996 Search Results for Education and Meaning
Schools and Education
Over the last several years, the field of education has been facing tremendous challenges. This is because of shifts in how they address a host of issues and there are changing demographics of students. These are all signs of b Continue Reading...
Personal Philosophy of Education
My Personal Philosophy of Education
My educational philosophy is dynamic. It has been evolving over time. In my opinion, the educational needs of learners keep changing in our ever-changing world. In that regard, a Continue Reading...
Congress did more than just reauthorize the Act, though. It also required that state agencies be established that would be able to handle some of the work that accrediting agencies were once expected to do on their own (Crow, 2009). By doing that, Continue Reading...
Student Engagement Post-Secondary Education
Kuh, Cruze, Shoup, Kinzie, Gonyea (2008) provided that a college or post-secondary education degree is crucial in attaining individual, communal and societal achievement or progress. A high school diploma Continue Reading...
Behavior Management in Special Education
Special Education
Author's note with contact information and more details on collegiate affiliation, etc.
Special Education utilizes a combination of methods of behavior management. Behavior management is a Continue Reading...
Sensorial Theory Paper
Introduction
Sensorial work aims to enhance a child’s acquisition of information that is not only conscious, but also clear in a way that enables the child to make sense of the environment and create or fashion classifica Continue Reading...
Educations
Both traditional and progressive views of education take into account the needs of the student, the teacher, and the role of the curriculum. However, traditional and progressive forms of education differ greatly in their approach. In a t Continue Reading...
Observation Portfolio – Special Education Classroom
Introduction
This observation portfolio paper presents a summary of my experience and knowledge gained from analyzing four observation sessions in a special education classroom setting. Observ Continue Reading...
Fieldwork Paper and Fieldwork Form
The purpose of the fieldwork is to observe the two certified special education teachers and make connections to course content within real world classroom settings. One of the schools where the observation was condu Continue Reading...
The teachers of tomorrow can become better prepared to better handle the diverse needs of students in a special education setting. In “Effects of a Professional Development Package to Prepare Special Education Paraprofessionals to Implement Evi Continue Reading...
Dyslexia as a Specific Learning Disability
Classified under the broader rubric of specific learning disabilities, dyslexia is a severe reading disability known to have a neurological basis (Taylor, Smiley & Richards, 2009, p. 92). Because reading Continue Reading...
Education
My feelings about education are based on my own experiences. They are impacted by variables such as cost, subject matter, outcome, and expectations. The first factor -- cost -- is one that is considerably significant, as the price of atta Continue Reading...
Early Childhood Special Education Curriculum, Instruction and Methods Projects
This beginning chapter delineates education to the young children with special needs. In particular, early childhood special education mirrors impact and acclaimed practi Continue Reading...
Education
When it comes to pedagogy, the art of teaching, there are many different interrelationships among different theories of knowledge, theories of learning, conceptions of curriculum and approaches of broad inquiry for the purposes of schooli Continue Reading...
Adult Education
Within Human Resources Development
The literature which describes and analyzes the important aspects of adult education - within the Human Resources Development genre - is vitally important in relating to today's employees who seek Continue Reading...
Adult Education and the Internet
Higher Education, the Internet, and the Adult Learner
The concept of using the Internet in the pursuit of higher education is not exactly new. Indeed, the institution of "distance learning," has been in full swing s Continue Reading...
Then students use AlphaSmart software to paste the picture and explain in a paragraph why, how and where in the plot they feel that picture relates to the story. This tests three things: (a) student concentration; (b) student level of understanding Continue Reading...
..now requires understanding and manipulating the processes used to create messages in the modern world" (Adams & Hamm, 2000, p. 22) in fact the student is expected to be able to decode the information from various types of media. However the equ Continue Reading...
g., using prior knowledge, self-monitoring for breaks in comprehension, and analyzing new vocabulary);growth in conceptual knowledge (e.g., reading tradebooks to supplement textbook information) (Alvermann, D, 2001).
However a very important thing I Continue Reading...
This is counter to the points made later in the article regarding distance education theory (Najjar, 2008) and its impact on a more individualized approach to distance instruction. Arguably the impact of higher-speed collaborative technologies of wh Continue Reading...
This view is described as, "...mutually reinforcing qualities of a fully functioning mind and body." (Dustin, Hibbler, Mckenney & Blitzer, 2004)
The idea of educating the whole child is particularly relevant to early teaching methods and aims. Continue Reading...
That model has been adapted from their work and is shown in the following illustration labeled Figure 1 in this study.
Figure 1
Personality Development and Cultural Socialization
Source: Finkbeiner and Koplin (2002)
Finkbeiner and Koplin additio Continue Reading...
Instead, it is rigid and reinforced with bureaucracy and red tape, thus making it a poor system for education and children.
Educating the whole child." Educating the whole child is an idea that took root in the early 20th century and is making a co Continue Reading...
253). Based on their review of 20 existing education for sustainability initiatives, Ferreira and her associates identified three primary models that exist along a continuum from local to more broad-based approaches as follows:
1. Collaborative Res Continue Reading...
This means that I have to go through several types of toothbrushes before I decide what to buy next time I walk into the store.
A toothbrush handle that "fits comfortably in hand, providing a good, firm grip" (Heskett 27) contributes to making a pa Continue Reading...
In summary, successful multicultural programs are the ones that keep in mind these long-term goals, ensuring that education keeps in mind the need for both the academic and social success of all its students.
Continuing challenges
The fact that mu Continue Reading...
IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Case study: GHANA EDUCATION SYSTEM
RESEARCH FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:
GHANA EDUCATION SYSTEM
The need for improvements in the educational system Continue Reading...
Literacy and language offer meaning to the world through communication and symbolism. Yet, each individual is limited by his or her own history and perspective. The world that surrounds the individual is that which is made up of each poignant message Continue Reading...
This perspective suggests the necessity of distinguishing between the intended use (and real affordances) of an object and its perceived affordances. For instance, affordances presented by a knife are defined by the individual who uses it, not neces Continue Reading...
Aesthetic Education:
Book Review of Maxine Greene's Lectures encompassed in her
Variations on a Blue Guitar.
The paper that follows is an overview of the style, content, and core philosophy of one of the seminal works on arts education during the Continue Reading...
Pretty soon, he was learning to read and was successful. I want to be this kind of teacher, one who believes in students and doesn't give up on them.
A good teacher tries new things. it's the way to keep from getting "burnt out." Some teachers do t Continue Reading...
He begins by introducing the concept of neo-Fordism (or neo-industrialization) which was characterized by product innovation. The age of neo-Fordism led to distance education adapting itself to the more demanding consumerist society as it started to 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...
College Education
The modern day society is ongoing constant processes of change, as a result of which the society evolves and develops new features, trends as well as challenges. In order to survive in this continually changing environment, the pe Continue Reading...
Ianco-Worrell (1972), for example, found that children who are exposed to a bilingual environment from an early age are more skilled at learning new words and their meanings in their first language.
Of course, there are other ways to help children Continue Reading...
g. By teaching the child to sing with other people, the latent function of the exercise would be the child learning to adjust to other people and adopt to different and changing circumstances.
For the rather higher levels of Graders 9-12, in their t Continue Reading...