Browsing Education Senior Individualized Projects by Title
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Under Different Skies: Teaching, Learning, and Loving at The Chicago Academy for the Arts
(1998)When I was sixteen and attending a public high school just outside of Chicago, I heard about a private high school for the performing arts in the city called the Chicago Academy for the Arts, and was immediately intrigued ... -
Unity in American High Schools: Why it Left and How to Get it Back
(2004)“Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained” (W.H. Auden). Throughout the history of education, a simple formula has been used to teach students: the teacher ... -
University of Chicago School Mathematics Project and Core-Plus Mathematics Program: Does Choice of Mathematics Curricula Enhance Student Success?
(2002)If you had two choices of high school mathematics curricula -- one that is traditional, one that is reform -- which would you choose? What factors, either personal or of the curriculum, would be important for you to consider? ... -
Urban and Suburban Schools in the Atlanta Area: A Kaleidoscope of Differences
(2001)The primary purpose of this paper is to educate, and this education is not limited to a specific audience. In fact, it is designed for any audience, in which ignorance exists. In my case, the audience was "suburbanites." ... -
Vicksburgh High School (Case Study)
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Walking On Ice: A service learning co-authorship project creating a literacy-promoting partnership between a high school creative writing class and a second grade class
(2003)Making student learning authentic and relevant to their lives means adding doses of reality to the school curriculum. This is not to say that we should abandon theories and textbooks; rather, it is to suggest that schools ... -
West Hills Junior High School and the Mainstreaming Movement
(1981)The author discusses one school's efforts to comply with Public Law 94-142 and Public Act 198 which require "general education teachers to teach children with educational handicaps in a least restrictive environment." -
What DO High School Students Like to Read in the English Classroom?
(2004-05-21)Students in America today need to read different kinds of literature in order to know and understand American culture and society. Students need to read first-hand accounts of what happened in their country’s history in ... -
What I Learned During My Student Teaching
(1977)The author describes her experience as a student teacher in high school mathematics. -
What Types of Teaching Methods Work Best With Technical Students?
(2010)Although the number of students in entry level Computer Science classes at Kalamazoo College has increased in the past two years) the number that continues to either ·major or minor in Computer Science has decreased. ... -
Why Teach?: A Case Study
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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 ... -
WOODSTOCK HIGH: A PLACE FOR GROWING
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You're Not Yet Old, There's Time to Teach
(1997)Student teaching experiences are as different as students in public schools. To compare one experience to another is about as feasible as comparing the President of the United States to the German Chancellor; although ...