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School-Based Health Clinics, 2007.
An analysis of the role of school-based health clinics in the overall healthcare of patients.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses the services that most school-based health clinics provide. It describes their role in contributing to the effective management of health care resources. The paper then discusses the role school-based health clinics play in transitioning patients from one level of care, at the school, to others as appropriate, such as a hospital or mental health facility.
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"In conclusion, Jarvis (2001) reports that there is a significant shift of health care delivery systems into the outpatient setting. When adding the problems in emergency rooms and other outpatient clinics due to the nursing shortage, Jarvis (2001) reports that health care delivery systems are undergoing rapid change. Advantageous to children and teens, teachers, parents and the health care profession is the school-based health clinic. By providing health care delivery to students directly in the school barriers to a wide range of health care services are removed, resources are allocated for effective utilization and patients are transitioned into required care appropriately and with greater patient confidence."
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Creativity and Teaching Methodology, 2007.
An analysis of the importance of nurturing creativity in children.
878 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses how creativity is natural or an innate exploration of new ideas. It then discusses the importance of a creative approach in nurturing creativity in children and how it should be used in a teaching environment. Finally the paper describes methods for instilling creativity in children. The paper bases its discussion on "Art and Creative Development for Young Children" by Robert Schirrmacher.
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"One method for instilling creativity in children is to firstly understand the basis of learning models for children with these learning sets. For example, if creativity is defined as being "artistic", then the teacher should learn the basic concepts of paintings or other forms of artistic expression such as drawing, sculpting, etc. By garnering a knowledge in this form of creativity, the teacher should be able to relate these tools of creativity to help the child build skills along established standards. However, the pure physicality and exploration of art may only require the teacher to provide paints, clay or whatever building blocks that helps the child "play" with materials. This will help bring out possibly innate creative qualities that will support a more open response on the part of the child to learn how to be creative."
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Internet Historiography, 2007.
This paper examines Internet websites on the topic of the Vietnam war.
1,543 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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The paper analyzes several websites including Vietnampix.com, The History Place, Vietnamwar.com., Wikipedia.org and PBS.org. The paper looks at the historical reliability and quality of these sites. The paper concludes that the Internet has proven useful on many levels for establishing historiography.
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"The Vietnam War was a seminal moment in U.S. history and provides an emotional backdrop for the U.S.' current dilemma in Iraq. Many veterans of the Vietnam War still suffer from its effects and most Americans are aware of the war's deep impact on that society. Researching the Vietnam War seems to be a topic that is well suited for internet based research as there are a plethora of sites devoted to the subject. The unique aspect of this topic vis-a-vis the internet and historiography is that the various websites consulted seem to run the gamut from the personal experience or memoir type of historical account to the clearly academic and all points in between. Vietnampix.com offered an oddly appropriate pictorial account of the Vietnam War which was, after all, the first major conflict brought into living rooms worldwide through the auspices of television and on ground photographers. Sites such as Wikipedia.org present a highly academic format regarding the war; its causes and its outcome. Yet, the accuracy, detail, and historical integrity of these sites and others, remains in question although the overall historical account that can be assembled from the collective whole is strong."
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Educational Computer Games, 2007.
A grant proposal for computer games in the classroom to improve the math, science and engineering skills of students.
1,001 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 35.95
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This paper presents a grant proposal for a project endeavoring to measure the impact of computer games on problem-solving mathematical and engineering situations faced by children in everyday life. The paper discusses the National Science Foundation's chief aim of uncovering new ways of using information technology to bolster learning and describes how this proposal will meet its criteria.
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Abstract
Computer Games as a Means of Bolstering Mathematical and Engineering Skills
Need
Goals
Description of the Activity
Evaluation
Key Personnel
Dissemination and Supplemental Materials
Budget
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"Goals: The goal of this project is to ascertain the extent to which computer games in the classroom can improve the math, science and engineering skills of students; at the same time, the games will also permit children to interface with computer software and hardware, thereby introducing them to information technology. In this regard, the project clearly satisfies the National Science Foundation's efforts to find new ways of improving the STEM skills of American youth."
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Internet Research, 2007.
This paper discusses using the Internet as a historical source.
1,573 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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In this article, the writer explores the pros and cons of using the Internet as a historical source by looking at the Hindenburg tragedy of 1937. The writer then looks at the web sites which appear when a "Google search" is done of the event and of its aftermath. In a closely-related vein, the paper also appraises the authors/creators/backers of the pertinent sites that one comes across in the course of this exploration. Finally, the paper concludes with a look at the usefulness of the Internet (especially with regards to this topic) as a historical tool and a brief mention is made of the likely future for Internet research. In the final analysis, it may be said that the Internet really only functions as a productive research tool if it is utilized with scrupulous care and plenty of critical thought.
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"For one thing, while there are many online locations dedicated to the Hindenburg Crash, there is little evidence to suggest that academics had a hand in all but a few of them. To put it another, a cursory view of the first five pages of site findings in Google reveals mostly "home-made" web pages and illustrations depicting merely what amateur sleuths or enthusiasts have been able to learn about the crash. Given that reality, it is difficult to escape the conclusion that any researcher looking into the Hindenburg disaster should only use the internet if he or she is seeking to uncover hard-to-find illustrations about the crash or if one is looking for audio descriptions of the crash from reporters alive at the time. At the risk of seeming uncharitable, the works seem generally to be only one or a few pages in size, are riddled (in most instances) with grammatical errors, and are written and presented in a casual, non-academic manner."
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Anti-Israel Palestinian Textbooks, 2007.
This paper looks at how Palestinian textbooks perpetuate anti-Israeli sentiments among Palestinian youth.
2,330 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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The paper demonstrates the culpability of Palestinian educators in creating a climate that is intolerant, contemptuous of civil debate and which openly seeks the destruction of the Jewish state. The paper discusses what can be done to change the course of Palestinian education. The paper concludes that if Palestine can be prevailed upon to produce textbooks emphasizing basic numeracy and literacy instead of revenge, there is hope that the future of the Middle East can be less bloody than its past.
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"To begin with, it is worth noting that Palestinians have been using Jordanian and Egyptian curricula and textbooks since the early 1950s. In light of the fact that Egypt has been a pretty virulent enemy of Israel for decades, it may be said that someone else's hatred not only found its way into Palestinian textbooks but actually complemented and amplified the antipathy Palestinians already felt towards Israel. In any case, Dr. Sami Adwan of Bethlehem University also writes that the aforementioned textbooks were subject to "complete censorship" by the Israeli military governor in the years between 1967 and 1993. Even when this state of affairs was modified in the 1990s, Adwan - who is Palestinian - writes that the Israelis continue to restrict the freedom of Palestinian students and teachers to move where they wish - and that the production of a new wave of Palestinian textbooks since the dawn of this decade has been done against a backdrop of violence and hopelessness."
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Art Education, 2007.
This paper analyzes the learning difference between the knowledge-based classroom setting and the internship experience.
820 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the basis of this formal art analysis is to provide the various differences that occur in learning environments. The writer notes that although the classroom offers a knowledge based criterion for learning; the internship work environment offers a different, more realistic application of these knowledge-based principles through experience. In this manner, the writer points out that both applications for learning are necessary, but they offer different approaches to understanding insular and external environments in interior design.
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"The major difference between these two different learning methods is the insular learning within the classroom, and the external facets of the working environment in an internship. In this manner, the knowledge that I had gained in the classroom could not replace the complicated experiences that I encountered in the workplace. For instance, at my internship, I was asked to answer phone calls from possible clients. Although I had learned much about interior design in the classroom, there was a great deal more learned by simply talking with clients and their highly varied stylistics. The demands of their artistic vision, the complexities of their style tastes, and other factors brought an experiential and real world application of knowledge into action. In many cases, what I had learned in the classroom often seemed like rigid method guidelines, which forced me to be more creative and intuitive with customers. Although one can expect the classroom to teach everything there is to know about interior design, the necessity of an internship helped me to get real world experience and forced me to adapt to design principles that rely on intensive adaptivity, not book knowledge."
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Breaking Confidentiality in a Rural Teaching Environment, 2007.
A case study presentation discussing the confidentiality rights of students.
1,325 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper presents a case study of a teacher in a rural environment who broke the confidentiality of a student. It explains the case and then discusses the rights of students in general. The paper presents and discusses laws that exist to protect those student rights. Finally, the paper describes how this particular case was resolved with the teacher and presents the writer's personal concluding remarks.
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Introduction
Rights and Law
Reflection
Concluding Remarks
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"Also, a farmer who taught school as a young man called on Ms. X at the school and just happened to speak of his own days as a teacher and how one had to learn to maintain confidentiality regarding each and every student as one of the profession's challenges. Naturally, all of these events were known to us because we heard our parents and family friends discussing them, in the spirit of a decent approach to correcting an unthinking teacher, letting her know that the community expected her to respond to the boy who could be difficult, in awareness of his home life. In hindsight, it is obvious that Ms. X received the message kindly yet clearly that her remarks were intolerable, must never occur again, and that the community expected her to address the student and his classmates differently."
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Asperger Syndrome, 2007.
A research proposal to study children with Asperger Syndrome.
1,041 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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Asperger Syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's Disorder, is a neurobiological disorder in which individuals can exhibit a variety of characteristics. This paper proposes a study to examines the mainstream educational environment in connection with the AS child's social skills and language development.
Outline:
Statement of Problem
Purpose of Study
Review of the Literature
Connection to Area of Concentration
Research Questions
Design of the Study
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"In a discussion on the "hidden curriculum," Myles and Simpson (2001) discuss various interventions to help teach the AS child the skills that "we are not taught directly yet are assumed to know" such as social skills, actions, modes of dress and how to interpret slang or the use of idioms. The AS individual is very literal and thus does not understand the use of euphemisms. Bock (2001) also discusses the use of strategies to enhance social interaction skills in the AS child, with strategies similar to those discussed by Ganz (2001) through games for the AS child on how to interpret and subsequently use nonliteral English phrases."
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Staff Development Issues, 2007.
This paper discusses the importance of staff development for teachers.
725 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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In this paper, the writer relates that, through staff development sessions, teachers should gain knowledge that they can utilize in a manner that increases the effectiveness of the learning environment. The writer also interviews two educators who stress the need to produce caring students and the need for endless, constant, acquiring of new knowledge. Further, the writer maintains that, as a team, the faculty must learn from one another so that these times of change lead to positive outcomes. The writer concludes that staff development should be approached in a manner that will ensure that all teachers succeed, and that students benefit in every way possible from the training that teachers deem necessary throughout the school year.
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"In recent months, however, staff development has not been successful in functioning in this manner. Yet, with the new requirements set forth by the No Child Left Behind Act, staff development is crucial to all teachers within the district. This is because teachers are often pulled in two different directions. First, teachers must concentrate on the material that students are tasked to learn in the specified period of time. Second, teachers must determine how the elements of caring, the craft of teaching, psychology and other knowledge can be incorporated into the very structured time that is available in the classroom. Attempting to address both of these issues can be a daunting task, especially for teachers with minimal experience."
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Human Patient Simulators, 2007.
An evaluation of arguments against the use of human patient simulators (HPS) in nursing education.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper discusses the current use of human patient simulators (HPS) in nursing education. It analyzes various student and faculty opinions of their role and use in nursing education. It then describes the pros and cons of their use and the ways in which they are currently used in nursing education. The paper concludes with a recommendation for further evaluation into HPS's use at all levels of learning.
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Problem
Sample and Methodology
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"The authors found that despite its expanding use in student evaluations, teaching of skills and critical event management, the faculty's reluctance to use HPS (due to the additional time and effort spent to learn to use, let alone integrate HPS into teaching and evaluation) contrasts with its widespread acceptance by students for learning. They recommend further evaluation into its use at all levels of learning, particularly regarding "critical incident nursing management" and provisions for regional access of equipment and program development to students and faculty (Nehring & Lashley, 2004)."
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Education and Unemployment in South Carolina, 2007.
An analysis of the relationship between levels of education and unemployment in South Carolina.
2,754 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper discusses whether the relatively high level of unemployment in South Carolina is related to the relatively low levels of educational attainment in that state. It analyzes what kind of education South Carolina employers see as important when making hiring decisions. It also looks at whether, from the perspective of the unemployed person, their unemployed status is related to their level of education.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Context Of The Problem
Statement Of The Problem
Research Question And Sub-Questions Or Hypotheses And
Sub-Hypotheses
Significance Of The Study
Research Design And Methodology
Overall Methodological Approach
Research Methodology
The Organization Of The Study
Methodological Approach To Component 1: The Scan Of Expert Sources: The Literature And Key Respondents
Methodological Approach To Component 2: The Scan Of South Carolina Employers
Methodological Approach To Component 3: The Scan Of South Carolina Unemployed People
Final Research Report
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"This is a very significant study, in that unemployment and associated poverty levels cause human suffering throughout the USA. The National Centre for Children in Poverty reports that nationwide, 17% of American children live in poverty. This represents some 12 million children who will not get a good start in life, in terms of important formative factors such as nutrition and access to resources. This is unacceptable in a country that is as advanced and affluent as the USA. Further, it is self-evident that poverty is frequently linked to unemployment. Thus, any efforts to reduce unemployment can be expected to ultimately lead to the reduction of the number of people living in poverty in the USA. It is proposed that this study is one such effort, as the key to reducing unemployment is to discover its causes, so that they can be effectively addressed."
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