Mickel Hernandez Journalism Mr. H****** 5/30/14 The Flaws of Educational Testing The earliest record of standardized testing comes from china‚ where hopefuls for government jobs had to fill out examinations testing their knowledge of Confucian Philosophy and poetry.by World War 1‚ standardized testing was slandered practice: aptitude quizzes called Army Mental test were conducted to assign to U.S. servicemen jobs during the war effort. Grading was at first done manually‚ an arduous task
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How would this research experience help you to meet your educational goals? (approx. 250-300 words) My educational goal is to enter medical school‚ and most schools search for applicants that have done research. The primary reason is that engaging in research shows that the applicant already has a high level of knowledge of performing in a lab setting‚ which I should earn if I want to be competitive amongst my peers. For instance‚ as an applicant‚ it is implicit that I learned how to maintain proper
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Version March 19‚ 2013 EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS IN TURKEY Education is very important for countries. It should be beneficial for students to develop their countries. However‚ there may be problems in education in some countries such as Turkey. Turkey has several problems in education‚ and their reasons can vary. Reasons of these problems can be examined in terms of educational facilities‚ teacher attitude‚ and student attitude. First of all‚ educational facilities are poor in Turkey
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Turkish School ŞAKİRE ÖRMECİ Educational system of Turkey is directly controlled by Ministry of National Education (MEB) in terms of constructions curricula and their implementations in school. The Ministry of Education creates common curricula and makes all school in Turkey obligatory to apply these curricula by checking schools’ and teachers’ documentations (Halicioğlu‚ 2008). In addition these curricula are national based content since Turkish educational system aims to ‘raise all individuals
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Future of Educational Finance Grand Canyon University: EDA-535 October‚ 2013 Gary Marx stated “identifying‚ monitoring and considering the implications of trends is one of the most basic processes for creating the future” (Stevenson‚ 2010 p. 1). The world of education is forever changing at a pace that gets more rapid as the years go on. The decisions made in the past have laid the foundation of education today‚ as will recent changes affect the future. Programs such as choice schooling and
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IRJC International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research Vol.1 Issue 8‚ August 2012‚ ISSN 2277 3630 RECENT REFORMS IN EDUCATION IN INDIA – ACHIEVEMENTS AND UNFINISHED TASKS D. SAMPATH KUMAR* *Ph.D. Scholar. Assistant Professor in Commerce‚ D.R.B.C.C.C. Hindu College‚ Chennai - 600072‚ Tamil Nadu‚ India. ABSTRACT India has emerged as a global leader and a strong nation. Education is the key to the task of nation building as well as to provide requisite knowledge and skills required
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Sri Aurobindo developed an education system which is popularly known as integral education. Integral Education aims at bringing about change not merely in the society but primarily in the human behaviour or nature itself. According to him‚ the essence of education is the recognition of a child as a soul and developing its other faculties. He is of the view that the education must begin with as well as build on sound theoretical understanding of the child. Aurobindo’s idea of education is holistic
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Educational Policy in Malaysia INTRODUCTION Malaysia is one of the world’s fastest growing economic regions‚ a rapidly growing nation in the heart of South East Asia. Within a span of two decades‚ it has succeeded in bringing about socioeconomic transformation of the society; from its architecture to its lifestyle‚ the Malaysian character speaks of a comfortable coexistence of its ethnic‚ cultural as well as religious diversity that continues to be a part of this country’s charm and practical reality
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Historical Foundation: Origins of Educational Heritage A report for Educ 503- Foundations of Education By: Eugene de Guzman‚ Euiga Jung‚ and Sheri-Ann Ramirez Group 1 Diverse cultures and philosophies have contributed to present-day education. A study of the development of the political‚ social‚ religious‚ and philosophical ideas that were distinct for each historical period or civilization would give us a further understanding of the precursors and origins of teaching methods‚ beliefs‚ and
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Chapter 1: Introduction Students move about busy college campuses as they have done for decades‚ some quickly hurrying from one class to another‚ others on benches gaining extra study time moments before an exam‚ and some grabbing a coffee for that extra boost of energy. At a closer look‚ an observer would realize that each student was carrying the same thing. Not a backpack full of books‚ but their mobile phone‚ a device that if asked‚ many would say they never leave home without. A recent
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