Bilingual Education Methods: Pros and Cons Once upon a time, perhaps, the art of teaching was relatively strait-forward. Each teacher used their own style, or that which had been handed down to them by those they learned from. While certainly a cert Continue Reading...
advise students on the proper techniques for citations as well as on the consequences of plagiarism, this form of cheating is becoming even more popular with the advent of the World Wide Web, according to Julie Ryan's article "Student Plagiarism in Continue Reading...
Inclusion Special education as a concept is historically shrouded in controversy. (Seligmann, 2001, p. 1) Additionally the demand for special education funding and implementation has only increased as the number of students recognized as needing spe Continue Reading...
Internet Access to Students The Elizabeth Martin Elementary School does not currently offer Internet Access to its students. This proposal offers information about the problem and the proposed solution. It is recommended that Internet access be pro Continue Reading...
gifted and talented education for minority students. The writer explores the screening process for gifted and talented programs and the various problems that screening process causes when it comes to locating and educating minority students. The wri Continue Reading...
bilingual educated students are more likely to continue education past high school, increase their chances of professional careers, have competitive academic achievement scores, improved social skills and a stronger interest in school education prog Continue Reading...
Acting With Integrity and Fairness Reflecting on personal ethics encourages the educator to be self-aware and make improvements. Acting with integrity and fairness promotes a culture of accountability within the school because each teacher remains c Continue Reading...
Abstract This paper provides two summaries of interviews conducted with a school principal and a parent of a student attending the school. The interviews were designed to obtain data on how the two interviewees viewed their respective interests and Continue Reading...
Motivation for Students The duties and responsibilities of today's instructors in college and university environments go beyond simply presenting material to students. Alert, worthy instructors also understand they need to make sure students succeed Continue Reading...
Transitioning and Student Wellbeing Integration, Wellbeing, and Success of Transitioning of Students Background Migration is a common phenomenon for many families around the globe. When a family moves, children often face the challenges of adapting Continue Reading...
Nursing Education You are beginning to develop a fundamental course for the beginning nursing student. As nurses and educators, we know that learning skills require practice, drill, and observation. These essential skills form the beginning foundati Continue Reading...
Differential achievements education Britain - Sociology 1.Class - Trends achievement (Statistics). 2/3 factors affecting achievement - e.g. social class, neo-liberalism 2. Gender -Trends achievement (Statistics) . Class trends in achievement: Prejud Continue Reading...
Natural Disasters Disaster preparedness education program Disasters take varied forms and they are bound to happen when lest expected. These are events that are not confined to any given location or region nor confined to given periods. This unpred Continue Reading...
Furthermore, some resistance to the new direction is expected, since it is a substantial departure from the traditional instruction provided at the school up to the present. However, with adequate leadership, this should be made possible, especiall Continue Reading...
Special Education and Gifted -- Talented Students Over the last several years, the issues surrounding gifted and talented as well as special needs students have been continually brought to the forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because a num Continue Reading...
33). Investigations conducted by Wheelok, Bebell, and Haney (2000) provide overwhelming proof that students derive very little, if any, benefit from high-stakes testing. Indeed, examining the self-portraits of students engaged in high-stakes testin Continue Reading...
The study found that while the students sought out information from a variety of sources, the sources they found most valuable were parents, friends, teachers, and school counselors. Students in upper grades (11th & 12th) were more likely than s Continue Reading...
One theory holds that a variety of sociometric techniques will bring relations into view, structure, them, and use sociometrty to measure and diagnose the peer relations, friendships, and social status of individuals within the classroom. Once this Continue Reading...
Much of the NCLB focus is based on the view that American students are falling behind in educational basis when scored are compared globally. The Act does not establish a national achievement standard; each State must confirm its own set of standard Continue Reading...
, 2009). In reflection on the learning process, one can easily see the path that a student takes from thirsting for concrete information to needing to question information presented and integrate it with other knowledge in order to create new meanin Continue Reading...
d.). Online distance learning is completely different environment from that of a traditional classroom. There are different rules and regulations that must be adhered to. Class discussion often takes place via a bulletin board and more often than no Continue Reading...
Again, students may be less willing to go to school, and parents find themselves dragging unwilling bodies from the car to the school door, because the children feel they have little to look forward to, day in and day out. The highly structured sch Continue Reading...
Teachers often make this task easier by using group work or asking students to discuss ideas in partners. Some who believe that online education is not as beneficial as land-based education often suggest that this type of discourse is unavailable in Continue Reading...
One, in particular, Edison State College, in Florida, is a two-year college that has an outstanding curriculum, and highly qualified staff. The college cooperates with a number of four-year colleges, affording students the opportunity to complete ba Continue Reading...
A similar trend was seen in many areas of U.S. society, such as the restriction of medicinal claims on products and other trends that began in the same decade. It was very interesting to find that the U.S. Armed Forces had any part in distance educ Continue Reading...
Slide 8: Implementation: Practical Assessment Given the assumed basis for the discipline's failure, which is a disconnect between students, instructors and material, it will be necessary to consult both students and teachers on their perception of Continue Reading...
Best practices that help students with learning disabilities consistently focus on early intervention not only for educational benefit, but also because early intervention promotes greater social skills ability and development among children (Wong Continue Reading...
.." (2004, p.3) the hands-on experience is also related as being important in the science class in the work entitled: "The National Curriculum" which states that science through inquiry: "...stimulates and excites pupils' curiosity about phenomena an Continue Reading...
Thus, the first step is to dispel of few of the common myths about cultural diversity, such as the myth that a minority culture should be characterized as a phenomenon that diverges from the mainstream culture, the myth that bilingualism should be c Continue Reading...
Balacheff (1987) described four levels of justification, which are those as follows: (1) Native empiricism; 2) Crucial experiment; 3) Generic example; and 4) Thought experiment. (Taflin, nd) Naive empiricism is stated to be "an assertion based o Continue Reading...
In terms of efficacy, Krashen addresses the position that bilingual education is not as effective as suggested by its proponents. The evidence presented by this position is however not sufficiently convincing to make a substantial case for immersio Continue Reading...
Board of Education An Examination of Several Issues Facing a Typical American School Board Today According to Shannon (1994), school board members today are increasingly recognizing that genuine education reform is only possible when it is complete Continue Reading...
This device utilizes two 3-volt batteries and has a battery self-tester. The recorded messages not lost when the battery is changed. This item weighs about two ounces and has also a one year warranty. This item costs $29.95. (http://test.abledata.c Continue Reading...
Gifted Students and the Inclusive Classroom In recent years the dilemma of educating intellectually gifted students has moved to the forefront. There have been many heated debates on whether to separate gifted students for their education, or to inc Continue Reading...
Self-Monitoring in Education Putting individuals with "intellectual disabilities" and "challenging behaviors" into regular classrooms is clearly a good idea - the educational literature supports this. But what happens once they are in the classroom? Continue Reading...
Tenure and Higher Education Does Tenure Work in Education or is it Outdated? My position is that Tenure still works. The topic tenure has formed much intense discussion in current years. There is an argument by few that tenure is an outdated idea a Continue Reading...
Reentry Student For most individuals, the decision whether to attend college is one of their first major decisions in life. In fact, this decision is one of a handful of decisions individuals make in life which arguably significantly impact the res Continue Reading...
Political Parties and Bilingual Education Politics, throughout history, has influenced various decisions. Bilingual Education has been subject to this. This very controversial debate has been a hot political issue throughout all five major political Continue Reading...
Social problems affecting students and schools in the U.S. Caring and coaching are two methodologies that can be used by teachers in classrooms comprised of students with problems ranging from teen pregnancy to violence. Four other social problems, Continue Reading...
