Teachers of English (NCTE) have established a set of standards for Language Arts that are “designed to complement other national‚ state‚ and local standards and contributes to ongoing discussion about English language arts classroom activities and curricula” (“NCTE/IRA Standards‚” 2017). Even though the NCTE set of standards
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Across regions‚ young people are disproportionately affected by unemployment‚ underemployment‚ vulnerable employment and working poverty. Even during periods of economic growth‚ many economies have been unable to absorb large youth populations into the labour market. In recent years‚ however‚ the global financial and economic crisis has further hit young people particularly hard in the developed world. The need to provide more and better jobs for young people exists across countries. However‚ youth
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teachers should have been more aware of the impact such a book would have on the racially diverse students. To the black students especially‚ the novel was another frustrating instance where there was a lack of multicultural content in the district’s curricula; with the support of their parents they decided it was time to act. It was a different story from the teacher’s point of view though. Teachers already knew that the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn had been shrouded in controversy from the beginning
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Christina Hoff-Sommers’ book “The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men‚” which discusses how educational systems are suppressing masculinity‚ in connection to his claim. He notes that Hoff-Sommers observed that “school curricula […] are skewed toward girls’ strengths and away from those of boys.” Karnick feels that the same phenomenon is occurring in the media. He argues that the emphasis on feminine characteristics‚ such as sensitivity‚ is having an effect on males in movies
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Although high school curricula exposes students to numerous novels of high literary merit‚ many students still begin college without having read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. The book describes a highly disciplined society in which everyone’s happiness is guaranteed by complete submission to science and government. Reading and analyzing Brave New World is critical to teaching students‚ specifically those in Depaul’s Honors Program‚ the significance of free thought and the abstract development
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Thoughts on Plato’s Allegory of the Cave The allegory of the cave that appears in Book VII of Plato’s Republic is a well-known text for good reason: it is a brilliant allegory on the nature of the human condition in its relationship to knowledge‚ and it forces the careful reader to reflect on Plato’s implications about different kinds of knowledge. For the Greek philosopher Plato‚ the true reality exists in the world of ideas‚ a world that is invisible
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are perceived) Progressivism Progressivist believes that individuality‚ progress‚ and change are fundamental to one’s education. Believing that people learn best from what they consider most relevant to their lives‚ progressivist centers their curricula on the needs‚ experiences‚ interests‚ and abilities of students. Progressivist teachers try making school interesting and useful by planning lessons that provoke curiosity. In a progressivist school‚ students are actively learning. The students interact
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"science‚ technology‚ and society" programs‚ which are also—confusingly—known by the STS acronym. Drawn from a variety of disciplines‚ including anthropology‚ history‚ political science‚ and sociology‚ scholars in these programs created undergraduate curricula devoted to exploring the issues raised by science and technology. Unlike scholars in science studies‚ history of technology‚ or the history and philosophy of science‚ they were
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Time and again‚ we’ve wondered why African countries are still plagued in economic and industrial underdevelopment yet we boast of sufficient natural and human resources coupled with a large internal consumer and industrial market. Several reasons exist and some of the causes are initiated by our very own governments but most of the inadequacies have been forcefully injected into our systems by the colonial masters and other western powers. Historically‚ the colonial masters deliberately refused
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suitability blended with provision for knowledge values and skill practice where every student learns in without sacrificing his/her creativity. Objectives: • To introduce Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) at Undergraduate level • Development of Curricula that would facilitate student centric learning • Examination Reforms • Administrative Reforms All of the above objectives have to be realized with an aim to transform teaching learning processes in academics- a transformation where students change
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