Pedagogy

Child abuse is the maltreatment of children and portends more than bruises or broken bones. Child abuse borders all angle of neglect and lack of care and is characterized by a host of dimensions with regard to physical as well as emotional abuse. While physical abuse seem to be the visible sign of child abuse, other forms such as emotional abuse  and neglect, leave far reaching effects and long-lasting scars. Research points out that certain symptoms of child abuse are more understated than...

Community based organizations known as CBOs play a vital role in the success of many under represented and under funded minority groups. One such minority group is made up of Asian and Pacific Islander refugees. According to the 2000 US census, nearly 15 million single Race Asian and Pacific Islanders reside in Los Angeles, Orange or San Diego counties. Of those, approximately 400,000 are either first refugee or native born children of refugees. Nearly half of all Asian and Pacific Islander refugees...

Higher education is one of the major public priorities, acknowledged by the increasing importance higher education issues have played in elections. The business community has given governors and legislators a lot of support in generating revenues for the economic stimulus of various state colleges. Most of these issues are related to the quality and affordability of higher education. This paper focuses on the issue of access to college. Access to college is affected by various factors some are...

Economic recession that USA and other nations globally have been experiencing has many effects. One of the results of such an economic downturn is that many people who lose their jobs or have the fear of low employment prospects usually consider taking a college or a university degree with the aim of bettering their employment prospects. This is what exactly has taken place in the US, with many individuals opting to join universities and colleges as the demand for better jobs increases. Desire to...

Bisphenol A (BPA) is among the most expansively tested materials today in regard to toxicology. Toxicology is defined as the study of destructive actions of agents on all organic or biological mechanisms. BPA has been in use as a safe industrial chemical in excess for forty years. The industrial, academic and government groups have engaged themselves in extensive study as far as BPA is concerned. This has been done through animal tests, both short and long term. The studies which have been undertaken...

Child abuse is harm of a child by an individual, whether adult or child. It occurs in all ethnic, cultural, and income groups. Child abuse can be emotional, sexual, physical, or even through neglect. Abuse may result into grave injuries to the child and may perhaps lead to death. The earlier the abused children get assistance, the better chance for them to heal from the abuse and not perpetuate the cycle further.  1. Child neglect and abuse are concerns of each and every member of the society...

When we are born the scope of our birth is already being determined based upon the order in which we arrive.  There are assumptions that view our birth as an indicator of the position in life from which we will view our family, form our attitudes, and by which we will behave.  This is all indicative of how we perceive our position.  There are two considerations involving birth order.  They are our chronological birth order and our psychological birth order.  This paper will...

There seems to be some problems in regard to the research methods used by Fitzpatrick, Hastings, and Kintrea (1998) in their study entitled Including Young People in Urban Regeneration. The question centers on the reliability of both the quantitative and qualitative methods the researchers used in conducting their study, which is about the social problems that confront young people living within disadvantaged communities. In terms of quantitative methods, the researchers mainly asserted that their...

Parents select the type of school and curriculum they want for their young children. Therefore, knowledge and understanding of different early childhood curricula is a necessity. The factors influencing parents in choosing a school are numerous, but practicality, location, affordability, and previous experience with the school are their most important considerations. Parents enrolling their children in an early childhood education program that uses a play-based curriculum may have done so only...