The United States has on numerous occasions had to respond to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats. However, the absence of standardized testing methods has affected its ability to respond to hazards that are natural and manmade. For instance, the absence of standardized fire hose couplings has negatively impacted on the ability of firefighters to effectively respond to fires,...
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A. Advantages of Using PLC’s Professional Learning Communities “are not a program or an organized curriculum, but it is a way of working together so that everyone involved in a child’s educational experience is focused on improving that child’s and all children’s learning” (Hord, 1997, p.2). According to Dr. Wanda Shelton, Superintendent of Lincoln County Schools of Fayetteville, TN, teachers...
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Abstract This paper explores the effect standardized tests have on the American education system. As the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB) has greatly increased the amount of standardized test in the United States, most prominently the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), this paper analyzes the effectiveness of those tests. The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has revealed...
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The American education system has become a corrupt institution and will soon fail all together. Every since elementary school, I can recall students receiving different treatment than I did, but I dismissed it because it was always in my favor. I have always excelled in my courses, so I assumed that was why I had so many opportunities. However, I...
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Throughout the years, standardized testing has been regarded as the way to measure how much a student has learned over a period of time. It is seen as such because it provides an objective and reliable measure of student achievement, which plays a huge role on major decisions about the student’s future, such as grade promotion, high school graduation and...
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Olympic Games and its values were the most influential sporting phenomenon in western civilization, impacting in the development of democracy and health. The cult of physical effort in harmony is one of the numerous ideas inherent to olympic education. The purpose of this work was to investigate the basic knowledge of university students of physical education from one university of...
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Abstract The success of an economy is greatly determined by the education systems in practise. Education is the back bone of every nation and civilized society in today’s world. A developed country is also an educated country, keeping in mind the significance of a good education system. Indian higher education system is the third largest in the world. Right from...
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Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine” By Peter Sondergaard About Me My name is Muhammad Awais and I am empathic student. I was born and brought up in Lahore which is the capital of the province Punjab, Pakistan. I belong to a modest family. My father is my hero as my grandfather...
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Should Exams be outlawed in favor of another assignment? Exams often do little more than measure a person’s ability to take exams. A test or examination is an assignment intended to measure a test-takes knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness or classification in many other subjects. Imagine if failing a test was considered to be a failure for your whole life....
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What’s Wrong with the American Education System? In many fields, the United States is often referred to as the world's best nation. It may be one of the greatest, but in education, it's far from it. Of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 34 nations in total, it ranks only 14th in art, 23rd in science, and 24th in...
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Introduction Education is the science and art of imparting information which becomes knowledge and converts into wisdom. Education gives us knowledge of the world around us, so that we could change it into something better. It develops in us a perspective of looking at life. It helps us build opinions and have points of view on things in life (Doumbia,...
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Introduction Educational Services are considered as cyclical. When the economy is doing badly and unemployment is rising, the career predictions of working adults start to fall. This results in higher enrolment and increased profit at the schools. This system of education for young students is non-cyclical. Also some of the institutions perform actively to stimulate the economy. For example, IT...
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Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing that it is stupid.” This quote reflects a common feeling among many students. This feeling is by no means new. In 1901, the College Examination Board was created in the United States....
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The National Policy on Education was introduced in 1992. The government of India had started providing education compulsorily. As per review of literature, PM Modi started various programs and policies. The policy aims to universalize pre-primary education by 2025. All the sources are collected from secondary data. Key words: National Education Policy, New Education Policy, Indian Education System Introduction The...
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Reflective practice is a method of looking back on your own experiences and looking at the positives (what work well) and the negatives (what didn’t go as well). It is an opportunity to develop sessions/skills and make yourself an overall more professional and top-level Physical Educator. Through reflection, we are able to improve the quality of our sessions as a...
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Politics in Education The American Education System has always had a close relationship with politics. Over time, this relationship has become increasingly complicated as the education system relies more on a government that does not consistently fulfill its needs. In this essay, three different aspects of the education system in America will be evaluated. The Every Student Succeeds Act, the...
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The concept of education has changed throughout the years. When kids are adolescents, everyone believes it is all ingenuity and out of this world projects; however, the burgeon of standardized testing engulfing our school systems. The issue that standardized testing is creating is that it gives general statistics that diminish students' intelligence, increases students' anxiety as well as teachers, and...
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Abstract This paper seeks to explore the complex relationship between the racist policies of America’s past and the “achievement gap” as coined by James Coleman in his 1966 eponymous report, also referred to as the “Equality of Educational Opportunities” report (EEO) (Coleman et al 1966). By tracing the history of the treatment of African Americans in the United States, we...
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The chaotic crowd swarms the hallways desperately attempting to get a final breath of freedom before being consumed by the endless sharpening of number two pencils and the excruciating levels of stress that dominates the standardized testing environment. Standardized testing is the machine that programs children’s brains into a robotic, identical, and non-inventive way of thinking. This type of testing...
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In 2002, The No Child Left Behind act was passed, which required students to take standardized testing, to measure the quality of the schools within each district. This act was set in place with the idea to provide equal educational opportunities to all students. However, as this idea sounds reasonable, since the initiation of No Child Left Behind, it has...
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not collaboration through inquiry-based learning can help ELLs increase vocabulary and literacy skills in order to close the reading achievement gap. A mixed methods design was used with triangulation, using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews to determine the themes in the qualitative data and frequencies and percentages were used...
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Introduction P.E is currently compulsory from the age of 7 up to 16 within the Welsh Curriculum (Welsh Assembly Government (WAG), 2008), but it can often be seen as a waste of time and money in a school’s timetable when the effects aren’t as vocalised compared to other aspects of a school, and especially when you see many student’s sitting...
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Education the process for receiving information and system for learning. A system for learning that is to be given to all students equally. There are many general topics in education. All of which are differ in how long they have been a problem and how large scale they are. A few of the smaller scale issues in education include technology,...
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Throughout generations, public schools have faced a number of issues, ranging from structural issues in schools to mental health issues within the student body. The primary issue I have chosen to address is standardized testing within public school systems. This is a crucial issue because I believe that standardized testing is not an efficient manner of determining whether a child...
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Introduction We are in critical point in history where there are more children being inactive due to digitalisation. Research by (Kohl et al., 2012) states that, “physical inactivity is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide”. Thus, Physical Education (PE) and Youth Sport (YS) are an essential part of a school’s curriculum in shaping today’s children and youths, leading to...
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Introduction This Path Finder with annotated bibliography is intended to assist students in acquiring information properly on the History and development of Physical Education & Sport. The intent of a pathfinder is to acquire and display information from different creditable sources namely, online library books and journals as well as hard copies from your local library. Over the year’s students...
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Figueroa's Framework is a device used to explore the issues encompassing access, uniformity and value in sport and physical activity. It comprises of 5 distinct levels being, Individual, Interpersonal, Institutional, Structural and Cultural. Each level inside the system team up and cooperate to shape the general impact. This model/system demonstrates the various capacities that fortify, make, expel and dispose of...
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“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play, children learn how to learn.” Says O. Fred Donaldson. Donaldson has a PH. D in his ongoing researching the use of play with children. Physical Education helps develop; knowledge, behaviors, and motor skills. It has been suggested that physical education in schools is pointless and a waste of time. I must...
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Historically, the Indian education system evolved from the ‘Gurukul’ tradition. Students resided together at the home of their teacher to receive education from a guru, which was not based on wealth or personal gain. Over time, certain cities such as Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, Nagarjunakonda in Andhra Pradesh, etc. evolved as learning hubs, with famous learning...
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Commercialization of Education in Standardized Testing The commercialization of education is defined as private ownership of educational institutions that make investments for the motive of earning profit. Recently, the commercialization of education has proliferated on a global scale because of the reliance of standardized testing for acceptance into higher educational institutions. Marketing tactics used by corporate entities have shifted the...
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