Shelley's Frankenstein contains various underlying themes. One of these themes is education. ... Despite his father, Victor continued to educate himself in these natural philosophies, and it was the knowledge of these alchemical sciences that allowed him to create the monster; too much education could lead to a bad thing Elizabeth was educated by Victor's mother, but she is, otherwise, self-taught. ... Both Elizabeth and Victor were exposed to the same opportunities to read and understand literature when they were younger. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My class has students ranging from 10 to 15 in number, who previously had courses on literature, General education, and some courses on humanities in keeping with the vision of liberal education, the reward of which lies in itself. ... The aims of the course are: To introduce you to a range of major authors and works of the period To introduce you to key themes, issues and problems To develop a broad historical understanding prose production at this time To develop literary critical skills of contextualization, close analysis, and argumentation To further develop your research skills and to p...

• Word Count: 2530
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These standards were falling dangerously, as students began to fail science, math, and literature tests (Britannica on-line). ... Universities would be where humanities and pure sciences were taught. ... 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). ...

• Word Count: 2279
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• Grade Level: High School

., Journal of Computers in Math and Science Education and Journal of Computers in Early Childhood Education) that accept papers related to the support of teachers in those fields. ... XVII, No. 4), each published a theme issue on technology and teacher education in 1996. ... Empiricism Empiricism, also called positivism, post-positivism, or logical positivism, is based on the assumption that the scientific method is the only proper method for studying human behavior because of its success in the "hard" sciences. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Sputnik rose into the sky in 1957 and Americans were concerned that the Russians were outgunning us in the Space Race, millions of dollars were poured into math and science programs to bolster teaching and resultant learning in these subjects. ... Standardized tests will continue to decrease the class time spent on history and science and increase the number of skilled test-takers who aren't any better at math and reading, despite No Child Behind legislation and its promise of improvement through standardized tests (Ravitch, 2011). ... These initiatives are aimed at improvement thro...

• Word Count: 1946
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Related Objectives • summarize, analyze, respond to, and evaluate print and digital texts • compare and contrast various genres, including essays (academic and popular), literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, proposals, blogs, websites, and reports • identify and use various methods of developing paragraphs • identify and use various organizational strategies • distinguish types of evidence used in essays (i.e. anecdotes, logical reasoning, studies, reports, statistics, interviews, academic or popular essays, etc.) ...

• Word Count: 6229
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• Grade Level: High School