purpose of this study was to examine White female novice teachers' attitudes towards their Black students and the Black/White achievement gap through qualitative methods. The research sought to understand the beliefs and experiences of White female novice teachers and how those experiences helped shape their perceptions about Black students. The researcher intended to produce a dialogue that will assist educators in understanding their roles in eliminating the Black-White achievement gap. This…
Positivity, Responsibility, and Arranger. My top strength is Harmony. When I see two people arguing, I usually turn the other check. I never enjoyed political discussions with my family or friends because they always led to…
examine teachers’ perceptions of effective leadership in middle school principals. Furthermore, this study will examine teachers’ perceptions of effective leadership in middle…
Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish nations. “Warrior Scholarship: Seeing the University as a Ground of Contention” by Taiaiake Alfred addresses how Indigenous academics have a responsibility to ensure the survival of their culture and nations, to defeat colonialism within university and become a warrior. Although I am not an Indigenous student, I to play a role in colonialism and need to support my fellow Indigenous peers in becoming a warrior. According to Alfred, to become a warrior and for…
Throughout the United States, state governments have been continuous leaders for education reform beginning in the late eighteenth century, even though most decisions were still acted upon by local communities. As the responsibilities of state governments grew, so did their influence over education, even though the federal government still lacked a significant say in education policy. However, the move towards increasing federal oversight and control over education made significant progress…
life. I’ve been fortunate because I enjoy learning and I’ve had many good role models, including teachers, community members and my parents. They’ve helped me understand the importance of pursuing a career that I will truly enjoy. After several years of serious consideration, and based on what I know about myself, I’m quite confident I want to become a secondary education mathematics teacher. I would like to be a teacher because I truly enjoy helping others learn. I am a peer tutor for…
Later "ability and take charge of" were often replaced by "capacity and take responsibility for" respectively. It has been perceived and translated in many ways. For example ability of knowing how to learn (Wenden, 1991), ability…
Having read the assigned College Paper Case Study I find it hard to attribute responsibility to anyone other then Reggie himself. Reggie chose to plagiarise the online essay and would be solely responsible for the consequences of that choice. If forced to attribute a ranking to the other characters I would do so as follows: Ranked second - Arnie, the other student The reason I would rank Arnie in second place would be that Reggie probably feels that Arnie is partly to blame due to the fact…
volunteers to act as teachers or instructors. Then Milgram acted as the authority in the group establishing his dominant role he told the teachers to administer to a total stranger electrical shocks (Haslam & Reicher, 2012). In Haslam & Reicher…
There are several perspectives on the role of education. John Dewey an American education philosopher of the 1930 stated, “I 'm simplifying—that the general purpose of school is to transfer knowledge and prepare young people to participate in America’s democratic society” (Carter, 2012). However, as we entered the 21st century we are face with continue globalization, which leads to a world with interconnected societies and economies. As we continue towards this globalization our philosophy about…