Curricula

the numerous changes in health care delivery, and specifically, mental health care delivery, combined with an increased knowledge base and focus on the role of neurobiology in mental health, the focus of Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) graduate curricula changed in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. These changes resulted in a decreased emphasis on the importance of the interpersonal relationship in the Psychiatric Mental…

Langston University Biology professor Gnanambal ( Charmaine) Naidoo spent seven weeks during the summer in South Africa as a Carnegie African Diaspora Fellow. Dr. Naidoo collaborated with Professor Mark Laing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg. Dr. Naidoo reviewed the both the undergraduate and graduate Plant Pathology curriculum and the laboratory exercises. She also mentored graduate students and postdocs and presented seminars at two locations of the host institution.…

Oaks Academy the middle school I attended to nurtured my need for education. Reading the following made me realize my middle school followed some aspects of the Implications of Breakthrough. “Breakthrough programs should intentionally structure curricula, instruction and program culture…

learning. For many years, curricula have been design for learners who are “book smart,” unfortunately learners who have print disabilities struggled. Simplifying the curriculum, which sometimes dilutes helpful context, does not overcome learning barriers and does not make the educational instruction more accessible. What does make educational instruction more accessible is creating, from the onset, multiple means of learning that can be imbedded in the curricula.…

Michael Moore, Jean Anyon and John Taylor, they all have doubts regarding the public education system, therefore, they have added their ideas and points of view, with the good intention of helping those who have been negatively affected by the curricula. A curriculum goes beyond a certificate. It has to accredit to the connection between students and teachers within the learning environment.…

the sociopolitical status quo” (Literature Resource Center). Censorship is more about maintaining the status quo than challenging it. Specifically The Catcher in the Rye “continues to generate debate about its suitability for inclusion in school curricula, and it has been banned…

within the means of the student capability (e.g., ESL, special services, autism). With “No Child Left Behind” being the blueprint of teaching all children equally, the disadvantaged and disabled students struggle with understanding the challenging curricula. The downfall to a rigorous curriculum is overlooking those basic skills and focusing primarily on “teaching to the test”. This method is commonly used in the classroom today to increase test score due to the fact that NCLB controls a…

The goal of the program is to support student achievement through a comprehensive and developmentally appropriate program. Additionally, students will work towards achieving their own educational, career, and personal/social goals, which will aid them in becoming vital members of our society. The intent is to provide counselors and administrators with a comprehensive program to implement best practices and student success. The three main elements of this program are based on standards…

first and fourteenth amendments. The State Chancery Court ruled that the law did indeed violate her rights according to the Constitution, but the State Supreme Court reversed the decision, saying that the state had the right to declare the schools’ curricula. The Supreme Court in 1968, ruled that the law violated the Establishment clause, because it was based on the beliefs of the Bible. Thus, Epperson vs. Arkansas challenged the prohibition of evolution in public…

After interviewing my friend’s sister Shannon O’Donnell, who is a 7th and 8th grade Living Environment to inclusive classes in an inner-city Westchester school which is in the third year of state receivership. The most important advice I acquired from the interview was that as a teacher, I should be patient and flexible to adapt to every one of the students to meet their individual needs. I learned from my interview that students she works with are Hispanic and either immigrants or…