Divorce / Causes & Effects
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In 3 pages, the author discusses the causes and effects of divorce. In today's society, divorce is more the norm than ever before. There are as many causes for divorce as there are people who divorce. Divorce itself is both a cause and an effect. There are many factors that contribute to divorce, such as lack of money, drug and/or alcohol abuse, immaturity of one or both parties, sexual indiscretion, the ease of getting a divorce, and various others. Free 1 page Roman numeral sentence outline is included. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Do Interviewing Techniques Reduce Violence In Public Schools ?
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An 11 page research paper examining the failure of interviewing techniques and alternative methods in stopping drug abuse & violence among populations attending inner-city public schools. Research and existing literature on the subject are examined are recommendations for "getting at the heart of violence" in a specific urban school system. Bibliography lists 15+ sources.
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Dropout Rates: Differences in Culture and Gender
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A 5 page overview of dropout rates and the factors which influenced them. Provides statistics for the differences in dropout rates between the sexes emphasizing that with one exception, that of Hispanics where overall there are fewer gender differences in the dropout rate, females are more likely than males to complete high school and to enroll in college. Notes that this observation is invalid for some Hispanics groups in which females are actually more likely to dropout. Suggest that high drop out rates are the result of a number of factors including familial responsibilities. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Dropping out of School & Its Causal Factors : ("Dropping Out
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A Look at How to Determine and Predict Factors that Lead to Deviance and Complete Failure in Education.") A 7 page study including literature review and bibliography listing 8 sources. Excellent for those studying education, sociology, and various aspects of psychology.
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Economics and Ethnicity / Their Importance In Education
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A 3 page overview of the concepts of ethnicity and economic background and their importance to academic success. Relies heavily on 'Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society' (1998) Donna Gollnick and Philip Chinn. Concludes that it is neither ethnicity nor economic background which is a primary determinant of academic success but presentation and attitude. No additional sources citred.
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Education & The Elderly
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A 10 page proposal that considers the elements of learning (general knowledge, reading comprehension and learning style) and the problems related to effective health education for the elderly. It is the hypothesis of this proposal that the study presented can reflect a correlation between these learning factors that can be utilized as a tool in effective educational programming. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Education / Minority Community
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A 25 page research paper that looks at the literature on lack of access to education for minority groups vs. majority groups, specifically African American and Native American, the cultural underpinnings of the issue, and preventative and rehabilitative reform programs. The paper posits that the educational community must make sweeping changes in its approach to reform—the ideas and programs for which have been available for decades. The reason for the new immediacy is competition from the business community because of its desire to diversify its structure. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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Education And Culture: Oppression
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5 pages in length. Education is the key to freedom. As succinct as this statement may be, it holds within its brevity the singular ability to emancipate oppression and improve dire economic situations. According to Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, education – or rather the lack there of – has long stood in the way of cultural progress, inasmuch as the access to academic learning has forever been restricted to certain social classes. An example of the practices described in Freire's book is that of Peter Hoeg's Borderliners, which follows the lives of three social misfits who find themselves living amidst an entirely different class of orphans, causing them to speculate as to the reason they were all assembled in such an obviously educationally imbalanced environment. No additional sources cited.
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