Next, the literature will review the processes involved in collecting data and creating a method to guide counselors using a standardized curriculum. The literature review will also provide a history and information on the reasons for developing the Continue Reading...
What is known, though, is that many school counselors continue to be underutilized by the very stakeholders who stand to gain the most benefit from their services, and in many cases the professional services rendered by school counselors is incongru Continue Reading...
The study had two central purposes: 1. To identify reform-related practices in mathematics instruction that have increased, decreased, or not changed since the implementation of high-stakes testing, based on educators' perceptions. 2. To determine Continue Reading...
Teachers Perceptions towards the value of personal development, health and physical education (PD/H/PE) The necessity for the furtherance of vigorous, hale and hearty lifestyles among the children and youth is immense. More and more children and you Continue Reading...
In fact, as early as the 1989-1990 school years, school-based decision making was implemented in three elementary schools in the Memphis City School System (Smith, Valesky & Horgan, 1991). Based on this seminal initiative, improvements were cite Continue Reading...
In order to assimilate all that is being presented students must value tolerance, cultural diversity, fair play, and civic responsibility. Unfortunately, however, the curricula in most schools is incongruent with the rapid advance of knowledge and m Continue Reading...
It has been suggested that school leaders have to lead in ways that encourage mastery experiences for teachers. This is often done by way of an affiliative leadership style. It is by way of these leaders attempting to build up trust and generate acc Continue Reading...
Problem Statement A major problem in the US schooling system is the reluctance towards change and letting go of past practices that have proven to be ineffective and counter-productive. One such practice is grade retention, which can negatively influ Continue Reading...
Teacher Feedback in the Learning Process Teacher feedback has traditionally been a normal part of the teacher-students relationship in the learning process. This is primarily because feedback is widely acknowledged as a significant part of the learn Continue Reading...
These different perspectives were based upon their language learning experiences from the past, their language proficiency, their current academic needs, and also their future career choices. To bridge the gap, the teachers engaged in dialogue with Continue Reading...
Creswell (1994) enumerated several components of the protocols in conducting interviews for qualitative research and it included probing answers to key questions. Perry could've used other data collection procedures in strengthening her data collect Continue Reading...
Aboriginal Perceptions are basically how a person looks at the world and the how the knowledge about things around him is constructed. An individual's background such as social, cultural, and linguistic influences affect the personal perceptions. Ne Continue Reading...
Citizen Perceptions of Local Government Performance in Botswana When many people in the West hear the word, "Africa," they think of the kind of impoverishment and corruption that has kept much of the continent from joining the international communit Continue Reading...
Everywhere we look, individuals use body language and non-verbal signals. We've seen evidence of politicians and the media using signals to improve their veracity (or the contrary), but non-verbal clues have even been studied by anthropologists as a Continue Reading...
Details are provided in the primary accounts from men's experiences teaching as elementary school teachers- details that help answer the challenge at hand facing public perception and gender bias in the school system. Coulter and McNay, of the Univ Continue Reading...
Racial Gap in Teachers' Perceptions of the Achievement Gap," Jeffrey Uhlenberg and Kathleen M. Brown examine possible reasons for the disparity between Black and White student academic performance. In addition to examining prior research, the author Continue Reading...
Professional Learning and Development -- the Teacher's Perspective The recent debate over standards-based education has tended to focus upon student performance in regards to standardized testing and the rise of common core standards. However, an e Continue Reading...
This theory also suits me well as I believe that the greater the effort and intensity, the higher the probabili8ty of attaining ones' objectives. There is also the element of continual learning, both at work and school to interpret and when applicab Continue Reading...
Academic Argument on Faculty Perceptions of Student Disengagement in Online Learning The emergence of technology has meant that today people are challenged every single day to accept something new in their lives on a regular basis. This is not to sa Continue Reading...
To change perceptions of scholars, N.Y.U can expand its services beyond the traditional library setting by designing outreach programs. It should build relations with other institutions within New York. The institution can also develop programs, whi Continue Reading...
Attract, Retain and Motivate Teachers It is becoming increasingly difficult to attract, motivate and retain qualified teachers in today's educational facilities. Studies suggest that in the next decade more than 2 million teachers will need to be h Continue Reading...
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 15(1), 51-64. Beaudin, B.Q. (1995). Former teachers who return to public schools: Characteristics of those who return to the classroom. Educational Evaluation & Policy Analysis, 17(1): 462-475. Guar Continue Reading...
Fidelity Between Science Teachers' Beliefs and Instructional Practice Mueller, J.C. And Zeidler, D.L. (1998). A case study of teacher beliefs in contemporary science education goals and classroom practices. [Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Continue Reading...
MILITARY DEPLOYED PARENT PERCEPTIONS OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDYbyEder G. BennettLiberty UniversityA Dissertation Presented in Partial FulfillmentOf the Requirements for the DegreeDoctor of EducationLib Continue Reading...
Military Deployed Parent Perceptions of Involvement in the Education of their ChildrenChapter Four: FindingsOverviewThis transcendental phenomenological study\\\'s objective was to explore the perceptions and lived experiences of deployed military pa Continue Reading...
Self-Efficacy: A Definition Social Cognitive Theory Triangulation Data analysis Teacher Self-Efficacy Problems for the researcher Data Analysis and Related Literature review. Baseline Group Gender Deviation Age Deviation Comparison of data w Continue Reading...
This qualitative research uses a Delphi study to explore the perceptions of special education teachers regarding retention. This Delphi study includes twenty-five to thirty special education teachers of K-12 in two California districts of less than Continue Reading...
According to Carr, "It is good for the development of young people to undergo some dress discipline, and only right for teachers to set pupils an appropriate example in this respect" (emphasis added) (p. 218). There are some common sense rules that Continue Reading...
Interrelationship of Self-Perceptions, Culturally-Based Perceptions, Impressions, and their effects on Leadership Abilities Humans have the most highly organized social structure of any creature on earth. In an attempt to ascertain our relative posi Continue Reading...
None of the instructors have been screened for their level of technology expertise, or for their previous use of presentation technologies. As a result of these wide variations in the sampling frame, no statistical extrapolation of results can be do Continue Reading...
Student Technology Teachers' Values and Assumptions: How They Impact on Teaching Practice" by Wendy J. Dow. The study that Dow conducted involved a phenomenological evaluation of student teachers' experiences of learning which led to her conclusions Continue Reading...
Adrian Duncan, a night manager at the Y, suggests friendly competitions, such as spelling bees or basketball tournaments, pitting school teams against YMCA teams. The YMCA teams would provide an opportunity for students from different schools and di Continue Reading...
American public education system has endured many changes in the last few decades. It has gone from back to basics, to whole language learning, and then back to basics again. The system is constantly being scrutinized by the parents who send their c Continue Reading...
Should Guns Be Permitted on College Campuses? The continued spate of school shootings indicates that more needs to be done to help protect people on campuses. While there is always a chorus of voices who proclaim that guns should be banned, the fact Continue Reading...
Like Mr. Johnson, he acknowledged that student behavior was different "back then" when he was in school: "Some of the things I've seen here with kids never really occurred in my time" (personal communication, January 26, 2011). In keeping with his Continue Reading...
