Essays on Educational Research

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

Introduction:

After reviewing the article of Janssen, the study explained about the large discrepancies have been found between the quality of life experienced by the clients with the intellectual disabilities and described by the caregivers. Here the intellectual disabilities refer to the knowledge management with respect to education and the quality of life determines the social awareness. This research is regulated by the ethical standards followed by professional caregivers. Moreover, educational ethics has become structured with values and morals pointing out what are the differences from behavioral rules. This paper emphasized the importance of cares and diligence provided to the ...

Traianou and Hammersley (2008) argue that it is widely accepted that both educational policymaking and education practice should be evidence-based, or evidence-informed. According to Traianou and Hammersley (2008), this is expected to be common place amongst policymakers. Teachers are not expected to operate on ignored evidence (Traianou and Hammersley, 2008). The evidence-based practice movement’s origins lies in medicine and claims that research evidence should be given a higher priority in the decisions made by both policymakers and teachers (Traianou and Hammersley, 2008). This essay intends to compare five different articles regarding evidence-based and evidence-informed practice amongst teachers. The ...

Information is essential. It grants one the power to make adequate and informed decisions based on facts that can be supported in the event of a dispute. Therefore, the quality of information available to the general public and other users should be of high quality for such reasons. As a result, it should be noted that educational research is relevant. This paper, therefore, delve on a peer response to Shaneiece's essay draft on the “Importance of educational research.” The article is impressive. It has clearly outlined the importance of education research and at the same time presented the difficulties ...

The Power of Knowledge

The Power of Knowledge Peer-reviewed, published research has been the cornerstone of growing bodies of knowledge for centuries. As far back as the 15th Century, journals published the work of their scholars so others could read, understand, and push past known boundaries (Ratcliff, 2015). Through published research, every new discovery can be disseminated among an author’s peers, challenged, corrected, and used as the foundation for the next new, deeper understanding. It is possible, however, for research to be misused, facts to be misrepresented, a subjective agenda supported, and ultimately to lose the objective trait on which scholars have ...

The research aims to discover the impact that computers have had on individual learning. Currently, education is crossing into an age of information. This “new age” is expected to change the universe similar to industrial age. This new age is also going to require computers integration for information access. In order to maximize learning, the learning environment must provide learning resources in order to encourage problem solving and support teaching. Thus, it is important to understand the impact that computers have on learning in order to better apply them to learning. The findings from this research can help proper ...

Psychology: Baddeley’s Working Memory

Introduction – Baddeley’s Working Memory Short term memory is an important aspect in human lives as it influences behavior and outcomes in daily lives in more ways than one – of which the role played in development of working memory is an important factor. Even though short term memory is considered to have significant differences from working memory, they are considered to be related by eminent psychologists. The most common factor behind this perspective is that both short term memory and working memory are involved in the storage of information temporarily in an individual. Working memory can be best described ...

Part 2

What are the emotional intelligence effects of providing once a week mentoring for students at schools by teachers? Introduction Emotional intelligence in students pertains to the state of one being aware and in control of their natural emotions, which allows them to express themselves implicitly, amicably and be in control of interpersonal relationships in a mature and responsible manner (Dubois, Holloway & Valentine, 2002). Emotional intelligence is key to student retention in schools.

Explain how its focus is relevant to your selected research topic and provide the submission guidelines for the journal.

The journal selected is the journal of college student retention. The journal proves to be relevant to my research topic since the focus is on methods and ...

The main ideas Gall et al. are communicating in chapter 1 is that evidence-based practice is a key to progress in all the fields of knowledge and practice, especially in human-centered disciplines such as psychology, medicine, and education. The authors fairly note that while evidence and research have been widely used in natural sciences and technology, the field education just seems to be missing from the overall picture of human progress. The problem is not in that there is no research in this field but that the results of the research do not find application in real life. This ...

Literature review

The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

Article Critiques

The following article will analyze Jorgen Sandberg's journal article on human competence published by the Academy of Management Journal in 2001 with specific emphasis on the study and research design and objectives, theoretical framework, literature review, research approach, clarity of methodology and the presentation of the results. The goal of this critique is to offer an opinion on the structure, approach and content of the article.

Sandberg sets out to study on competence using an interpretive approach, as opposed to the conventional rationalistic approaches that have been used to study competence in a work situation. Normally, in studying the ...

Proposed research Topic: The lived experience/perception of public school educational leaders nn special education inclusive program: curriculum and instruction

Background Significance of the study The study would significantly contribute to assess the experience of public school teachers regarding the development of curriculum and instruction in inclusive programs. Through, the discussion of their experience relative obstacles faced by the teachers can be determined. The information gained through this study can be an effective source to determine the experience of teacher regarding inclusive programs that can be accredited by the education experts, administration and government to improve inclusive education program for students with special needs.

Qualitative problem statement

With the passage of time, the diversity in the classroom has significantly increased in the ...

Many students take up work during studies, either on a full time basis or part time. There are many reasons for this, including economic pressure, responsibility for the family, the desire to live a particular lifestyle and an attempt to gain work experience. Students from low-income families are especially affected by economic challenges and are under pressure to fulfil the needs of their families or meet personal needs. There are several disadvantages of working and studying at the same as seen by different authors. Emma, Pollard, Matthew, Williams, Sue, Arthur and Mehul, Kotecha. “Working while Studying: a Follow-up to ...

Question 1

The teacher had the opportunity of face to face interaction with the students, and this enabled him/her to have first-hand information about the learner’s behavior towards the mathematical topic. The teacher initiated a practice exercise with the students to know the understanding level of the student on the theme of study ("A Comparison of Mathematics Classroom Observation Protocols" 154-175). The teacher used questionnaires and interviews on learners on a variety of concepts which required the students to apply their mastery skills key in mathematical concepts learning. The teacher was also able to know the ability and potential of ...

The performance of students is influenced not only by intellectual capability but by socio-economic factors as well. These factors include the kind of neighbourhood or community they are living with. The neighbourhood can be classified based on the income group classification of the families living in a particular neighbourhood. Families under the same income group tend to live in similar neighbourhoods. Thus, a neighbourhood can be majorly comprised of low-income earning families or otherwise. Considering the income classification of the families living in a particular neighbourhood is important because it is a major characterization of the neighbourhood as a ...

Chapter 1: Introduction

Education is one of the most appreciated element in life and most often than not, people struggle to put in their best to ensure that they achieve the best from education. Parents strive to take their children to school so that they get a quality education and even input a lot of resources such as finances and time so that their children can have the best education can offer. Teachers are also trained in different institutions that enhance their qualification so that they produce skilled individuals who can teach students professionally and help build their future through the subjects ...

Effect of Work Hours, Homework, and Brothers on High School GPA

Academic performance in high school is the ticket to enter the most prestigious universities. A grade point average (GPA) enables a student to get accepted in his or her chosen university and may also hinder such student to obtain a college degree and a decent occupation. It is important to bank on a good academic performance while still in high school since a student’s reputation may also depend on his or her scholastic achievements. For this particular study, there will be a determination of factors that may affect the academic performance of students and the people and environment ...

Introduction

Current secondary schools in the United States and Canada are multipart organizations whose program delivery, organizational society, and fundamental structures combine to produce characteristic mini-societies within their walls. Learner arrangement and commitment have principally and traditionally dedicated to growing his or her positive behaviors, accomplishment, and a sense of fit in among students so they might live together in school. Since the attention and emphasis of this study are on high school accomplishment, research on student commitment and arrangements targets scholars in O-level. Secondary school is where disentanglement naturally develops an anxiety (Archambault et al. 662). The student commitment ...