Essays Tagged: "Curriculum"

Choosing the Foundation for Education: Debate in Schooling Comparision of Public vs. Private schooling.

ng. Factors such as environment, scholastic opportunities, and guidance provided by the school, and curriculum should all be taken into consideration. A child will tend to thrive and succeed in a plac ...

(5 pages) 331 1 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The life of William Shakespere

tford-upon-Avon between the age of four or five, as was the custom of the day. And according to the curriculum of various other schools in England during this period, it is assumed that he learned gra ...

(2 pages) 87 1 3.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Education,a personal essay in favor of educational reform in America.

eld. To get a job in this field one needs acollege education and City University fits the bill. Its curriculum and accomplishedprofessors will give me the chance to achieve my goal. Each of the indepe ...

(2 pages) 67 0 2.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Education,a personal essay in favor of educational reform in America.

eld. To get a job in this field one needs acollege education and City University fits the bill. Its curriculum and accomplishedprofessors will give me the chance to achieve my goal. Each of the indepe ...

(2 pages) 69 0 3.7 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Technology is Changing Education

. The only problem is that some of today's schools are hindered byan under-powered technology based curriculum and, in order to stay competitive, theAmerican educational system must do a better job of ... ust go beyond just keeping attendance, it mustfocus on keeping students interested and productive. 'Curriculum improvement is thebest strategy to prevent dropouts; technology is especially useful in t ...

(5 pages) 625 1 3.9 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

OBE. The Restructuring Of American Society.

on. What's going on in America's classrooms?Up until the 1980's most schools used a standards based curriculum. In the traditional classroom setting, educators focused on the input side of education, ... t in understanding what OBE is, and what it intends to do. In the OBE classroom,every aspect of the curriculum is geared toward achieving a small group of specific goals. To gain an insight into OBE, ...

(8 pages) 180 0 4.7 May/1995

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

The need for Government Intervention in Education Reform

's (Readin', Ritin' and Rithmatik) were determined by the local community and incorporated into the curriculum of the local schools. These advanced skills were taught to the up-and-coming generation ... groups looked for guidance from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics who publishing the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics in 1989. The NCTM standards 'redefined t ...

(10 pages) 366 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Multiculturalism

'Multiculturalism and the Common Center,' Diane Ravitch compares theplualist views on what the curriculum in the schools should include. Thepluralist would like to include the history of all ...

(3 pages) 136 1 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

The difference between Social Family and Information-Processing Family is that social family models

ing not only social goals but personal goals as well.Technology can provide a unique and compelling curriculum. For example,science textbooks and history textbooks are notoriously out of date. In cont ...

(2 pages) 59 0 3.8 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Sex Education should be taught in middle schools to make our children aware and help them with decisions in the future.

mple. You can help stop teen sexat an early age with guidance. With a sex education program in your curriculum, you will seesuccess in the students lives and notice a change in attitude toward the opp ...

(2 pages) 131 1 3.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

What are Charter Schools and why are they so unique?

osals and demands, whether it's a gifted program for a special needs child or a usual second chance curriculum, of having their children succeed and achieve more in a healthier environment without hav ...

(3 pages) 100 0 2.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Students and a better life.

for this matter should be teaching philosophy all the students graduating from university. A basic curriculum of philosophy can make students gain from their life and able to make necessary changes f ...

(3 pages) 49 1 2.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Sex Education A Necessary Part Of Curriculum Paramount To A Developing Teen.

SEX EDUCATION A NECESSARY PART OF CURRICULUM PARAMOUNT TO A DEVELOPING TEENSexual Education being taught in the school systems to teen ... a subject which has repeatedly come under fire by many. Some people feel it is a necessary part of curriculum paramount to a developing teen. Others, feel this is a realm best left to the parents. My ... of self-control or self-worth, and a major influence coming from peer pressure."# In outlining the curriculum for sexual education, these topics should not only be addressed, but also topics focusing ...

(5 pages) 227 3 4.7 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

Public versus Private School Debate.

to the already disadvantaged .The main focus of this paper is to establish that dominant hegemonic curriculum exists in our present education system, which leads to lower socioeconomic groups being d ... , in which redesigning, renewing, replacing and reinventing classroom practices in terms of theory ,curriculum transformation, and social injustices (Poynting and McQueen) . Connell supports this view ...

(10 pages) 283 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Alternative Education.

est for their children. Provides support and help to families that wish to homeschool. Set in place curriculum and communities for learning. Organize groups on how to start new alternative, learner an ... and work at scattered workstation depending what there interests are at that point.The areas of the curriculum is broken in to language arts (reading, literature, grammar, creative writing, spelling, ...

(7 pages) 205 0 4.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

"America's Education"- Short essay discussing the problem w/ the education system.

ppropriate reading and background and instates this is his teachers. The schools have an impressive curriculum that the teachers must follow. Therefore, these teachers work diligently to cover all nec ...

(1 pages) 104 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Understanding the Relationship Between American Schools and Society: A look at how society and curriculum are based upon each other

The interrelationship between society and the curriculum being taught in schools is deeply rooted in the history of American schools. The organiza ... s in turn reinforce the normality's of the society they are based within. The subject matter of the curriculum taught in the United States public schools has been an important issue throughout America ... iety.Public education systems in the later 1830s faced problems regarding the subject matter of the curriculum. At the time Protestant readings which were against Catholics were taught in public schoo ...

(7 pages) 233 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Argumentative paper for sex education in school

is skyrocketing. Can this somehow be prevented by encouraging that sex education be included in the curriculum in school? Don't we send our children to school to learn and get an education? Than why s ...

(3 pages) 347 1 4.8 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

My experiences of Learners and Learning

tion from any other local schools and no new or innovative styles of teaching the otherwise mundane curriculum.The teachers had themselves been schooled quite possibly in the very same building du ...

(12 pages) 574 0 3.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A hypothetical acceptance letter written to U.S.U on behalf of many of Americas great leaders. Gives brief background on them.

hat will take full advantage of what U.S.U has to offer. Remember it's not the faculty alone or the curriculum its how well a school adapts and changes to fit the needs of their students and the times ... university more amiable.Even thought schools are going through major changes revolutionizing their curriculum they should not all together forget their roots. In the literary fields these few men Mar ...

(5 pages) 51 0 2.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History