Essays on Pupils

EDU-225

Introduction In this day and age, living within the Internet of Things it would be unwise to ignore the benefits technology can provide in the classroom. When used appropriately it can enhance learning experience for children of all ages; the unprecedented interactivity it provides allows for achieving greater level of involvement in the learning process. This plan makes an attempt to outline some practical uses for technology in kindergarten for improving the learning experience and communication between teacher, parents and children.

Section One: Mission and Vision Statement

Vision: technology will enhance the knowledge of children in kindergarten and help them as they strive for excellence ...

In the world where are more that 7 billion people, it is impossible to live or work alone. People communicate and cooperate every day. Our humanity faces many challenges which have to be accepted and solved for the good of the world. It goes without saying that in order to solve the problems efficiently, people have to work together, unite into groups and organizations which will work towards the same goal and result. However, when the people start working together there has to be some hierarchy and division between them. This is an obligatory and vital condition of successful ...

Research Paper

Abstract The youth is the most at-risk group in terms of gang membership nowadays. It has been found in several studies that gang involvement largely appeal to adolescents, especially those living in poor neighborhoods, estranged or alienated in schools, and in conflict with police authorities or the larger criminal justice system. Researchers reported that the youth turns to gangs to compensate for their lack of adequate and proper socialization. Large communities, or areas with sizable populations, have serious gang-related problems. This paper discusses existing empirical studies on gang formation, membership, and violence. There is a considerable dearth of studies ...

Assignment 1

The first task of successful learning is setting right targets. In order to accomplish this task, we will provide a 30 days lesson plan due to Scaffold targeting. Scaffolding differs from other learning technics. It is important to provide material gradually. A teacher can use different strategies but the main thing is ‘to relate things’ (Pilcher, 2012). In scaffolding, there are two main objectives to achieve – pupils have to be able to describe and explain the material. Learning here is represented like a ladder and lesson plan is a set of steps pupils take on this ladder (Pilcher, 2012). ...

This RAFT Card is designed for ____ grade level.

RAFT Row 1 Objective: Able to differentiate various technological methods that can be used for differentiated learning in a classroom. Audience: Importantly can be used by teachers to enhance their skills in student empowerment. Format: Informative blog report. Directions: Visit the website in search of detailed information about differentiated learning through the use of technology. Resources: https://sunrisestarsschool.wordpress.com/2014/11/10/raft/ RAFT Row 2 Objective: Enhance the skills of various students through technology, especially in understanding a concept. Audience: Students, parents, and teachers. Format: Informative podcast report. Directions: Ask different pupils to identify various channels that they are comfortable to use as a ...

Diagnostic procedures to determine reading problems among year five pupils includes reading evaluation with the help of teachers with a major focus on assessing whether reading difficulties entailed fluency or comprehension. With the help of teachers, signals on the way the children spoke, the way they listened and how they responded were observed with the aim of assessing the nature of the reading difficulties. Among the factors considered at the diagnostic phase included: pupils approach to reading with emphasis on how pupils sounded out words, the way they spelled out words that were not memorized and the word type ...

Methodology and Research Design

The choice of a methodology in a research is based on the properties of the methodology and their ability to meet the purpose of the study in a qualitative research or to answer the research questions in a quantitative research. The analysis of the methodology chosen by the researchers can shed light on the appropriateness of the choices with respect to their ability to meet the purpose of the study. This paper explores the methodology and research design chosen by Humphrey & Symes (2010) in their article on Responses to bullying and use of social support among pupils with autism ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Capella University

PSY7650 Children with autism spectrum disorders are prone to bullying and stigma. This is especially the case when they are mainstreamed into classes with students with other disabilities and those without any disabilities. Mainstreaming offers more opportunities for the children with disabilities to learn, especially through the interaction with other students. However, the challenges that bullying presents might serve as impediments that reduce the ability of the children with autism spectrum disorder to benefit from the additional learning opportunities (Humphrey & Symes, 2010). The main topic upon which the research is based is the bullying of children with autism spectrum ...

Probably, the most striking thing for me while I took this course consisted in the subject of heroification. Usually, when I read or learn about a cult of a specific person or something I tend to believe it and not subject the person in question to much objectivity. However, during this course one of principal things I learnt (though totally not the most pleasant one, because getting disillusioned is never pleasant) was that glorified people can be different – and were different. We all know about the most glorious pages of their biographies and about the significance of their contributions ...

So far there have been three the most popular ways of getting education: to attend a public school, a private school or to study at home. All of them, for sure, have advantages and disadvantages. It is worth mentioning that none of it can suit children perfectly well. Among advantages of going to a public school, for instance, are social and cultural interaction of children with their classmates and teachers, opportunity to get involved in different tasks and getting the right idea of how to overcome them. The same is about a private school, however, an additional advantage is ...

Part A

As America continues to be more ethnically and culturally diverse so are the learning institutions. According to Hall, Quinn, and Gollnick (2014), teachers may now find themselves educating learners who are different from them in terms of race, socioeconomic background, culture, religion, physical abilities, and sexuality. The educators will find that the classrooms are filled with culturally diverse, disabled, gifted, and English learning students. Being part of one group may affect the way the teacher thinks about another group. For example, the way that the teacher will deal with someone from a different racial group is not the same ...

Identification of the Article and Its Methodology

The article upon which this paper is based is the Responses to bullying and use of social support among pupils with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in mainstream schools: a qualitative study which is authored by Neil Humphrey and Wendy Symes. The article was published in the 10th Volume, number 2 of the Journal of Research in Special Education Needs in 2010. The article is based increased mainstreaming of children who are diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. While the authors laud the efforts towards mainstreaming, they still recognize the insurmountable challenges and barriers that may serve as impediments to children ...

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

Paper One: Language Development and Cognitive Development

Developmental Domain: Language Arts/English/EFL Sequence of Events: Instructor began the lesson with an introductory activity, asking the students what they did the previous evening. Students were encouraged to answer questions about their daily activities. After this, students reviewed their homework assignment, which was a worksheet about the book that they’re reading. Students then read the next part of the book—Where the Wild Things Are—and did an in-class exercise with the new part of the text. Students were then asked to cut and color monsters for a play of the book.

Reflection.

Because this is an ESL classroom ...

Intervention Plan

Intervention Plan Every educational establishment deals with pupils or students that have to acquire a certain amount of knowledge. That is why every educational establishment sooner or later will have such students that won't be able to accomplish a program for various reasons. It can deal not only with studying problems but also with behavior deviations. In order to help pupils to reach the standards of an institution, a pupil studies in an intervention plan has to be developed. An intervention is always used to avoid punishments like detention, suspension, etc. It is an alternative solution to a problem. ...

The Use of reading Cues to improve Learning Ability

Majority of pupils at the age of five have reading problems, and this makes them feel inferior among other students who are excellent in reading. However, teachers ensure that they do all they can to give the pupil the best learning environment by improving their learning skills as much as possible. This discussion will highlight reflection of teaching and learning, as well as reconnaissance on how well a learning problem can be identified.

Reflection of teaching and learning

Children are exposed to vast of reading material for them to develop their memories, but the most important thing is how well they can analyze what ...

During my early childhood education, I loved my Arts and Craft teacher because she allowed as to explore our creativity limits. She would offer one on one assistance to every child in the classroom. We had the free reign to draw or paint anything that came to mind. The professional engagement and understanding that the Arts and Craft teacher provided the learners enabled them to enjoy the lessons. The characteristic stands out for me as an essential way of developing better relationships with the children to enhance their academic outcomes (Castle, 2009). Professional understanding and engagement with the pupils ...

“According to the DPS (Disaster Prevention for Schools), millions of school students are affected by disasters, and as a result may be excluded from formal education in the long-term; some never return to it” (Arslan, Raţă, & Kocayörük, 2014). Environmental tragedies have substantial, mental, educational and reasonable consequences upon young adolescents. While this research essay concentrates on the emotional effects of environmental tragedies and emergency response strategies, the scanning technique has utilized to get the pertinent data. Inside the works in this area, numerous investigators have concentrated upon the consequences of environmental tragedies on psychological health, and it ...

Description of the Challenge

I have witnessed cases where teachers face significant challenges in managing the behavior of primary school children. Teaching a large class of pupils with different abilities can cause a lot of irritation to teachers. I have seen the behavior of some kids disrupting the normal operations of classrooms or the entire school. Thus, a child may exhibit behavior that may make it difficult for the teachers to provide education for that particular pupil or their peers. Teachers are experiencing even greater behavioral issues that are associated with children with disability and those who have different social norms from that ...

At times, one can see many animals out in the night with their eyes glowing green or yellow-green in color. In all kinds of light and media such as nature films, photographs, flashlights and even car headlights, the greenish glow in the eyes of many animals is clearly visible. Human eyes, on the other hand, give off a red glow when exposed to the flash of a camera. The greenish glow in the eyes of many animals such as cats, dogs, deer, cattle and horses is mainly because of a special kind of reflective surface that lies behind the ...

Research Question

The article sought to identify if contingent tutor attention could modify the study patterns and behavioral problems amongst children in preschool. The research strives to add information concerning the social reinforcements of teachers in regular classrooms particularly those in poverty stricken regions (Hall, Lund, and Jackson, 1968).

Method

Experimental Design The assessments were single subject designs owing to the fact that they each focused on one student who had dawdling or disruptive behavior. The observers conducted single experiments for every child to develop comparisons of intervention and control conditions. The authors utilized an alternating treatments form of single design to ...

Before consideration of any effects of social media, it is essential to have a look at the definition of this phenomenon. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines social media as “forms of electronic communication (as Web sites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)”. (Social media. Merriam-Webster.com) The explanation from Business dictionary is broader and mentions different types of social media: “Primarily internet or cellular phone based applications and tools to share information among people.” (Social media. Businessdictionary.com) Because of variety of social media tools there is ...

People used to behave foolishly and make a lot of mistakes during their life. For the most part, three years of Middle school is considered to be exactly such period of time. Middle school is also believed to be a quite dangerous territory. Children unnoticeably transformed into “teenagers”, a new title they are not fully aware of. Some misunderstand this title as the right to admit themselves better than the rest and even humiliate or offend weaker people. On the one hand, due to the maturity, many pupils began to notice considerable differences between people. On the other hand, ...

Argumentative Essay on Banning Slang Language

Argumentative Essay on Banning Slang Language

Introduction

What is slang language? Does it have any negative influence to the users? Should teachers and lecturers allow slang language in schools both in writing and speaking? These are some of the questions many people ask on the issues to do with slang language. Slang is a language that use informal phrases and word either in writing or speaking (Bucher & Schorling, 2002). Dr. Rob Drummond is a senior Lecturer in Linguistic at Manchester Metropolitan University and argued that instead of banning slang language, it should be celebrated (2016). However, his line of expressing ...

GENERAL INFORMATION

Mudgeeraba Qld 4213 Contact Details: Phone: 07 55 650 333 Fax: 07 55 650 300 E-mail: Enrollment: Mudgeeraba Creek State School realizes its primary obligation is to provide adequate and accessible services for children within the catchment region of the institution. The school has a limited capacity to handle children from outside its catchment area. It current capacity can hold up to 900 learners. The institution currently has 629 pupils (293 girls and 336 boys) The children entering Prep annually should not exceed 125 in the five classrooms unless there more than 125 kids in the catchment region. Any ...

Introduction

This literature seeks to explore the correlation between class issues and schooling based on an Australian model of study. Most of the authors in this review agree that there is a correlation between class issues and the way schools are perceived and operated. The rise of neoliberalism has led way to an induction of creating a greater divide between the haves and have nots. Australian schools have shifted from the dynamics of the 1970s and 1980’s where the idea of a more balanced school system was part of educational reform. However, as of 2009 this has shifted and ...

Assess The View That The Main Function Of The Education System Is To Reproduce And Legitimise Social Inequality

Marxist theories of education rely upon the notion that the education system systematically reproduces the social and cultural values that lead to the privileging of one social class over another. For Marxists, social inequality is the core of capitalism. As Anyon (2011, p. 7) suggests, capitalism is “an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production.” Moreover, capitalism cannot function unless these social inequalities exist. According to Marxism, the education system perpetuates these inequalities by creating a set of standards which do not have a neutral ideological formation. Regardless of geographic location and emphasis on cultural, ...

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In Kuwait, every parents, when choosing a school for their child, can give their preference to a private school as well as a public school. In this research paper the differences of both schooling systems will be reviewed and arguments on why one system is better than the other will be provided. In Kuwait the government seeks to provide all children with proper education, irrespective of their social class or special needs. In Kuwait there are 664 public schools and 481 private schools. Most children in Kuwait go to public schools (about two thirds of all children). The private ...

Analysis of Waldorf

Waldorf Education is a private, developmental curriculum focused on teaching to the holistic needs of children.  Rudolf Steiner developed Waldorf education in the early 20th Century to create a learning environment focused on artistic learning and creative thinking.  Waldorf schools, also referred to as Steiner schools, exist in 91 countries and there are about 1,000 schools in total (Costello-Dougherty, 2009).  Waldorf schools vary in sizes but some have programs from preschool through high school (DeLuca & Hughes, 2014).  As children pass through a series of stages of development, Waldorf curriculum focuses on teaching the right thing at the right ...

Examining and explaining Saudi Arabia's educational practices relating to parent-school-community partnerships

In Saudi Arabia, parents have taken their children to school and haven't been doing follow ups on the student's school performance and attendance. Parents will just pay tuition and buy everything that the child requires. They, however, never ask the child's progress, don't even know what the child learns. When meetings are called in schools, many parents won't attend as they think it's a waste of time. They believe that their only requirement is to enroll a child in school and pay the required fees. They leave everything else to the teacher. In some cases, children want to get ...

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Ideology and Cultural background.3 Layout and Structure..4

Architectural connection5

Building Accommodation and Circulation 6 Designs and works..6

Representation of Artist.7

Political or private holding of the buildingPolitical or private holding of the building.6 Acland Burghley Secondary School by Killick Patridge and Amis7 Economic and Cultural Background..7

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Architectural Connection8 Accommodation and circulation.8 Elements discussed.8 How circulation/shared hall space designed and works.9 HKPA’s architectural techniques application10 Democratic ideology presence..11 Conclusion.12

Works Cited14

Introduction Ideology can be defined as a set of cultural and political sense of connected symbolic representations, ideas, beliefs, ideas and forms of thoughts, expressions or acts which are known and accepted by a particular ...

Most people in out societies discriminate other professions while associating others with prestige. One of them that people look down upon is teaching profession. However, teaching is a profession that has contributed much in educating people who later join other professions and therefore, it should earn a lot of respect and teachers should feel esteemed (Professional attitudes. 2009). The lag in professionalism should be a basis for management’s intervention and continue on the path of improvement in competency, image, conduct, performance, and industry engagement. There are some organizations that have proposed for the improvement in the professional development ...

3. The theme of the lesson was “Multiplication”. I think, that the teacher did a great job, his explanation style is really obtainable, most of the students answered his questions properly. It’s a good type of lesson, because the teacher made it in the form of conversation with students, so they listened very carefully, tried to show their best in this teacher-student dialogue. The teacher explained the subject, showed the examples for pupils, and then he gave them the question, e.g. “What is the product of 4 multiplied by 5?”, then he showed them the multiplication table, it ...

Introduction

Without hesitation, America had influenced people across the universe in all kinds of the way! Movies, Food, Clothing, Brands, and even sports. The most popular sports in the US include American football, baseball, and basketball. It is also popular in athletics, especially in the short races. It can be said that the US in not bothered on exporting their sports but they uses the platform to find a market to their products by influencing he tastes and preferences across the universe. The US ensures that the export for their products grows by manipulating the popular culture in different nations. ...

The assessment practices that evaluate English language learners often underestimate the academic and cognitive abilities of the Spanish-speaking students. If the education system is dedicated to developing the biliterate and bilingual pupils in the schools, then the tutors and administrators must analyze both dialects. The outline provided by Escamilla and Coady provides samples of texts written in Spanish by the students who are writing and reading in Spanish. The chapter also gives examples written in English from those learning in English and texts from the Spanish learners who have just commenced their schooling in English. This paper looks at ...

According to the State Department of Education, minority students are classified as those from Native Hawaiian, African-American, Pacific Islander, Asian-American and American Indian dissent (Bartolomé & Lilia 7). The students that belong to at least one of these groups are usually affected by the race of the teacher who teaches them. Studies have shown that students from minority groups learn better from minority groups’ teachers. This demonstrates that the racial dynamics in schools contribute to the ever-persistent gap in performance of students of different races (Coleman & Bobbie 20). This essay discusses how the race of a teacher can influence the ...

Abstract

This paper deals with explanation and evaluation of positive effect of small size classes. In brief it shows history of researches of Glass and Smith on beneficial effect of small size classes and how further findings led to Tennessee’s Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) experiment. After insight in history of this question one observes current situation with small sized classes and CSR. Moreover, there are examples that show positive effect of small size classes for students as well as for teachers. Using research data this paper illuminates why students of small size classes are more successful in school ...

Methods

Quantitative methodology will be used in this work, - for this is one of the best ways to conduct such social experiments. Quantitative studies involve the conducting of various surveys based on the use of structured closed-ended questions that are answered by a large number of respondents. The main objective of quantitative research is to obtain numerical evaluation of market condition or reactions of the respondents on some event. For this experiment to be carried out, 60 fourth grade students from Skyland Elementary School at the beginning of the 2016 school year will be taken.

Description of the research design

The necessity of group ...

Introduction

Founded more than 70 years ago, the Westside Community Schools is an award-winning district (District 66) situated in Omaha, Nebraska. The schools serve a broad range of school-going children from pre-school to 12th grade. In the academic year 2013-2014, the district recorded an enrollment of 6, 173 pupils (Westside Community Schools, 2016). Westside comprises ten neighborhood elementary schools (pre-school and kindergarten), a secondary Career Center for grades 10-12, a middle school for grade 7-8, and a high school for grades 9-12 (Westside Community Schools, 2016). Westside also operates Before- and After-School Age programs such as full-day care services, preschool ...

Many public institutions of learning continue practicing the traditional way of determining the pay of a teacher based on the years of service and their level of education. However, many public schools are now practicing the system which ties the salaries and bonuses on the performance and success of the teachers. The practice is in a bid to make teachers work hard to ensure performance of their pupils. If students do not excel in their examinations, it is assumed that the teacher is not putting much effort. Teachers who put a lot of effort in educating their students are ...

Data

The case of Keesha, an African-American fifth form girl, is common for pupils of her age. Her attitude towards further changes is determined first by her specific traits of character and behavior patterns and second, by her gender. On this point, rational emotive behavior therapy seems to be helpful to assist the girl in coping with her problems during the period of adaptation. The therapy claims that human beings strive to achieve happiness; and people are prone to adopt irrational models of behavior, which support them on their way to achieving some goals. The most significant is the attitude ...

Organizational Behavior Problem: Teachers not viewed as professionals and the lack of professionalism exhibited among teacher

Professionalism comprises a set of attitudes and behaviors that are believed to be appropriate to a particular occupation. A professional attitude is a predisposition, emotion, feeling, or thought that upholds the ideals of some professions and serve as the basis of professional behaviors. Some of the courses are based on some particular bodies of knowledge that do not easily lead to the incorporation of professionalism activities. Most people think that doctors, lawyers, accountants, and other scientists have the most prestigious occupations. Some people believe that teachers lack professionalism, and the prestige of being a teacher is still under debate. ...

Abstract

There is a need to research the issue of bullying as a school- community issue. There have been many incidents where the school and the community have been both affected by the increasing incidents of cyber bullying on and off campus. This paper highlights the importance of understanding the issue of cyber bullying as a school -community issue since most often, cyber bulling takes place at home. The paper suggests that schools and communities must collaborate for the decision making process and implementation. Policies must be reformed in order to prevent cyber bullying from happening in the first place. ...

The purpose of the research is to investigate how bullying in elementary education can affect child’s learning experience. Bullying exists on many educational levels, but it is very important for that educational leadership evaluate the bullying phenomena and the prevention of the problems. Researching the influence of bullying in the elementary education is very important. Therefore, children are developing their ideas of self and social condition. My aspirations focus on educational leadership and administering safety in schools. Bullying is an issue may compromise student safety, thus it is crucial for educational leaders to investigate bullying. In addition to, ...

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Introduction

Education is a fundamental human rights recognized by the international community as a critical part of human development. On the other hand, the right to equal education opportunity is often hindered by disabilities particularly among children in which learning becomes a challenge. The United Kingdom is among the countries in the world that demonstrates an active role in ensuring access to education regardless of disability. The discussion will highlight the context special education needs (SEN) or otherwise referred to as inclusive education. In addition, the context of inclusive education will be examined based on the ...

The growing number of smaller class sizes within British schools has sparked a lot of debates on their efficiency for pupils in contrast with larger classes. Many people consider this new type of education as a waste of money since they do not believe that smaller classes may be more efficient than the larger ones. However, studies on the efficiency of smaller classes show that such type of education has a number of benefits which are not proper to larger classes. According to the studies carried out by the Institute of Education of the London University in 2003, smaller ...

Introduction

In contemporary world the spread of the globalization influences the behavior of the people within the business units and different organizations. With that, the style of the conduction of the negotiations is faced the numerous amendments as well. In other words, it is highly important for the leaders of the organizations to have the appropriate corporate and leadership skills in order to pursue the realization of the goals and objectives of the organization for protection of the rights and values of the humans. This paper focuses on the consideration of leadership skills of Kofi Annan as one of the ...