Psychology Tutor: Mentor (PSI) Psycho-Social Incarnation

Yah~ we have made it to the Top 10 on Bloglog for the Academic Blog category. Thank you all!!! for helping us to get here. Mwahh x0x

Lovely morning in this part of the world; peaceful and very crisp~ Today I am busy being busy sharing on my social networks links to views and resources for learning and community development. Cairns residents~ make contact to source recyclable items for the upcoming workshops and celebrations in our Festival Season (Char, Reuse Recycle, Cairns [...]

Interesting reading as I explore the rich deep sapphire seas of what is Tumblr. My tag on the site is psitutor ~ come Friend me there too ~:-) Am really! enjoying my discovery time here at Tumblr~ I don’t know quite what, but I like its blend of FB and Twitter~ and something else. Happy [...]

Blogger friend of mine who resides in the UK, Martin Hughes of The University Blog, has had the fantastic opportunity to contribute a Chapter to a book on higher education. And you can access that book, Blue Skies , right here! What a wonderful opportunity to read about the global paradigm shift to an emphasis [...]

Image by Getty Images via Daylife Dip your toe~ Who would have known that so much is written about higher education? This month’s Carnival for Personal Study Instruction is full and overflowing with: Study Tips Interesting Research Updates in the fields of; psychology, social work, education, nursing, management, HR, communications & counterintelligence and other security. [...]

I always enjoyed reflective assignments because I had the opportunity to write in first person (i.e., using “I” and “myself” statements). And it was fun to scout for references that backed up my claims, it really brought home to me that my interpretation of life was not brought about in a vacuum. I am a [...]

Image via Wikipedia Al-Harthi, A. (2005). Distance higher education experiences of Arab Gulf students in the United States: A cultural perspective. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 6(3), 92-105. Cheung, H. & Chan, A. (2008). Corruption across countries: Impacts from education and cultural dimensions. The Social Science Journal, 45(2), 223-239. Hofstede, [...]

Image via Wikipedia LOST IN THE RHETORIC OF RECESSION: THE VALUE OF EDUCATION By Karen Gross, President, Southern Vermont College The recession is official, and economic doom and gloom surrounds us. We’ve been bombarded by media stories about the ever-growing cost of education and the bloated salaries of some college and university presidents. We predict [...]

Fibonacci Originally uploaded by alexdecarvalho I found this math video on basic statistics useful. The material was specific and comprehensive. Being able to watch the calculations on the whiteboard was helpful. And if necessary, one is still able to learn by listening to the video, like a podcast, as one attends to other things on [...]

NiKKlas Originally uploaded by Willvision Photography In the United States it is recognized that there is a tremendous education gap among affluent schools in more prosperous neighborhoods and the under served schools usually in urban inner city communities. Test scores are usually lower, drop out rates are higher, there is no will to learn it [...]