The ability to invent history allows for history, as I have defined it, to take shape. ... The other side of the argument is that teachers, at least in New York State, are forced to prepare students for the Regents tests that all students must take. ... If the teacher does take time to teach the multicultural version of American history, he or she is taking that much time away from preparing the students for their state mandated tests. ... If they have a desire to teach a multicultural version of American history they have to do so at the expense of the students" test grades. ... Teacher...

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Throughout history, people have always been prone to create their own mental realities, preconceived notions and concepts that they expect the world to follow. ... These people had developed their own ideas about the reality and rather than test their notions to a narrow test of accuracy, they were content to blame reality. ... Education itself can in fact make this situation of people not submitting their thoughts to a narrow test of accuracy worse, not better. ... If Rodriguez had tested this through a narrow test of accuracy, he would have found that it was a false notion. ... Therefore, an...

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No matter the level of integration, there are advantages and disadvantages to the approach and using it effectively requires a delicate balancing act between the needs to address the requirements of high stakes testing with the desire to engage students in what they need to learn. ... For example, students might study the autobiography of Joseph Plumb Martin in English while learning about the American Revolution in History class (Musslewhite, 2000). ... They also need to take professional development time to understand how their discipline can connect to other disciplines and develop knowle...

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The National Curriculum included ten core subjects, which were; English, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Technology, Physical Education, Art & Design, Music and Modern Foreign Languages in secondary Schools (Ward & Eden, 2009) which meant that since the development of the National Curriculum, all pupils were being taught a wide range of different subjects which would develop more winners across all children educationally, because they would have a wider knowledge that would help them later in life, and there was much more chance of finding an individual's strengths. ...

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History shows that religious dogmas in schools create religious wars. ... In public education, we know ample areas of sciences, histories, mathematics, and language arts have been provided for the whole learning of the student. ... The measurement of testing the learning process is what needs to be re-evaluated, rather than the funds to teach....

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In order to make the diagnosis complete, time would need to be spent with the parents to obtain information regarding the history of the child, the development or appearance of the syndrome and the child's behaviour in specific situations. ... Although it may not be within a teachers' spectrum of expertise to conduct diagnostic tests, it should be within a teacher's expertise to recognise the needs for such tests. ...

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Suzie Boss, in her article "Project-Based Learning: A Short History" states "Maria Montessori, the Italian physician and child-development expert pioneered learning environments that foster capable, adaptive citizens and problem solvers.... Finding teachers that are willing to try and balance the standard curriculum and testing while giving students the freedom is very difficult. ...

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