Things that need to be discussed: a) Philosophical perspectives b) Gender issues and education c) Maori education, d) Pacific education The two stances that each of the above need to be applied to: Education = Commodity; makes it a level playing ground, tradable, no one has more access Education = Public Good; benefit of the whole community, should be freely available. 2a : of, relating to, or affecting all the people or the whole area of a nation or state b : of or relating to a government c : of, relating to, or being in the service of the community or nation 3 a : of or r...

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Imagine walking into the admissions office of a high school or college you wish to attend. You are cordially greeted by the secretary and she asks for your name. After responding to her, she leads you to a room which has six other prospective students. You take a seat and wait your turn to be...

• Word Count: 1284
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This paper critically examines the varied approaches to teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP). In particular, it examines Critical Pedagogy, Pragmatic Pedagogy and Critical-Pragmatic Pedagogy in the context of teaching academic writing to university students. This is an important issue as the...

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

According both Webster and Cambridge dictionaries, Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share the same aim - to define, defend and establish equal rights and opportunities for women within political, social, economical and cultural spheres of life. ...

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Curriculum Integration in New Zealand In this essay I will discuss current thinking of best teaching and learning practice for learners in the 21st century. I will discuss Beane's (1997) definition of curriculum integration and other definitions of curriculum integration (CI). I will then disc...

• Word Count: 1556
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• Grade Level: High School

The granddaddy of text-to-speech products according to Guernsey (2011) is Kurzweil 3000 (Kurzweil 3000), which is stocked with features like word-by-word highlighting and foreign-language dictionaries. ...

• Word Count: 1378
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the corners are resource stations, for language arts it contains dictionaries and a bulletin board or "wow" words made by the students, for science it contains the weekly science vocabulary, a skeleton and a few experimental tools, for math it includes extra manipulatives (counters and graphing supplies). ...

• Word Count: 1454
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• Grade Level: High School

The Oxford English Dictionary defines education as the culture or development of personal knowledge or understanding, growth of character, moral and social qualities, etc., as contrasted with the imparting of knowledge or skill. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Freshman Dictionary ACADEMIC What is Add/drop? Scheduled add-drop times are periods when changes to your original schedule are made by dropping a course for which you are registered for and/or adding a new one. What is an Adjunct Professor? Part-time professor What is an Award Lette...

• Word Count: 2208
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• Grade Level: High School

Improving Internet Training of Teachers Through Mentorship: As classes ended in June of 1997, New Brunswick completed a $23 million quest to connect every school to the World Wide Web. (MacLeans magazine) With the arrival of these new computers and tools, came an onslaught of challenges for ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Many years ago, we couldn't imagine that computer technology could enhance educational options. Men and women bought newspapers and watched the news to learn about major topics in the economy and society. Students spent all evening in libraries writing reports, projects or academic papers. Today information is easily accessed, thanks to the internet. Online courses are accessible to the students who are unable to attend traditional educational buildings because of health or other complications; it is a convenient way to earn an education. ...

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The Desire to Achieve in Rodriguez's "The Achievement of Desire" "To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act." - Anatole France According to Malcolm Forbes "Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one." In his book "Hunger of Memory", Rodriguez tells the story ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School