A Slice Of Life From Kozol's Amazing Grace
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A 5 page analysis of author Jonathan Kozol's book Amazing Grace. It is about children and how this nation is treating them. It is a disturbing book because it highlights the injustices that are still prevalent in our system and the ways this impacts the members of society who have the fewest resources to fight against themóchildren. The writer focuses exclusively on the sixth chapter as a representative section of this work. No additional sources cited.
Filename: KozolAm

A Sociological Perspective Of School Violence
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An 8 page exploration of the sociological reasons behind school violence. Proposes that children engage in deviant behavior when social controls are either ineffective or absent and that two of these social controls are parental punishment methodologies and the media. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Abstinence-Based Sex Education Programs vs. Broad-based Sex Education Programs
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This 12 page paper that provides an overview of the basic arguments for abstinence-based sex education programming and a comparative view of broad-based approaches. This paper argues that in certain populations, there is a distinct need for broad-based sex education programs in order to reduce the chances of teen pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Academic Achievement and Children from Single or Two-Parent Homes
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This 10 page report discusses the differences that exist in academic achievement of children from a single parent home and those from homes in which two parents are present. Convincing arguments have been made for all sides of the question. In fact, there are those researchers who believe that it is not possible to accurately determine a child’s academic progress or capability based on just the issue of whether they are from one- or two-parent family homes. For example questions should be asked about socio-economic status, whether the child has a meaningful and positive relationship with the parent living outside the home, and if the child’s parent has never been married, has been widowed rather than divorced, and whether or not one of the parents is a step-parent. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Academic Dishonesty
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A 5 page paper which reviews and analyzes "Academic Dishonesty: A Student Development Dilemma" by William L. Kibler. the article appeared in the NASPA Journal, v30 n4, in the Summer of 1993. No additional sources cited.
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Academic Dishonesty
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9 pages in length. Academic dishonesty, like all other forms of deviance, has important sociological dimensions. It is interesting to ask, therefore, how adequately the major sociological explanations of deviant behavior explain the occurrence of academically dishonest conduct. When the student discusses this perspective, it will be important to address such theories as strain theory, opportunity theory, differential association theory and labeling theory, all of which provide some type of motivation for this behavior. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Academic Freedom and Faculty Tenure
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10 pages in length. An analysis of academic freedom and faculty tenure is explored within this paper as it pertains to academic administration. The analysis will be done from the perspective of the head of the Education Department of a southern university. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Academic Performance
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Schools in the United States have had a recognized problem for a number of years: the public has lost confidence in the education system and the school's ability to educate. This 5 page paper argues that the perspective on poor academic performance must change to include the factors existing outside of the educational arena and that the schools need to initiate interventions that will bring together the forces in the student's life in a positive manner. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Academically Low Achieving Students in Inclusive Settings
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5 pages. A critique of a research article on how students best learn to solve math problems. Bibliography includes 1 source.
Filename: JAlowacd.rtf

Accountability and Parent
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A 5 page paper which addresses whether parents or the schools should be accountable for the education of children. In this respect the paper focuses on accountability as it involves single parents, whether they have adequate parenting skills, and whether the schools are expected to be more accountable for the children of single parents. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Action Research
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This is a 5 page paper discussing different issues in relation to action research. Sample articles are also discussed. The research process called action research or participatory action research (PAR) was introduced in studies in social sciences in the late 1940s. Since then it has been used in studies on cultures and communities and is intended for not only a comprehensive look at the issues of concern within a community but is also designed to promote social and political change as a result of the research. More recently it has been used extensively in areas of education regarding internal and external forces and intend to promote processes within the educational systems which need to be changed especially education of the oppressed and areas of inequality within the system. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: TJactre1.rtf

Action Research
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of this topic that is applicable to several disciplines. Action Research (AR) is defined and various aspects of this type of research are explored. Problems are explained and the applicability of AR in education, business and social research is fully explored. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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