I need help with my sociology essay?
i'm finding it hard to decide what to do for my essay.
i was thinking about why are children who disrupt class instantly cast off as failures
or
that why do disruptive children get more of the teachers attention than the intelligent children.
i have knowledge on both but need alot of research and for it to be a problem in society.
i dunno what to search for to find research on this.
Answers:
You need some books on behavior analysis in the classroom.
http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/ar.
or why do male penguins incubate the eggs
I like the first choice- it is so true and these kids might actually be the smartest in the class. I would be interested in the results.
i like the second option better - i work in mental health sector and am interested in how people will go to great lengths to get attention even if the attention they then receive is negative. as a long shot there may be a link with 'personality disorders' which you could research on via google search engine. good luck x
Maybe this will give you some inspiration.
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners. he is a joy to be around.."
His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."
Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."
After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.
They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference"
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
(For you who don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)
Do you really have to write an essay, you poor person, what is this the annual piece of work on your course? It's no wonder you are on a sociology course, any other course you wouldn't have time for trawling the net.
I would probably do the one about disruptive children. There will be loads of sources such as journal articles, the internet and books concerning teaching and books about children with bahvioural problems. Go to the university library they should have loads of books to help you. You could write a section towards the end of the essay on possible solutions to the problem. Good luck.
I suggest visiting http://www2.wwnorton.com/giddens5/.
Also, if you're interested in unequal treatment in classes on the basis of gender, and/or race I suggest you take a look at June Statham's 1986 publication "Daughters and Sons: Experiences of Non-Sexist Childraising", American Association of University Women (AAUW)'s "How Schools Shortchange Girls" (published in 1992), Myra Sadker and David Sadker's "Failing at Fairness" (published in 1994), Byran, Dadzie, and Scafe's "Learning to Resist: Black Women in Education" (part of "Gender Under Scrutiny: New Inquiries in Education"). Even Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) has something to say: just search around for "Alex and Mrs Jasper".
Hope this helps you write your essay!
you are to indecisive for sociology.
One thing to look up is "emotional maturity" and the role of nurturing when it comes to children who are emotionally mature. (The kids who are mature enough to behave in class.).
One reason children are seen as failures is that they lack the social maturity of the children who behave properly, so they're seen by others as less intelligent or at least "babies". The well adjusted, mature, kids don't have the patience for them.
If you go to "zerotothree.org" there's a lot of information about the importance of the right type of nurturing and the formation of brain synapses in the first years of life. www.educare.com is also another good place to start.
Ask Pepsi or Coke about the behavioural responses of children to Caffeine.
I know how you feel I have just completed my sociology research project that suggests people fear crime more than actually experience it. I suggest you might want to look as children and ASBOS there is a lot of research been done and lots of information readily available. Whatever you do good luck!
Personally, I would pick the 1st question of children who disrupt class become failures. This would be easier to research because I'm sure you can get tons of quantitative data on this (statistics) which is easier to process.
Your best bet for researching anything for social science classes is to look for peer-reviewed journals. Google Scholars is a good choice. Make sure that when you do look through Google Scholars, that you look for journals only, and not stuff you can find in People magazine, etc.
When you find a peer-reviewed journal, read the abstract and see if it relates to your topic, and check it out.
Ebsco-host is another engine that's great for researching journals.
Also, look for books that deal with youth criminality. They might mention briefly on the agents of socialization which has caused a child to become criminal.
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i was thinking about why are children who disrupt class instantly cast off as failures
or
that why do disruptive children get more of the teachers attention than the intelligent children.
i have knowledge on both but need alot of research and for it to be a problem in society.
i dunno what to search for to find research on this.
Answers:
You need some books on behavior analysis in the classroom.
http://seab.envmed.rochester.edu/jaba/ar.
or why do male penguins incubate the eggs
I like the first choice- it is so true and these kids might actually be the smartest in the class. I would be interested in the results.
i like the second option better - i work in mental health sector and am interested in how people will go to great lengths to get attention even if the attention they then receive is negative. as a long shot there may be a link with 'personality disorders' which you could research on via google search engine. good luck x
Maybe this will give you some inspiration.
As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.
Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.
At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.
Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners. he is a joy to be around.."
His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."
His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."
Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."
By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."
After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."
A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.
Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.
Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.. The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.
The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.
They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference"
Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."
(For you who don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)
Do you really have to write an essay, you poor person, what is this the annual piece of work on your course? It's no wonder you are on a sociology course, any other course you wouldn't have time for trawling the net.
I would probably do the one about disruptive children. There will be loads of sources such as journal articles, the internet and books concerning teaching and books about children with bahvioural problems. Go to the university library they should have loads of books to help you. You could write a section towards the end of the essay on possible solutions to the problem. Good luck.
I suggest visiting http://www2.wwnorton.com/giddens5/.
Also, if you're interested in unequal treatment in classes on the basis of gender, and/or race I suggest you take a look at June Statham's 1986 publication "Daughters and Sons: Experiences of Non-Sexist Childraising", American Association of University Women (AAUW)'s "How Schools Shortchange Girls" (published in 1992), Myra Sadker and David Sadker's "Failing at Fairness" (published in 1994), Byran, Dadzie, and Scafe's "Learning to Resist: Black Women in Education" (part of "Gender Under Scrutiny: New Inquiries in Education"). Even Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) has something to say: just search around for "Alex and Mrs Jasper".
Hope this helps you write your essay!
you are to indecisive for sociology.
One thing to look up is "emotional maturity" and the role of nurturing when it comes to children who are emotionally mature. (The kids who are mature enough to behave in class.).
One reason children are seen as failures is that they lack the social maturity of the children who behave properly, so they're seen by others as less intelligent or at least "babies". The well adjusted, mature, kids don't have the patience for them.
If you go to "zerotothree.org" there's a lot of information about the importance of the right type of nurturing and the formation of brain synapses in the first years of life. www.educare.com is also another good place to start.
Ask Pepsi or Coke about the behavioural responses of children to Caffeine.
I know how you feel I have just completed my sociology research project that suggests people fear crime more than actually experience it. I suggest you might want to look as children and ASBOS there is a lot of research been done and lots of information readily available. Whatever you do good luck!
Personally, I would pick the 1st question of children who disrupt class become failures. This would be easier to research because I'm sure you can get tons of quantitative data on this (statistics) which is easier to process.
Your best bet for researching anything for social science classes is to look for peer-reviewed journals. Google Scholars is a good choice. Make sure that when you do look through Google Scholars, that you look for journals only, and not stuff you can find in People magazine, etc.
When you find a peer-reviewed journal, read the abstract and see if it relates to your topic, and check it out.
Ebsco-host is another engine that's great for researching journals.
Also, look for books that deal with youth criminality. They might mention briefly on the agents of socialization which has caused a child to become criminal.
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