At the core of these cultures, lie families who have been in the United States for many years, but never received assistance in learning the English language. (The Foundations of Dual Language Instruction (Fifth ed., p. 8)) There are many reasons that families do not or have not sought out assistance in learning the English language. ... Teachers should be prepared to support and guide any and all students who are learning English as their second language. ... Most children who are learning English as a second language are not always ready to talk in class, therefore the teacher needs to crea...

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Speaking English has become a problem faced by many public schools in America. ... The teachers in American public schools are being made to slow down the learning process for students to be able to keep up with the instructions. ... So, the new language-minority students seem to pay the price they are forced into basic skills classes and learning programs that would not be needed if we met the needs of the many that are falling behind. ... Many students have gone through these type of programs in school and been taught English very well, but many have also learned to fear English and resort b...

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Prior to Proposition 227, California's programs for immigrant students included English as a Second Language, in which students were taught the English language for part of the day, and bilingual education, in which students took classes taught in their native tongues until their English improved. ... The proposition introduces a new way of teaching the English language to immigrant children. ... "The Unz initiative calls for one year of courses taught in English, with an emphasis on learning the language; a system that many fear is a return to a past when children were sometimes punish...

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Evidents Upon this, the role of the textbook in the English classroom is very important. ... The teacher seems to be the most important factor who faciliate and direct the teaching-learning process. ... The role of the textbook in teaching and learning: Morever, English textbooks in teaching and learning is critical. ... As students pool their individual strengths they gain confidence in being able to function in an English-speaking society (Kelly, Lawrence, Mark & Bruce, 2002). ... - Integrates different learning styles: aural, oral, visual, kinesthetic...

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Worse still, race and class are often the components leading to biased expectations, putting these students at a great disadvantage in learning and progressing through the educational system. ... Students who enter school speaking standard English as a second language may be hesitant in answering questions due to embarrassment, and are often incorrectly placed in slower classes, or labeled illiterate (Rathus, 1993). ... When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. ...

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Before this law, standards for students with disabilities, students from minority groups, English language learners, and students from lower socioeconomic classes were measured by lower proficiency standards. ... This made standardized, bubble in, multiple choice learning a priority in the American public school system. ... At the secondary level, according to California Educator, struggling students are assigned double and triple periods of math and English. ... The American public education system's learning in one dimensional learning resulted in poor expectations, poor performance,...

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Parental involvement in schools improves student learning. ... When schools works together with parents to support learning, children are inclined to succeed not just in school but also throughout life. ... In addition, every school has a parent center that served as a base for parent volunteers, as well as a place where parents can work on improving their English skills. ... Limited-English and Non-English parents may have difficulty communicating with teachers. ... In conclusion, every family functions as a home learning environment, regardless of its structure, economic level, ethnic or ...

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The home environment has a big role in a child's education and if it is not supportive of the school environment, the student will not be as successful in school as the child whose home environment is supportive of the school's learning environment will. ... The typical curricula, tests, and learning tools used in public schools were created by middle-class educators and are geared toward the needs of middle-class children. ... A poor minority student may have trouble understanding English if English is not his/her first language or if English is not spoken in his/her home, and the ...

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Price (59) surveyed 1884 institutions of higher learning and found 500 courses in consumer education. ... Using English and mathematics marks and high-school scholastic average, she produced a multiple R of .746. ... Among other important findings he concluded that bookkeeping duties of nonbookkeepers were easily learning, and he isolated routines in which knowledge of bookkeeping principles and theory were not required. ... Gross (21) found that a visual-association analytic approach developed early superiority over conventional procedures for learning the keyb...

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Project Objectives and Approach The Foundational Learning Task Team is a team representative of the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) which is lead and chaired by the Deputy President of South Africa. ... The Ideal District Office Throughout our discussions with various stakeholders it was clearly articulated that an "efficient and functional" District Office would contribute significantly to teaching and learning outcomes. ... Subject advisors should also be a catalyst for excellence in teaching and learning. ... The ideal school principal should also be focussed on quali...

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With students being the center of the learning process, they are encouraged to participate and get involved in their lesson. ... Students should be aware that these rules are created to ensure their safety and for them to be able to enjoy the best learning experience within Media Studies. ... The most important point when highlighting multiculturalism in a classroom is the lack of command in English. As most of these students may have come from various countries and backgrounds where English is not their first language, it is of upmost importance to ensure that my lesson is planned and suitab...

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It is also used as an umbrella term to cover all types of learning by professionals. ... Therefore, the education nowadays have changed to a new level which focuses on the important subjects nowadays such as English, Mathematics and all subjects that involves Science. ... As the teacher plays the important role in both program quality and in learning outcomes, many countries are focuses in continuous professional development courses. ... This is because our educational system generally promotes surface and passive learning instead of deep and active learning which is crucial for creating a qua...

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The banding of the school and the medium of instruction (preferably English) used determines the school status. Therefore, it is not surprising that some teachers believe that effective learning means students could meet achievement targets. However, students would lose their interests in learning when there is an over-emphasis on academic outcomes. Teachers thus are under the "double-lose" situation, as on the one hand they could not arouse students" interests in learning, while on the other hand students who have lost interests in learning will result in poor results in their academic perfo...

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Along with many of the following curriculum changes; country schools also had year 9 and 10, in secondary school, learning compulsory agricultural and dairy science. ... Education was done in the traditional form of rote learning, with children chanting the information until the memorised it (Swarbrick, 2012). ... Students were drilled in their education of reading, writing, arithmetic, history, geography, English grammar and composition, object lessons, vocal music, elementary science and drawing (The Education Act, 1877). ... Furthermore, at the end of each academic year each student had a...

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Teacher tenure has been critiqued of being extremely outdated; this belief holds weight as the "concept has deep historical roots in property law " especially from the English feudal system"" (Vacca 1). ... While yes, a schools funding, the environment the students grow up in, etcetera, are factors in student's learning, any other job faces challenges, and an apt teacher would be able to overcome this. ... One of the main controversies surrounding this topic is how the educational reforms should be handled because there are many other factors that lead to a stunting in a student lear...

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Following the establishment of the National School System in 1831, there had been no arrangements for the exertion of any language other than English. ... However in the consecutive years teachers in Gaeltacht areas were given permission to use Irish in explaining English words, Irish could be taken as an extracurricular class on a fee paying basis and bilingualism was finally introduced in 1904 for children in Irish speaking areas. The beginning of the 20th century saw desire for a new education system to be put in place of which would alter many aspects of learning. ... Changes were seen ...

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With integrated curriculum, learning is about relationships and relevance that allow the students to engage with and retain more information in an instructional day (Weilbacher, 2001). ... For example, students might study the autobiography of Joseph Plumb Martin in English while learning about the American Revolution in History class (Musslewhite, 2000). ... In fact, even those who worked closely with the leaders in the initiative in the country are reducing their emphasis on integrated learning (Vars, 2001). ... The relationship should be strongly supported in order for the learning experi...

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Being a leader is influencing peers to do something good for someone else, and learning more about you at the same time. I feel that my greatest leadership role was being a cadet teacher and instructing a first-grade Mexican boy how to read in English. ...

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Although the classes were intriguing, college provided its own setbacks, such as me learning alongside recent high school graduates, and juggling a full time job with family care. ... My motivation was this one gentleman who came to this country not speaking a word of English, but achieved a 4.0 in high school and undergraduate school. ...

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The National Curriculum included ten core subjects, which were; English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Technology, Physical Education, Art & Design, Music and Modern Foreign Languages in secondary Schools (Ward & Eden, 2009) which meant that since the development of the National Curriculum, all pupils were being taught a wide range of different subjects which would develop more winners across all children educationally, because they would have a wider knowledge that would help them later in life, and there was much more chance of finding an individual's strengths. The National Curri...

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And again, whatever the cause, the end result remains the same: teachers are not using the internet to enhance the learning experiences of their students. ... According to The Dictionary of Canadian English, a mentor is "a wise and trusted advisor". ... Like New Brunswick, their goal was not to bombard teachers and students with technology, but to complement conventional teaching with active learning (Singapore). ...

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" Aronowitz argues that discipline and control are now the primary criteria of success, and genuine learning is sacrificed to a new dictated educational agenda. ... In my English class, my teacher would hold interactive discussions on various topics in our society amongst the class for as long the duration of the class period. Generally, most students including myself would come out with more insight in those class periods as opposed to completing worksheets on certain aspects of the elements of English. ...

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He tells us that his mother barely knew any English. ... For example, Rodriguez was too interested in his books and learning more facts, and not interested enough in the big picture. ... As he read Robinson Crusoe, for example, he knew that the main theme or lesson of the story was "the value of learning by oneself"(526), but did not actually learn anything by taking the theme and relating it to his own life and situation. ...

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The task of a qualified teacher can be seen when Luzina talks about the duties of teachers and children "To each his task in life: to the teacher, the explaining; to the children, the learning"(Roy, 53). ...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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