Classroom Issues: Bias & Educational Philosophy
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A 6 page paper. Two separate issues are discussed. The first is a scenario about a student who makes a derogatory comment about a culture that is being discussed in social studies class. The issue is how the teacher should handle the situation and where normative reasoning comes into play. The second part of this paper deals with the writer's educational philosophy and relates to Plato's The Republic. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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College Exams Are The Launch Pad to Adulthood:
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This five-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion in favor of continuing the semester final process at colleges instead of changing it to a weekly quiz to prepare for the final. Five points are illustrated favoring the final exam process including preparation for adulthood, less test anxiety, and the need for better study habits. Bibliography lists three sources.
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Color blind Perspective in Schools? Not!
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(5PP) In the past, we have been led to believe that being "colorblind" in relationship to race from the perspective of education is a good thing. Now that "good thing," is being reexamined in the light of a clearer reality. This discussion will focus on the racial perspective of the past, compared with "what is happening now." Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Communication And Education: School Management And Administration
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11 pages in length. The overall American educational system is feeling teacher apathy in waves of student/instructor discord, instructor/administrator dissension, missed school, unfinished assignments and a general indifferent attitude toward the whole learning process. Unfortunately, this is not describing the students -- it is the current state of mind some burned out teachers are experiencing in the classroom. The writer discusses that the critical link missing is that of a consistently positive and communicative relationship between educators and administrators. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Comparison Of Existenialists / Humanists On Learning Development
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An 8 page paper that compares the learning theories of Carl Rogers, Viktor Frankl and Erik Erikson in relationship to the questions: nature v. nurture, common human motivations, emotions expressed, developmental processes, and the roles of gender, personality and parents in learning experiences. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Computer Educational Project
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(6 pp). This education project addresses the use of the computer as a valuable learning tool. Major areas of study will be 1) access to technology in the classroom; 2) cognitive learning and technology; 3) multimedia learning combined with 4) instructional software (Toolbox); and 5) ethics and technology in the classroom. Activities, games, and projects done individually, with a partner, and in a group have been incorporated into the design of this educational project. The six levels of Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, will be used as c onstants throughout the project. Bibliography lists 4 sources; includes abstract.
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Computer Educational Project
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(6 pp). This education project addresses the use of the computer as a valuable learning tool. Major areas of study will be 1) access to technology in the classroom; 2) cognitive learning and technology; 3) multimedia learning combined with 4) instructional software (Toolbox); and 5) ethics and technology in the classroom. Activities, games, and projects done individually, with a partner, and in a group have been incorporated into the design of this educational project. The six levels of Bloom's taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation, will be used as constants throughout the project. Bibliography lists 4 sources; includes abstract.
Filename: BBcmpEdR.doc

Considerations for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learning Disabled
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An 8 page paper discussing how assessment, curriculum and instructional methods differ for students from culturally or linguistically different backgrounds, and how the presence of learning disabilities affects those differences. The paper includes a discussion of how teachers can begin to increase their sensitivity to cultural and linguistic differences. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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