This project is an experiential learning curriculum though lost wax casting for a Master Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction. It is a curriculum to be followed by secondary art teachers to teach lost wax casting using the experiential learni . . .

In the area of literature analysis, fifteen-year-old students American are not competitive with their international peers (OECD, 2010). Students are currently taught to recall information on a test and not think critically through problems (Jennings & . . .

Middle Easterners and Muslims have historically been ignored or inaccurately portrayed in literature and curriculum based textbooks, as the limited information found was offered exclusively from a Western perspective (Wingfield & Karaman, 1995). E . . .

Motivation is highly important in foreign language learning. Motivation influences factors which affect language learning such as effort, study time, and development of language proficiency (Brown, 2001; Deci & Ryan, 1985; Dörnyei, 2005; Gardner, . . .

The current educational system in South Korea does not meet students’ needs in English. Currently, the national curriculum of English in South Korea has an objective of building communicative competence. However, the reality of the English classroom o . . .

When Korean students learn English in school, they are not aware of biased images included in English textbooks. It is because they are being taught passively without critical thinking. As a result, Korean students may easily become biased against oth . . .

This project addresses the issue of Spanish Speaking English Language Learners having difficulty acquiring the academic vocabulary necessary to becoming successful in reading comprehension. Although schools have utilized vocabulary systems in the past . . .

This project addresses engaging at-risk African-American and Latino Middle School students through relevant, student-centered, argumentative discourse and writing. Although there are several theoretical approaches to motivating at-risk, minority popul . . .

Students with Emotional Behavior Disorder (EBD) are one of the most challenging and difficult student populations to work with. Additionally, according to Allday et al. (2012), teachers are not equipped to work with the challenges that students with E . . .

This project is designed to highlight the relevant theories in regards to elementary art education and created a curriculum manual that will serve as a guide or framework for teaching art education. The curriculum guide has been designed to work as an . . .

Parent involvement has shown to have a positive effect on student’s academics and has a strong role in the healthy growth of student’s social emotional development. There is an assumption that Latino families do not engage with their children. The rea . . .

This project focuses on Islamophobia as a problem of society that affects Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Prejudice and discrimination caused an increase of hate crimes and xenophobia against Muslims and people that “look” Muslim. These attitudes had i . . .

Some liberal arts colleges and universities have a limited amount of jazz dance preparation classes for musical theatre majors. Theatre and Dance Departments face financial and political challenges when striving to offer enough dance classes to adequa . . .

Social emotional learning (SEL) promotes self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, positive relationships, responsible decision-making, and improved attitudes about self, others, and school. It is a critical component of education because soc . . .

Overall there is lack of ethnic studies curriculum to supplement the core social studies curriculum in high school classrooms. Hmong students, in particular, often do not have access to academic courses that teach about the history and culture of Hmon . . .

This project examined the current status and potential of garden--based learning (GBL), a holistic form of experiential education that has been described as an optimum learning environment by the most prominent education theorists for thousands of yea . . .

The United States historically oppresses marginalized people. The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community is an example of an oppressed group. Activists groups such as the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis h . . .

Colonialism, boarding schools, loss of culture and the pressures of modern society have helped contribute to feelings of hopelessness and have caused generations of trauma, post-traumatic stress and other suicidal behaviors. These intense issues have . . .

Education has been referred to as ‘the great [social] equalizer’ according to Horace Mann (1837). Unfortunately, even after formal education was made available to all students, the education achievement of students from minority groups have failed to . . .