., children cannot learn to read without an understanding of sounds. They must know the alphabet and the sounds that letters make in order to communicate verbally. ... The sounds should not be taught as a separate "subject- with emphasis on drills and pure memorization. ... The understanding of sounds of many children will arise from their interest, knowledge and ideas. ... There are many opportunities to teach the sound that makes a letter when children want to know. ...

• Word Count: 2309
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In a book titled Japanese Society Today Tadashi Fukutake summed up the effects that the past had on the Japanese educational system of today. ... The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Japan compiled a book called The Japan of Today and in the book it is stated that, "The central concept in Japanese education today is to produce self-reliant citizens of a peaceful and democratic state and community with respect for human rights and a love for truth and peace" (115). ... While many sources by others site the Monbusho as one of the many problems with the Japanese educational system, the wordin...

• Word Count: 1948
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, The Pronunciation Book by Bowen & Marks or 'Sound Foundations' by Adrian Underhill seem very different from a book such as Ship and Sheep by Baker. ... " Achieving Intelligibility can be carried out through segmental (individual sounds) or suprasegmental (features of speech which extend over more than one sound segment in an utterance, such as a pitch, stress or juncture pattern) approach. ...

• Word Count: 2008
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The conversation between him and his mother, once a "flood of intimate sounds", is now a yes or no based conversation. ... Everywhere you see him, he reads a book. ... He also gives his own definition of a book. "An important book" should not be enjoyable to read. ... He asks this rhetorical question: "Could anything shorter be a book?" ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Description of the Issue of Inequality The issues of inequality are prevalent in this book. ... It is this concept that is pervasive throughout this book. ... When applied to this book, the hegemonic curriculum deals with what type of emphasis is placed on which subjects that are taught in school. ... Sociological Concept # 3 Hidden Curriculum/Gender Code These sociological concepts go hand in hand when used to describe situations in this book. ... McCourt writes, "when she sways up the aisle to my desk the boys make woo woo sounds and, Whaddya doin" the rest of my life Daniela? ...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In his book Pedagogy of the oppressed, he describes a new and targeted methodology of pedagogy. ... In his book, he stresses the importance of changing the mechanism of thought of the oppressor and the oppressed. ... It sounds as utopian and unrealistic as Paulo Freire's concept but this has been the same for the beginnings of all dramatic changes in society throughout history. ...

• Word Count: 1485
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

When I would visit, he would let me go through his book shelves and enjoy texts from all subjects as much as I pleased. ... I never recall him once sounding like a robot who was reciting the only thing he knew from teaching the same subject for twenty plus years. ...

• Word Count: 1444
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The early experiences in reading were filled with questions about what word is pronounced what way and why certain arrangements of letters sounded the way they did. ... Rather than having the teachers spit useless interpretations of the book at us, we were given the task of interpreting it for ourselves. ...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School