1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Tele-education Tele-education has a long history beginning with systems like that for teaching children in Australian Outback, the British Open University and other such organizations. These built on the idea of correspondence courses where course materi...

Ever since I was a child I have been fascinated by the way things work the way they do. From the simplest of video games, that I played with in the pre-school ages, to today's more advanced computers and computer systems, these have always amazed me. As I look forward to furthering my educ...

Electronic Databases and NetworkingAn electronic database is information stored so that it can be retrieved from a computer terminal. Rubin, Rubin, and Piele (1996), compilers of research sources, point out, "A researcher who is reluctant to use computers to find information or who does not know how...

During the 1980's, a public school system established to serve a large military population created a distance learning program. The goal of this program was to increase curricular options for students and provide opportunities for students who were experiencing scheduling conflicts in high scho...

Americans have become not only ignorant about their own country and its political affairs but also have been blind to the impact of five factors that contribute to this ignorance. The influence of family, the media, education, popular culture, and one's own environment are the five sources that have...

The Positive Effects of the Internet The Internet has come a very long way in the past 50 years. New innovations such as integrated software and hardware has changed the way that people view and obtain information today. Millions of people worldwide are using the Internet to share information, m...

Take regular courses or take internet courses? A decade ago, schooling still meant that the students sat in a classroom while listening to the teacher¡¯s lectures. Now, we have another choice, which means the internet courses. We can listen to the lectures on line while sitting on the comfortab...

The voucher system, first introduced by Milton Friedman in 1960, is an example of capitalistic idealism: the state has a responsibility to provide solid education, it philosophizes, but not to monopolize the institution. The system suggests an end to public schooling with no deduction in tax dolla...

Against School Critique In John Taylor Grotto's Against School, he argues that the public schooling system cripples children. He makes arguments that the public schooling system suppresses children from learning at their maximum potential. He offers home schooling as an effective altern...

Dear North Carolina Residents: In Georgia, there is a program going on that helps out the student immensely. The Georgia State Lottery is used as a device to send hard-working students to college for free. Since the start of the lottery, over 488,00 kids have gone to college on the HOPE sch...

Living in a society where technology is virtually unavoidable, it is inevitable that tasks that have been done in the past will need to be altered in order to accommodate the fast-paced, technologically enhanced world that we live in. Our every day tasks have changed in one way or another due to te...

Statement of the Problem Current statistics in the education marketplace show that a number of shifts are occurring. The president's "No Child will be Left Behind" act has demanded that schools raise their academic success rates, and lower the measured illiteracy and drop out rates in schools ...

When a student walks through the halls of a high school, they see light filled walls lined with lockers. Recently, these blank walls have given way to for-profit advertisements in cash-starved schools. Driven by the need to pay outside pensions, Americans are now debating whether ads should be place...

Unexpected things are almost expected in this day and age. Many times you cannot prepare yourself for what's going to happen in your every day occurrences. Sometimes it's a struggle; sometime it can be exciting and sometimes you really don't know what to think. Surprises are apart ...

"Deschooling Society"Institutionalization in education was a fundamental concern for Ivan Illich. The arguments of the Illich in "Deschooling Society" seem rather obviously naive to many people yet in my opinion they are based on some quite profound arguments about knowledge and learning. One of t...

Working in High School My senior year I participated in a very popular early release program called CBE. It was a work study program that seniors could participate in so they could leave after our fourth period class. Our teacher would visit us at our job and in class she would teach us skills tha...

Education TodayEducation today isn't quiet what I would like it to be; although it is improving if I was in power I think I would make a few changes. In high school there are certain classes that are mandatory for an individual to graduate history, chemistry and biology are a couple. Now for an indi...

LEARNING/CONTENT STANDARDSThe word standard represents a specific idea of what teachers expect a student to recall, understand or demonstrate down the road. When teachers can assess how close a student comes to the standards, they know where to adjust or where to focus their attention.Each state se...

"One nation under God." These are the very words that our country was built around. Yet everyday at school there are constant reminders of restraints put on God. People say that there is no law against religion among students and that kids can pray whenever they want. This isn't enough. It breaks my...

Quality-oriented Education The National Conference on Education, the third of its kind since China began its reform and opening policies in the late 1970s, was hosted in Beijing in June by the central government and the State Council. It endorsed a blueprint for promot...

Speech Topic: Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, CPRSpeech Title: Breath of LifeCategory: Questions of PolicyOrganizational Pattern: Monroes Motivated SequenceGeneral Purpose Statement: To persuade. Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience that we should have a nationwide program to teach CP...