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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...

Education and the Use of Cinema

seek information. Paulo Freire calls lecturing the "banking concept" of education, and there is not much student-teacher interfac...

Oakes's Becoming Good American Schools

tradition, particularly the tension between the very powerful concept of and drive for individualism and the ideals of civic virtu...

Education, Multiracial and Multicultural Considerations

and culture can be a very definite influence in academic success in the nations mainstream schools and that both the method of pre...

Network Management Tools' Test Results

Well, guess what? Times have changed. New players, new products and new approaches are making a difference. The question is, is it...

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....

Life, Death, and the Afterlife

down to fundamental postulates. When this stage in our analysis has been reached it becomes impossible to further simplify the is...

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...

Curse or Opportunity in Terms of an Alzheimer's Test

carry the gene. Therefore, one might be of the notion that as long as the vast majority favors and accepts the associated compone...

Banking Concept of Education by Paulo Freire and Arts of the Contact Zone by Mary Louise Pratt

aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today" (Anonymous Mary Louise Pratt defines "contact zones", 2002; bod...

Requiring HIV Testing of Women Who Are Pregnant

even know that IV drug use is. Should such persons be subject to taking unnecessary tests, or rather, should the government trust ...

Jack Weatherford's Native Roots

the first tasks undertaken by Weatherford is to define the term "Native American" itself. Indeed, the term Native American is a c...

IQ Testing Descriptive and Analytical Debates

as factual and functional as analytical style writing. ANALYTICAL RESPONSE TO THE IQ DEBATE Note to student: This model paper is...

Tests and Race

hindrance toward a more realistic test result (Jencks et al PG; Disparities in Educational Achievement). "Conditions designed to ...

Riding in an Elevator and Unwritten Social Rules

above the door, or will look at the floor. Eye contact is not leveled at the door, or personal height levels. Nor do people tend t...

Fair IQ Testing?

comprehension of subject matter, or even in the interpretation of the meaning of a simple sentence. Some of these variables may in...

Human Learning and Computer Technology

heavy reading and/or composition requirements. When third grade students are able to apply the touch-type method of keyboarding, ...

Coca Cola's Liquidity Analysis

In five pages the acid test and current ration are used to analyze Coca Cola's liquidity. Three sources are listed in the bibliog...

Humanism and Educational Philosophy

done right and what potentially could go wrong, in the end one has to choose the model or models that most closely resemble ones o...

A Target Behavioral Intervention Plan for ADHD

an anecdotal recording and data sheet summarizing a systematic classroom observation of the target student and a control student u...

Harry Truman and Bill Clinton on Health Care Reform

- his strategy was turned down. "Though Mr. Clinton promised a simple plan that would guarantee choice along with security, he de...

Computer System Life Cycle Development and Testing

are overwhelming (pp. 8). Fournier explains that key steps in a testing process generally include GUI testing, unit testing, int...

Maxine Greene's The Dialectic of Freedom

that take place during ones life. Our free will, on the other hand, speaks to the concept of having full authority over ones aspi...

Two Questions on Childhood Development

of children, adolescents and adults at the same time. In setting up the research, the researcher would need to pinpoint subjects i...

Combatting Violence in Schools

In fifteen pages a student based survey on school violence is discussed in terms of overview and implementation and includes inves...

Bilingual Learning Costs to the Educational System

In ten pages considers what costs are incurred by adopting bilingual educational approaches in America. Six sources are cited in ...

Internet Children's Educational Materials Development

In seven pages developing educational materials for children ages 7 to 12 are examined. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography...

Education and Health in America and Canada

In seven pages the Canadian and American health care and educational systems are contrasted and compared in terms of the similarit...

Teaching Method Analysis on Reading and Writing Skills

In fifteen pages this paper presents a literature analysis that focuses upon various educational approaches to the teaching of wri...

Children's Cognitive Testing and Screening

other types of homes and environments. It is prudent for an examiner to make decisions on whether or not to proceed with a test ba...