Through the individual framework, the biological and psychological are taken into consideration when approaching teaching; the second category specifies the socio-economic aspect of a child including their race, gender and class. ... Through academic service learning teachers are able to bring forth their understanding and personal experiences of various topics such as class, socio-economic status and culture and challenge that in the classroom to improve the educational outcomes of children from diverse backgrounds. ...

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A "positional good" is a good that is used as a symbol of status. ... The most important change to be made is the socio-economic diversification of suburbs and cities. ... This diversification (especially in a socio-economic sense) is crucial for the equalizing of our education system. ... "Parents with more economic and cultural resources are much more likely to be involved in the diagnosis and accommodation of their child's disabilities" (Ong-Dean 5). ...

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In various regions of the world the EFA Goals are frustrated by social, cultural and economic factors. ... It then considers the effects of the social, cultural and economic which hinders the country in achieving the set EFA goals. ... It is an understatement to say that education is important to economic development. ... In India, the socio-economic status characteristics of households such as parental income, wealth, occupation and education determines the enrolment of education and achievement (Indian Child, 2002). ...

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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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