...research that explored the divergence or crevice between the individuals who have entry to PCs and the Internet and the individuals who don't( (Hoffman & Novak, 1998; NTIA, 1999b; Carey, Chisholm & Irwin, 2002; Vail, 2003 Zeliff, 2004; Glenn, 2005). The Technology Acceptance Model grew by Davis, Bagozzi, and Warshaw (1989) was utilized to explore whether PC and Internet access impacted the acknowledgement of e-learning innovation apparatuses, for example, Blackboard and the Internet. Of the studies led concerning reception of these innovations, a predetermined number have tended to the degree to which school understudies acknowledge these instruments. The dominant part of these studies neglected to consider PC access as a variable in regards to PC innovation acknowledgement. The E-Learning Technology...
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...socioeconomic status (SES), health and survival rates have been firmly established by social epidemiologists. Nevertheless, in spite of improving western living conditions and wide access to health services and information, social inequalities in health and mortality still prevail. In some instances, wide accessibility to health care appears only to deepen socioeconomic divisions of health and mortality rates (Gottfredson, 2004). Why this should be the case has led researchers to seek out further predictors of morbidity and mortality across the social spectrum. From these efforts a new field of study, cognitive epidemiology (Deary & Der 2005) is seeking to establish general intelligence scores as risk factors for mortality and certain health outcomes. This is a comparatively new field of research, and findings with regard to the extent and exact causal mechanisms of an association between intelligence, health and longevity remain far from conclusive. For instance, some researchers claim that intelligence is the ‘elusive fundamental cause’ of health inequalities (Gottfredson, 2004); whilst others negate the impact of intelligence once SES factors and education are controlled for (Singh-Manoux & Kivimaki, 2009; Hauser & Palloni, 2008). Intelligence tests are long established as valid predictors of occupational success and educational attainment, both of which have a direct bearing on health outcomes. The question is to what extent, if at all, SES and other risk factors...
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...Citation: Betts, Julian R., (2011), “The Economics of Tracking in Education”, in Hanushek, Eric A., Stephen Machin and Ludger Woessmann (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics Of Education, Volume 3, Amsterdam: North Holland, pp. 341-381. (found on article excerpt) Betts, Julian, Eric A. Hanushek, Stephen Machin, and Ludger Woessman. Handbook of the Economics of Education. Vol. 3. Amsterdam: North Holland, 2011. Print. (MLA citation) In Ballantine and Spade’s piece, Understanding Education through Sociological Theory, macro-level theories are discussed in detail. One theory that stands out is referred to as the labeling theory, which highlights the sense of self that youth ranging from the age of 6 to 18 develop in school. In particular, it addresses the notion of how labeling children may likely lead to self-fulfilling prophesies. For instance, if a child is labeled as less capable or more incompetent than his fellow peers, his sense of self may plummet as a result and lead to him never performing to his maximum potential at any point in his academic career. The labeling theory resonates with the idea of tracking of students in the education system. Tracking in American education typically involves grouping and labeling sets of students as low-performing, average, or high-performing. Based on several previous studies in addition to the research carried out by the authors of the paper, The Economics of Tracking in Education, it is apparent that tracking “increases inequality without boosting...
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...Australian Education Regulation 2013 Select Legislative Instrument No. 195, 2013 I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Australian Education Act 2013. Dated 25 July 2013 Quentin Bryce Governor-General By Her Excellency’s Command William Richard Shorten Minister for Education OPC50306 - A Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2013L01476 Federal Register of Legislative Instruments F2013L01476 Contents Part 1—Preliminary Division 1—Preliminary 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 Name of regulation ............................................................................ 1 Commencement ................................................................................. 1 Authority ........................................................................................... 1 Definitions ......................................................................................... 1 Meanings of approved system arrangement and approved system authority ................................................................................. 4 6 6 Overseas students .............................................................................. 6 6 Levels of education that constitute primary education for schools other than special schools ..................................................... 6 Levels of education that constitute secondary education for schools...
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...PROPOSAL TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNERS OF SCHOOL “A” TOWARDS CURRICULUM CHANGE PREPARED BY MS. GEETIKA WALIA, May 3rd 2015 DSBM_IU/0115/SE/Douglas Green STATEMENT OF AUTHENTICITY I confirm the authenticity of this submission. I confirm that this is my original work and that I have adhered to the written guidance received in the Programme Handbook on plagiarism. Signed: Name: GEETIKA WALIA Date: 12th March 2015 STANDARDIZATION PROCESS I permit the use of this script for standardization purposes by the SBM Partnership and the Institute of Leadership and Management’. Signed: Name: GEETIKA WALIA Date: 12th March 2015 Geetika Walia, 11th April 2015 Page 2 of 36 DSBM_IU/0115/SE/Douglas Green Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................4 2 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................6 2.1 2.2 INTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ANAYLSIS TOWARDS POSSIBLE CHANGE IN CURRICULUM AT SCHOOL “A” .....8 2.3 EMERGING PATTERNS OF INTERACTION WITH STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................. 11 2.4 3 IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS ...........................................................................................7 CONCLUSION ON STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR SCHOOL A .......
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...EGERTON UNIVERSITY COURSE CODE: PECI 431 COURSE TITLE: RESEARCH PROJECT RESEARCH TITLE: EFFECTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATTUS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LEARNERS YEAR: LEVEL 4 BLOCK 3 SUBMITTED BY: MUSINAI JAPHETH APRIL 2016 i ABSTRACT Socioeconomic status has been a major challenge in the support and provision of the necessary resources in the performance of many learners across the globe, thus provision of learning resources, school friendly environment, motivation and achieving higher in academics has become a big challenge. This study was guided by the following objective:- To determine how socioeconomic status and school environment influences learning process, To investigate how socioeconomic status contributes to academic achievement of learners. To find out the level of motivation as a result of family socioeconomic status facilities provision of learning resources. The researcher used case study design. This was chosen because the research involved intensive study to find out factors that explain details the present state. Questionnaires and interviews were used. Data collected was recorded and analyzed inform of tables, graphs and piecharts. ii Contents ABSTRACT.......................................................................................................................................................ii CHAPTER ONE ...............................................................................................................................................
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...September 2011 2 ABSTRACT Social entrepreneurship is a subject of growing interest for both academics and governments. However, from the quantitative approach, little is known about the environmental factors that affect this phenomenon. For this reason, the main purpose of the present study is to statistically explore the relationship between environmental factors and social entrepreneurship, as seen through a cross-country comparison and in the light of institutional economics as the conceptual framework. Linear regression analysis is used over a sample of 49 countries to study the impact of formal institutions (public spending, access to finance and governance effectiveness) and informal institutions (social needs, societal attitudes and education) on social entrepreneurial activity. The main findings suggest that, while societal attitudes increase the rates of social entrepreneurship, public spending has a negative relationship with this phenomenon. Contributions of the research are both conceptual, in terms of development in the field of social entrepreneurship from an institutional perspective, and practical, in terms of designing policies to promote social enterprise creation. Keywords: Social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurial activity, environmental factors, institutions, institutional economics. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Conceptual framework 2.1 Social entrepreneurship: State of the art 2.1.1 Contents of existing research on social entrepreneurship 2...
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...Unique number 888608 WERKOPDRAGSKRYFBLOK - ASSIGNMENT WRITING PAD Tik -- Type Dosent se Kommentaar Tutorial Comments ETH305V – Assignment 2 Question 1: Theoretical background i) Prejudice Prejudice is a pre-held negative opinion, perception, or judgment a person holds or expresses against something or someone, without justification or analyzing facts. For example, when one meets a Muslim person, or sees someone dressed as a Muslim on a flight, one automatically perceives him/her to be a terrorist, and is suspicious or unreasonably “sure” that the Muslim person intends blowing up the plane. The negative perception was based purely on perception of the Muslim person‟s religious belief, and not by knowing the person personally etc., thus stereotyping deals with ill-informed description of people whilst prejudice is based on unjustifiable feelings towards someone. Social conflicts can be generated by racism, prejudice, and stereotyping; therefore efforts need to be made to reduce racist tendencies and prejudice in order to correct stereotyping. Ways of achieving this include more awareness education, and contact between the stereotyped and those who form stereotypes, as well as the accurate portrayal of individuals and groups in literature. ii) Stereotypes Stereotyping takes place when we conjure mental categories where one deposits people, items or events into conceptually specified groups. Stereotypes are formed as a result of the overload of experiences we have, and...
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...Running head: Code of Ethics Kenneth D. Mahorney, Jacqueline Milton, Crystal Price, Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) Code of Ethics Mrs. Judi Schroyer 03/07/2012 Code of Ethics · Reinforcing students, social emotional, academic learning, approach to creating teaching are all skills that sustains academic achievements, mental and emotional well-being of each and every students. PBS uniform is used in all school staffs and positive approach all school settings such as hallways, classrooms, cafeterias and even on the school bus. PBS goal is to establish a consistent and positive school culture for the staff and students. · Highlight the positive connections and the bright side of teaching and learning · Clarify and stay aware of the not-so-positive habits that naturally arise when teaching children with social and emotional disorders · Practice Connect versus Convince. Teachers need to connect the information learned to the students and the real world verses convincing them this is what they believe in. This is useful when working with students who have behavior issues. Getting the student to understand what their behavior is and having them choice the decision to change is going to have a better effect on the student. · Create Individualize Learning Plans for each student describing where they wish to be at with their behavior. Revisit any time the student is struggling with making appropriate behavior decisions. Discuss creating a behavior...
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...subjugation, isolation, and separation (Bennett, 1993). Topics of race, prejudice, and racial separation are established in the consequence of servitude and endure throughout present American life. Calculated by a mixture of components such as education, income, and occupation, socioeconomic status; viewed as the social status of an individual or gathering of people. The effects it has on the African American population can range from poverty, poor health to low educational levels. Research has demonstrated that race and ethnicity regarding the stratification frequently focus an individual's financial situation (House & Williams, 2000). Besides, groups are regularly isolated by SES, race, and ethnicity. According to statistical data, socioeconomic factors have an impact on many ethnic and racial minorities. The data shows that: African American kids are three times more prone to live in poverty than Caucasian youngsters. American Indian/Alaska Native, Latino, and Native Hawaiian families are further probable than Caucasian and Asian families to experience hardship. Regarding the education of African Americans compared to that of Caucasians, there is still a significant gap in regards to learning and training. (American Council on Education, 2006). In 2005, the secondary school dropout rate of Latinos was most...
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...SOCIAL PROBLEM Educational Inequality: A Social Problem in the U.S. SOCIAL PROBLEM Educational Inequality: A Social Problem In the U.S. Introduction: The goal of education is to make sure that every student has a chance to excel, both in school and in life. Increasingly, children's success in school determines their success as adults, determining whether and where they go to college, what professions that they enter, and how much they are paid. Why is that getting a good education is dependent upon a person’s socioeconomic status? Education is a right in the U.S, but it seems to be accessible for the privilege. Why do we have inequality in education? Let’s look at different views explaining some possible causes or contributors to this issue. “Social inequality is the expression of lack of access to housing, health care, education, employment opportunities, and status. It is the exclusion of people from full and equal participation in what we, the members of society, perceive as being valuable, important, personally worthwhile, and socially desirable. Economic inequality is expressed through the unequal distribution of wealth in society. This has obvious ramifications in terms of the unequal distribution of what that wealth may purchase; housing, health care, education, career prospects, status - in our society, access to all these things is largely dependent on wealth. Because of the nature of our society - post industrial, competitive, capitalist, commercially driven...
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...hand of the parents. This is congruent with the common assertion sociologist that education can be an instrument of cultural change which is being taught from home is relevant in this discuss. It is not out of place to imagine that parental socio–economic background can have possible effects on the academic achievement of children in school. Whatsoever affect the development environment of children would possibly affect their education or disposition to it. Parental status is one of such variables. When a woman's nutritional status improves, so too does the nutrition of her young children (Lisa et al, 2003). Rothestein has asserted as follows: "Parents of different occupation classes often have different styles of child rearing, different ways of disciplining their children and different ways of reacting to their children education needs. These differences do not express themselves consistently as expected in the case of every family; rather they influence the average tendencies of families for different occupational classes." (Rothestein, 2004). Socioeconomic status can be defined as a person’s overall social position to which attainments in both the social and economic domain contribute. (Ainley et al., 1995). When used in studies of secondary school students school achievement, it refers to the SES of the parents or family. Socio-economic status is determined by individual achievements in education; employment, occupational status; income and wealth. Several Parent may provide...
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...In order to fully understand the educational aspect of the Voodoo religion it is important to know where Voodoo is popular. Voodoo is practiced in three main regions throughout the world, those including: Louisiana, Haiti and West Africa. Louisiana is located in the United States and the city where Voodoo is most popular is New Orleans. Though New Orleans’ poverty issue is diminishing, 39% of children still live in poverty (Catalanello). The poverty does not affect the number of New Orleans children from attending school. In Haiti, where Voodoo is very popular, Haitians who are 25 years old and older have reportedly received an average of 4.9 years of education (“Education”). This number clearly reflects the outstanding number of individuals...
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...Abstract Various components influence the overall development of children. It is not simply the society in which each child is born and lives but certain and identifiable parts of the society. Although every aspect of child development involves genetics, environmental factors contribute significantly in the personality development of children. Subcultures of race/ethnicity, economic status, faiths/religion, and locality/region, in addition to particular groups such as friends and family distinctly affect each child. Throughout the lifespan, people constantly confront new or varying situations—both individual and societal—and need to understand how to adjust to these conditions. The most significant time of acculturation occurs during infancy and childhood, which establishes the foundation of every child’s future personality. However, whether one becomes an extrovert or introvert, a genius or average, enthusiastic or passive is contingent upon many unique effects and is not easy to foresee when a child is first born. Familial, associative, academic, and communal influence impacts one’s worldview—how one reasons, socializes and develops a sense of self. This research examines environmental influences—such as parenting styles and attachment; social economic status and parent stability; sibling positions and relations; neighborhood and peer groups, including school and mass media—on the personality development of children. The Role of the Environment in Personality Development...
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...Hi Krisherm, Thank you for well-explained post on genetic counseling. With the question you have raised for us on genetic counseling, it has given me the chance to research and learn about genetic education and the implications to our physical therapy profession. Krisherm, I apologized in advance for my different take on genetic counseling, which discusses not so much on prenatal screens but more so on human genetics. I realized that I was researching more on generalized screening per se. To answer your question: [What are your thoughts on genetic counseling? Should we impart our professional beliefs and personal values when our patients ask us regarding this subject?] The advances of human genetics can pose affirmation of therapeutic benefits in the fields of medicine. Goldberg (2005) contended The Human Genome Project [HGP] flourished in 1995 was initiated with goals of sequencing and mapping of human genome by year 2005. It proceeded to let patients (suffering from genetic condition like cancer), set hope of being able to identify the genes that predisposes to tumor formation. One such example is the BRCA1 influencing susceptibility to breast and ovarian...
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