Education articles from June 2003

Education archives from June 2003

High school & college drop-out identity.(Brief Article)
June 22, 2003... Second Force Psychology Second Force Psychology is the theory underlying the use of psychoanalysis throughout the health care facilities of the world today. It derives from the early work of Sigmund Freud in the 1880s where "free...

Use of personal development test to identify high school & college dropout students.
June 22, 2003... Today we have one million high school dropout students in our prisons, and another million that have not gone to college, with large sampling of African American and Spanish American students present. These two populations have a lower literacy...

A high school drop-out prevention program for the at-risk sophomore students.
June 22, 2003... Peter Drucker, father of management (1989), insists that schools need to change and begin to prepare students for the "world of tomorrow." He insists that we are in a social and technological revolution that will drastically changed the meaning...

Team teaching and the question of philosophy.
June 22, 2003... There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he looked upon and received with wonder, pity, love, or dread, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day, or a certain part...

Getting kids hooked on reading--early!(use of personalization and rhyme increases motivation to read)(TeleCom Pioneers provides personalized reading program to North America schools)
June 22, 2003... Personalizing Material to Enhance Focus For the past 30 years, educators have realized the value of personalization to produce significant improvement in reading--children need to become actively engaged in the story line that reinforces...

122 JROTC students from 30 different high schools out-do 766 typical high school students on personal development.(Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students score higher on The Personal Development Test)
June 22, 2003... Repeated studies at both the high school and college levels demonstrate that JROTC at high school level and ROTC at college level generally display statistically significant higher personal development for the student taking JROTC or ROTC than...

Assuring quality of a module in human resource management: learners' perceptions.
June 22, 2003... 1 Introduction An assessment of the quality of learning programmes comes at a time when concern for quality in higher education is perhaps at an all time high (Nielsen 1997:288; Eaton 1999:26). Being quality minded in education means...

Great expectations for student teachers: explicit and implied.
June 22, 2003... In preservice teacher education universities strive to devote a considerable portion of the curricula to clinical experiences in K-12 schools. From the beginning of coursework in education are interwoven classroom experiences intended to expose...

A comparison of traditional and reform mathematics curricula in an eighth-grade classroom.
June 22, 2003... Introduction Prominent organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Research Council (NRC) have identified aspects of mathematics classroom instruction that must be changed to improve...

Use of computers by secondary teachers: a report from a university service area.
June 22, 2003... Introduction and Theoretical Framework Over the past ten years the United States has spent more than $19 billion on developing information technology infrastructure in local school districts and classrooms. As a result of those efforts, the...

Art as projective medium: an educational psychological model to address unresolved trauma in young adults.
June 22, 2003... Introduction People are daily in a process of creating meaning in their lives through expression. These meanings are based on their personal and unique experiences. One could therefore assume that the disturbing contents in their artwork,...

Instructional strategies in organic chemistry teaching: perception of science and agriculture undergraduate students in Botswana.
June 22, 2003... Introduction Effective teaching and learning in any subject at any institution are dependent on the instructional strategies used. This is a major factor responsible for the level of performance in any subject by the students. Learning...

Stories of collaboration: a middle school science teacher and a physics professor.(work together to develop Astronomy-by-Inquiry course)
June 22, 2003... Introduction The National Science Education Standards (NSES) provide guidelines for how science should be taught in K-12 schools where the process of achieving science literacy in all Americans begins (National Research Council [NRC],...

The personal development test and the cognitive dissonance test: a comparison.
June 22, 2003... Personal Development In 1987 The American Psychiatric Association introduced the "Global Functioning" concept as a very basic element and condition in relation to the health and welfare of individuals. The concept was discussed in some...

Business-like accountability in education: commentary on Morrill to Baldrige.(U.S. public school history from the Morrill Acts to the Malcolm Baldridge Awards)
June 22, 2003... Introduction and Preface to the Malcolm Baldrige Awards This article functions in three separate yet interconnected ways. To begin, the Malcolm Baldrige Awards are defined as an effort towards inculcating "accountability" in education....

An analysis of gender and the mathematical reasoning ability sub-skill of analysis-synthesis.
June 22, 2003... The difference between the achievement of girls and boys in mathematics has been an issue in the educational arena for more than a century. This difference has prompted researchers to focus their studies on different variables believed to be...

A history of the doctor of arts tradition in American higher education.
June 22, 2003... The D.A. Degree: Advent of Interdisciplinary College Pedagogical Scholarship Astonishingly, few academicians in American higher education are aware of a rich historical tradition of doctoral preparation of college teachers. The doctoral...

Community building to serve all students.(Realizing and valuing community support)
June 22, 2003... Sometimes, as a new principal, we forget the process of education extends beyond the walls of the school or even the classroom. Important learnings take place within the school community as well as the school. Realizing and valuing community...

Teachers' attitudes towards abstinence-only sex education curricula.(pilot project and teacher survey)
June 22, 2003... Introduction While debate may continue as to what is the most appropriate form of human sexuality education in America, few debate its importance. Many components comprise a sexuality curriculum and are vigorously debated [1]. Yet, the...

Blogging and blogspots: an alternative format for encouraging reflective practice among preservice teachers.(Blogger, an online weblog service for student teachers)
June 22, 2003... Introduction In our effort to meet the requirements of departmental initiatives to increase the reflective practice of preservice teachers, we explored several types of student journaling. Traditional journaling activities used by teacher...

Ethnic composition of the clientele and the managerial challenges of private urban child care centers: some strategic implications.
June 22, 2003... Introduction One of the challenges of the working mothers has been to locate an affordable childcare, especially among the low-income families. In fact, the economic burden on young dual income families has been quite substantial. A few...

Koplewicz, Harold S. M.D. (2002). More Than Moody.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... New York: G.P. Putnam's & Sons. The first United States Surgeon General Report on Mental Health revealed that 3.5 million children and teenagers suffer from depression. A recent survey from the Center for Disease Control, in a given year, 3...

Accessibility of elementary schools' web sites for students with disabilities.
June 22, 2003... The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 provides the same civil rights protection to individuals with disabilities as other federal laws that prevent discrimination on the basis of race, gender, national origin, and religion (Button &...

Cregar, Elyse (2001). Feline on Line: What Happens when a Smart Cat Surfs the Internet?(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Salem, Massachusetts: Tamerace Publishing Company. The author insists that ancient Egyptian cats were worshipped for 3,000 years, and you could be put to death for harming a cat.. The author seeks to put them back on the pedestal of fame,...

Going the alternate route: perceptions from non-credentialed teachers.
June 22, 2003... My experience in my parents' classrooms really prepared me for what a 'real' classroom would operate like. Hands-on experience in their rooms was very beneficial for me. Second, my methods courses helped out tremendously (especially the...