about 21% continue their education‚ even to the baccalaureate level (Stokowski‚ 2011). This multiple pathway to nursing can sometimes pose as a challenge to aspiring nurses who are not sure which pathway to choose. In making a decision for the educational preparation of nursing‚ one has to know the pros and cons of each entry route so as to facilitate better decision making. The nursing diploma is a 3-year diploma program typically administered in hospitals. This route was once the most popular
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“Educational research is a structured scientific inquiry into an educational question that provides an answer contributing toward increasing the body of generalizable knowledge about educational concerns” (Hopkins C. A.‚ 1990‚ pp. 23-24) So when asked‚ why us educational research the answer is clear. We need and do educational research to provide answers and to contribute more knowledge about our educational concerns. Our text book for this class suggests six reasons for the importance of educational
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Industry Association of America) succeeded in disbanding the pioneer Internet file-sharing program‚ Napster‚ but is facing confrontation with similar programs that are escaping American copyright laws. While there is an obvious connection between declining popular music sales and increasing file sharing‚ there is more going on than the RIAA wants to admit. I will show that the recording companies are overpricing their products‚ and not sufficiently using the Internet as an opportunity to market and
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References: McKinney‚ Kathleen. Encouraging Students ’ Intrinsic Motivation. Illinois State University. http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/conf/handouts/intrinsicmot.shtml. Perry N.‚ Winne P.‚ Woolfolk A.‚ Educational Psychology. Pearson Education Canada Incorporated: Toronto‚ Ontario 2003. Specific Classroom Management Methods. http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jimbo/RIBARY_Folder/specific.htm
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China’s Declining Economy Background on Chinese Economy China has always been in the leading spot for social and economic achievements. Historically‚ they have been known to be open traders. Even on prehistoric times‚ there have been accounts proving that the Chinese often visit foreign lands to trade their goods. After the Second World War and upon the installation of a new communist government‚ all the profits generated by business men were managed by the government. Although a small portion of
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Educational Planning Planning can be defined as “a process of taking decisions for future actions in order to achieve pre-determined objectives by optimum utilization of available resources in a limited time frame”. Thus a pre-condition for planning is the existence of certain objectives which need to be achieved and constraints in this respect are time and resources. Here resources include all the three types of resources namely physical(or material)‚ financial and human resources. It is said
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Educational Preparation Lara M. Abdallah Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics May 17‚ 2011 The different options to obtain a nursing degree‚ while having the same outcome‚ are not always the best option. While the Associate (AND) Degree nurse is able to take and pass the NCLEX exam there are stark differences with the Bachelor (BSN) Degree nurse. Length of time‚ cost‚ experience‚ and educational training. While the BSN nurse was trained two years in the classroom and three years in
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Introduction | Life | Work John Dewey (Photograph from Colombia University Faculty Photograph Collection‚ c.1950) Introduction John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was a 20th Century American philosopher‚ psychologist and educational reformer. Along withCharles Sanders Peirce and William James‚ he is recognized as one of the founders of the largely American philosophical school of Pragmatism and his own doctrine of Instrumentalism. He was also one of the fathers of Functionalism (or Functional Psychology)
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Components of Educational Technology Components of Educational Technology Elements of a concept map (Spencer 1991‚ based on Hawkridge 1981) Methods of learning: cognitive psychology‚ learning styles‚ interaction analysis‚ gaming/simulation‚ communication theory‚ linguistics‚ textual communications‚ artificial intelligence‚ information processing. Objectives for learners: systems theory‚ epistemology‚ politics‚ philosophy‚ sociology. Evaluation of teaching and learning: cost-benefit/effectiveness
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truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal " (Declaration of Independence‚1776) This quote is symbolic of the expressed opinions and ideology of the founding fathers of America. History‚ especially the history of the American educational system‚ paints a contradictory portrait. Idealistic visions of equity and cultural integration are constantly bantered about; however‚ they are rarely implemented and materialized. All men are indeed created equal‚ but not all men are treated equally
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