Education articles from June 2005

Education archives from June 2005

Measuring and developing the learning strategies of adult career and vocational education students.
June 22, 2005... The vocational educators are regularly challenged to prepare their students for the dynamic and uncertain future in the workplace. Some, however, worry that many educators are simply teaching the skills and principles appropriate for today's...

Dialogue and action: addressing recruitment of diverse faculty in one Midwestern University's College of Education and Human Services.
June 22, 2005... Wright State University, a mid-sized institution of higher education, located in Dayton, Ohio, accepts and respects the uniqueness of each member of its learning community. The Wright State Diversity Statement proclaims an intent to be a "model...

We're not gonna take it: a student driven anti-bullying approach.
June 22, 2005... Introduction Bullying is a pervasive and serious problem in today's schools. Recently, an attempt was made by one of the authors to work with a middle school to address bullying in a somewhat unique way. Teachers and administrators at the...

Collegiality, collaboration and kuleana: complexity in a professional development school.(Partnerships between universities and public schools, principal's and teacher's experiances)
June 22, 2005... Introduction Many school/university partnerships have formed under the banner of a Professional Development School (PDS). The goal of many of these partnerships is to leverage change by transforming models of traditional professional...

Communication based emotional support differences between professors and teaching assistants (1).
June 22, 2005... Instructional communication scholars have found that teacher-student relationships have an impact on students' cognitive and affective learning (Frymier & Houser, 2000). College students' perceptions of their college experience are often...

Guidelines for support staff experiencing aggression in schools.
June 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION According to Geen (in Hargie & Dickson, 2001:300) aggression "is the delivery... of noxious stimuli intended to harm another." Demands, blund directives, ridicule or abuse are all aggressive responses which violate the rights...

Male adolescents' view on sexual activity as basis for the development of aids-prevention programmes.
June 22, 2005... BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE The Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was identified during 1979 and 1980. The Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) was subsequently isolated in 1981. AIDS is regarded as the most destructive health problem...

Business and education as push-pull processes: an alliance of philosophy and practice.
June 22, 2005... The U.S. public and higher education curriculum development process has become increasingly customer-centric in the past decade. In embracing this customer-centric approach, academia is imitating the process and success of industry. Weidmer and...

The analysis of the emotional intelligence skills and potential problem areas of elementary educators.
June 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION An educator's best practice involves dedication to lifelong learning and a commitment to personal and professional growth, One of the critical aspects involved in the development of a healthy, personally accountable, and...

The use of online resources to promote multicultural competencies among K-12 preservice teachers: a model for self-regulatory learning.
June 22, 2005... Some researchers suggest that multicultural competence, which refers to one's knowledge, awareness, and skills to interact with diverse populations, should be one of the basic elements that teachers are required to teach to their students...

Violence affecting school employees.
June 22, 2005... INTRODUCTION Schools have traditionally been thought of as safe havens for students and employees. However, recent incidents have threatened the sense of security usually found in educational institutions. The images of the Columbine High...

Industry validated skill standards: the Texas response to the challenge.
June 22, 2005... The realization that a well trained workforce is essential to the nation's economic success in a globally competitive society has prompted several states to enact legislation or develop plans to support the voluntary implementation of industry...

Evaluation of the Ecological, Futures, and Global (EFG) curriculum: a project based approach *.
June 22, 2005... Curriculum alternatives have been of interest to educators for years. For example, Kilpatrick (1918) contended that students should be actively involved and interested in their own education. One way to increase involvement is through projects....

Theoretical foundations of Rorschach by Piotrowski.(Projection in psychology)
June 22, 2005... Because of the popularity of Skinnerian behaviorism and cognitive therapy, both on the market the last part of the 20th Century, projection, which gradually has faded away, but still is inherent in human beings, does not appear too relevant in...

Making sense of the Capstone process: reflections from the front line.(Capstone course, the final course at teachers colleges, research)
June 22, 2005... This study examined the process of the Capstone Exhibition, used in the Secondary Education Department for culmination of the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program. It builds on the previous study conducted by Fruendt (1994), who analyzed...

Use of course evaluations to assess the contributions of curricular and pedagogical initiatives to undergraduate general education learning objectives.
June 22, 2005... Motivated by recognition of the inadequate state of undergraduate education, research universities are engaged in efforts to renew undergraduate education through curricular and pedagogical initiatives. There is an emphasis on general...

The big fish.(Motivation in education)
June 22, 2005... What is the Point? Society has identified a method to force children to learn and to remove their natural curiosity and wonder. Instead we replace it with an artificial system that believes that motivating children with grades serves them...

Developmentally and culturally inappropriate practice in U.S. early childhood programs,early childhood programs,kindergarten programs: prevalence, severity, and its relationship with teacher and administrator qualifications.
June 22, 2005... The late 1960s witnessed the beginning of tremendous expansion of early childhood programs in the U.S. Over the past few decades, enrolling young children, ranging from infants of several months old to young children of 4 or 5 years old, in...