Essays Tagged: "curricula"

How to prevent youth alcohol abuse, an indepth report

oped and studied that aim to prevent underage drinking. Some approaches are school based, involving curricula targeted at preventing alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana use. Other approaches are extracurri ... he most promising components of the whole spectrum of prevention approaches, including school, extracurricular, family, policy, and community strategies.SCHOOL STRATEGIESThe goal of many school-based ...

(22 pages) 458 0 4.7 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

What is 'hidden curriculum'?

'Every school has two curricula. One is the open curriculum, which we are already familiar with. The other curriculum, the ... other teaching materials·Organization of the timetable, and the choices within·Extra-curricular provision for girls and boys·Relationships of the staff to each other·The e ...

(6 pages) 236 0 4.6 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The role of a guidance counselor when sexual abuse is reported within the public school system.

cted child abuse, most colleges allow educators to become certified without exposure to child abuse curricula. In one survey, 81 percent of educators reported receiving no pre-service information abou ...

(4 pages) 81 0 4.3 Sep/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

A Framework for Understanding Organizational Ethics

business schools are attempting to teach courses and/or integrate organizational ethics into their curricula without general agreement about what should be taught, or how it should be taught.Societal ...

(22 pages) 1567 0 4.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Curricula Development

Curricula: The amorphous product of generations of tinkering(Taba, 1962, p8)A curriculum must be com ...

(11 pages) 312 0 3.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Report on "Children in America's Schools", a documentary movie based on a book by Jonathan Kozol called "Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools".

in an economically disenfranchised city in New Jersey, the narrator describes buildings, faculties, curricula, and school boards that are all but falling apart. School overcrowding forces some classes ...

(3 pages) 95 0 3.3 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

A decline in American Education By: Tan Ly

d physics. The results were astonishing. The U.S. was ranked at, or near the bottom, in each of the curricula. The general mathematics scores, by high school seniors, were lower than all but two count ...

(4 pages) 64 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Roles of Arabic Teachers and Supervisors in the Reform of Arabic Language Instruction.

f Arabic Language Instruction.Abdelrahman Kamel Abdelrahman MahmoudAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Curricula & Methodology ( Arabic Major )Faculty of Education in Fayoum ,Cairo University , Egypt ... ion to launch in 2000 a multimillion Egyptianl project of comprehensive revision of its educational curricula and teaching materials at all levels: elementary, intermediate and secondary. As part of t ...

(15 pages) 44 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Evaluation of Computer Usage in Teaching Arabic Language

ge in Teaching Arabic LanguageAbdelrahman Kamel Abdelrahman MahmoudAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Curricula & Methodology ( Arabic Major )Faculty of Education in Fayoum ,Cairo University , Egypt ... and try to be as specific as possible.Dr. Abdelrahman Kamel Assistant prof. At the curricula andMethodology Dept. Faculty of Education.Fayoum Cairo University First: ...

(34 pages) 136 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

The New Zealand Government's Failure to Recognise Dyslexic Secondary Students.

Wittgenstein.Addressed generally in the Education Act (1989) and specifically in the respective curricula, the Ministry of Education makes no bones about the critical importance of literacy for al ... NDARY SCHOOLSDyslexia would not be a problem if it didn't make for trouble at school.The meta-curricular nature of the skills of reading and writing have grave implications for students who batt ...

(10 pages) 44 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Incorporating Culture in Foreign Language Teaching

ties and suggests thereunder the way culture can be incorporated in the process of teaching and the curricula focusing on the beginnings of such cultural incorporation.Culture and its Relationship wit ... earning and achievement" (Goldenberg & Gallimore, 1989), and they suggest culturally compatible curricula. Also, Smith (1976, cited in Mckay, 2004) argues that an international language does not n ...

(6 pages) 129 0 4.8 Feb/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Richard Grossley

riculture, education, home economics, and industrial arts. First, the college established four-year curricula leading to the bachelor's degree n arts and sciences, elementary education, and industrial ...

(1 pages) 1354 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Paano kung pinapawalang bisa ang batas Rizal?

bisa ang RA 1425 (Batas Rizal). Ayon sa konstitusyon, ang batas rizal ay "AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE, WORKS AN ...

(2 pages) 16 0 2.3 Aug/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Middle School Curriculum

cts, including mine, have spent years rewriting the curriculum. It remains to be seen whether these curricula are going to go into practice or is this just more ? lip service? to meet the state requir ... ten, we accept this work because there are too many students in this category. With our test-driven curricula and the overcrowding of schools, many teachers are simply overwhelmed. It is not that they ...

(8 pages) 130 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Cory Bixler School and Society Shannon Fitts My Philosophy of

ite hard to determine just exactly should be taught and the reasons as to why. This falls under the curricula, and in my eyes is a very broad subject. Say I am a math teacher the curricula would be dr ...

(5 pages) 1106 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Proper Use of Technology for Higher Education Today, the

ents closer to new realities in contemporary society. Technology has become a crucial component in curricula throughout the nation. Every college in the U.S. is spending million of dollars to provid ... posed to be.        When this welcoming technological environment was created for curricula, students no longer thought it was the hardest thing to finish their assignments or to get ...

(6 pages) 33 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A brief comment on James Beane's The Middle School: The Natural Home of Integrated Curriculum

thinking. These questions could and should be utilised to generate a meaningful integrated learning curricula. They are powerful opportunities to engage students in self directed learning and developi ...

(2 pages) 32 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A brief comment on Mills and Gale's Schooling and the production of social inequalities: What can and should we be doing?

ethnic backgrounds may have about the school system stating that for them, more often than not, the curricula is seen as irrelevant.Mills and Gate (2002) believe that education is often driven by poli ...

(2 pages) 10 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Perspectives in the Early Years of education in a New Zealand setting.

The foundation for all curricula is based upon our beliefs of how children develop and learn. It is also influenced by the ...

(8 pages) 46 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Thinking and Decision Making

mportance of critical thinking is being recognized in Korea with innovative approaches, such as new curricula and teaching methods, being introduced in nursing".Logical thinking involves inductive and ...

(6 pages) 59 1 0.0 Aug/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management