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Authors: Michael F. Shaughnessy
ISBN-13: 9780761826484, ISBN-10: 0761826483
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Date Published: March 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Michael F. Shaughnessy

Book Synopsis

Education in the New Millennium details, for parents, taxpayers, and politicians, and those concerned about education, the intricacies and complexities of _education_ in America. Author Michael F. Shaughnessy documents a number of different forms of education in the U.S., dividing _education_ into a number of groups, including gifted education, special education, vocational education, and bilingual education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch. 1Setting the foundation for lifelong learning : the importance of the early years1
Ch. 2Following the trends in early childhood intervention services into the 21st century15
Ch. 3Crack in the cradle and the silver spoon - substance-exposed kids flooding our classrooms37
Ch. 4School counseling57
Ch. 5Middle level education : current programs/practices and issues for the future79
Ch. 6School leadership in the new century : the specs97
Ch. 7Education for limited English proficient students in the twenty-first century : is an adequate public education within their reach?109
Ch. 8The future or reading education : the new millennium131
Ch. 9Special education issues, trends, and future predictions151
Ch. 10Principals of learning and development in the teaching of writing173
Ch. 11Cognitive theories of motivation : their application to the classroom203
Ch. 12How much mentoring is there in your mentoring program?225
Ch. 13The Dunn and Dunn learning styles model : theory, research, and application239
Ch. 14Progress in teaching the future257
Ch. 15Vocational and technical education279
Ch. 16Current state of art of education of individuals with vision impairment and blindness297
Ch. 17Gifted education : are we neglecting the best and brightest?311
Ch. 18Education : past present, and future325

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