Education

The best way to teach children is to let them discover what they love and then help them learn about it.” – Harry S Truman (from Education Ideology, Winter 2000 issue on progressive education). I believe the problem of …

Most children in America will never have an equal opportunity to be successful in school. The blame for this issue is due to many factors such as: race, ethnicity, social location and social class. However,

school vouchers are a great …

Teaching Through Effective Speaking – Education Essay
As a nurse, there are many opportunities to teach patients and their families through effective speaking. How well I teach patients about wound care and management can have a direct impact on their …

Censorship Of Children’s Literature in Canada – Education Essay
Censorship is the control of forms of human expression; it is sometimes implemented by the government. The visible motive of censorship is often to stabilize or improve the society that the …

College is called Da Xue in Chinese. – Education Essay
Da means big or great. I believe that college is a place of greats, such as great masters or minds, great ideas or principles, great traditions or histories. Without considering …

Uniforms in High School – Education Essay
The idea of a uniform in schools has been debated for years. Those opposed often use the lack of creative freedom as the main fault of a uniformed environment, saying a uniform stifles …

United States and Taiwan Education System Reform – Education Essay
In both United States, and Taiwan, education accounts a large portion of public government expenditure and gross domestic product. In Taiwan, the education spending was 19.76 percent of government spending …

The Research of the Reading Behaviors of Children – Education Essay
This is our research on students’ reading progress. We’ll tell the difference between Nelson and Brad’s reading habits and the way they solve while encountering the problem. In the …

The Effectiveness of The Learning Contract – Education Essay
The aim of this essay is to reflect on the role played by the learning contract in achieving the overall learning outcomes, the effectiveness of the learning contract and to explore …

The Big Black Bear – Comprehension Lesson Plan
“Run!” It wasn’t the word that alerted me, it was the sound of cold hard terror that accompanied it. My mind froze. What could possibly have scared the ever tough Sam

so …

Teaching for understanding – Education Essay
Understanding is one of the most cherished goals of education. Teaching for understanding can bring knowledge to life by requiring students to manipulate knowledge in various ways. For instance, understanding a historical

event means …

Language Acquisition Theories and How It Influences Teaching
I have decided that only a few of the theories that in this book and some of the websites I have reviewed, relate to my teaching experiences. My students have more severe …

Challenges Within Youth Services – Education Essay
Within the context of youth work and the experiences of a youth worker an expansive range of diverse and multi-faceted issues, challenges and opportunities arise, exist and are intrinsically embedded in the provision …

Learning Characteristics Of Non-native Speakers – Education Essay
During the 1920s to the 1960s, students who were second language learners usually had to “sink or swim” in class since teachers thought that ELL students would learn content area material through …

Herbert Spencer’s Educational Theories Essay
Herbert Spencer’s theories on education have had a profound effect on contemporary pedagogy and curriculum design. His advocacy of individualism and a highly competitive ethic amongst students and schools plays an

important role in education …