Essays on Curriculum

Introduction

Educational integration serves to harmonize all the essential elements regarding educational, policies, systems, governance, and any other significant aspect that is directly or indirectly related to learning. The period between the end of the 1960s to the end of 1990s marked a period of fundamental educational reforms and discourse in Finland. Major educational policy and administrative and governance changes were instituted and implemented with the 30year time frame. The Finland government and ministry of education was determined to make significant strides and development in ensuring that the education system was inclusive, student-centered, content sensitive, vocational, and entirely free of ...

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Abstract

Nowadays, the role of English can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keeps widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language requires taking great responsibility and, therefore, it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications that may arise during the learning process so as to define key tendencies and principles in ...

No school operates without a curriculum. Fundamentally, aA curriculum is an essential part of the education system (Bradford, Kenneth, & Helen, 2017). A well-set curriculum contributes enormously to a good education. Additionally, it eases the learning process for the teachers and the learners. However, various schools have various curriculums set by various people in diverse ways. Nevertheless, quality education remains the core purpose of all the curriculums in education institutions (Armstrong, 2006). This paper is oriented towards comparing curriculums of different states, districts, and schools to the research of the best practice. Most successful schools are those that comply with ...

InstitutionDate

I began my higher education studying business management at Lebanese American University. Upon entering and choosing to study business with a concentration in management, I was unsure if it would be for me, but the two subjects had always fascinated me and I wanted to learn more about them. Fortunately, I knew immediately I had made the right decision, becoming so enthralled with both the business-mechanics, and management side of each subject I was sure about my future. I knew I would go on to pursue a Master’s in Management in order to take my professional career an ...

Introduction and the Mission Statement

Education without practicality ends at nothingness. Students may need to engage in activities that emphasize the theories and concepts learnt in class. A research by ID Tech Camps reveals that VEX robotics enables the testing of knowledge through designing, programming and building (2016). Moreover, science and technology are two cornerstones of education as well as development. This paper will focus on the basic details of my forthcoming project concerning the VEX robotics, which will allow students to apply their class knowledge in coming up with creative designs alongside generating more experience. Moreover, the project will include Innovation Diffusion Theory ( ...

Socialization is an intricate process where people learn how to interact with their surroundings. Almost everything that people do around that is considered to be human nature is out of socialization. During the process of socialization people learn how to talk, walk, feed, and how to relate with others. Socialization is a continuous process, but it majorly takes place during childhood. This article will explain on how aspects of socialization such as family, friends, school and religion impacts on a person.

Family

The family is considered as the most important agent of socialization amongst all the agents of socialization. Infants ...

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

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What Happens Immediately to Charlie

With two distinct suspension packages in a row adding up to 13 days, the immediate implication would be a change of Chrlie’s placement. This would involve movement from his current placement to an IEAS (Küpper & Rebhorn, 2007). The choice for an IEAS for Charlie’s placement will solely be left to his IEP team, after which he would be removed after the decision is made (Zehler et al., 2003). Charlie would have to remain in his IEP’s choice IAES pending manifestation determination and his removal from his current placement.

Services That Will Be Provided To Charlie While He Is Removed To an IAES Education Setting

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The article under the title “Heutagogy and lifelong learning: A review of heutagogical practice and self-determined learning” by Lisa Marie Blaschke is reviewed in this paper, aimed at the revealing of its importance, its strong and, perhaps, weak sides.

Summary of the Article and Author’s Recommendations

The analyzed article gives a reader a short outline of the development in education field: from pedagogy to andragogy, and then – to heutagogy, with a specific attention paid to the benefits of the application of the last element of this hierarchy (heutagogy) in a strong connection with Web 2.0. What is more, Blaschke (2012) has suggested to consider the heutagogy ...

Introduction

Technological advancements have been sweeping across different facets of the economy like bush fire. The education sector has not been left behind in the adoption and application of technology to streamline their processes. Several universities across the globe have taken a paradigm shift from the traditional manual records management to the digital records management (Alavi & Leidner, 1999). In this paper, we are going to propose a comprehensive University database used for data storage, extraction, and processing.

It is assumed that the University is currently using a manual paper-based records management system It is assumed that the University already has ...

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Introduction Pedagogical documentation refers to the processes of keeping a record of the child’s thinking and learning development and using the information gathered to make the development process visible to the child and the family. The process enables the teacher to keep a record and improve the importance of the child’s development. The information can be collected using samples the child’s work such as images of different stages of their work in a bulletin board, and class books, among other methods. The documentation should include artifacts and evidence of progress in fields such as expected behavior, ...

Discussion Question

Discussion Question 1

Professional socialization involves the interaction between health providers and their colleagues and the interaction between the health provider and the patient, family, groups, or communities. In the healthcare workplace, professional socialization occurs through nurses working together in a specific department to ensure total and quality delivery of care that ensures positive outcomes. Nurses help one another solve health care problems, assist each other during shifts, and share knowledge and skills about on how to deliver quality care. On the other hand, professional socialization between nurses and patients occur when both have close relationships. The Orlando’s ...

Part 2: framework for curriculum evaluation

Part 3: Curriculum analysis Strengths and weakness of the current curriculum Strengths The current curriculum is primarily geared towards ensuring a student-oriented instructional platform. Therefore, most of the tenets basic to a sound and efficient curriculum are inherently embedded. For instance, the standard of the curriculum tally and align with those stipulated in the state of Georgia's department of education. The content is also keenly and appropriately customized to meet all the student’s requirements as per each grade and level. Weakness The primary weakness that the curriculum creates to my students is in reading since the curriculum is ...

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Executive Summary

Premiere College has been in operation since 2006. In a bid to embrace technological advancement and make education more convenient for the students, the college embarks on the development of an online program for the courses offered. The research proposal outlines a plan to add the online component through a step-by-step exploration of what is needed and how it can be achieved. It explores the issue of costs and ensuring the program is in line with the college mission and goals. It analyzes how the program is likely to benefit the ...

Training of aviation maintenance personnel is a complicated operation that requires knowledge of aircraft system. Additionally, technicians should possess a comprehensive understanding of theoretical information concerning aircraft operations. The students should ensure a high value of test equipment, aircraft, as well as tools used in their work routines. Moreover, developing a sense of technical honesty, responsibility, and integrity is vital to aviation safety. Following graduation, students are expected to meet minimum levels of abilities, knowledge, and skills. This is essential in graduate certification. They should attain a minimum of one thousand nine hundred instructional hours as stated in their ...

In the nursing profession change in curriculum change is a constant requirement. The changes in health care sector have overwhelmed the service providers,consumers and insurance companies due to their sheer pace,magnitude and intensity. Reforms in the health care sector has affected the nursing profession and nurse educators have to constantly revise and up-date the curriculum to prepare and equip the nurse practitioners with relevant skills and knowledge. This helps the nurses to manage the challenges encountered at the work place. Curriculum must broadly cover topics which include global trends related to nursing, advances in technology and science, ...

Abstract

This paper aims at studying the role of engineers in the society and the industry. It also focuses on appraising the role that engineers play to change human lives and the world. A general definition of the engineering profession helps in understanding them better. The research aims at assessing the ethical and social responsibility that engineers are bound with. This is achieved by studying the education and training criteria set by the governing and accreditation bodies pertaining to the engineering disciplines. With the help of case studies, the paper seeks to explore the sort of ethical and social responsibilities. ...

Brown vs. Board of Education

Introduction Education is key to success. With no doubt, very few or even none of children can succeed in life if they are denied an opportunity to be educated. Education in today’s world is the most crucial factor that does not only determine the level of success but also the level of knowhow. Thus, every child is deemed to receive a proper education without seclusion. As a result, the Supreme Court in 1954 ruled out that separate but an equal public school for both the white and the black are against the constitution which is commonly known as ...

Introduction to the Community:

Community health is a critical aspect of modern day care and the need to focus on a community as the client is one of the roles of the nurses. It provides for an assessment of the overall health needs of a community based on the identification that communities or societies share behaviors and values across food choices, behaviors and preferences all that have a direct influence on the health depicted by the community in question (Nies & McEwen, 2015). The focus of this paper is on the assessment of the Brooklyn New York 11234 community as our target community which ...

Within the nursing profession, there are four key aspects that represent the overall acceptance and recognition as a full profession. This is based on the Licensure, Accreditation, Certification and Education. These four elements, commonly referred to as LACE are the representation of full regulation of the process for preparation of nurses across the curriculum. For Nurse Practitioners, part of this LACE processes includes the requirement to acquire the certification of either of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (AANP) and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (ANCC). This implies the need to sit an exam administered by any of these ...

Introduction

Statistics is a branch of mathematics, aimed at collecting and analyzing data via different methods such as analysis of variance, kurtosis, skewness or regression analysis. Nowadays, statistics helps processing data with a help of creating various charts that in turn help visualizing complex data sets. There are two major types of statistics, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Descriptive and inferential statistics require proper hypothesis formation and thus proper selection of the statistical tests that in turn have to be analyzed and interpreted successfully.

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive statistics implies application of various coefficients that simplify process of data processing and aggregation (Trochim, ...

The demands were appropriate to the goal, in that they focused on funding and development of ethnic education, which was the primary goal of the strike. The strikers wanted ethnic studies, or study programs that would prepare students who identified as members of a particular ethnic community to serve within that community, a racial appropriate, or culturally mindful way. The education that these students desired was different form the main stream, in that it community, culture and ethic ideation at the center of the curriculum, instead of allowing the curriculum to remain generic. This is significant because the reality ...

The establishment of the modern national education system in Malaysia is one of the major effects of the post-colonial development within the nation (Zohar, 2004). During the British colonial rule in Malaysia, education system could be considered socially and academically narrow since it did not confine multicultural dynamics of the Malaysian society as well as the demographics of the nation. After the colonial period in the 1950s, the education system reform was implemented on the nation and segregated linguistic ethnic streams which comprise their population. The period of the end of the colonial rule in Malaysia also marks the ...

Sun Devil Story

Hailing from a Kuwait, I am the youngest child of a large family with five siblings. Being in a family which has been doing business for quite some time now, I have always wanted to pursue Business Administration to be suitably qualified to get into our family business. My desire to pursue my Business study is because of my observation of my family business, which has taught me that doing the same business for a long period of time leads to following certain repeated techniques thereby resulting in stagnation. I am sure that doing my business course would help ...

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine how curriculum impacts students who are considered as at risk. In addressing this research question, it is quite implicit to first determine the prevalence of at risk students. The introductory part of the paper provides a statistical overview of the status of the country’s students who are considered as at risk. The population considered in this paper is only limited to students who have not yet graduated from high school. It also provides a background on how curriculum on pre-college education was developed, particularly in the United States. It also ...

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Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 7

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Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

Markers and standards of a high quality early childhood classroom

High-quality programs are defined by a sense of purpose, which means that high-quality childhood institutions know exactly the required standards for their institutions. High-quality early childhood classrooms are marked by various elements which enable them to stand above others. They have well-trained teachers who have received special training to provide professional childhood development and education that reflect quality to the children. Preschool children require a supportive environment for effective learning. Thus, a supportive learning environment is another marker of high-quality childhood classrooms. Additionally, a high-quality classroom should have relevant instructional materials and there should be collaborations between families and ...

MULTICULTURAL PROJECT PLANNING

Such unfavorable situation can be easily noticed, for instance, in Chechnya, which has suffered two bloody conflicts in the past two decades, resulting in more than 10,000 civilian deaths, moreover, the region is still rebuilding after a period characterized by widespread violence, family separation and loss, and massive population displacement (Betancourt, 2008, n.p.). In order to perform one’s duty of active, open-minded and conscious citizen, it is efficient to take part in some charity organisations. Being interested in the struggle in Chechnya, I participate in a refugee relief organization, one of direcrtions of the work of which ...

Art-related disciplines are critical to educating citizens and students of every age. Nevertheless, the arts have declined significantly in schools and public participation. According to a recent study by Rabkin and Hedberg (2011), fewer eighteen-year-olds in a 2008 survey reported receiving arts instruction in their childhood than a similar age group surveyed in 1982. The research suggested that the provision of arts education dropped from 65% in 1982 to about 50% in 2008 (Rabkin & Hedberg, 2011). Moreover, it included survey data gathered in 2002 and 1992 with each successive period indicating a severe decline in Americans’ access to arts ...

Description of the Philosophy

The educational philosophy entails that all the basic components of the education system must seamlessly combine to realize the intended goals of education. Human nature should be a point of consideration in developing educational policies. Similarly, the role of the school should be understood if educational goals are to be understood. The characteristics and roles of the teacher should also be outlined and adhered to so that educational goals are met. The student and the curriculum also need to be incorporated into the educational philosophy. The current paper defines the components of the philosophy of education as held in ...

Problem Solving and Collaboration

Problem Solving and Collaboration The objective of any school is to provide the best education for the students, by giving out the best services and minimizing any problem as much as possible (Bruner, 2009). However, problems in education systems are inescapable, and the best thing to do is not to run away from problem, but develop the best strategies of solving. On that note, the emergence of collaborative problem solving is the best techniques used in solving problem related to education today (Fawcett & Garton, 2005). By definition, problem solving is a technique used to determine the best solution of ...

[Due Date] Homeschooling parents are at times seen as isolated, self-centered, and reclusive. They keep their children away from the markedly valuable commonplace school, the environment where children acquire the essential knowledge and experiences that equip them with the required skills to successfully deal with civic and societal demands. Levin and Belfield (2003) report findings that “private schools produce more community service, civic skills, civic confidence, political knowledge, and political tolerance than public schools” (Ladd & Goertz, 2014, 222). However, it is incorrect to portray homeschooling as dispossession or removal of schools of their valuable purposes. It is widely known ...

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Introduction Consultation and collaboration are indirect services provided by school counselors which can foster the stakeholders in the educational system to render improved services for children. Multilayered school counseling approach developed for the school counselors today involves the provision of direct and indirect assistance in order to enhance the academic productivity of students. Modern school counseling framework includes multiple components, such as support of educators, guidance curriculum, and direct assistance for students and families. This strategy focuses on various services invented to support teachers, students, and parents. Consultation is considered to be a responsive service, which school counselors implement ...

Creative teaching strategies are considered important aspectsof the learning process especially the audience. It calls for an effective communication and proper feedback during the process of learning. While introducing the topic of study, the audience is expected to pay a close attention and grab the crucial concepts obtained in class. The strategies are also useful in enabling the critical thinking among students and general populations that are needed in the everyday activities. Critical thinking is useful in the real world applications and even career developments which are mostly obtained through the creative teaching (Parncutt & McPherson, 2002) A number of ...

Integrated Literature Review

Directorship on Child Care Introduction Childhood is an important stage of human development in which proper guidance are necessary in order to ensure that a child’s welfare is being addressed. In many ways, the work of a program director encompasses a difficult role in terms of regulations and program strategies that aims to have a positive influence towards child development. In this discussion, the role of a director in child development will be explored by examining literatures that articulates the topic on teacher’s needs, ethics, leadership, roles and responsibilities, and best practices. Directors are institutional leaders that ...

In an effort to improve the education of American schoolchildren from kindergarten through 12th grade, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were released by the Council of Chief State Schools Officers and the National Governors Association in 2010 (Applebee, 2013); 43 of 50 states adopted them by 2013 (Conley, 2014). Attempts at voluntary national standards began with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 and over the next six years, a project in English language arts lost its funding after two weeks in 1992 and standards for history were voted down by the Senate in 1995. The ...

English curriculum

Maria needs an integrated English Curriculum that will enable her to improve her reading and writing skills, and subsequently, improve her class performance. English language learners are usually non-native speaker meaning that English is not their first choice. Therefore, they are likely to experience problems in their schoolwork as they have not yet mastered English, which is the medium of communication and instruction in school. They need help with the language so that they can understand the concepts taught and that way; they will achieve the objectives set for their class work. Sometimes, these students may understand the concepts ...

While Lightner Witmer has been largely credited with the conceptualization and creation of a separate field of study for school psychology (D’Amato et al., 2011), it has it’s true roots, in many ways, in the creation of the IQ test. The IQ test was pioneered by Alfred Binet who was specifically interested in the standards of the normal mind. Today, the Binet-Simon scale, first generated in 1905, is still used in schools to determine a child’s overall ability to perform certain tasks (Binet & Simon, 1905). Perhaps more significantly, however, it was significant that Binet recognized that ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction

The chapter contains details of the information regarding special education and challenges associated with it. The chapter is divided into four sections to facilitate the users of the study. The theoretical framework comprises of theories and definitions of key terms mentioned in the study. Another section contains the material extracted from past studies that provide clear evidence on the arguments. A conceptual framework is also included that represents the selected approaches from past studies and elaboration of the definition. The summary is also provided at the end of this chapter to provide a concise view ...

Personal impact statement

Personal Impact Statement Impact Statement Psalm 118:22 in the Bible says, “The stone rejected by the builders became the cornerstone itself.” The corner stone or the foundation stone is usually the first stone masons set while constructing a big building. All other stones are arranged with reference to the corner stone. Is it amazing to see a stone that was initially rejected forthwith ultimately becoming the most important stone that defines the very shape and strength of the building? Each and every stone used for constructing a building differs in size and shape. A mason carefully arranges stones according ...

The healthcare system has been on a continuous process of change informed by the need to improve patient outcomes. The nurses are trained and prepared to manage patients based on their needs and the environment within which they pursue a livelihood. However, it is evident that despite a standardized curriculum having been adopted over time, there are varying differences across various healthcare facilities and institutions on how care is managed or delivered. The big question that one may ask is how these differences emanate while we have a curriculum and a code of ethics as well as scope of ...

In an average week, I spend far more time consuming media labeled as popular culture than I do things considered high art—and I am not alone in this. Recent reports show that the average American watches more than five hours of television a day, in addition to time spent consuming other media through the internet or radio (Hinckley). Those who bemoan these types of statistics as a sign of society’s downward spiral fail to consider the possibility that the narratives taking place on the small screen of today are just as artistic as those that took place ...

3. Education policy is one of the crucial principles that govern and enhances education systems. The goals of education policy include freedom, efficiency, as well as equity. Education policy has undergone tremendous changes (Rushefsky 311). Attending private elementary schools reveal various comparison issues with public schools. Student achievement is one of the factors that creates some difference between public school and private school. Students in private schools tend to have higher academic achievements compared to public schools. This is attributed to various components, which include smaller student enrollment, student-teacher ratio, as well as the percentage of minority students. Also, ...

Step 1

1.) Piaget: Cognitive development 1.) Reggio Emilia 2.) Gardner: Theory of multiple intelligence 2.) High Scope 3.) Vygotsky: Social cultural theory of development 3.) Montessori 4.) Skinner: Operant conditioning 4.) Waldorf 5.) Bandura: Social learning theory 5.) Bank street 6.) Freud: Psychosexual theory of development 6.) Cooperative 7.) Erikson: Theory of psychosocial development 7.) Creative curriculum 8.) Kohlberg: Theory of moral development 8.) Play based learning

Step 2

Learning is said to be a relatively permanent process that results in a behavioral change. Though various theorists and learning approaches have been proposed, there is one thing all psychologists and people in ...

Introduction

Training and development prove to be an integral organizational objective of any business entity. It is the core strategy and pervasive approach to maintaining a workforce that can raise and sustain the overall competitive advantage and niche in the market. The program aims at building personal, managerial, organizational, and professional capacity in the system. Effective training is geared towards achieving organizational goals and objectives. Therefore, corporate training curriculum developers purpose to streamline all the tenets of the instructional approach and objectives to align with the aims and objectives of the organization. In light of training in business organizations, the ...

Classroom Observation Tool

CHS111 Foundations in Early Childhood Education PRINT THIS FORM to use for your classroom observation. Once completed, print this form again and type the information you recorded into the form. The completed, typed form will be submitted in Unit 4.

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Time(s): Start: ___9:00am___________ End: _____11:30am___________ CENTER/SCHOOL INFORMATION Program Type (Place “X” for all that apply): public __ private _×_ non-profit __faith-based __ corporate __ other: _____________________

Observed Classroom

Teaching Staff Total: ___21___Teachers __10___ Assistant Teachers ____9__Other: _____2___________ Observed: ___16___Teachers __8___ Assistant Teachers __7____Other: ______1__________ Child Enrollment Total Enrolled: ___141_ Infants _18_____ Toddlers __24___ Preschoolers __45___ Kindergartners __54___ ...

The essay is about importance and necessities that ensure adequate education; it covers more than the teacher-student formal relationship in class. The lecturing of at most one hour which is the only time a learner interacts with a tutor is certainly not enough for effective learning. It is important to build a rapport between teacher and student where the two have to meet at the more personal level during office hours or extensions if need be to establish the needs of the student who is the focus in a learning environment. Some students for instance in colleges and universities ...

A Summary of

The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works. The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

Introduction

Technological advance has turned out to be an extremely affluent factor in lifestyle changes worldwide. Many technological inventions, innovations and devices are now an integral part of people’s lives, as their functionality contributes to greater convenience and comfort. Models and means of communication have been affected greatly by technologies, too: email, internet, social networking, and cellphones produce influence the way people communicate to the considerable extent. Cellphones have become a norm for modern social life with their convenience, accessibility and an immense array of opportunities available. Moreover, the cellphone culture affects not only adults but also children and ...

Culturally responsive teaching is a type of education that realizes the importance of including the culture of students in their learning. On this note, it helps students to distinguish what they are capable of by being empowered educationally, as well as expanding their capacities in other areas such as languages, skills, political issues, attitudes, emotional and social connections. To adopt a culturally responsive teaching is not a matter of differentiating students on the basis of race, age and socioeconomic status, but knowing the student individually and personally (Gay, 2010). This discussion will highlight resources that on diversity and cultural ...

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Introduction

U.S. schools are known for low performance on international tests which measure 15-year-old students’ literacy in science, math, and reading. According to the 2007 report, the United States ranked 29th in science among 57 countries participating in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Gonzalez and Kuenzi, 2012, p. 9; McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). The problems with school attainment were linked with students’ reduced interest in science and instructional approaches to science teaching (McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). In this regard the gaps highlighted administrators’ ineffective practices and teachers’ quality problem, which was ...

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Children in a school setting may often act out in the classroom. They may not comprehend their curriculum and can get distracted easily. When this occurs, it is up to the teacher to determine if the child is acting out or has a learning or behavioral problem. A teacher who is concerned may try and help the student by offering a learning plan to better assist the student. If the teacher’s learning program had not been helpful for the child, another measure may need to be taken. The child may need to be evaluated for an assessment to ...

Linking Past Practices to Current Education

Erikson, Piaget, and Vygotsky have presented helpful insights that guide us to developmentally appropriate learning theories. Children’s interests and learning styles place the individual children at the center of the learning process as they are involved in rulemaking, hence the need for a DAP and child-centered teaching approaches. In DAP, the teacher respects the child's sequential patterns of development and individual differences to include developmentally appropriate practices. This means children should be left to be active participants in the learning process based on their interests rather than having a narrowly defined curriculum or pattern of learning. An important ...

Personal Classroom Management Plan

Classroom management is not only concerned with classroom teaching but it encompasses the totality of how a teacher prepares for her class, how she implements her curriculum and how she maintains the order in the classroom as well as keep her students’ learning and behavior in check. Teachers are aware that “an efficiently organized and managed classroom eliminates many potential behavior and learning problems and sets the stage for a productive year” (Shalaway, 1998, p.12). The ten principles that the author adheres to in her teaching are briefly explained as follows: Much of classroom management depends on the kind ...

Introduction

Suicide is a leading cause of death in America leading to losses of family supporters and human capital for the nation. Often, signs signaling the imminent decision to take one’s life precede suicide. However, despite the red flags manifesting before the actual event, the families and friends of the suicidal patient note the red flags after the actual event takes place. Consequently, there is a tendency to blame one for missing the signs of the suicide from the onset. Whenever there is a call indicating the possibility of one taking his or her life, the first responders are ...

Abstract

Digital forensics is a critical component of forensic discipline that includes crimes and misconducts with respect to computer systems. The use of computers to investigate online crimes led to the development of this new field known as Digital forensics. The field provides new ideas for understanding and betterment of concepts and directing future concepts in Digital Forensics. Over the last few years, with the advent of latest electronic devices such as mobile phones, tablets and laptops, the concept has gained popularity over the span of few years. This has resulted in a shift of thefts from real time to ...

Diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by absent or reduced pancreatic production of insulin and decreased cellular sensitivity to insulin. The result is a rise in blood sugar levels which does harm to body tissues. Obesity, or a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, accounts for up to 85% of an individual’s risk of having type 2 diabetes (T2DM), which is the more common type (Eckel et al., 2011). Statistics show that obesity occurs more in older adults with more than a third of adults 65 years old and over considered obese (Eckel et al., 2011). ...

Abstract

Bullying has become an epidemic in schools all over the United States. There are several definitions of what bullying actually is. In general the definition is one person or group picking on or hurting a person with less power. There are numerous programs available to schools to detect and help prevent bullying. These programs help adults to identify bullies and put policies and procedures in place to prevent this kind of violence. The programs also help victims to cope with the emotional traumas they endure. Three prominent programs are the Olweus program, the Don’t Laugh and me program, ...

Introduction

Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Higher Education, written by accomplished and known scholars, highlights the fact that students can acquire effective and useful learning only when educational institutions across the United States focus on transferring knowledge to students, rather than administer instruction with the sole objective of complying with state and donor funding regulations (Kuh et al., 2014). To this end, this paper focuses on the pivotal role of teachers in ensuring that their students are actively engaged in the pursuit of real knowledge that will help them in their career and future studies, as opposed to ...

Introduction

In the age of globalization and technology, many countries are increasingly confronted with rapid social, economic and political changes. As a result, governments have often turned to their educational system to help prepare their pool of manpower for the challenges they face. Educational policies are then geared towards programs that meet the demands of the times. Since Malaysia gained independence from British rule in 1957, the educational system has gone through several stages of development. From a diverse and fragmented type to a unified national education system, the curriculum is now focused on the means of teaching the child’ ...