Education and Socioeconomic Background: A Research Proposal
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A 6 page research proposal designed to assess the effect of such factors as culture, economics, and family structure on educational achievement. Provides an extensive review of the literature and suggest a research project which couples the results of nationally standardized tests with questionnaires designed to identify students culture, economics, and family structure. Concludes that student achievement can be influenced in a number of ways. Positive outcomes of socioeconomic factors are often overridden by negative factors. Poor educational attainment is all too often the outcome. Even negative socio-culturally determined factors such as family structure and financial situation, however, can feasibly be overridden by an effectively designed educational program. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Education and the Labor Movement
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A 10 page research paper that examines the various stances taken by labor in regards to education. The writer explains how two basic viewpoints battled for supremacy. On one side were the leaders of organized labor who favored vocational training and universal public education. Other labor advocates, however, argued that formal higher education, the established universities, unconsciously reflected the views of big business, and, therefore, workers needed education designed specifically for them. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Education in the Latter 1800s: The Contributions of Susan Blow, Educator and Writer (1843-1916)
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A 5 page overview of education in the latter part of the nineteenth century, specifically the contributions of Susan Blow, Dr. Henry Barnard, Dr. William T. Harris and others who were involved in "New Education". Discusses the societal conditions of the time which necessitated the implementation of Kindergarten programs and the influence of the philosophies of German educator Friedrich Froebel to those programs. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Educational Environment of 7th, 8th & 9th Grade Students / Impacts of Puberty
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A 5 page paper that considers the impacts of the changes that occur during puberty and the implications for educators. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Educational Leadership Theory
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A 20 page research paper. The research addressing educational leadership has been ongoing for decades. What makes an effective leader? What are the qualities? How can you identify an effective leader? These and other questions have been the foci of a plethora of research studies. This paper presents some of the theories regarding educational leadership and discusses: the historical antecedents of today's theories; Bolman and Deal's framework approach; the reality of micropolitics; steward leadership and servant leadership. Bibliography lists 27 sources.
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Effect Of School Facilities On Student Performance: Tutorial
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A 10 page paper. This paper provides data regarding the condition of school buildings in America. It then offers a literature review focusing on the correlation between the condition of school buildings and student test scores, with an emphasis on the secondary level. The writer then provides a tutorial for conducting action research. Data included. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Eliminating Ethnocentrism In The Classroom
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A 5 page paper. Despite years of presenting multicultural curriculum, ethnocentrism still exists in our nation's classrooms. This essay discusses approaches and strategies that can be used at the elementary and secondary levels to eliminate ethnocentric attitudes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Emotional Development And School: How Are The Two Related?
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7 pages in length. Emotional development – the basis upon which an individual's entire sense of self is formulated – is achieved through myriad sources, not the least of which is within the educational environment. Teachers wield tremendous power when it comes to empowering students with the necessary emotional tools to face life on both a personal and professional level. Without educator involvement, students are cheated out of one of the most influential aspects of emotional development. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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