... Arts. This led me to the foundational research of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory as applied to teaching practice and student learning. From this starting point, I found many thought-provoking articles that built upon and highlighted the inclusive and progressive MI theory in practice in Language Arts classrooms. Article Reviews 1. Multiple Intelligences in the English Class: An Overview by ... that supported the pedagogical approach that he had developed. He posits that this theory allowed him to overcome the scepticism of some of his colleagues surrounding his stud...

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... and society, both at the macro and the micro levels (Saha, 2011). Emile Durkheim was the first person who suggested the necessity for a sociological approach within education sector. He gave a thought about education "to be essentially social in character and in its functions and that as a result the theory of education rates more clearly to sociology that any other science ... the object within the single concept so as to permit the definition to move to a scissile understanding (Wong, 1999). The result is that the characteristics used to define a thing ate thought to inhere in its ver...

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... token they profess that students should be free 'to question and shape the education they are being offered'. In effect critical pragmatism allows students the opportunity to elaborate on thought provoking opinions that defy the status quo without neglecting the 'operating procedures necessary for understanding and producing [them]' (Brandt: 1990). As an example, Brandt assesses that students of critical ... ...

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... this famous case which has been made to look like a positive thing did not do to much to actually help the African American people as much as the popular belief thought it did, showing that this case had many downfalls and that the struggle for the segregation of school was still one that had to be fought for many of years ... ...

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... Collegiate Institute stated that pupils who were following differentiated lesson showed considerable improvement in assessment compared to those following traditional lessons and about 75% of pupils that followed differentiated lesson thought that they would attain a good result on their assessment. I think differentiation is one of the platforms that enhances diverse group of students towards quality education and help them to achieve ... ...

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... would pool their money to purchase a video game system. However, one of the students was not able to afford his portion of the payment at that time, so the group thought of a way for him to pay his part in several installments over time. It seems that when given the incentive to attain or achieve something, children (when left to their ... ...

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... , and virtue. At the beginning of the Renaissance, humanist educators revived the study of the classics and humanities to help students attain salvation. Humanist educators rejected medieval scholasticism, a system of thought in which clerics applied reason to theological and philosophical questions. Humanists believed that the study of humanities was essential for the education of a good citizen. During the classical era, the ... ...

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