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LIFE IS ABOUT MAKING CHOICES
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THE FIVE PILLARS OF LIFE
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TOP CAREER FIELDS
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THE RIGHT
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MODULAR SYSTEM OF TRAINING |
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ONE SUBJECT AT A TIME
Most private career colleges use a modular system of training and
learning.
In this system, you are taught only one module or subject at a time. By
comparison, in a college or university, you would be taking 4 or 5
different subjects taught throughout the week by different teachers. This
is the same process you find in secondary schools where students take four
different courses during each semester.
Each module contains skills that are specific to the
topics of the module/course and are therefore treated as separate components of
the diploma program with its own exam. As well, modules are usually
self-contained and students can learn the material without necessarily
having to master the curriculum taught in previous modules.
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I ask six different people to describe an elephant, each one of them might
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By
the time they all finish, they will each have described the legs, the
trunk, the ears, the tail, the tusks, and the sides.
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They
won’t all go in the same order, but they will have to include all of
the parts.
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When
you put all of the parts together you get the same end result. You
have a picture of an elephant.
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the order doesn’t matter.
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STUDENTS CAN ENROLL
IN MOST OF THE PROGRAMS
WHEN THEY ARE READY TO BEGIN
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The modular system allows students to enroll in a Private Career College at
virtually any time throughout the year. For example, a diploma program
that is 34 weeks in length might contain as many as 17 or more modules.
Once the 17 th module is
completed, a new diploma program is begun immediately with module #1 being
taught. If a student enrolls at the beginning of the 6th
module, he/she simply continues until the end of Module #5 and receives
the diploma.
This is a very popular feature of private career
colleges. It allows a student to begin working towards a career when
he/she is ready, especially in light of the fact that most people who
attend private career colleges find themselves in a situation from which
they are trying to escape and would like to do so as quickly as possible.
This modular approach is becoming very attractive to
students who have decided to drop out of university or community college
programs and do not want to wait until the next starting time in September
for a new program. Students who have made the wrong choice, or who have
changed their mind, can simply begin another program almost immediately at
a private career college that is offering the program they are seeking.
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A VERY EFFECTIVE METHOD OF LEARNING
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Students who attend a private career college that
utilizes the modular approach attend class five hours a day in one subject
only and their homework is on just that one subject area.
When they have finished that subject another one is begun.
Students are
learning one thing at one time. Since all of the program material is
practical and specific to the career for which they are training, students
generally find this to be a much more effective method of learning. It
allows them to focus in on the subject material.
Don't get me wrong...private career college programs are not any easier
than the ones in community college or university. They are simply more
focused and can be completed in a shorter period of time because,
secondly, we take out all the "extras" (pizza
example) and
concentrate on what you absolutely require to get you started in your new
career.
This immersion approach to training allows a private career
college to complete the maximum number of hours in as short a period of
time as possible, simply by cutting out "down-time". After all,
students who turn to a private career college are not interested in
holidays or shorter instruction days. They are anxious to get their
diploma program completed in order to start their new career.
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