Discuss the rationale and the effect of the Direct Subsidy Scheme in secondary education. What are its features and the pros and cons of the scheme? What is your position on the scheme? It has been almost 20 years since the Education Department proposed the Direct Subsidy Scheme(DSS) in Hong Kong. In 1988‚‚ the Education Commission Report No. 3 proposed the DSS in a bid to build a strong private sector in the provision of education and offer more choices to the parents. It is good to strengthen
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EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF SUPPLIER INDUCED DEMAND IN HEALTH CARE AND EXPLORE THE EXTENT TO WHICH EMPIRICAL WORK HAS BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH ITS EXISTENCE Introduction: In the traditional market‚ consumers decide how much to consume and suppliers decide how much to supply and prices coordinate the decisions. For perfect competition it is assumed inter alia that there is: perfect information so that individuals are fully informed about prices‚ qualities etc; a lot of buyers and
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Divine Right was the concept of the unquestionable authority of monarch rule based upon the belief that their rule derived from "God’s will" during the colonial period. New waves of eighteenth century immigrants brought their own religious fervor across the Atlantic and the nation’s first major religious revival in the middle of the eighteenth century brought in new vigor into American religion. New groups of people migrated to the New World with ideas of a government‚ parallel to that of their mother
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Summative Assignment March ’07 Microeconomics for Business Briefly outline the main features of‚ and rationale for‚ UK Competition Policy. Is it possible to have an effective policy when there are so many large multi-national corporations operating across the global economy? UK Competition Policy can be broadly defined as "a means by which governments hope to improve the competitive environment in which firms operate‚ in order to enhance the overall performance of the economy."(Lees and
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Lesson Planning in the SIOP Model Lesson Planning in the SIOP Model: Promoting Second Language Acquisition Rhonda Baker Grand Canyon University ESL-523N July 27‚ 2011 Lesson Planning in the SIOP Model: Promoting Second Language Acquisition Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)‚ is a high quality instruction model‚ that guides teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) in providing well planed lessons‚ to enable students to be successful in second
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Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) is an avenue that teachers use to decide how he/she will attack the different ways of delivering the lessons to the ell so they will be able to understand and gain knowledge and deliver lessons that allow English learners to acquire academic knowledge develop some English language proficiency. When the SIOP method is used all students benefit from the lessons and instructions not just the ells. The more the instructors use the SIOP model the English learner’s progress
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English Language Learners: A Look at Significant Legislation Megan Scott Grand Canyon University: ESL-523 September 25‚ 2013 English Language Learners: A Look at Significant Legislation America has overcome many hurdles over the past couple centuries‚ striving to create equality in education for all children. The view of education today is vastly different than it was 200‚ 100‚ or even 50 years ago. The United States has made many educational transitions from discrimination against‚ women
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ELL Classroom Observation The main purpose of this paper is to observe and evaluate an ELL lesson using the SIOP (The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol) checklist ("Lesson Plan Checklist For The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)"). The emphasis of this observation will be on Lesson Preparation‚ Building Background‚ and Comprehensible Input. Using literature as an English learning tool is the lesson that we will be assessing in the paper. The Lesson The use of literature
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LANGUAGE LEGISLATION: VOTER DRIVEN INITIATIVES Kelly M. Jefferson Grand Canyon University: SPE 523 July 23‚ 2012 The issue of language policy and the education of English language learners (ELLs) in this country has been hotly debated and widely contested. Students who enter our school systems without an understanding of the English language must attain not only conversational proficiency‚ but also academic literacy in English. Academic literacy is the
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21st century society and global economy. In this paper‚ the author discusses the historical and political influences on the current curriculum practices‚ the effects of English Language Learners (ELL) and Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) laws have on curriculum development‚ and the impact of gifted education on the evolution of curriculum development. Many political and historical influences on education come to mind‚ notably‚ the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act and cases involving
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