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Changes in Educational Paradigms and Curricula During the Twentieth Century

there is the idea that knowledge underlies the thinking. Rsenick & Hall (1998) explain: "In every field of thought, cognitive scie...

The Struggle for the American Curriculum 1893-1958 by Herbert M. Kliebard

in American schools" (Models of Teaching: Politics of Education). The first is "Social Efficiency curriculum" which is essential...

Education and Curriculum Trends

of the American education system (Heath, 1996). One of the interesting aspects of what I view as the changes that will take...

Social Needs Child Centered Curriculum Theory

Bobbit and Dewey would be placed under the same category but both theorists wanted to work within the system and that is the link ...

Curriculum Map Analysis

the use of vocabulary and the use of writing measures to assess vocabulary and cultural understanding. At the same time, these ta...

An Evaluation of the Web Based Curriculum America Dreams

Such is the case for "America Dreams..through the decades", a web site developed by the Library of Congress. The "America D...

The Importance of Women Writers to the School Curriculum

with a female perspective of the American frontier experience that would offer more complete picture with vantage points from both...

Curriculum and Teaching, Integrating Knowledge

This essay draws upon research to discuss adult learning theory and student-centered learning and then discusses how this informat...

Instructional Supervision & New Curricula For Raising Academic Standards

by which to address a system whereby at-risk students fall through the cracks because of not being taught in a way they understand...

Education: Curriculum And Instructional Supervision

of instructing many different types of students within a single classroom. Various methods have been introduced as a means by whi...

Guns And Violence On U.S. College Campuses

of academia was such that college administrators feared they had no viable formula for staving off future attacks, ultimately plac...

Process Issues Dickeson Model

The recent economic crisis has once again led state legislators and governing boards insisting that colleges set priorities for th...

Significant Stressors Of College Life

the new college environment is crucial for success" (Pritchard et al, 2006, p. 125). Some college students enjoy the economic sub...

Impact Of Instant Replay In College-Level Sports

62). II. THE WHOLE STORY When the NCAA implemented instant replay in 2003, anyone even remotely interested in sports felt compel...

Behaviorism/Teaching College Students

focused on operant rather classical conditioning (Mergel, 1998). Operant conditioning refers to "voluntary behaviors used in opera...

Students Are Consumers, Colleges Are Businesses

where and how they acquire higher education is both grand and far-reaching; that universities are feeling the financial pinch of s...

Effective Ecological Volunteerism

while people care about global warming, they do not care enough to "give up their cars or sacrifice a standard of living based on ...

Should Race be a Consideration in College Admissions?

former Harvard University president Derek Bok and former Princeton president William Bowen, have maintained that preferential trea...

Procrastination and GPA

health when deadlines are far off" (Chu and Choi, 2005, p. 245). On the other hand, the Tice and Baumeister study also reported th...

Is the "Freshman Fifteen" a Real Phenomenon?

gaining weight in college is no myth. It is a reality for many students and there are reasons behind the phenomenon. A study rep...

History of Aging

has long been recognized that people do not age at the same rate. In early modern Europe, the period during which a person is cons...

Pricing Parking - Case Study

decks have led to a $100,000 deficit. Even in the most crowded months in the year, the new parking decks are only about half-full....

How Regulatory Agencies have Improved Outcomes

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

Teaching Diversely Aged College Students

2001, p. 3). Adult learners may need help in structuring their time, learning good study habits, etc. just as much or more so tha...

Cabrini College Mural

homeless children in New York (McCabe, 2008). It is also perhaps important to understand that this mural may also be depicting an ...

Personal Action Plans

ensure that anything handed in is original student work. This includes taking steps to ensure that materials that are utilized ar...

Staffing in a Food Court

This 3 page paper looks at some operational issues which may be faced by a canteen on a college campus. The paper looks at matchin...

Basic Skills Initiative

2007). These are considered the foundation skills for success in college level education (Illowsky, 2007). The BSI itself is inten...

External Influences on Different Types of Organizations

as a luxury when it is undertaken to leisure purposes. If there is an economic downturn within an economy, such as one which is oc...

Colorado’s Amendment 36 - Why It Failed

of the states nine electoral votes and Kerry the other four (Saffron, 2005). As the system is structured now, all nine went to Bus...