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- 431: The American Classroom: Making it work for the Native American
- ... Time and time again students of color are told that they are never going to make it, despite what they have accomplished. With these statistics in mind the high school teacher must examine their own teaching practices and see what they can do to improve the quality of education they are giving their students. Sadly, teachers continue to use the same lessons year after year despite the fact that they are ... for choosing a textbook. These guidelines deal with content, illustrations, and language. (SEE APPENDIX A) Antell also developed a comprehensive evaluation form, which can be useful in evaluating a textbook in its overall approach to teaching the material. (SEE APPENDIX B) With all of these guidelines in mind it may seem like picking a textbook is a challenge, and it certainly is. The thing to remember is that many students perceive ...
- 432: Albert Einstein
- ... post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school’s strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not with science, but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking ... After publishing these theories Einstein was promoted at his office. He remained at the Patents Office for another two years, but his name was becoming too big among the scientific community. In 1908, Einstein began teaching party time at the University of Berne, and the following year, at the age of thirty, he became employed full time by Zurich University. Einstein was now able to move to Prague with his wife ...
- 433: In Step With Inclusion
- ... of the bill, signed by President Clinton in June 1977, expanded the law by defining “related services” a school should provide extending the ages of a developmental delay provision, expanding the use of paraprofessionals and teaching assistants when certified special education teachers are not available, requiring states to offer professional developmental programs, and more.” My reaction to the article “In Step With Inclusion”, compiled by Christine Stinson, and the MENC (Music Educators National Conference) staff, in the December, 1997 issue of “Teaching Music”, Volume 5, Number 3; was in complete agreement with the conclusions drawn concerning the inclusion of disabled students into the music classroom. This article serves as a successful example for inclusion of disabled students ...
- 434: Learning to Really Learn: Through Oral communication
- ... quality of the child's language in school determines the social development he/she can attain as an individual. 4. This self-competence makes for fewer dropouts by adolescents. 5. Listening can be improved through teaching and practice. Direct training helps to improve a person's learning ability by 40% and this training can be obtained by teaching it as a integral part of all that is taught in the classroom. 6. Listening and speaking helps to build concept of others. 7. Listening is the most widely used communication activity from both adult ...
- 435: Booker T. Washington: Fighter for the Black Man
- ... so valued by Washington. He wanted on-campus dormitories so he could supervise and improve the students' living habits. The school found an abandoned farm nearby, but it had no buildings fit for living or teaching in. Washington and his students raised enough money for construction, and they built the first brick building. They also built a kiln to make bricks for future projects as well as to manufacture and sell ... did more toward laying the foundations of Tuskegee Institute so as to insure the successful work that has been done there than Olivia A. Davidson." Washington believed in the "dignity of labor." He emphasized the teaching of "practical skills," like brickmaking, carpentry and dairying for the boys, and cooking and sewing for the girls. He believed that Negro's must make economic progress, and learn how to make a living first ...
- 436: Lifetime of Choices
- ... are also less in demand than teachers are. Teachers have a better work schedule than lawyers do. They habitually get off by four and have a two and a half-month vacation for the summer. Teaching would give me more leisure time and more stable working hours than a lawyer would provide. Teaching would allow me to spend more time with my children, which is definitely a positive aspect to this job. Lawyers generally have a very unpredictable work schedule. They are often required to put in long ...
- 437: Transcendentalism
- ... educational writings and experiments. At that time, education even in Harvard was based on memorization and recitation of lessons. Alcott taught in Temple School, where he developed a new educational system on which today's teaching techniques are based. He used psychology to probe pupil's minds in order to strengthen and purify reason. He aimed to treat the students' minds as capable of growth and not just receiving information. For ... In 1828 he wrote in his journal, "The province of the instructor should be … awakening, directing, rather than forcing the child's faculties upon a prescribed and exclusive courses of thought." With his radical teaching techniques Bronson Alcott made an impact on education which is still evident today. Frederick Henry Hedge and Orestes Brownson worked on quasi-communist reforms against the evils brought together with success of the Industrial Revolution ...
- 438: Albert Einstein
- ... post-basic education began at the Luitpold Gymnasium when he was ten. It was here that he first encountered the German spirit through the school’s strict disciplinary policy. His disapproval of this method of teaching led to his reputation as a rebel. It was probably these differences that caused Einstein to search for knowledge at home. He began not with science, but with religion. He avidly studied the Bible seeking ... After publishing these theories Einstein was promoted at his office. He remained at the Patents Office for another two years, but his name was becoming too big among the scientific community. In 1908, Einstein began teaching party time at the University of Berne, and the following year, at the age of thirty, he became employed full time by Zurich University. Einstein was now able to move to Prague with his wife ...
- 439: Similarities in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial and Death of Socrates"
- ... in "Miss Jean Brodie", "Dead Poets Society", and "The Trial and Death of Socrates" These three works share numerous similarities. The most obvious of these is their character's desire and commitment to instructing and teaching youth. Miss Jean Brodie dedicated a major part of her life to "her girls". She would have done anything to help them. As time went along, she grew too close to them. As we saw ... was treated as though she had done something wrong. The headmaster should have directed her venom at someone who was more deserving. Professor Keating is another who had his pupils best interests at heart. His teaching methods were eccentric, but his point always came across loud and clear. He was idolized by his students. In a school of such dignity and staunchness, his approach was a breath of fresh air. He ...
- 440: Biligual Education
- ... been thought various subjects in their native tongues. Such subjects are Math, History and some Science classes. The bilingual program presented the student a scholastic curriculum that simultaneously instructed students all the required classes while teaching them the English language. For such method, bilingual teachers were the focal point for the success of individual students of any class level. Prior to Proposition 227, California’s programs for immigrant students included English ... the state’s English-only instructional mandate and allowing bilingual education. Proposition 227, that has reformed the thirty year old bill, has taken affect on June 2, 1998. The proposition introduces a new way of teaching the English language to immigrant children. Such proposition is also called “English for the Children” or simply the Unz initiative after its author and chief financial backer, Ron K. Unz, a Silicon Valley millionaire and ...
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