In Earth in the Balance, Vice President Al Gore said "the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization." In the past 150 years, earth's resources have been abused and people do not know how to deal with the effects of not treating the earth right. I...

In today's society, children's education becomes a very important concern for many parents. After living in this world for more than twenty years, parents know that education has great impacts on the lives of their children in many ways, and the amount of knowledge their children acquire from schoo...

In the middle of a crowded commercial area and a low-income housing subdivision sits Rincon High School. The students at Rincon test at slightly below average on the Iowa Basic Skills Test, a generalized knowledge exam given nationwide to all students every year. St. Gregory College Preparatory S...

During my past learning experiences, I have found myself in many different learning environments. Many of my past learning experiences I can compare to the concepts in Paulo Friere's "The Banking Concept of Education". In many of the classroom experiences there is either a "banking" concept where yo...

The courts have ruled against prayer in school. Many agree with the decision, yet many disagree including me. Prayer should be allowed in public school because it is already practiced, it prevents immoral acts, and it enhances the learning environment. The issue of prayer in school has been debated ...

(1) Teaching Philosophy (2) Educational Goals (3) Opportunities of Importance (1) Education is like gardening; it has its times of seeding and harvest. A gardener soon discovers that plants do not exist merely for us to impose our will on them. A good teacher, like a gardener, knows how to...

Information literacy is the ability to recognize when information is needed and having the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information (Williams, 2010). At times there seems to be a confounding disconnect with students between receiving information literacy instruction a...

Only a passionate learner can be a teacher. I want to be a partner with my students and parents to set an example that learning is a joyful and collaborative enterprise. My philosophy will be forever changing, always under review and revision while incorporating new ideas and experiences. However,...

History/Philosophy of Ed Educational Equality From the formation of the United States of America, equality has been regarded as an unalienable right given to all. It sounds nice but actually equality is something that Americans have had to fight for. When addressin...

Behavior Management Philosophy PaperINTRODUCTIONMy main goal as a teacher will be to establish and run a classroom in which the students take full responsibility for the environment they create for themselves and their peers. I want my students, from day one, to know that they have choices. Choices...

While observing the lab at DeVry in room 128 I have been able to give an observation on the room layout. There are 128 computers in the lab while the carpet color is mixed with blue, gray, violet, and tan. There are 4 printers in which everyone shares. The windows on the east side of the lab are f...

I believe the purposes of education are necessary for the child to live a successful life. Not only do children learn mathematics, science, history, or english at school, they also learn the social economics and the development of speaking. Everything taught in school will someday benefit the chil...

In the past, special education has been an issue that went unnoticed in school curricula and by school administrations. It is only recently that more attention has been given to the needs of disabled learners. This is a manifestation of the increasing compassion for less fortunate persons...

Each state of the United States has hundreds of different schools. These schools include public and private institutions of varying size and culture. For many, going to one school is a gift. I am fortunate enough to have attended 2 schools in different parts of the country. Fairfield Col...

Becoming an educator is something that most people in our society today greatly underestimate. But if we were to take a close look at any classroom across the nation we would see that classrooms are simply small versions of our own societies. They have the same diverseness as our population in ter...

School vs. Education is a correspondence between what is taught at home, at school, and in society in general. These things may be obtained through school as well as everyday activities such as watching television. Some of these things that are obtained may be negative or positive but they are ob...

Failure of Parents would be a number one reason for this any student to fail in reading. The parents aren't involved in the students school lessons. Parents are often so caught up in their own day to day lives that usually the children of high school age are often left alone a lot and left with...

In Freire's piece of literature, it seems as though teachers or professors are not really "teaching" their students. The students are just taught to memorize words and phrases, and then spit them back out when necessary. This makes the words and phrases lose their significance, and t...

Teaching is a way to train the young, in a selected environment (such as Miriam College), to help them adjust to the world in which they live. The researchers accept as true that teaching is passed on by people around, particularly the teachers. As a teacher, one must acknowledge the value and skill...

Caring; A Feminie Approach to Ethics and Moral Education In the Olympics, a pacesetter is often used at the beginning of running and skating events. Their purpose is to get the race exciting from the start and 'set the pace' for what is to come. "Human Caring and the memory of cari...

Studies have shown that 66% of children ages ten-sixteen when asked say if their peers are influenced by what they are exposed to, like literature. Therefore the issues people view as controversial in Brave New World such as drug use, sexual promiscuity, lack of individualism, and genetic enginee...

For eternity many Americans have fought for the same equal opportunities. A better job, a nice living environment, a better education, and a danger free America for them and their children. All this is a realistic goal to have, especially if you are an American trying to obtain this opportunity. Dur...

For wealthy families, sending their children to private schools is often times a way to show off how much money they have, but, for a family who earns less than average yearly income, it is more of an opportunity for their kids to get a better education, and to be in a safer environment. This is wh...

Everyone who teaches has a philosophy of education. Everything that a teacher does is colored by the philosophy he/she holds. Every philosophy has at least the three following elements: ontology-what is real, epistemology-what is true, and axiology-what is of value (good) ethics. So what exactly d...

Luis Cardenas's Career Possibilities             Luis was born in the largest city where his family lived there for generations.  During the summer of his junior year he worked at a camp, teaching craft to ten year old boys.  He enjoyed teaching so much that he decided to be tea...