Essays on Textbooks

Chapter 5

The Texas education system raised concern since the declaration of independence in 1836 following the failure of the government to begin the public education system. However, in late 1983, a constitutional amendment that advocated for the provision of bonds by the school fund was passed through voting. Currently, school funds generated an income of approximately $756 million dollars thus, making education facilities more available to the students (Champagne and Edward 16). The dropout rate is the indicator of the holding power of various schools in Texas during that period. Data indicates that 106 counties recorded a reduction in the ...

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Al-Khwarizmi is the great mathematician, astronomer, geographer and the founder of classical algebra. Although the life of Al-Khwarizmi is little known, he left us his works that cover different areas of knowledge: mathematics, astronomy, geography. Works of Al-Khwarizmi in mathematics are the most know. Two treatises such "The Book about the Indian account" and "Calculation by restoration and reduction" were translated into Latin and served for a long time the basic textbooks on mathematics. The arithmetic treatise of Al-Khwarizmi had an enormous influence on the development of science in the East and then in Europe. This work became the ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

In this article, I would like to talk about the historian Howard Zinn, without going into the details of his biography. Because you can easy found this information on the Internet. I would consider his views on history in general, why and under what circumstances its occurred. Howard found himself in history and political science since his youth. A first rally Zinn visited when he was a seventeen-year-old young man, the friends who were breathing unevenly to the communist ideology invited him. After the meeting, young Howard changed his mind about the rule government and human rights in general. ...

Probably, the most striking thing for me while I took this course consisted in the subject of heroification. Usually, when I read or learn about a cult of a specific person or something I tend to believe it and not subject the person in question to much objectivity. However, during this course one of principal things I learnt (though totally not the most pleasant one, because getting disillusioned is never pleasant) was that glorified people can be different – and were different. We all know about the most glorious pages of their biographies and about the significance of their contributions ...

Discussion Question Week 5

Discussion Question Week 5 Chapter 7. Mass customization of products has become a common approach in manufacturing organizations. Explain the ways in which mass customization can be applied to service firms as well. Mass customization is the technology of using mass production to assemble goods efficiently and cost-effectively, and at the same time designing the products to fit into individual customer’s demands and specifications. Mass customization is a very common practice in the manufacturing industry although it can also be applied to the service firms (Gardner, 2009). The primary objective of using mass customization is to provide goods ...

Abstract

This paper explores the concept of Marketing Mix as it applies to the effective selling of used textbooks. This product has been chosen because of its wasted earning potential for students who need to adapt to the rising cost of education. The Four Ps of Marketing – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion – are discussed in this paper as the application of each marketing component is vital to success in the sale of used school books. Like the four legs of a table, the four Ps complement each other and as such, weakness in one component can cause a collapse of ...

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Introduction

The paper is intended to apply and synthesize the concept of management information system to the case of Primus Idea of McGraw Hills for text book publication while considering its future implementation. The management information system is considered as critical for the decision making within the business. The management information system must be protected and secured to complete the system development project successfully. For this purpose, each step of the development must be well managed and secured. The steps of development of information system include system analysis, system design, system implementation and system maintenance. The purpose of the paper ...

The book by Michael Byram “From Foreign Language Education to Education for Intercultural Citizenship: Essays and Reflections” is devoted to learning foreign languages in terms of culture at primary school. Language learning without cultural dimension is believed to cause danger, since children would use it to encode their own world, with no experience of “otherness”. Teaching is determined by social, political, and economic position of the society. According to the author, internationalization and globalization leave an impact on the educational sphere, and language teaching methodology requires revision, with consideration of intercultural competence. On the other hand, language learning is ...

Does History Matter?

Social ideas and ideals of humanity pass through US history. It is in the struggle for social justice and equality finds its most vivid expression of the social nature of man. As in public life, and accordingly, in the social sciences, the problems in the social justice and equality are inseparable, they are often mixed, identified, although in reality each of these concepts has its own special meaning, its content. Social justice and social equality are the objective quality of social forms of relations of society and citizens. Sami social networks are a set of relations between people as ...

Today, the lives of young people technology plays a much more important role than ever before and, therefore, provide tremendous opportunities for teachers recovery classes using class time for more exciting to communicate with students. However, many teachers in this lies a certain problem, which they have yet to solve. Now, in many countries the universities on their websites and other educational resources download video lectures, interactive list of literature with proposals massive open online course on such online platforms like Udacity, Coursera and EdX, thus creating amazingly rich data bank of different educational areas: the specific rates applied ...

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Executive Summary

Executive Summary The number of students enrolling each year is much higher than the previous years. The number of foreign students has also increased over the past years. It is reported that the number of foreign students has increased by 10% from 2014 to 2015 . Overall, around 20.2 million students have attended college or university in 2015 . From the noted stats, the increase in a number of students is noted, and it is also observed from the past trend that the number of students tends to increase every year. From the provided facts, it is considered to be a ...

Basic Identification

While confined in Birmingham prison, Martin Luther King Jr. jotted down a letter that explained the reasons for his arrest in 1963. Martin wrote the manuscript on scrap papers, newspaper corners, and the toilet paper while imprisoned in a solitary cell in the city of Birmingham, Alabama. He wrote the letter to respond to the nine criticisms of the clergymen regarding King and his fellow activists. Racism was highly prevalent in Birmingham during the 1950s and 60s. King was arrested for taking part in an anti-segregation parade in the town because he did not have a permit (King, par. ...

Introduction – The Media:

The mainstream media had been used as a tool for propaganda for centuries, the ruler and governments over a period of time, have been using the media in different forms to primarily communicate the messages, with the intention to influence and control the masses. In an era of technological advancement, a digitized world has taken shape, the influence of media in different shapes and forms has increased significantly, and the advent and phenomenal success of the social media channels, the influence of public behaviour has become more controlled since, swaying public opinion is being utilized by people in control ...

Ivan Pavlov was born in Ryazan, Russia, in the year of 1849, in the family of the Orthodox priest. In 1875, he graduated from the University in St. Petersburg with the Life Sciences degree. After graduation, Pavlov studied medicine and was admitted to the Institute which specialized in Veterinary. He was in Germany and Belarus. There he was making experiments in the laboratories, researching digestion. But after coming back to Russia he began to study glandular secretions. His experiment animal was the dog. Pavlov applies surgical techniques to those dogs that is why it was difficult to make the ...

African American history is diverse and deep-rooted. What the world knows of it today is through the words of historians. Historians have the ability to describe the events and happenings of a certain age in time and reveal what happened with precision. However if the events are too far-fetched and date back in time, then history can be altered or distorted to suit the needs of biased historians who might be of a particular race or ethnicity. Similarly, African American history has faced the issue of bias in texts and reading, which created hatred and animosity for the race. ...

Introduction

Carvajal, S.A is a family-owned holding company that provides printing-related and other products and services to both the Latin America and outside markets. The company had seven other subsidiary companies.It had grown into a leading company in sectors that included yellow pages, notebooks and textbooks, and office furniture. It also funded the family’s efforts of helping the needy in the community. Alberto Carvajal and Mary Alice Crump were worried about the financial returns and the growth of the company. Alberto, 49 years old, was chairman of Carvajal’s board. Mary, 56, was a member of the holding company ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Dissecting each and every move we make as we navigate through life is not something that most people take the time to do, but a sociologist would argue that these habits and behaviors are the very nature that make us who we are. The pressures we see and feel, whether consciously or subconsciously, are all links in the framework of our society. After taking a day to record my actions, I’ve identified eight sociological concepts that impact the way I view my own thoughts, actions, and the rest of the world. First and foremost, ...

As more and more grassroots organizations and lobbies come to the forefront of American politics to call attention to various issues ranging from racial inequality to environmental concerns, it has become clearer that American politics as it has existed has failed many in the United States. Political power has continually been shifted to favor rich white males, who in turn protect the interests of other rich white males at the top of society. This type of politics – a cycle of power - limits access to those that do not fit that particular demographic, namely, people of color, low class ...

Introduction

Beginning the early 1990s, the number of multinational corporations has risen steadily as a result of globalization. This reason has caused organizations to realize the need for international human resource management as a determinant of success. International training and development is a tool that multinational enterprises (MNEs) are using to improve the quality of services that their employees provide. The main aim of training is to improve work skills and behaviors that an organization employee has in the current circumstances. On the other hand development is aimed at increasing working abilities with respect to a future task or job, ...

Do you remember books? The primitive versions of the DVD?

Well, unlike most people, students do not perceive books as dinosaurs. It is hard to argue the fact that they are the source of tried-and-tested information, vital for studying. Yet, for some reason they have not been made available for every student. Instead, students and their parents have to sacrifice the things they would like to do or have for the sake of being able to buy textbooks. In accord with a research conducted by the Southern Education Foundation, approximately 51% of students in the USA come from low-income families, the percentage reaching number 71 in some states. (southerneducation.org). ...

Supply Chain for Big Mac

Big Mac is hamburger type provided by fast food companies such as McDonald’s. The company produces the product then distributes to various wholesale and retail shops. For instance, the product can be supplied by the manufacturer company to restaurants and supermarkets. The wholesalers and the retailers’ further sell the product to the final consumer-ready for consumption (Mentzer, 2001).

Supply Chain for Gasoline

Gasoline is distributed via the pipeline mode to ensure safety. However, in most cases gasoline is distributed from the distribution centers using road tankers. The final destination the gasoline product is the fuel stations in which the tankers play a ...