Education

Karl Marx’s theory regarding the schools which tend to teach to the biased upper class can be seen as controversial. On the one hand, the modern representation of the upper class can be seen as the representation of capitalism, where the representatives of that class are people who managed to...

Formative assessments are among the best ways to see the big picture of student learning. They do not simply quantify what has been learned over a certain period – instead, formative assessments encourage students to challenge themselves, polish new skills and reflect on their current knowledge gaps and strategies to...

This post will discuss differentiation with reference to teaching science to gifted first-graders. Science lessons for first-graders cover multiple topics, including studying wildlife diversity and a variety of animal habitats. To differentiate for a gifted child, I would increase tasks’ complexity. Instead of simply connecting the pictures of animals and...

The selection of language is vitally crucial not only in social communication skills, but also in the academic education. As Hatuka and Snow implicated, “Language is not a unitary skill, but a complex configuration of abilities”. So, as far as education is concerned, the tool of teaching demands the utilization...

The PICO(T) question to guide the search is the following one: Will the provision of educational strategies help reduce the number of road-accident-related traumas among children within a year by 30%? The research related to the topic of bicycle safety, the role of helmet use, and the associated educational strategies...

In their study “Teaching Children about Bicycle Safety: An Evaluation of the New Jersey Bike School Program,” Lachapelle et al. used t-tests and the ordinary least-squares regression in order to determine how the children’s knowledge regarding bicycling safety improved after the conducted training. It was found that a significant improvement...

There exist some relationships between the administration of tests and the validity of the assessment. Assessment refers to the gathering of evidence using systematic methods in order to pass judgment regarding how a student demonstrates learning. Validity entails the degree to which the test achieves the goals of the intended...

In the event that a student is caught cheating while doing his exams, there are different mechanisms that can be used by educators in order to discourage cheating in the future. Firstly, it would be appropriate for the nurse educator to monitor the suspected student closely so as not to...

There are a number of courses that I am pursuing in my concentration. These courses include Medical Terminology, Health Care Economics, Healthcare quality concepts and principles, and health care systems and administrations. The medical terminology course is important for the understanding of the core health and medical terms. Since the...

These are 10 tips you might find helpful in teaching a blind or visually impaired person:

A transtheoretical model of behavior change is a model that is pertinent in changing diverse behaviors among a set of people. The model is usually applied in organizations where managers want to effect behavioral changes among employees. Dishman, Vandenberg, Moti, and Niqq state that in the process of change, people...

The following image shows the system map of the requirements of a bachelor’s course. In the system map, there are many subsystems with elements that are the components that make the system map. The first subsystem is the Admission and College Rules. These define how admission is granted to the...

Nursing theory refers to a term within the body of knowledge that is utilized to promote nursing practices. The nursing theory offers the foundation for proficient nursing practices. In addition, it guides the nursing practice and offers insight into the future, present, and past of nursing. Nursing theory or practices...

Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) is a degree for registered nurses at an advanced level and is offered by academic institutions as postgraduate degrees. An MSN is necessary for various specific cadres of workers within the nursing field, such as nurse managers and educators, health Policy experts, nurse administrators,...

Without any doubt, the debate over what universities should do and how they should achieve their goals is always relevant, as the world is rapidly changing. Although the ideas from Bok, Coleman, and Menard were presented more than a decade ago, many of them stay significant nowadays. For example, it...

Principals play a crucial role in ensuring the equal participation of all subjects of the educational process in effective cooperation. As D. Bateman and F. Bateman note, a collaborative environment “is the careful creation of work climate that has a solid foundation of trust and respect among colleagues”. First, principals...

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a professional nursing practice that is governed by national and state regulations. The importance of this is that it helps to ensure that the quality of the care that is offered by nursing practitioners has acceptable credentials, standards, code of ethics, and competencies....

Choosing a college is not an easy thing, indeed. It is the question that seems to be discussed more than any other one. Internet resources provide millions of articles aimed to facilitate the choice of the future student. But indeed the huge amount of information is not helpful sometimes. Quantity...

Assessments are crucially important in early childhood education due to the amount of helpful data on children’s development that they provide. Screenings are a form of assessment that involves testing young children’s development with reference to the basic areas of health, such as motor coordination, speech development, cognitive abilities, interpersonal...

This research would also consider some other factors that to an extent seem to affect the cultural trends in the society. It will also be sought to establish the effect of other factors affecting the curriculum, which in the long run would affect the culture trends within the society. Some...

Education acquired from the West is normally diversified by the multicultural exposure that is acquired by students in these Western countries. Multicultural differences in thinking and performing should be accommodated in all third world countries. A realistic conceptualization of a global society can be achieved through a diversified Exchange program...

New techniques of thinking, doing things and giving opinions can only be acquired through education. Education can be different in different parts of the world especially the Western countries such as the United States of America and the United Kingdom. Students from third world countries prefer schooling in developed countries...

There are numerous topics that can be the basis for research essays. Al Jazeera happens to be one of them, and for this case, it is the one that I recommend as the topic of choice. Al Jazeera is a respectable television station in the Arab world. It is based...

Most business schools are currently redesigning their courses to incorporate critical thinking in MBA studies. They are introducing courses that relate to liberal arts, which usually analyze complex and broad problems that require value-laden trade-offs. Liberal arts courses usually offer a better understanding of global and historical context and perspective,...

Children with disabilities often have challenges when engaging in play activities. These problems are more explicit when they are with other children who do not suffer from the same disabilities. While younger children with disabilities may have extensive coping mechanisms where they try to play with whatever they can for...

My educational institution values diversity, and this can be seen in its multicultural workforce and the diverse student population. In addition, my educational institution has specific mechanisms and services aimed at ensuring that all students and employees, regardless of their background, feel that they are part of the institution. For...

Significance of meaningful learning In meaningful learning, there is the requirement for relevant information to accomplish the goals using the dimensions of thinking. Jensen explains that the students can apply the strategies in various activities involving decision making, solving problems, and conducting an experiment. Knowledge background The background knowledge on...

The present state of ethics in the workplace is very devastating. This is because of the nature and the way people in these workplaces behave when managing various departments of the companies they work for. Many organizations are now not prospering and growing as they are supposed to. The kind...

The usage of computers in both elementary schools, classrooms, and colleges is extremely important not only for students but also for the tutors. The benefits of using computers in learning and teaching cannot be gainsaid. First, computers are capable of handling a variety of activities. Second, computers are capable of...

The Australian Department of Education states that inclusive schooling programs and practices need to be evidence-based. Therefore, it is safe to say that one of the best resources to inform teachers are scientific, peer-reviewed journal articles that provide practical implications. Torres-Carrión, González-González, Bernal-Bravo, and Infante-Moro conducted a systematic review on...

The actual problem in the education system was that children from poor communities were receiving not as much attention as concerned their education. The article outlines what the Bush administration could have considered as parental involvement in education. One of the problems cited by Paige on what parents could have...

One of the benefits of the transfers, as provided in the No Child Left Behind, was that economically segregated and middle-class schools would have a minimal divide if minority and low-income groups of students were allowed to attend those schools with higher achievement levels. In addition, the practice can lead...

To be addressed in this discussion are the circumstances surrounding the firing of seventy-four teachers and nineteen staff officials of Central Falls High School in the Rhode Islands’ region, inclusive of the school’s principal. The firing of these teachers was decided upon by the school board on a five to...

It can be said that nationalism would affect schools and students. Nationalism as a doctrine can be influence radicalism, which in the context of many multicultural societies, where representatives of many nationalities can be victims of such influence. It can be argued that nationalism is about loyalty to one nation....

This theory of learning has had immense contributions from Dewey and Bruner as is in pedagogical models- discovery learning. Bruner first outlined the principle of discovery of learning when he discussed the construction of knowledge from experiences. It is believed that Bruner is the first person to bring forth pragmatic...

When considering the unique needs of ASD students and the specifics of the classroom environment that they require, one must bear in mind that the target audience is easily distracted or upset by unexpected changes in the classroom setting. Therefore, using easily recognizable elements that are incorporated in the classroom...

Apart from focusing on improving the learning environment by introducing essential elements into it, a teacher that has to address the needs of ASD learners will also have to consider the items that inhibit successful studying and get rid of them. For example, the items that will challenge the sensory...

Seeing that students with ASD need a complex approach that will allow them to control not only their learning process but also their emotional issues, particularly the anger- and aggression-related problems, teachers and administrators must join forces to create an environment in which ASD children will be encouraged to study...

Indeed, some skills are gained by students only while learning new information. They can be assessed by “written work, critical thinking tests, and student ratings of satisfaction with the course experience.” However, if education focused on the skills of the article reviewed, children would have significantly more important life skills....

The role of higher education institutions in society may be difficult to define, though many individuals can do it by analyzing their own experiences. I have a good understanding of it as an international student who studies in a country with completely different traditions and standards compared with the ones...

Indeed, some skills are gained by students only while learning new information. They can be assessed by “written work, critical thinking tests, and student ratings of satisfaction with the course experience.” However, if education focused on the skills of the article reviewed, children would have significantly more important life skills....

The outlook on Asian Americans as a minority that has succeeded in integrating into the new culture and become prosperous as a whole is somewhat common in society. Popular sentiments, particularly the anti-racism calls that have become more frequent in recent years, appear to ignore Asians, including them into the...

Education is usually entailed much more than intellectual and social development. Education policy is considered to be a key issue in every country. In many countries, the ministry of education is the one that is mandated to oversee the implementation of education policy. The ministry usually formulates education policies and...

Peter Drucker once said, “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.” Following his wisdom, I believe mutual learning is an integral part of a meaningful education experience, and that...

There are various theories of learning that include; Constructivism, Behaviorism, Piaget’s Developmental Theory, Neuroscience, Brain-Based Learning, Learning Styles, Multiple Intelligences, Right Brain/Left Brain Thinking, Communities of Practice, Control Theory, Observational Learning, and Vygotsky and Social Cognition. Constructivism can be explained as a philosophy of learning based on reflecting on the...

The eight-stage theory of life cycle development of Erik Erikson suggests that human development continues throughout life and is greatly influenced by culture and social environment. Erikson propounded eight ages of man, which include infancy, early childhood years, preschool years, school years, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood....

According to Erikson’s theory, middle adulthood faces the main conflict between generativity and stagnation. Generativity may be defined as “the concern in establishing and guiding the next generation” that becomes a key developmental event for the middle adulthood stage. When people realize that half of their life has passed, they...

Assessing the progress and achievement of students is an important aspect in learning and has to be taken seriously to ensure that the students are evaluated to measure how best they got educated. An education that is informative a range of aspects. This means that the students will be well...