Steven Said:

Need lots of help with this educational paper. Check below for Information.?

We Answered:

first make a list of all the different types of teachers/learningaides. Then choose three or four to focus on. Next, actually get some hands on experience with the chosen subjects. Speak to a person in each field and get their perspective. During this of feld work, get some research done, go to your college library and find references for each topic. Finally, add your own input to the mix.

Phillip Said:

can someone help me narrow down my schedule?

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Here are my recommendations:

Keep the bass and flute lessons. Keep playing/singing with the band. Try writing an original song for the band to play.

Drop the dance lessons. Instead of the next acting class, pick up an art class at the museum.

Drop basketball. Don't bother with golf. Keep running (you can do THAT forever, also). You might consider swimming, also.

With time and experience, you'll find that all these disjointed activities are really connected, and the intersection point is YOU.

Kyle Said:

If you're creative, please help!?

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How do you write creatively? People have spent years trying to come up with an answer to this question. One good place to start is with journaling and freewriting. Often, the best writing comes when one is NOT trying to write well. If you free your brain of the pressure of writing neatly, using correct punctuation and spelling, and other constraints, you may find surprising ideas. So..for your lesson. Start with setting a mood. Nice lighting, a neat scent that kids aren't allergic to. Show an interesting photograph, play some dramatic music, do something else out of the ordinary. Then, talk about freewriting and how it comes right from your brain. A scent may bring up a forgotten memory; a picture may spark a question; music might change a mood. Model this a bit, and then give the kids a short time (3 min) to try it. Share what they've come up with. It might not be anything yet...creativity doesn't always come when you call it. Change the mood--get a new picture, different music, a different scent--and try again for another short time. Share again. Hopefully, the kids will have started thinking of something new and different. This is the start of creativity. Your last step can be making a little journal for them to record their writing ideas.

Daniel Said:

I am a confused Teacher, I need Help :-) ? Read Below Plz. Thanks?

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At the top keep the total # of points per assignment, then down the column put the number of points each student earned.

At the end of the quarter. Total up the total points each student earned over the total of possible points, divide and you have an ABC grade.

e.g. 140/161 points = 86.7% or usually a B

That's how I do it. I also allow for extra credit assignments too.
Good luck. I'll bet one of your colleagues could help you with the grading scale as they tend to be different from school system to school system.

Good luck.

Mary Said:

Contest in Sociology? Teaching Bureaucracy!?

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This seems like a perfect subject to have small groups. Each group would represent different entities, such as a small business, a private bank, a city or state government, a large corporation or a stock market, and a federal government.

Part 1: Each group has to define their own bureaucracy (even small businesses have them, but the owner may be the only "bureaucrat"), either role-playing amongst the members, or just creating an organizational chart and rules (and why certain rules were chosen)

Part 2: Groups discuss amongst each other there organization and rules, and decide if rules for each are appropriate, too much, or too little. Is there oversight? Should there be, and why or why not? Are some of the rules repeated in some or all groups? Should government rules have primacy over private sector rules and contracts? If so, when and why?

Part 3: Groups discuss trust: is the concept of trust treated differently in private practice versus government? If so, why? Are any differences specific to a type of government or economy, or are they universal differences? Do the issues of trust make the bureaucracy more efficient, or less, and why?

Part 4: Groups discuss the notion that bureaucracies are self-perpetuating: is this necessarily true? Or is it a popular myth? Can anyone think of bureaucracies that have expanded and shrunk over time? What makes bureaucracies become complex, and what streamlines them?

A possible variation would be to work only with government entities, but one group would be a democratic government, one a dictatorship, one a theocracy, any others you can think of. Most of the above applies, but additional discussions of how the various forms of bureaucracy are peopled, and how those differences might affect the efficiency and trust aspects.

Another variation would be to assign tiered agencies to each group, such as:
- Department of Defense
-- US Navy
--- US Marine Corps
---- 1st Fleet Marine Force
----- all the way down to squad, if your class was big enough

For a non military example of the same:
- Department of Interior
-- National Park Service
--- region
---- specific park or monument

I could see this being taking up to all 4 days if historical research assignments are tacked on to each discussion, or done over 1 to 2 hours with just hypothetical discussions. Or, each class period go through each of the variations for an excellent breadth of subject.