Essays Tagged: "school environment"

Educational Psychology

o include counseling students, teachers, administrators, and parents, in an effort to help make the school environment one which is most effective in promoting learning. As an example, if a student in ... ciplinary action, instead of being indiscriminately punished, that student would be sent to see the school psychologist to find out the causes of the students misbehavior and deal with them accordingl ...

(2 pages) 197 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Religion and Jesus Christ.

s it become important to me. I find this ironic, because I recently transferred to a 'public' DODDS school from a small, private Catholic school. Only after I was removed from the Catholic school envi ... the Catholic school environment did I begin to see what religion really is. I came to the Catholic school system in Leavenworth, Kansas in the fifth grade. Before that time, I was naïve; I barel ...

(4 pages) 83 1 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Behavior Development in Violence

avior Development in ViolenceThirteen innocent lives had been taken from Littleton, Colorado's high school in April 1999. Many more lives could have been taken, but why did two young teens commit suic ... nce of how the two teens felt: isolation, embarrassment, mockery, and hurt.Violence originated in a school environment, affecting the young teens' mental health, academic achievement, and overall soci ...

(4 pages) 157 1 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

"What are the ways in which gender stereotyping occurs in schools? What can be done to minimize such stereotyping?"

Gender stereotyping in schools; does it exist? According to Sarah Delamont (1980), "It is in the classroom and the playgrou ... s and boys learn to be boys" (p2 of editor's intro.). This is in relation to gender stereotyping in schools; roles that have been assigned to males and females, and are constrained by society's expect ... s types of gender differences and stereotyping and will assess how they can be minimised within the school environment.Gender differences have been examined in domains; personality, physical, occupati ...

(8 pages) 188 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

College Admissions Essay - Thoughts mostly relevant to studying/education.

s a whole specializes to attain excellence I am unique. I am the master of many trades.Today's high school environment mirrors societies' thrust to excellence through specialization. However, I have l ... . If Da Vinci were placed in today's world he would have to struggle to keep his experiences broad. Schools, parents, and society as a whole force children from the very start to find an area of speci ...

(4 pages) 165 0 4.2 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

"Jaime Escalante: Sensational Teacher" by Ann Byers.

lante: Sensational Teacher," by Ann Byers is based on the life story of Jaime Escalante, a new high school teacher in East L.A. in 1982, who decides to change the lives of his students by preparing th ... mely issues of equity, standardized testing, funding shortages and the challenges of the inner city school environment.When the book opens, the socio-economic and cultural demographic of the area is l ...

(4 pages) 28 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

This is an essay on how to improve education in my opinion.

Educate YourselfSchool is the site for learning. Teachers teach. Students learn. However, a problem exists. There ar ... learning. Teachers teach. Students learn. However, a problem exists. There are many low-performing schools, such as Parham Elementary in Cincinatti (Bhatt 1). Therefore, some students are not receivi ... not receiving the education they need. However, this can be remedied. It has been proven that these schools can be developed into more productive environments (Bhatt 2). To improve education, class po ...

(5 pages) 196 1 3.9 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Disadvantages and advantages of home schooling. Situations in which home schooling would be better for a child and for an educational system. OPINION!!!

This is a very controversial issue for myself as I wasin 4-H while in high school and I knew a lot of home schoolers. In fact some of my good friends switched from public scho ... t some of my good friends switched from public school to home schooling in the middle of their high school years. Some of my own opinions ondisadvantages of home schooling include the loss of cultural ... of home schooling include the loss of cultural and economic differences, for example in most public school and many private school situations you are going to have kids of many different ethnic backgr ...

(2 pages) 108 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Sex Ed: Slut or Just a Healthy Dose of Hormones?

girls become promiscuous? Why are we moved to experience this thing called sex? Do teens in a High School environment have a higher respect for another teen when they have had sex before? Adults and ... t a partner. Some teens may seek it for intimacy or security.Being a teenager usually involves high school social contact. Most everyone can remember the slut of their high school, the girl with the b ...

(5 pages) 63 2 3.9 May/2004

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

Title: Bullying in Schools

ight to be safe. As adults working in the public education system, it is our duty to provide a safe school environment for all students. In order for schools to be a healthy and safe environment they ... y, promote sensible risk taking and enhance the self-esteem of all. Bullying has no place in a safe school. By taking action against bullying, we can make a significant difference in the lives of all ...

(4 pages) 174 0 3.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Teenagers Behavior in the School Environment

Teenagers Behavior in the School EnvironmentI had received several calls from the teachers at the school that my child attends ... t my child attends. I had a long conversation with each of them, but I had not decided to visit the school until I received this assignment. My daughter is fifteen years and is in the eleventh grade. ... t. My daughter is fifteen years and is in the eleventh grade. She attends Scotlandville Magnet High School. The high school is a large school and has students attending from all over East Baton Rouge ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.3 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Education

Children from middle-class families generally are more successful in public schools than children from low-income families. Is the school system responsible for this problem, o ... ment? The home environment has a big role in a child's education and if it is not supportive of the school environment, the student will not be as successful in school as the child whose home environm ... tudent will not be as successful in school as the child whose home environment is supportive of the school's learning environment will. The typical public school teacher is a middle-class white female ...

(7 pages) 162 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Observation Report: Social Challenges in Schools

School is a very unique and significant journey in an individual's life. During these years a child ... ere are numerous factors that influence a child's educational experience and their attitude towards school. Factors such as family life, peers, cognitive ability, personal integrity, administrative de ... ervation report I will assess the ways in which a group of sixth graders convey themselves in their school environment.My research began at a middle school called McLane Middle. I began my analysis by ...

(4 pages) 103 1 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Rights and Responsibilities of Students- Caledonia high school

The film "Waging Peace" shows the problems of Caledonia Junior High School (CJH) and how the new administration staff helps to change the school environment from disres ... tion staff helps to change the school environment from disrespectful to positive and civilized. The school's administration staff changed and Edy Guy-Francois took the responsibility as principal to m ... f changed and Edy Guy-Francois took the responsibility as principal to make a serious change in the school environment. When Edy arrived at the school many problems were evident. There was violence be ...

(2 pages) 22 0 4.3 May/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

"Reflecting on Ethos of the School and its community"

Question 1"The Year 2005 is the 125th year of the founding of St Ignatius College, Riverview, a school which has provided an education in the liberal, classical tradition for the small catholic el ... ent application of both curricular and co-curricular religious formation, as well as aspects of the School such as culture, sport and spirituality that endeavour us "to bring the religious cultural an ...

(4 pages) 41 0 4.6 May/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

What insights have you gained about change from "Saving Francasca" using reference also to Robert Grey's "North Coast Town"

takes place over the middle two terms of the year Francesca Spinelli is in Year 11. She is at a new school, St Sebastian's, a boys school that has just started accepting girls. As well as this her mot ... ections. The first, most obvious, change is the physical change of Francesca moving from the middle school to the senior school. This means a new school environment, new friends and new responsibiliti ...

(7 pages) 17 1 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

The Volition Within

ink this description is that of an asylum. Nevertheless, it is that of a classroom in Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, the classroom that Professor Jaime Escalante had improved. Taking extrem ... ly Latino community in East Los Angles. After being enrolled as a computer teacher at Garfield High School, Escalante is given the position to teach mathematics due to the absence of computers in the ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Student Code Of Conduct

Dear Mom and Dad, Today in school we received an assignment to write you about Prince George County's Student Code of Conduct. ... th procedures and guidelines to control their conduct and discipline in Prince George County Public School. The philosophy of the code is each county must have a set rules and regulations that keeps t ... t have a set rules and regulations that keeps the students disciplined and maintaining order during school. In order for student to learn and understand what they are doing, they have to be in an orga ...

(1 pages) 11 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Inclusion

ave been taking positive action towards integrating developmentally delayed children in the general school environment (Broder, Shalom 15). Inclusion is when all students are being educated in the sam ... r class, they just need a little extra help. A gifted student, a prodigy, could easily flunk out of school. Just because you are smart doesn't mean you don't need to receive services and just because ...

(9 pages) 142 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

ADD

known that Attention Deficit Disorder is a disease. Children are born with it, and it can make the school environment especially difficult, for the child and for the adult that has to interact with t ... s but not limited to: · FAILURE TO PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN WORK, PRIMARILY SCHOOL WORK BUT ALSO AT THE WORK PLACE.· LACK OF LISTENING SKILLS. EASILY DIST ...

(11 pages) 49 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology