Continuing education unit

From Adolescence to Adulthood: Writing at the College Level Well known for her research and publications on student writing, Nancy Sommers—now Harvard’s Expository Writing Program Director—discusses revision strategies in the journal College Composition and Communication. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on three articles: “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” (1980), “Between the Drafts” (1992), and finally, “the Novice as Expert” (2004) which she…

School suspension has been a method used for over 100 years and still is an ongoing form of punishment. This practice’s purpose is and always has been to aid students feel safe and valued. School suspension varies on the behavior of a student and the principal 's view of the issue. A student is capable of facing in and/or out of school suspension depending on the trouble. A student is usually punished in school suspension when he/she has attendance issues or is using foul language. Out of school…

experimentalists also tracked the test scores of the students. The students showed an increase of a quarter standard deviation in test grades so far in the project. That is a very significance increase, especially in a country such as Kenya where education is most needed. This study is very important to use as proof that uniforms will help children across the world. The table below is proof that the study was successful…

Though the novels Old School by Tobias Wolff and The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy each portray a young male narrator’s experience at all-male, private schools in the 1960s, the two schools they portray are of entirely different natures. The unnamed school in Old School is an academically focused, small, liberal-arts style college preparatory school in the northeast while the Carolina Military Institute of The Lords of Discipline is a rugged, military based school in Charleston, South…

Since the advent of the iPad in 2010, there has been a tremendous excitement about how they can revolutionise our lives and our children’s learning. Indeed, tablet technology is now thought of as a household item, desired, if not owned by the younger generation. Children are central to the digital revolution and often understand the technology better than their parents, so why, in this age in which we live, shouldn’t the iPad be a large part of a child’s learning? Before the invention of…

School is one of the most defining parts of a person’s life. It is where a student picks who or what he/she wants to be in their life, as well as the place to get tons of new information to succeed. Certain moments and activities during school can be life defining experiences. A student’s involvement in sports is one of these moments mentioned earlier. Sports can contribute so much more than just physical activity. They allow students to become involved, and can benefit a person’s experience in…

hands on activities in my lessons that will encourage students to explore and interact with each other. The knowledge I gained observing the classroom could not have happened if I hadn’t had my book and learned about all different concepts about education. The information in class really stuck with me when we talked about it in class and later that week I was able to experience in my volunteering. Also, I learned how to talk to the students better through my field experience and how to motivate…

Socialization There are many ways that people view different terms and what they actually mean. Socialization is the action in which people inherit norms, values, and customs providing you with the skills needed for communicating and participating in society. When it comes to socialization many people can view it in all different ways whether it is talking to someone face to face, texting, emailing, writing letters, seeing people in person, talking over the phone, there is a million different…

teachers offer a duty of care” (p. 108). We need to make sure we protect those that are part of the research and they understand the purpose and what will be done with the research. The way the research is conducted should not interfere with the education of the students as well, which I believe may be the biggest ethical consideration coming from the administration stand…

Why I Talk About Energy Poverty: Education Perhaps it would be best if I start by defining energy poverty. There is actually some debate among experts on what is to be included in the definition and at what point one can be considered to be experiencing it; but a good, inclusive definition that I have found is this: Energy poverty is not having electricity because it is either not available, not reliable, or not affordable. Here are a few things you should know about our world. First, about 1…