Essays on Education Page 4

A detailed person can be defined as that person who is gifted in reducing the complexity of issues by coming up with clearly interpreted and manageable solutions. Such people can create order out of a messy situation and are often very specific, analytical, organized and will rarely overlook such details as statistics, punctuation outcome or…

Last spring, in the writing class I teach at USC, my students and I discussed Turnitin.com a website at which many high school students and college undergraduates are now required to vet their work. In the digital age, copying others’ research is as simple as hitting Ctrl-C. To ensure that students resist temptation, Turnitin .com…

In his essay, Mike Rose recounts his upbringing and observations of his mother and uncle performing blue collar work with great skill and ingenuity. He also shares personal experiences of working as a teacher after college, before embarking on a study exploring the cognitive aspects of blue collar work. Although there are undoubtedly exceptional individuals…

It helps to identify learner’s current levels of ability and their need for support in functional skills and personal and social skills. This is the time where will get to learn my learner, every learner has to start somewhere. Initial assessment it provides a chance to assess my learner’s current knowledge and experience and will…

Rakesh Sharma has lived with his family in Fremont for 17 years, and currently serves on the Planning Commission. Rakesh is a product of public education with doctorate degree in Clinical Biochemistry from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. In 1977, Rakesh and his wife, Ranjana (a Family Physician) left for Japan where he worked at the…

One of the most important dilemmas that educators face is dealing with the relationship between theory and practice. To top it all, teachers have to look upon multifarious theoretical traditions on which they could source their creativity in innovating new programs in teacher education or critiquing ongoing programs. In fact, there are a range of…

Knowledge and Wisdom only have two things in common, both requirea brain and are very hard to obtain. Although knowledge and wisdom seemalike, and are often used interchangeably, they are really very different. When a knowledgeable person enters a room, she tries not to makeherself too noticed, although she does want everyone to acknowledge thatshe…

“Hieroglyphics” is a short story written by Scots writer Anne Donavan. The story is humorous but also portrays a serious message about dyslexia and the struggle the main character Mary has coping with this learning difficulty whilst dealing with an unsupportive family, lack of educational support and a continuous loss of friends. The writer conveys…

Alicia Shepard, a college professor, addresses a very touchy subject in her story “A’s for Everyone”. Many of her students often argue that “hard work” should be taken into consideration when the professor is calculating final grades. However, college students should be strictly graded for the work they turn in because it is unfair to…

Write a paper that analyzes a communication situation using a concept covered in this course. This paper combines theory and practice, and should take the form of an essay. Take any concept/s that we have covered in class this term, and use it to break down a “communication situation” from your real life experience. This…