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Narratives of Education and Future Generations, 2004.
Discusses themes of education, migration, and the next generation in the African-American communities of "Youngblood" (Killens), "The Street" (Petry) and ?The Piano Lesson? (Wilson).
1,044 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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Education of the next generation forms a central theme in many of the greatest works of literature, particularly those of the African-American tradition where the next generation holds such promise for those oppressed by the historical weight of the present. This paper shows, however, that in the narrative framework of "Youngblood" by John Oliver Killens, Ann Petry?s "The Street", as well the play, ?The Piano Lesson,? it is not only the youth of tomorrow who receives an education from their wiser elders. The paper shows that, although the older individuals in the play educate the younger members of the family, ultimately, the education in all fictional contexts is holistic, rather than an unbalanced relationship of the old teaching morality to the young.
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"Ann Petry?s novel The Street, also chronicles a tale in which the central protagonist, one Lutie Johnson, is engaged in a war for her young child?s soul and takes, in her case, a highly matriarchal view of the world and child rearing. Through the medium of fighting to create a better life for her daughter, Lutie gains a sense of independence as a woman. Thus Lutie?s efforts do not merely educate her young son. Like Joe Youngblood, she learns from the process of parenting as well, of being a strong Black parent in a White society. As impressive as her accomplishments are, she also gains a stronger sense of herself and her ability to engage in upward mobility in the Black community as she proceeds through the novel."
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Caring For Future Generations, 2006.
This paper explores the thesis of Slaughter that our social nature gives rise to ethical demands.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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The paper discusses how Slaughter maintains that we have an ethical obligation to assist future generations but this obligation is natural to us. The reason he gives is that human beings are not isolated and our social nature gives rise to ethical demands. Slaughter's thesis is that "caring for future generations is a legitimate ethical concern that arises from our common humanity." The paper explains that the argument can be broken down into two parts. The first consists of a number of reasons that ethical concern not only makes sense but is advantageous. The paper shows how the overall argument is that caring about future generations can only result in win-win outcomes.
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Role Modeling for Future Generations, 2002.
An analysis of works by Henrik Ibsen and Bernard Melamud regarding views on child rearing.
1,225 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper compares Henrik Ibsen?s "An Enemy of the People" and Bernard Malamud?s "The Natural" on the issue of which protagonist proves a better role model for their children and future generation. Included is the questionnaire used in the study.
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"Dr. Thomas Stockmann, the protagonist of Henrik Ibsen?s ?An Enemy of the People?, demonstrates the true qualities of postmodern heroism. A practical medical practitioner, Stockmann is easily excited over the moral values incumbent in a town. In declaring the town baths are contaminated, Dr. Stockmann means to help his community members only to be accused of plotting for money. An idealist and passionate man, Dr. Stockmann did not fathom he is to face opposition from the town people, especially from the mayor, The People's Herald journalist Hovstad and his brother Peter Stockmann."
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Clean Air for Future Generations, 2007.
This essay attempts to persuade its audience to take action against global warming.
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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This essay argues strongly for mankind to take action against the effects of global warming. A description of the problem is presented, including the causes of global warming. The author also illustrates the potential damage caused by climate change if environmental damage is not controlled. The paper examines the benefits that could be derived from the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement by which industrialized nations have committed to making substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases. The author concludes by encouraging activism in order to combat this problem.
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Introduction
Attention
Reveal Topic
Credibility
Preview
Body
Need Step: Create Awareness of the Problem and the Need for Change
Satisfaction Step: Satisfy the Need with a Solution to the Problem
Visualization Step: Intensify Interest by Visualizing Benefits-Action Step: Call Audience to Action with a Specific Action
Summary
Call for Action
Closing
Bibliography
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"The very first thing we should do is look at the benefits that could be derived from the Kyoto Protocol. "The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement, negotiated in December 1997, by which industrialized nations have committed to making substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases by 2012. More than 160 countries have committed to the agreement thus far (ELC, 2006)" - except for the United States! "With the United States on the sidelines, the Kyoto treaty could end up as ineffectual as the post-World War I League of Nations. But by uniting the vast majority of the world's nations, Kyoto could equally be the harbinger of an international model that rewards pollution-cutting innovation and pushes countries and companies to pursue cleaner forms of growth."
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The Economic Value of Education, 2006.
This paper examines why a better education means a better job and a higher income, while those with little or no education find it harder to survive, resulting in poverty situations that continue for generations.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper shows several sides of this issue by stating that many believe that by obtaining the right job, education shouldn't matter while discussing the economic values of acquiring a higher education and the many benefits reaped as a result, and conversely, how having little or no education is directly linked to low income jobs, unemployment and poverty.
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"The status of educated families and non educated families in Indonesia is also an example of how education increases incomes and gives better employment. It also shows how more money will motivate parents to allow their children to have education. In both of these countries, it has been known that many that live in poverty don't really want change. They probably wouldn't mind a little extra money, but they think they can live without it. Also, some don't mind if their children has a college education or not. Some would rather their children not have an education, because they are afraid of their children looking down upon them.
Like the United States, those with little or no education find it hard to get a good job, therefore putting the family in poverty level. As we all know banks do not like to loan money to those who are in poverty."
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Zuni Education, 2007.
This paper discusses education among the Zuni nation.
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how Native-American children, in every state of the United States were expected to become American citizens through a system of education that isolated them from culture and family and demanded that they learn white ways, including but not limited to language. The writer looks at how the return of people, to their Zuni roots is what will make it possible for multicultural education to succeed in the Zuni nation. The writer notes that the Zuni still receive only limited offers of higher education and they are almost devoid in the insular community. Nevertheless, teaching requirements dependent upon state regulations will likely continue to be the norm. For this reason it is essential that the strength of the Zuni multicultural education be retained and strengthened even further to support early emphasis on Zuni culture and self value and to help those who must seek higher education away from home to be able to return to teach future generations of Zuni children seek excellence and help their community to grow.
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"Wyaco's own experience in education, could serve as an introduction to the established importance of institutions, such as the one he was fighting for, and additionally the institutions for primary, intermediate and secondary education for Indians. As a Native American seeking higher education he had to isolate himself, in the white world to achieve it. Once he had done so attempting to return to his Zuni roots, by actually obtaining employment in Zuni was difficult, as much of his cultural identity had been lost as a result of the separation required for education."
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Higher Education Leadership, 2005.
This paper discusses theories of leadership appropriate for the environment of higher education.
6,295 words (approx. 25.2 pages), 35 sources, APA, $ 146.95
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This paper explains that the widespread retirement of many of today's "Baby Boomer" higher education leaders will hasten the need for a new generation of education leaders and new leadership approaches; thereby, a fresh assessment of higher education leadership roles, styles, approaches, practices and goals is needed. The author points out that contemporary higher education leadership is most often characterized as collaborative rather than unilateral or hierarchical as in corporate leadership. The paper recommends participative, contingency (to an extent) and transformational leadership theories and practices as the best practices for tomorrow's higher education leaders but does not recommend dyadic role making or LMX theory.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Background of the Study
Increases in Female and Minority Higher Education Leaders
The Nature of Higher Education Leadership.
Leadership Theories
Participative Leadership Theory
Dyadic Role-Making Leadership Theory
Contingency Leadership Theory
Charismatic Leadership Theory
Transformational Leadership Theory
Emotional intelligence Leadership Theory
Adult Learning Theories and Practices and Higher Education Leadership (Knowles' "Andragogy" Theory)
Conclusions and Implications for Higher Education Leadership
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"Dyad role-making leadership theory, also known as Leader-Member exchange theory (LMX) "focuses on dyadic relationships, and roles carried out, between leaders and managers." In addition, the theory describes how leaders develop different exchange relationships over time with various subordinates. LMX theory is also called vertical dyad linkage theory, due to its focus on reciprocal influencing processes within vertical "dyads" consisting of an individual with supervising authority over another individual. The "dyads", within this theory, consist of two people (a leader and a subordinate, with the leader (e.g., college president or other high-level administrator) forming a separate "dyad" with each individual subordinate); the "roles" are their agreed-upon interacted relationships and (usually tacit) assumptions about one another and expectations of one another."
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Brown v. Board of Education (1954): Impact on USA, 2008.
An explanation of the "Brown v. Board of Education" case and its impact on American education.
1,963 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that compelled school administrators and school districts to throw open their doors to African-American students after generations in which segregation had been the accepted norm in US education. This paper argues that "Brown v. Board of Education" was historic because it overturned the Supreme Court decisions of the past that had guided and legitimated segregationist education in America for decades.
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"The case was significant, first and foremost, because it over-turned Supreme Court precedent. To be more precise, the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 had upheld the public policy of the state of Louisiana to segregate African-Americans. Particularly, the Court said that Louisiana was fully justified in having separate facilities for African-Americans and for whites as long as though facilities were "equal". In the Court's considered opinion, the Fourteenth Amendment - a constitutional amendment demanding equal protection under the law for all citizens and one that also impels states to treat equally all citizens under their respective jurisdictions - was not violated by the Louisiana policy of dividing black from white. As the High Court chose to interpret the matter, to the extent African-Americans and their sympathizers saw segregation as a sinister plot to suggest the racial inferiority of African-Americans, such a suggestion or intimation only existed because African-Americans chose to put that construction upon the situation. Of course, as it turned out, the High Court was rather profoundly mistaken."
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Acid Rain: Eating Away Our Future, 2001.
This extensive paper looks at the phenomena of acid rain and its effects
5,500 words (approx. 22.0 pages), 21 sources, $ 134.95
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This paper explores how acid rain is produced, what its impact is on the environment, what has been done by government agencies to help the problem, how effective these measures have been, what individuals can do to help reduce this problem, what are the current technologies for reducing emissions and how these technologies can be used to reduce acid rain in the future. It demonstrates that current attempts to reduce emissions from power plants will not have a significant effect on acid rain reduction; and will support the idea that there is not a single solution to the problem of acid rain, but rather a combination of technologies and methods will have to be utilized to have a noticeable effect of the reduction of and repair of environmental destruction caused by acid rain.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
How Acid Rain is Formed
Effect of Acid Rain on the Environment
How Large is This Problem?
What Has Already Been Done to Reduce Emissions?
Have These Measures Been Effective?
What is the Future of the Acid Rain Issue?
How Can an Individual Help?
Current Trends in Alternative Power as a Solution to the Problem
Summary
Works Cited
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"Our modern world has many conveniences. We enjoy hot water, lights, computers, cars, and many other conveniences, which are now an integral part of our society. Many of us cannot imagine life without them. We seldom think about the costs every time we turn on a light. We do not think about the where the electricity is produced and what the effects on the environment might be. We simply turn on the light. As with all good things, there is a cost. One cost of our modern conveniences is acid rain caused by the burning of fossil fuels. The effects of acid rain came into the forefront during the early seventies as its effects began to be noticed on a global level. The impact of the effects of acid rain is considered to be of great concern to some and of little concern to others. No matter which side you are on, we all must agree that energy consumption will continue to increase globally and we must be weary of the effects of energy production and always stay focused on future generations."
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Higher Education, 2004.
This paper discusses the history of higher education in the U.S., which has changed dramatically from colonial times to modern times.
970 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper explains that, in the colonial era, education was largely exclusive and focused on the religious education of males. The author points out that modern higher education has been shaped by the implementation of technology, with students commonly using laptops in class and with teachers using overheads and computer-generated lessons. The paper stresses that higher education today encompasses much more than the universities, degree-granting accredited community colleges, and four-year colleges recognized as "higher education" by the U.S. Department of Education; in addition, corporate classrooms, virtual universities, and proprietary schools educate millions of individuals outside of this narrow definition.
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"At the same time, educational opportunities of minorities, including African Americans were limited during the early years of higher education. W.E.B DuBois was the first African American to get a Ph.D. degree from Harvard, receiving his degree in 1890 despite opposition to his entrance to the school. Booker T. Washington was also an important figure in African American education, and as head of the Tuskegee Institute, he taught newly freed slaves skills in education, business, and the trades."
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Reggio Emilia Education and the Teacher, 2008.
A study of the Reggio Emilia early childhood education system.
3,175 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 91.95
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This paper examines the infant-toddler centers and preschools established in Reggio Emilia, Italy, which have drawn much interest for their view of the teacher as fellow learner. In the Reggio Emilia system, parents are also encouraged to join in school activities in a democratic and dynamic environment. The paper points out that this system has raised helpful questions as to how the child is regarded, the teacher's role and pedagogy before the age of 6. The paper also points out that Reggio Emilia ideas are now fairly popular in North America, where early childhood education has been a major concern due to the postmodern condition of altered family life, daycare as a mass need, and the failing American educational system. Since the 1980s, varying investment in facilities for early childhood education has helped a flowering of scholarship and some experimentation. The paper concludes that the generation of Reggio Emilia's remarkable early childhood education system occurred under conditions that North American educators might see as ideal for promoting a strong community with supportive and participating parents who value education.
Outline:
Introduction
Reggio Emilia Education
The Unexpected
Adapting for Other Children?
Concluding Discussion
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"A paper by John Nimmo supplies an Australian reflection on the Reggio Emilia model. (1998) All its points considered, Reggio Emilia education may be most useful in its questions asked of teachers which Nimmo commends in terms of why teachers should ask themselves how they view the child, expectations of children and beliefs about child development. (1998:295-296) Teachers, parents and others engaged with children should ponder where a child's identity originates and the child's goals, needs and wishes, as may differ from those of the adult or be shaped by parent's ideas; there may be hope for a new generation or beliefs to do with better child preparation. (Nimmo:1998:296) In other words, Reggio Emilia education's contribution may lie in its fundamental questions to do with the child in relationship to adults. Other questions involve what a surrounding society is like now and as a product of a public past. (Nimmo:1998:297-298) One finds obvious new questions, too, on whether children are the same as they once were, or really develop as any theories now in use say that they do. One is put in a postmodern void of uncertainty, non-knowledge and relativism. It seems important to examine what one admires in Reggio Emilia practices and models and ask when one first experienced or saw them, in the course of one's own education."
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The Education Problem, 2006.
This paper offers an in-depth study of the teacher shortage in California.
6,220 words (approx. 24.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 145.95
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The paper discusses how Californian public school administrators are facing a significant problem from teacher shortages due to both attrition and retention problems. The paper describes the crisis, reviews the available research and surveys and illustrates the many possible solutions. The paper highlights that teacher attrition and retention will continue to be a complex and problematic issue for the next decade. The paper concludes that by addressing the needs and desires of current and incoming teachers, attrition will lessen and teaching will become an attractive profession for future generations.
Contents:
Abstract
The Human Resources Dilemma Confronting Public School Administrations
Introduction
Literature Review
Background
Addressing Attrition from the Profession
Addressing Teacher Migration from California
Current Attitudes Concerning Solutions to the Teacher Shortage
Methodology
Discussion & Recommendations
Conclusions
Final Recommendations
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"In the absence of trained teachers, interns, emergency certified teachers, and otherwise under-prepared individuals are teaching in California schools. This piecemeal solution is causing gaps in the education because under-prepared teachers are more prevalent in at-risk schools. Quick and effective methods of attracting qualified teachers and retaining them in California is necessary to avoid serious long-term problems in education. Addressing areas of dissatisfaction among current teachers is also crucial to maintaining the current workforce."
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The Future of Management, 2002.
An overview of the future of organizational management based on the future interpretation of the four functions of management.
1,313 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines how the business world is constantly changing, meaning that organizations have to constantly adjust to keep up with the changes, including the changing nature of management itself. It looks at how, in order to effectively manage in the future, organizations have to be aware of the emerging trends and adjust their approaches to management based on these trends. It analyzes the four functions of management, which include planning, organizing, leading, and finally, controlling, and considers what changes are taking place now and what the end result might be.
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"The third management function is leading, which refers to how employees are managed. Before considering how employees are managed, it is necessary to consider what the trends are in relation to customers and other parties in the external environment. The major trend in relation to customers is a focus on relationship building. As one source notes, "A shift is clearly taking place from marketing to anonymous masses of customer, to developing and managing relationships with more or less well-known or at least somehow identified customers? (Gronroos 1994, p. 22). The same approach to building relationships is also seen with other third parties, such as suppliers. Organizations are focused on creating partnerships with other organizations as a means of maintaining control. The important point about the emphasis on building relationships is that only the employees of an organization can achieve this."
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Literature Review for Comprehensive Sex Education, 2002.
An analysis of the different sides of the sex education argument.
1,195 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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A non-biased look at the controversy of sex education. Each topic is looked at, and considered with their side being argued equally. The conclusions: Children are becoming more overwhelmed by sexuality from the earliest grades; the sexual corruption of children reflects an adult sexual culture. Any sexuality education program created for today?s children needs to contain and stress self-control and apply ethical values. It is obvious, just by reading headlines out of any given newspaper, that the new generations of adolescents are much different from their parents? generations; the curricula of the schools need to reflect these obvious changes. What worked twenty, thirty years ago apparently is not working any longer.
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"Have school curriculums kept up with the changing times? Are the children of today getting an education to fit today?s world? Is there anything that can be done to be sure these children will be ready for important decisions they will soon be making? These are some especially important questions both parents and policy makers should be asking themselves. These questions are most important when relating to the sexuality education children are receiving, or going to receive, in schools across America. Parents should be alarmed to find out that most adolescents learn more about sex from their peers than from parents or school. These adolescents who cited peers as their principal source of information on sex had more permissive standards about sexuality than those whose sources were more reliable (Fromme & Emihovich, 1998)."
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Sex Education in Schools, 2002.
An examination of the comprehensive vs. the abstinence approach in sex education.
1,658 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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In an effort to chronicle the developments in sex education in from its conception, this paper discusses two popular approaches that most institutions utilize in teaching sex education among children: the comprehensive and abstinence approaches. A discussion of their differences and effects on children and the success on the study of sex education are the primary concern of this paper, in order to generate a general outlook of the state of sex education in the present American society.
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"The emergence of the Information Revolution has led to profound discoveries that have resulted to the development and improvement of living conditions in the human society. Limitless and various information about anything can be found in a second, through the help of Internet technology and other innovations generated by new technologies and research in science. Cures for serious illnesses, news about current events, and other issues important and significant are available within our reach through the media. However, as human civilization embark into yet another momentous year of Information Revolution, there have been little said and documented about sex education and awareness in the society, especially among the younger generation of the society, comprised of the adolescents and early adults of the society."
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