1. CRITERIA FOR AN IDEAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM Good science education is true to the child‚ true to life and true to science. This simple observation leads to the following basic criteria of validity of a science curriculum: a) Cognitive validity requires that the content‚ process‚ language and pedagogical practices of the curriculum are age appropriate‚ and within the cognitive reach of the child. b) Content validity requires that the curriculum must convey significant and correct scientific
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Our Environment - how can you and I help save it? Albert Einstein said “Look deep into nature‚ and then you will understand everything better.” Our planet is in trouble! Pretty much everywhere you look today you will hear or see something reminding you that our planet’s health is failing. If our planet where a person it would be about time to buy the burial plot and write out the last will and testament. Just a brief list of the things that is ailing her is - pollution‚ acid rain‚ climate change
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Final Report Human Resource Issues in Education: A Literature Review Prepared for the New Zealand Ministry of Education Michael Fullan and Blair Mascall Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto April‚ 2000 Final Report Human Resource Issues in Education: A Literature Review Introduction Introduction Page 1 Teacher Recruitment and Preservice Training Page 10 Hiring and Induction Page 23 Professional Development Page
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are a vital part of a public education campaign because they are directly involved in the issue‚ and could help find solutions to bridge the education/achievement gap in Washington DC. School officials‚ educators‚ students and parents are all stakeholders who have the responsibility of creating viable solutions to close the educational gap in Washington DC. Minority students are directly affected by the lack of programs offered to engage them and develop their education. There are many opinions‚ attitudes
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Course Title: Critical Issues in Education INNOVATIVE CHANGE: CASE OF NEW JERSEY’S STANDARDS REVISION PROJECT Abstract The paper addresses innovative change in the education system in the United States. The paper briefly describes the New Jersey Standard revision project and evaluates it success as channel for innovative change. Standards Revision Project The 2009 Core Curriculum Content Standards Revision Project was initiated by the New Jersey Department of Education. The project seeks
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Sheryl Sayan December 1‚ 2012 Cultural Diversity in the Classroom Jessica Rodriguez Issues in Multicultural Education Multicultural Education has come a long way but still there is work to be done to ensure an equal and quality education for all students. Schools are doing everything they can to make sure all students feel welcomed and accepted. Even so‚ some gifted education programs have been criticized for underrepresenting minority students who are culturally and linguistically diverse
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Education today is not a privilege but a necessity Education today is indeed not a privilege but a necessity for our younger generation. Education is the key to all success as we know it. Every person has the right to be educated. It was scientifically proven by the faculty of education‚ University of the West Indies from a surveyed carried out by various schools in the Caribbean that 15% of the students view education as a privilege to them and as a result they feel as though they have advantage
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Going to school and getting and education is something that many teenagers today take for granted. We complain about doing class work and barely want to take the time to study at home. School would probably be much more important to teenagers if they were not able to get an education. If you can imagine a time when school was only allowed for the privileged or very wealthy‚ then you can understand what it was like for many teenagers and children during the Victorian Era. The Victorian era was
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The central goal of most schools is to enable their students to achieve their academic and social potential. Schools help create social values and have a significant responsibility in educating against ignorance and prejudice. Once educations recognize the very serious consequences prejudice and violence related to sexuality then the responsibility of schools is clear. Schools must act to remove anti-homosexual prejudices and injustices‚ and promote social tolerance for all of their students.
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In Donetsk’s Lenin Square‚ Yuroslav Korotenko keeps a constant vigil inside a collapsible shelter set up just a few feet away from a monolithic statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin. "We stay here and save this monument and this place‚ because people in the West come this place with war‚" Korotenko says. "People from Donetsk think about peace with Russian Federation and don’t want war in our town." Korotenko portrays him self as a guardian of the square‚ in which countless numbers
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