Essays on Education Page 411

Albert Bandura’s definition of observational learning involves the identification of a model and mimicking their behavior. The replication of observed behavior is influenced by the consequences experienced by the model, which can be positive or negative. This concept is also known as vicarious reinforcement or punishment. If an observer finds a model appealing, they are…

Determining the ultimate goals and objectives of higher education is a difficult task to accomplish considering its broad compass and the cornucopia of categories that are necessary to compartmentalize it. For instance, the quintessence, the significance, and the aims of higher education differ under various settings or circumstances. This thought may be represented by the…

Abstract             It is important to study legal issues so as to encourage people to do what is right and to get rid of all criminal behaviours within our society.  From the research done on criminal activities, it indicates that the number of crimes committed by the youths within the society has been on the…

“Every hour misspent is lost forever, and future years cannot compensate for lost days at this period of your life. “- Anonymous. Tardiness can be broadly defined as missing time over the course of a school day. Students showing signs of dullness and their disengagement from school is apparent in actions and words, observed some…

There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancy in recent years. Although I have not personally experienced this situation, my understanding is based on the experiences of my friends who became pregnant at a young age. It is worth mentioning that I do not make any moral judgments about teenage pregnancy. For certain teenagers,…

According to the builders of the Titanic, even in the worst possible accident at EAI, the ship should have stayed afloat for two to three days yet it sank in less than three hours. Current theories indicate that the ship sank quickly due to material failures (brittle fracture) and design flaws (non-watertight compartments within the…

Pyatachev E. G. Text Three From W. S. Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972), the son of a solicitor, was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford and for more than twenty years from 1932 was a fiction reviewer for such periodicals as the Spectator; Sketch, Observer and Time and Tide. He published his first book, a…

Introduction             The contemporary progress on the use of information technology provides the advance feature of learning opportunities, envisioned by modern educators to shaping the educational processes. This development has largely contributed by the production growth of computers, availability and use of the Internet.  Indeed, the use of computer and Internet technology in education has…

The NBA dress code is the answer for the player’s image problem. In recent news, NBA players must wear “business casual” attire whenever they are engaged in team or league business. This means players have to wear a dress shirt, dress pants, and dress shoes when they are in interviews, meetings, etc. They can’t wear…

Cope, Kevin Lee. Criteria of Certainty: Truth and Judgement in the English Enlightenment. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1990             Lee reflected on the epistemology of engagement in the English Enlightenment perspective by examining the role the system and system making played in the act of believing and in the author’s commitment to the…