...The Fayetteville State University Birth through Kindergarten Education Program requires students enrolled in specific courses to complete field experience hours in public or private early childhood educational settings. Faculty realizes the importance of students completing on-site field experiences to get an understanding as to what takes place in typical early learning environments in public and private centers, as well as, primary grades in public school systems. The department recognizes that students will be able to use field experience opportunities to implement practices and strategies learned in various college courses in classrooms prior to graduating and entering the profession. These experiences also assist students in better...
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...Shadowing the athletic director at my high school alma mater gave me the greatest experience I could ever asked for. Not only that I gained some experience, but I managed to expand and learn new skills during the field experience. Some of the highlights that I would like to point would be learning about the eligibility system and creating schedules for the high school sports team that happened around fall and winter. I managed to go to every sporting event and introduce myself to other athletic directors. Another highlight would be getting along with the faculty and coaches on the campus and getting to know them a lot better, especially the Principal. And lastly, I got a taste of the facility management field and how to take care of the sports facility at the school. It was great a privileged to be working aside with the athletic director, and the assistant athletic director. Not only was it a great privileged but an opportunity to network and meet new people. I managed to get an internship at FIU thanks to one of the coaches at my high school. I also want to...
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...Writing Your Graduate School Application Essay Generally speaking, there are two types of application essays for graduate school: the statement of purpose (SOP) and the personal statement. (Refer to FAQs to find out how the two types are different.) Both types let you convince the admissions committee that you are a good fit for the program and can contribute to the department. Although different graduate schools may ask you to answer different prompts, most ask that you write no more than a two-page application essay. The application essay is difficult to write because you must pitch your candidacy to a few department faculty members who read through hundreds – or sometimes thousands – of other essays. In this handout, you will learn how to show these busy readers that you will contribute meaningfully to the university and their department. 1. Relate your past and present experiences to the future. In their application essays, many applicants make the mistake of underemphasizing the future. But it’s important that you show how your past experiences have informed your present work, and how your present work can be extended to the future or raise new research questions. Admissions committees assess many qualified applicants based on whether their research will reflect positively on the university and their department. Committees will think your past and present work is relevant only if it relates directly to your plans for the future. If you don’t know exactly where your current...
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...indeed, happened, and while there is no doubt that neglecting to capture the gains achievable in overseas markets is equally suicidal, misguided attempts at competing globally (along with rapidly developing opportunities in the global marketplace) have placed a dramatic premium on individuals who take the time to properly train themselves in international business. For me, the Columbia MBA is a significant component of this training. I foresee my own career moving in the direction of European/American business, initially from an advisory perspective (i.e. investment banking or consulting) and ultimately from a leadership role within a manufacturing entity, preferably a start-up venture. This prophecy, in part, has evolved from my past experiences in western and eastern Europe which, in turn, have formed my opinions about certain opportunities that should emerge in the future: there should be, with a good degree of certainty, immense windfall gains and comparative advantages for US-trained/thinking business leaders and managers in the European markets in the coming years. This foresight along with my personal entrepreneurial bent and an affinity for finance will play a large role in the...
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...Consider the importance of essay writing to academic practice in the social sciences, with particular reference to Priest (2007) and Ballard and Clancy (1988). Draw on SSK12 materials and your own experience. In this essay I have stipulated the importance of essay writing in the social sciences outlining knowledge development, bringing fourth the importance of linguistics with the understanding of cultural laws and language within the areas of social science, showing the importance of jargon language with comparisons between two subjects and what is expected from the student in the governing of essay writing. I have also reflected upon essay writing from a teachers perspective, noting the expectations a teacher looks for in essay writing, and adding my perspective with an understanding of the essay cultural system. I have also outlined my experience with the understandings of cultural expectations in disciplines and essay writing concerning linguistics. The importance of essay writing academically in the social sciences is structured in the knowledge internalization, the student writes about the facts that have been a subject of a lecture or read in an article, furthering the knowledge and retention of a given subject, “learning to write essays is empowering. It is learning to take one’s place in the world of ideas” (Priest, 2007). The importance also lies in the intellectual development of a students knowledge...
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...The school field trip has a long history in American public education. For decades, students have piled into yellow buses to visit a variety of cultural institutions, including art, natural history, and science museums, as well as theaters, zoos, and historical sites. Schools gladly endured the expense and disruption of providing field trips because they saw these experiences as central to their educational mission: schools exist not only to provide economically useful skills in numeracy and literacy, but also to produce civilized young men and women who would appreciate the arts and culture. More-advantaged families may take their children to these cultural institutions outside of school hours, but less-advantaged students are less likely to have these experiences if schools do not provide them. With field trips, public schools viewed themselves as the great equalizer in terms of access to our cultural heritage. Today, culturally enriching field trips are in decline. Museums across the country report a steep drop in school tours. For example, the Field Museum in Chicago at one time welcomed more than 300,000 students every year. Recently the number is below 200,000. Between 2002 and 2007, Cincinnati arts organizations saw a 30 percent decrease in student attendance. A survey by the American Association of School Administrators found that more than half of schools eliminated planned field trips in 2010–11. The decision to reduce culturally enriching field trips reflects...
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...The Fulbright Essays Two essays are required: The Personal Statement and the Study/Research Proposal. These essays serve very different but complementary purposes. Unless noted, the following information comes straight from the Fulbright Web site. THE PERSONAL STATEMENT (1 Page) The following information is applicable to both Study/Research and ETA applicants: The Personal Statement should be a narrative giving a picture of you as an individual. Remember, applicants are not interviewed on the national level. The Personal Statement is your opportunity to “talk” about yourself and to tell the committee more about how you came to this point in your life and where you see yourself in the future. There is no single “right way” to approach the Statement; rather candidates will consider what they think is important for people reviewing the application to know about them. The Statement can deal with your personal history, family background, influences on your intellectual development, the educational and cultural opportunities (or lack of them) to which you have been exposed, and the ways in which these experiences have affected you. Also, you may include your special interests and abilities, career plans, and life goals, etc. It should not be a recording of facts already listed on the application or an elaboration of your Statement of Grant Purpose. It is more of an autobiography, and specifically related to you and your aspirations. Adhere to the following format: ...
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...1) Akademos / TextbookX.com 2007 Fall Scholarship |Provided by: |Akademos, Inc | |Deadline: |October 31, 2007 | |Type of Award: |Essay | |Awards Available: |3 | |Amount: |$250-$2000 | Website http://www.textbookx.com/scholarship/ Description The Akademos / TextbookX.com 2007 Spring Scholarship is available to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in good standing at an accredited college or university in the U.S. You must be a legal resident of the U.S. or an international student with a valid visa to be eligible. To apply for this scholarship, you must write a 250- to 750-word essay on the following topic: What responsibility, if any, do countries have in preventing environmental damage? Additional Information You must submit an online application by October 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm EST. Please visit the sponsor's Web site to submit an online application and to locate additional information. Applicable Majors All Areas of Study 2) Alfa Fellowship |Provided by: |CDS International, Inc. ...
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...Learning from experience is one of the best modes of learning. This is because one gets to learn from their own mistakes and they can understand how to do things right. Experiential learning has produced the best experts in the world. This is why all education systems require a field experience. Field experience has changed a lot of minds and influenced decision making. Through field experience, people have made significant career decisions courtesy of a critical incident or general knowledge. This essay explores a school experience marred by lack of administration and proper personnel and facilities to handle special needs cases. The experience is a teaching assistant who is in a school that doesn't have steady top-level leadership which is very critical in every institution. Further, it has admitted a student who needs particular attention since he has been diagnosed with Craniosynostosis and has significant complex needs yet it lacks the proper personnel with expertise on how to handle such a case. This situation forces the teaching assistant to step up and take it upon themselves to find ways in which they can help this student. Choosing education as a profession is considered more of a calling...
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...What is Personal Statement Overview of the Personal Statement Personal statements are sometimes also called "application essays" or "statements of purpose." Whatever they are called, they are essentially essays which are written in response to a question or questions on a graduate or professional school application form which asks for some sort of sustained response. Some applications ask more specific questions than others. There is no set formula to follow in shaping your response, only choices for you to make, such as whether you should write an essay that is more autobiographically focused or one that is more professionally focused. From application to application, requested personal statements also vary widely in length, ranging from a couple of paragraphs to a series of essays of a page or so each. Personal statements are most important when you are applying to an extremely competitive program, where all the applicants have high test scores and GPA's, and when you are a marginal candidate and need the essay to compensate for low test scores or a low GPA. :: Context Considerations How are personal statements read, and by whom? It's most likely that your personal statement will be read by professors who serve on an admissions committee in the department to which you are applying. It is important in developing your personal statement to carefully consider this audience. What are the areas of specialty of this department, and what might it be looking for in a graduate...
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...Competency 1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior Example #1 Improved writing skills My written communication skills have improved greatly since I started college four years ago, as a freshman. I have gain more confidence in writing essay and other assignments. I no longer have a since of complete dread when it comes to essay. Example #2 Example #3 Competency 2. Engage in Diversity and Differences My Sophomore Field Period at the Olean BOCES as a summer school teacher aid taught me a great about working with individuals who are diverse and have differences. I engaged with students who had different abilities. My main responsibility was working one on one with an individual who had Down Syndrome. This experience was the first time I worked with individuals with different ability, I went in as a learner and engaged with students and teachers to better understand how having an ability impacted their life experiences. I learned to communicate differently for I was understand by the individual who I was working one on one with understand me....
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...Macaulay and Rachel Rafelman thru their essays are trying to eradicate the stereotype, they are both almost speaking about the subject in their essays and the tone in the essays are almost the same, funny and at the same time keeping a serious tone underneath, sexism seems also to be a common point for these two author it seems to be the center of pretty much everything they’re talking about. Stereotype in the both essay as been pointed out and the authors seems to take people to that point where they are convicted enough to stop doing that thing which is stereotype not only that but they uses different other article to point to point that and say what think about it, for example, Ronald Macaulay; in his essay “Sex difference” uses novel and different other article to point the stereotype but not only that he also argues about it just as Rachel Rafelman in her essay “Party Line” uses interviews that she makes or other colleague Article to pointed that out and talk about it or argue about it, both author stick with the same idea that lead us to conclude that they are both talking about the same subject but just in two different environment, for example Rafelman in her essay she is at A Gala and Macaulay is just using Article, novel, journal to talk about the subject . In these essays the authors tone is what we can describe as having two side, funny and serious at the same time the reason why I am saying this is because in the essay the author are using it to keep use entertain...
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...Aaliyah A. Gilbert (1) Cedar Crest College Essay November 20, 2011 The topic for this essay is “My life ten years after graduating from Cedar Crest College” It has been ten years since I graduated from Cedar Crest College and I realize that going to Cedar Crest and receiving my bachelors in Psychology was the best thing I could have ever done for myself. I say this because Cedar Crest prepared me not only to be the best in the field of Psychology but to be a leader and role model in my community by allowing me to be educated by some of the leading scholars in the field of Psychology. When first starting my college experience at Cedar Crest College I learned that it was a lot of work and sometimes things got a bit hectic. That was because the work I was a lot different from my high school work and because it was my first time being on my own. The staff and professors helped me through those tough times as well as my peers, who I am happy to say are still some of my professional colleagues and best friends today. After graduating from Cedar Crest College, I was encouraged to further my education so I decided to go for my Masters degree. Getting my masters was very hard but I feel that because of the education that I received at Cedar Crest College, I was prepared to meet those challenges. My college experience at Cedar Crest College is one that I will never forget and I will always cherish the many good memories of the time I spent on Cedar Crest College’s...
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...applying to gain admission to professional school earlier than students who apply in the traditional way. Please indicate why you’re interested in your chosen profession. How do you see yourself being particularly suited to this field? What events and/or experiences have led you to your choice? This essay should be between 250 and 500 words in length. The summer before my senior year, I participated in Mechanisms of Human Health and Disease through Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which exposed me to various aspects of medicine. It gave me the opportunity to learn about subjects related to medicine, such as microbiology and the hallmarks of cancer,...
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...literary techniques Closed-form Prose Closed-form prose can be defined as writing with a hierarchical structure of points and details in support of an explicit thesis. It is characterized by unified and coherent paragraphs, topic sentences, transitions between sentences and paragraphs, and forecasting of the whole before presentation of the parts. * Thesis explicitly stated in introduction * All parts of essay linked clearly to thesis * Body paragraphs develop thesis * Body paragraphs have topic sentences * Structure forecasted Autobiographical Narrative Autobiographical narrative writing can help us explore, deepen, and complicate our perceptions of the world. This narrative is any significant even or moment in your life. * Focus on rhetorical aim “writing to express or share.” * Autobiographical narrative something significant in your life Literacy Narrative This narrative is centered on the writer’s experience with language, reading, writing, school, teachers, or education. * Literacy narrative centered on the writers experience with language, reading, writing, school, teachers, or education. 3 Plots 1. Old self vs. new self 2. Old view of person x vs. new view of person x 3. Old values vs. new values that challenge old Plot Character Setting Theme...
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