Pearson Education

potential voter and media bias, women that run have to be better than their male counterparts to do as well as them. Women serving in elected office typically have more experience, bring back more money to their districts, and speak more in Congress (Pearson and McGhee, 2013; Anzia and Berry, 2011). Given the fact that women tend to underestimate their qualifications for office, it is reasonable to think that, generally, once women make the decision to run they may actually be more qualified…

opened to many new ideas about multicultural education and I have learned many things from this course. “Multicultural education is an idea or concept, an educational reform, and a process” (Banks, 2014) It believes that all students should have an equal opportunity to learn, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnic background or social class. Diversity is something that is to be celebrated, not the opposite of, and multicultural education focus’ on using our cultural…

I am not born into a rich family that has everything I want and need and clearly I am not born with any amazing skills either. I am just a normal person who is lucky enough to receive the wonderful opportunity of a formal education in America. Being educated is everything a person needs. Through my three years at St. Olaf College, I have gained leadership skills as well as developed a caring personality. My experiences and observations have driven me to believe that giving back is necessary to…

to take a break from school and relax. Pearson writes, “Frequent breaks might be a great option for students and teachers to re-energize and recharge.” When students come back from break, they should have renewed energy to focus on continuing to learn the curriculum. Students need breaks every couple of weeks to refresh their mind and year-round school gives them this opportunity. In the article, “Year-Round School Advantages and Disadvantages” Amy Pearson, a licensed elementary teacher from…

care and education of young children must no longer be thought of as separate entities”. What does this mean? Young children learn from the environment and the caregivers who are in that environment. “To implement developmentally appropriate teaching practices in the child’s early years, it is vital for teachers and caregivers to be aware of the developmental characteristics of the children with whom they are working.”(Claudia Eliason 3). The care of young children and their education are…

necessities of life, including an education for their children. Deuteronomy 4:9 and 6:7 reveals that God entrusts children to their parents for nurture and education. Ephesians 6:4 instructs Fathers to “bring up their children in the training and instruction of the Lord.” Parents are given the right to choose whether to educate their children through public education, private education, or homeschooling. The church must share cooperatively in the total design of education. Within the public…

Application to your profession (30 points): • Based on your evaluation of the results, do you agree with the conclusions made by the author(s) in the discussion section? Explain your rationale. I believe the authors made an evaluation appropriate to the results of the study. The authors based the implication for school psychologist only on the correlations that were significant, and suggested improvements on practices of school psychologist based on results that were not significant. For…

Method Participants We collected data from a sample of undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The students were all in an upper division course titled Research Methods in Psychology. The participants were between the ages of 18 to 32, with a mean age of 20.99 years and a standard deviation of 1.82 years. Out of the 208 students that we collected data from, 80 were male and 128 were female. In terms of class year, one was a freshman, four were sophomores, 98 were…

For this week’s article review, the class was asked to read an article written by Lambert and Paoline discussing the mentality of correctional staff while performing their job duties. The article was published in 2008.Understanding the critical role that staff play in any type of institution, but more so in a correctional setting, studies have concentrated on attitudes of their staff that focus on job stress, job satisfaction, and commitment. Specifically, Paoline and Lambert wanted to…

Introduction The article relates to the assessment instrument I will be presenting, Motor-free Visual Perception Test. The purpose of this correlational research study of adult stroke survivors in occupational therapy is to show the relationship between basic visual function and higher-level visual perceptual processing skills. Development After sustaining a brain injury, a person is often left with varying degrees of cognitive and perceptual dysfunction as well as the more obvious motor and…