According to Domenech et al. (2016), personalization has become the hallmark of exemplary schools. One of the essentials in a personalized curriculum is flexibility. Innovations Early College High School in Salt Lake City, Utah provides a perfect example of how flexibility is beneficial to learning. Student can begin their day as early as 7:00 a.m. and stay as late as 5:00 p.m. Each student’s schedule is customized to meet his or her individual needs. Students progress through a…
Determined to protect a child. Currently, there are over 80 orphaned and abandoned children. The Childrens’ Home offers shelter, food, clothing, medical care, rehabilitation and education. The complex Centre offers education – primary school (from class 1 to 8), non-formal education, i.e., vocational training, technical training, HIV/AIDS campaigns, feeding programs, medical,…
and technical colleges presently are encountering conceivably the highest expectations and greatest challenges in their histories. States are progressively moving to higher education funding methods that distributes funding centered on performance indicators such as completion time to degree and student retention. Furthermore, accrediting agencies are requiring higher levels of accountability concerning outcomes, as are governments and businesses concerned over the importance that education…
The Concept of Career Maturity Super (1955) was the pioneer to start off the concept of career maturity in the Career Pattern Study. At the beginning, career maturity was called "vocational maturity". Super defined career maturity as " the place reached (by the individual) on the continuum of vocational development from exploration to decline" (Super, 1955, p. 153). Later, Super (1984) simplified the concept of career maturity to the readiness of an individual in making decision about career…
fairly well, given the time constraints and need for immediate action. In retrospect, however, I would have devised a better plan with outlined steps indicating monthly goals. Although we met monthly, discussions were based more on logistics and technical necessities. Quarterly student data benchmarks would have assisted with the monitoring of progress. Job-embedded training took place through the Instructional Technology Resource Teachers, but I would have liked this to be more formalized…
environment. The extent of ambiguity may vary greatly and is generally linked to the underlying cause for uncertainty. Some people may be born with a natural predilection toward tolerance for ambiguity, while for others it develops over time through education and experience. And there are some who strive daily to simply eliminate ambiguity in their lives. However, ambiguity exists in different degrees and for varying periods of time within corporations and organizations around the world. It may…
influence. Many factors—demographic and socioeconomic profile—of immigrant community identify the character of immigrant organizations. Especially residential propinquity, regional, regional background, age, sex ratio, religion, occupational structure, education and political orientation are considerable to determine the character of immigrant organization. Moreover, the population turnover within the immigrant community is also important (Schrover & Vermeulen, 2005). Understanding immigrant…
funding to make this happen. Often at the expense of adequate teacher training on the use of the aforementioned technology. Secondly, are the believers in technological mastery. These individuals believe that modern technology is a powerful tool in education, though they also believe that the teacher who is masterful in their use of that technology is the most powerful educational…
Ethos Paragraph (Claim + Reason for Author’s Credibility and Trusthworthiness): Sherry Turkle’s expertise in teaching and research gives her substantial credibility right at the outset. The first few paragraphs are her observations of the interactions of the people she studies. She observes how connected people are to technology, yet how alienated they are from each other. She notes “the audience is not listening” at a conference, as people seem to “want to be alone with their personal…
then transferring to The University of Toledo. The ultimate goal after college is to obtain a degree in physical therapy. Education has always been the most important part in my life. Ever since being diagnosed with ADHD, I have always had to make extra effort to make it on honor roll, and achieve other academic goals I set for myself. Having the opportunity to attend a technical school has come with many benefits. Learning material that I plan to study in college has helped me tremendously to…