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Education
Paulo Freire is the father of what we now call the "flipped" classroom. He believed that students could not be passive receptacles in their learning, but needed to take an active role in every...
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Education
I definitely recommend choosing a research topic that you are interested in. If a bunch of topics sound equally appealing, choose the one that will be the most beneficial to your readers or the...
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Education
The primary purpose of school is to educate those who attend. Especially where children are concerned, there are secondary purposes of offering care for students during the day and ensuring some...
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Education
Is the "gamification" of education a passing fad or the tip of the iceberg? I'm going to say both, but I need to explain why. Ultimately, it will be a passing fad, but the fad may last for many...
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Education
This 2014 article by Jordan Shapiro focuses on products made by Amplify Learning, a company specializing in digital products designed to integrate technology with educational goals. Shapiro admits...
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Education
This question suggests a very strong bias against Common Core Standards, and I am aware this subject has become highly politicized. There may very well be some value to the standards, depending...
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Education
I am not quite sure about the precise nature of your assignment, but when I was preparing to become a teacher, one of the assignments was to observe a classroom for several days and to record and...
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Education
While modern civilization provides opportunities for education, a “formal education” (that is, a timely and organized program, under pre-written standards and supervision by professional...
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Education
There are two interlocking parts to an education. The first and most obvious is the passing of information from teacher to student (The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776)....
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Education
Philosophy can be an academic discipline, where various viewpoints are compared and contrasted, but more important for teachers is an educational philosophy, a fairly thoroughly considered...
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Education
It depends on the age of the student, of course--seventh graders are much different than first graders. For this question, let's look at what you can do with fourth graders. Fourth graders are...
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Education
Maslow's hierarchy of needs posits that humans need to have the most basic life needs met before they can achieve anything in life beyond those basic needs. So, for example, we must be able to be...
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Education
“Cum Laude” is Latin for “with honors”, and in high schools and colleges, it takes a great grade point average to become one. A student needs to maintain at least a 3.5 grade point average...
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Education
Moral education in a public school is quite tricky, since so much of morality is religion-based, and religion has no place in public education unless it is being studied as a phenomenon of culture...
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Education
In order to have a successful democracy, universal education is a necessity. So, teachers play a profound role in a democracy. They must educate students to be knowledgeable, questioning, and...
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Education
Let us start by differentiating between informal education (the natural ability of the brain to gather experience and data into meaningful patterns) and those “formal” education instruments...
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Education
Several approaches to teaching have been identified and briefly explained below. Inquiry-Based Learning During inquiry-based learning, a question or problem or prompt is posed. Students use...
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Education
Education has several values. Generations of people have viewed education as a way to gain more knowledge and become a better-rounded person. By studying various subjects, people not only have...
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Education
All of these methods address the concern that Hispanic students in the United States lag behind Asian and white students in educational attainment. The methods described in your question tackle...
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Education
This is a very complex question. For starters, the expectations depend on the situation or desired outcome. For example, educators have academic, behavioral, socio- emotional and sometimes,...
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Education
Arguably, the variables that affect educational planning include, but are not limited to: Funding and budgeting This includes all the money allotted toward salary, infrastructure, purchases,...
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Education
I do believe that there are some active steps that students can take to improve their schools academically and culturally. They all involve a commitment to making your school a better place than...
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Education
I prepared for my teaching career in four particular ways. First, I suppose the most basic way was to take a number of classes in education at the undergraduate level. This allowed me to determine...
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Education
A Distance Learning Class would certainly offer challenges to teaching proper weight lifting techniques without the minute-by-minute physical contact with students. With affective filter, the...
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Teachers
School leaders such as principals have one of the most important jobs in successfully facilitating teacher observations. It is an essential means for educator growth. It should be both...
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Education
The evidence for single-gender vs. coeducational schools is mixed. The trend over the past few centuries is towards full integration of the classroom. There are several reasons behind this....
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Education
There are many benefits of studying education from a sociological perspective. First, if you are going to teach in a different country, then it is imperative that you know something about that...
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Education
Social constructionism is the belief that meaning is constructed by both the individual and society. When new information is received, both the individual and society interpret that information...
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Education
As with most educational programs, whether they are classroom-oriented, cooperative online, or individual software-oriented, how well one serves the needs of students depends greatly upon the...
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Education
Electronic devices are becoming increasingly common in educational environments. The term most commonly used for such devices is "educational technology". This is not actually a new idea, as the...
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Education
The importance of education depends on the person being educated. It's not really possible to make overarching statements about what is good for everyone because people's lives and interests vary....
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Education
Andragogy is the theory and practice of education for adults. In contrast pedagogy is the theory and practice of education for children. The concept was introduced by German Alexander Kapp but...
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Education
The contextual significance of tenure in K-12 education has to do with the role of tenure in improving or harming the quality of teaching in our schools. In recent times, tenure has become a major...
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Education
Question 1: I consider socializing to be one of the most important aspects of the traditional college student’s experience. Socializing is the one thing that traditional students engage in that...
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Education
I think that a Physical Education class could be a great setting to foster student development of habits of mind. One example could be when teaching the habit of persistence. In teaching a skill...
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Education
Lots of different ethical issues arise from teachers having social media contact with students, just like ethical issues arise when we combine any work environment with social media access. Many of...
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Education
As we are limited in space, below are a few ideas to help get you started.Current goals for communication development may be known by many boards of education as the English Language Development...
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Education
Some of the most basic rights that teachers have extends from the rights that workers, in general, experience. For example, teachers have a right to work in an atmosphere free from discrimination...
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Education
Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder, is a group of mental disorders characterized by problems with social and communication skills. This can include sensory problems which can make...
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Language
As in all pedagogy, the instructor must first explain the structure and taxonomy of the discipline, and then supply many examples that illustrate the abstract principles. In chemistry, for...
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Education
The Head Start Program was started in 1965 and is administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Established as a means of facilitating the academic development of...
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Education
The statement, "In today's society, academic excellence is the ticket to success," could logically to applied to any era, depending upon one's definition of "success." If applied in strictly...
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Education
This depends on what you mean by “most beneficial.” It also depends on what you want from your education. If you are looking to study something that will make you a lot of money, either of...
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Grammar
After a lifetime of teaching English, I have found that “agreement” is the most perplexing part of learning any language – agreement of number, for example, between subject and predicate...
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Employment Interviews
For purposes of discussion, and given the context of the question, it will be assumed that “S.S.C.” refers to a Secondary School Certificate and that M.A.M. refers to the Master of Arts...
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Education
This is one of the most popular discussions in many schools today. Students, desiring their individuality, speak out against school uniforms. Administration, seeking solidarity and minimization of...
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Education
origination: the place where or action of something taking its origin or rise; its beginning; it start. "School origination" refers a point of beginning or authorization of something related to...
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Education
The alphabetic principle is the understanding that letters represent sounds. This leads to the understanding that words are composed of letters and groups of letters that represent sounds. In...
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Education
There are many job responsibilities for a high school principal. The specifics of the responsibilities will depend to some degree on the needs of each specific school. In general, however, the...
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Education
When it comes to education, "heredity" and "environment" are terms that are most often associated with personality and learning. More commonly, this is called the "nature versus nurture" debate....
