The intended learning outcomes of the new teaching: A Study in Practice During Spring Semester 2009, I taught the course "English 303: Short Stories" designed to introduce students to the short fiction of pre-modern and modern periods through short stories of England, Europe and Americas. ... The practical problem we faced in terms of choosing short stories by writers of Europe, England and America is enormous. I, as a faculty-instructor, came up with my own inventory of about 15 short stories by the writers of said regions-the list is not a symmetrical one, though, with England...

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The Lesson, written by Toni Cade Bambara examines the realization of economic equality in the 1960's through the eyes of a young African American girl named Silvia who is narrating the story. ... The narration enables the reader to become the student in the story and the student's lesson becomes the reader's lesson. ... The educational theories and techniques outlined by Bambara in his short story "The Lesson" are closely tied to Freirean educational theories outlined in the "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", thereby deepening the significance of "The Lesson&q...

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On their website, TED states they are, "a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks," and, "a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world.... The story of Gillian Lynne, as told by Sir Ken Robinson, is compelling as it helps us to realize the possible negative effects of not nurturing creativity. ... Robinson enabled us to emotionally connect with the story as most people have seen the widespread diagnoses or known someone with ADHD. ... The use of stories, especially i...

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In the world of today, computers are commonly known as a godsend that enhances the learning process by allowing one to complete a task in a short amount of time and maybe even have fun while doing it, but have people taken the learning process for granted by depending on computers too much? ... 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 exactly what counts-the story" (274). ...

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However, this argument falls short when it becomes clear what Africans are actually able to achieve with their education. ... Njoroge recognizes that the logistics of this story cannot be entirely based in fact, but the desperation of the times causes him to cling to any form of abstract hope. Along with everyone else, Njoroge resorts to believing in fantastic stories for encouragement under such bleak circumstances. ... Tambu's story also exemplifies how education does not lead to social freedom. ...

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In his writings, Youngjoo Kim (2010) compares the phenomenon of standardization and testing in current national policies to the story of Procrustes from Greek mythology. ... Kim relates this story to high-stakes testing and standardization, with our government trying to fit 'square' students into 'round' holes. ... When I think about our current system, I am reminded of the "The Blueberry Story" (Vollmer, 2002). In this story, a business man-famous for his company's blueberry ice cream-is telling a room full of teachers how they should be running their scho...

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Durham NC, Carolina Academic Press, 2011) provides a unique and informative source of stories, poems, and discussion from such varying artists as Lord Byron, Helen Keller and H.G. ... Roosevelt (American president) and Stephen Hawking an author, physicist, and mathematician who wrote A Short History of the Universe. ...

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This interview activity also constantly reminded me of the theme from Duneier's ethnography, Sidewalk, which discusses how every individual has their own story to be told. By acting as the various characters that made up this time period that may have seemed somewhat foreign to us, we were truly illuminating each of these individuals stories, which we might not have ever held if it wasn't for this activity. ...

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Reading Recovery is supplementary and short-term. ... This record provides the teacher with an ongoing picture of the student's progress; (3) A student written story which has an emphasis on the phonemic awareness component, letter identification, and reassembling a cut-up story. ...

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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 fi...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between ...

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Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between ...

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