Introduction An assessment of the qualitative research in music education shall help to shed light on the perception and views of individuals as regards the issue of music education. In addition, the evaluation of a relationship between school music education and community education in a qualitative manner shall also enable...
Introduction Research methods in music education are increasingly becoming commonplace. The challenge now facing designers of curricula is to balance the conventional components of the music education curricula recent research methods additions. Such a balancing act need not be done on the basis of speculation, but rather requires the input...
Introduction The selection of the right approach for a research is an element of the research that holds the utmost significance and is a factor that should be decided upon in the early stages of the research. There are numerous research methods available and there are numerous schools of thought...
Summary of the article The study conducted by Cohen and Shively “Acquisition of requests and apologies in Spanish ad French: Impact of study abroad and strategy building intervention” is focused on curricular intervention influence on the strategies of culture- and language-learning considering requests and apologies. The author highlighted experimental methods...
Introduction Two-thirds of the population growth from 2001 to 2006 has been due to immigration (Immigration, 2006 Census). Immigrants are from Asia, Caribbean Islands and Africa. 57.3% of them were in the age group of 25-54 while only 42.3 % of the Canadian born were in this group. 4.1% were...
Abstract General education courses have been entrenched into many Associates of Applied Science (AAS) Degree Programs in the community college. These degrees were developed in order to create a job readiness through practical application within the discipline-specific courses that are associated with the major. In most cases, the general education...
Introduction Background information Following the 1975 enactment of “The Education for All Handicapped Children “(as per the Public Law 94-142), there came into being a law that ensured that students with disabilities accessed education from the public school system just like their non-handicapped peers. From a historical perspective, not every...
Abstract This study seeks to explore the experiences of in-service teachers pursuing master’s degrees in music education through distance learning. With the development of information communication technology, distance learning through the Internet has gained ground globally. Presently, an increasing number of universities and colleges are offering online master’s programs. Music...
Open Communication Strategy is an efficient method to develop the relationship between Child’s parents and child educators. Effective early childhood education for young children is very important and it is an essential factor for both educational and social development of future generations. This method provides better opportunities for parents to...
Learning disabilities in children is something which cannot be clearly defined. It mainly affects spoken language, written language, memory, arithmetic and reasoning. 6-10 percent of the school-aged children are estimated to have learning disabilities in the United States. It makes academic achievement and progress difficult for the children and their...
Key Stage 2 examinations are done by pupils who are about to complete their primary education. These exams are used to evaluate the progress of the students, to categorize the primary schools according to their performance, and to provide secondary schools with a picture of pupils’ academic capabilities as they...
Introduction to the Problem The Statistical Portrait of Hispanics in the United States (2007) reports that 30% of Whites attain a college degree, while only 12.6% of Hispanics in the United States (U.S.) graduate from college. Jana L. Schwartz, Jody Donovan, and Guido-DiBrito, Florence (2009) point out in the quote...
Introduction The following is a research essay that focuses on the stress and tension level faced by the higher education bearing international students. It would include all the necessary details and information which would highlight the problems, circumstances, living conditions, and living styles inherited by the higher education students. Discussion...
Introduction The attitudes and beliefs of teachers in general are a very essential aspect of teaching and learning process. It is expected that for effective learning to be achieved, the teacher being a major stakeholder in the process, should have the right attitude towards the learners and the learning process....
Introduction English has acquired an international reputation as a world language due in large part to the globalized power relations of companies and governments (Graddol, 1997). English as a second language, also known as an ELS program, has evolved over the years and influenced economical and social sectors. Much advancement...
Analyzing the Education system of Hispanic women in the light of Peter Senge Peter Senge presents the idea of learning as organizational success and analyzes learning on the basis of what he refers to as ‘shift of mind’. It is this ‘shift’ that is responsible for bringing change to any...
What is the topic of my research? Adult Education: How’s NGO retraining programme assist “re-trainees” who are over 40 years old with unemployed and lower education in returning to the workplace successfully?? Why have I chosen this topic? Today we are living in an era of globalisation and liberalisation. The...
Introduction This is literature review of the teacher qualification, leadership skills, standards consolidate of information from various literature written by different groups. We are going to differentiate between the teacher’s qualification, which is a level requirement and the teacher’s quality, experience in disseminating information. In addition, we shall summarize the...
Introduction This chapter will be organized with the help of the “onion” structure suggested by Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill (2009). Many scholars propose structures of performing research (Fower 2013; Ríos & Del Campo 2013; Gray 2017), but the one suggested by Saunders, Lewis, and Thornhill (2009) is the most comprehensive...
The educational value to the Canadians has formed a core factor in the country’s economic growth and development of the nation. The education for Canadians has been shaped through the integration of parents, teachers, and other stakeholders such as the federal government. Despite the coordination of the various organizations, education...
Introduction I will explore the topic of whether a graduate degree guarantees financial and career success. In these times of economic duress, more and more people are turning to graduate school in the hopes, this will guarantee a stable job and more money when the “good times” return. However, in...
Outline The education sector has seen many changes in the past years. Many of these changes if not all, are attempts by the stakeholders to better the education standard in the United States. These have seen even the central government and congress passing a bill that brought about the No...
Introduction In Dutch schools as in most other European schools, the ethnic divergence of the pupils has made teaching a greater exercise over some time. The migration of non-European minority people into Europe from the 1960s onwards has posed a different challenge to the teachers. Authors, Andrissen, Phalet & Lens...
The history of educational leadership as a system of views begins in the United States since year 1837, when public education was introduced and made available to all social circles (Bogotch, 2004, p.10). One of the prominent politicians and educators, Horace Mann, was amongst the first to assert the necessity...
Introduction Technology enabled K12 education has been the most debated reforms in the education sector in recent years. Introduction of Internet connected computer right from junior classes is becoming ubiquitous while allowing educators and students to interact and learn with anyone around the world thereby nullifying the need of local...
Introduction The study of application of media in education is a complex activity. It entails that each medium shows some specific and unique attributes that are important or of great concern to each day to day classroom learning activity. The purpose of the study of media’s implementation in education is...
The purpose of this case study is to examine the roles that educators and students played in the social and academic culture of Emmet Scott High. Emmett Scott High opened in 1920 as a segregated school for African Americans in the city of Rock Hill. Although it closed in 1970,...
Introduction Teachers play an important role in instilling knowledge and education among students. The increasingly diverse student populations not only in the United States but also in other parts of the world require that teachers should be competent both personally and professionally. Shulman’s model of teacher understanding shows that teachers...
Introduction Context of the study This research study is concerned with the relationships between leisure participation, leisure satisfaction and emotional intelligence amongst elementary school teachers in northern Taiwan. It is during early school years that children develop personalities and habits that shall impact on their lives later in life. It...
Introduction High school education constitutes the foundation for the higher learning process. It plays a vital role in influencing the success or failure of a student’s career. Generally, the performance or outcome of students is influenced by many factors like intelligence, hard-working, parents’ or teachers’ encouragement, motivation self or induction....
Introduction The present paper will focus on the major ways of generating scholarly knowledge. They are publications in scholarly journals and peer review process that helps in creating the most precise and accurate articles for publishing in reputable scientific sources. This paper will examine the basic ideas of the peer...
Introduction Art education requires from teachers even more innovative approaches that any other education does. Professionals speak of the whole philosophy of art education that covers existing methods and approaches. Inexperienced teachers might claim that there is no need in such philosophy as knowing how to make art is enough...
The saying that “the only constant thing in this world is change” is an irony most people struggle with. Coming out of one’s comfort zone may be a gruelling process that spans from the introduction of the idea of change to the implementation of the change itself. If change within...
The search for a social theory which is compatible for 21st century educational philosophy is so difficult because there are so many social theories that influenced education. But, one can see that history of educational thought is developed in the context of social theory. Because of diversity, contemporary American society...
Abstract Teenagers dropping out of high school especially the African American students before completion of have been a challenge for parents, educators and employers for many years. Although the numbers have decreased over the years, new policies need to be implemented in school curriculum that would help student stay in...
Introduction The methodology would describe the process taken into consideration to evaluate student motivation. Student motivation in Health Career programs is highly critical to ensure that there is a strong performance in these programs. This will also decide on the attrition rates, persistence in learning, and student retention, in the...
Methodology Introduction The methodology is the process of instructing the ways to do the research. It is, therefore, convenient for conducting the research and for analyzing the research questions. The process of methodology insists that much care should be given to the kinds and nature of procedures to be adhered...
Introduction Experiential learning is regarded as a fundamental “principle” necessary in understanding the learning style of adults. Accordingly, it has become a leading concept in both the continuing as well as adult education. Furthermore, experiential learning symbolizes one amongst a small number of ideas which offers a hopeful foundation for...
Abstract The first thing that comes to 13-year old student’s mind when we talk about mathematics would probably be the never-ending signs and symbols and x and y and z! If you give him a simple problem to solve, he would be the first person to get out of the...
Introduction This paper discusses and outlines an education program that addresses the issues of diversity, discipline, and functions of schooling. This paper will cover among other concepts of education, social, philosophical, functionalist, symbolic-interactionist, and conflict theories of education in the school curriculum. Diversity Diversity shall be dealt with through social...
Introduction to the Study Introduction Educators across the nation are embarking on a new era of education for students with disabilities. The concept is called inclusion and the focus is on the outcomes achieved by the whole child as he or she attends a home school with age and grade...
Introduction Morris Brown College is suffered from organizational and leadership crisis. Corruption and leadership crisis has thrown the organization in serious threat. Its financial crisis emerge to be mounting additional $23 million debt, effects are so awful that the cafeteria has been shutting down its usual runs out of food...
Introduction Learning helps us to become experts by enabling us to acquire new skills and knowledge. Learning helps to strengthen the brain through the construction of new pathways. These new pathways help to increases connections that we rely on when learning (Conner, 2007, para. 1, 2). This type of learning...
The way of educating people should be presupposed with the current and appropriate methods constituted in the system of rules and principles. For this purpose the significance of scientific method is very high for the teaching process and for the outline of successful and efficient work in education. First of...
Communication misunderstandings between middle-class teachers and lower-middle class students are of increasing significance in the success or failure of the educational learning environment. Students and teachers are two different groups which should collaborate each time and the problems in communication is impossible to avoid, as people’s characters and understanding of...
Introduction The purpose of this case study is to examine the roles that educators and students played in the social and academic culture of Emmett Scott High in Rock Hill, South Carolina from 1965 to its closing in 1970. Emmett Scott began in 1920 as a two-story, white frame house...
Abstract This research project was designed to uncover the real perception of safety in Hong Kong International Schools among parents, teachers, administrators and students. To this end a literature review was done, which showed that there is certainly a rising trend world-wide towards violence in schools. It is with this...
Introduction High school exit examinations High school exit exams have become common in the United States and are a major source of controversy in the American education system. The Center on Education Policy (2008) states that “high school exit examinations have a significant impact on American education. Today, 68% of...
Introduction In education, the goal for every teacher is to provide the best to the students and produce an active participant in the society. Most states in the United States of America, education in elementary schools is provided using many methods without any specific one. Learners with learning disabilities find...
Introduction to the Problem This study examined the factors affecting second language acquisition in the adult classroom. This has explored how the Multiple Intelligence (MI) Theory of Howard Gardner might help adult learners in learning a second language. Even with the existence of traditional methods for teaching foreign languages, this...
Abstract This essay discusses issues relating to the NCLB Act of 2001 of the United States public educational system. The researcher seeks to analyze the point under consideration in discussing advantages and disadvantages of the NCLB Act of 2001. The researcher first discusses the general Act and the period of...
Introduction The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the research process that takes place in both a quantitative and a qualitative research study. Two articles, one a quantitative and the other a qualitative, will be examined and reviewed. The quantitative study was conducted by Donlon (2009) to examine...
Introduction Higher education in Saudi Arabia The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has devoted very special attention to fostering a higher education in the country. This is since its entry into the new era of the rapid development in the country’s economy and also infrastructure in the 1970s. The ministry of...
Politics is the means through which disagreeing people can get good outcome without having to beat each other over the head with sticks. Many political systems are concerned with vital public goods. Pronouncement of an agreeable political course is often a complicated task especially when the number of people involved...
Introduction The present paper aims to investigate middle school teacher’s use of technology in the classroom. In particular, the concern of the paper is to look for the use of technology in the English language arts classes and that how teachers use technology for different pedagogic purposes like lesson planning,...
The effects of strategy instruction on the vocabulary and attitudes of EFL students and teachers have been a topic of considerable discussion in recent years. The language is almost universally used in business communication, international scientific inquiry, and a variety of other contexts. As such, students in many professions would...
Introduction Expository text is used in a lot of ways with the end aim to provide a clear picture, idea or piece of information called knowledge to the end-user who is the reader. Whether short as a sentence or long as a series of encyclopedias, expository text informs. Definitions of...
Introduction To most Americans, Affirmative Action (AA) is a very familiar though scarcely understood term that denotes various strategies that have been designed to improve educational, employment, and business opportunities for ethnic or racial minority groups and women. However, the mode of implementation of these strategies, the actions required for...
Context of Widowhood in Kenya In terms of the contemporary instability in the world it is hard to realize the scopes of mortality within people living in different places of it. In this respect people are trying to make their lives comfortable and protected from the negative factors of life....
Introduction The move to standard-based education was caused by a number of factors affecting the quality of education and teaching. Standards are important mechanisms for mastery in any subject or skill. State legislators have wisely chosen to raise standards universally. The standards-writing movement began in most states in 1989, soon...
Adult Education Defined It is remarkable to think about the extent to which andragogy can be claimed as the distinctive characteristic of adult education as a field. Though Knowles moved from a belief in andragogy as the exact opposite of education for children toward the idea of a continuum, he...
Research question For a long time the researcher has been asking himself why eurythmy has been a very difficult subject. Majority of the pupils and students nowadays appear not to like being taught eurythmy and even when they are being taught they show a lot disinterest of which sometimes discourages...
Introduction Introduction to the Study For years, theorists have attempted to determine the most effective ways to educate our nation’s children. Millions of dollars have been spent in research to determine the best practices and processes to use for this purpose. Programs have been created, theories have been developed, and...
Teaching music is a phenomenon that should be studied by people who decided to connect their lives with pedagogy as it presents information about the techniques and methodology of work with students to achieve as high results as possible. Therefore, the scope of the study is the pre-service and beginning...
Education is one of the most important fields of social life and development. In spite of great cultural and social achievements, education is still one of the main problems for the American population and political figures. What would make traditional education sufficient is its integration, with wisdom, with a moral...
Introduction The major focus of the present research paper will be peer review process in all its aspects. This paper will also consider the essence of the peer review process, stages of its development and major spheres of its professional use for production of scholarly publications. One more focus of...
The continuous developments to educational programs and curriculums imply the existence of areas that might benefit students and enhance their basic skills. One of the most important basic skills that are crucial for further students’ development is reading. One of the areas of implementation enhancing the overall academic achievement of...
Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to provide a summary as well as an interpretation from research findings of the secondary data, by books, journal articles, reports, electronic databases and websites in order to drown the literature. In addition, an in-depth analysis of the roles and purpose of the...
Introduction Topic and purpose The topic delves into the educational system of schools where most of the students enrolled are African Americans. The purpose of this study is to examine life in segregated schools in the segregated schools from the perspectives of African American teachers and administrators of Emmett Scott...
Introduction Concerns over recruiting and retaining minority students in gifted education programs have persisted for several decades, and, although many educators, policymakers, and researchers have deliberated about the under representation of minority students in gifted education in NYC, few papers, reports, or studies exist on this topic. This paper seeks...
Abstract: This paper investigates the available literature on the use of Moodle as a virtual learning environment in educational settings. It highlights the various characteristics of Moodle that make it uniquely suited for educational purposes and explores the software from the viewpoint of the teacher. It also analyzes the impact...
Introduction Under the chapter of this research, the profile of the study shall be explored, with the intention of shedding light on what the chapter entails. This will then pave way for an exploration of the research findings, followed by a discussion of the same, and ultimately, allow for a...
Introduction The problem that is being addressed in this paper is that a program of mentoring has been conducted in the Xyz school for the African American male students of Grades 1 to 5 for one and a half years and yet no attempt has been made to evaluate the...
Introduction Posner (2004) describes the official curriculum as an intended and conscious presentation that is written down to act as a guide or lesson plan where class objectives, materials, and sequences are specified. This definition is the basis for the traditional curriculum perspective. On the other hand, the curriculum can...
Introduction Education is a very important aspect of one’s life. To this lies the future growth and success of everybody. However, there are various challenges to successful education. One big challenge is the capability of the educators or educational policy makers to motivate the students to learn. To facilitate learning,...
Adult learning is the process of training, schooling and enlightening adults. This usually takes place at the workplace, by means of ‘extension’ or ‘continuing education’ initiatives at high schools, at an academy or university. Other learning places include schooling establishments, community colleges, and social learning institutions. Usually the process is...
Significance of the study Attitudes and beliefs form a very important aspect of teaching and learning mathematics. Uncovering the unknown truths about preservice teacher’s attitudes and beliefs towards mathematics is a major step towards catering to the changing needs of students in mathematics. A number of studies have been carried...
Introduction There is a general agreement that the world has developed more than it was several years ago. In this respect, disciplines are probably more intertwined with one another than they were before and college education needs to respond to these needs if they exist. The Learning All Students Need...
Introduction This literature review is to discuss the essential ingredients needed in children’s play which involves people, space, time, and resources/materials. All these stakeholders’ or ingredients plays a crucial role in molding children’s social, cognitive and language learning competence throughout their development into adults (Fromberg, 2002) People Several people are...
Many nations around the world have dedicated much of their resources into the development of their educational institutions. Every year, schools undergo a series of assessments in order to maintain a standard of quality education with regards to the institution’s curriculum, facilities, student and faculty performance, etc. However, schools that...
Instruction Learning Instruction learning is a widely accepted learning strategy that provides various opportunities to understand the content through processing, knowledge construction, developing classroom interest, and positive attitude of the students. Students in a classroom enjoy an assortment of physical and mental abilities; therefore the effective acquisition of knowledge is...
Sex education is one of the most controversial issues of the current generation. Almost all U.S. students receive some sort of sex education at least once between grades 7 and 12 with many schools addressing the matter of sex education as early as grade 5 (Sexuality Education in Fifth and...
Introduction Successful Second Language learning depends on the choice of the teacher’s skills and environment, in which learners are placed. It is apparent that interaction theory is the effective mode of learning second language but educators should also other methods of instruction. This theory tends to provide learners with opportunity...
Introduction In a world that is swiftly modernizing, new innovations are created to suit almost every need of all people. As we all know, education is a basic human right and it is every educational institution’s responsibility to provide appropriate learning “grounds” for students who cannot directly go to school...
Though many states now have lotteries that help offset the cost of registration and fees at state colleges, students are still faced with the overwhelming expense of textbooks. In addition, scholarships offered by many universities cover tuition and fees, even room and board, but not the costs of textbooks. Parents...
Introduction Schools are at the best position to offer support to the children in the school through interaction with their parents. The performance of the children in the school is a function of the school as well as home factors. It is very important therefore for the school to establish...
Adult literacy is a term used to describe the sector of literacy provision designed for adults. It is relative a new field of education; however, it has already caused an intense debate among educators. Concerns over the level of literacy among adults of western nations did not emerge until the...
Introduction In the United States, elementary or secondary schools that are funded by the public are referred to as Charter Schools. The United States Constitution has imposed some of the laws on public schools that have been withdrawn from the charter schools in the country. In exchange, the production of...
Introduction More than ever before, there is the continued use of multimedia in the education sector. However, the perceptions that are often held by such scholars as teacher educators are quite varied and profound. On the one hand, there are those who have touted the incorporation of ICT into the...
Introduction In self-contained programs, the students are put in a special surrounding for learning isolated from the other students. In these programs, the students are given high level of support and attention under special education at all times. This is due to the unique nature of their educational needs which...
Introduction The major problems that face new teachers are the need for information that is practical, the gap existing between what they expect and reality, their relationship with students, relationship with parents, classroom management, financial and time pressures. There are similar problems faced by special and general education teachers although...
Introduction Before any discussion about computer system in schools, an understanding should be made between schools, learning and computer technology. During the introduction of computers to schools, there was a conception that students were supposed to be “taught” by computers. This means that a teacher was to be replaced by...
Creating a positive learning environment within the classroom is a necessary prerequisite for an effective teaching-learning process and it has been the major challenge faced by teachers during the curriculum transaction. For this, an efficient teacher should employ the best approaches, methods, and strategies of teaching, keeping in mind the...
The paper under analysis deals with the process of writing a good essay. The thesis statement of the essay states that there are good and bad essays and that a writer can make his essay good by paying attention to its organization, focus and revision. The writer asserts his views...
Introduction The principles of equality have been part of the most diverse political ideologies, currents of philosophical thought, and moral and religious beliefs especially in societies under the influence of western culture. Mostly the debate on equality is not about its importance or values as an irregular ideal, but about...
Abstract In the modern age of innovative popular strategies of learning such as the internet online learning, the significance of collaborative online learning is often emphasized. In the background of several limitations of online learning, the incorporation of collaborative learning strategies becomes a central contributing condition to a more effective...
Education in the modern world is much more than books and degrees and also involves means opening up minds to a whole new world, the world in which there are no geographical barriers to knowledge. Education is indeed a powerful means to remove the prejudices from our mind relating to...
Basic concepts Assessment, a basic technique to evaluate the students’ performance is of many kinds according to the methods the teachers adopt. Whether it is formal or informal, the ultimate objective is to analyze the pupils. Formal assessment, generally termed as test and data driven method, is a conventional method...
When teaching and nurturing children in school or at home, there are particular activities that need to be shared between parent and teacher, communication is one of those significant activities. In order to assist children to do well in school, parents and teachers will need to maintain good contacts throughout...
Abstract The fields of human resource development and adult education are closely related subjects, even though it will become apparent only on closer scrutiny. This paper is an attempt to find the relation between these two fields. The factors that relate to the two fields are discussed here first. Then...
Introduction Literature in adult education advocates the view that the process of teaching adults is distinct from the teaching of children and although most of the teaching approaches do apply to all age groups, the age and experiences of adults necessitate different approaches among them as compared to children. Adults...
Abstract The research study focuses on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the paper tries to make a probe into the implications and changes that the new legislation has brought about in the American education scenario. The paper evaluates and verifies the validity and usability of NCLB...