...The single sex schools shapes the society A few years ago, when I was looking at middle schools for my daughter, I heard about a school that sounded lovely except for one thing: it had a policy of separating math classes by gender. (Talbot).This quote was the opening for the article “The Case against Single-Sex Classrooms”. The author over looked the advantages and the disadvantages of considering placing her children either in co-ed schools or single sex schools. As a parent, she had made her decision based on the single sex policies that attracted many parents. For instance, she had believed that the schools policies of teaching boys and girls in separate classes encourages segregation, it made it very difficult for her to explain it to her children, and encourage gender stereotypes . For the past decades parents made their decisions of considering co-ed or single gender schools based on their own beliefs or personal preferences. The parent’s alternative perspective passed from generation to another. In many cases, Females or males who attended public school prefers the same for their children and so is the parent who had attended the separate gender schools. This represents a clash between these alternative perspectives in our society for decades. Although, single sex school had been existing for years, these schools offer more negativity in shaping the next generation of our society in the wrong direction because it encourages segregation, doesn’t prepare...
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...Single or Multi-sex?? We all know the obvious difference in boys and girls. Typically, we associate boys with being rougher than girls and spending much of their time playing rambunctiously and getting dirty while most girls prefer to be subdued and tidy. But is that the only dissimilarity in gender? What about school work and academic performance along with academic success? Can gender be a predominating factor in determining a child’s IQ level? Is there a legitimate difference in boys and girls when determining academic ability? And, does gender help determine any level of academic success? Some might say that these are some pretty absurd questions but others who have taught both boys and girls in any realm of subjects, on any level could tell you that there is probably some relevance to that question. Lets begin with the history of single sex schools. Schools in early 17th century America were first modeled after English learning institutions after Puritans immigrated over to the English colonies. Originally only rich white males were allowed to attend school to learn how to read and write. In many cases, most parents placed their boys into the nine month long curriculum to keep them out of mischief. For the other three months of the year, students would be released from school during the summer months to lend a hand on their family’s farms to help cultivate the land and raise animals. During the summer months, wealthy white girls attended these same schools often taught by...
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...others. But in some cases it causes people to suffer, to go to great extents to calm them selves, to take their minds off of what really happening or being forced on them by others. As time presses on, new people and objects take the place of the previous ones. Yesterday it was the 1970’s and the hippies, today its 2013 and homosexuals trying to fit in to mostly straight society. Homosexuals such as lesbian, bisexuals, gays, and transvestites have been singled out and labeled as “wrong” or in a religious viewpoint a “sin.” People are abusing their homosexual counterparts any way they can. There are four main types of harassment; verbal abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and digital abuse. As I grew up I was told to ignore the mean things people said to me, told that I was perfect, that I was going to change the world one day. I was once told a small saying that I believe everyone is familiar with, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Looking back it made sense at the time, they’re only words...right? Wrong among almost 120 million Americans who label themselves as homosexuals (LGBT) 66% of them have been verbally abused, that’s 78 million Americans. 16% or 19 million have been physically abused. And 8% or 10 million have been brutally and physically assaulted. This has become a major issue causing life threatening situations for those that are at the receiving end of these attacks. Homosexual students enrolled in school and adults in the work...
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...Unprofessional Conduct? Jessica Jeffrey Strayer University Business Ethics BUS 309 Professor Nekia Hackworth August 23, 2015 Unprofessional Conduct? The definition of unprofessional is cited as follows: “not professional; not pertaining to or characteristic of a profession; at variance with or contrary to professional standards or ethics; not befitting members of a profession, as language, behavior, or conduct” (Dictionary.com, 2015). Hence, this paper will analyze the four (4) questions as outlined in the assignment overview and discuss them by using concepts learned in this course. Additionally, the writer of this paper will explain the rationale used for her responses. Question 1 Do you believe the Board of Education violated her right to privacy? The author of this paper does feel that the Board of Education violated Mrs. Pettit’s right to privacy. The reason for this belief has to do with the utilitarian concept to “always act to produce the greatest possible balance of good over bad for everyone affected by our actions” (Shaw, 2013). Mrs. Pettit, her husband, and the others who attended the function were engaging in this very concept. Additionally, this occurred in a private setting and the participants were consenting adults over the age of eighteen (18) and should be afforded a legal and moral right to privacy. However, the happiness enjoyed by these acts was eventually used against Mrs. Pettit as the consequences of her actions led to the revocation...
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...concern because statistics show that even though African American children only constitute 17 percent of all students, they compromise 41 percent of all special education placements, and out of the 41 percent of black children that are placed in special education programs, 85 percent are boys (National Research Council, 1999). These statistics are not only alarming, but it has also been recognized that African American students, particularly black males, are either misdiagnosed or misplaced into special education programs. This is a noted and ongoing problem within the public school system, and it is a problem that is raising many questions. For instance, why are black children disproportionately labeled? Why are black boys labeled EMR and BD more than girls? Do these labels adversely affect their self-esteem? Is there a difference between these statistics and the lack of black male teachers in the school system? Are there differences between black and white female teachers as they relate to black male children? All of these questions have come up while researching this topic, all of which the research will attempt to find answers to. Review of Literature The overrepresentation of African American children in special education programs has remained a persistent problem for over twenty years, and the reality of it all is that the failing education system has to take some blame for this growing...
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...LGBTQ people and presents an inaccurate view on how human sexualitly works (Goodman). Sex education can be one of the few, if not the only, reliable source for information on a person’s sexuality and sexual health. Multiple studies show that well designed and well-implemented sex education can reduce the risk of behavior and support a positive view on sex, reducing teen pregnancy and STI rates. In the United States, the STD and HIV rates are extremely high in certain...
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...2 Understanding Diversity in the Classroom CHAPTER LEARNING GOALS After you study this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Explain the importance of understanding classroom diversity. 2. Explain the different group and individual sources of diversity. 3. Describe approaches to teaching in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. 4. Explain the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 5. Explain the characteristics of students with exceptionalities. 6. Describe the role of the teacher in the inclusive classroom. Imagine You Are the Teacher It Is The First Teaching year at Lincoln Elementary School for Ms. Branson. She has 30 fifth-graders of whom 13 are girls and 17 are boys, 12 participate in the free and reduced lunch program, 5 are English language learners, and 4 have individualized education programs (IEPs). As she plans her lesson on paragraph writing, she is trying to keep the special needs of each of her students in mind. Because Jessica has a hearing impairment, Ms. Branson decides to make a written outline that includes the important parts of a paragraph and examples of good and bad paragraphs. She also decides to go over the outline several times because Fred and Alex have a reading disability. In her plan, there is also a note to herself to find a bigger pencil and wide-lined paper for Suzy, who requires these modifications according to her IEP. Based on past writing experiences, she expects Monica to finish writing her paragraph...
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...Gender Roles in Teaching Liberal Studies 3000 Section 2 November 30, 2011 Abstract: This research paper covers the history of teachers in the classroom based on the factor of gender. The paper then discusses the effect that gender roles have on students, teachers and classrooms. Gender Roles in Teaching Try to think back to childhood, and ask the question how many male teachers did I have? The response to this is predominately low according to the National Education Association, who state that males only make up twenty-five percent of teachers today. It’s important for children to have teachers who are positive role models. Children benefit from having access to both male and female mentors throughout their early childhood education and school years. (Martin 2005). Currently, men make up only twenty-five percent of the elementary teaching workforce and the number of men teaching in early childhood services is even smaller. The NEA also states that at the secondary level, forty-five percent of teachers are male. It is apparent that these sectors of education need more male teachers to address this imbalance and give children the opportunity to learn from quality teachers of both genders. Children at all levels – early childhood, elementary and secondary, need positive role models so that they can become successful adults. Some of the factors that disinterest males from entering the teaching profession are: stereotyping...
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...CHTN IRREGULAR COLLEGE STUDENT: A case study on the problems they face in class A Research Paper In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 102 Submitted to: Ma. Luisa P. Alba, M.Ed. I. The Problem Introduction Time spent at college is fond memory and happy experience for most, college life is not without its rough patches and problems. While each person is unique to their current circumstances, I know that there are few problems that almost all college students deal with at least once during their time at school. An academic performance really means three things: this means the ability to learn and remember what you have studied inside the classroom; it also means how will you relate it into your real life, and mostly how will you communicate to others knowledge verbally or physically. A common university student usually interacts with her/his fellow student. They discuss their common personalities and bond to each other until they form sense of trust to each other. There are two kind of student in one university: Regular students they are the student which has been given a full load of subjects in the whole semester. Every student in the university aims to pass all their subjects and some even aims to pass with high marks, but not every student are lucky to achieve this goal. Failure to a subject or repeating the course either on the summer or next school year. These students are called Irregular students, but not all irregular student fail...
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...supervisor & teachers who helped me for increasing anthropological insights by their guidance in planning and execution of present research work, suggestions, inspirations, affectionate feelings and constructive criticism through the work. I am very grateful for the support that our seminar librarian has shown by allowing me to take books in case of necessity and within short notice. The support will always be remembered. I am indebted to my parents and my friends for their immense mental support and courage to perceive through all sorts of difficulties until this research work was completed. I really feel proud of my honorable respondents who helped me to collect data in regard of my research title. Their helping mind really impressed me. So, I show my deepest sense of respect to them. My supervisor, I thank you for your guidance that brought me to the end of this work. Your politeness & cordial behavior added encouragement to my work. December, 2014 | Roll No:09203219Registration no: 3552Session: 2008-2009MSS, Department of Anthropology | ABSTRACT Being the main force conditioning human relationship, sex is essentially political. In any social context, the construction of a "sexual universe" is fundamentally linked to the structures of power. The construction of sexual meanings, is an instrument by which social institutions (religion, marketing, the educational system, psychiatry, etc.) control and shape human relationships. People define “sexuality”...
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...ASSESEMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING GENDER IN ACADEMIC AREA INACADEMI ACHEVIMENT ABSTRACT The objective of the study is to provide sufficient and reliable statistical information on the rationality behind gender difference in academic performance. Equality is one of the greatest issues that peoples have been scarifying their money, knowledge and even their life to maintain it throughout their people, nation and the world in general. For this study, we are use questioner as an instrument of data collection. The collected data is analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. From descriptive method, bar-chart, frequency table and pie-chart are used to analyze the descriptive statistics and from the inferential method chi-square test to test the association between two factors and regression analysis and interpretation and two main methods used in inferential statistics, estimation and hypothesis testing. CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCATION Background of the study Women in Ethiopia are mainly limited to unpaid house responsibilities such as child as rearing, feeding the family, farming, taking care of domestic animals, giving birth as many as she can of her husband’s children and bringing them up, cleaning, hewing wood fetching water, milking and etc. In addition to this, both culture and religion also play a major role in limiting the positive role that women can play. According to Get chew kasha...
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...In today’s schools, children are exposed to an expanded curriculum. As the world wide web, has opened doors to different cultures’, beliefs, and political stands, our curriculum has change to incorporate the growing need for diverse information. The freedoms to say, write, or have the right of expression in a manner without legal boundaries. As outlined in the first amendment, Americans are to have right to say or believe what we want, and how we want to express it. However, in an attempt to banish ignorance about our history while not offending students from other countries, and cultures, some of our textbooks have been censored. The beginning of book banning in schools is like, “an unnoticeable disease, which multiplied into a deadly cancer that has continued to consume more rights each year” (ALA p. 21-22.2005). When educational entities accept a policy which allow the banning of literature and other works, what effects will this have on the intellectual potential or possible views of our youth? Anytime a constitutional right is denied, the loss may cause many number of issues For example, if we denying a student the freedom to read any book, they wish reduces their freedom. This limitation may provide the child to develop a narrower outlook as their viewpoints maybe less insightful. Once we find that this constitutional right has been compromised, we wonder what right we will lose next. Using censorship is not right as it goes against everything this country was built...
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...Education study, the paper noted with alarm that across the country, "135 women receive bachelor's degrees for every 100 men. That gender imbalance will widen in the comingyears." As the paper warned, "This is ominous for every parent with a male child. The decline in college attendance means many will needlessly miss out on success in life. The loss of educated workers also means the country will be less able to compete economically. The social implications—women having a hard time finding equally educated mates—are already beginning to play out." USA Today cited some possible culprits for the increasing distaste young men are showing for college, pointing provisionally to our high schools, suggesting that perhaps "female teachers in elementary and middle schools, where male teachers are scarce, naturally enforce a girl-friendly environment that rewards students who can sit quietly—not a strong point for many boys, who earn poor grades and fall behind." One reader countered that in fact, "schedules, curriculum, social politics and teachingmethods have gone overboard to benefit girls" and other officially designated "protected groups"—which essentially amounts to anyone other than white males. In subsequent days, letter writers aptly noted that if such an imbalance cut the other way—if women were turning out to be under-represented at U.S. collegesit would result in a national uproar, including presidential fact-fmding commissions, multimillion dollar study grants...
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...Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria T.O. Adeyemi Department of Educational Foundations & Management, University of Ado-Ekiti, P. M. B. 5363, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria Abstract: This paper examined the influence of class-size on the quality of output in secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the 141 secondary schools that presented students for the year 2003 SSC examinations in the State. A sample of 120 schools was selected through stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected through an inventory and were analysed with the use of chi square test, correlation analysis and t- test. Semi-structured interview was conducted with selected principals and education officers. Their responses were analysed through the content analysis technique. The findings revealed that schools having an average class-size of 35 and below obtained better results in the Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinations than schools having more than 35 students per class. The mean scores were higher in schools having an average class-size of 35 and below. The interviewees’ responses supported the findings as they supported small class-sizes in schools. It was therefore recommended that Government should provide more classrooms in all secondary schools in the State to cater for small class-sizes. Key words: Missing INTRODUCTION Class-size is an educational tool that can be used to describe the average number of students per class in a school. Hoffman...
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