Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization The following will be a review of a book known as The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge. It is a book that describes how a compan Continue Reading...
Academic Honesty Do you feel the learner violated the university policies on academic honesty? What do you see as the academic honesty issue involved? The PhD learner in question has clearly violated the Capella University policies on academic hone Continue Reading...
Several areas, if poorly designed, can lead to violent and criminal behavior, including parking lots, isolated spots on campus, locker rooms, and corridors. Often, violent behavior occurs in these areas when adults are not present (Astor, Meyer, and Continue Reading...
Learning in Organizations Continuous Learning This assignment is a review journal for the book 'Continuous Learning in Organizations: Individual, Group, and Organizational Perspectives', by Sessa & London (2006). Preface & Preliminary Mat Continue Reading...
Parents and Education Select three educational settings in your community. Contact members of the program staff and interview them to determine the following: How does their program de-ne parent involvement? Do they have a policy statement or missi Continue Reading...
Buddhism vs. Islam What is the purpose of life? Life holds different meaning for people across the world; such different perceptions on life are framed by religious beliefs. Such meanings and significance be divided into two groups. There are people Continue Reading...
Tagalog Charts What did I learn? The interview with an individual named Beverly Santa Maria was intellectually rewarding and I learned a lot of about her past, her culture, and her language. Her middle name is her mom's maiden which is a common pra Continue Reading...
This sentiment is echoed by a lot of supporters of merit pay who believe the way teachers are paid and how much they are paid must differ if districts are to attract a new cohort of teachers" (Drevitch, 2006). Some of the biggest disputes against m Continue Reading...
In order to continue to make the plan as equitable as possible it would be necessary for the bonuses not be cumulative. The base salary for everyone should remain the same from year to year. Implementation Tactics It is important when implementing Continue Reading...
') (Tingstrom et al., 226) in correspondence with the example provided by the researchers responsible for this evaluation, it may be deduced that such method of positive reinforcement implementation is best suited to a younger educational context suc Continue Reading...
Instructional Strategy Sam The Encouraging Appropriate Behavior Specific Praise strategy is based on delivering positive reinforcement in the form of either verbal or written praise. It can help to foster desirable and appropriate relationships bet Continue Reading...
8-10) Kohn's belief of behaviorism Kohn's belief is the most controversial since he believes that the other behaviorist theory is not entirely correct. For example, he believes that arrogance is an individual's authority as well as status and the Continue Reading...
The independent variable will be the positive reinforcement as represented by the incentive program. The study will be examined by examining increases or decreases on the overall attendance rate of students before application of an incentive program Continue Reading...
, 2001). Prior to 1930, thought, little attention was given to pay-for-performance in the public sector in the United States except for the blue-collar, manufacturing functions that were being primarily performed for the military. During this period Continue Reading...
Roanoke County School System Faculty and Staff's Perceptions Regarding the Use of Web-Based Professional Development Educational Thesis Implications for Improvement of Practice Introduction (could be longer. Include mandatory teacher ongoing cert Continue Reading...
(Behavior Management Themes, 2007) The basic rights of teacher in their classrooms include: (1) the right to establish optimal learning environments; (2) the right to request and express appropriate behavior; and (3) the right to receive help from Continue Reading...
When a student violates one of the clearly defined rules the adult will "apply consequences consistently and in a warm, assertive, firm voice using four steps: State the behavior, state the violated rule, state the unified consequence, and offer enc Continue Reading...
school is Doing well? Performance of Schools in America has been consistently improved through presenting rationalized steps as solutions towards their betterment. The measurement and formulation of performance and standards regarding the school w Continue Reading...
Allowing students to choose between three books to read for an in-class assignment or to select from a variety of topics for research papers enables students to feel invested in the process of learning. Even when reprimanding students, stressing the Continue Reading...
As Kohlberg proposed, children undergo "a sequence of qualitative changes in the way an individual thinks," (Nucci 2002). As children encounter new environmental stimuli including new peers, new social group situations, and new challenges to the dev Continue Reading...
Competency-Based Education Chambers, D. etal. (1996, I June). "Another look at competency-based education in dietetics." Journal of the American Dietetic Association 96 (6): 614. While this article is focused on the usefulness of competency-based e Continue Reading...
Educational Leadership The Masters of Education (M.Ed.) in Educational leadership is designed to assist aspiring school administrators in synthesizing and utilizing current research trends to practical real world environments. The purpose of this e Continue Reading...
Depending on his mood, Amos can be either uncooperative or silly. Amos is given the opportunity to participate with his class. If he refuses to participate, or if he becomes silly, he will be removed from the circle. Amos and the classroom aide mi Continue Reading...
Classroom Discipline Cook-Sather, a. (2009). "I'm not afraid to listen: Prospective teachers learning from students." Theory Into Practice, 48(3), 176-183. Cook-Sather's article describes a teacher education program she conducts at Bryn Mawr Colle Continue Reading...
In most private schools, there are more technology tools available too, and textbooks (and even buildings) can be more modern and update. Private schools have bigger budgets for these things because they do not have to support school lunch programs, Continue Reading...
She developed "Cooperative Discipline' a new K-12 in-service training program...offers exactly what many schools are looking for." (Kyle 1991) the problem, as I see it, of Cooperative Discipline is that the students will always try for the least amo Continue Reading...
Learning Environments Educators as far back as Aristotle have attempted to determine the most optimal approach to teaching and learning. Any theory of learning must take a constellation of factors into consideration. Evidence-based research on the d Continue Reading...
The high stakes testing proponents believes that the use of testing will motivate students, their families and teachers to take education more seriously. (Nathan, 2002, p.595) Many opponents on the other hand believe that "teaching to the test" will Continue Reading...
Fullan, et al.'s approach is to employ "greater specificity without suffering the downside of prescription," (9) meaning that curriculum design must teach people how to do something within the proper context and that all details must be included wi Continue Reading...
Annotated Reference ListIKristjansson, K. (2014). There is something about Aristotle: the pros and cons ofAristotelianism in contemporary moral education. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 48(1), 48-68.This study focuses on how character education Continue Reading...
student motivation in the learning environment and what motivates students to study. The evaluation begins with a theoretical background on the issue of student motivation based on existing literature and studies on the issue. This is followed by a Continue Reading...
Computer assisted learning (CAL), once a novel concept, is a staple in numerous classrooms across the country, from the primary education to the university level. Computer assisted learning offers both students and teachers a daunting and near-limitl Continue Reading...
They will in turn pass on that legacy to their own children. Since that is the general rule and principle, why does it affect persons of color more fiercely? Persons of color are disproportionately represented in the low strata of the SE ladder. Am Continue Reading...
The factors affecting cost are numerous and not always easily identifiable; in addition to the purchasing of bilingual textbooks and other instructional supplies, there is often a perception that bilingual instruction leads to a greatly increased wo Continue Reading...
" (2002) This is still possible for children who gain their education through independent study programs in that they are still able to participate in extra-curricular activities and are not so exhausted while doing so when they are being educated th Continue Reading...
grain of sand, hold infinity in an hour, - lines I read in a book of poetry, lines that play at the back of my mind as I begin to lay the outlines if this thesis for a Master's degree. I see the wonder in a child's eyes as he imagines a world unfol Continue Reading...
Human Development: Hypothetical Case Study of Angela Wu Angela Wu, age sixteen, was referred to the guidance department of the high school after several of her teachers noted that she had seemed unusually "stressed out, even for Angela," after mid-t Continue Reading...
PBIS Lit Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support (PBIS) in Elementary Schools and in Impoverished Settings Extensive research has been carried out examining the design and implementation of Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS) Continue Reading...
With conscious awareness, the school leader becomes a reflective practitioner and therefore a more effective school leader. The readers must heed the words of the authors that "the variety of skills a leader must master is daunting" (p. 62). Therefo Continue Reading...
