Education Definition and 517 Threads

Im a physics major in my junior year in a fairly small and unknown university. I plan to graduate at the end of winter 2009, and then its off to graduate school. My question is about paying for graduate school. As far as I understand, the majority of physics graduate students do not pay for...

I am an undergraduate student of phyiscs major. If i want to work on Quantum Gravity then do i need to continue MSc Physics? Or Others like High energy phyiscs or particle physics or Astro? My aim is to be a teacher at a top University and Research on Quantum Gravity & String theory. Can you...

So, I did my research when choosing schools to the best of my ability. I picked a school that was listed in the top 50 schools. I visited the school a few times, talked to some students, researched online, and in publications, and decided. Well, I have been here a few quarters, and I am...

First let me say that I couldn't decide on the best forum for this, so if any other staff members feel that this belongs elsewhere, please feel free to move it without objections. I have observed that because of the internet, ideas once reserved for only advanced students or graduates are...

i feel like I'm going to school and learning nothing. i feel like my classes facsimiles of a real education. don't scoff but it never occurred to me to look at other textbooks than those assigned for my classes and now that i have i realize how ****ty the ones I've learned from have been. i feel...

This may be an very bad over generalization. But, has anyone noticed that say a mathematics education major is pretty bad at math compared to the typical mathematics major. I have few questions about this (1) If the above is true, what is the necessity of having a education degree or a...

I have seen that we always have intense curiosity but education kills it by forcing information on us. It makes us tension freaks. There are a thousand ways I can think of to make the education better but why aren't they applied? They are so basic that I don't see why anyone would have a...

Hey, I'm interested in Distance Education, specifically for Linear Algebra. I know about the standard EPGY, and JHU, etc. I know there must be better, or at least other options out there and I was wondering if anyone has experience with them. Also is Linear algebra a course you can take...

Hi, The students of statistics in my high-school have to do a project. The topic we have chosen is Educational Performance in Kolkata Schools and Its Relation to Gender and Gender Interactions. I outline our goals below: 1)Collect data about Madhyamik results (a centralised exam organised...

When people speak about getting an education, I think of science, maths, logic as the key foundations to an education. However there are many who supposeddly have an education but may not have done any science beyond year 10 and are very ignorant about maths. Should these people be labeled as...

i'm doing a MSc. physics from an open university( distance education ). Would that be a major disadvantage in getting an MS from a US university even if I score well in general GRE and possibly subject GRE(physics). I'm doing MSc. from an open university because I'm doing job and cannot...

hi i am a student of M.C.A(master of computer applications) can i do higher education in nanotech.if any please reply

Free education from MIT! I don't know if this is common knowledge, but MIT have put up a lot of course notes for free access. You just need a pdf reader. Here's the link: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html It is quite frankly amazing! You can learn anything from maths to linguistics, I...

There are some people that doesn't get jobs in engineering in my country right after the education. So I was wondering in which engineering(mechanical, electrical, computer etc), is it ok to not have been in the field for a while?, I have heard that some will be outdated at once if they don't...

I just received a memo from New York State's department of education: "Calculators are instrumental as an investigative tool in the teaching and learning of mathematics to enhance students’ conceptual understanding. The graphing calculator should be used for all types of classroom activities...

I plan to go the path of mathematics in college. I've always been an adept at solving problems and writing proofs. I'm only 17 and doing self-study. I checked out from the university library the second volume of Calculus by Apostol and Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Rudin. These should...

OK I'm sorry if this may seem like an extremely elementary question, but i just want to get it straight. What are the levels of college education and how long do they take. I know that most basic is associates (2 years) then bachelaurete (4 years & does not require associates degree)...

I'm very seriously considering leaving my career in marketing to pursue an education, and subsequently a career, in biology. I'm hoping that the members of this forum can help me get a better perspective on this path, and provide advice. I'm very interested in the natural world; the...

In order to meet the requirements for my double major, I have to have a minimum number of units which unfortunately is a tiny bit short of the number of units I'll have when I fulfill all my course requirements. Therefore, I'm interested in taking about 4 semester-units of credit online, in a...

I like your signature, Astronuc. You would be surprised how many people drop out of math because they lose sight of the "why" to math, it's difficult not to. Did anybody record this Dr. Phil episode? http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/767" In it, a young woman's mother mentioned that she...

I live in Canada. I want to take a loan from the bank for university because I don't want to go to university in my home town. How do I go about doing this? Do I have to give up anything in order to do this. Could you help me.

Why should students need 4 years of English but only 3 of science and math to graduate? Why are terrorists called terrorists? It only helps them cause TERROR. Why are many American soldiers who are supposed to defend America and its ideals fighting a war in Iraq? The last one was just...

Hey everyone. School's about to start, and I talked to my advisor a little bit. I'm going to be having some extra classes in the next couple years (I'm a second year Electrical Engineering student), and I was wondering if anyone has any advice: One thing he mentioned is the Honors program. He...

I've seen people post questions about good colleges around here... I am currently attending West Virginia University. In high school I was in all honors 93 average, 1370 SAT, I was the carefree smart kid who never had to do any work. In my freshman year at WVU I settled down and earned a 3.86...

from Why American College Students Hate Science By BRENT STAPLES, NY Times, Opinion - May 25, 2006 Here's one approach Very interesting. Thoughts?

A month or so ago I started a thread on this board about a little dilemma I faced between an undergraduate edcuation at Ohio University or MIT. At the time, it looked like the finance issue would be an impossible obstacle and so I was set on OU. However, in the past few weeks things changed...

The university that I will be attending starting September has a co-operative education program, whereby students in certain programs find employment through the school in industry or within the universiry in related fields, and go on work/study rotations during their studies in university. I...

US Education - Nearly 1/3 of US HS students will dropout! Hmmmm. I saw the headline in Time Magazine. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1181646,00.html Sensational? Yes. But what to do? Not enough Blue Collar jobs for all, not even enough WalMart and Home Depot jobs...

"I lost all faith in my education" (mentally) I took a test in my Linear Algebra/Differential equations class today Actually, the test took me and it did a good job of chewing me up and spitting me out. I'm guaranteed an F on it. I left that room feeling violated. 5 questions, most...

Which one gives you better education ? I don't knowanything about US and Japan, could someone tell me about them ? By the way, which one do you think has more racists ? In UK, there are also a lot of gangs, and sure those are all racists.

Ok let's have a little fun here. You are the President of the United States. Fix the education system. No complaining, just solutions. Be specific, this is not a beauty contest where "fund education" is enough to win. Tell us how you would implement the plan, what laws you would pass, etc etc...

I was looking for an appropriate thread in which to post this but didn't find one where this wouldn't get buried. The are allusions to education problems in the US, particularly with respect to the quality. This is very disturbing in my opinion. Students Ace State Tests, but Earn D's From...

Public Education is horrid, I can fairly attest. I have been a part of the funderful Public Education System for 11 years now, and I'm getting rather sick of the idiocracies I'm being forced to put up with. Let's start with when I was in 4th grade or so. I'm in Michigan, going to...

This is the second part to an earlier writing about education in the United States. As you may recall, I advocated for the privatization of all schools from kindergarten to graduate studies. This piece will focus on the curriculum that needs to be followed. Everytime I encounter someone...

For example; my father did have a big, big influence on me. I can say because of my father's interests for me I am very good in mathematics and tech courses and probably unconsciously that's why I am studying Electrical Engineering? As far as I can remember from grade 1 my dad worked on math...

Assuming you have the time of course, Would you guys favor homeschooling as an approach to a child's education? Is there more risk involved, albeit with greater academic opportunity?

I have been reading these forums for a while now but i only signed up recently and I get very confused when reading certain threads because I know nothing about the American school system. When people talk about SATs, college, AP’s, K-12 , etc. I have no idea what people are talking about...

I am wondering if anyone has experience with Physics from a Jesuit school standpoint. My st. louis high school (I am a senior) is Jesuit, and I love it. The education is great but the price is expensive. I am looking into going to Loyola Chicago for college. They have an interesting program for...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_Higher_Education_Supplement i have to go so i don't have time, i tell you my thoughts about it later, in the meantime you can say what do you think of these rankings? , cam univ is first in science...

Do most European countries offer a free post-secondary education to their citizens?

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Ahh that title should get your attention! Ive been reading this guy's blog online. He is a postdoc in Physics and his views on education, knowledge, and attitudes towards certain things are right on the money - I think...

My English teacher has canceled class once again and I thought I could spend a couple minutes information gathering. I'm supposed to write a research paper on anything to do with society, education and government (so basically anything I want), and I'm fishing for ideas. At the moment I'm not...

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_devore_evolution_050210.html This is really bad, worse than i knew.

Was interested in knowing if there was any place where one could read up on how different schools in the US measure up in physics teachings. I'm currently studying at Copenhagen University, but i just noticed that they have an exchange program with various schools around the world, including...

I am doing a paper on math education in different parts of the world. I was wondering what books you guys use for your math classes (i.e. big textbooks with cool graphics or small textbooks with more material)? Also how is math taught in different schools? Thanks :smile:

An important factor in motivating students to perform well in school is impressing on them the seriousness of education. Many students have a tendency to think of school as something peripheral to their lives. Sure, they know that a high school diploma will help them, but there is a tendency...

I think that student motivation is the most substantial stumbling block in education. Somehow a youth culture must be set up which has education and smarts in general at its center, rather than being peripheral and even uncool. I favor student-vs-student competition at every level, with very...

Inspired by the talk about tuition fees in the "european degree terminology"-thread, perhaps the financial side of academic education could use an own thread? So, despite our daily proportion of intellectual food, I suppose phycists must eat: what does it cost to get an academic education in...

Hi, Im going to be moving to the us soon so could someone please tell me the us education system right from school e.g about the sats what gpa is etc. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Srijan