from: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/perspectives_in_biology_and_medicine/v051/51.1cook.html Guo‚ R.X.‚ Dobson‚ T.‚ & Petrina‚ S. (2008). Digital natives‚ digital immigrants: An analysis of age and ICT competency in teacher education. Journal of Educational Computing Research‚ 38(3)‚ 235-254. Amityville‚ NY: Baywood Publishing. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. EJ 796 559). Hatcher‚ T.G. (1997). The ins and outs of self-directed learning‚ Training and Development Journal‚ 51(2)‚ 34-42. (ERIC
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back on my life in the next 30 years I want to be able to accomplish me dreams. My educational goal is to become a general Dentist‚ and my main motive for that is to help those people in my community who have lost their smile retain it back. I want to be a dentist‚ because I like to be the reason people smile. Winning this scholarship would ease the burden of student loans I have to repay at the end of my educational years. I want nothing to stand as a hindrance on my way to success‚ and this scholarship
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There are significant differences between the genders in terms of the educational success of girls and of boys. In the 1960s‚ boys achieved results that were on average 5% better than girls. Until the mid 1980s‚ boys out-performed girls at all levels of the education system‚ with the exception of 11+. Most educational writers read this as being ’proof ’ that girls were generally less intelligent than boys and that boys were ’late developers ’. There was little serious challenge to this
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One of the worst days in modern American history is September 11‚2001. That day was a horrific day of events. On that day the leader of Al-Qaeda Osama Bin Laden ordered the attack on the Twin Towers in downtown Manhattan. This attack was the worst attack in history. When the towers came down it killed almost 3 thousand people. Ever since I was young I have always had a great deal of respect for our service men and women. I come from a military background. Both of my grandpas were in the military
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THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM. The basic features of the British educational system are the same as they are anywhere else in Europe. There are three recognized stages‚ with children moving from the first stage (primary) to the second stage (secondary) at around the age of 11. The third (tertiary) stage is ‘further’ education at university or college. British children start compulsory education at the age of five. Very young children‚ ususally 3 or 4 years old go to nursery school. Nursery
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The educational System of Nigeria OVERVIEW Education in Nigeria is the shared responsibility of the federal‚ state and local governments. The Federal Ministry of Education plays a dominant role in regulating the education sector‚ engaging in policy formation and ensuring quality control. However‚ the federal government is more directly involved with tertiary education than it is with school education‚ which is largely the responsibility of state (secondary) and local (primary) governments. The education
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Educational Gerrymandering to Avoid Racial Minorities According to a Committee on Education‚ in 2015 a law was enacted in New York City requiring schools to annually report school demographics in community schools and high schools. This means that New York‚ a relatively progressive city‚ is making sure that their schools can stay racially diverse because other school districts in the United States may not be doing so. Gerrymandering has been commonly associated with politics and getting a large amount
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History of Educational Technology Educational technology in a way could be traced back to the emergence of very early tools‚ e.g.‚ paintings on cave walls. But usually its history starts with educational film (1900s) or Sidney Pressey’s mechanical teaching machines in the 1920s. The first large scale usage of new technologies can be traced to US WWII training of soldiers through training films and other mediated materials. Today‚ presentation-based technology‚ based on the idea that people can
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which the State guarantees the protection of individual’s fundamental rights (Duma‚ 1995). Section 29 talks about the right to Education (Duma‚ 1995). This section recognizes that every person has a right to basic education and to equal access to educational institutions (Duma‚ 1995). It is clearly evident though that this has not taken place because black learners‚ especially in the rural areas are not receiving the necessary quality education that they are entitled to. Many schools in the rural
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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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