Essays on Teaching

Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain given to students for an offence committed. It may take several forms such as hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, slapping and use of various objects. The main objective of applying corporal punishment is intended to reform behavior. However, it has been viewed as a result of both social and collective problems. For example, corporal punishment in schools is associated with reduced quality of school life among students. On the other hand, spanking is a form of discipline used on children. Also, it takes the form of deliberate striking the bottom of Continue reading...

While motivation is essential to all ages, it is of paramount importance and has become a big issue in secondary education. Motivation plays a crucial part with success in student education and later in adulthood. Parents have the utmost impact on adolescents when it comes to expectations and goals. The lack of parental involvement has become a major issue for many public schools. In order to change how students value their education, parents have to be involved at home, school and set expectations for their children. While there is extensive research on strategies for teachers to use to help Continue reading...

English

In the ENG101, I have gained vast experiences and skills in essay development, sentence structuring and presentation. Most importantly, I have gained skills in essay writing such as the use of styles and critical presentation of ideas. Currently, I know that essay development and presentation adopts various techniques dependent on the style of writing. The teacher emphasized on the need to observe clarity and originality in writing essays. Overall, essay writing must incorporate a five-paragraph style containing an introduction, with viable thesis statement, three-body paragraphs and conclusion. The thesis statement forms the platform for the development of the entire Continue reading...

Introduction

The recent technological innovation brought many changes in the society over the past century. The twentieth century is a period of technological change; almost everything is not permanent and constantly evolving in order to make the society a better place to live. In the earlier days, man has only known few methods of communication; however, in the modern era, man had already explored the universe bringing forth the latest gadgets to support their needs. In addition, the invention of the World Wide Web is in fact the most helpful tool to search for countless of online information from around Continue reading...

Girl by Jamaica Kinkaid

Girl is a short story that provides a mother’s instructions to her daughter. The instructions basically relate to issues such as good manners, household chores, cookery, social conduct, and relationships with men. Although the foregoing instructions seem challenging to the reader, the instructions are ultimately based on the parental efforts that are geared towards providing the girl-child with the necessary knowledge and skills to develop proper habits as they develop.
All through the narrative, the mother accuses her daughter as concentrating on becoming a ‘slut’. Notably, the suspicion of the mother is not based on the behavior of Continue reading...

Technology: Does Internet Really Threaten Human’s Intelligence?

How lucky it is to live in the era of electronic media and witness all these fast changes. Electronic media has changed people's lives enormously. However, these changes cannot all be described as either good or bad. Although electronic media has improved the quality of human's lives, it has also created some problems and anxieties. For instance, knowledge and education today benefit and suffer simultaneously from these technologies. Moreover, some people have expressed reservations that technological media has some negative effects on the human brain. Although electronic media can produce a culture of distraction, which hinders the process of Continue reading...

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Thesis statement: Computer games do not solely have a bad influence on youth, they can be utilized for good purposes too.

Paragraph 1: Introduction

Paragraph 2: What is computer gaming and how popular is it?
Paragraph 3: The three negative aspects of computer games
Paragraph 4: Lack of sensation and repetitive Strain Injury or RSI due to computer games
Paragraph 5: Obesity, over eating and inactivity due to computer games
Paragraph 6: Negative impacts on communal and academic growth
Paragraph 7: Negative impact on academic performance
Paragraph 8: Negative impact on behavioural growth
Paragraph 9: Hostility and violence Continue reading...

Biography on Steve Israel, a U.S. Representative for New York
Steve Israel is a member of the U.S House of Representatives from the Third Congressional District of New York since 2001. Steve is a true leader. He values education. He respects the middle class and the low-income group. Even in the worst situations, Steve always raised his voice and stood up for his people. He has sponsored and co-sponsored numerous bills and voted in favor of several reforms that benefit the public to a great extent. He has been in power since 2001 and never misled his people. He Continue reading...

The original issue that center staged my research was oriented along the angles of how to come up with an effective teaching plan that shall facilitate great learning tactics in schools. In this regard, the issue had come of pertinent relevant was because most schools were manifested by instances that called for immediate attention. In this context, the issues that were circumscribed included; those that are oriented along instances of students underperforming in their studies. On the same note, it should be regarded that, schemes of teaching have been the most influencing instances that been used in criticizing schools Continue reading...

The Book Part

Michele Alexander covers the issue of racialism in the modern society. Though the media claims that the modern American society has moved past the racism era, racism has taken a modern form in terms of the social policies that the government implements. Through these social policies, members of different races receive different conviction for the same offenses. These social policies present the transformation of racism. Obama’s victorious election into presidency may have depicted the end of racism, but society perceives it differently.
The social policy on the drug war presents the real image of modern racism. The criminal Continue reading...

‘The Sixties’ is an acclaimed book by Terry H. Anderson, a history professor of Texas A&M University. The book provides an extensive account of some of the most difficult years that America witnessed. This paper intends to discuss the book and other related aspects of the area under discussion.
The book is written by the history professor and presents an authentic account of America when the nation was passing trough very tumultuous phase. Anderson presents the facts with a historian’s perspective and portrays how Americans successfully faced the cold war era and witnessed the transitional phase (Anderson). The Continue reading...

1). First give a brief description of the character with enough detail for me to understandthe character in context (10 points).
Dr. Meredith Grey from Grey’s Anatomy (2005)
Dr. Meredith Grey is the main character in Grey’s Anatomy which is aired on ABC channel. Meredith is the daughter of Ellis Grey, who was a renowned General Surgeon. Ellis worked at Seattle Grey Hospital where Meredith spent most of her childhood because her mother was always very busy doing surgeries. When Meredith was five years old, her parents got divorce, because her father (Thatcher) came to know about Continue reading...

I have always been interested in selecting a career path that covers my educational needs and that, which provides me with proper skills to handle my job. The traditional bachelor’s degree programs as well as the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science Degree requires fair amount of formal college level academic proficiency in different basic areas such as political science, English, philosophy, history, sociology, and the natural sciences such as chemistry, math, biology, and physics. However, despite these similarities, the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science (BAAS) is more of a vocational degree, which provides the learners with Continue reading...

Introduction

Schools are the best place where children can learn and practice good nutrition. The school environment provides good opportunities for teachers to make an excellent impact on children’s health. What a child eats now has a significant impact on the child’s future health, throughout the adolescence stage to adulthood. A good child’s development depends on the consumption of nutritious food. Consuming nutritious food makes the child to perform well academically and feel good physically. Children poor eating habits is adding up to the rising cases of disorders, dental cavities, obesity and other child deficiency disorders which Continue reading...

Abstract

Bullying and discrimination are a pervasive and highly damaging situation within school systems throughout the country (NYSUT, 2013). In recent years, this trend has expanded to include issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) related bullying and abuse, and the increasing dangers of cyberbullying (i.e. the use of the Internet to abuse classmates), making it paramount to pass legislation that is effective in controlling these trends. The possible effectiveness of the DASA (or Dignity Act) as anti-bullying legislation will be discussed, as well as the historical background of bullying as a practice and its effects. While anti-bullying measures Continue reading...

Anybody who has read or watched The Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire Series –would agree with me that it is a series that shows every facet of deception used by humans.
According to Merriam-Webster, the word “deceive” means, “to make someone believe something that is not true” or “to cause to accept true or valid what is false or invalid.”
Deception is a form of dishonesty that is used everyone, every day. And the characters in this book are able to show how it is done so to achieve what one wants; whether it is something Continue reading...

Thesis topic

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Will Governor Brown’s Local Control Funding Formula improve the ability of districts to meet student needs compared to the former system?

Brief Background and Aims of the Research

The current education system in California lacks transparency and is extremely complicated. All the participants, be it policymakers or parents, struggle to comprehend the current system, which offers different pupil per rate across various districts. There were many allegations that affluent schools ended up getting more per pupil rate than the other schools. To negate this inequity in the distribution of federal funds, Governor Brown in the year 2013-14 introduced the Local Control Continue reading...

Introduction

Reading is the most essential skill a student should acquire. Strong literacy skills are vital to a student’s educational success and their overall success in life. Regarding the importance of English, Arabic students must learn to read and comprehend more quickly, read critically analyze any written information. Despite living in a digital era, the Arabic students still need literacy skills to succeed in the field of education (Mutawa & Kailani, 2009). Instructors must learn to share enthusiastically a variety of genres, topics, and styles with the students to improve their understanding and make them enjoy life (Zemelman, 1998). There Continue reading...

Executive summary

McDonald's Corporation was founded in 1948 with its headquarters in the United States, Illinois. The Company has diversified its operations and customer base, serving over 56 million customers in a day, in 119 countries. McDonald's Corporation deals with food and beverage products such as hamburgers, French fries, milkshakes, chicken, and desserts among others albeit the company's products vary in different countries. McDonald's Corporation has undertaken various strategic business measures in ensuring diversification and expansion across the world. In the recent past, the company has exhibited significant improvement in production capacity, product differentiation, and training and development of employees.
McDonald's Continue reading...

Introduction

Indiana University Bloomington is public/government owned university in America that offers an array of faculties includes technical professions, as well as liberal arts. This university that is popularly known as IU Bloomington is located in Bloomington, Indiana. The university was founded in the year 1820 as a state seminary. Today, several years after this institution was established, the university offers a large number of various programs to its relatively large student population. Some of the faculties that can be found in this university include the school of business, public health, Jacob’s school of music, school of law and Continue reading...

According to Hillman, Pictorial or wordless books contain pictures and pure illustrations in a volume that illustrates it all; “tell it all”. However, certain wordless books have minimal wording and labels. Others have phrases and single sentences alongside the illustrations (Hillman, 2010). These books comprise all genes; fiction, poetry, fantasy, biography and nonfiction. Such is a sample of books fellow learners, and I used to aid our understanding of the content of what is taught by the teacher (Wendy, Janice, Amy & Abigail, 2011). We actively participated and fully concentrated on what was taught by our teacher through graphical representations Continue reading...

The nursing curriculum is designed to offer the nursing students the knowledge and skills required for handling specific situations of their career, especially based on the required expertise to handle the nursing discipline. Nursing textbooks are written by experienced individuals in the field of nursing and the learners are expected to achieve specified results by the end of their trainings. However, there exist several significant differences between the things that are taught in nursing textbooks, published literature, hospitals’ policies and procedures, and actual practice. The orthodox view of teaching at the university level is that, during the lecture courses, Continue reading...

Analyzing Pre-Kindergarten Week-2 Lesson Plan for “Farm Animals”

Skills and Knowledge/Standards and Strategies Required in Teaching the Lesson
Generally, the teacher should have undergone through training in teaching methodologies and content of the subject matter he is about to teach. In this regard, the teacher is supposed to have trained in general science to the level required for the Pre-K class. Moreover, in teaching methodologies, he is supposed to be equipped with skills to bring stimuli that activate receptors. His lesson should be aimed at making children gain attention for instance, by singing a song about farm animals, or by making them hold pictures of farm animals Continue reading...

Introduction

Inequality in education is cruel and unjust it persists and cuts deep along individual and community memories. In many occasions, it is not an issue of the past, lingers not only in Australia but the entire parts of the world (Ramsay, 2001). Modern education standards are critical in fulfilling this gap and providing equal opportunity for all learners in life. Education plays a crucial role in modeling the learners from different backgrounds in order to create tomorrow’s socially just society. The current generations of the learners are the society leaders of the future. Therefore, it is important for Continue reading...

My initial hypothesis

Young adolescent people approach mathematical problems differently considering their gender. The methods that that the females use to approach mathematical problems are different from the approaches taken by their male counterparts. Traditionally, male students have been said to have a natural ability in mathematics and females have been attributed to less confidence and less learning styles. The thoughts of male students being much better than their female counterparts in mathematics seem real and ones that I can support because males tend to major in mathematical fields than females. Males have proven over time to be more successful in mathematics Continue reading...

English

Introduction
In his article, John Derbyshire wrote about the challenge of improving the children’s academic performance. He documented that a few years ago, New York City Mayor took the Rand Corporation’s service in raising the students of public schools’ examination score by providing cash bonuses for those teachers who will have an improved class. As he continued with his article, Derbyshire used different styles in writing to persuade his readers. Based on his attempts to persuade his audiences, rhetorical strategies were used such as logos, ethos and pathos. However, there were clear manifestations of logical fallacies in Continue reading...

The future of American religion is in the “none.” A recent published and publicized survey on religion depicts an undeniable trend in religious association in America. The religious landscape has many people embracing spirituality rather than a tradition religious brand. People are within their democratic right to embrace this form of religion. Some people in the survey refuse to associate with any religion as others make a transition from the traditional authoritative religions and move to “none.”
The survey indicates that those respondents on the “none” affiliation do so in a liberal political spectrum. The “none” has gained popularity Continue reading...

Introduction

“The chosen topic is of Urban Childhood Education”
Reasons for Choosing this Topic
I selected this topic because I feel that Education plays a vital role in making a child successful and independent. For any child’s life, an aspect of early childhood education is very important as it goes against the concept of childhood slavery when a child cannot fulfill his childhood needs, and others exploit him by excessive work and as a tool to get work done. in spite of being given important academic education, he spends his childhood in slavery. In the critical years from birth Continue reading...

An Honest View on Academic Integrity Essay Outline

I. Introduction
A. Studies affirm that many students engage in academic dishonesty such as plagiarism.
1. Students attain academic success through plagiarism
2. Academic dishonesty became a norm in the academic community
B. There is a conflicting view on whether plagiarism, copying, or collaboration on student’s work is ethical or not.
1. Students and faculty have different views and justifications for this behavior
2. A Christian student should view the issue in light of God’s word
C. Thesis Statement: Regardless of any justification such as situational and intellectual conditions of students, the indiscriminate system of education, the Continue reading...

Introduction

Sex health education is a very vital topic that should be discussed but it has been avoided due to various reasons such as religious differences and cultural differences. Over the years the number of teenagers and youth below the age of twenty five who experience early pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections has increased drastically especially in the United States of America. This has led to the creation of comprehensive sex education programmes and sessions in schools so as to help the young people to adapt to healthy sexual behaviours and to make healthy and clear decisions about sex. Sex Continue reading...

Overview

Balanced literacy involves language arts acquisition using a program consisting of word study, small strategy groups, and interactive read aloud, along with shared, independent, and guided reading. These essential components help a learner to understand written and spoken communication by emphasizing on reading, writing, listening, speaking, and viewing. Literacy is an important aspect everyday activities and modern social networks emphasize this, people cannot “Tweet” and comment if they do not write.
Yet even with increasing trends in globalization some children are more advanced, and some need to learn solutions to their education challenges. Balanced literacy instruction supports students’ need Continue reading...

Introduction

The discrimination against Shia Muslims, in the Middle East, has existed for centuries. The act of injustice needs to stop since Muslims are only allowed to practice their belief only in their city. The Shia Muslims forms the minority population of Saudi Arabia. However, Wahabi Muslims who are their greatest enemies normally humiliate and degrade them with the aim of making them feel as outcast in that community. Their attitude towards Shia Muslim is totally deplorable.

Body

The Shia Muslim community has experienced a number of restrictions and persecutions over centuries from both the national government and Wahabi Muslims.
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I love my dog and it likes to sit on the couch while I work. I will name my first child Joffrey or Elena, depending on the gender of the child. Smoking harms your lungs and slowly kills you. Walking to school makes me exercise more than I do when I do not have any school lectures and/or tutorials. When I go to the gym, I increase my exercises every time and thus my endurance rises as well. I enjoy having a great weather outside, especially the period when flowers and trees bloom and reveal the beauty of spring. Continue reading...

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CAREERS IN HUMAN SERVICES

In the “Helping those in need: Human service workers” the Occupational Outlook Quarterly (2011) defines Human Services as the provision of “a variety of services aimed at improving clients’ lives” (23). Consequently, Human Services encompass different approaches depending on the nature of a particular problem and the services required in solving said problem. Evidently, it is impossible to cover all the careers that qualify and fit the characteristics of human services. However, it is plausible to look at a particular problem from different fields that could in turn be made up of a variety of professionals all Continue reading...

Abstract

English is a global language that started in Europe but has been adapted by other countries as a lingua franca. It is a language that is mainly used for communication between and among people. Just like any other language, English contains the four language skills that need to be mastered in order for an individual to manipulate the language for fluent communication. The four language skills include reading, listening, speaking and writing, the learners find them difficult, and this affects their education and communication. The focus is to explore strategies that help in the development of the four language Continue reading...

Literature

In order to understand the role of women in Victoria’s England, it would be of interest to study the role of women during the Roman Empire. Why this is important, is because, there is a lot of similarities in the way England was ruled in comparison to Rome. The Roman society was undoubtedly dominated by men, and this is evident by the names of great leaders such as Julius Caesar, and Augustus. The Roman Catholic Church too had a huge role to play in the social and cultural life of the people of Rome. Despite evidences drawn from Continue reading...

Identify a moral agent.

The moral agent or agency in this case is Doctor ‘X’ and I. A moral agent is any being who can act with reference to wrong or right. A moral agent is anything that is accountable for decisions and behavior. Moral agents have responsibilities and rights and have the power to choose as well as make choices. The idea of being a moral agent explains why some people blame others for things they do and others told to take responsibility of their actions. Moral agents have the freedom of making decisions and taking on the consequences.
Being a moral Continue reading...

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Introduction
In the contemporary era, cell phones have turned out as one of the most important everyday requirements. There was a time when possessing a cell phone was regarded a luxurious thing. On the other hand, it is common to own a cell phone in the present day. It is not an untold secret that children, especially the teenagers, are using the cell phones just like adults. They use their cell phones to do almost everything. Not only are cell phones used to stay in touch with family and friends, they are also used for watching Continue reading...

Introduction

Juvenile offenders are growing in numbers and they take a significant account of arrests involving the crimes of burglary, murder and rape. Juvenile delinquency is no doubt a social problem that is becoming pervasive if not addressed appropriately. The juvenile law took transitional stages in order to adopt to the changing trends in juvenile crimes and offenses. Through the efforts of social reformers, the juvenile justice system in the country took one form to another from the creation of reformation schools for the juvenile delinquents, the separation of juvenile offenders from the adult offenders, the creation of the special Continue reading...

The concept of a paradigm shift gives a means of making connections between changes that are linked to communicative language teaching. There are eight changes, which fit with the communicative language teaching paradigm shift. These are the social nature of learning, the autonomy of the learner, curricular integration, diversity, focus on meaning, individual thinking skills, teachers as co-learners and alternative assessment.
Paradigm shift in education is used to represent change. A paradigm shift takes place when we see things from a different perspective. Paradigm shifts in the twentieth Century can be due to a large shift from positivism to Continue reading...