Banks have made a profound impact on my view towards multicultural education and the nation's current trend of standardization and high-stakes testing. ... This focus on basic skills is taking much needed time and attention away from multicultural education, and the teaching of social justice skills. ... In his writings, Youngjoo Kim (2010) compares the phenomenon of standardization and testing in current national policies to the story of Procrustes from Greek mythology. ... Third, we need to change our current accountability system for teachers and students from an achievement-based syst...

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The report "focused national attention on public education like no other single event since the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957" (Toch, 15). ... The United States currently does not have a national curriculum. ... Our current assessment tool is standardized or achievement testing. ... First, it has not yet been proven if they will be any better at determining achievement than our current system. ... Most schools require teachers to attend workshops and take classes to continue their education and keep them current with the times. ...

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District Offices should also understand the Community dynamics associated which are Rural at its base and to focus on Poverty Stricken Areas. 2. ... There is also an element of understanding the Community dynamics associated which are Rural at its base and to focus on Poverty Stricken Areas. ... The ideal school principal should also be focussed on quality teaching and learning and not be involved in labour relations issue which could negatively impact on the above. ... District Structure and Relevance The district is not efficiently managed in its current state. ... District capacity will on...

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However, the officials only fail to comprehend what part of the educational system needs a critical focus with the sums of money. ... Need for Present the Research Current research on the topic is relevant for the so that the state government can have a glimpse on what needs to be done to make early childhood education a reality. ... The ideas covered in the "Congressional Digest" article focus primarily on the programs already initiated by the state government. ... White concludes that the current society lives in a time when child care policies have become the highly esteemed factor. ... An ...

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Luring The Horse A current policy issue in public education deals with the quality of schooling. ... Currently, district lines prevent a consumer from choosing the best value of education. ... Since public education is currently funded by tax dollars, vouchers would simply be distributed equally amongst this budget. ... Recent studies have focused on the academic achievement of students who use voucher opposed to those who remain in a public school. ... Currently the teaching profession lacks a number of extrinsic incentives. ...

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If education was treated as a commodity, and all education institutes run as businesses, Maori and Pacific nations students could have schools designed to better suit their cultures, which would address the issues currently facing them as students. ... This is largely because schools seem to be more focussed on attending to the masses and catering for the advanced than helping those who are not achieving as highly. ...

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Giving all pupils a continuous access to multimedia capable internet connected computers is currently quite fashionable in specific schools in Zimbabwe. ... Although pragmatism as a philosophy of education has worked some wonders in the current economic sanctions threatened education system in Zimbabwe, it has its own shortfalls. ... Furthermore, there is the need for Zimbabwe to de-emphasize paper qualification and focus on what the individuals can do. ...

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*Freire suggests in The Banking Concept of Education that the teacher-student relationship nowadays, inside or outside the school, appears to be more like a narration practice, which means the teacher only focuses on how many given facts the students can memorize. ... The class explicitly stressed on the impact that each incident have had on human development (which is still going on during every moment of our lives) versus my high school history class was only focused on pure memorization of the dates and names, which essentially "died" when the event happened. ... We were required to be able...

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Students start with learning the minimal basics of writing their name proficiently, knowing their ABC's 123's, and they are also expected to focus while the teacher is speaking. ... Children struggle with learning for many different reasons but "with the current emphasis on standardized tests at the state level, the instructional practices of the classroom teacher may not be aligned with best practices as recommended by the National Research Council (1999) and Zemelman, Daniels, and Hyde (1998) and, consequently, may be turning certain groups of students off from learning" ...

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Nevertheless, this encouraged me to continue to seek out whatever surprising information I could find, despite my original conjecture currently being way off. ... Furthermore, I tried to find out what is holding back the students from eating outside of school more often than they currently do, keeping in mind that the majority of the students fell in the "sometimes" never range. ... The following graphs focus on students who frequently eat lunch outside of school. ...

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However, for the purpose of the current paper, student feedback will be explored as an information source for teacher reflection. There is an abundance of evidence to suggest that students can be a source of useful information about many educational aspects, such as the effectiveness of teachers as individuals, teaching methods, faculty enthusiasm, focus on students and equity in the evaluation and teaching process (Moore & Kuol, 2005). ...

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In response, people in this society have decided that the 'arts' are not the most important attributes in our current economy. ... Current communities have started to thrive more on the arts because people need to be entertained and want to be relaxed with the arts. ... Educating the students should be the main focus rather than taking classes away that actually improve the students learning skills and life skills. ...

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Over the last decade or so, several international conferences were organised focusing on EFA and other critical issues. ... As of December 2013, it has been recorded that India has allocated 3.3% of its GDP to education (UNICEF, 2014a), the percentage of child labour rate stands at 12% and approximately 30% of the population are currently living below the poverty line. ... India is currently ranked as one of the countries that are largely supported by the OECD (2012) Aid Program. ... There are no current child labour laws in place thus making it challenging for the National Commission for Pro...

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The lessons did not seem to be completely text oriented but directly related to current events without ignoring the basic skills needed to survive in the world of work. ... A supportive environment allows student's to develop a positive attitude towards learning for life focusing on the philosophy of Axiology (Ryan &Cooper, p. 304). ... However, this has definitely focused my energies for the future. ...

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The current narrative format is unclear and rarely satisfies the state department. ... So, why don't we put the best we have to offer together and make our efforts more focused? ... They deliver focused and coherent presentations of their own that convey clear and distinct perspectives and solid reasoning. ...

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The implementation of NCLB has lowered American public education standards by focusing on test preparation, altering teacher methodologies, and disengaging American students from learning. ... This "teaching to the test" eliminated the use of Socratic instruction and focused on teacher delivered information; lecture rather than the collaborative, hands-on learning needed for a global multidimensional society. ... Current methods of teaching conform to a multiple-choice format and multiple-choice does not lead to any creative or divergent thinking. ...

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The Russian education system had employees that could not handle the situation with the current education standards. ... Once the Elementary School reformation began, the higher education system became the next focus. ... With the focus on the future of the citizens, there must be changing in the world of Russia. ... The reformation, which is in works now, is a good start, but it is a reformation that is only focusing on the top surface problems. ...

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Michael Moore's "Idiot Nation" focuses on the failure of the educational system by using his own past experiences. ... Now, Moore may argue that the current system fails to cheer individuality, support freedom of speech, and encourage people to be themselves. ...

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RELEVANCE OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT Black and William (1998) use the metaphor of the classroom as a "black box " to describe what the public, school administrators, and the media often focus on regarding assessment. ...

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While some problems regarding special education have been addressed throughout the years, however, currently there are many pressing issues limiting the access disabled children have to achieve their educational goals. ... While private education can be very expensive, there are schools all over the country that focus on providing disabled children with a specialized and focused education. ...

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Currently an estimated 66 million girls are not enrolled in schools. ... Forney also focuses on the male preference of women; he says that men prefer uneducated women because men think these women are more fun to be around (Forney 2013). ...

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Another issue that cannot be ignored is where students with disabilities fit in with the current school reforms (Mamlin, 1999). ... In conclusion, our schools today are putting more focus on the integration of disabled students into the least restrictive environment. ...

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The fact that Robinson has children currently in the public education system contributes to his ethical appeal as he certainly wants what is best for his kids. ... Finally, he mentions recent TED talks that focused on creativity as a way to create common ground and shared experiences between himself and his intended audience. ...

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ISSUES IMPACTING ON MY TEACHING THE ARTS R-7. Issue 1. "The growing concerns about increasing marginalisation of art in the primary school curriculum and in courses of primary initial teacher education-. The attitudes of elementary classroom teacher's towards art have a considerable influence...

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Abstract This paper explores what Glenn Beck is trying to explain in "Conform: Exposing the Truth about Common Core and Public Education." Though this book is written by only one author, Beck, he is able to touch on many diverse views of education and how they are all connected. He breaks down the d...

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