Category: Education
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Writing Workshop as a Method in Education
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Works Cited Introduction The Writer’s Workshop is a well-known approach to writing instruction that differs from traditional methods of teaching writing and produces meaningful results in various age groups. The method being discussed stands out from the commonly used techniques since it places emphasis on students’ ability to…
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The No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is a high-stakes accountability system aimed at increasing the performance of the educational establishments. The Act introduced the policy of determining the financing of schools based on the performance of their students, determined by mandatory testing in certain grades. The under-performing schools that failed to improve for two…
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Writing and Editing a
Table of Contents Introduction Writing and editing strategies Challenges in preparing the paper Revising the paper Conclusion References Introduction The main problem facing most people when it comes to writing is procrastination. Doing the assignments at the last-minute causes people to rush things, and therefore making many mistakes. As a result, one believes that he…
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The Essentials of Educational Achievements
Table of Contents Is Educational Achievement the Result of Natural Talent? Implications of the Opinion on the Uniqueness of Natural Talent Incentives to Turn Natural Talent into Motivation Additional Factors Affecting Educational Achievement Working to Live or Living to Work Pursuit of Income as the Driver of Labor Living to Work as a Struggle with…
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Hidden Intellectualism: Dumbness in the Education System
Gerald Graff and Michiko Kakutani address the issue of dumbness in the current education system, which leads to the production of half-baked professionals. According to the two scholars, the education curriculum drills students in respect to their careers forcing their mind to become dumb. Additionally, factors like politics in schools also affect the thinking capacity…
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Doing History: Issue of Education
Approaches to teaching vary in effectiveness and those implemented now do not seem to work effectively. There is a flaw of perceiving all students as equally prepared and having the same knowledge levels. The authors of the chapters argue differentiation is the key to effective teaching (Robinson & Meyer, 2012). For instance, they detail a…
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Non-Attachment to Education: Pros and Cons
The attachment theory has been a topic of interest for the Western psychologists. The connection to the Buddhist practices was not studied until recently. The two ideas provide an implication for understanding the mental fixation and individuals’ happiness or outcomes of certain activities. However, no research was conducted studying the relationship between non-attachment and education…
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Professional Learning Conversation in the Chinese Educational Setting
Introduction The field of education is the subject of continuous improvement and advancement in any country of the world; every state realizes that education of the growing generation at all levels assists in building the competitive advantage of the future labor force of the state. Therefore, there has always been agile interest and attention in…
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Formal vs. Field Learning Settings
Table of Contents Theoretical Learning Issue Teaching and Learning Patterns Works Cited Theoretical Learning Issue One of the major theoretical learning issues many educators have in mind is concerned with the purpose of learning. Some believe it is the transfer of a set of skills and knowledge while others stress that developing life-long learners is…
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University of the Incarnate Word and Its Core Value
Every university has its own structure, peculiarities of curriculum and the system of values. Such elements can help university to develop its own face and image, drawing attention of university entrants and their parents. It case of University of the Incarnate Word, one can notice that it is a private catholic university that pays more…