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I found a very incredible source relating to and backing up Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl”. The title of my credible source is called; “Raising a Human Child” by, Kelly, C. D. Therefore, my theme of my essay will be, “Motherhood”. Kincaid, draws the audience in by letting them put themselves into the position of being the “girl” she’s talking about. By letting the readers try to imagine themselves in that position who Kincaid is talking about. Kincaid added, this creates respect in the community as…

this day; the majority of students are black and Hispanic who make 85% to 90% of these schools. Jonathan Kozol explains that minorities are placed in worst educational systems in comparison to the predominant race. Furthermore, the quality of the teachers is questionable, and the teaching methodologies employed are not up to par to address the individual needs that every child deserves in order to truly progress. By using demographics, Kozol explains how schools are unequal and segregated, “In…

budget is teacher salaries, attention must to be paid to teachers. Teacher absence is common in countries like India (25%) and other developing countries, usually the poorest. In order to incentive teachers to attend to school, Duflo, Hanna and Ryan (2012), equipped some schools with cameras with date stamps; and they conducted a randomized evaluation comparing those schools with similar schools in the same region. Only by asking each teacher to take one photo a day in which both the teacher and…

Intro: TPACK is a vital framework for sustaining knowledge needed by a teacher for effective pedagogical practice in a technology enhanced learning environment (Howell, 2012: p. 30). During the weeks of 6 through till 9, a series of mentoring sessions went on. Students were to mentor the other students in class their strengths that were stated in the TPACK task two assignments. The students also had to be mentored by the other students on the weaknesses that they had provided in their TPACK…

California schools mentioned that “Sixth-grader Tiffany gets sent to the principal’s office because her teacher thinks the girl is inappropriately dressed. Tiffany is wearing a micro-mini…

This essay explores how reflective practices can help us to understand our actions and how we can improve upon these to ultimately make ourselves a better and more effective teacher. A reflective practice is a tool that can empower an individual through the process of focusing their thinking, therefore supporting self-knowledge and understanding (Sellars, 2014). Reflective practice is a self-reflective process and Shepherd (2006) states that “in making sense of one’s situation, we are…

Frederick Douglass once said “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free”, and in my specific case, I find that statement to be extremely true. Since I was a young child, I loved to read and sometimes I even tried to write little songs or stories, even if they weren’t good. The thing is though, that since then, a lot has changed. Books have changed, the people who write have changed, the way people in general look at literacy has changed and most of all, I have changed. Therefore I find it…

How would you feel about your 5-year-old learning about masturbation? Sex education used to consist of teaching anatomy and abstinence, unfortunately in recent years this has drastically changed. Not only has sex education changed, but also multiple school districts are arguing that they are under no obligation to inform parents about the adoption of new curriculum. Besides this, parents are not being given the option to opt their children out of these lessons. While schools are our educational…

Math for educators has been an extremely helpful learning experience for me thus far. Everyday we are taught different problem solving skills and ways to make math fun and enjoyable for the future students that we will teach. As a person who struggles in math and has never taken a liking to it throughout elementary school and beyond, it is important to me that I have the proper training to implement new and different learning techniques in my classroom to assist students in the most helpful and…

a successful woman, and perhaps it’s from the discipline that her former orchestra teacher, Jerry Kupchynsky, applied in his class. Wanting other students to discover that strict teachers are efficient instructors, the writer publishes the article: Why…