481 Search Results for Culturally Sensitive Education as Change
Social Work: Working With Substance Abuse Issues
Social Work
Individuals in the clinical population of interest
Substance abuse includes use of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and opioids, and other substances such as alcohol, amphetamines, benzodi Continue Reading...
Educational Situations
Name four practices that commonly require written administrative procedures.
Memorandums that include school policy changes or important information for the staff are commonly distributed in writing so that the information is Continue Reading...
Leadership Skills Impact International Education
CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
Practical Circumstances of International schools
THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION
What is Effective Leadership for Today's Schools?
Challenges of In Continue Reading...
Family Dynamics Effect on Student Performance
The objective of this study is to examine how family dynamics affect student performance. This work will examine the history of equal opportunity education and answer how it is that students receive oppo Continue Reading...
Neighborhood as Community: Scarsdale, New York
With a per capita income of $113,000, a median household income of $230,750, a median sales price of a single-family home of $1.34 million and one of the leading school districts in the state, the Vill Continue Reading...
Research: Educational Theories That Provide A Rationale for Multicultural Teaching and Pedagogical Strategies and Practices That Best Serve Learners from Diverse Backgrounds.
There are many factors within a school capable of affecting the culturally Continue Reading...
How Grit is a Positive Predictor of Academic Success among College StudentsIntroductionCollege can be a trying time for students due to the weight of new responsibilities and the increase in personal accountability. There are no parents looming over Continue Reading...
An Explication of Selected Titles of No Child Left Behind Legislation
In sum, during the period from 2002 through 2015, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) became the primary law in the United States concerning the general education of young people in grades Continue Reading...
A particular set of achievements or test results needs to be arrived at in order to objectively compare two different bodies of information. Data relative to graduation and dropout rates among students as well as their parents would be relevant in s Continue Reading...
Ghana
Blunch and Verner (Determinants of Literacy)
How does a country make progress? The answers seem to be obvious on paper - if difficult to effect in the world itself. Those of us who are citizens of the First World tend to believe that we unde Continue Reading...
working within a group or team.
A a) Different people have different work styles and there will usually be more than one "right" way to get something done.
A b) No one person should dominate. Everyone' ideas should be given consideration.
A c) Wh Continue Reading...
S. status quo than traditional SNOOT prescriptions ever were. Were I, for instance, a political conservative who opposed taxation as a means of redistributing national wealth, I would be delighted to watch PCE progressives spend their time and energy Continue Reading...
Martin Luther and my interpretations of his views on the treatise of scholar and education. In other words, this report focuses on the scholar's possible view of our modern day American society and its educational practices. From the scholar's point Continue Reading...
The Court then obliged schools to take steps to overcome language barriers in order to give all children equal access to the curriculum. This was endorsed by the Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974.
None of the implemented laws require a spec Continue Reading...
He surveys a variety of pedagogical strategies, including the use of scaffolding each child's learning upon existing interests and talents; supporting dual and multi-language speakers and learners in a culturally sensitive fashion; and the often-ove Continue Reading...
By taking this approach, not only will diabetes research be more ethical in its construction, but it will also help break down community barriers that create resistance and fear towards the health care systems, provide care to the economically disad Continue Reading...
Google might be one of the most iconic and most cataclysmic company of the last fifteen years or so. Starting as a simple search engine, Google has been able to evolve more rapidly and with more success than any other company imaginable. When it come Continue Reading...
Family Involvement at School
I enjoy working with the students at my school tremendously. At the K-8 school in Borough Park Brooklyn NY, there are largely Chinese and Hispanic demographics. Working with students and parents is what will prove crucia Continue Reading...
(1994) relates that a bond "establishes a linkage between a pair of actors" and it is this bond that is the key building block of a Virtual Team. According to Katz and Lazer (nd) inclusive within the scope of this bond are other characteristics such Continue Reading...
Life Experience of Personal Care Assistants in Anchorage: Cross-Cultural Caring of Older Adults: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study
The increase in racial and ethnic diversity in the United States and specifically in Anchorage Alaska and the compe Continue Reading...
Harris, M.B. & Franklin, C. (2009). Helping adolescent mothers to achieve in school: An evaluation of the taking charge group intervention. Children & Schools, 31. 27-34.
The article, Helping Adolescent Mothers to Achieve in School: An evalu Continue Reading...
Cultural Competency in Nursing
The basic knowledge in nursing or medical studies needs substantial facilitation in order to be effective and appropriate towards addressing the needs and preferences of the patients. Watson notes the need to integrate Continue Reading...
Vocational Assessments Critiques
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5)
The Stanford-Binet is an individually administered test of intelligence and cognitive abilities for people between the ages of two to 85 years. The SB5 is norm Continue Reading...
Ngos & Human Rights in Africa
Non-governmental organizations have had an unprecedented effect on international human rights in the African system. NGOs have been recognized for their forward thinking ability in improving international human righ Continue Reading...
The utility of these sessions can be important as it will provide a platform for interacting with the physician regarding prescribed medicines; guidance for remembering to adhere to appropriate drug regimen and suggestions for tackling difficulties Continue Reading...
Indeed, this multicultural state of the nursing profession can be very profitably incorporated into one of the key tools that I would use in developing, assessing, and evaluating curricula. The concept of different learning styles has made consider Continue Reading...
social work beyond U.S. Borders?
Whilst it is true that each country and region may have its own concept of justice and ways of doing things, and that the Western concepts of justice and its norms, are inapplicable to a different country, neverthel Continue Reading...
Substance abuse is a significant problem for all Americans. Research has revealed increased risk factors including exposure to drugs among African-American males, making a race-specific intervention program necessary to ensure recovery success rates Continue Reading...
media's influence sexual behaviors values 20 years. Examine sexual behaviors values changed time frame. Investigate types media print, film, music. Consider questions: •How laws changed? •How affected acceptable today vs. acceptable time Continue Reading...
There are, for example, many ways for a student to present an understanding of the causes of the U.S. Civil War" (1999, p. 35).
Conclusion
The research showed high stakes standardized testing approaches are becoming increasingly commonplace in the Continue Reading...
Western and Muslim Educational Philosophies
The Foundations of Function: Educational Philosophy and Psychology
Meet the Social Realities of ESL Instruction
Education into English as a Second Language (ESL) has become very important in this countr Continue Reading...
" (Siegel, 2006) Findings of the study report that "Findings show a clear positive trend between students' fitnessgram scores and their reading and mathematic achievement. Fitnessgram scores were correlated with Stanford Achievement test (SAT) scores Continue Reading...
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Sentiments, such as these, are widespread.
Philosophies such as behaviorism assert that the environment compels the nature of a child. Biological perspectives believe that the child may be evolutionarily ingrained to act in a certain mann Continue Reading...
Visible and Hidden Dimensions of Student Diversity
The use of Multimedia in educational contexts is producing a growing opportunity to improve the accommodation of diversity. So demonstrates the MyPlace project, identified as "The Place for Diversi Continue Reading...
This was usually the case with the proliferation of British rule at the time; trade was the predecessor to British Colonialism. For administrative purposes, Singapore became a part of Penang and Malacca which were two other settlements in the region Continue Reading...
(Singer, 2003, p. 36) Education should be a constructive process. Palinscar states that the teacher must assume an active and directive role by establishing the pace, content, and goals of the lesson. (Palincsar, 1998) Byra also described such a pro Continue Reading...
Outcome Evaluation for the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Developments Homelessness Solutions ProgramIntroductionHomelessness is a critical issue in Maryland, affecting individuals and families across the state. The Maryland Department Continue Reading...
1. Introduction and Group FormationMental health within an academic setting has become a contentious and complex subject for society. Here, students are faced with a much more perverse social environment that has severe implications for their overall Continue Reading...
More so, they will be able to apply the skills they learned in the classroom into the real-world environment of the community, which will only increase their understanding of the classroom objectives and lessons. Finally, by having students become i Continue Reading...