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Parenting According to Dr. James Dobson, 2006.
A review of James Dobson's "Parents' Answer Book".
901 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses Dr. James Dobson's book on parenting "Parents' Answer Book". The paper summarizes each chapter briefly and highlights each chapter's most important aspect. The writer explains that Dobson deals with parenting issues from birth to the college years. The writer concludes that the book follows (generally speaking) a chronological arc and is also noteworthy for the lucid and empathetic way in which Dobson tackles pressing social concerns.
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"The early chapters of James Dobson's text are devoted to looking at how young parents can properly inculcate values in very young children. The first chapter comprising pages 1 to 20 of the text, takes a look at the fundamental nature of children and assesses the influence of culture upon them; the second chapter of the book explores how young parents can effectively discipline the pre-school child and emphasizes the importance of "loving leadership" - a process whereby parents do not surrender their authority to their children but, instead, lovingly do what is best for their sons or daughters despite how much resistance it may meet."
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Advanced Degrees in Nursing, 2007.
This paper discuses the many levels of advanced nursing degrees and their need in the profession.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper explains that the rapidly changing healthcare environment requires various levels of nursing educational preparation, which involve advanced levels of competence. The author points out that the scope of practice becomes wider as advanced degrees create an impressive variety of practice settings. The paper describes many types of advanced nursing, which can be completed at a university or online. The author stresses that nurses have an ethical demand to pursue advanced practices because of the professional principle of beneficence, which refers to doing well and working in the best interests of the patient and because of the more salient principle of autonomy. The author summarizes that an advanced level of nursing practice maximizes the use of in-depth nursing knowledge and skill for meeting the needs of the individual patient, family and the community.
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"The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is a four-year baccalaureate degree program for non-nurses which leads to RN licensure. The baccalaureate degree is the minimum requirement for entry into professional nursing practice. This requirement resulted from the American Nurses Association's (ANA's) position paper requesting the baccalaureate degree as the minimum preparation for practice. The basis for that degree was the observation by the ANA of significant changes in the practice of nursing, which included important theoretical formulations, scientific discoveries, technological advances, and the development of new treatments."
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Religious Discrimination in Schools, 2008.
This paper explores religious discrimination, with a focus on public schools.
1,670 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper discusses the lack of progress in preventing religious discrimination in schools or throughout the social order. The paper explains that this is because there is a subjective attitude regarding what can be classified as religious discrimination; even in the United States House of Representatives some believe that certain forms of religious discrimination are acceptable, while the highest court demands that the separation of church and state be universal law. The paper shows how the methods of limiting such discrimination are few and ineffective, preventing deterrence from discrimination on a large scale.
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"Discrimination has been an issue that has existed since the beginning of society in the United States in one form or another. Racial discrimination and discrimination based on gender have been the most discussed forms of discriminatory practices since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Religious discrimination has also been of primary concern throughout society, especially in relation to those of religious faiths other than Christianity. This is perhaps because the founders of the nation supported this religious philosophy and the bulk of Americans have continued to practice the Christian faith as well. Yet, the founding fathers believed that public education was not the place in which religion should guide instruction. This was perhaps because education, as an unwritten rule, requires that the student's mind be open to new ideas and concepts that may be different than his or her social norms. Therefore, the separation of church and state became a guiding principle in the public school system."
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Teaching Language Comprehension, 2008.
This paper reviews an article by Roberta E. Dorr, "Something Old is New Again."
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 36.95
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The paper provides a summary of Dorr's article; "Something Old is New Again," and offers a strong commendation of the article. Specifically, the author of this paper finds Dorr's article to be lucid, detailed, well-thought-out, judicious in its use of illustrations and clearly aimed at serving as a practical model for teachers. The writer shows how Dorr uses a wide range of scholarly materials to bolster her contention that the language experience approach (LEA) is a premier means of teaching language comprehension.
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"Roberta Dorr's article, "Something old is new again," is an excellent introduction to the complicated matter of teaching children how to read with comprehension and insight. The author insists that her avowed aim is to reinforce the old idea, first articulated by Vygotsky, that cognitive development in children is facilitated when abstract concepts introduced in the classroom setting are linked to the child's experiences in everyday life. To put the matter another way, a skilled teacher will access the knowledge children already possess and use this prior knowledge to render comprehensible that which is being read or taught to them. Dorr's article illustrates how this approach can be put into successful practice through a modified Language Experience Approach (LEA) wherein the literacy experience is placed at the end of lessons rather than at the beginning."
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Cultural Difference and Religion in the Classroom, 2008.
An analysis of the need for teachers to cope with cultural differences and issues of religion in the classroom.
1,705 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper discusses the importance of a teacher's ability to cope with students' natural outspokenness or curiosity while avoiding incidents that violate the rights of other children. Specifically, the paper discusses how teachers may need to cope with cultural differences and issues of religion in the classroom. It discusses a specific incident that occurred in Toronto involving an Aboriginal student and comments regarding Aboriginal religion that were made by students who had little knowledge of the religion. The paper analyzes the students' and teacher's responses.
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" In this regard, the incident was very human and a helpful one in its showing students and the teacher the need to approach others with one's ignorance in mind, framing questions carefully, along with the statements one makes in settings where one can voice a direct opinion. In responding to the incident and its resulting awkwardness in the classroom, a brief exercise on the part of the teacher helped in preparing this paper in ensuring that the main issue had been grasped in a student being offended on account of a remark addressing religion and culture and who happened to be an Aboriginal person, upset that such opinion would be voiced against his tradition. From there, the significance of seeing the incident shared and discussed in a corrective manner, providing a lesson from the experience seemed the manner in which to diffuse the situation and to show the student that had voiced an unfair opinion that the atmosphere was not one that restricted his speech but asked him to reconsider an opinion in the light of its hurtfulness to others. As opposed to environments of old in which some students were silenced when expressing unwanted sentiment, this approach upheld the rights of the speaker to freedom of expression while showing plain respect for the point of view of the Aboriginal student."
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"Inventing the University", 2008.
An analysis of the concepts and applications of the theory of David Bartholomae's article "Inventing the University."
804 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper critiques David Bartholomae's article "Inventing the University." It describes Bartholomae's proposal and argument within his article and the practical application of his suggestions to students within universities. The paper then briefly compares Bartholomae's arguments with Amy Devitt's theory in her article, "Generalizing about Genre: New Conceptualizations of an Old Concept."
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"While Bartholomae is correct that university professors have power, while students need to bow to that power by learning and using the appropriate discourses, it is also true that children learning the language are in the same position of relative powerlessness vis-a-vis their parents. It is incumbent upon them to enter into the discourses of their parents, on their parents' terms, in order to be understood. Thus, it would seem that there is no reason to single out university contexts for this reality. It is simply the reality of how all human beings learn to enter the various discourses that together comprise our human societies."
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Disability and Education, 2008.
This paper explores the barriers to education that students with disabilities face in Canada.
1,139 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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The paper discusses how students with disabilities face considerable challenges in their efforts to achieve an education in spite of their rights being defined and protected by the law and by policies enacted by educational institutions. The paper shows how a range of institutional and social factors block the educational aspirations of students with disabilities, at both the secondary and postsecondary levels, even in progressive societies such as Canada. The paper emphasizes how laws and policies are not enough without the will and the general acceptance of the need for inclusion, support services and accommodations for students with disabilities.
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"People living in Western countries such as Canada tend to believe that they live in societies governed by laws. However, one of the ironies that is commonly noted in the scholarly literature on disability with respect to access to education is the fact that not only the spirit, but often even the letter, of laws supporting the rights of students with disabilities are often ignored or violated by educational institutions, boards and local and regional governments. As critics note: "According to the National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities, "administrators sometimes react to requests by interpreting the laws arbitrarily and by setting contradictory or inequitable policies. . ."(Wilson and Lewiecki-Wilson 298)
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Assessment in the Nursing Profession, 2008.
An analysis of the collective teaching and assessment of nursing students in an asynchronous environment.
1,054 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper looks at how an instructor could productively teach five nursing students coming from different backgrounds - and with different levels of experience - in an instructional setting that is largely asynchronous. The paper explains what the students are expected to learn (chiefly confidentiality and workplace harassment issues and protocols). It then outlines how the students can be assessed collectively and as individuals and how certain concessions can be made for different learning styles.
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"There can be little question that asynchronous instruction - which is to say, instruction that occurs outside of an assigned physical space and with its timing and duration varying among students - raises a host of challenges for instructors insofar as he or she has little means of assessing (at least on a day-to-day basis) the progress of students; needless to say, when students have different learning styles and competencies, this becomes even more challenging. In the hypothetical case of an instructor seeking to teach participants about the confidentiality issues surrounding patient information (HIPAA especially) as well as about the various types of work-related harassment and the consequences flowing from these actions, it is incumbent that students be able to apply what they learn in the online classroom to the real work-world; it is also important that assessment methods be in place which are appropriate and which can accurately measure what each student has learned."
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Home Schooling, 2008.
A description and overview of the advantages and disadvantages of home schooling.
950 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 33.95
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This paper discusses how home schooling raises the question of whether or not children will still be able to engage in a constructive social life with others - and receive the education they need - while being taught by their own parents; the successful resolution of this question is essential to the healthy development of the child. The paper contends that parents who take the critical step of home schooling need to explore all of the elements that go into a proper home-based education for their children.
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"Earlier mention was made of the social dynamics - meeting people, interacting with others - that raise significant questions vis-a-vis home-schooled young people. Naturally, the question of social isolation emerges (though this can be overcome as mentioned previously) and critics of home-schooling seize upon this by suggesting that home-schooled children run the risk of developing poor social skills. Conversely, of course, parents who choose to home-school their loved ones argue that schools present an unpalatable social environment rife with potential abuse and harassment. Happily, studies conducted on this issue find that home-schooled children develop roughly the same number of friends, and interact with others in roughly the same way, as do children who are not home-schooled. "
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Teaching Special Students, 2008.
This paper determines a teacher's personal professional and ethical standards for working with students with special needs.
736 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 26.95
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The writer discusses how he is expected to meet the individualized needs of every student despite the challenges inherent in the job. The writer reveals that there are too few special needs teachers, the teachers must deal with students who have a wide range of personal and academic needs, they are increasingly held responsible for their students' performance in the classroom and are not appreciated by many families. The writer reveals that he is disillusioned by the pressures but emphasizes that he sees special education students as valuable children and adolescents and recognizes that he needs to do his best as a teacher in helping them achieve their potential.
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"Determining my personal professional and ethical standards for working with students whom have developmental disabilities and mental retardation has been a challenging process. I have found myself increasingly prone to frame my interactions with these students in terms of priorities, specifically how and to what extent my interactions with one student should take precedence over another. This should not suggest that I do not value each student, nor consider that every student under my care deserves different levels of commitment. However, I find myself asked to give significant time, care, and classroom resources to every student, and there are simply not enough of these to meet every unique need. And it is especially evident that there are pressures from the parents, the school, and the state to provide greater aid to some students than others, even if I believe that the second student may extract a greater overall benefit."
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Diversity and Teaching, 2008.
An analysis of the impact of diversity on teaching in Australia.
1,997 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper looks the impact of diversity on teaching in Australia through an analysis of the background, experiences, and perspectives of two families. One family is indigenous and lives in Sydney, while the other family is of English descent and lives in Melbourne. It attempts to demonstrate that the educational system in Australia has not been meeting the needs of all Australian children and how schools are still influenced far too much by Northern European cultural and social values. It also looks at how the consequences of this prevailing influence have been detrimental to minority students, and to the educational system in general. The paper concludes that reforms are needed and must be implemented.
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"Consequently, one of the main concerns of Kenneth and Isobel Bropho is that Indigenous students tend to have higher school dropout rates and enter the workforce with a lower standard of education than non-indigenous students. As DTE (2005) notes, they are also twice as likely to encounter health problems and less like to have access
to adequate healthcare services, primarily because of lower incomes due to lower educational levels. Kenneth and Isobel Bropho understand that their son faces far more challenges because of his Aboriginal heritage and are determined to ensure that he completes his education so he will be able to get a good job when he graduates."
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Leadership Styles, 2008.
This document discusses leadership with respect to the educational setting and organization.
1,713 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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In this article, the writer notes that administrators in the school setting are often not associated with traditional leadership and leadership styles. However, the writer maintains that pastoral and post-modern leadership styles, such as situational leadership, are thought to be the most effective leadership styles for the educational setting. Furthermore, the writer discusses that human resources should be developed into a more strategic component of the educational institution because of its ability to improve educator training, development and motivation.
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Abstract
Overview
The Importance of Effective Leadership
Conclusion
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"This common misperception of the purely administrative role of school leadership is often perpetuated by school district officials who themselves are associated with administrative oversight rather than managerial leadership. Yet, as one study of the Chicago public school system demonstrated, the roles of principle and vice principle in the public education system can be very effective in completely reversing poorly performing schools and underperforming staff. As this and other research has pointed out, leadership qualities in the public education system are often overlooked in favor of administrative acumen which, admittedly, is necessary to fulfill all of the state and federal regulations under which schools must operate. Hiring purely for administrative skills at the expense of leadership qualities is sure to affect the ongoing development, and thus the effectiveness, of the educators who must perform to standards in order to achieve mandated scores under the No Child Left Behind act."
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Neoliberalism in Education Reform, 2008.
This paper discusses how the welfare state's benefits for its citizens are being undermined by neoliberal thought and policies.
791 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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The paper looks at Alan Sears' contention that the neoliberal agenda reconfigures social services to reflect its own needs of aggrandizing wealth and profits. The paper focuses on educational reform as a means by which the neoliberal ideology eliminates the social programs it considers "waste". The paper draws on journal articles to highlight how citizens' benefits of the welfare state are being eroded down to a pay your own "fare" state.
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"At first glance it doesn't seem that the new global economy would have such a harmful effect on education. On the contrary, it would seem that more opportunities for employment would be opening up in an age of fast travel and business expansion, and what better means to prepare for it than progressive educational reform? The real question, however, is employment for whom? And the operative word is "recomposition". "Lean production" began to recompose society when wealth changed from the possession of land to that of capital. Just as the Industrial Revolution removed the farmer producers from the sources of production into the cities, so too a century later did their descendants become assembly line workers for unit production."
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MacLean's Rankings, 2008.
A critical evaluation of the MacLean's university rankings.
1,754 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 56.95
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The paper examines how MacLean's university rankings compare different Canadian universities and argues that the criteria they use are questionable and subjective to the point of being positively misleading. The paper shows how for many students, the criteria utilized by the MacLean's university rankings are largely irrelevant. The paper maintains that to conduct research with relevant stakeholders, such as the students themselves, would be more useful.
From the Paper
"Not surprisingly, in recent years the MacLean's University Rankings have been subject to increasing criticism by many. Levy (November 6, 2006) points out that the rankings produced by MacLean's, and by The Globe and Mail, come out with very different results. Indeed, Levy (November 6, 2006) goes so far as to say that the two "publications provide starkly different views of the University" (on web page cited). This immediately signals that perhaps the rankings are not entirely objective. Indeed, this becomes more obvious when we note that these two rating systems utilize different clustering of institutions, and different methodology (Levy, November 6, 2006)."
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Homosexuality and Roman Catholic Youth, 2008.
This paper reviews an article by Fr Robert Mattingly SJ entitled 'Gay Adolescents in Catholic Schools - Avoiding the Topic Won't Make It Go Away' printed in "Momentum".
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 33.95
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This paper explains that Fr. R. Mattingly, in his 2004 article in "Momentum", stresses that sex scandals within the Roman Catholic Church have forced attention on matters of sexuality that the Church has rarely wished to discuss beyond firm moralizing positions. The author points out that, although the Church still discusses homosexual acts as sinful, Mattingly reminds the reader of the stronger discussion of how all human beings are created in the image of God. The paper relates that, rather than criticizing homosexuality or failing to discuss it, the Church school community should ensure that gay students receive the inclusion and support they need. The author stresses that Mattingly also feels strongly that Roman Catholic schools should be sure that students can discuss matters of sexuality, homosexuality and heterosexuality.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Hazards of Ignoring Homosexuality
Whose Child is it Anyway?
A Positive Environment and Acceptance
Concluding Remarks
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"Accordingly to Mattingly, teachers and other adults must understand what happens when a homosexual youth is not included, not understood or denounced in different ways. When gay students are not given proper support they will experience self-destructive emotions and engage in self-destructive behaviors as what seems a usual set of results. He refers to social scientific research to explain that 40 percent or more of homeless youths in the United States are homosexuals, many of them engaged in substance abuse or confirmed addicts, and that many become HIV positive."
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Accountability and Assessments, 2008.
This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of standardized testing and accountability.
2,788 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 83.95
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The paper discusses standardized testing and accountability by referring to pedagogical, sociological and psychological concepts. The paper looks at the position that student academic performance is a direct indicator of the abilities of the teacher but also explains how standardized testing and accountability cause teaching to focus on the ability to respond to tests rather than the achievement of authentic knowledge. The paper examines relevant literature that appears to support arguments in favor and against standardized testing. The paper recommends the development of a curriculum that helps prepare the students for high-stakes tests while also helping preserve the integrity and originality of the classroom.
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Introduction
Statement of Problem
Presentation of Associated Theory
Applicability of Theory in Context
Summary
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"The move to improve the academic performance of students within the public school system in the United States has placed an emphasis on the role played by the teacher in the classroom setting. Proponents of accountability suggest that there are strong research-based correlations between the involvement and abilities of the educator and the outcome demonstrated by students on test scores and other indicators of student academic performance. In contrast, those opposed to accountability stress that it homogenizes the classroom by forcing the educator to remove his or her own involvement with teaching in order to ensure that specific criteria are met on assessment tests. Again, research tends to support this position."
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The Role of Power, 2008.
This paper explores the role of power in policy development and implementation.
1,243 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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The paper reviews what power is, why it is important to understand power when dealing with policy-makers in a local district, what the major sources and types of power are and what form they assume in a fairly small community in the state of Georgia. Finally, the paper looks briefly at how power is used (or should be used) in school organizations vis-a-vis the shaping of educational policy and what ethical issues power raises in this context. The paper concludes that power, when it comes to implementing educational policies for children, must be balanced by the recognition that professional aspirations and objectives are secondary to doing what is best for pupils.
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What is Power?
Why is it Important to Understand Power?
What are the Major Sources of Power?
The Types of Power
Sources/Types of Power in Bibb County, Georgia
How is Power Used in School Organizations to Shape Educational Policy? What Ethical Issues does Power Raise?
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"Suffice it to say, it is important to understand power when talking with, and working with, policy-makers in one's local district because understanding what power really is constitutes a first step towards identifying those who really have it. In other words, people who appreciate and recognize power will be able to seek out those who, directly or indirectly, shape policy decisions. More than that, every local district is different and local "power hierarchies" will be different, as well. For instance, local school boards in a rural community will not only have a different make-up than school boards in a large, urban setting, but will most likely emphasize issues and concerns (and, by extension, the people articulating those issues and concerns) that would be of little or no import to school board trustees in the latter context. Understanding the social and cultural milieu in which a school board operates, in other words, is paramount to understanding which groups, persons, and organizations must be brought "onside" if any educational initiative-slash-proposal is to achieve success."
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Life in A Sinhalese Village, 2008.
This paper paints a picture of the society in a Sinhalese village, Sri Lanka.
702 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses the ritual practices common in Sinhalese villages, specifically, the art of "devil dancing". The paper points out the Sinhalese respect and fear for the unknown and abstract. The paper looks at the disparity in formal education systems, the role of family in Sinhalese society and the contested role of women.
Outline:
Ritual Practices-The Devil Dance
Formal Education
Kinship
The Independent Woman
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"A large majority of the people of Sri Lanka pratice Buddhism or a synthesis of Buddhism and Hindusim. But throughout history, folk cults stemmed from cultural traditions with beings and deities of supernatural powers that influence day-to-day lives of the people have also been integrated into the Buddhist practices of Sinhalese villages (Baker 39). A great deal of emphasis is placed upon the complex and elaborate rituals needed to pacify evil spirits and to appease the benevolent deities. Although this practice is not condoned by the Buddhist temples, there is a large following of these rituals, especially in the Sinhalese villages."
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