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Educational Trends

has the potential to bring expanded insight, knowledge and understanding when used appropriately (Fulton, 2001, p. 16). The 107t...

Syllabus for English Language Created by the Curriculum Development Council of Hong Kong

task-based instructional models, including task-based instruction for reading, listening and writing, are clearly elements integra...

1995's United States v. Lopez Case

and is one that should be evaluated in todays frightening climate of violence. The Supreme Court case United States v. Lop...

Homosexuality and Educators

In five pages this paper examines state schools and the controversy of gay teachers from both sides before a conclusion is reached...

Disaster at Floreffe, PA's Ashland Oil Company

until the leaks had been plugged. A crisis management team was formed at the company headquarters in Ashland, Kentucky, and plans ...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Metropolitan Kansas City and School Inequality

time being pressured by political agendas. The role of teacher encompasses myriad elements that are critical to the overall...

Education and Virtual Reality

We now have another way to gain knowledge of the world, through virtual reality (Winn, 1993). Immersion in a virtual world allows ...

Williams Syndrome in Children, Problematic Behavior, and Pain Management

behaviours: one of the reasons for the study was to assess whether there were elements of the playschool environment which were tr...

French Public Schools and Veil Wearing Muslim Women

complete and unrelenting distinction between church and state. There would be no religious exceptions, whatsoever, and this inclu...

Bauhaus School of Design and 'Craft'

his belief that a distinction between "art" and "craft" was essentially counterproductive. Therefore, art had to be considered in ...

A Brief History of Cubism

first example of Cubism. The portrait of five nudes assembled around a fruit arrangement is truly a mind-boggling combination of ...

Public Schools and Character Education

the school to lawsuits by parents disagreeing with the teaching. In essence, public education was cut adrift. Teachers and...

Leadership According to Principals and Faculty

learning of this, was distressed that she was not consulted. Hilbert relates, "My feelings were hurt" (p. 16). However, her princi...

Higher Education Trends

or is hired for a position. Employers see the degree as a sort of prerequisite. Even if the degree has nothing to do with the posi...

The School Nurse and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

the educational setting, and considers the role of school nurses. At a time when an increasing number of students are receiving s...

Issue of School Choice

the problem from a political point of view. Is the selection of schools another step toward democracy and free markets, or...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

In ten pages this research paper examines elementary school grade level portfolios as an assessment alternative approach. Twenty ...

Architecture and its Controversies

to a particular interpretation (2002). In some way, modernisms influence never left. Modernism may also be construed as an archi...

Knowledge Theories Empiricism and Rationalism

In six pages this paper examines these two philosophical schools of knowledge with the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant and...

Increased Popularity of Schooling Year Round

The pros, cons, and potential problems of having schools open all year are assessed in a literature review consisting of eight pag...

School Violence in Russia, China, and the US in Children Between the Ages of 13 and 18

for the unleashing of such aggressions, are often a "source of criticism and rejection" (De Wolfe et al, 1995, p. 315) where child...

Exclusion, Suspension, and Effective Management of Behavior

In seven pages schools and their student management are examined in terms of the roles of suspension and exclusion with the advant...

Turnover of Employees and Contribution of Management

Years of tradition dictate that employees will work harder and more productively just for the promise of higher pay. Practice and...

Ineffectiveness of Zero Tolerance School Violence Policies

toward school violence, rather than helping the situation, appear to have altered a beneficial trend. In fact, incidences of serio...

Implementation of the Perkins Educational Grant

educational achievement, such as limited proficiency in English (California Department of Education (b), 2004). When it co...

Abraham Maslow, the Hawthorne Studies, and Management's Human Relations School

impact on both the quality and productivity of the workplace. It showed that any environmental changes, could, in the short term i...

Bullying Children and School Personnel Challenges

an unusual name or because he appears incapable of defending himself, the emotional trauma of bullying is not something for school...

US Public Schools and Prayer

or discourage prayer, or participate in such activities with students" (Uncle Sams Prayer Stick, 2003, p. 38). At what appeared to...

Human Development and Growth, Sexual Orientation, and Identity

his head, and at the age of 14 took his own life. Erikson states that during adolescence the child leaves behind one type of ide...