From the devastating earthquakes in Haiti‚ the educational institutions were destroyed. It will take time to rebuild and reestablish the country. This horrible disaster has not only shaken the Haitian nation‚ but the world. “Education is at the core of Haiti’s recovery and is the key to Haiti’s development‚” said Director-General Irina Bokova of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. The younger generation will become the future leaders of Haiti. They will be responsible
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Education Standards in Today’s Society Henry Peter Broughan once stated "Education makes people easy to lead‚ but difficult to drive; easy to govern‚ but impossible to enslave." In today’s society‚ a quality education being provided during the most impressionable years of a child’s life is essential to the development and success of our children. One of the most prevalent problems in our educational system today is the variation in the quality of education that children are provided
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Essay on the role of education in society Education‚ has a great social importance specially in the modern‚ complex industrialised societies. Philosophers of all periods‚ beginning with ancient stages‚ devoted to it a great deal of attention. Accordingly‚ various theories regarding its nature and objective have come into being. Let us now examine some of the significant functions of education. 1. To complete the socialization process. The main social objective of education is to complete the socialization
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ECPE ESSAY: CO-EDUCATION The co-educational system has always been an issue of great controversy. Its supporters claim that separating boys from girls is completely unrealistic since schools are supposed to depict society and prepare children to become its active members. On the other hand‚ those not in favor of it claim argue that single-sex schools are more effective since they are adapted to each sex’s needs and features. There is little doubt that single-sex schools may be more targeted
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Philippine Society" Filipinos are known to be hospitable in all circumstances‚ boys or girls‚ young or old and normal or disabled are alike. In fact‚ there is a law enacted only for the adjustment of the disabled people to the Philippines society. The Republic Act No. 7277 "Magna Carta for Disabled Persons" in accordance to it‚ it is an act providing for the Rehabilitation‚ Self-Development and Self-Reliance of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of society and for other
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The Advantages of Being Bilingual in Today’s Society According to the studies‚ being bilingual has greater tolerance and less racism. Extended way of thinking helps the approach to cognitive problems and higher levels of abstract thinking. There are many advantages of being bilingual including access to different cultures and makes it easier to find a job. First‚ Bilingualism offers greater exposure
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Islam and Higher Education in Transitional Societies edited by Fatma Nevra Settie and Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela Author(s): Linda Herrera Source: Comparative Education Review‚ Vol. 54‚ No. 4 (November 2010)‚ pp. 607-609 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Comparative and International Education Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/657569 . Accessed: 20/01/2011 09:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and
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Bili Bilingual Education: A Life-Long Advantage Alexa Adams It is concerning to see the U.S. continue to academically fall behind countries like China and Finland. The Program for International Student Assessment or PISA‚ is an international standardized test taken by 15 year-olds in developing countries. The U.S.‘s Secretary of State‚ Arne Duncan (2010)‚ was disappointed in the results‚ “The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can quibble‚ or we can face
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Multi-cultured societies are mixtures of many ethnic groups. Some people think the advantages of multi-cultured societies outweigh the disadvantages. Do you agree or disagree? I definitely agree with the statement that cosmopolitan societies are better for the overall progress of a country. That is perhaps why nations such as the U.S.A.‚ Canada and Australia‚ which are primarily multi-cultural societies‚ enjoy great prosperity‚ stability and harmony. In the following paragraphs I shall provide
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Bilingual Education in the United States can be defined as “a program that seeks to permit non-English speaking children (many from lower-class homes) to use their ‘family language’ as the language of school” (Rodriguez 256). In other words‚ it is a method of education that suggests that a child whose native language is not English should learn English in institutions while being instructed in classes in his or her home language as well. This form of teaching has been a strong point of controversy
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