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Making "Connections" And Shifting The Educational Paradigm: One School's Struggle To Empower Students Through Transforming The Educational Process, Brad (Bradley) Lewis
Making "Connections" And Shifting The Educational Paradigm: One School's Struggle To Empower Students Through Transforming The Educational Process, Brad (Bradley) Lewis
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
According to Elliot W. Eisner of Stanford University, education reform efforts for American schools have not exactly been ”a novel enterprise." In the late 1950s, the Space Race pressured Congress to turn to American education to help regain and maintain our technological superiority. The result was the curriculum reform movement of the 1960s. In the 1970s "accountability" became the central focus of reformers. Then, in April of 1983, A Nation at Risk was published only to give way, by the close of that century, to America 2000, the reform agenda of the Bush Administration, which aimed to do what all …
Nearing Home, Benjamin Dow
Nearing Home, Benjamin Dow
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Nearing Home, a collection of writings by Benjamin Dow.
A Quarter In Lynden’S Esl 40: Process And Product, Justin T. (Justin Taylor) Maggart
A Quarter In Lynden’S Esl 40: Process And Product, Justin T. (Justin Taylor) Maggart
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
As is indicated in the title, the hard copy of my Senior Project breaks down into two parts: process and product. The 'process' is represented by my Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) Practicum Journal. This journal reflects the thoughts and feelings that I experienced during my first longterm exposure to an ESL setting. The Journal is by no means formal; instead of deciding on a particular format for my entries, I let them form themselves. I chose to approach the journal in this way so that my reflections could be seen in the clearest light, without the interference …
The Man Who Was Thursday, Kirsten Behee
The Man Who Was Thursday, Kirsten Behee
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
Illustration for G.K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday, an Honors Program senior project.
Spanish Instruction, Carla J. (Carla Jennings) Manuel
Spanish Instruction, Carla J. (Carla Jennings) Manuel
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
For my Honor's Senior project, I chose to compile my teaching experience of beginning level Spanish. The note book I compiled includes lessons plans, worksheets, exams, and my insights on what I have learned through this project. The notebook's construction has given me the chance to reflect on the magnitude of work required for teaching and the accomplishments I have achieved over the course of three months. Throughout the quarter I have worked on lesson plans, invented a midterm exam, created a grading system, and experimented with different methods of material presentation. During the last three months, I have relied …
A Community Of Learning, Keren Reith
A Community Of Learning, Keren Reith
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
All teachers possess a philosophy of education. The set of ideas under which every teacher operates is the springboard for their choices in the classroom, if only because the complex nature of education requires that we operate from a belief system about what we do and why we do it. Philosophy determines what materials we choose, what methods we use to teach them, and what kinds of rules we have for classroom management. A teacher's philosophy of education impacts his or her students in a thousand ways as it is tested and refined in the classroom. One cannot separate theory …