7. What policies should be taken into account for the curriculum design? Institutional policies concerning the disciplines being offered should be taken into account (Keating). Case Study #2: Philmore College 1. What parameters must the curric 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...
But in any case, a shortage of qualified bilingual teachers usually makes it impossible. For example, public schools in California enrolled recently arrived immigrants from 136 different countries in 1994, but bilingual teachers were certified in on Continue Reading...
In many ways, the concepts of separating out individuals that are different has been fostered by the construction of the educational format. Tomlinson notes the fallacy of such an arrangement and provides some excellent advice with regard to classro Continue Reading...
Every school supervisor knows that improving teaching and learning is always the goal of every school, and finding the right applications for progress toward better outcomes should be a collaborative and constant strategy unique to each school envir Continue Reading...
Similarly, Maria Montessori's life provides key lessons for educators and for other individuals confronted with large systems that they can see to be clearly broken. Montessori managed to overcome the general gender discrimination typical of her tim Continue Reading...
While there have been some complains about these new methods (Moran, 2001) they come mostly from teachers that have practiced one way for years and are not comfortable of changing the way they work (Moran, 2001). Fortunately, as educational entities Continue Reading...
Educational Assessment Methods and Standards Participants Scoring Key Letter to Principal Principal's Questionnaire Teacher's Questionnaire Raw Data It is widely known that testing and assessment have become critical components and indicators Continue Reading...
Creative Problem Solving The human condition appears to be creative in nature. Porter (2010) suggested that "ideas appear to arise by chance only when people are actually looking for them. It does not happen to people who are not curious or inquirin Continue Reading...
2. The role of superintendent is highly politicized. The administrative leader of the school district is a figure with significant interest vested in him by the community. Likewise, the superintendent will possess some unique qualifications as an Continue Reading...
Costs Costs for private schools for elementary, middle school and high school students range from a few hundred dollars a month to over $1,000 per month per child in the more exclusive private schools. The U.S. Government, during the latter part o Continue Reading...
Listening Skills in CLIL Does the application of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) truly encourage and develop better listening skills? What proof is there that CLIL can indeed help students learn to listen more closely for content and Continue Reading...
curriculum committee proceed with the work yet to be done? The curriculum committee should solicit information from all stakeholders, including part-time faculty, current students, and also the five acute care hospitals which are a part of the univ Continue Reading...
It is critical for people to have a voice in what's required of them if they are going to change their behavior and take responsibility for their jobs. Second, employees need to be recognized as the authorities in their jobs, no matter how trivial t Continue Reading...
In accordance with relevant theoretical readings, preschool curriculum should also be objective toward the importance of the school as a bastion for health awareness. The early reinforcement of good nutritional values through the provision of health Continue Reading...
Stage 1 or Understanding the Problem The RUP recommends using business use cases for locating purposes which have two qualities:(1) easy to understand and (2) easy for the client to use. The RUP does not clarify how these "use cases" should be ana Continue Reading...
Experience with Failure Retrospective Analysis I discovered that there were many more elements of academic performance than could possibly be accounted for in such a broad conceptual approach. Likewise, the many variables that influence and determ Continue Reading...
Bio-Statistics Research activities, whether clinical trial based, experimentally designed, or product oriented, must exhibit and command interest, enthusiasm, and passionate commitment. To this end the researcher must catch the essential quality of Continue Reading...
Jasmine University School of Nursing has worked diligently to develop a new curriculum. Even though the faculty examined the advantages of an upper-division nursing program, they decided to continue with their 4-year integrated curriculum. This new c Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory Analysis Theory-based nursing is the phenomenon that has been researched much during the past two decades. Nursing theory has become the foundation for nursing practice with its own knowledge base. The current paper is an analysis of Continue Reading...
Plato's work is idealistic and, as such, some of the rationale behind many of the conclusions he draws on do not necessarily have a logical or practical motivation. Nevertheless, they are logically tied to most of the assumptions he makes in his wo Continue Reading...
Romantic Relationships: It's Up and Down, All Around" by Dailey, Rossetto, Pfiester, and Surra (2009). Overall, the study was considered to be of good quality, with appropriate application of qualitative theory and methods. Criticism of the conceptu Continue Reading...
Individual Rights for a Nation Introductory Supporting Analysis The legal and political philosophical principles that ostensibly will advance the Nation of Tagg and its political establishment are the focus of the first section of this paper. The Continue Reading...
Recent proposals to privatize Social Security and cut Medicaid funding would thus exacerbate the equity gaps that already exist." (Center for American Progress, 2004) When a young black man is accepted into a university-based wholly on quota requir Continue Reading...
Law Enforcement The use and control of one's own mental faculties is of the utmost importance when involved in the serious and important business of government work. The word "government" itself literally translates to "controlling the mind" in Lat Continue Reading...
With the difficulties of resolving budget controversies, contending with myriad resource shortfalls and enduring a federal economic perspective toward education that is today, inconsistent at best, criminally negligent at worst, the superintendent m Continue Reading...
Personality Theories PERSONALITY VS SITUATION Personality refers to the unique set of relatively constant behaviors and mental processes in a person and his or her interactions with the environment (Kevin 2011). It is generally accepted that person Continue Reading...
Discrimination On the topic of discrimination, both the ACA and AACC codes of ethics go into considerable length and detail. However, their respective focus is substantially different, reflecting their underlying philosophical perspectives. For ex Continue Reading...
Philosophy of Education When the discussion turns to what is a proper philosophy of education -- in order to provide clarity and coherence to the profession of teaching -- one name stands out in the history of American education. That name is John D Continue Reading...
right information and details, it will be essential that it is resented in the form of an academic paper and the format befits a dissertation that will be admitted into the academic library. In the pursuit to achieve these, I will have to work on a Continue Reading...
20). Distractions, whether a simple as a cell phone or as complex as an interpersonal relationship, not only keep one out of the present, as Wooden argues, but also distance the individual from the team as a whole by dividing the individual's attent Continue Reading...
Integrating Total Quality Environmental Management Systems - a Critical Study of TQEM Relevance of TQM to Environmental Management Scope of Dissertation Moving from Reactive to Proactive Management Understanding TQM in Relation to TQEM History o Continue Reading...
In fact, it is interesting to note that violent television and video games become more likely to lead to aggression in children as they get older (Krcmar, 1998, p. 251). Factors that cause this include the fact that from new-born to the age of eigh Continue Reading...
Gandhi as the figure of a leader. In this sense, particular emphasis will be attributed not to certain political events in Gandhi's life but rather to conceptual ideas that shaped his purposes. The practice of non-violence for which he has become fa Continue Reading...
The internal split amongst major union movements, however, has not helped. Both major groups have essentially the same goals, but clearly differ on the best ways to achieve those goals. Critics contend, however, that the movement needs solidarity i Continue Reading...
Theorists of Public Administration Influencers of Public Administration From the theories of public administration birthed in the past five to six decades, the field has taken the best principles and conceptual frameworks yet avoided a theoretical Continue Reading...
Perhaps this is the fatal flaw in the Road Map, but according to President Abbas, "the Annapolis summit saw a resumption of talks between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel after a seven-year hiatus. Both sides pledged to do everyth Continue Reading...
Plato, The Apology of Socrates The charges against Socrates, as given in Plato's Apology, are twofold. This is how Socrates himself phrases it: And now I will try to defend myself against them: these new accusers must also have their affidavit read Continue Reading...
Abstract Like most western philosophers, Plato focused a substantial amount of energy on aesthetics. Aesthetics is the philosophical inquiry into beauty. For many philosophers, the concept of beauty was synonymous with the concept o Continue Reading...
