SNS and texting. The opposite of digital natives is digital immigrants—people who have had to adapt to the new language of technology. Understanding Digital Natives The idea of “digital native” came from an article explaining Prensky's opinion on why today’s teachers are having trouble teaching students. Prensky argued that young people today are speaking a digital language whereas teachers are speaking an old accented language (their accent bei