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Aspects of ECE or Early Childhood Education

She offers as an example a booklet used in schools entitled, "All About Me," which consists of a series of dittoed pages where the...

Tenure of Public School Teachers

teacher," and "tenured teacher" (LaRue, 1996). Each term is reflective of rights of teachers under the statutes of different state...

Moral Education and Personal Philosophy

being more or less universally accepted, teachers tend to be reluctant to discuss character education and moral development (Richm...

Distance Education Investment Reasons

$95,000, Colbert does most of his work online and on the weekends. In a typical study session, Colbert "reviews a finance lecture...

Work of John Dewey and Its Importance

be verified (Dewey, 1938). Pragmatism, then, is the application of scientific methods to areas commonly referred to as ideals and ...

Sex Education as a Social Problem

about sex education is a conflict wherein the dominant group in the society is determining where and how this education should tak...

U.S. and its Dysfunctional System of Education

not act as a powerful incentive for improvement" (p. 255). According to Gehring (2000), the overall consensus on standardiz...

Overview of Global Higher Education

Altbach (2002) also reflects the views of a number of other theorists, who argue that there is an imperative for the globalization...

Law Enforcement, Cultural diversity and Community

of ones skin or the culture one has grown up with. Diversity, it can be said is as individual as the way in which one approaches p...

Phonics That is Synthetic and Analytic

quotes a previous Director, John Stannard, as saying that the essential elements of teaching literacy involve the identification a...

Sleeter and Grant on Multicultural Education Approaches

stereotypical attitudes towards different groups and working on respect and tolerance of differences. The school needs to move for...

Child Education and the Involvement of Parents

there other concerned adults who may substitute, or add to the parental role. Changing nature of parental involvement Anyone who ...

Music and Its Psychological Impact

In eight pages this research paper discusses how human perception is impacted by music in a consideration of education, perception...

1916 Text Democracy in Education by John Dewey

the baby chick, that shortly after it hatches makes a few stabs for food, as in beak-eye coordination. Masters that concept and b...

Education Benefits of Portfolio Based Assessment

In five pages this paper discusses the education benefits of portfolio based assessments. Six sources are cited in the bibliograp...

Intervention of the State in Economic Issues and Milton Friedman

In 5 pages this paper examines the state intervention policies advocated by economist Milton Friedman in areas of education and so...

Seriously Considering Education in the U.S.

In ten pages an emphasis upon science and mathematics is featured in this U.S. public education consideration of 'borders and fron...

Workplace and Education

week; can that be considered necessary for good mental health, if you are a teacher in a juvenile crime facility. What is the c...

Higher Education Plans of George W. Bush

In a paper consisting of seven pages Bush's higher education policy proposals are discussed and include an advance memo of major i...

Massachusetts Educational Law Change Cost Benefit Analysis

In seven pages a cost benefit analysis is applied to a change in Massachusetts' education law that replace 'special needs' with di...

Graduate Level Distance Learning Quality Assessment

In a paper consisting of seven pages the necessity of assessing the quality of graduate programs on the Internet is presented and ...

Overview of the National Collegiate Athletic Association

In five pages this paper discusses the history and higher education functions of the NCAA with the controversies associated with i...

An AIDS Epidemic Simulation Model

In a paper consisting of eight pages a simulation model that supports the need for education and other support systems in slowing ...

Mathematics and the Space Program

In twenty pages this paper examines the connection between the space program conditions and 1960s and 1970s mathematics education ...

Adult Education Today and Yesterday

This is a research paper comprised of five pages that discusses adult education as it existed in ancient Greec in contrast to avai...

Reform Movement Selection

what the founders of this country sought for their fellow countrymen. When the Constitution was drafted in the eighteenth century...

Issues in Education Reform

In ten pages education is examined in terms of reform options and other relevant issues. Seven sources are cited in the bibliogra...

Adult Education and International HR Training

In five pages this paper examines modern day training in human resources and global recognition of the importance of adult educati...

1960s' Education Curriculum Reform

In fourteen pages the many education reforms that were enacted during the 1960s are examined in terms of description, whether or n...

Classroom Elimination of Ethnocentrism

In five pages this essay discusses how to eliminate ethnocentrism from elementary and secondary levels of education in a considera...