Educational psychology

When evaluating my current teaching setting, Agora Cyber Charter School, by the criteria Bybee (2013) presents in The Case for STEM Education: Challenges and Opportunities, I would identify my setting as running a version of STEM 1.0, or even 0.75. The reason Agora receives this rating is because it “has a standards-based K-12 programs for all students in the content areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In STEM 1.0, the disciplines may be separate” (Bybee, 2013, p. 82).…

The United States school system is not educating children correctly. One reason the school system are flawed is because every school offers a different educational program. In order to attend a private school, you’ll have to pay for an education. The average amount for a private elementary is $7,770 and high school is $13,030 per year. As for charter and public schools, you do not have to pay for an education. They are paid through taxes. You pay for senior dues, but overall, you will not spend…

Getting an education it demonstrations a higher drive to improve yourself, and to accomplish goals. Degrees involve excessive work on many different types of skills, so it requires that a person be not only good in just one subject but in multiple. A person who sets goals and achieves their aspirations through education are more likely to be successful in the law enforcement field because they have already demonstrated proof to their superiors that they can be successful, learn from their…

Flipping the Classroom The biggest challenge I face as an instructor is keeping the attention of my millennial soldiers during lectures. The way I combat this problem is based on the active learning model known as “Flipping the Classroom.” Active learning refers to any instructional method that engages students in meaningful learning activities. It requires students to think about what they are doing and generally involves activities that are introduced in the classroom (Prince, 2004). The…

When talking about crime or deviance for that matter, birds of a feather flock together holds true. Southerland’s differential association theory and Hirschi’s social bonding theory supports this phrase by explaining the behavior and activities are guided by the groups we are in. People tend to perform in accordance to the norms whether those norms are deviant or not. Society puts us in flocks early on with school classes, youth groups at church and sport teams. Growing up I was put in all of…

My approach for this research was to observe and get information that fit my topic. I wanted to make sure I got information from the teacher, I wanted to get information from just observation that I conducted myself. I think it was a personal research, but also a case study. I wanted to know answers to my questions and help me understand my research topic better. But also it is a case study, because it is a form of qualitative descriptive research that is used to look at individuals, a small…

I really enjoyed your post. I have to agree with you regarding the vast majority of youth athletes are not involved in a well-organized physical fitness program due to the trainers’ lack of knowledge. I also have to agree with you that youth are more sedentary. I feel that most people take the easy way out. The lack of check and balances within youth organizations allows trainer’s to utilize cookie cutter training regiments. Like you, I also agree with Williams to stay away from 1 rep max. I…

Within this essay I will explore various educational achievement statistics and discuss whether or not I believe that the current education system provides equality of opportunity for all and if educational success is gained thorough meritocracy. Equality of opportunity means that all individuals should be given the freedom to peruse their private interests or vocation ‘without arbitrary restrictions based on irrelevant personal characteristics’. Factors such as race, gender, religion and social…

Merit-based Should be Implemented The best part of merit-based pay is that it is an original subjective pay system, meaning that not only is the amount of pay determined by the administration, but the requirements are determined by the teachers and educators themselves. This portion of the proposal should not be overlooked, in fact, it should be taken advantage of. The idea that the people being paid, would be able to decide on their method of pay is an innovative concept. It is important…

High schools with 400 to 900 students tend to have more student academic success than the larger schools that house over 900 students (Irmsher, 1997). Also High schools with 400 to 900 students have lower dropout rates and a higher participation rate in extracurricular activities (Irmsher, 1997; Gewertz, 2001). Sampson and Marshall (2008) found the success of the small schools in their study was due to the strong relationships between the school board, community members, teachers, students, and…