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Principles For Education Of The Social Reconstructionists And Critical Theorists: A Yardstick Of Democracy, Laurie Gertrude Hill
Principles For Education Of The Social Reconstructionists And Critical Theorists: A Yardstick Of Democracy, Laurie Gertrude Hill
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This work is a theoretical and historical study of democracy as it relates to democratic educational practices and explores the implications that democratic reform in education has the potential to diminish inequity and social injustice in society. The study presents an intense review of the development of democracy from Plato to the present day. The progressive principles for democracy of the Social Reconstructionists and Critical Theorists form the theoretical framework for the dissertation and a Yardstick of Democracy is developed that draws upon the tenets of John Dewey, George S. Counts, Jane Addams, Paulo Freire, and Michael Apple. Included in …
Quo Vadis: An Integrated Direction For Catholic Media Technology Engagement, Eugene M. Gan
Quo Vadis: An Integrated Direction For Catholic Media Technology Engagement, Eugene M. Gan
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Over the years, the Catholic Church has explored issues of media technology and how it relates to education. At the same time, a number of profound, modern Catholic thinkers have wrestled with the nature of media technology and how it affects the human condition. These two threads have been independent of each other. An effective conceptual understanding of the role and meaning of media technology in Catholic education requires us to weave these two threads together to craft an integrated and coherent synthesis. The question I raise is: in a culture that promulgates the digital lifestyle as the standard and …
Reading Specialist Practices At The Third Grade Level In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Bernadette Josephine Nemeth
Reading Specialist Practices At The Third Grade Level In Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Bernadette Josephine Nemeth
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This study describes the actual, perceived, and ideal roles of the reading specialist as compared to the Elements found within of the International Reading Association's Standards for Specialized Reading Personnel, Revised, 2003 (IRA, 2004). Reading specialists, classroom teachers, and principals involved at the third grade level participated in this study. The purpose of this study was to discern how closely the practices of the reading specialists in Allegheny County conform to the Standards for Reading Professionals, Revised, 2003 (IRA, 2004) with specific reference to third grade settings. The total research population was 381, 127 each of the subgroups. However, 71 …
The Impact Of No Child Left Behind On Charter School Legislation And Practices - Policy Implications, Joice Eaddy Conyers
The Impact Of No Child Left Behind On Charter School Legislation And Practices - Policy Implications, Joice Eaddy Conyers
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The charter school movement is considered one of the fastest growing education reform efforts in the United States today, serving over 1 million children nationwide. The demand to improve the quality of education in the United States has been paramount over the last twenty years.In December 2001, Congress approved a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and renamed it the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), P.L. 107-ll0, H.R. 1. Although ESEA was enacted in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson to supplement state and local efforts to provide all children with high-quality education, NCLB has …