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Reforming Education and Its Barriers

from families, teachers and others before it can implement much of anything, the good ideas end up becoming watered down. Unfortun...

Viability of Grade Retention

use of voluntary retention is a way to help a failing child succeed (Perry, 1999). The trend is really based on anecdotal evidence...

Home, Workplace, and the Psychological Effects of Color

research difficult but within species research possible. In addition, it has been studied that the perception of color within a sp...

Compare and Contrast Public School and Christian School Administrators

determines both the content and the means of instruction" (Bob Jones University, 2001). Thus, we conclude that a Christian educati...

Froebel's Contributions to Montessori Schools

much credence outside of his native country, but in the nineteenth century the first kindergarten units were opened in British pri...

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...

An Overview of the Time Period 1910-1919

if it was inherited, if she was married. The first suffrage parade took place in 1910, but it wouldnt be until 1919 that the ninet...

A Review of Mike Rose's Book, Lives on the Boundary

house. Sometimes that extended to taking Mike to the large library downtown. Lou would teach Mike about astronomy, taught him how ...

Criminal Justice and Various Educational Strategies

appropriate way students are able to obtain a full and eclectic spectrum of what is being taught. Of course, not every subject ne...

Education Reflections

food for thought on this concept. Another phenomenon is that of Harry Potter where it had been suggested that it was the first tim...

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...

TESOL Educator Effectiveness

language, including listening, speaking, reading and writing so as to convey these lessons to ESOL students. It is important for T...

The African American Student Population and Urban Educational Policy

this country. The Problem With African American Education in America First, it is important to recognize that in fact th...

Educational Supervision vs. Administration

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

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,...

Educational Tool of Blogging

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

Phillip E. Schlechty's Inventing Better Schools

some of the motivation that seeps through these pages. Schlechty blames todays problems in the school system not just on the poor...

Educational Trends

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

Hong Kong Education Reform Analysis

Rational self multiple dimensions Moral certainty Moral relativism Social cohesion and Social fragmentation Community ...

Ancient and Modern Learning Techniques

education (267). One might say that the stance is rather snobbish, but many do separate vocational and academic curriculums. They ...

Making Action Plans or the McGill Action Planning System (MAPS)

Canada. It was named for the university where it was developed, McGill. Initially, the system was intended to be used as a part of...

Education and Roadblocks to Communication

begin to see the dilemma teachers face when planning a lesson(Cross 89). Even with these diagnostic tools to aid them, teachers a...

Paulo Freire's 'Banking Concept of Education'

The student could therefore point out that the educational system as a whole is not one which facilitates an exchange of ideas, bu...

17th and 18th Century European Military Education

In twelve pages European military officer training during this time period is examined in a discussion of informal British approac...

Education and Literature's Role

is the well read that appear to succeed in life, they have a broader base of knowledge from which to make judgements and decision....

Education and Mass Media

This paper examines the possible educational role of the media. This five page paper has three sources listed in the bibliography...

Philosophy of Maria Montessori

In ten pages the educational philosophy of Dr. Montessori is examined. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography....

Religion and Education According to Max Weber and Karl Marx

dubbed the people who support it as leftist radicals who preach new ageism. Indeed, new ageism is part of the dominant culture and...

Reading and the Acquisition of Language Acquisition

In four pages this report discusses language acquisition processes for children and the applies those to reading educational proce...