Not to say that teachers should not play a commanding role in their classrooms, but they should allow their students to learn own and/or with their own convictions also. ... When students see a teacher as more of just a facilitator, rather than the "all mighty teacher", head of the class, then the tension in the classroom seems to diminish. "Teachers and administrators must use their authority to engage students in the learning process," (Alcorn & Wittgen 92) not to dictate and command. ... This all is accomplished when teachers allow the barrier of power to be broken and student's be...
Students in bilingual programs are grouped according to their first language, and teachers must be proficient in both English and the students' home language. ... Two-way bilingual classes may be taught by a single teacher who is proficient in both languages or by two teachers, one of whom is bilingual. ... Although schools with a large number of ESL students may have a full-time ESL teacher, some districts employ an ESL teacher who travels to several schools to work with small groups of students scattered throughout the district. ... The resource center concentrates ESL materials and s...
Sexual harassment, in law, consists of deliberate and unwelcome sexual advances, unwanted requests for sexual favors, and certain other offensive conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual harassment may be committed by men or women in many different roles, such as that of boss, client, co-worker, fellow st...
Rights, responsibilities, and respect programs start with workshops that involve teams of teachers, administrators, parents, school board members, and community leaders, who meet to learn how to negotiate conflicts and agree on issues of religious and ethnic diversity facing schools and communities. In the follow-up workshops, teachers are prepared to teach about religions and cultures in ways that are constitutionally permissible and beneficial to the students (Public Schools & Religious Communities). ...
Another type of accelerated learning is individual acceleration, in which a teacher, the parents, and the student decide to send the student through more advanced grades at an earlier age. ... Conversely, there are teachers and other professionals who support the belief that the intellectual readiness of a student outweighs biological age. ...
One factor that has affected many entering college in the last 30 years is the idea of affirmative action, where a race or a particular group of people receive preferential treatment over others. Many ethnic minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, wouldn't have been in college if it hadn't been for the affirmative action plan.. Scholarships which were geared specifically toward minorities or women have often been the difference between a college being more diverse and not being so(I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY DIVERSE? iN WHAT WAYS? cAN YOU GIVE A C...
Two students and one teacher were killed, one other wounded when a 14-year-old boy, Barry Loukaitis, opened fire with a hunting rifle, wearing a trench coat in his algebra class. ... Where 14 students (including the two killers) and one teacher killed, 23 others wounded at Columbine High School in the nation's deadliest school shooting. ...
Imagine this situation... a single mother has just divorced her abusive middle-class husband. Her previous life had been comfortable; she now lives with her two children, working as a waitress while spending what little free time she has going to night school on top of the responsibilities...
The U.A.E. requires that women school teachers wear the traditional Islamic costume, but others not in a position of influence over children are allowed to dress in Western style as long as skirts are not too short and sleeves are long (Anonymous, 1999). ...
Television Violence Myth Twelve teenagers and one teacher were shot to death and eighteen others were wounded at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999. The killers were two regular Columbine High School students dressed in trench coats who were later found dead from self-i...
Similarities in Challenges 2 Abstract Although many people seldom consider the similarities that rural and urban communities share, they exist. By reviewing literature and research that focus on problems of rural areas and problems of urban areas, one can find many parallel examples. Issues in...