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Gender, Athletics, and Education : Finding My Voice Through it All
(2006)The author takes an inward look at the challenges of being a female student athlete and the player-coach dynamics from a feminist perspective. -
Two-Way Immersion Bilingual Education
(2003)Over 300 languages are spoken in the United States. As of 1990, 31.8 million Americans spoke a language other than English at home, and the country's population included 6.7 million non-English speakers. Nationwide, one-third ... -
Confronting the Challenges of Teaching History : Exploring History's Definition, Examining the Social Studies Problem, and Assessing Standardized Testing
(2007)The author uses student teaching experience to address the question of how that experience shapes a teacher’s personal philosophy of education, including what questions comprise an education philosophy, what is the meaning ... -
Why We Teach? An In-Depth Understanding of Why People Teach
(2007)The author surveyed 200 teachers across the country and interviewed local teachers during a student teaching experience to answer the question “Why We Teach?” The author concludes “I will teach because it is a noble ... -
The Place of Total Physical Response and Cooperative Learning in Second Language Acquisition and in the Language Classroom
(2007)Total Physical Response and Cooperative Learning are two constructivist teaching methods devised during the Twentieth Century to help strengthen Second Language Acquisition curriculum by incorporating the findings of brain ... -
Equity Versus Access : Government Mandates on Education Looking at Desegregation Laws and Mainstreaming
(2008)The author reviews the judicial and legislative efforts to desegregate public schools and achieve equity of opportunity for students with disabilities through The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Individuals with ... -
Reaping What You Sow : The Effects of Teachers' Perceptions on Students' Self-Concept
(2004)The author reflects on her experience student teaching in a first grade Spanish immersion classroom, focusing on the effects of negative reinforcement by some of the staff. -
Making Successful Non-Profit Organizations : My Internship at the Owen Group LTD Development and Management Counsel
(2004)The author reflects and analyzes her experience, during Winter Quarter 2004, as an intern at The Owen Group LTD. Through analysis of the structure and purpose of this non-profit management and development counsel, she ... -
Motivating Students : What Can Teachers Do?
(2007)The goal of this paper is to examine how to become a math teacher who can motivate students to succeed. To accomplish this goal the author reviews the literature on the subject and describes how he applied it during his ... -
Teaching to a Broad Continuum of Learners : How Unique Abilities and Interests Can Be Used to Maximize Student Success and Growth Within a Middle School Classroom
(2007)The author describes how she applied the concepts of differentiated instruction, as promoted by Carol Tomlinson, to her experience as a student teacher in middle school social studies at Portage Northern Middle School. -
The Role of Private Education in Ghana's Primary School System
(2008)This purpose of this study was to discover why students perform better at private than public schools in Ghana Participants included 26 adults of Ghanaian ethnicity including administrators, headmasters, and student guardians ... -
Effect of Instructor Bias on High School Biology Students' Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory
(2008)As part of her student teaching experience, the author designed a research project comparing how the pro-evolution bias of one teacher and the anti-evolution bias of her cooperating teacher impacted student acceptance of ... -
Literacy in Amazonian Peru
(2008)The author worked in the rural community of San Pedro for a summer as an elementary school teacher. She reflects on the unequal distribution of literacy education throughout the country, especially in the Amazon region. ... -
Necessary Elements for Creating Whole Schooling : Democratic Practices, Multi-Level Instruction, Community Building and Supporting Learning, Inclusion and Partnerships with Community and Family
(2002)This study addresses the question, "Is whole schooling effectively practiced in some Detroit area schools?" Whole schooling is operationally defined as providing engaging and supportive learning opportunities, and evaluating ... -
Diversity at Kalamazoo College
(2006)The author reflects on the subtle nature of racism at a predominantly white liberal arts college that works hard to become more diverse. Her interviews began with the standard set of leading questions about the experiences ... -
Connecting Voice with Knowledge : Reflections on a SIP
(2008)The author develops a second Senior Independent Project that considers the process of producing a SIP and relates that to the larger questions raised by John Dewey in Experience and Education, the author's own experience ... -
A Real Historical Question : Preserving Educational Academia in the Modern Constructivist Museum
(2008)The author reviews concepts of Historiography and Constructivism and then describes how the Franklin House in London combines historic preservation and educational outreach. The author spent a summer working in the house ... -
Special Education Practices and the Least Restrictive Environment Concept
(2002)The individuals with Disabilities Education Act contains provisions directing that students with disabilities be placed in the least restrictive educational environment. Through examination of the history of special ... -
Teacher Education in Top Tier Liberal Arts Colleges
(2003)Should secondary teacher certification programs only provide content specific pedagogy courses or is there a benefit to methods courses delivered from a liberal arts perspective? The pressure to create secondary teacher ... -
A New Era? A case study of Hew Era High School In Panchgani, India
(1994)For my literature review, I will outline the basic goals and statistics of India's present educational system. I will talk briefly about its significant political and socioeconomic tensions. I will then highlight some ...
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