Does external accountability affect student outcomes? A cross-state analysis. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis‚ 24(4)‚ 305-331. Retrieved September 15‚ 2003‚ from ProQuest database. Evans‚ C. (1999). Improving test practices to require and evaluate higher levels of thinking. Education‚ 119(4)‚ 616-619. Retrieved February 1‚ 2004‚ from ProQuest database. Goertz‚ M. & Duffy‚ M. (2003). Mapping the landscape of high-stakes testing and accountability programs Gray‚ K. C. & Waggoner‚ J. E. (2002)
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Compare and evaluate three significant learning and development theories In this assignment I will compare and evaluate three significant learning theories‚ these being; Behaviourism‚ Constructivism and Social Constructivism. This will include a clear presentation of; knowledge of these theories‚ a demonstration of the understanding of academic debates pertaining to these theories and by selecting three key aspects of these three theories‚ comparing and evaluating them. The three key aspects that will
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History depicts that in the past‚ apartheid and Christian national education policies meant that races and cultures were segregated in schools and resources were unevenly distributed‚ making the role and the task of the teacher extra difficult in terms of balancing between the workload and catering for all learners needs. Education is inherently political as it involves values and goals in relation to such fundamental questions as what kind of individual and society are we trying to shape? These
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with disabilities as a victim. The Social model of disability challenges societies views of people with disabilities and impairments. Developed by disabled people highlighting their right to choices. It also challenges society to become more inclusive without the view that people with disabilities have a problem which needs ‘fixing’ or to pity them When looking at mainstream education for children with Special Educational needs (SEN) we can see how the social and medical models of disability
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OUTLINE AND EVALUATE TWO SOCIAL PSYCHOLOICAL THEORIES OF AGGRESSION The first psychological theory of aggression is the social learning theory. This uses the principles of Bandura’s Bobo Dolls experiment which involved children observing aggressive and non-aggressive adults and then acting themselves. Those in the aggressive condition displayed aggression whilst the other children showed virtually no aggression. The four conditions which have been found to be effective for social learning are: attention;
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Marthin 201208985 2. Simon Harupe 2000 3. Shaningwa Vilho 4. Kambinda Anna 5 6 Module title: Inclusive Education1 Lecturer’s name: Mr. Muhapili Due date; Introduction Inclusive education is embedded in a wide range of contexts which arises beyond special education and marginalization therefore; this piece of writing will provide a set of meanings of inclusive education as defined by different connoisseurs. We will also embrace in justified newspaper articles related to this
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OVERVIEW OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SSA INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN RTE- SSA- AN OVERVIEW Background RTE mandates free and compulsory education to all children from 6-14 years of age. The key objective of RTE- SSA is Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE). Three important aspects of UEE are access‚ enrolment and retention of all children in 6-14 years of age. This goal of UEE‚ has further been facilitated by the Constitutional (86th Amendment) Act‚ making free and compulsory elementary
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’A culture of learning is characterised by a shared view that all members are learners of a valued and shared curriculum ’ (Morton‚ Rietveld‚ Guerin‚ Mcilroy‚ Duke‚ 2012). This gives an understanding that all members of a school‚ both staff and students‚ are considered learners when in a school setting. Both teacher and student learn from and with other teachers‚ as well as from other students in and out of classrooms. In relation to the curriculum‚ the Australian Curriculum‚ Assessment and Reporting
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Problem and its context 1.0 Introduction The study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of inclusive education in Swaziland. It is a case study of one of the schools which were engaged to pilot Inclusive Education by the Special Education Unit in the Ministry of Education and Training in the year 2006. This was in a bid to implement the Inclusive Education Draft Policy of 2005 (Ministry of Education and Training‚ 2010). Inclusive Education is a new educational programme which has been influenced
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Unit 009 – Understanding inclusive learning and learning in lifelong learning. 3.2 – Explain how to establish ground rules with learners to promote respect to others Ground rules are a set of rules‚ which are used to give all learners an equal chance of learning. Ground rules should help to support against disruption‚ it allows everyone to participate and encourage respect for each other’s contributions. As identified by Gravells (2008)‚ learners like to know the limitations within which they
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