Like many others, I had no prior experience working with the concept of ethnography, which made me even more anxious prior to entering the HYPE space. ... As far as biases are concerned, I had to do some work in eliminating these prior to entering the space. ... This was another bias I had to eliminate prior to entering the space, as everyone might not share the same love and passion for education. ... After taking careful field notes for multiple weeks, and taking stock and mining that data, I have noticed that Individuals are HYPE is a space, where individuals possess the abilities to learn...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When arranging my classroom, it is important to take into account the floor space, the walls, and the storage space and supplies. ... However, clusters are harder to control and give less space for the students. ... In my K-5 internship, which was set in a fourth grade general education classroom, my cooperating teacher had her students in cluster formations. In my 6-12 internship, however, my cooperating teacher had her students in rows. ... In my future classroom, I plan on having five well-written rules. ...

• Word Count: 6616
• Approx Pages: 26
• Grade Level: High School

The study in progress has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms. ... The current study that follows has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms and also out of my continual effort to find the middle ground to deal with these practical concerns. ... And my changed philosophy of education, thus, concentrates on student-centered one. ... According to Mary Louise Pratt, "contact zone" is "social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and...

• Word Count: 2530
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When I think Kindergarten, I think of a big open classroom so that the students could have space for themselves and to move around. The picture I sketched of the classroom is not scaled to correctly match the classroom space wise. ... The teachers' desk was on one corner of the classroom, surrounded by piles of books and papers and more posters on the walls surrounding his space. ... There were also plenty more shelves throughout the entire classroom that was used as storage space. ... There was no empty wall space to put any more shelves or any other kind of furniture. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

All it took was a little physical exertion and total change from the subject that was originally planned, and the entire feeling of the room changed in the space of about 3 minutes. ... In my own experience, being a kinaesthetic learner, I have found many subjects where the teacher stands out the front of the class and rambles on, extremely boring and hard to learn anything from. The only reason that I managed to pass secondary school was through conversation with my classmates and text books. This means that I was using my inter-personal and intra-personal intelligence to aid me. If ...

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Thurgood Marshall High School is the newest of the six schools in Great Falls Illinois. The school opened two years ago amid national acclaim for being an important breakthrough in inner-city education (Gabarro, 1993). It was specially designed and constructed for the "house system" concept. Upon enrollment, students are assigned to one house. Houses may compete with one another at sports and maybe in other ways, thus providing a focus for group loyalty. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between those young people who manage to successfully transition into a meaningful careers pathway and those who do not continues to widen. Establishing stronger welfare safety nets and better youth services that can respond more effectively to the needs of young people as they reach fruition have all been ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract Western governments around the globe have become increasingly focused on the successful transition of young people from school to further education and/or training. It could be suggested that for many countries this is the key focus of their youth policies. Nevertheless, the divide between those young people who manage to successfully transition into a meaningful careers pathway and those who do not continues to widen. Establishing stronger welfare safety nets and better youth services that can respond more effectively to the needs of young people as they reach fruition have all been ...

• Word Count: 5459
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Course Description 1101 ENGL 1101 English Composition I (3-0-3) 3 semester credit hours. A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exploration, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of res...

• Word Count: 6229
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School