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Education Essays and Term Papers
Role Of A TeacherThe main argument Connell makes is that there is a real misunderstanding of the teaching role and working conditions in society today. For example, the number of complexities within the role and contradictions in the job itself, are major contributing factors to the different images, in which ...
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The Banking Concept of EducationIn his essay, The Banking Concept of Education, author Paulo Freire states that, “Knowledge emerges only through invention and re-invention, through the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry human beings pursue in the world, with the world and with each other”. Students have turned ...
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Advancement Via Individual DeterminationAdvancement Via Individual Determination, something that didn’t mean anything to me my freshman year, now means my future. At first, I thought this AVID class was just wasting my time by teaching me how to take notes for my other classes and giving me binder checks. I felt that this wasn’t ...
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Media and Violence in EducationNot only has there been an increase in violent acts seen by children every day but there has been a huge increase in the amount and severity of violent acts in the media. This includes television, movies, computer games, and video tapes and there has even been an increase in the weapon-like toys ...
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Single Sex SchoolingSingle sex education, known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or are in separate buildings or schools. There are many flaws and advantages for parents deciding that their children go to single sex schooling. ...
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The Benefits of an Adult StudentThe Benefits of an Adult Student
What are the benefits of going back to college as an adult? As an adult student, I have a job and a family. At the beginning, I might worry that I’ve been out of touch for too long, and I won’t be able to readjust to the school environment and keep up with the ...
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Classroom Management Skills Can Foster Academic AchievementAbstract
Classroom management is defined as the methods and strategies an educator uses to maintain a classroom environment that is conducive to student success and learning, (Duke, 1979). Although there are many pedagogical strategies involved in managing a classroom, a common denominator is ...
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GeometryPlane (or Euclidean) geometry is the branch of mathematics that studies figures (such as points, lines, and angles) constructed only with the use of the straightedge and the compass. It is primarily concerned with such problems as determining the areas and diameters of two-dimensional figures. To ...
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Private School VouchersPrivate School Vouchers
Proposals to use private school vouchers, a marketplace strategy, as a mechanism by which to improve the general quality of public education have produced a lively debate. Frequently, that debate has degenerated into a disagreement about whether public schools are as ...
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Class Act ResearchRESEARCHING ACTION AND CHANGE
Rob McBride and John Schostak
A. INTRODUCTION
In this chapter we will consider two key forms of qualitative research, viz. Action Research and Evaluation, though it is with the former that we are chiefly concerned.
(A whole school example of Action Research ...
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CheatingSchool systems today are so lenient in their rules, guidelines and consequences; thus causing cheating, copying or forgeries to be frequently used. Many students take advantage of copying someone else's work whenever they are given the chance. Other times, students will simply have someone else do ...
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Waldorf SchoolingThere are many types of schools around the world that have been affective for many years. One type is Waldorf education. Waldorf education views the child as whole humans who need to develop their mind, body, and spirit. This approach gives the children an opportunity to explore the world around ...
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Teaching PhilosophyThroughout my entire life there has always been one thing that has remained constant, there has always been some sort of teacher in my life. During my academic career, there have been teachers that I have liked and a few that I have disliked, but I have always respected them for what they ...
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History of TrigonometryThe history of trigonometry dates back to the early ages of Egypt and Babylon . Angles were then measured in degrees. History of trigonometry was then advanced by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus who compiled a trigonometry table that measured the length of the chord subtending the various angles ...
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College Tuition Costs RisingIntroduction: According to Gordon Wadsworth’s article “Sky Rocketing College Costs,” “Economists predict the cost of attending state colleges will soar to $120,000 by 2015. I don’t know about you, but this statement makes me rethink whether or not I’d even consider us to be lucky if we survive 2012 ...
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LanguageTeaching Cultural Identity through Modern Language: Discourse as a Marker of an Individual’s Cultural Identity
Pavel V. Sysoyev
Associate Professor of American Studies and Applied Linguistics
Tambov State University
Tambov, Russia
(JFDP)
Lyn R. Donelson
Visiting Lecturer of English as ...
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Should Schools Implement UniformsSchools uniforms help maintain school discipline, by having fewer amounts of discipline problems. Some people feel that school uniforms help a school in maintaining discipline. Many parents don’t feel the need to give their children discipline, which makes it harder for the teachers that has to ...
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Studying HistoryBoring, waste of time, it’s useless in this day and age. This is what many people say when I tell them I plan to pursue a college major in history. In my opinion, history is the most important major of them all. Studying history is like traveling back in time to understand the past. It directly ...
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EducationThis particular course outlined so many areas of education, some of which I wasn’t even aware of. All four of the modules taught me so much in many aspects. I learned things through the student’s eyes, the teacher’s perspective and also the parents which are largely important. The module that most ...
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No Child Left BehindThe law that is known as "No Child Left Behind'' is the primary statute governing the federal government's role in education. First passed during the Johnson administration as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it was rebranded as part of its last major overhaul in 2001, when Democrats ...
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Autobiography On Learning And Using Languages During My LifetimeAutobiography On Learning And Using Languages During My Lifetime
I was born in the United States; my parents are Syrians so their language was Arabic. My family cared about teaching me the Arabic language at home. They didn’t use English language that often, so when I was one year old I ...
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Learning EnvironmentsA traditional classroom is often set with the desks in rows, the professor’s desk or table somewhere in front of the room, and student desks moved far enough apart to prevent easy wandering of eyes during tests. This arrangement packs desks into the room efficiently and lets student have easy ...
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The Rhetorical Précis FormThe Rhetorical Précis Form
In order to describe quickly and effectively the argument and context an author presents in a text, use a format called the rhetorical précis. This form is a highly structured four-sentence paragraph that records the essential rhetorical elements in any spoken or ...
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Extending High School To Five YearsSome educators think extending high school to five years, is a good idea. Honestly, that is not the brightest idea. Although that would not be hard to implement, it would definitely cause student drop out rates to rise. Thinking about it logically, we already have college right after high school. ...
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