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  • Beyond Bilingual Education

    Beyond Bilingual Education

    Anthropology and education is the subfield of sociocultural anthropology concerned with the study of education. Today anthropologists are seeking an answer to what affects school performance and adjustment of minority children. The Hispanic population has exhibited tremendous growth in the United States over the past 30 years, comprising about 11% of the U.S. population. The difficulty of transmitting knowledge across social boundaries causes learning difficulties to be experienced by some school populations. Such is the

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    Essay Length: 2,960 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2010
  • The Islamic Religion

    The Islamic Religion

    The Islamic Religion In Arabia during the sixth century, the rise of Islam began. Islam which means, "Submission to one God," was started by Muhammad, a merchant from Mecca. He is referred to as the "merchant-turned-holy-man" and the Prophet of the Islam religion. In Arabia at the time of Muhammad, people worshipped various gods. Muhammad identified one God, the God of the Jews and the Christians. Muhammad saw himself as God's last prophet, the person

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    Essay Length: 553 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2010
  • Major Religions

    Major Religions

    From choosing the three topics on the baby steps, there were 3 that caught my attention. First of all, number 6 about being impatient, complaining about leftovers, or bad-mouth someone, unless you want the same treatment was something that I liked a lot. I liked this because I like showing the utmost respect for anybody that I know or for anybody new that I meet. This is a very important concept to learn because when

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    Essay Length: 366 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2010
  • Student Survival Guide For Distance Learning Education

    Student Survival Guide For Distance Learning Education

    Student Survival Guide for Distance Learning Education By Paul C. Torr Jr. Axia College of the University of Phoenix Gen 105 Final Project Introduction Learning can be a difficult task to anyone who wants to expand his or her knowledge. With the help of online schools, learning has stepped into a new environment that is growing rapidly. Secondary education is now possible for students who want to complete his or her degree online. This might

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    Submitted: November 27, 2010
  • Character Education

    Character Education

    Character Education I read five articles on character education. These articles helped me to better understand the importance of character education and useful techniques and methods to teach children values and morals. The first article I read was Champions of a cause by Dick Riley. This article states that character education dates back to the time that the puritans came over to the new world and thought everyone should be reading the bible. They believed

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    Submitted: November 28, 2010
  • Turkish Education System

    Turkish Education System

    Turkish Educational System ________________________________________ The Education System When we come to examine the institutions that have sustained the vital functions of the Peoples living in Turkey, we must bear in mind that, from the year 2000 B.C. when they first appeared on the pages of history, they have been a part of three separate civilizations. During the period when they led a nomadic life in Central Asia, they were part of the institutions that harmonized

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    Essay Length: 508 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Higher Education Admission Centr

    Higher Education Admission Centr

    The management team of the (Higher Education Center) HEAC was assigned by the minister of higher education and was given full authority to manage the team of which they work with to accomplish the mission of developing and implementing an electronic admission system. However the objective was set for the team by the Ministry of Higher Education it was obvious that the role of the management team was to manage and control the activities and

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    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Failures Of Early American Higher Education

    Failures Of Early American Higher Education

    The Failures of Early American Higher Education The intention of colleges in the United Stated during the 18th and 19th centuries was to create a system that would serve in loco parentis (in place of the parent). In the early years of American higher education, college professors sought to be disciplinarians, who played a parental role. However, the students at these institutions often behaved in a disruptive manner towards teachers, as well as fellow

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    Essay Length: 1,539 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • The Value Of A College Education

    The Value Of A College Education

    The Value/Purpose of a College Education Dear Waldo, In reply to your letter, which I have just received, I would first like to wish you with the best of luck in your upcoming highschool graduation. As graduation is nearing have you given any thought to your future? From your pictures and previous letters, I know that you and your family don't have much money,I understand tour concern over the cost of college. Speaking from

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Diversity In Education

    Diversity In Education

    Since the 1960s and the rise of the civil rights movement, American colleges and universities have been engaged in an ongoing debate about how best to enroll, educate, and graduate students from groups historically underrepresented in higher education: women, African Americans, Chicanos and Latinos, Native Americans, American-born students of Asian ancestry, and immigrants. As enrollment statistics show, changes in both the demographics of the applicant pool and college admissions policies are bringing about a measure

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    Essay Length: 1,392 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Outdoor Education - Biodiversity Impact On The Australian Land Caused By Aboriginies.

    Outdoor Education - Biodiversity Impact On The Australian Land Caused By Aboriginies.

    LEARNING ACTIVITY 3.2 Ð'- essay The Australian land and its flora and fauna are very unique compared to other continents. There are three main reasons for this, biological isolation, geological stability and the erratic climate. Firstly biological isolation has meant that over the last 40 million years Australia has been separated from all other continents, this was the cause from the separation from Gondwanaland around 55 million years ago. This means the Australian flora and

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    Essay Length: 400 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Pioneering Video On-Demand Projects In K-12 Education

    Pioneering Video On-Demand Projects In K-12 Education

    Abstract This paper describes two projects of historical significance, because they pioneer the use of real-time video on-demand technologies in K-12 education. The projects are currently in progress at Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and Lincoln, capital of the State of Nebraska, in the United States. An overview of the projects is provided. Systems configurations and the conceptual approaches are discussed. Introduction Digital Libraries and the information highways of the future will enable many

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    Essay Length: 311 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Crusader Religion

    Crusader Religion

    Crusader Religion By the siege and fall of Jerusalem, the religion of the crusaders was full of mysticism. God had, in some ways, become someone that the crusaders communicated with regularly, whether directly or indirectly. The crusaders claim talk to the saints so regularly that they seem to straddle the line of sanity. The constant communication with the saints and God shows the need the crusaders had to hold onto something concrete in their hectic

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    Submitted: November 29, 2010
  • Frankenstein: Mary Shelleys Educational Opinion

    Frankenstein: Mary Shelleys Educational Opinion

    Like many other great tragedies of the enlightenment era, the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, deals very much with the desires and ambitions of the human psyche. Throughout Shelley's life she was influenced by ambition and in turn she, herself, had an ambitious nature. In fact, Shelley actually wrote Frankenstein while competing in an extreme storytelling contest against her husband, Percy Shelley, and close friend, Lord Byron. At the same time however, she was conflicted

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    Essay Length: 1,390 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 30, 2010
  • American Education

    American Education

    There are many things in American society that most have never questioned, or if they have, it has only been a fleeting thought in someone's head. There are times where people will be submissive to authority even though it goes against their beliefs and morals. In the Milgram study, test subjects were called in to play the role of "teacher." They would ask the "learner" word pair questions. If the learner answered the question

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    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • Ancient Greek Education

    Ancient Greek Education

    ATHENS In Athens the popular viewpoint of the time was that the state and its government were set up to benefit the individual citizen. The training of boys, both physical and mental, should be for citizenship and for living, not just for warfare. Such education involved the cultivation of the mind even more than the body, and had as its goals the attainment of character, taste, and, above all, sophrosyne, or patience, moderation, and good

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    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • The Fight For Individualized Education

    The Fight For Individualized Education

    Gaining Experience: The Fight for Individualized Education Many different philosophies of education have been presented over the years by many different people. Trying to impart these philosophies onto the schools, many educational reforms have been attempted, but few have succeeded. Many of these philosophies have opposing goals which are compared and contrasted. It is not possible, in my opinion, to be able to identify which theories are right and which are wrong as though the

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    Essay Length: 2,233 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • Long-Term Higher Education Development Plan

    Long-Term Higher Education Development Plan

    Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University City of San Fernando La Union Graduate College Country: Philippines Title: Long-Term Higher Education Development Plan (1996-2005) Institution: Commission on Higher Education Descriptors: Higher education; Educational objectives. Full text: GOAL 2 - RELEVANCE AND RESPONSIVENESS Generation and diffusion of knowledge in the broad range of disciplines relevant and responsive to the dynamically changing domestic and international environment. Objectives 1. Encourage HEIs to improve or enrich higher education curricula and

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    Essay Length: 1,247 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • Present Career, Career Interest And The Importance Of A College Education

    Present Career, Career Interest And The Importance Of A College Education

    Abstract The author is a 35 years-old, single, African American female. She is currently employed as a Senior Finance/Accountant Recruiter for Manpower Professional. She states her difficulties with communicating with top executives when submitting her candidates to clients, whether verbal or written. Her goal is to become a human resources manager one-day. She is aware of the educational background and knowledge required for this type of position. The author has enrolled at the University of

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    Essay Length: 1,907 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 1, 2010
  • Religion As A Weapon

    Religion As A Weapon

    RELIGION AS A WEAPON Religion and myth are two powerful subjects that Caribbean writers have used to their advantage in many of the works we have read this semester. Many religious qualities that are expressed today in the Caribbean were at one time influenced by early African beliefs. The Christian faith, for example, has been an influence on various Caribbean religions, while at the same it has been the target of rejection. The rejection of

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    Essay Length: 1,511 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Educational Toys

    Educational Toys

    Toys have always played an important role in the growth and development of a child. Many of today's leading toy manufacturers have designed toys for children of specific age groups. This is an advantage to one who is selecting a child's toy. In the past, toys were mainly used to keep a child entertained. In recent years, how ever, more emphasis is being placed upon the use of educational toys. In this society, where children

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    Essay Length: 346 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Output Memory For Special Education

    Output Memory For Special Education

    Weak Language Processing Language processing occurs at multiple levels -l Language sounds (phonology) At the phonological level of language processing students perceive individual language sounds with precision and speed. -2 Word part meanings (morphology) Morpheme- small unit of language -3 Word meanings (semantics) Children build a strong vocabulary and develop a rich understanding of the relationships between different word (antonyms, synonyms, derivatives, etc) and figures of speech. Children who engage in rich comparisons and associations

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    Essay Length: 2,403 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Banking Concept Of Education

    Banking Concept Of Education

    Essay Assignment When considering what the proper form of education is many different concepts come to mind. One of the most controversial concepts is known as the banking concept of education, in which students are required to memorize facts and later on be tested on them. Another important component of education is the relationship between the teacher and their students. Many argue on what the proper makeup of a successful educative system should consist of

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    Submitted: December 3, 2010
  • Functions Of Religion In Society

    Functions Of Religion In Society

    In its simplest form any religion may be seen as a belief system. This system may affect values, laws, customs, rites and general behaviour patterns. Religion may affect the individual, group, community or nation. It may play a peripheral or an integral role within society. Its structure may be as complex as any large organisational bureaucracy or as simple as a two-way relationship between a person and object/subject of worship. The function of religion in

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    Submitted: December 4, 2010
  • Victory, Religion, Gods, And Funerary Motifs

    Victory, Religion, Gods, And Funerary Motifs

    Victory, Religion, Gods, and Funerary Motifs Ancient Greece, Rome, the Etruscans, and the Christians left many remnants that tell of their way of life; memorials for gods, narrative stories of religion, funerary relief, and the monumental sculptures dedicated to the victories of great heroes. The popular way to represent narratives or scenarios was the use of relief sculptures. The sculptors felt the need to capture people, moments, and ideas not only for personal use, but

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    Essay Length: 688 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2010

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