"What's more, many teachers lack technical support; unlike businesses, most schools don't have an it guy down the hall to save the day when computers go haywire." (Wohl, 2001) central contemporary concern is the problem of Internet security and acce Continue Reading...
Also, by creating school-centered products for older children, it can lessen the criticism that it is imposing technology upon the young, impressionable minds of preschoolers. Available action alternatives LeapFrog could continue to stress its cor Continue Reading...
classroom, regardless of the age of the learner, we realize that there are multiple learning styles and responses to divergent stimuli. The modern pedagogical environment is faced with a number of challenges that are directly related to learning. In Continue Reading...
" (Purcell-Gates, Degener, and Jacobson, 1998) Activities in the classroom that use generative themes derived from the adult learner's lives "have been seen to facilitate their acquisition of literacy." (Friere, 1992; as cited in: Purcell-Gates, Deg Continue Reading...
The person should also be familiar with the various cultures being included in the study, to ensure that no unnecessary discomfort is experienced as a result of culturally sensitive utterances. The role of ethics in educational research is therefor Continue Reading...
Clearly she has not been a good steward of her classes because the principal twice visited her class and both times she was working individually with a student while other students were misbehaving or otherwise not being productive. The Trenton dis Continue Reading...
This writer has past volunteer work experience at senior centers, convalescent homes and assisted living centers has provided this writers with experiential knowledge gained through providing entertainment and interaction with older individuals in t Continue Reading...
Ethics Before resuming my educational endeavors at the University of Phoenix I was fortunate enough to experience life and many of its travails as a business person and employee. During my tenure in those endeavors I observed a number of events that Continue Reading...
Clear boundaries must be set for the child as to what is acceptable or unacceptable behavior. Older and more verbal children may be able to 'talk out' some of their anger issues with a counselor, and the counselor can probe as to why the child feels Continue Reading...
Given the increasing costs of higher education in the United States in recent years, such scholars programs can provide these young learners with the tools and expertise they will need to secure scholarships as well as enhancing their high school e Continue Reading...
Kotter's Change Model to Solve the FedEx Situation FedEx HR Management Strategy Local as well as multinational organizations experiences change during operations. The goal of change is to ensure sustained organizational competitiveness and relev Continue Reading...
To ensure that the constructivist approach functions optimally, teachers must therefore ensure that the interactional and social situation within each group is managed effectively as well. Young (2003) notes that another challenge facing teachers a Continue Reading...
Personally speaking, the format of situational leadership seems far more important in the context of understanding the overall consumer trends and market trends while servant leadership is more important in applying a holistic approach to giving th Continue Reading...
Montessori is an educational approach that was created by the doctor and pedagogue, Maria Montessori. The basic pillars of a Montessori education revolve around the ideas of the necessity of independence, freedom within certain limits, and an overall Continue Reading...
A study evaluating the personal biases held by educators in the context of parental involvement the (T.I.P.) project returned interesting results regarding intervention and assessment strategies designed to draw parents into the class room while ma Continue Reading...
Informally, each time the nurse interacts with the patient they can provide information; formally, training on specific medications, or procedures; or explaining to the family situations about upcoming tests, operations, or expectations, can be most Continue Reading...
This includes a fundamental degree of flexibility that allows students to express idiosyncratic preferences, because experimental analyses suggest very strongly that doing so promotes more efficient learning across the board (Jensen 1998). Unlike, t Continue Reading...
As with most assessments, there are disadvantages in using criterion-referenced tests. The most obvious limit to this type of assessment is its susceptibility to inadequately reflect the curriculum. This is particularly true with state mandated cri Continue Reading...
, 2008; Bryan, 2005; Downey, 2008). By creating more effective environments and specifically crafted interactions with students, both individual and population-wide levels of academic resilience and academic buoyancy -- and thus eventual academic pro Continue Reading...
Ed Assessment Oral Hygiene Educational Assessment Tools Assessing educational outcomes and thus the efficacy of certain specific educational efforts and methodologies is an important part of any educational program regardless of the specific educat Continue Reading...
Program Implementation: Investigating the Stagnant Political Situation in Pittsburgh A Proposal for the Pennsylvania Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy This proposal for a program implementation is targeted at the Pennsylvania Center for Continue Reading...
TESOL: Materials and Course Design A situation analysis, giving all details available before the course begins: New comers of the TESOL school scheme will be assessed for their English language proficiency by the teachers assigned by TESOL (Teachin Continue Reading...
A significant amount of the early cross-sectional studies with the DIT examined the developmental indexes of age and education (Rest, et al., 1999). Based on this prior research resulting in 5,714 participants, Rest (1979) reported that the typical Continue Reading...
High School Dual Programs Current social, political, and cultural concerns have hastened the call for high school reform and have intensified an interest in producing high school graduates that are college ready (Kuo, 2010). Competition from up-and- Continue Reading...
Learning Theories to Current Education In psychology and education, learning is normally described as a process that brings together cognitive, emotional, and influences of the environment being experienced for obtaining, enhancing, or enacting chan Continue Reading...
(2006). Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 28, 1459-1481. The study in this research piece evaluated the adult education, employment and financial successes (or failures) of 659 adults (20 to 33 years of age) who had gone through intermediate Continue Reading...
woman's rights were little recognized. As a creative source of human life, she was confined to the home as a wife and mother. Moreover, she was considered intellectually, emotionally and spiritually inferior to man (Compton's 1995), even wicked, as Continue Reading...
Psychology Professor Phillip Zimbardo and Social Studies Teacher Ron Jones In 1971, Stanford University Psychology professor conducted the now-famous Stanford Prison Experiment in which simulated jailer/inmate relationships actually generated many 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...
Using Additive Bilingualism to Address Subtractive Educational Challenge among Hispanic-American LearnersIntroductionLatin Americans largest color population will account for about half of student growth over the next decade. Latin Americans are also Continue Reading...
Rationale of Study According to De Valero (2001), "Given the high costs associated with graduate education, the current national climate of diminishing resources for higher education, and an increased competition for these resources between underg Continue Reading...
Children and Child Labor in Liberia and Sierra Leone Two of the world's most beautiful countries are also, unfortunately, the poorest as well. The nations of Liberia and Sierra Leone are faced with a number of severe obstacles in their quest to joi Continue Reading...
Employer." Consider things changed economic, educational, business environment 1975 forced "Me, Inc." You Are Your Own Employer The business environment and the factors that influence it also determine the behavior of societies, companies, and ind Continue Reading...
However the effects of style on performance are contingent on the nature of the task. For example visual learners are likely to perform better on pictorially-based tasks than on verbal-based tasks. There is no significant correlation between intelli Continue Reading...
Transactional Analysis in Education Educational Transactional Analysis is the area for this case study example where the client is a school that is experiencing a rise in unruly delinquent behaviors. The purpose of the case study is to assist the sc Continue Reading...
A behavior resulting from injury or disease behavior resulting from experience behavior resulting from disease or drugs biologically determined behavior Evidence that learning has occurred is seen in published research studies changes in thinking Continue Reading...
For example, to assess arithmetic, number and operations concepts, the measurable objectives used include the pupil being able to demonstrate an understanding of the relative magnitude of numbers, being able to accurately solve problems involving pr Continue Reading...
EDUCATION I recently attended an orientation session for an arts workshop that focuses on teaching basic principles and theory of arts and its usefulness to children aged 10-15. The workshop was part of an on-going Art campaign that aims at the revi Continue Reading...
Education is quickly becoming a contentious issue within the United States. For one, globalization has created a much more robust competitive dynamic with other foreign firms and entities around the world. These countries, including India and China a Continue Reading...
