Interviews With Middle School Students
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An 8 page paper. This paper presents interviews with two middle school students, both of whom are in the 6th grade and are 11 years old. The writer then analyzes the developmental progress of each girl by citing developmental stages of Freud, Erikson, and Piaget and commenting on whether the students were within the ranges. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Introduction to a Paper on Charter School Attrition Rates
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This 3 page paper provides an introduction and limitations section for a paper on charter school attrition rates.
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Is Care in the Community Working?
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In 1990 in the United Kingdom the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 laid out plans to integrate individuals with learning disabilities back into the community, even if they had been institutionalised for many years. Further guidelines were given five years later in "Signposts for Success". The policy has been greeted with mixed responses, and the results in some instances have been controversial. This 5 page paper looks at the current situation and discusses the concepts of care and partnership in the care of those with learning disabilities in relation to these two aspects. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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Is Formal Education Too Early
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An 11 page paper. There is a significant amount of pressure to begin children in formal education programs younger and younger. For this essay, a 'formal education program' is defined as any systematic early childhood education program where children receive any type of rating on cognitive performance, even reciting their numbers or the alphabet. It seems to make sense to think that sending children to formal programs at early ages would be detrimental to them. The literature belies this supposition, however, in fact, there is an ever-increasing amount of literature that demonstrates the short- and long-term benefits of very early education. This essay discusses the issues and presents the literature. The writer does comment on the practice of using standardized tests with four-year-olds. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Issues in Education: Emotional Development, Peer Interaction, and Student Health and Welfare
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A 7 page investigation into the role of emotional development and peer interaction in terms of its impact on student health and welfare. The author reviews five case studies and makes recommendations for teacher intervention. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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J.Anthony Lukas: Common Ground, A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families. (1985)
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(5pp) Common Ground: covering a great deal more than its subtitle suggests, is a huge non-fiction study of Boston in the 1970's, when it was under the pressure of court-ordered busing to achieve school desegregation. The three families J. Anthony Lukas focuses on include only a handful of the hundreds of people in a multilayered account of the moral fabric of a city and the vastly different social universes of its neighborhoods. Eventually the turmoil surrounding the desegregation efforts is seen in the context of history, not just national history, or that of Boston, but the history of the little villages cities are made up of, and in many cases even the histories of individuals.
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Job Satisfaction of Assistant Principals in Schools
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This 15 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Job satisfaction is an imperative part of retaining highly qualified employees. Educational institutions, including public school districts, have recognized the need to assess job satisfaction in correlation with job performance and relative to their capacity to retain their professional staff. Employee satisfaction, though, is a complex issue. A number of different types of human resource management systems have been put into place in an effort to improve employee satisfaction, especially among administrative employees, including shorter work days, shorter work weeks, and improvements in compensation packages, clearer job descriptions and increasing use of team approaches. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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John Dewey and James Banks On Education
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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts these two theorists' ideas in the realm of education. Dewey's concepts are related to creativity and freedom in education whereas Banks is concerned with multiculturalism. No bibliography.
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Johnny in Jail
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This 5 page paper examines the increase of juvenile offenders in the corrections system, and asks how their educational needs are being met. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Juvenile Justice, Drug Use, and Schools: Truancy
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A 4 page paper which examines the impact juvenile delinquency and drug use has on the criminal justice system from the school perspective as it involves truancy. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Katherine Paterson’s “The Great Gilly Hopkins”: Its Application to Learning about Learning Disabilities
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This is a 4 page paper discussing how Katherine Paterson’s novel “The Great Gilly Hopkins” is beneficial in the educational system. Katherine Paterson’s novel “The Great Gilly Hopkins” has become one of the most recommended reading materials within middle schools across North America in its ability to address the character of Gilly who has undergone several transitions throughout the foster care system and is considered an example of a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD). The novel was written for youths aged 9-12 (the central character, Gilly is 11) and within the classroom environment has allowed teachers to introduce mature and realistic subject matter to their students which will lead to a better understanding and tolerance of children who are not from traditional, supportive family environments and who have developed mechanisms or defensive behaviors which allow them to cope with their situation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Kinesics
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This is a 15 page paper discussing the studies found regarding kinesics. Kinesics, or the study of body language in nonverbal communication, is a term which was first applied to early anthropological studies and was used in regards to furthering the study of linguistics. Recently however, researchers have used the study of kinesics in regards to its importance in communication in business, education, gender relations, health care and other disciplines which rely upon clear and precise understanding in a communication environment. Kinesics is also used on other non-traditional socio-cultural disciplines such as art and multi-media in the presentation of materials. Generally however, studies in kinesics are “grouped” within the larger area of non-verbal communication including proxemics (spatial relations), haptics (touching behavior), oculesics (eye contact styles), vocalics (vocal cures), chronemics (use of time), and objectics (use of clothes, color and objects) among others and very few studies now relate primarily to kinesics separately which in some aspects is understandable since the complete process of communication involves a balance between the understanding of all of these elements in addition to the verbal and content factors within communication. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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Kohlberg's Developmental Stages and Issues of Gender Bias
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of the issue of bias in mathematics education, with a focus on the way in which Kohlberg's developmetal stages can be used to understand gender bias. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Kozol and Kidder
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A 5 page paper comparing the perspectives from which these authors wrote their books, "Savage Inequalities" and "Among Schoolchildren." Kozol has some scathing words for teachers, but he points his accusing finger at school administrators and state legislators more than he does teachers. Kidder tells the story of one inner-city elementary teacher that takes a far more positive approach. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Kozol And Savage Inequalities
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Jonathan Kozol has become the 'Ralph Nader' of education, only his message is centered on the inequalities brought about by disparities in educational opportunities rather than finding the defects of products on the market. This 5 page paper answers a series of questions concerning the book, Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Lack Of Quality Teachers In Urban Schools
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A 5 page paper. There is a teaching shortage in America right now, which is leading schools to hire individuals who have emergency certificates rather than fully-trained teachers. It is urban schools that suffer the greatest lack of quality qualified teachers further perpetuating low achievement and high drop-out rates in these areas. It is also urban school districts where there is concentrated poverty. This essay discusses the reasons for the lack of qualified teachers in urban schools and provides data regarding this situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Language Competence vs Language Performance
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A 5 page paper that discusses the difference between language competence and language performance. Examples are given. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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