The Need for a Literacy-Rich Classroom

The creation of an appropriate environment is a vital consideration when it comes to teaching kids, and it ensures the efficiency of the studying process. The present-day educators highlight the need for a literacy-rich classroom that reflects the proper application of technology, and this concept will be useful for me...

Elementary Education as an Initial Stage of the Formal System of Education

Elementary education involves the initial stages of the formal system of education. It is also commonly referred to as primary education and is designed for pupils aged approximately between five and thirteen years. Notably, this phase of tuition is often preceded by selected learning for children below five years of...

Wellness Policy Cocnept for Northern Tioga School

Introduction Healthy nutrition is a decisive factor that affects students’ health and academic performance. Along with activities of physical activity, physical education, education on healthy eating, and access to drinking water, providing the opportunity to eat balanced meals will make children’s lives more satisfying. This paper aims to create a...

Writing Process Description and Analysis

The question “what is your writing process?” seems straightforward and simple, yet through self-reflection, a comprehensive answer reveals the often complicated process that takes place when texts come into being. Before reading chapter 4 of Writing about Writing: A College Reader, I thought that my writing process did not need...

Description of Learning Disabilities and Learning Strategies

Learning may be defined as a permanent change in the individual’s behavior and knowledge due to experience. Any person learns to walk and speak; he or she subsequently receives knowledge in school and at work. Children may learn more quickly in comparison with adults. First, as a part of its...

Intercultural Communication in Traditional Educational Setting

Introduction The effect that globalization has on various spheres of human existence could not but change the field of education and the ways it functions since this field is considered a formative element for a specific society. Every day each person faces the results of these processes that pose themselves...

Education Reform and Policy Information

Background The central idea of all five reports is that ambitious goals that the USA educational system sets for itself require correspondent ambitious efforts but for the moment, the situation is far from acceptable. In particular, the tests system is not well-adjusted to the standards, and often even to the...

Educational Studies: Problem Statement & Significance

Statement of the Problem The examination of self-efficacy in relation to pre-service elementary teachers has been the focus of several educational studies, with results suggesting that it is one of the most fundamental aspects affecting teachers’ behaviors, attitudes and effectiveness in the classroom context (Albayrak & Unal, 2011; Haverback &...

The Integration to Curriculum for Early Education: Anti-Bias Aspects

Ideas to Incorporate into Anti-Bias Learning Process Nowadays, children are aware of diversity from a very early age, and educators have to consider it. A teacher who values diversity increases the remarkable impact on how children perceive the differences in people and society. Moreover, children reflect the attitudes of their...

The Issue of Plagiarism: Copying, Downloading, or Self-Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a type of cheating when a person uses someone else’s ideas for their research. Intentional plagiarism presupposes such actions as direct copying, downloading, or self-plagiarism. Unintentional coping represents incorrect paraphrasing or the lack of citing (Das, 2018). The latter type occurs due to the lack of students’ knowledge....

North Shore Medical Center: Teaching Experience

Introduction This paper is devoted to describing and analyzing teaching experience received at North Shore Medical Center with a vulnerable social group. The two-day educational series was organized according to the previously developed teaching plan and focused on primary prevention and health promotion regarding influenza. The paper will reiterate the...

Nursing Role: Course Reflection and Personal Assesment

Introduction Nurses need to engage in continuous learning to acquire additional insights to develop their philosophies and improve their patients’ experiences. In this class, I have identified and considered the best competencies that match my current and future goals. Some of my outstanding knowledge and skills include the ability to...

Education for Native Americans: Difficulties

Theoretical Framework The American educational system is developing in the field of support for all categories of the population. Thanks to this, Native Americans who live and study in their small communities have access to all the achievements of science. In particular, although the study of computer science was not...

Relevancy of School Resource Officer Presence in Reducing Deviant Behavior in Middle School

School Resource Officers (SRO) refers to individuals entrusted with the duty of law enforcement, law counseling, and law educating through the act of oath (Kahlenberg, 2003). The job description of an SRO entails security maintenance, as well as safe learning environments through assistance and directions from the school administration. This...

The Action Plan: Literacy Development

Abstract It is the joy of every teacher to help his or her students learn and acquire skills on how to read and comprehend whatever a student sets out to read. A teacher’s knowledge of the stages of reading and writing development is not only important but also a prerequisite...

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect

Problem Addressed and Chapters Related to Course Textbook The main problem the author addresses in his book is the problem of education. In the first chapter called “The Problem of Education”, the author claims that education is good in general. He gives a definition to the word education and answers...

Academic Standards Alignment with Proficiency

Introduction Learning English is relatively easy for native speakers of this language. On the other hand, non-native speakers of the English language are often faced with the daunting task of having to master the various phrases, idioms and sentence structure of the English language. In addition, they have to contend...

Narrow Conceptions of Curriculum in Saudi Arabia

Introduction Generally, in curriculum studies, as in other educational contexts, researchers define curriculum as a document that describes the content of a subject area and, in varying degrees of detail, the teaching strategies to be used to facilitate student learning and performance in that area. This limited view of the...

Homeschooling: Way to Provide Knowledge to Learners

Introduction The paper is devoted to the investigation of homeschooling as one of the ways to provide knowledge to learners in a specific environment. Because of the increased sophistication of modern society, there are new disputes regarding the ability of this option to suffice new conditions. The work offers the...

Planning a Productive Classroom Community

Introduction It is good to understand that, different students respond differently to the teaching technique used by their teachers. Most of the time, teachers do not take their time to analyze the background of knowledge of their students in order to identify the teaching techniques that can work best for...

The Direct Instruction Process: Review

Direct Instruction is one of the most commonly used approaches to teaching. The teacher effectively guides the students in learning the new skills and providing the necessary knowledge to support them. During the instruction process, the teacher will initially present the relevant background information to the students. After that, the...

The Major Affective Domains to Math Instructional Environment

Abstract A productive outlook for mathematics learning in a classroom situation is characterized by the virtuous ethic of accommodation in the conventional inter-and intra-social student interactions. It is required of students to manage mathematics instructional materials effectively, be actively involved in the learning process, and uphold a humane supportive attitude...

Educational Discourses and Their Aspects

Education is the most important aspect of human life. It helps to shape the life and future of a person. Education as rightly said is both the producer and also the result of various discourses. Institutions are created only to discriminate between different spheres of education and different types of...

Response on Crisis in Schools

School Crisis Response The speed of one’s actions is crucial when an accident or an incident happens. It is important to calmly access the situation and follow the guidelines for resolving any given situation and find the quickest possible resolution. The first step in responding to a crisis is calling...

Peer Review of the Business Research Proposal

Introduction The paper being reviewed is the Business Research Proposal on the medical staff shortages in healthcare with regard to rural areas. The advantages are a presentation of the substance of the research, innovation in solving the problem, and the ability to convey the scientific results in an understandable form....

Development of a Class Tardiness Policy

Introduction Having faced the problem of class tardiness, every teacher would agree with the famous proverb, “Better an hour too soon than a minute too late”. Class tardiness is one of the serious violations of the class disciplines which strongly affects the learning process. While the negative effect of class...

Studying Abroad: The Benefits of the Opportunity

The number of study abroad programs has increased in the past decade significantly (Anderson and Lawton 86). In essence, Anderson and Lawton have projected a growth of eight percent annually (86). Colleges and universities have traditionally enrolled students in overseas institutions in an effort to improve their performance (Franklin 170)....

Observations Techniques for Early Childhood Educators

Registered Early Childhood Educators (RECEs) should be able familiar with different techniques applied for assessing the children’s gross and fine motor skills. Each approach, however, has a varied level of objectivity or longevity of observations, which affects the results of these observations. The two observation techniques that RECEs can use...

Key Elements Determining Success or Failure of Learning

Introduction: Wealth and Poverty at Schools “A tale of two schools” provides a short overview of the elements that constitute a financial core of any school. The video depicts two contrasting sides of education, which are poverty and wealth. These two extremities determine the level of learning in a country...

Reading to Write Paradigms: Ways of Thinking Through

Introduction A transition to senior English is a movement between paradigms in the academic world. The paradigms set for study, and their respective texts, offer students tools for a seamless transition between reading and writing. Appreciation for literature helps a person to become a good writer or at least improve...

The Educative Process of Modern Research Students

Introduction Science has always been an integral part of human life as it influences the further development of society and promotes its evolution. It is also obvious that research work is the aspect that guarantees reception of new information and data which is vital for the development of science. That...

Inclusive Educational Classrooms for Students With Learning Disabilities

Introduction Problem Statement Lots of special education elementary schools do not fulfill their educational requirements, as students of these schools do not meet the academic standards in reading in research. These schools are involved in teaching students with learning disabilities, and these students do not show progress while studying in...

Embedding and Sustaining Change in Saudi Schools

Introduction A lot of research has been conducted to reform the education system. This reformation has been aiming at improving the performance of students and schools. Most of these studies have been successful, coming up with good policies and strategies which would help to improve the education system(Plank 2009, p.457)...

The Origins of Professional Coaching

Introduction The origins of professional coaching go back to the industrial revolution in the form of apprenticeship and mentorship initiatives. The earliest research on coaching intrigued a surge of interest for both companies and employees who came to value the process for its ability to influence behavior performance and productivity...

Active Participation by Teacher Impact on Students

Abnormal psychology is taught in two sections: at 9:30 am and at 11:30 am. Students who have classes at 9:30 am are more talkative and also seem to perform better in midterms and finals. This suggests a hypothesis that active participation by a teacher positively impacts the results of their...

The Future of Kaplan College Education System

Introduction Attaining college qualification presently is a key topic in the public, state and local domains. Economists, policy makers and education experts concur that in order to sustain, build a strong and vibrant nation, secure a long term economic growth and social stability, the United States education system should be...

Legal Foundations of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act

Introduction The former United States president Gorge W. Bush proposed the No Child Left behind Act of 2001 ‘NCLB’ and signed it into law on January 8, 2002 (Lewis, 2010). The Act came as good news to the education fraternity as its provisions were very friendly. NCLB required that all...

Sustainability Initiatives by Canadian Colleges

The issue of sustainability has become a growing necessity among higher education institutions across the world. The growing concern about climatic change, student accommodation challenges and rising cost of energy have sent higher education institutions back to the drawing board, as they try to come up with strategies towards sustainability....

Public Education: Challenges, Failures and New Ideas

Abstract This essay provides an insight into the challenges and failures of public education systems in the United States. It also examines new ideas that are being used as pertinent solutions to educational dilemmas. Public schools in the United States of America face a number of challenges such as limited...

The Value of PLC Process

Introduction The significance of professional learning community (PLC) to school culture has been proved many times. In the following paper, the two articles “Development of a model for building professional learning communities in schools: teachers’ perspectives in Thai educational context” by Narongrith Intanam, Suwimon Wongwanich, and Nuttaporn Lawthong, and “Collaborative...

Family Resources: Aid Programs for Families

Introduction Early childhood education is fundamental in laying down the educational foundation of a child. It kicks starts the child’s brain in preparation for a lifetime learning process. As such it requires the availability of adequate, affordable, and accessible resources that can facilitate provision for the health, developmental, emotional, and...

Infrastructure Help Professionalism: Special Education

The efficiency of professionalism In special education, several factors may determine the efficiency of professionalism, including leadership and infrastructure. From the point of leadership, educators must focus on their development in teaching qualities and mathematics as one of the major tested subjects. Good leaders must understand the law, policies, assessment...

Leadership in Education: Preparation and Implementation of Educational Leadership

Introduction The university’s reputation and achievement heavily rely on the educational and faculty leadership patterns. Quality leadership simplifies the process of integrating and implementing new university-based educational standards and practices. The university objectives, including the provision of quality training and educational services, conducting extensive research projects and discoveries as well...

New Approaches in Teaching to Enhance Teaching

Contemporary education places biases in terms of the efficacy of testing because of the increased pressure on teachers. Testing restricts creative and innovative approaches to delivering knowledge to students. Therefore, “teaching to the test” excludes improvements in teaching approaches. To eliminate a test focus approach, an opposite strategy is introduced...

The USE of Information Technology Networks in the Field of Pedagogy

Introduction The past and current education systems have faced criticism for their lack of ability to engage students in the classroom. This presents a challenge to teachers and -educators. Teachers have been turned to a narrator while the students have been turned to be listening objects. This severs the essence...

Changing Hearts & Minds: Training Programmes for Mid-Career Workers in Singapore

Research Goals The reading chosen for this review is research by Huam Chak Khoon and Nick Jewson titled “Changing Hearts & Minds: Training Programmes for ‘Mid-career Workers in Singapore” published in January 1995. This research is an attempt to provide detailed coverage on the topic of how to train older...

Critical Reasoning and Patterns of Change in Mindset

Introduction To think critically does not mean just being critical. The most complete definition of critical thinking which I go along with, states that critical thinking is the process involving mind discipline and used for active and masterful conceptualization, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of information generated by, or acquired...

Important Concepts of Teacher Professional Development

Important concepts in the article Feiman-Nemser (2001) presented three important concepts in the article. The central ideas in the teachers’ professional development include the pre-service preparation, new teachers’ induction and the continuous professional development. According to Feiman-Nemser (2001), the central ideas are interconnected and critical in the teacher’s professional development...

Teaching Chemistry in Secondary Schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The implementation of technology in different areas of education is becoming widespread worldwide. According to Vision 2020, education should strive to meet labor market demands (“National Transformation Program 2020” 60). In the secondary schools of Saudi Arabia, chemistry teaching can be characterized by the use of various methods and learning...

Health Literacy Program for Children in a Low-Income Urban Area

Information on health literacy is essential for children, because health literacy, not to be confused with general literacy, is well-defined as the point at which people can acquire and understand elementary health facts and amenities required to make correct health choices. In today’s hurried lifestyle, we have to guarantee that...

Identifying a Conceptual Framework

Thijs and Fleischmann (2015) propose that meaningful teacher-student relationships are developed when the concept of attachment is effectively applied in the implementation of educational practices. The proposal of the two researchers is aligned with the principles of John Bowlby’s attachment theory. This theoretical framework is applicable in diverse learning environments...

Mathematics Performance Among African Americans in Los Angeles

The media is full of reports on discrepancies in performance among students from different ethnic backgrounds. These reports have had mixed results. On one hand, the groups affected by low performance have seen the need to put more effort while those that are at the top of the class have...

Race to the Top Program in Development of Leadership

Successful funding can bring significant changes not only to the external state of the educational system but also to student results. The main idea behind the funding initiative Race to the Top, which was implemented in 2009 by the United States Department of Education, is to encourage the improvement of...

Synthesis of Ideas From Essays by Tan and Rodriguez

It is commonplace that foreign students face numerous challenges whenever they take up a different language. In America, for example, all learning takes place in English, and foreign students are expected to adapt quickly. Consequently, theories exist concerning the suitability of this requirement, with scholars presenting their views for or...

Teaching Strategies and Their Application

Meeting the needs of a diverse learner Diverse learners can perform well academically because they exhibit the characteristics necessary for excellence. They have positive attitudes towards learning, are obedient, have excellent social skills and perform excellently in other areas of the school curriculum such as sports. However, they may have...

Teaching Communication Skills for Elementary School Students With Autism

Introduction Documentation by research has shown that non-handicapped youths can be of great assistance in teaching social skills for students with autism. The major successful system for handling the students with autism in a comprehensive situation may be comprised of playing games that are well integrated. Once training has been...

Retention Rates & Modalities Rate of African American Children Aged 4–9

Abstract To improve students’ performance, it is important to understand what prevents them from studying efficiently. In other words, students’ motivation must be explored. However, motivation issues can be approached from several angles. Defining the key tests that locate major motivation problems, a teacher can solve most of the related...

Issues With Plagiarism in Education

Introduction Plagiarism is a serious academic violation that has been a center of attention for many universities and colleges. As stated by Smedley, Crawford, and Cloete (2015) nursing is a profession that requires high ethical standards. Therefore, by committing academic misconducts I would compromise my moral standards. This would impact...

Formulation of Meaningful Research About Gap Year

Introduction The research questions associated with the gap year for students are mainly based on the concepts of the usefulness, or harm of the gap year, and the consequences of this gap for students, and their communication patterns. However, the regarded aspects do not consider the opportunities of the qualitative...

“Waiting for Superman” by Karl Weber

Abstract The American education system remains one of the education systems in the world that needs reform. In this education, there is a lot of investment but there is actually not enough information to show this. In this paper, the focus is on the book waiting for superman by Karl...

Stress Affecting First-Year Students

Introduction The first year at the university is a highly significant time for students. This is the time when students are most vulnerable to academic failure, as well as most likely to experience social, emotional and financial problems. “The process of entering university has been likened to moving from one...

Career Plan in Marketing Sphere

Justification of the main idea Following the pathway of contemporary requirements in different job families, it is clear that employees are urging for having success in careers as soon as possible. In this respect marketing is amplified to “break the ice” in contemporary job offers. Moreover, careers in marketing need...

Computer Geography Lessons on Earth Science Students

Introduction Every teacher has a different way of teaching certain subjects and content areas. The strategy used by the teacher can make a big difference on how the student acquires and retains the information. In the modern world teachers are looking for ways to incorporate other methods of teaching into...

Approaches for Informational or Expository Reading

Introduction Classroom teachers throughout the United States face new challenges as rapidly changing demographics collide with new federal and state policies, politically charged debates on bilingual education, and limited school resources to create classrooms that are more diverse than ever. The broader objective of this lesson is to raise the...

Raising Reading Scores of Gifted Students

The present paper comprises two drafts of Problem Statements pertaining to the topic of the research “Raising Reading Scores of Gifted Students”. Problem Statement 1 Bates (1984) states that the majority of “programming suggestions for gifted students are based upon intuition rather than upon research” (p. 590). Unfortunately, the state...

Plagiarism Prevention in Nursing Education

An essential issue in the academic writing world is the use of work developed and presented by other people. While it is not forbidden, as using such material can help build a strong argument, it is critical to give credit to people who have put efforts and time into the...

Culture Discouraging Girls From Excelling at Math

The video is a documentary coverage of an all-girl math contest which is held annually in the United States. The contest, held at the New York University, presents new perspectives on some of the reasons why math seems to be a male-dominated subject. Similar competitions held before for both genders...

Challenges Faced by Foreign Students in Adapting to University Culture

Introduction Australian’s institutions of higher education have continued to experience an influx of international students who are joining Australian universities to quench their thirst for higher education. International students (I. S.) always find themselves in new environments that are different from what they are used to and these results to...

An Online Instructor: Aspects of Profession

Being an online instructor had been my dream for a long time. Having seen and heard from others on the advantages and gains of working as an instructor, I had my eyes set on becoming the best online instructor possible. Higher education has been the most sought after level of...

Sampling Design. Data Collection Paper

Introduction The sampling design of the peer-reviewed articles in general looks rather unwieldy; nevertheless, it provides all the information required for the accomplishing of the data collection paper. Thus, Gorvett (2006) provides a clear explanation of the main topic of his research. Considering the necessity to explain the central points...

Multiculturalism in the Classroom: Culturally Responsive Teaching

Nowadays, it becomes increasingly clear for educators that, in order for them to be able to adequately address their professional duties, they must be fully aware of what account for the discursive implications of multiculturalism in the classroom. This, however, is not only because teachers are expected to encourage students...

Teaching and Acquisition of a Second Language

According to research carried out by the ‘United States Government Accountability Office’; it is well indicated that strategies of improving students’ academic standards, were mostly applied in schools with higher proportions of low income, and minority students. In this case, schools’ principals used student data in notifying directions and augment...

The Role of Public Education in Societies

Education is certainly one of the most valuable human services that we can find. Since the Renaissance to constantly improve it has been one of the great challenges of humanity. Nowadays, there is an ongoing debate about the role of public education in our societies. Many authors agree that education,...

School Positive Behavior Plan Analysis

Introduction This analysis is based on a three-year behavior referral plan from data collected at the Blanche Ely High School. From the analysis, it is realized that a positive behavior support system can be effective in reducing negative behavior incidences among students. A positive behavior support system is a plan...

Best Practices for Identifying Gifted Student

Currently many parents find it hard to identify the talents of their children and thus they depend on teachers and other career counselors for help. Therefore, it is imperative that these people know the procedures behind identifying the gifted children (Johnsen, 2009, p.9). According to the Improving America’s Schools Act...

Grading Approach: Defining the Ultimate Method of Performance Evaluation

Introduction Evaluating students’ performance is, perhaps, one of the most challenging tasks in teaching practice (Stevens & Levi, 2005). Because of the differences in students’ personal progress and their progress measured according to the existing system, grading sometimes turns into a complicated dilemma. By developing an elaborate grading approach, a...

Diverse Families, Immigrants and Low Income on Early Childhood Education

Diverse families and their impact on early childhood education How does parent involvement affect early childhood education? A parent’s involvement is the dedication of available resources to their children in a certain domain. The dedication may include participating in school activities, child’s effective environment, and exposing the child to cognitively...

Identification of a Problem: Gap Year

The matter of a gap year has been already discussed essentially, and the general aspects of this problem involve discussion of the pros and cons associated with the gap year. There is no need to screw into the deeper study of these arguments, while clear problem identification will be more...

How Liberal Arts Apply to Special Education

Education is very important in the present life. People all over the world start their education from their very childhood. We should have a good education to find a prestigious job, and to find ourselves in present society. Children understand the importance of knowledge from nursery and continue to reach...

Curriculum Outline: Classroom Planning with Groups

Introduction In accomplishing their responsibilities, educators are faced with many challenges. Among them, is teaching students whose English is their first language (Meyers, 1993). This can be encountered at any level of the educational system including grades 4-6 (Gibbons, 1994). Being a great challenge, educators are faced with problem of...

Instructional Methods in Teaching Practice

This paper will focus on instructional methods which are also referred to as teaching methods. Instruction methods describe activities that relate to learning objectives and the transmission of educational information between the instructors and their students (Bates, 2003). There are many methods of instruction and this paper will focus on...

The Writing Process Overview and Analysis

Introduction Writing is a process involving both creative and routine aspects. It includes several steps, which help develop, shape, describe, and conclude one’s ideas. It is known to include five separate stages: prewriting, discovery drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, and publishing (“The Writing Process” 2). While some people move along...

Integrating Cultural Beliefs Into Early Childhood Education

There are myriads of cultural beliefs that are mostly ignored in several jurisdictions especially when it comes to early childhood education. However, it is not necessarily true that all the cultural beliefs mentioned by Tobin (2011) are integral within the early childhood education cycle. As much as cultural beliefs play...

Fleming’s VARK – VAK Model and Anthony Gregor’s Model

Introduction In spite of many learning styles studies having been carried out, most education trainers and instructors lack to acknowledge that students are different in the way they understand and process the information given to them. Particularly, they have been brainwashed by the notion that cognitive skills are identical in...

Deductive Reasoning and Inductive Reasoning

Introduction “Both inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning are two methods used to arrive at a conclusion based on the information which is known to be true and are mostly used in research for hypothesis” (Moore & Parker, 2006, p. 6). “Deductive reasoning moves from a general situations to a more...

Summary and Critique of Journal Article

Introduction The paper focuses on students’ learning habits when faced with temptation. The authors portray temptation as anything that would interfere with a student’s concentration levels while learning. Temptation distracts students and makes them stop pursing their activities. Therefore, researchers have implied that temptation hampers the process of learning. Adolescent...

E-Education: Mobile Learning Affordability and Efficiency

Introduction Enhancing mobile learning can shape the entire distance-learning program by improving techniques of communication among distance apprentices, instructors and supporting personnel. The major benefit of this technology is that it can be utilized everywhere, anytime and its utility can easily be acquired by distance apprentices. Affordability Educational affordances of...

Implementation of Federal Educational Policies

Carol M. White Physical Education Program The Carol M. White Physical Education Program has been important in the organization’s pursuit of effective physical education programs. The fund received have helped the completion of many projects that otherwise could not have been done without the policy. However, there have been some...

Relating Students to Social Studies

During decades teachers around the whole country are trying to understand the imperatives behind students’ attitude to social studies. Despite numerous efforts by teachers to provide a basis for fruitful lessons of the above mentioned course the students still express common opinion that social studies are boring and useless in...

Online Courses at Florida National University

On the homepage of Florida National University (FNU), the tab “online learning” offers a wide range of different programs for students. The question is: Are online courses better and more effective than studying on-campus? Is it easier for students to use these modern methods instead of those that are more...

Guided Reflection in Teacher Education

Numerous techniques aim at increasing the level of novice teachers’ competence, and guided reflection is one of these strategies. Pre-service teachers often apply this technique since it enables novice educators to tie theory and practice. The concept of guided reflection has been used for decades, and it is well defined....

School Effectiveness and School Improvement Movement

It is relatively agreeable that SESI is a Tayloristic model and thus its management has to take a hierarchical approach in any education system. The latter approach is essential since management elements need to countercheck how systems and structures with school settings are run to draw new ideas or better...

Philosophies of Curriculum and Design

Abstract This paper presents a personal design of the essential learning strategies in the prevailing curriculum. It discusses how the curriculum can be modified to develop in various factors such as environment, social state, current education, and psychological state. All these are associated with the learning outcomes of education theories...

US Higher Education: Accreditation for Universities

Accreditation is an important university characteristic that students consider first and foremost when they choose any particular educational establishment for themselves. It is also a way for the government to exercise its control in the area of higher education in order to secure the high quality of future cadres’ preparation....

The Importance of Implementing the Learning Curve

Introduction The elementary natures of the individuals include the continuous involvement in the diverse activities or tasks which amplify the performance in due course. The result in the performance is highly dependent upon the degree of learning. Learning refers to the fairly enduring alteration in one’s behavior that arises as...

Computer Literacy: Information Systems Education

With the proliferation in technology, information systems education has become an integral part of any education system. Computer literacy which forms the core of information systems education is important at all levels. Whether specializing in an information related field or not, basic knowledge of information technology is significant. Discussion In...

The Teacher-Led Action Research

The concept of teacher-led action research was established in the early 1970’s and it was largely based on Lawrence Stenhouse’s works. While working at the Centre for Applied Research in Education commonly known as CARE, Stenhouse and his work counterparts conducted a research on curriculum development as well as teacher...

Transfer Student Enrollment in Higher Education

Introduction A university’s transfer student enrollment policy plays a great role in determining the number of students enrolled in the university. However, most university stakeholders involved in developing the policy seem to forget that without students, a university becomes inexistent and loses its value to the students and the community...

Knowles’, Barr, and Keating’s Educational Program Planning Models

The success of any educational process depends on its planning. It is the plan that provides a framework for the educational process. Educators use various models when planning for educational programs. Most popular program planning models in use are Knowles’ and Barr and Keating’s models of planning. Though they may...

Multicultural Approaches: Multicultural Education

Introduction There are six approaches to multicultural education. These approaches have differences especially in how they are implemented in classrooms. York, S. (2001) points out that these approaches include human relations, single-group decisions, multicultural education, anti-bias education, culturally specific education, culturally relevant anti-bias education. The choice in this paper is...

Inclusion Effects on General Education Students

Introduction The literature review is based on the research topic How Inclusion Effects General Education Students and it is a guide for teachers and researchers. Researcher is a master level researcher who studied about the effects of inclusion in general education students. Previous studies and researches have often mentioned that...

Effective Assessment Practices: Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Written Assignments and Rubrics, and Teacher-Created Tests

Introduction Effective assessment practices are regarded as the key to the effective educational principles. It is claimed that assessment principles are needed for adequate evaluation of students’ knowledge, skills, and abilities that are required for further educational process, or passing the final exam. Techniques that will be assessed in the...

Second Language Learning: Conscious or Unconscious

Introduction The article under consideration is “Second language learning: conscious or unconscious” written by Yang Chaochun and Cheng Lian (2005). The article is focused on the problem of whether the process of second language learning is conscious or unconscious. The main purpose of the paper is to evaluate critically the...

Focus Child: Improving Children’s Language, Print and Phonological Awareness

The main concern of Pascal Lefebvre and Natacha Trudeau article is the influence and the effectiveness of shared storybook reading on the preschoolers. The purpose of article is to demonstrate such influence on the preschoolers from the poor families comparing to the children from the middle classes with the help...

Can Keeping Troubled Youth in Class Make a Difference?

Introduction The future of any given nation is always dependent on the discipline and level of achievement of its young people. This is why there is always a concerted effort in ensuring that most if not all young people are given a good shot at life. Troubled young people are...

How Inclusion Affects General Education Students

Description of the problem Existing teaching strategies and instructional techniques have suggested various teaching methods and instructional settings to overcome learning problem in an inclusionary classroom. In a language class room students have often showed the symptoms of difficulties in reading and writing. The fact that students read and write...

The Meaning of Reading in Voice of Children

Introduction Kindergarten texts such as read-aloud are meant for the enjoyment, easy comprehension, and good introduction of literature to the pupil. The teachers use such texts to reinforce the curriculum developed for students at this level. The readers in this case need to acquire literary knowledge to understand the text....

Social-Behavioral Skills of Elementary Students with Physical Disabilities

The article “Social–behavioral skills of elementary students with physical disabilities included in general education classrooms” written by Coster, W. J. and Haltiwanger J. T. in 2004 discusses the problem of teaching the children with physical disabilities. It is the main idea and the purpose of the research related to this...

Literature Plan for Preschoolers

Introduction Preschool children learn a lot at this age through what they see, hear or touch. The learning process is as a result of interacting with their parents, siblings, teachers, caregivers, other adults, and from the surrounding. This is a very crucial age as whatever children learn at this age...

Classroom Environment: Vision, Mission, and Philosophy

The importance of the classroom environment for the early childhood education cannot be overestimated. The learning environment in itself can be a powerful learning tool, where an efficient setup of the environment, with knowledge of the main theories of learning and development, can facilitate the learning experience as well as...

How to Improve Leadership in Schools Management

Introduction to the problem This article tries to explain the causes of mismanagement in organizations and schools. It tries to explain some of the theories of governance that are pertinent to be used for effective management of schools and organizations. It also investigates in depth, one of the theories that...

Instructional Styles in the Classroom

Introduction An instructor’s ability to deliver in class is not only gauged on his competence but by other factors that work in harmony with competence. These factors include one inherent skill in imparting whatever the information they have, proper knowledge of the topic he or she is tackling, deeper understanding...

Schooling of Special Needs Students in Hong Kong

Introduction For a good understanding of this paper it will be imperative to define what special education is, here we shall define special education as a form of education and social service that is offered by schools to students or individuals with special educational needs and are in the age...

PSY Adult Development and Life Assessment

My concern with the problem of adult learning is well-grounded, and I am deeply involved in it. Due to some reasons, I did not have an opportunity to enter an educational institution promptly because there were certain financial difficulties endured by my family. The necessity to work deprived me of...

The Importance of Teaching Literature in College

There are a lot of subjects at school which students should study in order to be educated and trained in a proper was with the aim to be able to enter the society with necessary knowledge. All the subjects are paid attention but literature is one of the subjects which...

English Lecture Plan From 4th to 5th Levels

Course 4th -5th level inclusion ELA lecture Ela Siop Criteria Level 1: Pupils will listen, write, and interpret information and understand the nature or implication of a written or printed substance Level 3: Pupils will listen, write, and interpret information and understand critical examination and assessment (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short,...

Sociocultural Linguistics Learning in Classroom

Reflection There are different activities that teachers can conduct in order to promote sociocultural language learning in classroom. Ignoring such activities might hinder language development in ESL classroom. In that regard, the activities, actions and behaviors, which might be considered not conducive to ESL, learning might include the following Putting...

Effective Leadership Styles For Inner City School Principals

The success of schools depends on various factors. According to Bond, (2007) the most important of them is to arrange these factors in an orderly manner and drive them towards an organized goal. It is the job of an efficient leader to know the priorities of the school and to...

Including Students With Severe Disabilities

Introduction Numerous models and philosophies of positive behavior support (PBS) were studied as well as the participations concerning persons with severe disabilities. In this article, the author evaluates the benefits of school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS), as it addresses the involvement of students with severe disabilities, argues participation of students...

How Inclusive Learning Affects Other Students

Identification of the Research Problem Educational philosophers and researchers have often mentioned that the term inclusion challenges people’s unexamined concepts of what is common and normal. In the field of education, inclusion means that all students with mental, physical and thinking disabilities are placed in the slightest restraining learning environment....

Affective Issues & Learning Strategies

These two chapters focus on the strategies that an instructor can use so as to effectively engage learners when giving them content as well as getting deeply involved in the lives of the learners through taking their backgrounds into consideration. The diverse abilities of the learners are crucial. The fact...

Why American Boarding Schools Are Effective at Educating the Youth?

Education is an aspect that the United States has always taken seriously. This is true since the days of the founding fathers. The thirty-fifth president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, captured this eloquently when he said, “Our progress as a nation cannot be swifter than our progress in...

Classroom Plan For Early Childhood Education

Thesis statement A child-centered, developmentally appropriate classroom plan for early childhood learners of the ages 3-5 (pre-school) enhances faster learning of essential skills. Abstract This paper will look at the child-centered developmentally appropriate classroom plan for early childhood learners of ages 3-5 (pre-school). It is important to note that pre-school...

Learning and Cognition as Aspects of Educational Psychology

Introduction Education is rightfully considered to be the basis of the modern society as far as it is education that allows people obtain knowledge in the various spheres of human activity and develop industrial, business, social, and political relations. Understanding these, numerous scholars like B. F. Skinner, Shiffrin, Atkinson, and...

Research Methods during Writings the Dissertation

Dissertation Critiquing A dissertation is a long essay for the fulfillment of higher degree research projects, especially Masters and Doctorates. It is therefore necessary to do the work with precision and a proper sense of mastery of content. While the dissertation is expected to be a detailed paper on a...

The Linkage Between College Education and Employees’ Productivity

Abstract A direct link exists between college education and higher productivity in employees that can cause an improvement in the country’s economy. On the other hand, it has been seen that there is a relationship between a country’s population size and economic growth. These two highlighted relationships will be discussed...

Narrative for Advancing a Social Justice Agenda

Gender parity in education is changing, but gender inequality continues to exist in favor for boys in Los Angles. Girls who make it to secondary level in many schools in Los Angles, only a small proportion of girls will obtain training in mathematics. Lack of training in girls, will limit...

Nature of Graduate School: Main Challenges

Being in graduate school presents a student with different challenges that he has to conquer. This is important if the student is to complete the given course. Many students find it hard to juggle their private life and schoolwork during their graduate study years. In most cases, the schoolwork ends...

Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL)

Introduction Governments closely monitor their education systems and the developments that arise from time to time. Ministries of education among other bodies are tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the developments. A major challenge that arises in the education sector is the relevance and applicability of a particular education system...

In-State and Out-Of-State College Students’ Dropout and Success Rate

Introduction The recent trends in the U.S. education are rather dangerous as far as they reveal the permanently declining levels of college graduation accompanied by the growing numbers of students that drop out from college due to certain reasons (Beatty, 2001, p. 140; Whitbourne, 2002; Leonhardt, 2009). Scholars have considered...

Cultural Diversity in Barbara Bowman’s Monograph

Introduction In writing this monograph, Barbara Bowman takes the bull by the horn in spelling out controversial cultural issues affecting academic achievement in United States. The article is likely to generate mixed emotions depending on which side the reader decides to take. Nevertheless, the writer has done a great work...

Online Courses. Research Problem and Analysis

Problem statement and purpose of the study Upon introduction of online courses, instructors and analysts believed that there would be a revolution in the field of education (Kling & Hara, 2001). Institutions realized that they could save on seating and teaching resources; they could reach a wider student base and...

Discourse in Language Teaching: The Genre of Letter

Introduction This paper suggests an example of genre analysis, which can be considered as a tool for investigating genre systems and teaching discursive competence. Genre analysis is an example of metadiscourse. “…metadiscourse provides a link between texts and cultures” (Hyland 58). Genre analysis is important for writing instructions because it...

Theoretical and Practical Skills Acquired During Training as a Manager

Introduction To assess my learning outcome with the functionality of an effective manager, I have worked with my independent group of networks. To identify my skills, I have practiced with three key competencies, such as motivation, leadership, and communication skills of a manager. Robbins & Coulter (2002) argued that management...

Learning Journals in Higher and Continuing Education

Summary The article under analysis is called Learning journals in higher and continuing education and is written by Arthur Langer (2002). The research is dedicated to the analysis of use of different periodicals as a means for fostering critical reflection among adult students who are involved in profession-oriented educational programs....

Reformed Schooling for Migrants. Cabinet Submission

Program Context The proposal to reform the existing educational system in Australia for the children of migrant and refugee families stems from current Government aims and to provide improved learning access tools to these disadvantaged groups. Not only would such a move have long-term impact in terms of reduced government...

Review of the Journal of the Use of Milk Thistle

The introductory part should try to give clear and precise informative ideas which are related to the topic of discussion. This will enable the person reading to have a clear perspective of what the paper is all about hence enabling him to understand more clearly. In regard to this, the...

High-Quality Instruction: Creating a Lesson Plan

High Quality Instruction Educational professionals have often mentioned that the current system of learning and teaching program requires High-Quality Instruction that ensures structured student learning, desirable academic performance, which provides benchmarks for students’ classroom performance. This paper attempts to create a lesson plan that describes various steps of a language...

Second Language Paradigms: Understanding Teaching Patterns

MODELS ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES Phonetics Develop the formation of words Develop their reading skills Develop their writing skills For slow learners, it may be discouraging. I.e. In cases where their fellow classmates scoff at them. Group work Impact confidence to students Develop their speaking concept Develop unity between the students Encourages...

The Educational Approach Inclusion

Inclusion is a pedagogical practice where the learners with specific academic needs learn in the same context and environment as those who do not have special academic needs. Inclusion, therefore, grants the special needs student the right to participate in normal educational activities (Ainscow, 2003). This practice does not recognize...

Students’ Academic Performance: Elementary Homework Policies

Homework comprises the activities that are assigned to students to complement in-class work that comprises activities like lectures by teachers, class discussions, and note writing. However, there are different types of homework activities though only three of the types are often used in the ordinary school curriculum. Practice assignments are...

Recycling: Syllogism and Argumentation

Syllogism Companies that do not recycle, increase contamination levels. Those who increase contamination levels should be involved in environmental protection activity. Companies that do not recycle should be involved in environmental protection activities. Introduction Recycling is generally regarded as an important and inevitable part of environmental protection, as well as...

MBA Importance for Further Career

Introduction The world today is calling for professionals who have moved from the bachelor’s circle. The job market has advanced over the years and the world economy has become global where what is happening in one part of the world is felt in other parts. As a result, this calls...

Racial Diversity and Educability Relationship

Introduction Being educable simply means to the willingness to accept the fact that it is not possible to have all the wisdom in the world concentrated in one head. With this acceptance, one proceeds to take the crucial step of listening and learning from others as opposed to making blanket...

Phenomenological Qualitative Research: First-Generation Student Academic Persistence and Retention

Research Design The design that was used in this study was a phenomenological approach to find the underlying meaning of the experience of being a first-generation student. The design focused on establishing the factors that influenced first-generation students’ academic persistence and retention. This approach assisted the researcher to understand the...