Education articles from September 2004

Education archives from September 2004

Storytelling: enhancing language acquisition in young children.
September 22, 2004... Review of the Literature Young children naturally enjoy stories. Children involved in education programs that utilize storytelling exhibit many positive behaviors related to increased literacy (Speaker, 2000; Allison and Watson, 1994)....

Internet review: educator concerns regarding cyberspace curricula.
September 22, 2004... Introduction Educators are confronted with incorporating new technology into the pedagogical processes. The computer is one piece of technology currently being introduced and used in today's schools. Some educators have reported successful...

Salvador da Bahia: a "modern" imperial Rome.
September 22, 2004... The city of Rome is situated on seven hills along the Tiber River. It developed from a series of small villages into numerous city-states, then to a Republic, and finally into an Empire, which covered several million miles. Thousands of miles...

Adult's perception of field trips taken within grades K-12: eight case studies in the New York metropolitan area.
September 22, 2004... Introduction and Purpose Students have participated in school related field trips for many years. Commonly they visit zoos, museums, and historical sites. Although the average school district in this country spends approximately 2% of...

The "nuts and dolts" of teacher images in children's picture storybooks: a content analysis.
September 22, 2004... A recent children's book shares the story of a teacher. Miss Malarkey, home with the flu, narrates her concern about how her elementary students will behave with and be treated by the potential substitutes available to the school. Among the...

Parents as first teacher.
September 22, 2004... ********** "The American family is the rock on which a solid education can be built. I have seen examples all over this nation where two-parent families, single parents, stepparents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are providing strong...

Communication in the Chinese classroom.
September 22, 2004... Introduction Communication in the learning environment is influenced by cultural, psychological and contextual factors and it involves the application of interpersonal and intrapersonal values. Ideas and/or information cannot be properly...

Developmental psychology of adolescent girls: conflicts and identity issues.
September 22, 2004... Adolescent teenagers, who are undergoing the process of growth between childhood and maturity or adulthood, are usually thirteen to nineteen years of age. During this period of adolescence, biological, emotional or psychosocial conflicts...

Challenging young children through simple sorting and classifying: a developmental approach.
September 22, 2004... Simple sorting tasks and classification activities are part of the math or science curriculum in many early childhood programs. Early childhood professionals utilize a number of enjoyable exercises and materials to enhance simple sorting and...

An analysis of prevailing K-12 educational strategic planning models.
September 22, 2004... Recently, researchers noted that decision makers in K-12 education have not embraced strategic planning (McHenry & Achilles, 2002.) They assert that perhaps no specific planning process exists. A review of literature demonstrates that processes...

Throw out the lifeboat: staying afloat in the age of efficiency and effectiveness.
September 22, 2004... A rural Southern high school located in the Mississippi River Delta Region of Arkansas was in its first year of a state imposed school improvement plan based on eighth grade state mandated assessments and end-of-course exams in literacy. As...

An analysis of secondary school principals' perceptions of multicultural education.
September 22, 2004... Society is becoming more diverse than ever before in its history, and many of our school systems reflect this diversity in their student populations (Patrick & Reinhartz, 1999). For instance, today, one-third of the entire student population in...

School leadership preparation programs: are they preparing tomorrow's leaders?
September 22, 2004... The literature is replete with examples of how the role of today's school administrator has changed from that of a manager to an instructional leader (Lockwood, 1996; Fink & Resnick, 2001; DuFour, 1999; Hallinger & Heck, 1998). Principals are...

An overview of the techniques used to develop the literacy skills of adolescents with developmental delays.
September 22, 2004... Literacy skills are very important in our daily life. Literacy skills help people function independently, foster relationships, develop self-esteem and interact with society. Developing literacy skills, therefore, empowers individuals with...

Factors affecting school relocation in Singapore: the past and the present.
September 22, 2004... 1. Introduction School relocation is a sub-topic under school-location planning, which is also called school mapping. School mapping is a set of techniques and procedures used to plan the demand for school places at the local level and to...