Education articles from September 2007

Education archives from September 2007

The globally competent teacher in secondary level of education.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Globalization has been defined by Malcom (1995) as a social process in which the constraints of geography on social and cultural arrangements recede and in which people become increasingly aware that they are receding. It is a phenomenon that...

An appraisal of globalisation and Nigerian educational policies.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Globalisation can be seen as advancing worldwide interdependence of people with the use of the technological discoveries. Oladipipo (2000) defined globalisation as the increasing linkages among countries or deeper integration of the world...

MP3 players: applications and implications for the use of popular technology in secondary schools.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Within the rapidly expanding technology marketplace, MP3 players are widely used by teens and young adults as a medium for entertainment (Lenhart, Rainie & Lewis, 2001). Users, generally those between the ages of 8 and 18, spend approximately...

Effects of teacher communication on parents' attitudes and their children's behaviors at schools.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Data from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA, 2005), shows that American 15-year-old high school students ranked 24th out of 29 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The assessment...

A systems approach to school improvement: program evaluation and organizational learning.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Educators who understand that schools are complex interdependent social systems can move their organizations forward. Unfortunately, many education leaders fail to understand the interconnectedness of the institutional components. As such,...

Robbing elementary students of their Childhood: the perils of no child left behind.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)(Report)
September 22, 2007... The playground at Maple Street Elementary School is quiet these days. The only movements on the swing sets are a result of a strong west wind edging the swings back and forth. The long lines that once formed for trips down the sliding boards...

The learning pyramid: does it point teachers in the right direction?(Report)
September 22, 2007... The Learning Pyramid (see Figure 2) is an often-cited guide for teachers to use for designing effective instruction. It can be found in books (Sousa, 2001; Danielson, 2002; Drewes & Milligan, 2003), articles in refereed journals (Wood, 2004;...

A partnership of educators to promote technology integration: designing a master technology teacher program.(Master Technology Teacher)(Report)
September 22, 2007... Introduction Technology integration is becoming more relevant as teachers are expected to use technology to support their teaching and to improve student learning. The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) created sets...

The discussion teaching method: an interactive strategy in tertiary learning.(Report)
September 22, 2007... My first experience as a University teacher may have started the way I was taught. As a teacher-in-training I was taught via the traditional lecture method. A situation where the lecturer as solo performer communicated knowledge to his...

First year teachers' reported levels of functioning on selected professional dispositions.(Report)
September 22, 2007... In response to an NCATE requirement that teacher preparation programs include dispositions in their assessment systems, along with knowledge and ability, the College of Education at the University of Montevallo has for several years attempted...

Distinguishing our "would-be friends" from our "true friends".
September 22, 2007... An old Chinese proverb states, "May we all live in uneventful times." Well, unfortunately, such is obviously not the case for us today. For instance, simple friendships are really not simple any more, particularly since the evolution of street...

Preservice teacher training for successful inclusion.(Report)
September 22, 2007... In a recent study, results indicated that confidence levels had a significant effect on other aspects of teaching (Kalaian & Freeman, 1994). Developing confidence in one's ability to teach special learners is not only important for special...

What I'm really looking for: family day care from the parent's perspective.(Report)
September 22, 2007... The need for child care has risen steadily throughout America (Mitchell & Messner, 2003). Especially within the last two decades, there has been a significant increase in the percentage of women who work outside the home. It is estimated that...

A case in mathematics education using skits to connect preservice teachers' language and practices.
September 22, 2007... Having students write and enact skits has been suggested for its potential to, for example, improve students' creative writing and communication skills (Myers & Torrance, 2003), enhance the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains in slow...

Intrinsic factors affecting overseas student teaching.(Report)
September 22, 2007... As a craft, the acquisition of supervised experience historically has been required by teachers-in-training. In one sense, it is a fight-of-passage to the teaching profession (Goethanls, 2004). During the internship-like program, students...

Teaching practices of instructors in two community colleges in a western state.(Report)
September 22, 2007... Over the past three decades, one of the most significant changes in the delivery of postsecondary education involves the dramatic increase in the use of part-time faculty (Jacoby, 2006). This pattern is particularly pronounced at community...