This led me to the foundational research of Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory as applied to teaching practice and student learning. ... He discusses Howard Gardner's MI theory and how it provided a powerful psychological foundation that supported the pedagogical approach that he had developed. ... Smagorinsky gives an account of his own collaborative research in the school system and the accounts of individual students and their experiences of being in a classroom that integrates a MI theory approach into learning Language Arts. ... She states that in the education...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

With the dropout rate of African American males being disproportionately higher than other races, this research should help the shapers of the educational system realize that early and often successful, positive access to academic experiences is needed to create high academic self-esteem. ... The results, implications and processes of this research brought about solid information that could be used to develop theories when educating African American students. The development of theories is one of the goals of research in educational psychology. ...

• Word Count: 638
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

There are two forms of labeling within the education system, positive and negative, these labels can have an effect on children's education success and in turn their economic success which creates an unequal class divide as the majority of the negative labels are usually attached to working class and minority groups, however others argue that labels don't always affect a child's educational success as some children may use it as motivation and work hard to prove the labels wrong. ... Mary Fuller (1984) criticizes Becker as she found that the labeling theories are too determi...

• Word Count: 1013
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

Through these social interactions, games activity can allow ego identity, a key beneficial factor mentioned by Erikson (1959) within the Psycho-social theory. ... Educational Learning theories adopted for pupils to learn include; Social Constructivist learning theory (Vygotsky, 1978) (see appendix 6) and behaviourist learning theory (Skinner, 1976) (see appendix 7) to name a few. ... This learning theory lends itself to teaching large groups or whole classes effectively whereby teaching expertise can benefit the pupils. ... Learning is superficial and pupil motivation may decrease adopting thi...

• Word Count: 2651
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Students should be able to attend colleges and universities that can fulfill their expectations of vocational study, without the systems forcing the fragmented fields of study, garbled educational purposes and trivialized scholarship of a liberal education upon them. ... It is not a useful process of learning without reference to theories and problems in a choice of one's major and I mean destructive in that Liberal education does not affirm intellectual growth nor provide the personal profit or self worship. ... Thus, the hope for true specialization and faculty of self-worship gro...

• Word Count: 1340
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Graduate

Other academics argue the case of a vulgar pragmatic approach that relies on structure and 'the notions of theory and practice' (Williams: 1983). ... This means that 'criticalists' (those who support a critical approach) prefer a system of education that challenges students to think beyond what is taught and form their own opinions; to broaden their thoughts and to construct their own voice (Palmer, Emmon: 2004). ... In a world where individuals are so fervently encouraged to be just that, 'individual', a system of critical pedagogy in university seems ideal. ...

• Word Count: 1625
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate