25th January 2008

Little Known Facts About Online Education In the USA

flying_girl1.jpgflying_girl1.jpgRemote education programs market in the USA is developing fast. The findings of the annual Sloan questionnaire prove this fact. In the beginning of October 2007 the results based on the 25000 high educational establishments questioning were disclosed and show the following tendencies:
 • The total number of students who somehow tried on-line courses at least in one subject has increased by 10% in comparison with 2005.
 • The number of application forms has risen by 9.7% while the number of students in general has increased only by 1.5%
 • The percentage of the students who used distant education technologies in the winter term has reach 20%.
 • The maximum interest to distant education programs may be observed in two-year colleges which provide The Associate degree. They study as much as a half of all the students getting basic and additional education during the last 5 years.
 • Vice versa the educational establishments which confer bachelor’s degree showed minimum students studying on-line as well as the minimal increase of this kind of education for the last 5 years.
 • All the educational establishments admitted that the on-line education popularity depends on the better Internet access.
 • Lower prices are not the main reason for the majority of the students to choose distant education, as it was considered earlier. The point was mentioned by the minor number of those who took part in the questioning.        

The most profitable Professions

In the USA was disclosed the official list of the most demanded and vice versa professions. Statistics and computer analyses head the top list while wood-cutting appears to be the least attractive profession.
The list was drawn up by Less Krantz, the American researcher, and published in the “Job Finder’s Guide”. While making his list he also turned to the investigations led by trade unions and various scientific organizations.

The list is based on the main 6 criteria:
 • Salary level
 • Employment opportunities
 • Worker’s physical state demands
 • Security level
 • Stress caused at the working place
 • The number of  trips to be done

According to these factors the best work conditions are provided to internet sites managers, statisticians, computer analytics, book-keepers and industrial designers.

The worst professions are considered those of auxiliary worker, wood-cutter, fisherman, builder, herdsman, professional dancer, metallurgist and taxi driver.

Arts:
Editor on film-making studios, architect, symphonic orchestra director.

Sport:
Physical training teacher, racer.

Business-finance:

Book-keeper, layer assistant, financial analytic.

Mass media:
Technical writer, newspaper editor

Health care:
Hospital receptionist, doctor’s secretary, medical equipment technologist.  
     

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25th January 2008

Find A New Way Of Home Education

flying_girl.jpgAll over the world children who can’t attend compulsory school due to some reasons have a great opportunity to get remote education. Such kind of education implies learning by means of modern information technologies and telecommunication systems such as electronic mail, TV and the Internet. The basis of the remote education process is the purposeful and controlled intensive self work of a home pupil. Children may study under the most convenient conditions according to individual schedule, having at their disposal a set of specially worked out programs and devices for learning. The may choose the way to get in touch with the tutor either by phone or through the Internet.

The innovation in the sphere of remote education was imposed by K-12 Free Homeschool which focuses its attention not only on the conventional curriculum subjects but also provide children Christian studies based on the Holly Bible.

The education is given on all the levels (you may find it in  K-12FreeHomeschool.org course catalog) corresponding to these of compulsory schools:
 • Elementary
 • Middle
 • High

The staff of the K-12 Free Academy is guide by the high and faithful aim to render the curiosity and desire to study, to broaden children’s outlook and to enrich their life experience.

This is in fact a community-sponsored home school academy which makes it stand out among the similar establishments. And here’s how it can be tuition-free. In comparison with the same courses that are offered elsewhere at $250-$500 per academic year. It’s run by non-profit sponsors as well as free-will donations of parents.

K-12 Free Academy will apparently set an example to other educational institutes still it’s the first to make such a step towards children’s needs. 

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11th January 2008

What Everybody Should Know About Physical Education

To form and to direct the students’ intention to physical self-perfection and maintaining good health is the main aim of all the PE teachers. Physical education undoubtedly is the very important and practically necessary subject either at university or at school.
Mental activity should be interchanged regularly with physical activities to give brains an opportunity to “relax” and to ease the nerves tension. It then plays a great role in a persons’ work productivity so the bases of the physical knowledge and skills of all the levels should be set in educational establishments so that later to develop in the well-organized system and cultural outlook.

The Methodology

This is apparently the field for real professional to work at. The program should be thought over and implemented properly for the wrong methodology and careless approach may cause even greater troubles and lead to traumas and serious internal and external injuries. Especially at universities where the working load is to be higher the physical education program must be elaborated I details.     

Recommendations

Humans’ body needs at least 30 minutes to reach the level of normal physical activity so the necessity to loosen up goes without saying. So as a result lessons lasting for less than 30 minutes are completely uneffective. Moreover the delight of the state of movement arouse in a considerable period of time only.

To any physical loading a persons’ body reacts in a particular way, some organs began to work more active others vice versa

Pay attention that it’s not allowed to eat or even to drink for at least half an hour after physical training for it’s a high load for the heart and the organism in general.

Divergence

There are lots of sport games to play indoors:

 • Volleyball
 • Mini football
 • Basketball
 • Tennis table etc.

Gymnastics is perfect way for developing such qualities as suppleness, equilibration and the sense of rhythm.
The variety of indoor activities may be extended nowadays according to different tastes and new interests. Such non conventional kinds of physical trainings as yoga, belly dancing, wrestling may be included in the schedule as well This will obviously be very helpful for students to broaden their outlook and to try something they may choose as a hobby and admire for the rest of life.
Swimming is the best alternative way for common physical lessons for it helps to keep fit and to develop a persons’ body. All in all such skills sometimes may save some ones life in case of emergence on the water.  

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