...EDUCATION ESSAY My purpose for seeking a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership is to expand my knowledge of theory and research methods as it pertains to education. I especially want to fine-tune my research skills as I feel that the importance of gaining research skills is imperative to becoming a lifelong learner and developing intellectual self-actualization as I prepare myself for a career in Education. I realize the importance of gaining credibility among my future colleagues and people that I will be serving in the field. My view of Education is that of a reformist. I have a particular interest in the improvement of homeless individuals, single mothers and women of color. Because of my own experience with both homelessness and single motherhood, I know the feeling of helplessness as you are sinking deeper and deeper in desperation that you feel that you will never recover from it. I have seen how generations of these people have become prisoners by being illiterate and /or insufficiently educated around our city with little or no hope of getting free from their bondage. Although I have struggled hard to get myself out of this situation I refuse to forget. I have strove to make a difference wherever I can. As volunteer at Christian Assistance Ministry I witnessed the overworked conditions that the social workers and volunteers faced. Worn from these conditions these dedicated workers had no respite from their daily work of feeding, clothing and providing funds for...
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...Alphie Kohn Philosophy on Teaching I am many things. A woman, wife, mother, daughter, volunteer, sister, and teacher are my primary roles. Each of these roles is fulfilling and co-exists to define how I live my life. My life is intertwined in the lives of many others. Each has an effect on me as I also affect their lives. Teaching is a discipline of knowledge acquired both through formal education and through life experiences. The sum of these parts continues to alter and refine my teaching style. My roles outside of teaching enhance my personal knowledge which I bring to my professional life. These life experiences expose me to many cultures and attitudes about life. My spiritual self allows me to maintain my inner core of who I am in relation to others. These encounters help me to see my role as a teacher through a unique lens grounded in caring. Caring defines my life, and enhances my professional role as a teacher. I continue to study to expand my empirical knowledge about teacher. I can only enhance my practice by continuing to learn from all aspects of life as it relates to Kohn’s model. Intentional learning through classes and reading are parts of how I learn. I also learn from remaining open to the unique expressions of others in their lives. My role as a teacher allows me to learn from my students in a reciprocal role. My teaching role extends to all students, rather or not they are enrolled in the courses which I teach. I listen intently to the...
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...Education: Good Value for the Cost? In these harsh economic times when practically everyone has to ‘trim the fat’, so to speak, from their expenditures it pays to evaluate everything closely. Perhaps the harshest cost facing people is a decent education beyond high school. It is my belief that for the amount of money invested in a college education, the actual education gained is far below an acceptable threshold. “It's more than 500% more expensive to enroll in college now than it was in 1985…the rising cost of college tuition far outpaced the growth of medical costs (286%) and overall inflation (121%) during the same span (Notte).” Another article I read detailed one person’s costs to attend college in 1977 when “At one of New York's state universities, I managed to pay for years three and four with a $500 scholarship, a summer job, and by becoming a resident assistant in year four, plus a $500 federally guaranteed student loan. I finished in 1982 with $3,000 in debt, equivalent to $7,026 in 2012 dollars (Daughter Number Three).” My adopted younger sister lives in Maine and attended the University of Southern Maine, part of a state university system. Her cost of attendance as an in-state student was $20,086 per year of enrollment, for out-of-state students that rocketed up to as much as $32,446 a year, dependent on several factors. That’s three or four times the amount paid by the blogger in 1977, even accounting...
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...The Value of Education in the U.S. “A modern historian looking to chronicle the destruction of the America we all once knew could do no better than to deconstruct the U.S. education system today” (Opdyke). There is no way around the harsh reality that the system of education used in our country is flawed. We as a country are under educating our youth and not providing them the adequate education they need to prosper in society today. There are many factors involved when discussing the dilemma that is education today, such as culpability, politics, student and teacher qualifications, school rules, and discrimination. Countless holes appear in the fabric of education in this country and, in order to amend these, there are aspects that need immediate addressing. Unless major changes and accountability are made to our educational systems, we may see an unfortunate future for our children, and their children as well. “It is easy to see why so many educational systems have foundered” (Gardner 623). The issues with education are many, and among them is the culpability of our schools. Many schools continually graduate under educated children from the school system when they do not possess the proper knowledge needed to function in the day to day world, and it is constantly argues whether or not the fault is with the school, or the way the school is to be run. The blame lies with both and coming to terms with these faults will help make our system of education prosperous. Some...
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...Introduction and Outline This essay’s purpose is to highlight how school curriculum is altered in order to include a student with additional learning needs. Every student is unique and for that reason a teacher must differentiate the curriculum to suit the needs of student with a specific learning difficulty. Dyslexia is the learning difficulty which will be examined theoretically and methodically in this essay. This essay will examine the different learning theories of how to engage a child with dyslexia in the classroom. In addition, this essay will investigate Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development and Vygotsky’s Social Constructivism. Inclusion and Dyslexia The term “inclusion” implies that the needs of all students should be met within mainstream school (Reid, 2013, p13). The Centre for Students on Inclusive Education (CSIE) suggests that developing inclusive provision will take time as ‘inclusion’ is not about what you do, it’s how about you do it. Furthermore, the CSIE states “time spent outside out the classroom for individual or group on a part-time time basis is not segregation” (Thomas and Vaughan, 2004, P137 cited in Reid, P13)....
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...Argumentative Essay Hey Guys, today I will explain why every single human being should have the same individual rights rather they have education or not. Do you want to live in a world where people are suppressed by their way of life and having less right by who lives differently? Well I don't think so, I think that even though some people don't afford to go to school or go to college they should not have less rights than who can. I think that this is by far a violation of human rights and the declaration of independence and is a form of abuse to the people. Clearly in our minds we people instantly think that every human being should be able to be equal, well most people don't take that seriously. People...
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...1 Elementary Education COM/150 8 November 2009 2 Elementary Education School year 2007-2008, there were approximately 22,434 out of 450,000 students dropped out of high school a 5% dropout rate in the state of North Carolina (North Carolina Board of Education 2009). This rate was entirely too high and we as parents, teachers, educators, and a community need to work to combat this unacceptable rate. We have to start early to stress the importance of education to our children and go the extra mile(s) to assist them and instill in them that they can succeed no matter the odds. Education starts at elementary level; if it is not fostered at that level then graduating from high school is almost an impossible goal to attain. Lake Rim Elementary school is in Fayetteville, NC and was established in March 2000, the school has a student count of 661 students (North Carolina K-12 website 2009). Lake Rim elementary has met the annual adequate yearly progress from 2001-2005, from 2005-2007 they did not meet annual yearly progress but met attendance target (Lake Rim Elementary School website 2009). In 2007-2008 the school met high growth and attendance target. Teacher to student ratio is 1:14 (Lake Rim Elementary School website 2009) and the state of North Carolina is 1:15 (North Carolina K-12 website 2009) and there are 98 students in kindergarten at Lake Rim Elementary School (Lake Rim Elementary School website 2009). The...
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...Is Not Education As I look back on my years spent in grade school and high school, I remember each as being vastly different from the other. I remember how they both shaped my life; how they changed my outlook on life itself. As I reflect on my time spent in middle school, I remember being excited to go to school. I was excited to see all my friends and to learn about new things together. I remember being in awe of the way the teachers helped us to learn how they shaped their curriculum to give us the best learning experience possible. Whatever subject or theme we were learning about it was all tied in with one another. For example, if we were learning about French we read French literature in English class, learned about the French Revolution in history class, and created art stylized after the French in art class. The whole concept of learning this way was exciting to me. I wanted to learn everything I could about whatever subject they were teaching; waiting in anticipation for the next theme. Most of all I remember the classrooms; the brightly colored hues of the posters hung on the wall, my pens and pencils lined uniform like miniature soldiers in my desk, and the scratch of chalk scraping gently against the green chalkboard, I even remember the click of the...
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...People understand education as the means of acquiring knowledge, values, beliefs, habits and enhancing skills and talents. That is quite true with regard to human perspective; however, to Jesus, the “Master Educator,” education is not worldly, it is finding the truth by following and fulfilling the will of God; which is the foundation of knowledge. The Gospel account of Jesus gives evidence that while Jesus was on earth, He attained true knowledge by faithfully obeying God’s will, and He taught people to do likewise. What is the importance of education? The importance of education is more than just promoting a healthy normal being who understands the meaning of life and its relationship with the things surrounding him. Its importance lies in leading people to know their primary need in life and to find a satisfactory answer that makes them whole. In this regard, education should lead them to find their truth and sufficiency through God and not from the things of the world. In essence, the fundamental problem is that they are separated from their God and Creator and they are in need to be restored to Him. The importance of education is to be able to provide them concrete knowledge and understanding that would lead them back to their God and...
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...Awareness and adoption of Robotics Education among school students 1Dr.S.Selvabaskar, 2R.Ramya Priya 1Associate professor, School of management, SASTRA University. 2Student, IIndyear MBA, SASTRA University, Thirumalaisamudram, Tanjavur, Tamilnadu, India Abstract Android Robo is a multi-disciplinary Robotics programme that has been specially tailored to teach young school students, the basics of Robotics. Basics of Robotics include Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic and Programming which encourage students to make connections across all these disciplines. The aim of this study was to find out the awareness and adoption of Robotics among school students. A questionnaire with variables enquiring about the profile, awareness about Robotics, interest to learn about Robotics in their curriculum and capacity to handle Robotics as a subject was administered to 150 respondents. Convenience sampling method was used to...
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...So today how should education be? In the Muslim world and the western world. I think the first thing which needs re-institutionalization is individualized education. Every human being is different; education should take this into account. The university is not a factory. Even when we say mass education human beings is not a mass. They are not ….. or not a boot. Every human being is different and the education system must take this into account. In the non-western world, universities should not make their goal simply transmitting and marketing ideas produced in the west. They should teach how to think and how to produce ideas. Instead of serving as institutions of sustainable intellectual dependency they should serve and function as institutions...
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...all this has changed since academic institutions have more courses to select and the students have access to career guidance, technical education in agriculture and natural sciences; health, technology, human and public services, mechanical trades, construction trades, new visions options and pre-vocational programs. Not long ago teachers would choose how to tutor their students, they would use same ways that they were taught or they consider best. Today there’s a huge change since there’re more guidelines that teachers must follow. For example if we ask all the English teachers at one middle school we will get the same response of what they are teaching their students at a particular grade. Today students have a definite curriculum they need to learn which limited the teachers’ opportunity to teach their own method or add what they perceive to be important to the students education in the curriculum. Changes in teaching models and activities in the education system In today’s learning,...
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...Strayer University Research and Writing ENG 215 Professor Gierczyk The American School System in the 21st Century- What is Wrong With It. The American School System of this day and age put the children’s education secondary to politics. Although, one would get very little argument about how important it is for a child to receive an excellent education. Unfortunately it seems as if politics, greed, and the school system as a whole, puts the child education on the back burner. An article in the New Yorker put it best when it described the American school system of today as “Being like a democracy itself. It is loose, shaggy, and inefficient, full of redundancies and conflicting goals.”(Lemann,2010). Especially when a little over 40 years ago it was understood that the school system was intended “to enable kids to learn how to learn.” That is no longer the fact. Actually immediately after President George W. Bush, took office he proposed a bill that was passed by Congress on May 23, 2001 called the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). (Johnson,1998).This bill is based upon the belief that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education, which does just the opposite of what the system’s original goal was. With these present rules and regulations of the NCLB in place the only way that schools get federal funding, (which is most of its budget) is to pass the National Standardized Test...
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...I. Introduction a. Audience Hook: Is online education more effective than traditional in class education? Studies for the Department of Education show that online learners perform better than students in traditional classrooms. (Http://readwrite.com/2009/09/06/online_education_more_effective_traditional_learning) b. Thesis statement: Researchers suggest that individuals perform better online due to the flexibility of setting your school and work schedule, the cost of online education, and the flexibility in completing assignments. c. Main points: i. Flexibility of setting your school and work schedule accordingly ii. The cost of online education iii. The ease of posting assignments II. Students who attend school online have the ability to set their study schedule accordingly to their own personal needs. (Http://www.onlineeducation.com/resources/Online-VS-Traditional.php) a. Attending school online is an excellent choice for individuals who juggle a full time or part-time job and a family at the same time. i. Students are able to set their schedule and the number of hours they can devote to school per week. With computer and internet availability they can set their own hours. ii. Students develop a study routine, and do not have to deal with the stress of having to work and attend a classroom at the same time. (Http://oedb.org/library/distance-vs-local/10-advantages-to-taking-online-classes). Not only can...
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...3 years ago, I was afraid of wanting anything. The struggles I came across as a high school freshman was unbelievable. I started off school with a horrible attitude because my parents sent me to a different school. They sent me to a school where i knew about two people one being a 42 year old man who just so happened to be the principal and also my uncle. Struggling every day to make friends with people who knew each other all their lives was tough. How could i be welcomed to a school where everyone had their group of friends with no room for a nobody like me? I was the girl who kept to herself because of the fear of being judged. I never got my hopes up wanting the ultimate high school experience that everyone throughout my life constantly bragged about having. I figured wanting would lead to trying and trying would lead to failure. But now I find I can’t stop wanting. High School has been a very interesting experience for me. It has definitely had its high and lows and many confusing experiences in between. Overall, i feel like i have been equipped for not only college, but also life as a whole. High School has taught me many things, both academically and emotionally. It has revealed and exposed my true colors, both good and bad and as a result, has built my aspects of my character. I gave up on being that outcast and just focused on being me. Now my only aspiration is to achieve my goals in life, one of those being attending college. College is such a big deal to me now...
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