The traveller is on a journey, it has been to the past, is in the present and headed for the future and our traveller is asking questions of them all. ... I will discuss some of the issues surrounding possible directions for future education. ... How is this foundation relevant to the questions we are asking about the future? ... This should alert us to the fact that we need to fundamentally change our approach to schooling if we are going to be relevant to a future society. We need to face that the reason compulsory schooling was designed is obsolete and begin to look at what is needed fo...

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This connection, if successfully positive, can develop resiliency, community links, social capital and an economic future for young people. ... For young Australians planning their career paths, being given clear and consistent information from a variety of supportive voices is a necessary element to preparing for the future. ... The fostering of what Cohen (1985) refers to as 'communities of meaning' (pp. 70) that awaken a young person's desire to formulate life-long goals and a realistic vision for the future is only possible in the presence of teachers, school leaders and c...

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This connection, if successfully positive, can develop resiliency, community links, social capital and an economic future for young people. ... For young Australians planning their career paths, being given clear and consistent information from a variety of supportive voices is a necessary element to preparing for the future. ... The fostering of what Cohen (1985) refers to as 'communities of meaning' (pp. 70) that awaken a young person's desire to formulate life-long goals and a realistic vision for the future is only possible in the presence of teachers, school leaders and co...

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If a student's family can barely pay for food and rent, taking a loan from a bank is probably not in their future. ... Self-fulfilling prophecy can undermine a student's educational attainment once placed in a lower track (Farley, 2000). It is quite likely that a student, once placed in a lower track, will remain there indefinitely unless otherwise challenged. ... Remaining in the original track of placement largely determines the educational future of the student. ...

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It has a weak campus model that is still being developed and is expected to increase steadily in the future. ... These degree programs are primarily in career tracks that reflect the employment outlook for the future. ... In this way, employees have an understanding of how to achieve their goals and the rewards that will be waiting for them once they do. ...

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In the near future, efforts to retain educators in the workforce must also accommodate a rate of retirement of senior teachers previously not experienced (Feistritzer, 1998). ... Unfortunately, simply increasing quantity may whiplash the profession by suppressing salary advancement, perpetuating public criticism of instructional effectiveness, and placing a "faculty" (people) that may be difficult to remove once employed. ... He was also appointed to the Committee for the Vision of the Future for UNIVERSITY during the strategic planning initiative undertaken four years ago and was a member of...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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Sex differences in education are a type of sex discrimination in the education system affecting both men and women during and after their educational experiences. There was an extreme gender gap in education, where women didn't even have the pleasure of going to school. Women took the role of housew...

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The focus of play at this age is the core of the whole future, since in them the entire person is developed and revealed in the most sensitive qualities of his mind - Rudolph Steiner an Austrian Philosopher and Theosophist opened his first school for the children of cigarette factory workers. ...

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The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the field. Educational technology flourished in the 1950's and continues to play an important role in many colleges of education. The particular sub-discipline of educational technology we will explore in this paper does not have a long history. Information technology and teacher education (ITTE) i...

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I was in classroom number 102 with Mr. Harry Gonzalez who taught Bilingual Kindergarten to nineteen students. The day I went to observe one student was absent. The classroom was pretty much split equally between boys and girls and all of the students were of Hispanic descent. Mr. ...

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