I’m writing this purpose statement in regards to my application to the educational counseling program here at Cal State Bakersfield‚ where my hope is that I will be able to obtain a masters degree. I’m actually still currently attending Cal State Bakersfield‚ as an undergraduate student‚ where I’m finishing up the last few classes I need to attain my bachelor’s degree in sociology. I knew when I transferred to this university two years ago to work on my undergraduate study that just obtaining my
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Assessment Theorist Paper Robert J. Marzano Robert J. Marzano is an educational assessment theorist and expert. He is known for this development of assessment programs and practices being used nationally in K-12 classrooms. He offers practical ways for educators to translate his theory into practical instructional methods that can be used in any classroom. His theory and philosophy can be found in the 25 books and more than 150 articles he has authored over the years. As best stated on
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Abstract Emerging from Bourdieu’s cultural capital theory‚ many sociologists found a relation between cultural capital and Habitus‚ the effect they have on children’s educational attainment‚ and how it’s brought about from class differences in societies. Although Bourdieu focuses mainly on the importance of class and class cultures in impeding children’s negotiation of process of schooling (Lareau 1987)‚ his findings portray how cultural resources can be used to perpetuate their position of privilege
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“Although the educational system helps certain poor children to move into middle class professional positions‚ it denies most disadvantaged children the same educational opportunities afforded to children of the affluent. In this way‚ schools tend to preserve social class inequalities in each new generation” (p. 240). In this quote‚ the author of our course textbook‚ Richard T. Schaefer throws light upon the conflict perspective of education and how the educational system is designed to bestow status
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Special Needs Code of Practice 2014 Areas of Special Educational Need Special educational needs can range from a mild and temporary learning difficulty in one particular area of the curriculum‚ to severe‚ complex and permanent difficulties that will always affect the pupil’s learning. It is a continuum of need‚ so there has to be a continuum of provision to meet it. There are four main areas of special need and disability identified in the code of practice: 1. Communication and interaction difficulties
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The educational system in the Philippines is undergoing a big change which most academicians deteriorating quality of education in the country. The K-12 system has introduced and it is the system used by the United States and other well-known countries (Maureen‚ 2011). K-12 is composed of kinder garden and 1st to 12th grade while the 13th grade is the start of 1st year in the college level. Through K-12 system the students will have better job opportunities because other countries embrace
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Educational Reform Movement In the early 1800s education in American wasn ’t the best. Most schools were small and only went for 6 weeks because the children worked on their family farms. Other‚ more wealthy‚ children would have a tutor in their homes or they would be sent to a private school. The children that did go to school would sit in a one room building with 60 other children. The teachers also didn ’t have much training and has limited knowledge to teach the children. They also received
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Essay on Educational Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi Education‚ to Gandhiji‚ was a means to achieve perfection of individuality on the one hand and an instrument of service to the nation on the other. Thus‚ individual and social both the aims of education were considered by him equally important. "By education mean an all-round drawing out of the best in child and man-body‚ and spirit"‚ he said. This in other words meant development of whole child‚ the whole personality of the child. Harmonious
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Popham in the book “Assessment for Educational Leaders” unabashedly addresses particularly the portfolio assessment practices in the field of educational administration. The idea behind portfolio assessment is to map students performance‚ initiatives and experience and to figure out their areas of strength and areas of development. It is used to appraise students performance over time. Hence it has great potential for preparing future educational leaders. Nevertheless‚ a portfolio
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discriminatory against minority students based on what type of classes they are told to take. In some cases there are types of tracking to provide what is thought to be better way to prepare students for their future careers. These tracking types are either educational track which prepares high school students to go into college‚ or career track which prepares students for careers right out of high school. This way of tracking is highly controversial and can be considered racist and discriminatory because students
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