The school should have a vision that enables the members to work towards achieving the set goals. ... Interaction between the teachers and students is critical in the learning process. ... This measure motivates students to adopt an independent self that involves self-learning and engage in the problem solving learning process. ... Professional learning can incorporate progressive learning in order to attain the targeted results. ... An effective learning program focuses on promoting equality among the participants in the learning course of action. ...

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But in between now and then I aspire to learn more about the trade which I believe will harness my potentials in achieving my future goals. ... My experiences so far has opened my mind to see ways on how I can transform my ideas into a viable business by learning skills related to finance, marketing, leadership and strategic planning, and I believe that the University of Houston Downtown is the path way to developing a multi-disciplinary creative approach that will provide me with a better framework to achieve my goals....

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Teachers everywhere are following their districts" scope and sequence outlines and the their state's common curriculum guidelines while designing unit goals and objectives. ... While learning about Shakespeare's life, his literary works, and the time period may increase a student's cultural awareness, literary comprehension, and appreciation for literature, the majority of students do not go on to become English majors or history majors in college. ... However, most people are trying to fit all students into one mold, making all students reach the same goal at the same time as...

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These goals must be consistent with other educational goals and standards established by the state. States must also establish performance indicators to show progress toward the goal. IDEA is a long-term goal that always has great outcomes. ... Any one with a learning, physical, mental or any kind of disability benefits from this policy. ... It ensures that our nation's schools are safe and conducive to learning for children, while scrupulously protecting the rights or our disabled students." ...

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Universities have a tunnel vision perception by emphasizing SAT scores, which is an objective learning strategic that does not measure important qualities in a student. ... This goal of improvement is only encouraged by the motivation of doing better on the next attempt. ... Encouraging students to get the best possible grade emphasizes constructive study and learning practices from the student. However, the underlying goal in this way of learning is unhealthy and causes unneeded anxiety, stress, and pressure on a student. ... I felt that I was not learning the information, which made compreh...

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A Proposal to Abolish Grading Achieving good grades has been the ultimate and final goal in some students" academic life. ... But by doing so, those institutions could not accurately judge potential students based entirely on a system that encourages memorization and in some instances cheating instead of learning for the sake of accumulating long-lasting knowledge that benefits ones" future. ... As a "good" student in today's society one would have to conform to just getting good grades, not truly learning, in order to have a chance for a better future. ... Instead they rely on clas...

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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. ... MacLeod pointed out that the reason many parents of lower-class kids don't set high educational goals for their children is because they don't want ...

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Although No Child Left Behind (NCLB) had admirable goals, it has actually resulted in dumbing down the American education system. ... It was the goal of NCLB to equalize education. ... This made standardized, bubble in, multiple choice learning a priority in the American public school system. ... The American public education system's learning in one dimensional learning resulted in poor expectations, poor performance, boredom, and a dumbing down of educational standards unfit for the multidimensional society in which it exists. ... Teacher lectures that impart test information cause ...

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As an educator I want to make learning a way for my children to rise above such conditions. I wish to encourage them to be active participants in their learning. ... With the input from each child, we developed goals for their individual achievement. The students and I wrote down goals and we kept track of their progress. ... Both parties worked closely together to reinforce my academic goals, and that was my motivation to do the best throughout my school years. ...

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Hispanics have the highest birth rate compared to other minorities, which hinders them from pursuing education goals. ... For instance, pursuing politics which can lead to other policymaking goals. ... Engaging in college or education programs can inspire new educational goals. ... The programs mentioned are very useful for helping families' transition and ease into a learning environment. ... A significant aspect of education programs is making students accountable for their own learning and needs. ...

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Some of the disadvantages of token economies are: they have only short-term goals, it can get costly, potential for abusing the system, and it's hard to modify an already established token economy. ... It would be beneficial for Tolman High School's at-risk students because this might change their outlook on themselves and on learning in general. ...

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Detractors argue that such programs require the Mexican-American student to maintain ties to two languages, causing confusion and learning difficulties. ... While the goal of bi-lingual education for Mexican-American students has been to end their struggle in English-speaking public schools, some state and city governments across the United States have called for the abolition of these programs. ... A series of articles in the Boston Globe followed the struggles with learning English of two Mexican-American grade schoolers in an English-speaking public school. ... Thus, this family's d...

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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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In order to help enhance a student's future, educators should provide many motivation strategies to their students so that they won't settle for less, and try to achieve their goals. ... Another advantage that students would achieve is the ability to become positive, active contributors to society in learning the importance of hard work for no pay. ... Overall there are many benefits for high school students serving community service because it enables an individual to grow as a person and motivate them to continue learning without limits builds good work ethics and help them unders...

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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. ... Through this regular instruction and two-way communication, district leaders have "sought to help parents understand what their children are going to be expected to learn, and then build the parents' capacity to support that learning." ... Their goal is to bring parents into school activities to help handle every kind of problem. ... In conclusion, every family functions as a hom...

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An educated workforce is essential to America's and Illinois' ability to maintain economic competitiveness (Karanovich, F. 2010), Traditional state sponsored school curriculum and learning methods may not be relevant to the needs to today's learners. ... It is the hypothesis of our experiment that charter and private high schools, although still controversial provide today's modern students a superior learning experience than do our traditional public high schools( Stand for Children, 2012). ... Nontraditional schools are presenting new models of teaching and learning tha...

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They fundamentally reorganized their approach to learning to eliminate boundaries. ... They identified differing needs of students and met with alternative learning approaches. ... All set challenging goals and continually worked until achieved. ... Measuring learning and changing academic culture to one of collaboration are significant challenges. ...

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I do agree with the author's point that DSA schools need to articulate the minimum academic goals, allowing them to be academically prepared to balance their training, study and rest in their daily lives. ... Other possible causes could also include the students being unable to cope with the intense training and heavy academic workload, or the schools did not do enough to help the students in their learning. ...

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As a philosophy major, my courses have a much different emphasis than those of a business major who's goal is to go into human resources. ... This is not to infer that one is better than the other, rather it illustrates the ways in which one's area of study will create different learning environments and objectives. ...

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It is an expression of a person at his or her best whose goal is to transform something better and to develop the imagination and character other people possess. ... Being a leader is influencing peers to do something good for someone else, and learning more about you at the same time. ...

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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. ... In 2012, with no prevail, I graduated from Santa Monica College, yet found myself journeying down a winding road with no career goals or guidance. ...

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I could relate what Rose went through to my own life because I had a very similar situation in which I needed guidance from others to accomplish the goals I had set for myself. ... Once he starts receiving extra help from his professors and actually starts to make an effort in the classes he's taking, Roses learning goes through a dramatic change. ... My goal was to very simple, I wanted to help people get fit, get active and start up a healthy lifestyle. ... But in the beginning I had a very uninterested attitude and did not do much to take steps to closer achieving my goal. ... " ...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... For the school leaver, being clear as to the steps and goals needed to pursue a successful career pathway is associated with their having strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills as well as being able to foster and nurture community connections (Broadbent et al. 2012). ... Identifying and emb...

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The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians 2008 reiterates the benefits of strong partnerships between schools and external agencies; partnerships that support and encourage young people to pursue career pathways that will enhance their life-chances (MCEETYA 2008). ... For the school leaver, being clear as to the steps and goals needed to pursue a successful career pathway is associated with their having strong interpersonal and intrapersonal skills as well as being able to foster and nurture community connections (Broadbent et al. 2012). ... Identifying and emb...

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The goal of this study is to identify the impact why are you assuming there is an impact? ... Based on research conducted by Hardré, Sullivan and Crowson (2009) fix font "Rural youth (compared to non-rural) often experience greater conflict between educational goals and their family connections, and those with such conflicts are more likely to have lower educational aspirations and to delay postsecondary education" (p. 2). ...

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