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Papers On Education, Social Issues, & Counseling
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Early Childhood Education/Staffing Concerns
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A 3 page research paper that discusses supervision within the early childhood education system. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: khecsup.rtf
Early Childhood Learning
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A 7 page review of the factors influencing early childhood learning. The author reviews numerous theories on the importance of environment, parental interaction, and culturally sensitive materials. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: PPedPlay.rtf
Early Language Development And Adult Literacy
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This 14 page paper discuses early language development and literacy, adult literacy and the Welfare to Work policy, and the importance of successful adult literacy programs. The essay first provides two definitions of literacy that are typically used by policymakers. The second section discusses theories regarding first language acquisition, reporting the theories of Chomsky, Vygotsky and Piaget. Adult literacy is then discussed, including statistics regarding the rate of illiteracy in the general public and among those receiving welfare aid. To demonstrate the link between early literacy and adult literacy, research regarding the benefits of preschool are used. The last section reports how adult literacy programs can be found and also the results of studies on family literacy programs. Statistical data included. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: PGadltr.rtf
Economics and Ethnicity / Their Importance In Education
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A 3 page overview of the concepts of ethnicity and economic background and their importance to academic success. Relies heavily on 'Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society' (1998) Donna Gollnick and Philip Chinn. Concludes that it is neither ethnicity nor economic background which is a primary determinant of academic success but presentation and attitude. No additional sources citred.
Filename: Cultecon.wps
Education & The Elderly
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A 10 page proposal that considers the elements of learning (general knowledge, reading comprehension and learning style) and the problems related to effective health education for the elderly. It is the hypothesis of this proposal that the study presented can reflect a correlation between these learning factors that can be utilized as a tool in effective educational programming. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Elddiss.wps
Education / Minority Community
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A 25 page research paper that looks at the literature on lack of access to education for minority groups vs. majority groups, specifically African American and Native American, the cultural underpinnings of the issue, and preventative and rehabilitative reform programs. The paper posits that the educational community must make sweeping changes in its approach to reformthe ideas and programs for which have been available for decades. The reason for the new immediacy is competition from the business community because of its desire to diversify its structure. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: Minoredu.wps
Education And Culture: Oppression
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5 pages in length. Education is the key to freedom. As succinct as this statement may be, it holds within its brevity the singular ability to emancipate oppression and improve dire economic situations. According to Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed, education or rather the lack there of has long stood in the way of cultural progress, inasmuch as the access to academic learning has forever been restricted to certain social classes. An example of the practices described in Freire's book is that of Peter Hoeg's Borderliners, which follows the lives of three social misfits who find themselves living amidst an entirely different class of orphans, causing them to
speculate as to the reason they were all assembled in such an obviously educationally imbalanced environment. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCedopp.wps
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