Unfortunately, schools are also facing a severe shortage of teachers, particularly in middle and secondary schools as well as areas such as special education. ... That inconsistency needs to be addressed. ... Abbreviated preparation practices rely on mentors to address other concerns that include lack of curriculum materials (including teachers" manuals), feelings of isolation, negative attitudes of others towards students with special needs (an increasing demand on general educators), scheduling, time-management, and working with paraprofessionals. ... These devices interface with desktop co...

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Furthermore, games are highly adaptable, accounting for G&T (gifted and talented) and SEND (special education needs and disabilities) learners. ... Learning is likely to be enhanced when pupils are involved in critical thinking, discussion and active participation whilst being intellectually challenged. 1.5) Learner Characteristics Pupils are commonly categorised into Gifted and Talented (G&T) learners or Special Educational Needs & Disability (SEND) learners. ... In addition, Kent (2006) added 'talented' comprises of a special aptitude for a specific function, where talents may b...

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In reviewing the existing body of literature, I will underline the detrimental impact that zero tolerance policies have had on U.S. public schools and outline alternatives to school discipline that are more supportive of educational achievement and conducive to the needs of adolescents during this period of social and cognitive development. ... By 1997, 3.1 million students were suspended annually as a result of zero tolerance policies; and in 1998, 87,000 students were expelled under the same regulations. ... A very small percentage of students suspended and expelled faced such consequences...

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"Psychotherapy can be defined broadly as a special practice involving a designated healer (or therapist) and an identified client (or patient), with the particular purpose of solving a problem from which the client is suffering or promoting the health of the client's mind. The practice may take various forms, such as a religious healing ceremony, a special experience or professionally defined interaction between the healer and the client. ... There was increased concern in the 1970s and 1980s with how to deliver mental health counseling for minorities, migrants, refugees, sojourners,...

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In this paper, I aim to raise a number of difficulties in Laurence Bonjour's coherence theory of epistemic justification and in doing so, I intend to provide special focus on difficulties that arise from the limitations of language as it is used in the discursive manner by which a philosophical theory is constructed. ...

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