The Ancient Greeks, with all their philosophical wisdom, utilized works of literature to help with the mending of their sick and injured. ... The student needs to be able to recognize and identify with the literature. ... This will help in bringing up the readers emotional intelligence. ... These stages will help with the readers connection with the literature. ... Bibliotherapy allows the educators to use literature as a therapy to help the student gain control of their behaviors and allow them to accomplish educational goals that are on track for their age and grade level. ...

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Their oral reading in a play format will help them better understand the text and understand the characters by taking on the their characteristics and personality. ... Students discussion will help them enhance knowledge about the subject. ... One thing that helps teachers in assessing students with Readers" theatre is videotaping. ... In Dramatics and the Teaching of Literature, James Hoetker (1969) contends that theatre increases creativity, originality, sensitivity, fluency, flexibility, emotional stability, cooperation, and examination of moral attitudes, while developing communication ...

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"The basic goal of multicultural education is to help all children understand and appreciate events and people from various points of view" (Welton, 113). ... Teachers can help eliminate stereotypes by presenting material and activities that enable children to learn the similarities of all individuals. ... "Through multicultural literature, children discover that all cultural groups have made significant contributions to civilization" (Norton, 62). ... It also helps children become accustomed to the idea that there are many lifestyles, languages, cultures, and points of view. ... Review o...

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"The basic goal of multicultural education is to help all children understand and appreciate events and people from various points of view" (Welton, 113). ... Teachers can help eliminate stereotypes by presenting material and activities that enable children to learn the similarities of all individuals. ... "Through multicultural literature, children discover that all cultural groups have made significant contributions to civilization" (Norton, 62). ... It also helps children become accustomed to the idea that there are many lifestyles, languages, cultures, and points of view. ... Review o...

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This model will be based on three core threads mentioned in literature surrounding environmental education with a bid to use complimentary learning processes. An analysis of practice will then help evaluate its effectiveness at reaching the fundamental aim of helping students understand, appreciate and care for the environment. ... Analysis of Literature The initial question proposed when inquiring into EE theory is: what is it and what purpose does it serve? ... This is complimented by suggestions in literature that youth are great mobilizers and that they should be treated as agents of ch...

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Finally, upon examining the aforementioned approaches to EAP by review of scholarly literature, I intend to argue affirmatively that vulgar-pragmatic based pedagogy is the best and most effective method of teaching EAP to university students. ... Burbules and Berk (1999) incite that by 'urging teachers to help students become more skeptical toward commonly accepted truisms' that they will not allow themselves to be 'deceived' by the widely accepted dogma proponed upon them by society and its authoritative figures. ... During my first year studies in Biology, I was requi...

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Purpose of the Study This study seeks to look critically into what the existing literature details about efforts levels of the policy makers and state officials in coming up with strategies to help in early childhood. ... Some such studies have therefore been analyzed to help with the information on the general perception of the State Government concerning early childhood education. ... Besides, the State's intervention would help in establishing a sustainable educational system that spreads through the career life of an individual. ... Literature Review In her article "Education: E...

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Most literature on reflection is based on the works of philosopher, John Dewey (1933) who defined reflection in his early work as the "active, persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in light of the grounds that support it" (p.7 as cited in Chetcuti, 1992, p.238). ... The benefits of reflective teaching are well-known and supported by an abundance of literature. ... There are several strategies that can be used in aid of becoming a reflective teacher such as reflective journal writing, seeking different perspectives from colleagues, audio ...

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However, with the help of Mr. ... In "Looking for Work" the community as a whole influences the main character unintentionally which helps him reach his goals. In conclusion, both pieces of literature are excellent and teach the reader about motivation and that when people believe in you it will influence you to reach your goals. ... "Looking for Work" and "I Just Wanna be Average" truly define determination and drive and are uplifting pieces of literature. ...

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No interview techniques is used in this study, but this essay is based on literature review. ... Durkheim believes that with education, it helps to kids to the internalization of social rules which needed for social function. ... One of the biggest reason for dropping the school because of the poverty is they needed to work in order to help their family budget. ... Such as on school events, they are not allowed to attend them or about the social helps, they couldn't get it. ...

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As a result, the problem has remained virtually absent from the available literature. ... This will make more literature available for formulation of helpful policies to regulate the practice Keyword: Cyberbullying Prevention Hinduja, Sameer, and Justin W. ... As a result, the author indicates the need for a legislation that can help to reduce cyberbullying, while protecting students from litigations. ...

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These standards were falling dangerously, as students began to fail science, math, and literature tests (Britannica on-line). ... The Russians need to move toward educational reforms with specific guidelines to push the educational system forward, and help Russia look to the future. ... Russia needs to gain educational doctrines suitable for modern times, to help them over come short falls such as 50,000 teachers in the country with 1,000 openings still remaining in, subjects like literature, math, and english (New York Times). ... As a result the students of the United States are receiving...

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Violence-prevention literature and experts consistently associate at least seven characteristics with promising school based violence prevention programs: 1} A comprehensive approach 2} an early start, long term commitment 3} strong leadership and disciplinary policies 4} staff development 5} parental involvement 6} interagency partnership and community linkages 7} culturally...

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I want them to come to me with anything they feel is important and need help with. It is my job to help them see the light at the end of the tunnel and become people they can be proud of. That being said I know I can't help every single one, but I will try my hardest to and this is my plan to do that. ... This seating arrangement will also help in the multiple settings I want to create in my classroom. ... These include activities to help students and educators to know and understand each other, to teach students to resolve conflicts and to work together respectfully, to involve students...

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He goes on to note that a similar pattern of deficiency in knowledge achievement is revealed by the NAEP studies of mathematics, history, literature, geography, and civics. ... Use multiple resources and media for teaching and learning "such as electronic technology, primary documents, classic works of literature, and science laboratories "instead of relying upon textbooks as the primary or exclusive tool of instruction. ...

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Additionally, parents can ask what they can do at home to help their children in school. ... Parents can also act as tutors to help students with problems. ... Schools seek parents to serve on advisory committees, sponsor certain school activities, and to help with fundraising. ... Though workshop topics may cover anything from children's literature to diabetes prevention, the district always devoted several springtime sessions to giving parents strategies for helping their children prepare for the math, science, and writing sections of the TAAS. ... Their goal is to bring parents into ...

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It will provide new opportunities, including academic opportunities or ones that will help a student academically. ... The academic literature suggests that gap years provide a great opportunity for young students to develop skills and confidence, which will make them more competitive in educational and career markets (Heath, 2007). ... Taking a gap year, a student can take time to do things to help them conquer such fears and build confidence in themselves. ...

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Review of Related Literature Lack of parental involvement is one of the biggest problems facing our public schools today (Desimone, 1999; Epstein, 1991; Hill, 2004, Ladson-Billings, 2001). ... A parent study in a socio-economically disadvantaged community that looked at parental behaviors and how they were influenced by multiple factors that included such things as how welcomed they felt at school, their educational expectations for the child, as well as their own educational aspirations (Overstreet, 2005) concluded that parents need to be educated and better informed by the school so they are...

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We must help them see success as a valuable aspect of their personalities. ... Was it finding themes in literature? ... So how can we help students master such skills? ... By designing more team assignments, we can exploit the benefits of teamwork, where the weaker students will learn by having others help. ... Breaking learning into small packages that can be conquered and that will in some way produce a feeling of accomplishment and success will help motivate students to go forward, even through very difficult material. 4. ...

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Free-spirited Sam and her stepbrother Patrick help Charlie discover the joys of friendship, first love, music and more, while a teacher sparks Charlie's dreams of becoming a writer. ... Which students need to know because these small lessons and topics help us get through everyday life. Also, it helps us understand why things in life happen to us. ... With amazing quotes like "We accept the love we think we deserve" quoted from his English teacher or "I swear in that moment, we were infinite" (chbosky pg. 39) describing a wonderful moment shared among true friends, this book makes you re...

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He even goes on to accuse the creators of the Common Core aligned questions of writing them in such a way as to alienate a majority of parents so that they wouldn't be able to help their children with their homework. (19) Clearly a biased source, the justification for opposing the Common Core here is largely conspiracy driven. ... Lucy Calkins, a Robinson Professor of Literature and Writing at the Teachers College of Columbia University, the Common Core will better set up our kids for learning more complex ideas later on in their educational careers, including college. ...

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Technology can make remarkable contributions to education by helping the educators and learners perform educational activities that help them to achieve their academic goals. ... The rich literature, scientific discoveries, space exploration, and geological exploration are just some of the most distinguished human endeavors that have been undertaken over time. ... A computer can be used with a grade one student to help that child learn new English vocabulary and the same machine can be used by a university student to write a sophisticated micro-chip program to control a robotic arm. ....

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This allows her to identify the students weak points in their learning and help them better understand those subjects. ... Teachers and Parents alike are struggling to help their children understand the lesson when they themselves don't even understand the lesson. ... Many believe that Common Core is killing Reading and Literature because it is no longer about the substance of the reading it is about if you can comprehend the reading. ...

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They are unable to locate and critically reflect upon their experiences of art in a wider context of literature on art education, (Herne S. 2000). ... This helps us through the added dimension of another perspective to understand more about ourselves, (Anderson T. 1995). ... I believe that this view on learning should be encouraged a great deal more during arts classes for undergraduate teachers, this may help to improve teachers attitudes and confidence towards teaching The Arts to children R-7. ...

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In English classes across the country, teachers use books to help demonstrate an idea, a culture, a revelation, or an embodiment of someone's soul. ... Both of these literary works help inspire students in their educational careers, they do nothing to possibly negatively impact them! ... If people cannot see how a challenging book helps to form a student into a more intelligent being, then they, too, live in ignorance. ... Literature can encourage students to read more if schools allow an extensive library. ... To illustrate this point more succinctly, a brilliant and famous metaphor fr...

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