CJS/220 Cayla Flowers April 27‚ 2014 Juvenile crime rates in the United States fell to a new 32-year low in 2013. In 2012 there were around 60‚000 violent crime arrests involving youths under the age of 18. From 2011 to 2012 there was a 10% decline in the number of youth arrests for all four offenses‚ which contributed to an overall drop of 36 percent since 2003. In 1994‚ police reported 500 violent youth crime arrests for every 100‚000 10-17-olds in the population. In 2008‚ the arrest rate
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Students And How They Learn‚ in the book‚ Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors (Third Edition)‚ by Linda B. Neilson. Regards‚ Rick Reis” from Tomorrow’s Professor Mailing List‚ sponsored by the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning at http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1047 Teaching the Millennial Generation If you are teaching traditional-age students‚ you need to know
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The purpose of this report is to research theories‚ frameworks and the different aspects relating to the effects of inclusive learning and teaching of disabled learners We continually face challenges in supporting the learning of our students in our changing world. The curriculum that frames our learning and teaching practices are developed from research and learning theories. Expectations emphasise knowing how to learn and how to understand‚ access and use information gained. In the first half
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TEACHING POETRY CONTENTS Introduction…………………………………………………………………....3 1. The child as a learner………………………………………………………5 2. Basic principles of teaching poetry……………………………..………..10 3. Using poems to develop receptive skills…………………….……….….14 4. Role of poems in developing productive skills……………….….….…..17 Conclusion………………………………………………………………..…..20 Summary………………………………………………………………………22 References…………………………………………………........................…23 Introduction
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Principio del formulario TEACHING PRONUNCIATION INTRODUCTION During the present paper I will choose two problems of transfer between Spanish and English that I consider to be obstacles to efficient communication and I will analyse them from two points of view. In the first place I will explain the causes of the problems as regards phonetic and phonological aspects. In the second place I will explain how I think the problems can be solved. This will be done considering I am working within
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Teaching Listening Listening is the language modality that is used most frequently. It has been estimated that adults spend almost half their communication time listening‚ and students may receive as much as 90% of their in-school information through listening to instructors and to one another. Often‚ however‚ language learners do not recognize the level of effort that goes into developing listening ability. Far from passively receiving and recording aural input‚ listeners actively involve themselves
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Course: Foundation Degree in Children’s Learning and Development Module: Teaching Assistants The beginning of the Victorian age education had no relevance‚ with children forced into employment. The 1870 Education Act came into force establishing free education for all children‚ regardless of wealth‚ religion or status. The 1944 Education Act instigated the school leaving age to rise to fifteen years‚ providing mass secondary education in addition to primary. Development in the
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The aim of this essay is to critique a qualitative research article ‘’Peer and Neighbourhood influences on teenage pregnancy and fertility in English community’’‚ Arai (2005). Included in this essay will be title‚ abstract‚ research question‚ literature review‚ method‚ methodology‚ sampling‚ data analysis‚ discussion‚ ethics‚ implications for practice and conclusion. The researcher has reported findings from a qualitative study carried out on peer and neighbourhood influences on teenage pregnancy
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Compare and contrast the moral position of Socrates and the Sophists. The sophists and Socrates shared a mutual interest in morality although their views on the matter where the opposite of one another. Socrates believed in one universal truth and was an absolutist whereas the Sophists were subjectivists or relativists and believed that there was no such thing as a universal truth but a subjective truth for every individual. Socrates never wrote anything whilst the Sophists used their skills in
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theories (I) have about the teaching of science” 2. “consider … the possible learning outcomes of an ‘enquiry’ approach to teaching science compared to ‘direct’ teaching” 3. include reference to underlying theory 4. refer to specific teaching situations 5. engage in critical reflective thinking My theory In order to challenge my theory of teaching I first need very briefly to define it. When I was taught science it was mostly through direct teaching. Any experiments performed
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