Curriculum Reform in Education in the 1960's .
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(15 pp) Everything about the sixties seems to be about change, but it was "curriculum reform" that was really "happening" in education. This discussion will examine some of those reforms, and note whether they are still in effect, or how they have changed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Debating Early-Century Secondary School Reform Efforts
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A 7 page paper discussing a 1918 recommendation to alter the structure and organization of Boston's schools to include an overwhelming focus on society and democracy, and the individual's responsibility to each. The paper is divided into two presentations to the School Committee considering the proposals, one from a Boston resident, the other from the perspective of a School Committee member. The resident wants the committee to adopt the principles, but without abandoning classical education; the committee member supports adopting the principles as they are presented. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Debating Early-Century Secondary School Reform Efforts
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An 8 page paper discussing a 1918 recommendation to alter the structure and organization of Boston's schools to include an overwhelming focus on society and democracy, and the individual's responsibility to each. The paper is divided into two sections, the first of which is a presentation to the School Committe by a Committee member who is also a Boston resident. The second section provides supporting information to the Committee and finally recommends retaining a classical academic core, while adding civics and geography for all plus practical-life classes for those with interest in them. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Desegregation: A Work in Progress
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( 5 pp) The federal mandate of racially integrated schools began over forty years ago. Some schools, particularly in the South, were able to ward off compliance, for decades. Unfortunately, the desegregation of schools has been predicated on a case-by-case base and racially identifiable school systems continue to exist today. But recently, after the magnet and mid-point school plans, a new wrinkle in the form of choice and charter schools has surfaced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: BBdeseg.doc

Development of a Hybrid Platform for Educational Supervision
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This 15 page report discusses the ways in which the frameworks of educational supervision must be developed within the framework of those aspects of an individual’s personality and talents that best accomplished specific goals. Addressing the process of developing a hybrid platform of supervision based on one individual’s strengths and characteristics requires that those same questions be asked and answered honestly. Regardless of the established models explored, it is essential that the student attempting to create the “platform” that is most applicable and beneficial to their personal development. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Devising a Method for Researching TESOL in Japan
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A 20 page paper addressing researching the state of English instruction in Japan. The Japanese are said to have greater difficulty in acquiring a working knowledge of English, but indications are that cultural issues may lead passive and active resistance to English acquisition. The purpose here is to devise a study of the effectiveness of Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in Japan, keeping cultural considerations uppermost in the design of the study. The paper includes a literature review that discusses the cultural issues of imposing English on the Japanese, despite recommendations that English become Japan's second official language in 2002. Half of the paper is devoted to considerations for developing a survey instrument that will produce statistically significant and unbiased results. Bibliography lists 33 sources.
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Diagnostic Methodologies for Learning Disabilities
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A 9 page discussion of a variety of diagnostic methodologies used in assessing child behavior. Presents specific information on five such methodologies (Conners' Parent Rating Scale, Conners' Teacher Rating Scale, the use of Anecdotal Records, Adaptive Behavior Evaluation Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale) and concludes that each has its limitations and drawbacks. Suggest that child specialist incorporate a variety of diagnostic methodologies to overcome these limitations and drawbacks. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Discrepancies In Education / A Sociological Perspective
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This 11 page paper considers the discrepancies that exist in public education based on allocation of funding and larger social issues that extend from this process, including the fact that these discrepancies inherently result in higher standards of education for the wealthy and lower standards for the poor. In addition, this paper also demonstrate the link between this focus in the educational process and the continuation of significant social issues, including poverty and welfare dependency related to lower educational expectations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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