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Professional Learning Community Creation

is hard to define exactly what a learning community is. It is even harder to create one" (2003). Morrissey suggests the term "prof...

Multicultural Learning Community Development

- but perhaps it isnt. Boyer "defined community as an undergraduate experience that helps students go beyond their private inter...

Teaching That is Inquiry Based

standardized testing. However, Buell and Crawford (2001) note that the test does not ask students to justify their choice, "Yet kn...

Human Learning

for even though humans as a species are much the same, individually there are many differences. There exist myriad areas where so...

Exploratory and Active Learning Activities

available and hands-on learning activities are integrated into the curriculum in such a way that these activities serve to supplem...

Self Regulated Learning Efficacy, Affective and Cognitive Learning

and supportive educational environments and the development of love, respect and security (Self Esteem, 2001). Fostering self-eff...

The Use of the Four Component Instructional Design

This 8 page paper examines the use of the four component instructional design (4C/ID) as a model to design an instructional progra...

Learning Organization Creation and Change

the learning where this is a set of corrective changes or a "change in the punctuation of experience". These may be seen as equal ...

Critiquing Peter Senge's Leadership and Learning

basis of his concept pf learning is that we are gradually taught or learn not to learn. Senge quotes Deming when looking organisat...

Management, Employees, Creativity, and Opportunities for Learning

that facilities employee learning. There are several different theories concerning the learning organisation and need for employee...

Hospital Learning Community Development

Boyer explained the learning community as: 1. A purposeful community-a place where faculty and students share academic goals and w...

Critiquing and Assessing Peter Senge's The Leader's New Work Building Learning Organization

the existing status quo where measuring of performance had led to a position where the company was very weak. The first ma...

High School Language, Direct Learning, and Cooperative Learning Approaches

occurs in practically all human relations. It occurs between married couples, between college students, even between children. I...

Learning and Theories of Human Development

under role model and peer pressure. A critical stage for developing self-identity (University of Hawaii, 1990). 6. Stage 6: Young ...

Web Developer Career Path

creation is central to web development, and it must be visually organized and perform as the site visitor expects. It also must m...

Exploring Learning Styles

have learning disabilities and need special attention while others simply learn in a way that is uncommon. Because of different le...

Cognitive Learning Theories

information, linking new to old knowledge, schema, and scripts" (NSW HSC Online, n.d.). The major premise in the cognitive schoo...

Theory of Standardized Academic Assessments

ask far too much from such a diverse collection of learners. As a direct result, educators are caught in the middle of trying to ...

SOA or Standardized Systems - A Healthcare Case Study

The writer looks at a decision which needs to be made by a healthcare organization to determine which type of system would be most...

Russki Adventures and Standardized Marketing

Crevasse and Andrei Kakov sought to market services, namely that of high-end helicopter skiing excursions. Crevasse and Kakov nee...

Inclusion in Education

multiple placement options would provide a better means for meeting "each students assessed needs as indicated in the individualiz...

Special Education: Homework Adaptation

students. However, it is not clear as to how much of the learning disabled student population actual requires such separation fro...

What Kind Of Cultural Identity Should Public Schools Promote?

et al, 2005). Citing how public education in America "has historically been both the panacea for societal ills and the target fo...

Argument: The Revisions to IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) 2004 are Good for Both Students and Teachers

revisions are necessary and helpful, we will examine them in more detail. First, the revisions bring IDEA more closely in line wi...

Piaget, Bandura & Erikson: Adolescent Psychology

of an individual and his or her environment, experiences and relationships dictate the overall growth process. Indeed, certain cr...

Classroom Strategies for Teaching Children With Dyslexia

inaccurate word identification; spelling may also be affected (Gersons-Wolfensberger & Ruijssenaars, 1997). That is a rather bro...

In What Ways Is Reading Literary Works of Another Age Of Value To Understanding History And To Understanding One's Place In History?

age help to dispel myths and mistruths about the past that have erroneously been passed on as fact. Sometimes history is portraye...

Special Education Dispute Resolution

One retired elementary principal in Tennessee often spoke of a particularly troublesome parent who requested IEP review no less th...

Legal Issues & IEPs

an IEP. First of all, the IEP must include statements that offer an overview of the students current level of academic achievement...

A Summary of Five Acts

was the Great Depression and other conditions at the time that mandated the creation of social and economic programs. One has to r...