Education articles from March 2008

Education archives from March 2008

A dream deferred: the experience of an African American student in a doctoral program in science.
March 22, 2008... Due to a negative stigma that has been established about African Americans, many live their entire lives trying to "refute the degrading, humiliating and offensive racial images and stereotypes" (Yeakey and Bennett, 1990, p. 12) that have...

Integration of critical thinking skills into elementary school teacher education courses in mathematics.
March 22, 2008... Background Critical thinking receives increasing emphasis from educators looking to infuse analytical thinking skills into the curriculum. Many educators are tempted to equate critical thinking with higher order thinking skills within the...

Moving beyond lecture: cooperative learning and the secondary social studies classroom.
March 22, 2008... Coke (2005) argues that vertical cooperative learning is needed for pre-service and in-service elementary and secondary teachers. By participating in cross-grade level, interdisciplinary cooperative learning meetings, teachers at both levels...

Partnering with librarians to meet NCATE standards in teacher education.(National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education)
March 22, 2008... Introduction Education professionals are subject to a wide variety of standards, developed by national, regional, state, and institutional agencies and associations. Beyond general education standards, there are specialized standards for...

Factors preventing women's advancement in management in Turkey.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION From past to present, in all ages of life, women have collaborated with men, yet their contribution has not enjoyed the same appreciation as men's contribution and women have remained in the secondary position. While it has...

Assessment techniques of instructors in two community colleges in a state-wide system.
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Comprehensive public community colleges serve multiple educational purposes for their diverse citizens today. Community colleges have offered a wide range of programs, including .general education, college/university transfer,...

Does the type of campus influence self-regulated learning as measured by the Motivated Strategies For Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ)?
March 22, 2008... INTRODUCTION Non-traditional students enter or reenter the University environment for a variety of reasons (primarily economic and not social) and now currently make up between half and 75% of the students enrolled as undergraduates...

Classroom Teacher's Performance-Based Evaluation Form (CTPBEF) for public education schools in the State of Kuwait: a framework.
March 22, 2008... Introduction This research study is a qualitative research study that focuses on testing out design domains and criteria evaluating teacher's performance in classroom settings. For this purpose an instrument was developed and used for...

A partnership in progress.(partnership of schools)
March 22, 2008... To practice [education] without books and journals would be like sailing a ship without charts and maps. But to read and study unconnected to practice would be like not going to sea at all. -Paraphrased from Sir William Osler, M.D....

Physical education preservice teachers' conceptions of caring.
March 22, 2008... Introduction With the changes in school contexts, today's teachers are required to be more sensitive to diverse needs of students. Today's teachers are faced with increasing cultural diversity, poverty issues, and risky behaviors such as...

Re-thinking statistics education for social science majors.
March 22, 2008... A course in statistics is generally required for college students majoring in any of the social sciences. Unfortunately, it is our experience that many students do not enjoy taking a statistics course, and many do not seem to gain an...

Empowering preservice teachers through tutoring chronically ill cancer patients.
March 22, 2008... Introduction The start of another semester had in some respects become uneventful. As a collegiate professor, I had become somewhat complacent in doing things as normal: introducing myself, speaking about what the course would entail, and...

Teacher candidates and master math teachers personal concepts about teaching mathematics.
March 22, 2008... Literature Review Teacher Beliefs Personal Concepts Teacher personal concepts for this study is defined as how teacher candidates view the study of elementary mathematics content and processes and their confidence to teach elementary...

Teacher reflection as teacher change, and teacher change as moral response.
March 22, 2008... During the last decade or two reflection has been one of the most widely used terms in education. At a time when there is so much concern over schooling, it is little wonder that such a project would be important. In spite of the widespread use...

JEdI: a new pathway to success for our forgotten youth.
March 22, 2008... With every aspect of public education coming under increased scrutiny, no program is left unexamined. This includes programs that serve incarcerated youth. According to Shay Bilchik, former administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and...

Using guided play to enhance children's conversation, creativity and competence in literacy.
March 22, 2008... Introduction Language and literacy are at the core of children's experience and, apparently, children's literacy skills build from their knowledge of spoken language. Competence in language allows young children to communicate with others,...