Introduction Over the last few years, various suggestions have been made to address the ever-changing language needs of modern-day education and employment (Barone & Hong, 2008). Among the most recent issues have been the perennial debates on the many different programs aimed at improving the processes of learning and reading...
Responding to a Critical Feedback: Analysis of a Scholar–Practitioner–Leader Identity Standing in the shoes of a writer is not an easy task; when every single word needs to be weighed and the acid remarks of critics are just around the corner, writing turns into a real problem. A true Scholar–Practitioner–Leader...
Adult learners usually have many responsibilities that need their attention. Among most of them, learning is not an important aspect of life; they have other responsibilities that are more significant compared to learning. Most of them are related to the provision of basic needs for their families. In addition, such...
The right to education is a fundamental human right, which is legally guaranteed to all without discrimination. Unfortunately, it is not always true even for the most prosperous countries that should be able to provide education to all of their citizens, regardless of their racial, ethnic or social background. In...
Individualized educational program provides learners with significant disabilities with an opportune chance to achieve the privileges that their counterparts enjoy in education. Performance feedback is one of the techniques used in the individualized education program to determine the specific needs of children and ways through which teachers and educators can...
Learning disabilities may refer to a sum of conditions, which affect the acquisition, understanding, organization, retention, and use of verbal or nonverbal information (May & Stone, 2010). Learning disabilities are different from universal intellectual insufficiency. The author is keen to highlight the various stereotypes that fill the minds of many...
Quality of learning and educating is improved by questioning skills. Teachers normally ask various questions to learners such as: no/ yes questions, rhetorical questions, and leading queries (asking question, then a teacher gives hints to learners). Such kind of questions impact minimal expectations to students’ thought. “Effective questioning is focused...
In this essay, the specific leadership changes implemented by the university’s administration in the selected case study will be discussed with the help of the information presented in the recent scholarly articles. In addition, the essay will contain the critique of the leadership styles used by the case university and...
Everyone has unique strengths and weaknesses that affect the way they learn, what they enjoy, and what they focus upon. The many variations of learning style and intelligence levels do not diminish when multiple students are placed in one classroom. Teachers must be able to adapt their instruction skills to...
We can easily recognize people who have a college education from the manner they conduct themselves. However, the difference may not be obvious. It takes time to notice any such differences. We can identify these differences by interacting with these individuals. We know that a college education can impact an...
Teachers have over time faced the challenge of applying the appropriate teaching techniques to improve students’ grades in mathematics and other science-related subjects. A preparation mainly to equip a student before the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test, which is sat annually is mainly not an easier task. The most common and preferred...
Introduction Assessments are the processes by which teachers measure the growth of their students. Assessment methods can be categorized as either formal or informal. The main similarity between formal and informal methods is that they both strive to identify a student’s understanding of what they learn in class. On the...
The No Child Left Behind Act has a lot of advantages for students with disabilities on the one hand and it has some obstacles which don’t allow these students to have a qualified education on the other hand. The No Child Left Behind Act is the latest version of the...
Introduction Maria Montessori’s theory is based on discovery learning and supporting learning where teachers’ role is supervisory rather than directive. Moreover, specially designed materials that facilitate learning using all senses are utilized. Respect for a child is advocated since each individual is unique. Furthermore, the learning environment is as important...
Introduction The notions of globalization, cultural differences, and multiculturalism at the workplace have corroborated their significance for the theory of management (Adekola & Sergi, 2007, p.1). Based on the decades-long study of scholars who work in the field of management and the experience of practitioners holding managerial positions in multicultural...
Introduction A school-based management program is an educational approach that most countries are embracing worldwide. It forms a central ingredient in achieving quality education in schools besides improving school performance. Caldwell and Spinks (1998a, p. 42) note that, school Based Management is a new era in relation to “thinking” of...
Critic: Engaging the adult learner by Gold H.E. There has been recently a rise in the number of adult learners today in the institutions of higher learning. The number of adult learners has gradually increased since the early 70s and many universities today have established programs favorable to adult learners...
Introduction The importance of good leadership and management for the successful operation of schools and colleges has over time been accepted of late. However, the development towards self-management in many parts of the world has led to an improved positive reception of the importance of managerial know-how for educational leaders....
Introduction The term intercultural exchange applies to the activity of attracting language learners in mutual or reciprocal action and cooperative project work with associates from different cultures and share diverse ethical beliefs through the use of communication instruments such as e-mail, video conferencing and discussion forums. The goals intended to...
Internet is an essential part of present life. People use Internet for different purposes like entertainment, job search, looking for some information and communication. Using modern technologies in class is one of the main aspects on that every teacher should work towards. Internet helps the teachers to be organized. Being...
An effective teacher is one who maximizes the achievements of students by working in accordance with an explicit set of principles that have order, coherence, and relevance in a particular instructional context. Education is an important part of human life. Nowadays people try to get a good education as it...
The knowledge of reading and writing is referred to as literacy which implies that an individual is conversant with the theories of initial reading and writing. In this case, reading is mostly taught through comprehension while writing is taught through composition writing. From a broad perspective, literacy scrutinizes the use...
Introduction The contemporary system of public education in the United States of America has elicited mixed reactions. There has been surging debate on whether the system is workable or not alongside the suitability of the strategies being fixed in place to address the concern. Opponents to this argument strongly deliberate...
Introduction The school counseling program adopts methodologies that are user-friendly to both the students and their professional counselors. Participating Students must be engaged in pre-counseling interviews to obtain their informed consent in the subsequent process (Henderson& Thompson, 2007). Two important surveys are important namely; teacher/staff surveys that target to assess...
Introduction Learning disabilities are a disorder found in children with normal intelligence with difficulties in learning specific skills that include problem-solving. The introduction of bibliotherapy will therefore help them use books to solve problems with the aid of teachers, parents, therapists and health professionals. People of different ages have been...
Introduction Education is the sphere of human activity whose major purpose is preparation of the next generations of people for the whole complexity of the social life and human interrelations. Education, especially during the current informational age, is the most powerful instrument that people might use to earn their living...
Standardized testing is a dominant force in public schools in the United States, and has become an essential method of measuring performances of both students and teachers in public schools. (Toch, 2006). Apart from public schools, standardized testing is being used to determine the admission of both graduate and postgraduate...
Introduction In simple words, learning is the process of gaining knowledge. Learning is an important thing for every individual. One must understand that the concept of learning is to understand self and others. Self-directed learning means information will be perceived with the people’s grasping skill and ability. When one interacts...
The concept of ‘School Vouchers’ can be traced back to Milton Friedman –the 1976 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Friedman proposed a “Universal voucher of equal worth for each child who attended school”. Today, this idea is emerging in many states, although it is still in its developing...
Abstract This paper will focus on Early childhood Education which is reported to have metamorphosed with time and its base has considerable expanded especially in recent years. The paper will be in a position to discuss these changes which have over the time affirmed some long held and valued developmentally...
Abstract Evidence shows that academic cheating have been elevated higher by the emergence of new technologies in communication and this have worsened the state of academic qualification all over the world. Technology have helped in elevating the levels of academic cheating to such extent that there is concern that many...
Introduction College tuition refers to the price that students are required to pay for attending public or private colleges. Revenue collected from tuition is used to cover some of the costs of running these institutions that are not covered by tax payers, as well as most costs of education and...
Parents always want the best education possible for their children. This is why those who can afford to do so send their children to private schools. However, as the modern day parent faces the biggest financial crisis to hit our society in the 21st century, the question of practicality now...
According to Gunning, (2005),Process writing is a kind of inscription that gives more calling for the writers ability come up with a product through the use of the a procedural approach rather than the system where they are just doing a Xerox of a model to make up a product....
Introduction Sex education entails teachings on human reproduction, anatomy (sexual), health, sexual intercourse, contraception, among other aspects of sexual behavior in human. Sex education aims at reducing the risks associated with negative sexual behavior outcomes and largely, the unwanted teen pregnancies. Sex education would be very vital to the youth...
Teaching is essentially an art which consists of and requires ample skills for guiding and evaluating students. Prediction is used as a comprehensive strategy which brings about simple and successful mode of developing analytical reading and realizing talents for any situational critical reading. Predicting provides two advantages; earlier knowledge acquirement...
Introduction Class management is one of the tasks that a teacher is required to carry out in order to ensure that learning process is smooth while objectives of education are achieved. Class routines are one way through which class management in ensured. Routines involve day-to-day activities adopted by student for...
Introduction Education may simply be describes as the formative ability of people to acquire relevant skills and knowledge in the process of personal development. The education system within a give region therefore greatly influences the development process. Education being the art of acquiring knowledge is very critical for the country’s...
Introduction Education is the key to success and every person is entitled or has a right to be educated during his life. In this generation of literacy, education has come in handy in the enhancement of communication of ideas, cultures, and other basic information. The school systems have evolved from...
Introduction Teaching does not merely entail standing before learners and talking. A teacher has to contemplate on how to present certain topic so that all learners in a class understand it effectively. This thoughtful planning of a lesson involves strategy. A teacher has to come up with the best teaching...
What is Meant by Reggio Emilia educational Philosophy? The Reggio Emilia Approach is a philosophy based on education, whose main focus is on preschool and primary education. It originated from Italy around Reggio Emilia city after the Second World War, and was pioneered by Loris Malaguzzi. What Factors Necessitated the...
Purpose of Assessment Benchmark Assessment system is an efficient method for the evaluation of the students’ achievements and of what should be improved. In this respect, the reasonable background for the implementation of the procedure of benchmark assessment lies in the characterization of the procedure. The US educational system and...
Introduction The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that was put in place to delineate the rights and regulations of the learners with disabilities in the United States (National resource centre on AD/HDIDEA, n.d). Under this act, all the children are warranted an access to a free...
Philosophy I keep to the point that children can benefit from studying much more if a proper approach is used by the teacher. I do not believe those who state that if a child does not want to study, there is no way making her/him do it. My conviction is...
Concept Web: The Natural World An integrated curriculum consists of several strategies that can be applied to deepen meaningfulness and support conceptual development (Bredekamp and Rosegrant, 1992). Today, many educators use curriculum webs as a response to children’s pursuits and interests. Webbing is one model of curriculum integration and is...
Introduction Research has shown that parents’ involvement in their children’s educational performance is very important. Children spend much of their time with their parents and hence the parents have a major impact on them. 86% of the public strongly believe that parents’ involvement in their children’s schoolwork is one of...
Introduction In the course of history, such concepts as lifelong learning (LLL) and continuous education have been thoroughly analyzed by many philosophers and scholars such as Plato or Rene Descartes. Yet, their importance has become even more crucial in contemporary society due to the ever-increasing globalization and the development of...
This paper seeks to write an analysis of the article “Recognizing Gifted Students: A Practical Guide for Teachers” by Sandra Manning (2006). The paper will determine the basis of the claims made in the article if there is any, and implication of the claims about the role of an educator...
Identifying children with giftedness can be a relatively complex task because these children are individuals and they all possess various capabilities and exceptions. Nonetheless, there are still certain traits that are synonymous to this group and these can go a long in establishing who is gifted or not. Before making...
We live in an era where the financial crisis of the world has forced most families into bankruptcy and ruin. Money has become very tight for most families these days that parents are sometimes unable to provide for their children’s needs, never mind their caprices. For most of these children,...
Young school children dream throughout their lives, of going to college in the hope that it is a dreamy world where they can they can do any thing they like. At that moment they tend to forget the fact college life. has its own difficulties. “When students begin their first...
Introduction Education is the acquiring or the imparting of knowledge through learning and teaching. Education can be formal or informal; formal education is the most common which is done in a classroom setup in schools and institutions. Informal education is the oldest form where knowledge was passed from one generation...
Learning is the process through which learners acquire and internalize the new concept given to them by their teacher. When assessing the success or failure of a learning approach, one should look at the learner’s own approach towards learning, the kind of motivation or esteem that learning offers them and...
There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us and not we them; we may make them take the mould of arm of breast, but they would mould our hearts, brains, tongues to their linking. (Virginia Woolf) Abstract The implementation of mandatory school uniform introduced...
Knowledge about any topic or subject is never unnecessary. The same way children should be educated about sex. It is not something that can be avoided; one of the main reasons for this is the media. The openness of the media has led the children to come into contact with...
Introduction Community service is often used in modern society as a remedy for social ills by the youth. Society and indeed the media view the youth as selfish and with great pleasure-seeking needs which require a remedy, and that they are unprepared to take on responsible roles in society due...
Plagiarism is “the deliberate or reckless representation of another’s words, thoughts, or ideas as one’s own without attribution in connection with the submission of academic work, whether graded or otherwise” (Instrument of Student Governance, 2009, par. 6). Within the academic arena, plagiarism is an act practiced by dishonest students who...
Introduction Academic dishonesty is one of the oldest forms of cheating. Studies point out that the earliest forms to be reported were thousands of years ago in China where students engaged so much in this vice that measures had to be taken to control it. Accordingly, all examinees in civil...
In the school system, students largely focus on their teachers for the introductory part to the mathematics subject. This dependency has been put on the teachers for generations and care must be observed to safeguard the picture being passed on to the student. The students usually find it challenging to...
Introduction Starting a university life is said to be the most exciting academic experience for students through out their lengthy course of schooling. However, many would disagree. The fact is that university experience is distinct for every person and may prove to have different impacts upon their lives. A university...
Abstract In this paper, the assessment of self-directed and self-aware learning is outlined through Costa and Kallick’s “Habits of Mind” (2000), through analyzing the factors in other critical work. The contrast in various approaches will be presented as an overview of the current trends in that field. The paper contains...
Education is the sphere of people’s lives, which allows people to get knowledge about the surrounding world and to become a deserved members of society. An educated society is a powerful society and this argument makes people improve and search for some new techniques in the educational sphere. The level...
Definition of learning According to the oxford dictionary, learning is the knowledge acquired from reading and studying. Learning can also be defined as an act of combination that increases the capacity and willingness of individuals to receive and effectively apply the acquired knowledge, to grow, mature, and be able to...
Higher education is an engine of economic growth. There are two historically developed branches of American higher education: public and private ones. The private sector of American higher education includes both the most and the least prestigious institutions. Its characteristic feature is that it relies greatly on nongovernmental revenue. Recently,...
Educational and family environments play a vital role in the process of developing skill in a child’s life. Personal skills and personal capabilities are essential for the structured development of a child to do his duties and responsibilities. Skills and personal capabilities make a person/child to face complex duties and...
The problem that this paper will focus on is the difficulties that a teacher new to teaching online encounters. The reviewed issue does not have an extensive history, primarily because online education emerged recently, with the advancement and widespread adoption of the Internet and associated technology. This factor highlights the...
Methodology This study utilized the mixed qualitative and quantitative approach to investigate the effect of color-coded teaching on memory retention. The former was used to analyze the effect of color-coded teaching on memory retention; however, the latter was used to analyze the ability to predict memory retention based on color-coded...
In this study, the differences and similarities between the Chinese and Japanese college entry examinations have been explored. Consequently, it has been established that both entry examinations are similar purpose and the attention they generate. For example, both tests are widely popular in their respective countries and garner widespread attention...
Introduction Research Background This paper seeks to understand the impact of online learning on the behaviours of undergraduate Chinese students studying in the United Kingdom (UK). Online learning is one of the most profound phenomena to affect the education sector because it influences the relationship between learners and instructors through...
Education System in Saudi Arabia Up to the first part of the 20th century, people received formal education in Qur’anic Schools and mosques where they obtained writing and reading skills based on reading and reciting Qur’an (Mitchell & Alfuraih, 2017). It was not until 1930 when the first public school...
Education and Democracy People have seen education and its major goals differently depending on the cultural, economic, and political peculiarities of their societies. Although the major idea behind educating younger generations has been their development and their transition to the complete involvement in social life, the aims and methods still...
Introduction During my last professional placement, I have noticed that year three students did not have an ongoing physical activity program in their curriculum. I believe that physical education is necessary for students of all ages to improve both their physical health and learning capacity. As such, adding physical education...
Introduction Education policy has a significant effect on the entire educational system of a country. Changes to education policy may lead to improved academic outcomes and better socioeconomic conditions for citizens, as well as to underachievement and education crises. Hence, policymakers need to remain informed about issues in education and...
Intelligence is a critical concept in psychology and education because it is believed to impact an individual’s learning capacity and academic performance. Recent theories focused on the very definition of intelligence, attempting to expand it beyond academic skills and abilities. Gardner’s multiple intelligences theory is an example of such a...
Introduction Self-directed learning refers to the activities that learners engage in so that they can be able to cope with their learning processes effectively. It is a concept that enables students to monitor themselves and evaluate their learning strategies by helping them utilize the learning materials that are provided to...