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  • Multimedia & Education

    Multimedia & Education

    Discuss how Multimedia might be used in Education. As technology has evolved rapidly in and around our environment, public services are now steadily introducing multimedia and other forms of computer based applications. The Territorial Army (TA) and the National Health Service (NHS) are two that have evolved dramatically within the last ten years in relation to technology. The TA has several high-tech intelligence and weaponry applications and the NHS has such vital modern equipment all

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Private Vs. Public School Education for Your Child

    Private Vs. Public School Education for Your Child

    Which one will you choose? Private vs. Public School Education for your Child The issue of whether private education is better than public has been debated for many years. Strong advocates of public education feel that children grow and progress better in a mixed environment. Although most private educational institutions do not harbor racial discrimination or discrimination against sexes, they do not have certain classifications that may not suit the masses. For example, a large

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    Essay Length: 1,746 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Education

    Education

    Education is to the soul what sunlight is to a flower. We cannot grow into our full and beautiful potential without it. The purpose of education is to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed and reasonable decisions. Education should also culture the human mind so that it excels at accomplishing all of its life goals. A well-rounded education, including knowledge of the self as well as knowledge of the world, should enable

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    Essay Length: 516 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Tommy
  • A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education

    A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education

    A Black Males Strengths & Weaknesses in Education Today's education is often viewed today as failing in its major goal of educating students, especially those students characterized as minorities, including African American, Hispanic, and Appalachian students (Quiroz, 1999). Among the minority groups mentioned, African American males are affected most adversely. Research has shown that when Black male students are compared to other students by gender and race they consistently rank lowest in academic achievement (Ogbu,

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: David
  • Education in Society

    Education in Society

    With so many problems surrounding public schooling, it is difficult to understand where public school is headed. In the article “Taking Sides,” William J. Bennett and Forrest J. Troy tackle the problem from two opposing views. Both sides present a compelling case, while at the same time helping readers to understand the difficulty of creating a program that functions the fullest potential. The article examines one major topic; “Have Public Schools Failed Society?” I

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    Essay Length: 2,080 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Education System :india - Korea

    Education System :india - Korea

    INTRO DUCTION India and Korea are two Asian countries separated by vast continental landmass. Being oriental countries, the two nations share certain common oriental values like the attitudes towards the family certain social institutions, certain moral values and things like that which are distinct to Asian culture. Not enough is known about the historical links between India and Korea in the pre-modern times except that Buddhism went from India to Korea. India has a long

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    Essay Length: 564 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Mike
  • Public Education

    Public Education

    The topic that I am going to be talking about in this essay is a very big and controversial issue. That is rather it is a good idea or bad to charter our failing public school system. So far it seems the non-chartering path is in the lead, but charting school is catching up fast. In this essay I'm going to summarize one article title The New School, by Chester E. Finn Jr. that supports

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    Essay Length: 576 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Education System in America: Giant Success or Catastrophic Failure?

    The Education System in America: Giant Success or Catastrophic Failure?

    The Education System in America: Giant Success or Catastrophic Failure? Introduction: If education is vitally important to success why are we, as Americans, so lethargic, and apathetic in our attitudes towards obtaining a good education? Why do we discount the value of an education? Education yields knowledge, which in and of itself is a type of power. Power is coveted and sought after by many people, and sometimes is seen mistakenly as success. The education

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Mainstreaming in Education

    Mainstreaming in Education

    Mainstreaming is a fairly new concept as far as educational thinking is concerned. Prior to this concept, mentally and physically handicapped children were removed from society and placed in institutions. This segregation of the challenged student ended on November 29, 19 when President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA), also known as Public Law 94-142. The Act required the federal government to provide funding for all handicapped children from

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    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education The case of brown v. board of education was one of the biggest turning points for African Americans to becoming accepted into white society at the time. Brown vs. Board of education to this day remains one of, if not the most important cases that African Americans have brought to the surface for the better of the United States. Brown v. Board of Education was not simply about children and

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Motorcycle Helmets, Educate Not Legislate Choice or Law?

    The Motorcycle Helmets, Educate Not Legislate Choice or Law?

    The Motorcycle Helmets, Educate not Legislate Choice or Law? Freedom of choice" is not about the thrill of feeling the wind in our hair any more than a young man's choice to serve in the armed forces of this country during a time of war is about the thrill of being shot at. The issue is about returning personal responsibility to trained and experienced adult motorcyclists. It is about rejecting the proposition that the government

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    Submitted: March 9, 2010 By: July
  • Governments and Their Control over Education

    Governments and Their Control over Education

    Sept. 13th, 2005 History is taught to students all around the world, but no matter where people learn it from it is always somewhat different. Societies will always view history from their own perspectives. The reason is obvious. People want to know how they came to be here and consequently learn more about their origins. This is why when mandatory history is taught it is always national history; because the governments can focus in on

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    Submitted: March 11, 2010 By: Janna
  • Education

    Education

    Importance of an Education “Let us think of education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and greater strength for our nation.” John F. Kennedy (1917-1963.) The importance of learning and grasping a quality education enables the individual to put his or her potentials to optimal use are clear. Without education, the human

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    Submitted: March 12, 2010 By: Mike
  • Comprehensive Abstinence: A Complete Sexual Education

    Comprehensive Abstinence: A Complete Sexual Education

    Many people believe the phrase, “Kids are going to have sex anyway” is an assumption, however, data from the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) indicates that half of all high school students have engaged in sexual intercourse. These numbers rising thirty-nine percent per grade level (Terry). This rising rate of sexual promiscuity is in direct correlation to the number of unplanned teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted disease infections, and the contraction of the HIV/AIDS

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Wealth of Knowledge - Educating Rita

    The Wealth of Knowledge - Educating Rita

    Educating Rita is a film about a young woman who wants to obtain a formal education. Rita wants to live a different life. She is a twenty six year old hairdresser that has done nothing else with her life for herself. She decides that getting an education is the only way to live a different life. She does not necessarily want more money or a different job, but just knowledge in something like the arts

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Max
  • Philosophy of Education

    Philosophy of Education

    Progressivism My personal philosophy of education is most closely related to progressivism, which is a school of thought advocating that truth is determined by function. Progressivism is an educational philosophy focused on providing students with the skills and knowledge necessary not only to survive but also to succeed in a contemporary and competitive society. William James and John Dewey are accredited for developing the characteristically American philosophy of education that is progressivism. As the name

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    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Discussion on Higher Education

    Discussion on Higher Education

    Discussion on Higher Education Over the past century, higher education has reformed itself into different styles of learning. There are two basic types of higher education institutions. First are the community colleges, technical colleges, and Jr. colleges. Secondly are the four year colleges and universities. First type of colleges offer programs that are less than 4 years in length. These schools also offer training programs that are two years in length. The different programs in

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Jon
  • Education and Philosophies

    Education and Philosophies

    In light of this course, I would say that my philosophy of education has changed. My first paper, in retrospect, reads almost like a fantasy of what teaching should be like. I think in this aspect I have matured enough to realize that everything in this profession is not "Disney" material. There are going to be students who do not follow directions, and worse who don't care about succeeding at all. I would feel responsible

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    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Multicultural Education

    Multicultural Education

    1. What was interesting and possibly new knowledge? One point of view that I thought was interesting was that which was taken by Justice Harry Blackmun in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. "In order to get beyond racism, we must first take account of race. In order to treat people equally we must treat them differently." I had always thought that the best way to avoid discrimination was to ignore race entirely,

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    Essay Length: 283 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 16, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Education of the Human Mind

    Education of the Human Mind

    The Entertainment Value Chain We've seen lots of activity along this value chain lately. NewsCorp/DirecTV and the abandoned Comcast-Disney effort are/were attempts to meld distribution and content. Time Warner is still trying (with little success) to combine distribution, content, and apps. Device makers like Apple and Gateway represent efforts (one successful, another not) to extend beyond devices. Palm and TiVo are examples of relatively new device-app combinations. Apple is grabbing three pieces of the value

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Special Education

    Special Education

    Special education has come a long way since the concept came about in the 1700s. In that era people with disabilities were considered to be hopeless, an embarrassment to their families and were therefore hidden or abandoned. Today, in America, those who have special needs are increasingly gaining acceptance in society and their rights as individuals are being acknowledged, particularly in education. With the passing of important laws such as the Rehabilitation Act, Americans

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Edward
  • A Discussion of the Concept of the ‘whole Child’ in Context and the Relevance of Music Education in Its Development

    A Discussion of the Concept of the ‘whole Child’ in Context and the Relevance of Music Education in Its Development

    M.A HASSAN A DISCUSSION OF THE CONCEPT OF THE ‘WHOLE CHILD’ IN CONTEXT AND THE RELEVANCE OF MUSIC EDUCATION IN ITS DEVELOPMENT The General concept of the whole child has been a topic of debate for far longer than the existences of a national curriculum. Some of the earliest examination into the concept of the best overall approaches to the education of the whole child stem from the work of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746 -

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    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Max
  • The Importance of Experience and Education

    The Importance of Experience and Education

    The Importance of Experience and Education After twelve years of school, it took me until now to figure out exactly why I had been there all those years. It was not to torture me by making me learn how to spell but to make sure that my classmates and I got the opportunity to make the most of ourselves. Opportunity that would come from learning as much as possible from books and beginning to see

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    Essay Length: 2,374 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: March 20, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Brown Vs. Board of Education

    Brown Vs. Board of Education

    The Brown vs. Board of Education case took place in the 1950s and developed from several court cases involving school segregation, which all started with one black 3rd grader named Linda Brown wanting to go to an all white school. In the case the U.S. Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional to create separate schools for children on the basis of race. The case ranked as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions

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    Essay Length: 2,560 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Steve
  • American Educational System

    American Educational System

    Early education is just as equally important as later education in middle school and high school. The more knowledge that students learn earlier in their lives, the better they will do later in school and the world. In order to show that this is working, test scores need to be boosted. In order to do this, classroom sizes must me be lowered by lowering the student teacher ratio. By doing this, teachers will only

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    Essay Length: 328 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jon