Sociology of Education – Social Dimension to Education In her article 'Educating Society' (2009) Julie McLeod's main focus is the sociology of education and how issues of class, race and ethnicity and gender intersect with education on a fundamental level. 'Sociological studies of education show how educational institutions are part of the social fabric and how what happens in school-scan both reflect and have consequences for social relations and social processes.'... This cements issues of inequality for the cultural and linguistic groups who do not identify ...

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Through these social interactions, games activity can allow ego identity, a key beneficial factor mentioned by Erikson (1959) within the Psycho-social theory. However, factors such as gender or body compositional issues act as constraints, whereby pupils are less willing to partake due to self-esteem issues or feeling inferior to other peers. ... Furthermore many pupils with weight issues or 'obesity' immediately neglect their skill ability and drive to succeed within games activities. ... Vygotsky's learning theory of social constructs are specifically effective within games a...

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The Dream Yet to be Realized. Almost fifty years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court declared, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that laws separating the races in school are unconstitutional. Hundreds of lawsuits later, black and white students were bused back and for...

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Like many other initiatives or bills, Proposition 227 had raised many issues in the State and the entire nation. These issues vary from legal human rights, including freedom of choice, to political and social issues. In fact many argue that the issue of bilingual education has mainly been viewed as a political and social matter rather than an educational or pedagogy problem. ... In addition to racial and social issues rising from the proposition, political and economical problems have also emerged. ... Few new political and social groups were born during the presentation of Proposition 227. ...

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Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. ... When children of different social classes go to the same school, they are almost always divided into tracks. ... I think this creates alienation between the school and learners who don't fit into the social profile of what the school expects a good learner to be. ... To provide justice and equality has been a prevalent issue for governments over the centuries; affirmative action is not a new phenomena, education needs to be continually adapting to the environment in which we live in. Pioneering research f...

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I will wrestle with some of the issues that are being raised as we near the close of the millennium. ... Many social and environmental issues are also tied in with this question. ... I will discuss some of the issues surrounding possible directions for future education. I will refer to technology and its place in our future, the problem of social control, and notion of a "global community" as well as other issues in approaching education for the 21st Century. ... They functioned as a social and economic unit. ...

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XVII, No. 4), each published a theme issue on technology and teacher education in 1996. ... It addressed problems and issues that surround efforts to increase the meaningful use of technology in schools. ...

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I will draw upon the readings of Michael Apple and Lisa Delpit to help develop an understanding of this issue. ... In Apple's book Cultural Politics and Education, the main argument that he makes is that because of the capitalist society in which Americans live today, people who start off with lower economic and social backgrounds are less likely to become, say, an executive CEO of a Fortune 500 company. ... The examples Apple gives are that social studies texts still refer to the period known as "The Dark Ages- rather than, what he believes to be: historically more accurate and mu...

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Education inequality has been a social issue in the United States between white and ethnic minorities. The issue first began when the legal abolishment of slavery was enacted but the racial stigma still remained in power. ... The No Child Left Behind Act was a response to the inequality issue in the education but there were many other factors that also affected the inequality. ... The Funding Gap has also been an issue of the inequality of schools besides race. ... These debates are tackling the issue of the source of funding, teacher experience, curriculum distinctions, and lastly the stude...

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The nature of the institution, the process of learning, the topics taught in the curriculum are all both the cause and the effect of broader social issues. ... This reinforces the capitalist system of the dominant and the oppressed, which creates social inequality. ... Therefore, the performance of male students in comparison to female students, has a strong relationship to their social and economic attainments when they leave the social institution of education. ... A research study on gender inequality in the educational system has social and practical significance, for educational issu...

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These programs cater to above-average students: children who are not only academically intelligent, but socially, artistically, practically, and emotionally advanced as well. ... Many educators believe that a student's biological age is more important than his or her intellectual age, and that students should develop among peers that exhibit similar social, emotional, and physical development. ... (Doina) There has also been little observation of the effects gifted education has on the social nature of students. ... (Moultin) Gifted education programs, properly constructed and executed, w...

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This connection, if successfully positive, can develop resiliency, community links, social capital and an economic future for young people. ... With these issues in mind, this paper reports on research undertaken between 2009 and 2010 involving one inner city school in the western suburbs of Melbourne. ... Successful career programs also sketch out the trajectories of young people who in the process achieve a status as social, political and economic agents. ... The fostering of what Cohen (1985) refers to as 'communities of meaning' (pp. 70) that awaken a young person's desire ...

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This connection, if successfully positive, can develop resiliency, community links, social capital and an economic future for young people. ... With these issues in mind, this paper reports on research undertaken between 2009 and 2010 involving one inner city school in the western suburbs of Melbourne. ... Successful career programs also sketch out the trajectories of young people who in the process achieve a status as social, political and economic agents. ... The fostering of what Cohen (1985) refers to as 'communities of meaning' (pp. 70) that awaken a young person's desire ...

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Culture has become a vehemently significant issue in connection with teaching English in a country where English is not the mother tongue. ... I am very uncomfortable with the teacher-centered philosophy of perpetualism, in which multiculturalism and gender issues are evaded in the curriculum. ... According to Mary Louise Pratt, "contact zone" is "social spaces where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power.... Remaining focused on mere academic content, educators lose sight of the issue of cultural difference...

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Many of these activities included, ice breakers, research on social justice issues and creating multimodal presentations on these social justice issues. ... "There were a lot of important issues discussed in this session, regarding the civil rights movement and how this issues are prominent in our society today, and brought the lesson to a full circle. ... These activities required us to gather into groups and conduct research and report to the class on these issues. ...

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Some of what is learned will greatly improve methodologies in education and perhaps shake other significant issues, such as time to complete; a degree becomes more time-consuming with added requirements. ... Traditional classrooms offer social interactions with both the instructor and your fellow classmates. ... Some people would argue that one of the key aspects of college life is the social interaction you receive by physically going to class and interacting with your fellow peers. These same people claim that online classrooms lack the ability to personalize each student's individual n...

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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...

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Readings consider issues of contemporary and cultural concern. ... Related Objectives • consider audience and conduct audience analysis • use effective annotation of essays and note-taking strategies • engage in brainstorming, outlining, and drafting strategies • write multiple drafts • revise, edit, and proofread drafts • evaluate their writing processes Outcome 2: Collaboration Students will engage in the collaborative, social aspects of writing. ...

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Last, this essay will investigate the Thomas Report produced in 1943, and discuss the issues it made with the core curriculum and secondary schooling. ... J K Hunn the acting secretary for Maori affairs, felt any racial issues would be lessened if Maori students were absorbed into "public" schools, so he worked to do this, but did not achieve complete absorption as Maori leaders were not pleased by it (Beeby, 1992, p.208). ... While Milner suggested a core curriculum of 'English, Social Studies, General Science, Health, Handiwork, Art and Arithmetic', at the same ...

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It is important to keep in mind that many variables can cause students to act up, such as poorly designed classroom seating, ineffective classroom rules and procedures, not planning for the first day, parental involvement issues, students with disabilities, etc. ... Clusters are great for group work, activities, social interaction, and cooperative learning promotion. ...

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The aim of this survey is to investigate the status, development, and implementation of Information Technology at colleges and universities in China, and the report based on this survey offers a rich array of data about a wide range of information technology planning and policy issues affecting China's colleges and universities. ... Among the national colleges and universities in China (i.e. colleges and universities are funded by the China ministry of education), the "single most important Information Technology issue" over the next few years is on line and distance education. ...

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Curriculum is an umbrella term used to describe educational topics, issues and lessons designed to help the child attain the necessary standard of education to further their knowledge. ... Maria Montessori was a doctor who worked with the socially and mentally handicapped children in Rome at the beginning of the 20th Century. ...

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Teachers know how to address the issue of the struggling reader but the problem is teachers are afraid to address reading concerns because they feel that they were not credentialed to teach reading, they feel they are only expert in the area of their certification and it is the English department's job to address reading problems. Schools would be much more successful if everyone would pitch and address students' reading issues. ... Reading is formed by the context of different disciplines and social groups which reading happens. ... Reading is embedded within the social interactions...

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Abstract The endeavor herein, is to examine the issues surrounding why there is a lack of scientific literacy among America's students, as well as, how this lack of knowledge impacts on the science and technology workforce of tomorrow. ...

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HISTORICAL IMPLICATIONS The trends in immigration throughout the history of the United States are clearly written on the "Immigration Timeline" (www.fofweb.com). What began as a business venture for several European countries, developed into much more. People all over the world maintain the viewpoint of America being the land of opportunity and seek to immigrate to the United States. PART ONE Patterns and Trends in Immigration There are essentially four distinct patterns and trends in immigration. The first pattern began with England's expansion of territory to North America and Canada...

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