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Jaime Escalante, Teacher
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A 10 page research paper that discusses the career of Jaime Escalante, the real-life mathematics teacher that inspired the 1988 film Stand and Deliver. Escalante consistently prepared inner-city, disadvantaged students for the Advanced Placement Test in calculus for college entry, with the vast majority of this students passing this grueling test. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khjescal.rtf

Japan’s Educational System: Exam Hell, School Violence, and Other Negatives of Japan’s Historic Approach to Education
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An 11 page overview of Japan’s educational system. Stressing the negativities of “exam hell”, a process through which Japan’s youth determine their suitability in the eyes of their government for pursuing higher education, the author emphasizes that Japan is indeed a multifaceted culture, one which is sometimes more characterized by diversity and conflict that by harmony and homogeneity. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPjapEdu.rtf

Jean Piaget: A Critique of Her Philosophy of Education
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An 8 page overview of the theories of Jean Piaget. The author delves into Piaget's theories about cognitive learning, particularly regarding the way very young infants learn. While Piaget was brilliant in many respects, subsequent work by such notables as Elizabeth Spelke proved him wrong in his beliefs that children under the age of two had no preconceived ideas about the way the world worked. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPedPiag.rtf

Jim Burke's "The English Teacher's Companion" And Nancie Atwell's "In The Middle": Response To Chapters
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15 pages in length. The writer provides brief summaries for twenty chapters from these two books on English instruction. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCchptr.rtf

Job Satisfaction of Assistant Principals in Schools
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This 15 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Job satisfaction is an imperative part of retaining highly qualified employees. Educational institutions, including public school districts, have recognized the need to assess job satisfaction in correlation with job performance and relative to their capacity to retain their professional staff. Employee satisfaction, though, is a complex issue. A number of different types of human resource management systems have been put into place in an effort to improve employee satisfaction, especially among administrative employees, including shorter work days, shorter work weeks, and improvements in compensation packages, clearer job descriptions and increasing use of team approaches. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHEdSat.rtf

Jobs in Early Childhood Education
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A 3 page research paper that investigates the field of early childhood education and specifically addresses the job market in this field. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khecd.rtf

John Devine's Look at Schools and the Panopticon Model
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This 3 page paper looks at the infamous Panopticon Model along with John Devine's essay about public schools. His ideas are contrasted with that of Michel Foucault. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA507JD.rtf

John Dewey and James Banks On Education
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This 4 page paper compares and contrasts these two theorists' ideas in the realm of education. Dewey's concepts are related to creativity and freedom in education whereas Banks is concerned with multiculturalism. No bibliography.
Filename: SA311Dew.rtf

John Dewey's Democracy And Education
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Like a living organism, democracy must be born into a time where the 'parents' or circumstances are right to understand the potential for such a 'child' and the 'social soil' may be described as the type of society that is ready to accept and nurture that 'child'. This 5 page paper examines the relationship between Democracy and education as it is understood and presented by John Dewey in his book, Democracy And Education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTdewdem.rtf

John Dewey/ Pragmatic, Educational Philosopher
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A 15 page research paper that examines the philosophy of John Dewey—how it pertained to pragmatism, morality and education. The main points of his philosophical outlook are analyzed as to strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: 00dewphl.rtf