...The Good, The Bad, The Ugly Donavan Crews PAD 500, Modern Public Administration Professor Joseph Keller Strayer University October 26, 2014 Introduction President Barack Obama is very driven in his mission to make sure that every child within the United States is afforded a high quality education leading them on their pathway of future success. He believes that by educating every child and giving them a complete and competitive education, from preschool through college will create an economy that is built to last. President Obama has advanced his education reform based on four key objectives: * Higher standards and better assessments that will prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace * Ambitious efforts to recruit, prepare, develop, and advance effective teachers and principals, especially in the classrooms where they are most needed * Smarter data systems to measure student growth and success, and help educators improve instruction * New attention and a national effort to turn around our lowest-achieving schools (Whitehouse.gov). White House Issue Education policy are principles and government policy-making within the education realm, as well as the assembly of rules and regulations which administer the operation of education systems. This policy will support the Obama Administration and their efforts in education reform. Education takes place in many different forms and for many purposes throughout many establishments. These...
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...Maria Martinez English 71 Jon Stern 20 October 2013 Schools Public schools or private schools? Many people have the hardest decision of choosing a private or public school. They make decisions not knowing the differences or similarities of the schools, and based on what they hear or think. Many think that private schools are made for high income families and are better than public schools, but little do they know that both, private and public, have the same goals for their students. Of course, they each have their advantages and disadvantages. Private schools are said to provide better quality education. Families, who are able to provide their children with a private school, do so. They believe it is a better learning environment due to the fact that the classrooms have a capacity of 15 students per classrooms. Some students do not get into private schools. They can have the money but do not have the grades. Having good grades are also part of the process in getting into a private school. It is not all just about having the money for the tuition. In private schools, they have the freedom to choose their own subjects and decide whether or not to take the assessments. They also have to have a good behavior; otherwise the school can expel them. Even though their tuition fee is high, teachers get paid less than the teachers in a public school. Teachers don’t necessarily have to have a certification or degree to teach the subject they want to teach. Unlike public schools, private...
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...Generally, there are reasons as to why one gender will be a lot better at a certain subject than another. Of course, there will be exceptions and a lot of the time it is important not to generalise. Most women may have certain qualities when it comes to teaching than men do, but the opposite is also true. The importance is finding a balance. Both genders can also learn from one another, and therefore it is important to take a look and see why certain traits are more prominent in one sex than the other. Below is a list of the stronger points that women seem to have when it comes to teaching. 1Caring Nature It is often thought by many that women will tend to have a more caring nature. In this way, it is true and can be very useful. The student needs someone that they can rely on, someone they feel will listen to them and whatever worries they have. Men can be a lot harder to approach on this subject, and therefore female teachers tend to be preferred in this regard. Of course, there are going to be exceptions but this would tend to be the general impression that many will leave behind. 2Empathy It is true that many more women will also appear more empathic than men do. This isn’t always the case, of course, but it is for the majority of teachers. Empathy is important when it comes to teaching, and therefore one must be able to emotionally connect with the students. Sussing out their mood will also help one to tailor the class accordingly. Having high emotional intelligence...
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...1) Both of their paintings were painted right around the same time. I believe that the reason they both stand to the left and slightly away from the group of people was because they both stand at an authoritative position. A priest stands in front of a church, a teacher stands in front of a classroom etc. all of these figures show authority just as seen in both paintings. Body language also plays a huge role in these paintings, in the painting “The prisoners from the front” regardless of the title you can tell just from the painting that this took place during the civil war era and that the men in the small group were prisoners or peasants they look helpless and hungry. The Union guard looks very stern and demanding just from the way his body is set. Also the other painting “ A visit from old mistress “ the slaves in the painting seems scared and looked down upon, old mistress face looks mean and demanding. In general both paintings suggest to me, that authority and a suggested demeaning vibe were present throughout both paintings. 2) To start off this “Luncheon of boating party “is so vivid and an extremely beautiful painting. From this painting it is apparent that the social class present is very wealthy. You can tell that wealth is present throughout this entire painting simply because of the attire and food eaten. Wealthy people would be out gossiping and socializing in the late 1800’s as seen in the painting. There is a variety of bottles of wine and fine china on the...
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...Name: Tutor: Task: Date: Developmental psychology Infancy and Childhood Physical development During early childhood stage, infants begin to drop their roundish baby like display. Their bones grow more proportionate with the lengthening of their legs and arms. They start to obtain fine motor skills. The newfound skills enable them to grip a pencil in a more functional way. This is a good time to provide them with puzzles and blocks, as well as to supervise them while they use paper and scissors as objects (Stern 245). Although it is normal for boys than girls to be more physically active, they will acquire more control over their motor skills allowing for the advancement of new activities such as swinging, jumping, running, and climbing. Children will start to change themselves away from taking a daily nap, but it is vital to give periods to rest. Cognitive development According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development; the first being the sensory motor stage, It is considered to extend from birth to the age of two years. The development of reflexes, motor abilities as well as senses is rapid. Throughout the initial development stages, infants only perceive and interact with their immediate surrounding through their actions and observations. The preoperational stage stretches from the age of two to seven where the child is not yet able to think logically. With the acquisition of language, the child can express to the world via mental images and symbols. The third...
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...painfully shy teenager, who is under pressure by his stern parents because he must live up to his older brother's reputation to attend Yale and become a lawyer, arrives for the new semester at the Welton Academy for boys. This semester begins during an orientation gathering with a speech given by the stern Headmaster Nolan (Norman Lloyd), who states the academy's four pillars: Tradition, Honor, Discipline, and Excellence. Todd meets Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard) an ambitious student whom becomes his dorm roommate. Later in his dorm, Neil is ordered by his grumpy and domineering father (Kurtwood Smith) to drop an extracurricular class in order to maintain good grades so the boy may become a doctor much as he has done. Neil is under pressure from his stern father's will. Also, Mr. Perry tells Neil that Mrs. Perry also wants him to become a doctor, which further worries the boy. A little later, Todd tells Neil that he is in a similar situation with his parents involving his older brother who also attended Welton a few years ago, graduated, and attended Yale Law School and became a lawyer and his parents want the exact same thing for him. But Todd does not have the courage to tell his parents that he instead wants to be a writer, not a lawyer. During the first day of classes Todd and Neil experience the various teaching methods which include speeches by the trig teacher, as well as the Latin teacher, and the math teacher who states that "all 20 questions at the end of the...
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...“My Teacher, My Hero” "No one saves us but we ourselves-no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path, teachers merely show the way." Gone were the days when we spent our late nights indulging in comic books featuring our generation’s greatest heroes, sneaking past our bedtime to read Superman’s latest issue under the sheets while holding a flashlight, running around the house with our fists in the air and a cape zooming through our backs. Nowadays, all we have our noses stuck on are the not-so-thrilling sagas of Captain Algebra on Planet Geometry, Fantastic Physics and Heinous History, much to our dismay. I never looked forward to closing in on my childhood and waking up to Algebra class in my first year of high school, nor did I find excitement in the then 25-year old Mr. Ongleo who came to class everyday to blab about my least-liked subject ever. He was a new teacher at the Caloocan City Science High School, and being a former disciplinarian in my best friend’s school at St. Mary’s Academy, he daily greeted us with Spartan orders. “Stand straight! Chin up! Hands on the side!” When the door opens to give way for him we had to be in this position already—mouths zipped and bodies stiff as a board. On some accounts he’d add “Be proud of yourself.”, and that would somehow make the corners of our lips slightly curl upward. He’d then check our room’s sanitation, and make remarks concerning it. He hated noise and dirt, and was highly irritated by even tiny pieces of...
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...were not used to offer a stretch or warm the spine up, but to “explore the classical technique and to help refine and perfect the execution of it” (Schorer 133). Speaking of port de bras, Balanchine also offered an artistic path from low fifth to high fifth in his technique. He really liked the aesthetic of the over crossing of the forearms and elbows, as if revealing oneself to the audience the same way the concept of presenting the turned out foot is used in classical ballet. He used the imagery of taking of a sweater to employ his vision of how crossed the port de bra from fifth to fifth should be (Schorer 156). Along with the port de bras, Balanchine incorporated a specific epaulement to his technique. This epaulement added a feminine quality to the line that was being made by the dancer. Achieved by slightly curving the neck toward the audience, the dancer...
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...leaders who have affected your life in some way. Think of people with whom you work-community leaders, a family member, or anyone who has had a direct impact on you. * Choose on leader you consider being effective. 1. Explain how this leader has influenced you and why you think he /she is effective. 2. Analyze what characteristics or qualities this person possesses that affect me most. 3. Create a leadership scorecard to assess this leader. 4. Critique this individual’s skills against what I have learned about leadership so far. A leader I that I consider to be effective to me is a man name Mr. Bill that is a physical Therapy who is kind, patience, courage, charisma. This man will go up and beyond his duties to help someone. He works in the physical therapy department, but this man doesn’t mind helping a tech or nurse or just anybody. He don’t give you that nonsense talk like this is not my department, Mr. Bill will jump right in and help you rather it changing a patient, or changing linens, to transfer a patient. Also this man is a CPR, teacher who is very thorough with his work. What characteristics or qualities this person...
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...A Tiger vs a Cat -Difference between Chinese and Western Education- Yu Kang Pace University Fall 2011 ELI 084A Midterm Research Paper Tara Vassallo November 9, 2011 Abstract According to A cultural perspective for the differences between Chinese education and Western education, there are considerable differences between Chinese and Western education due to the influence of culture and history. What’s more, the article- Views on differences between Chinese and Western education from quality education and Analysis of the differences between Chinese education and Western -show the differences on school and family education specifically and separately. Chinese education is characterized by setting diversified strict rules and regulations on students; Whereas, Western students get more freedom and chances to choose and develop what they really interested in. Generally speaking, Chinese students usually are good law-keeper and possess solid basic foundation but lacking creative spirit. Western kids are more independently and do good jobs on innovation. However, they don not stress too much on discipline and hard working. Zhao and Bai said in Draw inspiration from comparing that Chinese and Western education should learn from each other (1999, p. 46). Therefore, integrating the essence of these two education systems will come up with a better one. Tiger VS Cat Difference between Chinese education and Western Education At the beginning of 2011, a book named “Battle...
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...W. VALENCIA UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE “No one test or assessment should be asked to serve all the assessment purposes. We need, at this point, a system made up of articulated components, glued together by their adherence to content standards and serving explicit purposes for assessment.” —National Council for Education Standards and Testing, 1992 discussions, and more. Now, 10 years later, we are hearing the same reminder (Brennan, Kim, WenzGross, Siperstein, 2001; Herman, 2001; International Reading Association, 1999). In fact, in July 2001 members of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teacher’s union, endorsed a policy calling for a combination of standardized tests and other assessment tools such as teacher designed assessments when making important educational decisions (Blair & Archer, 2001). Assessment has always been a part of the educational landscape. However, because assessment can serve so many different purposes and can come in so many different forms, it has been confusing and, sometimes, it has been the subject of contentious debate. Unfortunately, as a result, many of us have come to view assessment as a necessary evil, a requirement rather than a helpful part of instruction. But assessment IS a critical part of instruction and it CAN be useful if we understand the pieces of the puzzle. As far back as 1992, when the standards movement was launched, the National Council for Education Standards and Testing, a team of experts in...
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...I Acknowledgement For many of us, the state of education in a country speaks volumes. Where English is spoken and taught as a second language, fluency is deemed a basic requirement for proper communication and propagation of ideas and connotes success. Does this fluency actually translate to a country's economic success and overall standing in the world of nations? The reason why we came up with this topic is to test the capability of a certain number of people when it comes to proficiency in English, not just to test but to give some idea what is the importance of being proficient in English and how can it help us. English language is and has always been one of the most popular languages spoken, written & followed all over the globe. No matter in which part of the world you choose to go, command over this language enables you to communicate with others regardless of what their national language would be. Therefore it becomes not only important but compulsory to master this art & implement it in the real life. This course is designed to clear concepts, renew basics and to professionally prepare you for real life communication at all levels. · Background of the study English has been considered as international language and also for studying use English as official language. Proficiency in English includes capability to read and understand the language and the way words are pronounced as well as the sense in which word are used (though variations in usage is identified...
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...10 Character Traits of Jesus To Emulate Christians and non-Christians alike usually can agree that Jesus is the best role model to have. From His faith, perseverance, generosity, and even His intelligence, people see the best qualities that mankind can possess. The Bible teaches everyone to become more like Jesus each and every day, so it’s helpful to learn about some of the character traits He had. The following is a list of 10 character traits of Jesus that everyone should emulate. 1) Compassionate Jesus never looked away from people; He always looked upon them and had compassion (Matthew 9:36). Whenever people were around him, Jesus understood what their real needs were and sought to address them. For some, physical healing was necessary, for others the root issue was spiritual. In all cases though, Jesus took the time to actually notice that people were hurting—and His compassion drove Him to help them. 2) Servant Without a doubt, Jesus was the ultimate servant. Although He was praised as a great teacher and even had a decent following, He made sure to teach them to be servants by actually doing it himself. In Mark 10:45, Jesus even tells everyone: “the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve” Despite having the authority to get anything He wanted, have people praise and pamper him, He did the exact opposite by lowering himself and serving others. 3) Loving Obviously, Jesus had a love for others. If He didn’t, He wouldn’t be compassionate nor a servant. Jesus...
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...October 9, 2012 The reason for this email is to inform you of the issues that other students and I face here at the ITT West Campus. To be honest we feel that ITT is concerned more about the money instead of the student/education. I have had more problems in this last quarter then I have ever had while attending ITT. I have noticed certain situations being swept under the rug and I, like many others that attend the West Campus, have been cheated and robbed of our money and of a quality education. One of your instructors lacks the qualifications desired in a teacher. We, the students, also feel that this instructor lets his emotions and religious beliefs cloud his judgment when it comes to the class and the grades for certain individuals. This instructor is and will most likely continue to destroy the character, mind and future of good students unless he is dealt with now. I had mentioned multiple times before that Todd Vierheller was a problem for many students at ITT and I also mentioned in the second week of last quarter (June 2012) that I would not pass his class no matter what. I was told that everything would be ok. I was told by the staff at this Campus that my issues were addressed but I am not sure if they were fully looked into or handled. The future of other collage students is at risk here. I have already failed this class and have been set back because of the inadequacy of this instructor. It is unfair and very unfortunate that when I leave ITT the only thing...
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...He also made Addis Ababa, the present day capital of Ethiopia, the major center for the Organization of African Unity (African Union). Haile Selassie’s ability and motivation to bring Ethiopia into these organizations and groups shows his want to bring the country into a better standard for the views of other African countries and the rest of the world. Selassie fought for unity. I, as his teacher, support Selassie’s decision to unite Ethiopia with the rest of the world. I summarize my ideal leader qualities in my book The Prince, “It is not at all necessary for a prince to have all the good qualities which I have named, but it is necessary to seem to have them.” (The Prince). Selassie was intelligent for uniting Ethiopia, but whether he did it because he believed in unity or to bring himself power is unknown to me and the rest of the world. Additionally, Haile Selassie made a constitution to provide a set of rules and guidelines for Ethiopia. This constitution was important because it provided Ethiopians’ a sense of a well-functioning government and country. The constitution still gave the emperor sovereign authority, but it helped to centralize the government and provide a...
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