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England, Education and Alfred the Great

skills were more highly valued. In addition, literacy was regarded as being equated with political and economic power: it was ther...

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...

A Park Slope in Brooklyn Overview

have a particular profile that includes a median age of 37.3 years, half of which are single person households ("Brooklyn," 2004)....

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...

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 ...

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...

Elementary Style Educatonal Censorship

While the list of individual books under attack continues to grow, recent protests - often orchestrated by national conservative g...

Risk Management and Schools

In twelve pages this paper discusses the education sphere in terms of risk management issues with history, increasing violence, OS...

Color of Water by James McBride, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, and Education

In a paper consisting of 5 pages education and its importance as represented in these works are discussed. There are no other sou...

Problems with Public Education in America

In five pages this paper discusses financial and racial disparities, low curricula content and inadequately prepared teachers in t...

Reading and Writing Skills Enhancement Through Buddy Journals

In ten pages this paper on elementary education examines how skills in reading and writing can be improved by using buddy journals...

Education and Plato

In five pages this paper examines youth and adult education according to Plato's philosophy. Three sources are listed in the bibl...

Curriculum Regarding Drug Education

In three pages an appropriate curriculum regarding drug education for 5th grade students is discussed. Three sources are cited in...

Classrooms, Conscious Choice and a Case Study on Widening Circles

stubborn and tenacious part that, deep down, really believed in the philosophy that winners never quit and quitters never win, urg...

Ralph Thompson's 'Learning to Question'

In five pages this 1969 article regarding education and the importance of asking questions is critiqued. There are no other sourc...

Modern Education and Immanuel Kant's Philosophy

working out the Critical philosophy. According to Bowman (1999), this quote articulates the chief motivation of the Critical philo...

Operating Machinery Safely and the Human Factors Involved

In eight pages this paper considers the human factors that are connected with operating machinery safely in a discussion of threat...

Upcoming Changes in Facility Management

In six pages this paper considers the changes that will take place in facility management within the next decade in an examination...

System of Profound Knowledge Theory by Edward Deming

of components which are the appreciation of a system, the theory of variation, the theory of knowledge, and finally, psychology. ...

Namibia and an Application of the 'Informed Dialogue' of Reimers and McGinn

In five pages Namibia's educational policy is examined through the application of principles contained within the text Informed Di...

U.S. Public Education Crisis

In five pages this paper considers various perspectives in this examination of the U.S. public education crisis. One source is ci...

High School Sex Education

In five pages this paper argues that sex education classes should be required of all high school students. Five sources are cited...

Chinese Higher Education and Chinese Heritage

for Youth Research in Shanghai, recognizes the changing status of Chinese children, remarking that fathers now treat their childre...

Causes and Interventions Regarding Coronary Artery Disease

In twelve pages coronary artery disease is examined in terms of causes, approaches, and methods of intervention, discussing causat...

New York Public School Issues According to a Consultant's 1842 Report

In seven pages this paper presents a report to Governor Seward regarding the Public School Society's Catholic issues and discusses...

Research Proposal Involving Socioeconomic Background and Education

In six pages this research proposal focuses upon achievement in education and the impact of such factors as family structure, econ...

Jim Crow's Emergence and Decline

The Jim Crow laws are examined in five pages in an overview of the 'separate but equal' 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court deci...