...Social control through education American education has through the years been influenced and manipulated by philanthropists and the US government. Philanthropy has been used to manipulate the educational rights of people to ensure that certain classes of people remain subordinate. This is social control because it determines the social hierarchy of Americans and other groups living in the US using education to ensure social reproduction which further ensures that inequality in socioeconomic status continues to plague the country. I believe a trend is observable in the way social control and social reproduction are used to undermine certain races: The races which continue to be oppressed seems to remain the same in the American context and...
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...M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E – S H A P I N G T H E F U T U R E SARAH BROWN WESSLING 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year Johnston High School Johnston, IA School profile: Students in district: Students in building: Suburban 5700 1250 Teaching area: Teaching level: Years in teaching: Years in present position: 2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling English 10 - 12 11 10 Page 1 II. Educational History and Professional Development Activities: DEEPENING THE LAYERS ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Master of Arts, August, 2003. • MAJOR: English. Specialization: Literature. • THESIS TITLE: Using Literary Theory in an Advanced Placement English Classroom. • AWARDS: o Excellence in Research for Master's thesis, 2003. o Albert Walker Excellence in English Award, 2003. o Critical Writing Award (for critical scholarship), 2003. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Bachelor of Arts, Graduated with distinction, May 1998. • MAJOR: English Education. • Honors: o Phi Beta Kappa Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society, 1998. o Mortar Board Honor Society, VICE PRESIDENT, 1997-1998. o Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, 1997-1998. o Kappa Delta Pi, FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE, 1997-1998. o Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996-1998. o Dean's List: 1995-1998. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Johnston Community School District, Johnston, Iowa. • High School English teacher, 1999-present. • Department...
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...cannot see the positive. I learned this valuable lesson myself. I realize the chaos follows when one wanders aimlessly through life. I am building my future using my flower. My flower has a stem, six petals, and a core. My flower is centered on my past, present and future. It is based on knowledge, values, people, location, working conditions, and salary. Each petal represents my goals based on my experiences. My flower grows as I grow. My flower is a road map of where I came from and where I plan to go. It is my past, present, and future. I cannot reach for the stars without recognizing my past and present. For me, my past and present are the beginnings of who I am. I am thirty years old, an African-American, female who is also a soon to be single mother. All of the labels that describe me are considered a roadblock in life. However, I see them as stepping stones toward my goals. I know the value of hard work because I saw my mother achieve it. She was a single mother who worked hard and finished college with me in a stroller. I never realized the sacrifice she made until recently. She did not let labels hold her back and neither will I. My mother is part of the stem on my flower. For without her story, I would not have a story. It is easy to take the safe path and just hope for the best without putting forth any effort. My mom did not do this and I am here because of her choices. As a teenager, I never realize this. I always felt that I was obligated...
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...THE BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT OF USANT A TERM PAPERPresented to Ms. Catherine Nazarrea Professor in English 2, of the College of Teacher Education University of Saint Anthony San Miguel, Iriga City FRANCIA MAE N. NO BEED-2A OCTOBER 2014 APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for English 2; this term paper entitled BENEFITS AND PROBLEMS OF USING INTERNET IN THE ACADEMIC PERFOMANCE OF THE SECOND YEAR EDUCATION STUDENT OF USANT) has been submitted and respectfully submitted. Submitted by: FRANCIA MAE N. NO BEED-2A Checked and accepted by or as a partial fulfillment with a grade of . Ms. Catherine Nazarrea (Instructor) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This research was made possible with the help of many people whose invaluable assistance in making this research possible. The researcher acknowledged with profound value and gratitude. To god, for guiding us in everyday and not leaving us through the hardship we encounter. To Miss. Catherine Nazarrea, Professor of College of Teacher Education for her support, advice and encouragement, which serve as inspirations in realizing this study. We sincerely thank our parents, family, and friends, who provide the advice and financial support. The product of this research paper would not be possible without all of them. Above all,...
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... 1 Homelessness: Among Students Eva Shelton Gen 409: General Education Capstone Instructor: Carl Garrigus October 13, 2014 Homelessness: 2 Homelessness: Among Students There is a growing problem in our world today that some may not be aware of and it definitely needs some attention. The problem is homelessness among students. There are many obstacles associated with homelessness that could affect a student receiving an adequate education. This paper will review some of the problems associated with being homeless and how it affects school age children. Hopefully this review will provide a clearer understanding of the problem because in order to provide help we must understand the situation. Instead of the government cutting expenses associated with educational funds and resources, they must continue to provide the sources and make the public aware of availability. Homelessness: 3 Homelessness: Among Students 1.) Sparks, S.D.,(2014). Schools Still See Surges in Homeless Students. Educational Digest 79 (7), 31. Retrieved from Ebsco host October 13, 2014 This article explains that...
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...Past, Present, & Future Paper GEN 480 Celena Hadlock Past, Present, & Future Paper The Past Upon starting my education with the University of Phoenix program I was unemployed and actively seeking re-employment. Prior to losing my job I was running an exceptional sports program at one of our organizations premier facilities in a very affluent community. However, I was feeling as though I had hit a plateau in my career and professional development due to not having my degree. The next areas of professional growth for me in my field involve becoming an Executive Director or an Association Youth Sports Director, but both of these positions require me to possess a degree. Not having my degree completely removed these career options from my reach and left me trapped in a dead position without much room for future upward growth or mobility. I felt that finding time to continue my education and secure my degree was not an option. Continuing my education was very important for my personal growth and development. Experiencing the rewards of learning both as a student and as certified CPR and Lifeguard instructor of several years I feel strongly about the role that learning plays in an individual’s development. Learning new things helps to keep individuals connected and engaged in the world around us and adds understanding and value to our lives. Learning impacts every part of who we are as human beings and increases the potential for who we can...
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...Education is the foundation, the root, the sprout from which our current and next generation will lead and engender from. Therefore, having the best educational system in the world ensures me, you and our children a fighting change, albeit pugnacious. This statement is disseminated and broadcasted as fact and the average Joe accepts it as the truth. However, this essay will point directly at the historical and political impediment existing in and on the emotion of the number one South African, me. My essay taunts the question:”As a 40 year old white Afrikaans man, where do I stand in the South African educational system?”, and does it conform to the statement to be the best in the world. I ask the question in all honesty and respect. I am reflecting on education I attained as an Afrikaans “silver spoon in the mouth” little brat right through to my more sensible self Technical College tuition and my current B-COM studies as a self reliant adult. Historically, my peers and I were advantaged by the system in place, much more than our counterparts in the townships and homelands. I believe that the powers ruled then had only the best intentions for the educational portfolio, albeit it was one-sided in the racial arena. The story of our lives. The institutions that were build and the standards academically set was internationally very high. I firmly believe this basis where we as the new generation sprung from, was based on the system already in place. The difference is, now we...
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...VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION, THE STATE AND CITIZENRY IN NIGERIA 1 Bamidele Aturu 2 Introduction Let me begin by expressing my appreciation to the School of Vocational Education of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka for inviting me to share my thoughts on vocational technical education in our country. I feel highly privileged on account of the invitation and do hope that I would succeed in falling back on my residual knowledge as an educationist in order not to betray the confidence of the school, although personal circumstances occasioned by state harassment compelled me to seek accommodation in another profession. The way the topic is couched suggests that we are to limit our discussion of vocational education to its technical segment. In other words our focus shall be only on technical vocational education. But then we need to understand the meaning of general vocational education. A definition that I prefer for its simplicity and comprehensiveness defines vocational education as ‘any form of education whose primary purpose is to prepare persons for employment in recognised occupations’ (Okoro, 1993:1) 3. It is obvious therefore that vocational education is a term that is more all-embracing than technical education which O.M. Okoro defines as ‘a postsecondary vocational training programme whose major purpose is the production of technicians’ 4. The National Policy on Education defines technical and vocational education ‘as a comprehensive term referring to...
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... In “The Allegory of the Cave,” Plato presents his abstract view of human nature and truth, whereas Douglass presents his personal journal in “Learning to Read and Write.” Compare and contrast Plato and Douglass' essays and ideas. How might Douglass view Plato's allegory based on his experience? The most basic question that we can ask ourselves is: who and what am I? Moreover, the answer to this question about human nature (what a human being is) will greatly affect how we see ourselves. In Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave”, he managed to let us visualize people living in a big cave, where these people were chained by the leg and by the neck and they couldn’t move. They can only see what is in front of them. He explains to us how the “The Allegory of the Cave” is the education of the soul toward enlightenment. According to Plato, the chains that bind the prisoners are the senses and the prisoners symbolize ignorant people, the raised wall symbolizes the limitation of our thinking. The idea of Plato’s essay describes how most people are trapped in their own world, unaware of what is happening around them. According to Plato the “The Allegory of the Cave” is the common man and it represents all people before they are fully educated. The common person sees nothing but the shadows on the wall of the cave. In Plato’s essay, the fire has a significant meaning to the common man; it is the source of light and the only reality he can see as it sheds light into the cave. Then...
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...Outcome Based Education in Language Classes of Tertiary Schools in Cotabato City by Pahima M. Milog A Thesis Proposal Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Language Research March 2016 Chapter I Background of the Study Introduction Outcome-based education is an approach to education in which decisions about the curriculum are driven by the exit learning outcomes that the students should display at the end of the course. “In outcome-based education,” suggest Harden and colleagues, “product defines process. Outcome-based education can be summed up as results-orientedthinking and is the opposite of input-based education where the emphasis is on the educational process and where we are happy to accept whatever is the result” (emphasis original). There is a significant difference between outcome-based education and simply producing outcomes for an existing curriculum. Outcome-baseddoes not mean curriculum based with outcomes sprinkled on top. It is a transformational way of doing business in education. Outcomes-based education is not a single idea or set of procedures. Rather outcomes-based education is like democracy –there are many different versions practiced in different ways in different places, all with the label outcomes-based education. Examination of the different curriculum frameworks in the Australian States and Territories shows this to be the case, for all show some influence of principles of outcomes-based...
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...Education that is significant to life nurtures integrated human beings and not success seeking ones. My intention in writing this paper is not to accomplish another academic goal. I write with feeling for you and me and the world around us. I feel deeply about us changing who we are and the world we live in. I believe in the power of transformation that we can bring about in ourselves as humanity. Our transformation begins with honest self-knowledge. You and I need to get to know our selves. You and I are not separate. We are one. We can understand each other if we start by simply accepting and knowing each of individual selves. When we do that, we naturally extend to understand each other and the world around us. We then begin to see our integration and deep connection with all of life. This sense of integration, of being one, leads to all rightly compassionate action. Compassionate action ends the chaos, confusion and violence we live with today. You and I as adults, have to do this hard work on our own. However, that does not need to be the case for our children. I believe that there is a kind of education that can nurture self-aware, integrated beings. This kind of education is significant to life and deeply connected with natural living. It is in contrast with mainstream education that is disconnected from real living. In this paper, I claim that our current mainstream education approach is aimed at bringing about success but that success is not the fulfilling end result...
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...OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE COURSE EDUCATION AND SELF By ROHIT TALWAR Under Supervision of DR. TEJINDER WALIA & DR. SOMA PAUL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD CONTENTS 1. STATEMENT 2. MY LEARNING 3. FIELD VISIT 4. CONTENT OF THE TALKS 5. CRITICAL ANALYSIS STATEMENT The following is a collection of the different aspects towards education explored in the course Education and Self, instructed by Dr. Tejinder Walia and Dr. Soma Paul for the spring semester 2013 at IIIT Hyderabad. Apart from the normal classes we had many field visits and guest lectures, by eminent people who were champions of practicing their own alternative path to education in different parts of the country. We met Partho Sanyal – Sri Aurobindo’s school of thought, Ravindra Sharma – Adilabad Kala Ashram, Rajesh Dalal – following J Krishnamurthi’s philosophy, Swami Bodhomayananda – Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Math, Pawan Gupta –SIDH. All introduced their approach to education and also discussed some key issues which Education and society is facing presently. In our limited interactions we succeeded in learning the crux of all of these philosophies towards education. This was enabled by lengthy discussions in class on what our frame of mind and what kind of questions need to be asked in such lectures. Follow up of all interactions was done and this helped make the topics come alive for us. Education is not just a topic – it is something...
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...At the beginning of America’s split from England, the spirit of our country was rooted in the patriotism of Boston. Acts that motivated the nation, such as the Boston Tea Party, are examples of the truth of this statement. Today, however, Postman says that we are represented by the nature of the city of Las Vegas. Pictures of huge slot machines and promiscuous women fill our mind at the thought of Las Vegas. These pictures represent how our main focus and goal in life has shifted toward entertainment. We must be entertained at all times. This attitude has effected many areas of society such as; religion, politics, news, and education. Postman, however, looks simply at how television has played a vital role in this cultural transformation in these areas. He discusses how, through television, our society has propelled itself into, “the age of show business.” I agree with Postman’s view on how television has turned our culture into one that is centered on entertainment. Postman’s main thesis is based on two very popular books, George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. These two books vary greatly in their themes of how the future will look; Orwell depicts a dark, totalitarian culture while Huxley shows us a culture in which the people are brainwashed and are made to believe that their lives are happy. Postman states that Huxley’s vision is spot on while Orwell’s is not...
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...is telling the story of a graduation present of going to Washington D.C. As a graduation present from graduating from the eighth and older sister from graduating from high school. And it says that she received the best graduation present but I agree to disagree with the people, who would say she received the best graduation present. I agree with going to Washington D.C. was the best graduation gift the eighth grader could receive. I agree because at a young age especially since she will be going to high school, it is great for her to see everything at firsthand of what the world was like during that time. It gives her an idea of how the world looks like in 1947, were as she is always being hidden from it and not telling what has been going on. But I can also disagree because her parents should explain to her in detail of what was going on, and I also disagree with that being a graduation present and it being the best present she will ever receive. She went through the process of seeing how and what life really is at her age and how it will be for the next couple of years. The world at the year if 1947 was full of racism and discrimination in which it is bad in some states, but also horrible in others. The young girl in the story witnesses her family and not be treated right at firsthand. The thing that was messed up about the whole situation was that in the story the girl experiences it before her eyes where the waitress says, “I said I kin give you to take out, but you can’t...
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...Osage School District. She retired this summer after working in special education for thirty years, with seven of those years spent in Fort Osage School District. Unfortunately I was not present for her presentation so I did some research on Roxie to get a better understanding of her as a person and educator. I was happily surprised to see that she started her career working in the Belton School District as a SPED teacher. During my research, I stumbled upon an article that Roxie wrote in 2010 for the MO CASE Newsletter. Roxie wrote about how the right to leadership has to be earned and she gave readers seven guidelines to become a better leader. 1. Let go of your ego. 2. Become a good follower first. 3. Build positive relationships. 4. Work with excellence. 5. Rely on discipline, not emotion. 6. Make adding value to your goal. 7. Give your power away. I can tell that Roxie Lanier was an effective and passionate educator....
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