In his book, Ain't No Makin' It, Jay MacLeod tells how a group of poor students in a particular school were able to relate to a teacher (Jimmy Sullivan) who spoke their "language."" " It was cool, cuz like you walk in there you talk to Jimmy, and you know Jimmy's real cool, - said one of his students. ... In their book, Social Foundations of Educational Decisions, Fischer and Thomas state that distinctive things about a subculture (including language and behavior) have a definite influence on a child's learning style (26-27) and that "informal education- "which occurs...

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"Manners to be Observed by Teachers and Students," is a volume of the book "The Revival of Religious Learning" written by Abū Ḥāmid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazālī, better known as al-Ghazālī. ... Vidaurri, in which she said "Writing is a skill that will always be helpful in life; it will help us in history, government, and it would be even more helpful in our future jobs....

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Today this is no longer true, a college degree although it helps it's no longer a guarantee that one could get a job. ... This economical demand can go as far as to impair the freedom of the students because it imposes two approaches one can take to education: conform and get educated thus losing your sense of identity which doesn't even lead to an assured career given the fact that a degree is no insurance of success on the job market. ... Lard and Jarman (1993) published in a book a longitudinal study about divergent thinking. ...

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They will all be competing for the same jobs and, being a capitalist society, our country thrives on having the personnel to do the "blue-collar- jobs. ... We need the people who are, not necessarily less educated, but the people that will be happy to work at, say, a McDonald's or a Wal-Mart because they're getting a paycheck and happy to have a job at all. ... In Apple's book Cultural Politics and Education, the main argument that he makes is that because of the capitalist society in which Americans live today, people who start off with lower economic and social backgrounds a...

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For example, The Pronunciation Book by Bowen & Marks or 'Sound Foundations' by Adrian Underhill seem very different from a book such as Ship and Sheep by Baker. ... Pronunciation matters, of course, but "communicative English" is enough and represents a competitive advantage in the job market. ...

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The government in this book also is non-discriminatory and provides education to all cultures. ... It is the responsibility of the government to provide good and qualified teachers that are interested in their job. ...

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Pearson from a book titled, "-What Research Has to Say About Reading Research- by Alan E. ... This paper will conclude by examining whether as educators a better job must be done to effectively teach reading comprehension. ... The understanding of the idea, moral, concept and theme of a book. ...

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