Reconstructing Dropout & the Culture of Education :
The transformation of the American education system over the
past 3 decades has resulted in the emergence of differing views
on how to address the inherent problems in providing standard
education for a varied population. Restructuring has focused on
the problems in education that have stemmed from what many
have perceived as ineffectual teaching and educational design or
curricula problems. But a number of recent theorists have
posited that there is a greater link between internal factors,
including cultural components, and problems that result in poor
student outcomes, and that these need to be addressed in
improving education. This 6 page paper provides an analytical
overview of the major points presented by G.J. Sefa Dei and J.
Bruner in their works Reconstructing Dropout (Sefa Dei) and
The Culture of Education (Bruner), and relates these premises
to educational restructuring. No additional sources cited.
Dropcult.wps

Dropping out of School & Its Causal Factors :
("Dropping Out : A Look at How to Determine and Predict
Factors that Lead to Deviance and Complete Failure in
Education.") A 7 page study including literature review and
bibliography listing 8 sources. Excellent for those studying
education, sociology, and various aspects of psychology.
Dropouts.wps

School Dropout Prevention Programs :
A well-written 24 page paper detailing the philosophies and
methods of school dropout prevention programs. The writer
reveiws several successful programs, and then analyzes the
most important approach -- fostering self-esteem. Bibliography
cites 26 scholarly sources. Dropout.wps

Do Interviewing Techniques Reduce Violence In Public
Schools ? : An 11 page research paper examining the failure of
interviewing techniques and alternative methods in stopping
drug abuse & violence among populations attending inner-city
public schools. Research and existing literature on the subject
are examined are recommendations for "getting at the heart of
violence" in a specific urban school system. Bibliography lists
15+ sources. Schovio2.wps

The Problem Of Violence In Schools : This 10 page research
paper examines the problem of violence among American
youths with particular relevance to its impact in schools. The
writer explores various causal factors of violent behavior and
several different types of programs being implemented to
prevent it. Included in the discussion are programs that attempt
to intervene during early years and prevent the onset of violence
as well as those that come later on in the child's development
and seek to obstruct the entry of weapons into schools. It is
concluded that the psychological implications of ignorance
coupled with violence's portrayal in the media and in everyday
life (domestic violence etc;) makes solving the problem
socio-politically difficult. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Schoviol.wps

Violence in Our Schools / What Can Be Done ? : A 12 page
examination of violence in our schools and the anti-violence
programs which are being implemented to deter it. Special
emphasis is placed on one such program in Northwest Florida.
Bibliography lists seven sources. Vilsk.wps

School Violence / A National Epidemic : A 12 page paper
examining this issue in the light of the shootings in Littleton,
CO. The paper delves deeply into the many conflicting
theories on the causes and solutions of the epidemic of school
violence, and concludes that parents, schools, and society share
the blame. Bibliography lists 6 sources. KBschool.wps

A Sociological Perspective Of School Violence : 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. Socviol.wps
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