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National Board Certification for Teachers, 2005.
An assessment of National Board Certification as a professional tool for improving the quality of the teaching work force.
5,478 words (approx. 21.9 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 134.95
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Is certification a means by which we can improve the education of our nation's youth? Or is it a bureaucratic nightmare that will not only stifle teachers' creativity, but also their ability to earn a living, thereby further jeopardizing our educational system? This paper researches the issue thoroughly, presenting all viewpoints associated with national board certification for teachers in America.
Table of Contents
Chapter One - Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Research Objective
Significance of the Study
Definition of Terms
Chapter 2 - Review of Literature
The History of National Board Certification for Teachers in America
How Does Certification Work?
What is the Current Certification Political Mood in America?
Does Certification Truly Make One a Better Teacher?
Chapter 3 - Analysis
Chapter 4 - Conclusion
Bibliography
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"America has many challenges to face in the 21st century: Currently, we're embroiled in a war against terror which seems to have a greater scope and grip internationally everyday; we're struggling with income disparities that are among the most egregious in our nation's history; violent crime in America is unique in the industrialized world; and AIDS, teenage pregnancy and other social problems have established that they are not just fleeting problems. But perhaps the greatest challenge facing America today is the state of our education system. Ambitious projects such as No Child Left Behind establish the fact that education is on the forefront of our goals, and may now have the attention of the current administration too."
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National Teacher Certification, 2006.
Examines an incentive to certify all teachers at a national level.
3,183 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 92.95
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This paper provides an overview of the educational system of the United States, traces its development, outlines its present condition, estimates the necessity of reforms in the educational sphere and judges the worth of a proposed national high-school teachers certification incentive. Other related issues are also given consideration in the course of the mainstream discussion.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Brief Overview of Secondary Education System in the USA
Identification of the Primary Concerns in Teacher Certification
National Teacher Certification
Arguments Against National Certification
Conclusion
Bibliography
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"There have, of course, been alternatives suggested and tried at different times, including alternatives that eliminated the professional component almost altogether. But the fact remains that, at present, the vast majority of licenses to teach are based on evidence of completion of such a program, with or without examination. Because determining the relative importance of these various elements and their inclusion in a certification system always involves conflicts-between classroom teachers and other elements of the profession, between professors of education and professors in the liberal arts and sciences, between state department of education officials and those teaching in universities, between so-called "research universities" and former teachers colleges-this issue has been one of the most contentious in the long development of teacher certification."
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Alternative Teacher Certification Issues, 2005.
A look at the highly controversial issue of hiring of noncredentialed teachers.
951 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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Position paper arguing that the solution used by many school districts as an answer to their severe teacher shortages, that of hiring unqualified and noncertified college graduates, is an unsatisfactory solution and contributes to the "dumbing down" of the educational system.
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"But, the question of whether non-credentialed teachers are truly ?qualified? is the real issue, not paranoia and pranks. According to an article in Educational Leadership journal (Berry, 2001), 41 states (as of 2001) have some form of alternative that replaces the requirement for teachers to return to college for a year following their undergraduate work. Fourteen states (again, as of 2001) have passed laws relating to alternative teaching methods, and approximately two-thirds of the 1,354 universities and colleges that offer teacher training classes have at least one program for ?mid-career? professionals."
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Early Childhood Teachers, 2002.
A study of early childhood teachers and whether they need to be certified.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 35.95
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A paper on the topic of teacher certification. The paper examines the relationship between teacher certification and student retention and achievement.
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Teachers as Social Workers, 2002.
This paper reviews the article, ?The Social Work Dimension of the Primary Teacher?s Role?, by Webb and Vulliamy and uses many other sources for the discussion.
3,850 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 105.95
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This paper discusses teachers acting as social workers for the students and parents in the British Education System, which is similar to that of the United States. This author states that the report is based on qualitative research (observations) that was done in fifteen schools in the North East of England and on a national survey.
Table of Contents
Role of Teachers as Social Workers in the School System
The Research Sample
Observation
Funding Paid by the University of York
Teachers and Social Work
Problems in Assessment
National Curriculum Based on the Needs of the Students
Problems in the Classroom
Teachers as Advocates
Children?s Act in 1989
British Educational Needs
Special Support System
Time and Needs of Teachers Overcome by Social Problems
Problems with Special Needs Students
Teachers Concerning Various Roles
Different Masks that Teachers Wear
Teachers Too Busy to Teach
The Education of Children in Need
Social Work by Teachers
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"If a child goes to school and destroys the classroom, what would the child learn from the parent paying for the damage? The problem is that often the laws are adding to the problems that children have. Parents cannot spank their children or do other physical actions to control their actions. Often the parents talk to the teacher about the behavioral problems that they are having at home. ?Headteachers spent considerable amount of time providing advice and support on behavior management to parents who were experiencing major problems in controlling their children?s behavior. When pupils? behavior in school was disruptive and unacceptable, headteachers explained to the parents the school?s response to this behavior and sought to work co-operatively with them to effect improvement? "
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?Caring Teachers?: Impact on Students, 2002.
This paper evaluates ?caring teachers? and their impacts on students and the learning experience.
1,745 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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This paper presents a study conducted by the Center of Adolescent Studies that looked at "caring teachers" by interviewing sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. The author reports students defined a ?caring teacher? as a teacher who listens and helps them with personal problems and as a teacher who helps with homework, gives students individual attention, sets goals for students and talks to students about their behavior. The paper concludes that students learn better with a ?caring teacher? and develop skills that allow them to continue to learn effectively once they are out of the classroom.
Table of Contents
Impact of a Caring Teacher
Teaching Styles Used by Caring Teachers
Attitudes of Teachers
Success of Students
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"The focus is on how the student can be helped. This is also important as it shows how the student is able to avoid ridicule and embarrassment. This would be important in maintaining a students interest and self-esteem. The fourth response shows us how caring teachers are attentive to their students, which is important in making the student feel they are supported and noticed. The fourth response shows how a caring teacher also provides encouragement and praises students for good work. The final response shows how being caring actually creates a better environment where learning is interesting to students."
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Disappearing Minority Teachers, 2006.
A discussion about disappearing minority teachers and the Latino classrooms of the future.
1,448 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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The writer states that the disappearing minority teacher phenomenon can be traced directly to traditional teaching methods in American classrooms, in which the curriculum of public schools offers a one-sided and distorted view of life in the United States and throughout the world. The writer explains that as a result of this, fewer minorities seek careers in education. The paper highlights some of the issues surrounding the growing mismatch between teachers and students in public schools. The paper explains that because often the decision to teach is a result of positive experiences with former teachers, it offers ideas about effective ways in which to supply the current education system with a number of individuals who can help to improve the quality of education which grade-schoolers receive. In conclusion, the writer suggests that a revolution in thought is necessary among the many school districts and the teacher eduction programs that supply their teachers.
Table of Contents:
The Need for More Latino Teachers
Diversity within Minority Groups
Latino Teachers with Innovative Methods
Growing Numbers of Minority Teachers in Schools
Bibliography
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"The current drought of Latino teachers in Southern California can serve as a model for disappearing minority teachers. Demographics indicate that the number of minority students entering the public school system (grades K - 12) largely dwarfs the number of new teachers entering the profession. (An example is El Monte High school, where 92 percent--out of 2800--of the students are Latino while merely five out of 90 faculty members have Spanish surnames.) Moreover, new teacher positions are rarely filled by minority teachers, of whom very few are Mexican. The fact that California's Latino and predominately Mexican (or Mexican-American) population continues to grow at a rate which will soon reach one-third of the State's total population is a great cause for alarm in light of the fact that the quality of education at public schools--especially in districts where minority populations are highest--remains questionable."
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Collaboration between Special Education and General Education Teachers, 2001.
This paper studies inclusion programs and the way general education teachers and special education teachers collaborate when performing them.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines the benefits and disadvantages of inclusion programs from the point of view of the student as well as the teacher.
Inclusion means keeping special education students in regular classrooms and bringing the special support services to them. It discusses the affect it has on the children's education and on their parents. It details the types of schools where inclusion is more successful and where it is less successful. It discusses psychological and educational research done on this issue and presents its conclusions. It discusses several relevant education models such as: The itinerant model, used for certain categories of special education and the consultation model, when the teacher remains in one or two buildings with larger numbers of students to serve.
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"In schools where collaboration was successfully implemented, the special needs children developed improved social skills, greater motivation to learn, and increased self-esteem. Positive peer relationships developed. In these situations, ?Collaboration brought complementary professional skills to planning, preparation, and delivery of classroom instruction? [Ripley, 1997]. ?The concepts of individualized instruction, multiple learning styles, team teaching, weekly evaluation, and detailed planning are all of direct benefit to students ?[Ripley, 1997] Middle Schools easily lend themselves to the principles of collaboration. Collaboration is an important process of general education of Middle School Students where interdisciplinary teams often share in planning [Hines, 2001]. Middle school structures can be used as a model for special education inclusion."
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Teachers or Computers?, 2002.
Argues that the educational system should place higher priority on the provision of more teachers rather than on additional computers.
1,451 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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In this ?computer age? governments and educational authorities continue to invest significant amounts of money and resources into the purchase and installation of computers within schools, colleges and universities. However, although the ratio of computers to students has vastly increased in recent years, many educational professionals have raised serious questions and concerns over the effectiveness of information technology to improve the processes of teaching and learning. The paper shows that, simultaneously, the resources available for the training and employment of teachers have been proportionately reduced - resulting, within many regions, in a related reduction in the teacher to student ratio. The paper argues that, considering the long established importance of the teacher-student relationship to the education process and in light of research that confirms the central role of teachers and of teacher training in the successful utilization of computers within schools, it is in the interest of the education system to place higher priority upon the provision of more teachers rather than on additional computers.
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"Those who advocate more computers rather than more teachers also cite studies, such as those of Bialo and Sivin-Kachala (1996), which report other benefits enjoyed by students who use technology: including the development of increased self confidence and self esteem. It is argued that this is particularly true when the technology allows the students to control their own learning. Today, students use multimedia to learn interactively and work on class projects, they use the Internet to do research, engage in projects, and to communicate. The new technologies allow students to have more control over their own learning, to think analytically and critically, and to develop a sense of independence (Webb, 1989). It is also argued that, unlike the human teacher, the computer is always willing and ready to assist the student with this self-directed learning, and is able to answer any question on any subject."
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Minority Teachers, 2002.
A study of the effectiveness of the school-university partnership aimed at recruiting and training minority teachers.
7,302 words (approx. 29.2 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 162.95
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This paper presents a project that attempts to define the status of minority teachers in the American educational system and to evaluate the effectiveness of the school-university partnership which aims to increase the number of minority teachers available by providing recruitment and training. It examines how the supply of minority teachers is low and the benefits to the educational system of having them include using them as role models, as counselors to students of their own race/ethnicity, to break many white students out of cultural isolation and to provide input into educational reform.
Outline
Background and Definition of the Issue
Review of the Literature
Nature of School-University Minority Teacher Recruitment and Training Programs
Types Of School-University Minority Teacher Recruitment and Training Programs
Effects Of School-University Minority Teacher Recruitment and Training Programs
Summary
Methodology
Research Approach
Data Gathering Procedures
Data Analysis Procedures
Analysis of the Data
Findings
Interpretations
Implications
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
References
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"The numbers of non-white teachers and education majors in America are well below what might be expected on the basis of population norms (Osler, 1997). This despite the fact that there are several good reasons for expanding the numbers of minority teachers in public schools. First, minority teachers serve as positive role models for non-white students (Brooks, 1987); this is an important consideration in light of the fact that students of color comprise over 74 percent of urban public schools in America's ten most populous cities (Council of Great City Schools, 1998)."
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Minority Teachers in White Schools, 2002.
A study into minority teachers placed in predominantly white schools and how both the teacher and student is effected.
4,953 words (approx. 19.8 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 125.95
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This paper studies the issues related to having minority teachers in predominantly white schools. The paper explores how many new opportunities now exist for minority educators but the purposeful placing of minorities in majority white schools has also raised the issue of tokenism. The paper explores whether these minority teachers are being treated equally with their white counterparts and whether their assignment to mostly white schools is based upon real ability and genuine need, or whether such assignments are merely reflective of well-meaning social policy gone awry.
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Abstract
The Problem and its Setting
Literature Review
Research Methods and Procedures
Anticipated Findings
References
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"It was only yesterday that segregation reigned supreme across much of the United States. Throughout the South, Black students attended Black schools, and White Students attended White schools. In general, these ?separate but equal? institutions were nothing of the kind. Black schools were underfunded and understaffed. Standards and expectations were often significantly lower than those in place in White schools. Blacks taught Blacks and Whites taught Whites, an arrangement that suited a White-controlled society in which the color of a person?s skin was the determining factor in his choice of career, his social and economic status, and even his right to express himself politically."
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The Importance of Teachers, 2004.
This paper reviews studies that discuss the increasing importance of teachers in the development of children.
9,565 words (approx. 38.3 pages), 89 sources, MLA, $ 195.95
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This paper explains that the increasing emphasis on the link between home and school and the increase instability of the home, means that teachers must be knowledgeable of problematical areas in developmental and pedagogical theories and praxis, particularly in the early years of child development. The author points out that, even when the home situation and parental care is sound, the best way of optimizing healthy child development is a symbiotic and communicative relationship between parent and teacher. The paper explains that the issue of self-esteem is one of the most important aspects of child development because it relates to the social psychological-emotional components of development and is an area in which the teacher plays a vital role.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Overview
Theoretical Concerns
Parents and Family
Teachers
Introduction
The Importance of the Teacher
Cognitive Development
Language
Computers and Cognition
Social and Emotional Development
Teachers and Belief Structures
Self-Esteem
Mental and Physical Health
Conclusion
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"Another even more prevalent aspect that affects child development in a social as well as cognitive sense is the breakdown of the traditional family structure as well as excessive marital strife and disharmony. The divorce rate in most counties has continued to increase over the past two decades and in fact has doubled between 1964 and 1975. Separation from one parent has, in some areas, become the norm for most children. As will be discussed, one of the central components in the harmonious development of child cognition as well as cultural and social integration is the child's relationship with parents and family. This is a crucial factor that impinges on all aspects of the child's developmental growth. What studies have found is that the high divorce and separation rate in the Western world is also indicative of a breakdown of this essential parental concern and commitment to the child."
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No Child Left Behind and Highly Qualified Teachers, 2005.
An examination of the issues concerning the No Child Left Behind Act and highly qualified teachers pertaining to middle schools in Maryland.
4,400 words (approx. 17.6 pages), 21 sources, MLA, $ 115.95
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This paper examines how, in recent years, it has generally been accepted that teacher qualifications are significant to ideas such as No Child Left Behind. It looks at why the qualifications of teachers are so vitally important and why highly qualified teachers are becoming a priority for many schools throughout the country. This paper discusses the concerns that educators have regarding No Child Left Behind and the quality of their educators in order to come up with a curriculum that allows for the differences in the learning styles and abilities of different children and that understands and embraces the benefits that highly qualified teachers can bring to the Middle School experience.
Outline
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Significance of the Problem
Rationale/Hypothesis
Review of Related Literature
Middle School Models
History of No Child Left Behind
Highly Qualified Teachers and their Implications for Middle Schools
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"Teachers are concerned about not being as effective without the help that they receive from these individuals (Exstrom, 2003). They seem to be critical components in many schools and spend a lot of time one-on-one with students in order to reinforce instruction. Many teachers are not able to do this because they have such heavy class loads and large class sizes (Flores, Tefft-Cousin, & Diaz, 1991). Middle schools are generally designed to be a critical transfer point for children because they are moving out of elementary school and the idea that they are just a child into high school and the idea that they are young men and women (Exstrom, 2003). Because of this middle school is a very crucial time in their lives and without having highly qualified and prepared individuals to get them through this point many of them will struggle (Exstrom, 2003)."
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Minority Teachers, 2002.
A study into the need for and effectiveness of having minority teachers in schools in America.
7,490 words (approx. 30.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 164.95
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This paper is a review of a study undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of the school-university partnership program aimed at recruiting and training minority teachers. The project begins with background information that discusses the status of minority teachers in the American educational system. The discussion points out that the supply of minority teachers is low; it also delineates several reasons why it is important that the educational system increase its rates of hiring and retaining minority teachers.
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"The numbers of non-white teachers and education majors in America are well below what might be expected on the basis of population norms (Osler, 1997). This despite the fact that there are several good reasons for expanding the numbers of minority teachers in public schools. First, minority teachers serve as positive role models for non-white students (Brooks, 1987); this is an important consideration in light of the fact that students of color comprise over 74 percent of urban public schools in America's ten most populous cities."
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Professional Licensing and Certification, 2004.
A look at the differences between professional licensing standards and requirements and certification standards and requirements.
1,425 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper describes the differences between the standards and requirements of professional licenses and those of certification programs. The paper points out that state-required licenses are much more stringent in terms of educational and professional standards than certifications offered by certification programs not regulated by the state and that, often, these certifications programs are offered by organizations that exist simply to collect revenue in the form of examination fees and membership dues.
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"Under the laws of every state in the United States, certain professions require practitioners to obtain a license issued pursuant to state licensing guidelines. Accountants, attorneys, engineers and physicians, in particular, must satisfy stringent requirements and attain a satisfactory score on professional licensing exams that individual states have established to qualify professionals intending to practice, which vary widely from state to state, in addition to satisfying any necessary educational degree requirements as a prerequisite to register for any licensing exam."
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