| 451 | Head Teachers - Managing Health and Safety in your School Preview: Head Teacher's Safety Management Toolkit Article http://www.swaneducation.co.uk Head Teachers - Managing Health and Safety in your Primary/Infant School. What you need to know. If you read nothing else about Health and Safety read this. It’s about 1500 words long but it summarises what you need to know about managing Health and Safety to ... (more) Published By: Paddy Swan Submitted: 21 October,2004 |
| 452 | Protect Your Children Education At No Cost To You Preview: Protect Your Children Education At No Cost To You When it comes to laying the foundation for a child’ success, there is no substitute for education. For this reason, one major financial services organization has undertaken to make sure that children who are touched by family tragedy (namely, the death of a parent) do not face a second loss, that... (more) Published By: Mary Yorke Submitted: 22 October,2004 |
| 453 | Health and Safety Prosecutions and Litigation in UK Schools Preview: A Head Teacher’s Safety Management Toolkit Article HEALTH AND SAFETY PROSECUTIONS AND LITIGATION IN UK SCHOOLS Introduction: This article sets out some of the background some and examples of prosecutions and litigation against UK schools. Whilst Scottish Law and its’ Legal System differs from that in England and Wales the writ of the enfo... (more) Published By: Paddy Swan Submitted: 22 October,2004 |
| 454 | Why Become a Truck Driver? Preview: There are a great number of good reasons for someone to become a truck driver. First and foremost among those reasons would be the great pay. Did you realize that most truckers, their first year out on the road, earn an average of $35,000 a year? And, that after just a few years out, those same truckers are making an average of $45,000-$50,000 ann... (more) Published By: Joe Regan Submitted: 22 October,2004 |
| 455 | Rasputin Preview: Rasputin was born in 1869, in Tyumen, a district of Siberia. He arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1911 and was a young guard. Even today, he is known as a shadowy and mysterious character. He apparently had weird personality traits. Doctor's and skeptics came to the conclusion he must have been possessed. He had power's over the Tsarevich and the r... (more) Published By: Amber Whitman Submitted: 24 October,2004 |
| 456 | "Pay-to-play" Educational Software Games? Preview: Science Academy Software has developed a new business model or paradigm for Education. It is a web-based "pay to play" educational game site named ScienceAcademy.TV for high-bandwidth clients. This article discusses the issues and rationale behind Science Academy Software's educational game portal ScienceAcademy.TV -- home to a new online educatio... (more) Published By: Robert Cummings Submitted: 27 October,2004 |
| 457 | Learn to Read Piano Music...This Afternoon! Preview: Making Music Now's Mini Course A Music Basics Guide for the Beginning Musician Hello! Welcome to the wonderful world of music. Have you always dreamed of being able to learn how to play the piano, keyboard, guitar or any other instrument? Well, your dream is just about to come true with this Free Music eCourse. This dream of yours is not somethi... (more) Published By: Jan Durrant Submitted: 02 November,2004 |
| 458 | 8 Health Care Options for Recent California Grads Preview: Whether you have just finished your bachelor degree or are about to finally complete your PhD dissertation, you are probably wondering about health insurance options. Before you take that next step in life, check out the 8 health care options for recent California graduates listed below. 1. No Insurance Clearly the least expensive, this option i... (more) Published By: Eric Scheinbaum Submitted: 04 November,2004 |
| 459 | Looking for the greener side of the grass Preview: The life of a student can actually be classified quite efficiently, if corresponded with a simple video game. The beginning, in which the student finishes grades 1-10, and completing Inter or metric. As with everything in life, the beginning is just the easy part. But nevertheless, Stage one completed. After this significant step in the students... (more) Published By: Habiba Bano Submitted: 05 November,2004 |
| 460 | Why Teach Thinking? Preview: The word ‘creativity’ has so many diverse meanings and interpretations. I remember telling an audience of teachers that creating a mess is also creative as long as new things and views are being conjured up. This led to much laughter and discussion about the meaning of ‘creativity’ (This notion of ‘creative mess’ was taken from master-thinker, Dr ... (more) Published By: Dr. Alvin Chan Submitted: 06 November,2004 |
| 461 | CHANGE LEADERSHIP in EDUCATION Preview: The L.E.A.D.E.R. Way INTRODUCTION In June 1997,the Prime Minister of Singapore unveiled the Government’s vision of ‘Thinking Schools, Learning Nation’ (TSLN). This vision was forged to improve Singapore’s education system in the light of the rapid changes around the world. The Government foresees that Singapore, with its limited natural resour... (more) Published By: Dr. Alvin Chan Submitted: 06 November,2004 |
| 462 | Being Present Determines Success in e-Learning Preview: By Catherine Franz e-Learning requires the same six basic steps as classroom or self-study learning. Educational researchers tell us that each step, I prefer the word stage, each stage is independent of the other, nonlinear, and open to the amount of time spent in processing. The person’s tenure in each stage depends on their state, physiological... (more) Published By: Catherine Franz Submitted: 08 November,2004 |
| 463 | A Brief Look at Attitudes-Based Learning (ABL) Preview: The greatest discovery of my generation (about 1900) is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. William James 'Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.' Attitudes-Based Learning (or ABL, for short) is a program initiated in ... (more) Published By: Dr. Alvin Chan Kok Chuen Submitted: 09 November,2004 |
| 464 | Distance Learning: balancing your education and busy lifestyle Preview: Distance Learning is a priority for most who have already set their lives out in one way or another in that their responsibilities have been laid out, and in quite a few cases, would not allow for regular College schedules. This is taken into consideration when looking for a place to study, and this shouldn't mean below par education. It should m... (more) Published By: Angela Williams Submitted: 10 November,2004 |
| 465 | Child rights in Pakistan Preview: Access to free and compulsory education is a fundamental right of children. In Pakistan education is neither free, nor compulsory, nor easily accessible to all children. Pakistan has about 184,000 primary schools, including about 121,000 government schools, an estimated 25,000 mosque schools and 38,000 private and non-formal community based schoo... (more) Published By: Shumaila Sarfaraz Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 466 | How Identity Theft Can Happen To You Preview: How Identity Theft Can Happen To You Identity Theft Can Happen To You How does it happen? Your personal information such as your social security number, banking account information, credit card numbers, calling card pins, and other types of personally identifying information can be assumed or duplicated by another with the intent of rece... (more) Published By: Nicholas Wagner Submitted: 12 November,2004 |
| 467 | Holistic Junction Featuring School of the Week Preview: Holistic Junction's featured school of the week is Clayton College of Natural Health. Clayton College, a Nationally-leading, distance learning school, affords students with education and training in becoming a natural health practitioner. Why? They understand that Holistic health and nutrition are among the most exciting, rewarding career choices ... (more) Published By: C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot Submitted: 15 November,2004 |
| 468 | Multi-Cultural Holiday-Party Teaching Tip Preview: Happy Holidays! At this time of year, why not plan a multi-cultural holiday party? Have your children research the holiday customs of their family's heritage country. Depending upon their ages, your students may watch a video, read a book or article, research on the internet, or interview family members. Have them make a collage or write a repo... (more) Published By: Freda J. Glatt, M.A. Submitted: 17 November,2004 |
| 469 | Elections Teaching Tip Preview: An election brings many opportunities to relate curriculum to real life. Whether it is a local or national election, here are some ideas to try before and after Election Day. 1. Discuss how the commercials for each candidate have been written to persuade. Analyze the graphics, text, and tone of the voiceover. Try rewriting a commercial so that i... (more) Published By: Freda J. Glatt, M.A. Submitted: 17 November,2004 |
| 470 | Holistic Junction's featured School of the Week: American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) Preview: Holistic Junction's featured School of the Week: American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC) by C. Bailey-Lloyd Holistic Junction's featured school of the week is the distinguished American Association of Naturopathic Medical Colleges (AANMC). The AANMC believes that "...Naturopathic medicine is a wonderful profession if you wan... (more) Published By: C. Bailey-Lloyd/LadyCamelot Submitted: 22 November,2004 |