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Pre-Service Teacher's Perceptions Of Technology Integration In Their Future Classrooms, Mckenzie Scoffield, Jennifer Wimmer
Pre-Service Teacher's Perceptions Of Technology Integration In Their Future Classrooms, Mckenzie Scoffield, Jennifer Wimmer
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Due to the increase in technology in schools, teachers are required to understand how to use the technology, and how to integrate curriculum with it. Technology is incredibly diverse and holds limitless possibilities to the new design of innovative learning. It is also becoming increasingly more common in classrooms through interactive whiteboards, computers, projectors, IPADS, chrome books, etc (Carr and Martin, 2015). However, most in-service teachers say that in order to incorporate this technology into their classrooms, they need to be well versed in how to combine technology with their curriculum (Kara and Cagiltay, 2017). The purpose of this quantitative …
Heterogenity Of Private School Effects In Sub-Saharan Africa, Isaac Riley, Donald Baum
Heterogenity Of Private School Effects In Sub-Saharan Africa, Isaac Riley, Donald Baum
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The “private school effect” or “private school advantage” is often treated in the literature as monolithic and constant across countries (Srivastava and Walford 2007), and much of the debate is between two camps arguing whether private education helps or harms, with special emphasis on the poor (Tooley and Dixon 2006; Walford and Robertson 2014). The impression of a monolithic “private school effect” in Sub-Saharan Africa is harmful if results from one country may prove misleading when applied directly to another. If private schooling in makes pupils significantly better off in Country A and worse off in Country B, officials in …
Characters With Disabilities In Newbery Books: Analysis And Trends, Kellie Egan, Tina Dyches
Characters With Disabilities In Newbery Books: Analysis And Trends, Kellie Egan, Tina Dyches
Journal of Undergraduate Research
Children’s literature is an important tool that can be used to learn and grow in socially diverse environments. Realistic portrayals of characters with disabilities have the potential to promote acceptance and understanding of students with disabilities. 1Other studies have shown that the number of children’s books portraying characters with disabilities is not proportionate with the number of students in the United States with disabilities. However, over the years, the portrayal is becoming increasingly positive.