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Educational Supervision vs. Administration

in the clinical supervision model to help teachers improve their instructional skills. Clinical supervision in this case is the ...

Traditional Scheduling vs. Block Scheduling

class for a longer period of time (Irmsher, 1996). For example: * Alternative day schedules mean that six or eight courses are spr...

Educational Tool of Blogging

in which participants take discussions where they will. In education, Weblogs provide a venue in which students can gain individu...

Alfie Kohn's The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes

reward. He has been joined by a number of other theorist, each of whom present their own social cognitive theories. Several of t...

Standardized Testing and its History

tests were originally developed because they allowed administrators to measure students results against a national profile (Maki,...

Issues in Minority Education

must come. When black Americans were first freed, the desire to become educated was strong. Being able to read and write, they...

Adult Education and the Theories of Program Design and Development

plus enough reading, and arithmetic to run their households, but that was all (Flaceliere 56). Ancient sources tell us, moreover, ...

New Zealand's Inequality in Education

what is expected of all partners in the system and thirdly, it does not take enough account of the fact that students have differe...

Impacts of Plato, Pythagoras, Wolfgang Kohler, and B.F. Skinner on Education

(Bosomolny, 2002). He founded the Pythagorean school of philosophy, mathematics and natural sciences. His teachings soon attract...

Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

University Honor Codes

to be self-regulating, although as Georgia College (2002) notes, over the years the focus has changed. In the majority of colleges...

Educators and Development of Technology Staff

In twelve pages this paper examines 3 journal articles pertaining to the development of technology staff in an educational setting...

Nursing Practice and Atherosclerosis

1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...

Unfulfilled Promises of Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964

In five pages this paper examines how education programs at the elementary and secondary levels often violate Title IX of the Educ...

Outdoor Education and Leadership and the Value of Good Judgment

In five pages this paper discusses rock climbing and other types of outdoor educational activities in a discussion of the necessit...

Brazil and Education

In twenty pages this research paper considers Brazil's educational system and compares it with that of the United States in terms ...

France's System of Education

In nine pages this research paper assesses the elementary school, secondary, and higher education levels that comprise the French ...

Historical Theories on Health, Education, Society and the Individual

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the nursing profession's health care workers can benefit from the educational theories of...

Prevention and Teenage Pregnancy

In six pages this paper discusses educational and social teen pregnancy prevention models in an outcome assessment. Six sources a...

Nursing and Secondhand Smoke

In ten pages this research paper discusses nursing educational intervention regarding information about secondhand smoke's dangers...

Souring of 'the American Dream'

In two pages this paper examines the souring of the American Dream in a consideration of wages, educational access, and financial ...

Academic Performance and the Acculturation of Native Americans

In nine pages this paper examines how Native American educational achievement is affected by cultural barriers. Six sources are c...

4 Concerns Regarding Education and Law

In eight pages this paper considers 4 legal and educational issues and includes an evaluation of school prayer, teacher and studen...

1973's Rehabilitation Act, Section 504

In three pages this paper discusses this Act's Section 504 as it pertains to disabled students and equal educational opportunities...

Education of Men and Women in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In four pages this paper examines the educational differences among men and women in England of the 18th century and their social ...

Motivating Gifted Students

The writer argues that gifted students are often bored and drop out, and that educators who do not motivate them are complicit in...

System of Education and Assistance to Diverse Families

In five pages this paper considers impoverished and immigrant families in an examination of how the teacher's promotion of parenta...

Educational Research and Qualitative Research Tools' Advantages and Disadvantages

In six pages this paper examines educational research in an assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative research...

America's Education Dreams

In four pages this paper examines the U.S. educational system in order to determine whether or not it fulfills the objectives of A...

Tort Liability and Teachers

In ten pages this research paper examines the educational system and the application of tort law to administrators and educators. ...