...Research Proposal Rhondalyn J. Cornett Grand Canyon University TCH-587 October 1, 2014 Abstract In this action research project the researcher talked to several teachers discussing the concerns they had in education. Most teachers cited discipline in the schools as the concern they most worry about in their classrooms. I researched several articles where schools have implemented School Wide Positives Behaviors intervention Supports (SPBIS) were put into place schools showed a decrease in discipline and an increase in academic achievement. In this action cycle we implemented the first intervention to see what significant data could be reviewed. Steps in Action Research Educators use action research just about every day they are working with students. The educator could be teaching a lesson or looking a class discipline you are using action research without realizing it. The steps in action research are: Identification of the problem area, Collection and organization of data, Interpretation of data, the action based on the data, and finally reflection (Ferrance, 2000). The first step in action research is to identify the problem. If there is a discipline problem in the classroom, the first question may be why? What is causing the inappropriate behavior? Is the problem something that the educator can help solve? When choosing where to begin in your research the educator will need to ask himself several questions. The questions should higher-order in nature. The questions...
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...the characteristics exist in the mind of the observer independent of the object. example of "If a tree falls in a forest does it make a sound?" Someone who is a strict epistemological idealist will say, no, because no one is there to observe the tree falling to interpret what happened as making a sound and thus it cannot create a "sound". But someone who is a strict epistemological realist will say, yes, because sound is just pressure waves in the air and there does not have to be an observer in order to make a "sound". C 3. The present educational system is also faced with increasing dropout rates and graduates having weak chances of getting better jobs because of their lack of occupational skills. The start of classes ushered in the second year of President Benigno S. Aquino Jr.’s much-touted ‘K to 12 Law’ (Republic Act 10533), which has standardized one year of kindergarten across the country and added two years of senior high school, which...
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...Education was a broad overview of many topics teachers talk about and deal with and the situations that will come about when in the field of teaching. It is a high demanding field with very high intrinsic rewards because you are educator of the future of our great nation to compete against other countries, and possibly other planets. Teaching is a very important profession for our nation’s success. The most important question you can ask yourself is, “Do I want to be a teacher?” There are a lot of rewards and challenges. The two types of awards expressed in chapter one were intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. More often than not, teachers are most often to experience intrinsic rewards since there are not many monetary benefits for being a teacher. Intrinsic rewards that teachers may receive are successful students in their field of study, increasing students to pursue the field of study that the teacher teaches in, or just the connection you get from their students. Some extrinsic rewards that teachers look for are job security and long vacations. Classroom activities should be multidimensional, simultaneous, immediate, unpredictable, and public. The teacher should not just be a teacher, but also a friend, coworker, and sometimes even a parent. Some problems will come up at the same time so the teacher also needs to be able to deal with multiple problems at once. Also those problems should be dealt with immediately. A lot of what the teacher will deal with will be completely unpredictable...
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...of Mwai Kibaki abolished school fees in all public primary schools. This was the key campaign pledge from the president as well as other members from the party. Under the new free primary education policy, the government primary schools which were previously responsible for waiving tuition fees were officially prohibited from collecting revenues. Instead each school had to receive the government grant twice in a year which would be deposited directly into the school accounts administered by a committee of parents and teachers. Previous attempts by Kenyatta as well as Moi regime had also tried the same but failed (Bartoo, 2004). The development of offering free primary education was in line with the United universal primary education for all by 2015. The millennium development goals were adopted by the United Nations in September 2000 and expected to be effected in 198 countries, Kenya being one of them. The major objectives of the policy include; Reducing the inequality in education access in Kenya by 2005 - Inequality in education access has declined. However, enrolment rates for public schools have actually declined. As poor students come in, richer students have fled to private schools in greater or equal measure. Net effect is an accelerated decline in the average socio-economic status of public school students. This also coincides with a rise in teacher-pupil ratios in public schools. Large performance gap between private and public schools has also been witnessed due...
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...Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow Research Report Number 10 Teaching in High–Tech Environments: Classroom Management Revisited First – Fourth Year Findings Judith Haymore Sandholtz, Ph.D. Cathy Ringstaff, Ph.D. David C. Dwyer, Ph.D. Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 acot@applelink.apple.com Introduction Since 1985, the Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow (ACOT)SM research project has provided teachers and students at five public school sites with individual computers for use at school and at home. Consequently, these teachers have spent more time teaching in high-tech classrooms than any other teachers in the world. Although most ACOT teachers taught for years before entering the project, the introduction of computers into their classrooms significantly altered their teaching environments. In many ways, they felt like novices again. None anticipated the range of student misbehavior, changes in the physical environment, shift in their teaching roles, and technical problems that would accompany the new technology. Nor did they anticipate how quickly they would learn to utilize the technology to their advantage in managing the classroom in areas such as grading, individualizing instruction, developing materials, and increasing motivation. While preservice teacher education typically includes training in classroom management techniques, little is known about classroom management in high-access-to-technology environments...
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...gap in the public schools, in America. In the book, “Multiplication is meant for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other people’s Children, Lisa Delpit focuses on these reforms and informs educators that education gap does not exist at birth.. Through her experience in the field and as a mother, she gives strategies for raising the expectations of minority or underperforming children especially the blacks. The book has many references of elementary to university success stories of mentioned practitioners. In part one of the book, she denies common but flawed assumptions made about the gap of racial achievement. The differences in achievement that arise in school are due to poverty. Delpit, however, argues that minority children and those from poor backgrounds are usually not taught in urban classrooms. Many receive a small curriculum such as coloring and seat work. To reverse this trend, teacher should change their beliefs on the children’s potential and capacities. The teachers should also acknowledge and focus on the children’s brilliance and not on their deficiencies. They should also constantly remind them of their rich cultural and intellectual backgrounds. Upon sharing these principles, Delpit focuses on how these strategies can be used in practice. The second and third parts of the book focus on teaching students who are in elementary school and adolescents who are in the middle and high schools. Illustrative situations of instructions for classrooms involve African...
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...Statement of the Problem Teacher attrition has been a critical concern for the field of education for many years. An even more significant trend has been the teacher attrition rate of special educators. Over the years it has been a growing concern about the number of teachers who leave the classrooms in the high school that I work and in the school district in general. It is on this premise that I seek to find out the relationships of teacher retention and attrition in a collaborative classroom in five schools in the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System. Good – but no mention of special education? Introduction According to Boe, Bobbit and Cook (1993), teacher attrition is another term used for teacher turnover, which are changes in teacher status from year to year. Teacher turnover may include teachers leaving the profession, or teachers who change schools. Over the years, there have been issues concerning attrition and retention of teachers in the Chatham County district. Students with disabilities are at a disadvantage with the type of education they receive from teachers who are not qualified special education teachers, as well as general education teachers who are not coached or prepared to meet the individual needs of special education students. In the Savannah Chatham County School District, thousands of teachers have left the teaching profession for varying reasons. Some teachers leave because they have done many years of teaching and have reached the age...
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...English Dictionary for Students, “Education means the process of teaching and learning” (p. 317) whereas “Reform means to make changes in something in order to improve it” (p. 862). Therefore from these two definitions, educational reform is improving the way students learn and are taught thus creating students who are prepared for a workforce where the use and understanding of numbers is critical, the use of Information and communication Technologies (ICTs) in the mathematics classroom is crucial. There are many reasons why ICTs are used in the mathematics classroom and though beneficial in many ways, several challenges are faced during the implementation process. The potential of ICTs in the mathematics classroom as well as the cognitive role that ICTs play in Mathematics Education are two main reasons why mathematics should be taught in St. Lucia using ICTs. ICTs in the teaching of mathematics has the potential to bring mathematics teachers together through the sharing of lesson plans in a SkyDrive. Teachers may discuss the...
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...influencing Primary School Teachers’ Attitudes toward Inclusive Education in the Cayo District. Student Karen Cruz University of Belize Submitted to: Dr. Somanadevi Thiagarajan Lecturer, Research Methods University of Belize July 23rd 2014 Contents 1.Introduction 3 2.Statement of the problem &sub-problems ………………………………………………………………………………………….5 3. Hypothesis and Questions Hypothesis and /or Questions……………………………………………………………………7 4 Delimitations………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8 5 Definition of terms……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 6. Importance of the study…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….11 7. Literature Review .................................................................................................................................12 8. Methodology 16 9. Timeframe 18 10. Bibliography 19 Introduction For many teachers, students entering general education classrooms are just more difficult to deal with due to the many complex issues that they bring from different aspects of their lives. Teaching children who come to school hungry, stressed out, angry and sleepy interferes with the transfer of learning, even more, if the issues are compounded by other challenges such as language, speech, brain and other disorders. Today’s classrooms are more diverse as...
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...Power Relationship between Teachers and Learners in a TESOL context | [Type the document subtitle] | Student 9/6/2013 | Contents Introduction 2 Literature 3 Theories 3 Identity Formation of a Teacher 3 Language and Identity 4 Poststructuralist Perspectives on Identity 5 Positioning 7 Pronunciation factor of learners 7 Culturally relevant pedagogy 9 Conclusion 10 Works Cited 11 Introduction With rise in economic globalisation and information technology, the need for a common language became a necessity for all. It wasn’t possible to trade and have subsidiaries in foreign countries without being able to converse. Now, world has become a global village and IT has further reduced the regional barriers, that is why English came up as a common language to communicate. English became a global language and it became the necessity for every country to be equipped with English performance (Khamkhien, 2010). It has been seen that with the rise of globalization of English language teaching, the total of Non Native English Speaking (NNES) in the US who are graduated in the TESOL teaching programs have increased at a massive rate (Brain, 2004). From the last decade a considerable growth has been observed in the research of NNES and their experiences in school and society. Experts gave their views related to non-native English speaking and its advantages and drawbacks in TESOL, NNESs attitude and their behaviour in classroom, challenges to credibility...
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...Runninghead: ANALYSIS AND CRITIQUE PAPER Analysis and Critique Paper Cherrise L. Whye University of Phoenix September 17, 2012 Analysis and Critique Paper Public education, while still coping with the implications of an accountability system mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), is facing yet another “unprecedented challenge” (D’Angelo & Dixey, 2001) that has far-reaching implications. The increasing diversity of the student populations served by public education systems is already having an adverse effect on overall student achievement and is forcing more and more educators to question their own beliefs and prejudices. The article focuses on the major issues in public education failing to reach our culturally and linguistically diverse student population, particularly those with and at risk for disabilities, including disproportionate academic underachievement, special education referrals, and disciplinary actions (Cartledge & Kourea, 2008). An eruption of social consciousness and moral seriousness has occurred about the “savage inequalities” faced by minorities and poor children in so many of America’s urban schools today (Kea & Utley, 1998). Even while it is clear that culturally and linguistically diverse students have the greatest need for quality instructional programs, many researchers argue that they are less likely to be taught with the most effective evidence-based instruction. Banks (2002) contends that the challenges...
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...bachelor’s degree, I was fostered since I studied in high school that copy-and-paste behavior is something ordinary and needs no concern with. This offer such an easy method for Thai students to complete their assignments by selecting any favorite contents from website and use them straightforwardly. However, that practice has recently been challenged myself since I entered to master’s school in United Kingdom, where I found that such an idea of getting things done like that is an illegal way so called “cheating” –or plagiarism, which is completely exceptionable in an academic world. I also faced one of a suffering time at the starting point that I really cannot stand getting through that British way of study to give attitude toward any subjects using my pre-Google brain practice, which then opened my eyes to have a greater concern toward education issues in Thailand, and this gives warning for making changes by reasons that follow. To begin with, Thai people will lose their actual capabilities and ability to reflect their own value. This issue has grown in importance in light of recent problem that in the future, Thais will rely on things that existed in academic base not their true self and individual thinking. The practice should create a mindset that there is such a piece of cake to reach goals, and thus encourage students to disvalue some uprightness like integrity and perseverance. This poses a continuing problem for the future...
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... This concept remains true for teachers who, due to the particular changes they must make in order to meet the fluctuating needs of both their students and society, are perpetually connected to reflection. Beginning with John Dewey, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, numerous scholars have articulated their viewpoints concerning the positive and negatives impacts of this reflective teaching, in addition to its influence on the moral dilemmas faced by educators. One of these people, Elizabeth Campbell, asserts her perspectives throughout her text, The Ethical Teacher, wherein she describes the relationship between ethical knowledge and moral agency, the link between moral dilemmas and ethical knowledge, and the methods of lessening moral tensions in education. Within her book, Campbell (2003) maintains that “ethical knowledge relies on teachers’ understanding and acceptance of moral agency as professional expectations implicit in all aspects of their day-to-day practice” (p. 3). These demands of moral agency are important for students’ learning and development. Consequently, it is essential to understand moral agency. Campbell (2003) declares that moral agency “relates to the exacting ethical standards the teacher as a moral person and a moral professional hold himself or herself to” and “concerns the teacher as a moral educator, model, and exemplar” for students (p. 2). Throughout the text, Campbell explains that teachers must be aware of, understand and...
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...through collective bargaining. One of the biggest union forces in the United States is the teachers union. With almost close to 5 million members nationwide, the teachers union is one of the most powerful unions. Through collective bargaining, problems have been created for the public school system which takes place at local school districts; rules have been imposed to create ineffective forms of organization at schools. The rules that are currently in place by collective bargaining are also creating a big disconnection with many public schools, that being the interest of the children. The teachers union is one main role players that is behind the organized education system of the United States. So, why are the public schools systems in the United States failing? The answer can be complicated a one, one of the reasons why the public school system is broken is due to the collective bargaining through the teachers union. Collective bargaining has made great impact on student achievement, as a result, the teacher unions have often used their political power to block or weaken major education reform efforts, efforts that would expand school choice for many students and parents. School districts that engage in collective bargaining only promote job interest for teachers. The collective bargaining with teachers union does not promote an effective way for students to succeed in the classroom. Teachers are the most important people in children’s lives, their role is significant when it comes...
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...University SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES New Era, Quezon City COMMON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY STUDENTS “AT RISK” IN A REGULAR CLASS AS PERCEIVED BY GRADE 8 REGULAR AND SPED TEACHERS IN BATASAN HILLS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BY Cupido, Luigi T. DR. ESTRELLA N. SAN ANDRES FEBRUARY 22, 2014 Chapter 1 The Problem and It’s Background Special Education is a privilege and a basic human right for any individual students. It is granted for those who are diagnosed with developmental disadvantages and students with special needs. This type of education is progressing so as the discovery of different types of exceptionalities and its spectrums. The wise variety of its type and spectrums helps educators identify the corresponding needs of special education learners. Children with special needs are now being placed in a self-contained class for most public or private schools. Though, there were some students who are disadvantaged or even behind the slow performing ones who are not yet recognized. These types are often labelled by diagnosticians as students “At Risk.” From the term itself, it indicates potential exceptionalities that may possibly arise. The main difficulty that could possibly be anticipated among the so called “At Risk” students is the misleading concepts towards them. Most teachers would take them as regular students and some may call them “slow learners,” “out of school” or even “worse...
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