Essays on Education Page 16

“E ola mau ka olelo Hawai’i” (long live the language of Hawai’i) serves as the motto for Punanaleo and Kulakaiapuni Hawaiian Language Immersion Schools in Hawaii. The program’s growth and success mirror similar achievements in other countries, where native languages that were once endangered have been revitalized. Like these languages, the Native Hawaiian Language faced…

Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka attributed a heavy impact on society as a whole. The shocking verdict immediately began to revise the typical way of life. Some viewed the result of the trial as their key to contentment while others rebelled against it vigorously. The case brought a phrase most at that…

China and India are both developing countries, which have a long history. Furthermore, they all have large population. Today, both of them are attempting to improve the education system. However, according to the situation of each country, there are both differences and similarities in aspects of school years, high schools and the scoring system. In…

               In this digital era, world around us is changing at breath taking pace. Technology is advancing remarkably, today’s technology getting out dated tomorrow. Fantasies of science fiction or movies are a reality of today’s world. Mobiles and internet has become integral part of life which could not have been thought of few decades back….

Employee code of ethics is an important policy statement for the teaching professionals. It guides the employees by describing the generally acceptable conduct at work in relation to how employees in the school district and especially teachers should relate to the students, as well as how the teachers should interact with the general public and…

Reaction: studying in the slow lane After I read Anna Mitchell article “studying in the slow lane” the idea of “slow schools” is kind of similar to me as Sidney Harris article “What True Education should do”. In Harris article he describe the mean of true education that instead of stuffing information or knowledge try…

Throughout history, people have made efforts to record their culture and preserve knowledge about their civilization. These endeavors have taken different forms and levels of complexity, ranging from cave paintings to advanced systems of classification found in ancient institutions like the Alexandrian Museum and Library. The historical development of knowledge, including cultural relevancies and temporal…

Take one of the communication barriers given in your answer to the question above, and briefly describe how you would apply strategies to overcome these barriers. Environmental factors can cause a barrier to effective communication. Distraction, interruption and noise can get in the way of a flowing dialogue between counselor and client and can interrupt…

As the article states, understanding the link between race, ethnicity and educational achievement is more important than ever before because our population is more diverse than ever before.  However, our schools are more segregated and still not even close to equitable. Kao summarizes data to explain the achievement gap, and comes to the conclusion that…

Teachers can use absorb activities in the forms of a presentation, tidings, stories told by the teacher and field trips. However all children have different learning styles, therefore; it is up to the teacher to find that one assessment that will fit all the needs of all his/her students. The assessment of the need would…