National Science Education Standards

younger American citizens (Warren & Wicks, 2011). The quality of civic education affects civic life and engagement for teenagers as they transition into adulthood. The lack of quality in civic education can result in a decrease in voter turnout, and civic involvement more broadly (Smith & Graham 2014; Pratte 1988) National standards and practices need to be set and enforced, to enhance the quality in civic education. These standards and practices could lead to an increase in voter participation.…

Within the context of public education, high-stakes standardized achievement tests have become the norm since the early 2000s (U.S. Department of Education, 2010). As a result of the development and implementation of these tests at all grade levels over the past 20 years, teachers and students have been held accountable for high scores, as a means of showing the effectiveness of the teacher and school. Stories such as the Atlanta Public School System cheating scandal where teachers and…

600 students from 130 countries and offers 90 undergraduate and graduate degrees. They offers over 70 fully online degree programs, certificate programs, hybrid online programs. The university has a dynamic and flexible professional and continuing education program. Even though there are issues with reputation and funding for getting good faculty, KSU has achieved some progress in increasing visibility due to its existing highly qualified faculty, nationally ranked and accredited programs,…

competent in both subject matter and instruction, (4) education as preparation for work and citizenship, and (5) the preservation of the school's academic function. Above all, Essentialists oppose catering to childish whims or to transitory fads that will cause schools to degenerate into mindless and irrelevant institutions. Essentialism shares many themes with the more traditional philosophies of Idealism, Realism,…

oil and wine per protocol of that era. EMS education has grown from that day on primarily through knowledge gained from multiple conflicts and wars that date as far back as the napoleonic wars. This knowledge was taught to military medical providers and eventually to the general public following World War II. As we see from the treatment protocols used by the Good Samaritan in 1500 B.C. compared to our protocols used today many changes in the education of EMS providers have occurred. Prior to…

Academic Standards in Colorado Colorado is well known for being the first state to legalize marijuana. It is a hot topic around the United States, however, Colorado was also one of only six states asked to inform the Federal Government on the process of developing new standards in-line with Common Core, another frequently debated issue (Colorado Department of Education, 2016). Academic changes over the last several years have led Colorado to develop strong state standards, which prepare pupils…

1) According to National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM, 2010) ascertained the standards for mathematical practices are divided into eight broad categories such as make sense of a problem to solve, reason abstractly/quantitatively, construct a viable argument/critique reasoning, model with mathematics, use appropriate tools, attend to precision, make use of structure, and express regularity in repeated reasoning. An NCTM…

conversion factors is much harder than only having to know a single one. (Transition: The point is that I was able to show in a really short amount of time how straight forward the metric system is, which leads us to the usage of this system in education and…

healthcare" ("About ATA-ATA Main," 2016). ATA was established in 1993, and is based in Washington, DC. ATA promotes telemedicine by providing, educational opportunities, networking, resources, and research to over 10,000 members. ATA develops policies and standards for telemedicine (About ATA, 2016). Telemedicine was originally designed to treat people that didn 't have access to health care, or health care providers. Today, due to advancements in technology, telemedicine is used around the…

including language preferences, and making sure that patients with limited English proficiency receive adequate language assistance according to facility policies. To incorporate evidence-based care into my clinical practice, I plan on providing standards of care as determined by regulatory agencies and following clinical guidelines and recommendations defined by professional organizations. Finally, I will keep myself informed of current research and changes to clinical practice through…