The author's provided their readers with great examples to help understand the two concepts. ... In the book, the author used a great example to explain the threat of disruptive innovations. ... Over time, developers add great features to make online courses similar to a classroom setting. ... Truly, the great universities of today and tomorrow will honor their histories while also changing their future.... BYU-Idaho is a great example of an institution that has successfully implemented disruptive innovations. ...

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In the article "Motivation Matters", the author introduces four conditions that improve students' motivation (Crotty). ... A great accomplishment and a great perseverance are the result of great interest. ... Geniuses who completed great accomplishments in their lives also have to spend years of working hard pursuing their dreams. ... Therefore, students who are interested in their subject will also be able to overcome setbacks and accomplish great things with great perseverance. ... In the article "Brainology", the author explains a program that motivates students by ...

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Throughout the passage the authors made a lot of valid points that supported their main claim. ... In the first body paragraph the assertion is to engage all students and in the paragraph the authors do a great job on saying exactly what needs to happen for this to be achieved. ... All of the following paragraphs exemplify the same type of organized structure making it easy to figure out the author's point of view of the topic. ... This proves the point that there claims are not impossible because they are some schools out here already involved in some of the progressions that the author...

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The author David Gelernter in this article Unplugged: The Myth of computers in the classroom believes so and has several supporting facts to back his beliefs. ... The author supports this in his statement, "They have the potential to accomplish great things, but in practice, however, computers make our worst educational enemies" (274). ... Multimedia and hypermedia's use of sound pictures and video may have enhanced the learning process by making it more entertaining, but according to the author "by changing a book or document into hypertext is to invite readers to ignore e...

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After such a beginning, the author continues for the greater part of the work with logical proof about the present arrangement of education is not right, but rather his thoughts are. ... It is emphasized when the author expresses that in the new educational system and obviously, Freire uses the baits of "authority...on the side of freedom" (Freire 7), and the such to pull in the benefactor impulsive forces of the reader. In the entire section, and also all through the paper, Freire makes his point substantial by stressing on its others conscious attributes, and just on its great sides, while b...

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The educational system in the United States, and a great deal of other countries for that matter, are stripping away important elements of education. ... The author points to the education system sticking to linear, or one-dimensional, values that focus on standardize testing. ... The author also suggests that the increase in prescription drug use is a cause for the problems in the education system. ... The author's suggestion is to start an educational revolution. ... The author makes a great reference that every living thing can flourish or wither depending on the conditions. ...

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To name a few, there is the authors like Poe, Twain, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Frost. ... The students who have knowledge of there ancestors can prevent another Great Depression from occurring in America or they could learn a way to come to a solution instead of going to war. Not only does classical education have history added into the literature it also has a wider range of language used, a more developed writing style, and the authors of the material are more educated and able to promote their feelings through words. ... Because of America's great diversity of people from the start o...

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The author acknowledges that though there are differences between single-sex and coeducational high schools, this doesn't mean that one method is superior to the other and doesn't draw "unilateral conclusions" but tries to find which conditions can from single-sex schools can be transfer to coeducational schools. 2. Tone The tone the author uses mostly is optimistic, though the differences between coeducational and single-sex schools are not big the author attempts to elevate the results by expanding their reach "Though generally small, distinctions extend across mul...

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It is interesting to compare how the two authors Rodriguez and Freire looked at the educational system differently. ... He is the great mimic; a collector of thoughts, not a thinker" the very last person in class who ever feels obliged to have an opinion of his own." ...

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Receiving advice at the beginning of this course, the author was advised that teaching mathematics would be the most rewarding (and thus easiest course) because there is only one correct answer, and it's easier for kids to teach because they know when they get it right. ... At a country school, one child was delighted tell this author (perhaps unwittingly) about his cultural perspective of the meaning of numbers. ... Cultural impact on mathematics learning was highlighted for this author during a six-month stay in a country Queensland town, having never previously lived outside a capital ...

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Tana Sanderson, author of "The Great Debate- Education vs. Experience" and Jan Eberly and Carmel Martin, authors of "The Economic Case for Higher Education" share the same sentiment regarding education. ...

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"Hearing individuals describe concrete strategies helps dispel fears" sounds great but falls way short of offering practical advice to teachers of how to implement multiculturalism in the classroom. ... While I agree that an author's background, and by extension race, is an integral component of truly understanding theme and intent, I am left with a question: by overtly discussing race as a part of non-white authors" writing, are we not calling attention to the difference we seek to annihilate? ...

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- Seth Godin, Author, Blogger, Entrepreneur Social networking sites are one of the many technological advances in society today; these many advances have allowed individuals to expand their knowledge. ... In fact, social networking sites are a great educational tool. ... Social networking is a great way for students to engage in group discussion and broaden their communication skills. ... Also, it is used to understand the different opinions of others including but not limited to their peers, authors and even celebrities. ... Social networking is also a great way to collect information at a ...

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Even the plans that are being put forth to improve education are not being received with great colors by the critics. One important thing one should give some thought to, is that any great reform of our education system is highly unlikely, because it is an institution which keeps our society the way it is. ... According to Howard Gardner, the author of the article "Make Teaching a True Profession," it is expensive to start out charter schools, vouchers would not nearly cover all the costs of those schools, and only the best maintained school would remain. ...

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There is a great deal of evidence to show this problem. ... According to Philip Schlechty, author of Schools for the twenty-first century, "Public schools are the ties that bind this pluralistic society into a nation. ...

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In the article 'Integration versus segregation: the experiences of a group of disabled students moving from mainstream school into special needs further education' from Disability and Society (Vol. 40, No. 4, June 2004, pp. 387-401) the author, Pitt and Curtin, presents their report on the research conducted on the disabled students. ... Overall, the report proves to be of great significance, as it questions the stand of mainstream colleges which think itself to be fit for the disabled students....

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In this paper, the current situation of information technology and Internet use in China education is described in the introduction section, author's opinions and views will be stated according to the questions raised above. Discussions are based on the current situation of education in China and author's own experiences as an educatee in the last fifteen years. ... Therefore, author brings forward his own opinions and viewpoints, and at this point, there is no need to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Internet itself, as same as there is no need to discuss the advantages ...

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Of the entrance exams the Case Study Project said, " the competition, which is engendered by a strict system of entrance exams and a great need for academic credentials, appears to motivate students in junior and senior high school to perform at high levels. ...

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In the article, "The effects of an iPad® multimedia shared story intervention on vocabulary acquisition for an English language learner", the author mentioned that the use of iPads for ELLs enhances their vocabulary and allows them to learn at a faster pace without the student realizing that he or she is learning (Rivera et.al, 2014). iPads can also speed up the acquisition rate for elementary students and increase their vocabulary with each use. ... In an article about computer assisted language learning, the authors state that, "Since [the] 1990s, language classes have be...

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Many students around the world today focus mainly one thing while they are in school; Career and income, but how do you achieve that? How does one get the career they want and the income they yearn? The answer is education several countries are known for their exceptional performance in academics an...

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Stanley Aronowitz, author of "How Class Works in Education: A Memoir", states that in today's system "schooling focuses on preparing students for state exams ("teaching to the test") and for jobs while education teaches students how to think critically and explore new ideas, whether or not they're related to a specific job path or a state exam.... Aronowitz also makes a great case when he states "If teachers were allowed to acknowledge student skepticism, incorporated kids' knowledge into the curriculum by making what they know the object of rigorou...

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Thus, two groups of student are formed in an educational setting where cooperation is emphasized, yet many authors insist that competition and cooperation can be balanced in the educational setting. ... Great minds with similar goals and passions could be identified to achieve greater and more qualified common goal because, "students succeed in spite of competition, not because of it," (Kohn, 1987)....

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Incarceration" by Stephen Hawkins, the author states, "What we learn from Los Angeles, Houston, and Philadelphia is that our national priorities are misplaced, and with devastating consequences. ... Education should be the highest paid investment because if students are gaining the knowledge to be great in life they can bring back revenue into the economy. ...

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You miss one hundred percent of the shots that you don't take" (Gretskey, 2008). These words stated by famous athlete, Wayne Gretzky, depict how we shouldn't be afraid to take risks because we are afraid of the outcome of those risks. These words delineate apprehension prior to entering fieldwork experience with the HYPE students these past couple of weeks.. I was so apprehensive to work with these students, as these students were very close in age to me, and I was accustomed to working with students in the elementary grades. Like many others, I had no prior experience working ...

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The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the field. Educational technology flourished in the 1950's and continues to play an important role in many colleges of education. The particular sub-discipline of educational technology we will explore in this paper does not have a long history. Information technology and teacher education (ITTE) i...

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