Hidden Curriculum Over the years past billions of dollars have been spent on computers for our nation’s schools. The goal was to improve and update our educational system but there is very little evidence of change through the years and taxpayers that have been paying for these upgrades in the schools want to know where the payoff is. A small Belridge school district in Mckittrick, Ca

Kohlberg Stages Moral issues have been a fundamental issue since the beginning of time. Conflicting assertions and different opinions have created a topic of interest to many philosophers, researches, sociologists and many other intellectuals. Lawrence Kohlberg studied the stages of moral judgement expanding on what Jean Piaget, the father of moral development studied. However, “Koh

Interdisciplinary Virtual Team Project Table of contents • Introduction • Methods • Results • Discussion • Conclusion Introduction We realize the purpose of the project is to apply concepts from class including the experience in gathering data scientifically, analyzing data to form a conclusion, and pres

Observation Paper As a prospective teacher I admit that when I first entered the teacher education program I thought of learning as memorizing, and understood teaching as showing, telling and performing. I admit feeling uncomfortable at the outset with the requirement to be reflective about past and current experience and practices, and with the expectation that I should be actively inv

Proposal For Action Research Proposal for Action Research What is the problem' The problem that I am planning to research regards the difficulty teachers of bilingual students experience in stimulating their pupils to speak English in the class, rather than their mother-tongue (Dutch). Bilingual education is aimed at better preparing able students for life in a global village, wher

Justice Justice is showing fairness and equality for every student or person you encounter. Fairness, however, is not the same for each student because each student or person is different; they are different culturally, academically, morally, and in gender, so justice must be adapted accordingly. For example, if a male student of Middle Eastern descent in you class hit a female student

Education Of Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse has been a huge trend in violent victimization. Through out the last decade there has been extensive research on how and what sexual abuse is and how sexual abuse affects the minds of children. Child sexual abuse does not have one definite definition and can cause many disorders psychologically within the child’s mind. Through education of what sexu

Literature Review Literature Review Teaching Reading: Direct Instruction vs. Whole Language Introduction Reading is fundamental to the educational growth and success of all students. Many times, the development of independent readers begin in literacy rich kindergarten through fourth grade classrooms. Early childhood teachers are challenged by reaching the needs of students who

Searches Or No Searches Searches or No Searches By: Julia Nicoletti Searches or no searches, that is the question. Say the principal at your school has instituted random locker and book bag/back pack searches to check for weapons and/or drugs. Anyone who is caught, will immediately be suspended. Performing these searches will do so much for your school. Searching will increase t

Higher Education Education; it’s the basis of our lives. We try to run from it, but can never escape it. Some try to pursue it; some do not. It can make or break us. It can be the difference between making your future, or breaking your future. Studies have shown that only one in every four high school seniors go on to a four-year college. And that out of them, only one in every 2

Student Teacher Observation OBSERVATION REPORT The physical setting was that of a typical modern band room. Immediatly upon entering the room you see silver lockers all along and half way up the back wall, the wall to the left, and wall to the right. The top half of the mauve colored walls were stratigically covered with soft lavender sound buffers. Also, on the top half were s

Romanticism Or Perennialism Young minds are moldable, ever questioning and forever wondering. They need a certain form of education to help them do so. Romanticism allow for students to excel in are that are their strengths, while Perennialism allows for only their weaknesses to be shown and highlighted, with now personal growth in other activities which may not be academic.. Growing up

Viewing Violence In recent years, the news has seemed to mimic violence that appears in television and in movies. Several incidents support the majority of people’s assumption that TV violence effects a child’s behavior in many ways. A child’s judgment is hurt badly by viewing TV violence, which can have some serious long-term effects. First of all, when children see characters on

Teaching Philosopy Teaching Philosophy Through careful consideration and thorough self-assessment I found that I am a pragmatist in philosophy and progressivist in my teaching theory. I believe that experience is how students learn best. I think by taking experiences in life and applying them to a problem you can not only better understand the answer you can also better understand th

Bilingual Ed The Education of Non English Speaking Students in the U.S. Growing up in a family where the dominant language spoken was Spanish, I remember feeling lost and separated from the kids at school who spoke mainly English. Even more so was trying to keep up in my academics when it was taught in a language I hardly understood or even worse, could speak. However, because of the cl

So Many Goals, So Little Time So Many Goals, So Little Time As a senior, while most students stress over what party they will attend on the weekend or where they will go for their senior trip, I realize the importance of setting goals and priorities that will be beneficial to my future. Some goals like scoring a 20 or higher on the ACT, being valedictorian, or say becoming president of

The Cost Of Educating The Next Generation We live in a society where a college degree has become the single most important determinant of a young person’s chances of success. Yet with rising college tuition costs showing no signs of slowing down, it is increasingly difficult for low income students to achieve their higher education goals. A college education is viewed as the ticket to pr

Education Of The Gifted Education of Gifted Children Started in the 1970’s, America’s Gifted & Talented programs are used to enhance the curriculum of students included in either category in order to challenge and strengthen their unique abilities. These students are usually provided a separate class with specialized lessons in all areas and a teacher with a special degr

Standardized Tests In 1957 Americans watched stunned as the Soviet Union successfully launched their space craft Sputnik. The “space race” had been won by the Soviets leaving the Americans with one question, how could we have lost' The answer to this question lied in the school systems and if they were really pushing the kids to their full potential. This got educators and politicians

Men In Education We are two male pre-service teachers attending college at Southwestern University. Throughout our education we have noticed a lack of male teachers in the classroom. It has become evident through readings in our pre-service classes that the lack of male educators is more prevalent now than ever. A common hypothesis for the lack of male teachers that has been prominen

Henry Adams Henry Adams believed that the mass majority of his students were “sluggish-minded boys” (301) that would take any information as fact solely because it came from a professor’s lecture. He describes that students are difficult to engage in discussion which coerced him to “devise schemes to find what they were thinking about” (302). He also portrays students as too “agreeable”

How to Survive High School How to Survive High School High school is, with no doubt, four of the hardest years of your life you will experience. It is a time in your life where you will be constantly growing and changing, physically as well as emotionally. The key to survival of these four years differs among everybody, but there are a few things you must remember. Your freshman

Education And Power Education and Power "Education in modern society is about power. To ask who is to be educated is to ask who is to rule."(Halls, vii) This same statement could also apply to the eighteenth century; the wealthier families could afford to send their children off to college to further their education to become doctors or lawyers. This form of education progresse

Parents In Society As parents in society there is the challenge of communicating and disciplining children in an effective manner. Views on effective communication and discipline have changed since the views about children and children’s rights have changed. In the past children were thought of as property or things that needed to be controlled; hence, most of society followed the “spa

Education When I was attending grammar school about five years ago, I always thought how great it would be to choose from the diverse class opportunities that high school would provide me. I was tired of the repetitiveness that existed amongst the grammar school curricula. Once I reached high school I realized that school would be more interesting to me when I have a selection of class

Recruitment Practice At Hoke County Schools Hoke County School District is located in a rural area in North Carolina. The district consists in 11 schools. The relatively small district has problems recruiting teachers since other neighbor districts have better location and offer good benefits. The recruitment practice of this district is very successful. The Human Resources Department is

Cognitive Learning They say that learning is a life-long process. True. But as this process gets developed after birth, what do we contribute our learning to more: a change in behavior or a change in the way we think and analyze information' The question can be debated and will be discussed in this paper. The two theories in question are the Social Learning Theory and the Cognitiv

Understanding Down Syndrome The disability of Down syndrome was first identified back in 1866, by a physician named John Langdon Down who was the superintendent of an asylum for children with mental retardation in Surrey, England. He published an essay, describing children with the same features as being mentally retarded. He thought the children to have an arrested development. In th

What About The Children' What About The Children' Before the late nineteenth century child care was not popular, although it had been created decades before in some towns. Child care was introduced for many different reasons. Originally child care was thought of as a place that provided a healthy environment for children while parents were at work. Child care is now defined as a

The Mis-Education Of American Scholars Several individuals may believe that general education requirements, such as a Literature course, are merely a university’s attempt to prolong a student’s collegiate career and collect additional tuition fees, but what many of them fail to realize is that these courses create a foundation upon which future knowledge will be based and expanded. This