Landmark Education

Introduction Students for whom English is an additional language or dialect (EAL/D) may be defined as those students with diverse linguistic, cultural and educational backgrounds “whose first language is a language or dialect other than English and who require additional support to assist them to develop proficiency in English” (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority [ACARA], 2014, p. 6). As learning is accessed through English in Australian schools, without specific…

of embedding indigenous perspectives in education is to embrace Australia’s First Nation, their culture, identity, and their dreamtime stories into Australian mainstream schooling. Aunty Tina Quitadamo (cited in Beresford et al. 2003, p. 149) comments ” similar to our dreaming, I see quality education as an evolving, holistic, spiritual and educative process providing meaningful opportunities for personal growth”. For the past 200 years Australian education formulated post-colonial guidelines…

did you learn from the experience? On the day of April 27, 2014, Jesus has walked into my soul. Before I surrendered my entire life to Jesus, I grew up catholic with no understanding about god. Without experiencing any wisdom or faith through elementary school until the middle of high school about my own belief made me believe I failed as an individual. The unknowing about God had me go the wrong direction in life. The emptiness and confusion left me questioning myself if there is a god.…

Edmund T. Emmer and Carolyn M. Evertson co-wrote Classroom Management for Middle and High School Teachers after extensive program of research over several decades. These two authors observed and did research in hundreds of classrooms in a variety of schools in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of what skills, approaches, and strategies would be necessary to manage classrooms effectively. In this book, they talk about classroom management and how classrooms are complex places, how…

Court held that state law could provide primary students a property interest in their education. However, forty years later, courts remain uncertain of when such an interest exists for university students. In Goss v. Lopez, the Supreme Court extended due process protections to a group of high school students in…

no longer need to communicate through crying, they have learned to use words. There are many things that affect how and what a person learns, these things differ from person to person. The way that I learn today has evolved over the course of my education. My experiences, culture, and context have all affected this change. The school I attended was small, my grade had around 50 students each year. This was normal to me, I had never heard of schools with 300 students per grade until I was much…

When analyzing the topic Sexual Identity I investigated that the majority of people were against schools teaching sexual identity however, some don’t. In discussion of sexual identities, one controversial issue has been that not many people or not many parents agree to schools teaching students this topic. On the other hands theirs parents that don’t mind about schools teaching it. Others even maintain they well support their children no matter what they want because it’s up to them. My own view…

The UV Mentor Program at UVU of which I am a member is a part of The Department of Student Success and Leadership Studies. The mission of the UV Mentor Program is to maximize student opportunities for leadership in and facilitation of self-knowledge and self-awareness, academic learning strategies and study skills, student socialization and engagement. The mentors are a group of peers who partner with faculty to help students make the transition into college. Each mentor is assigned a class to…

Collegiate athletes are some of the most important students at every university. They represent their school, and they are highly valued by the university they attend. “University of Missouri Campus Protests: ‘This is Just a Beginning’” explains that about thirty black Missouri University football players stated via Twitter that they would not participate in football activities until their president, Tim Wolfe, resigned for his recent mishandling of racial issues at the university. Soon after…

Many children and adults have sat for hours with a book in hand, only to later realize that they had not retained any of the information that they read. The ability to comprehend text is an integral skill in communication, in school, and in the day to day life. Merriam-Webster defines comprehension as “the capacity for understanding fully” , “knowledge gained by comprehending”, or “the act or action of grasping with the intellect (Merriam-Webster). However, some would say that the definition of…