Adult Education and Poverty Reduction Education is a moral right to those who should be educated and a moral duty to those who should allow and facilitate the education to take place. That is equivalent to saying that education should necessarily result in poverty reduction as a matter of moral imperative. A society that is ravaged by poverty is morally impoverished and can escape the poverty through a certain kind of education (Dame‚ 1999). Education is a necessary instrument for the attainment
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EDITORIAL I t appears that art teachers‚ like most educators‚ need to talk and tell stories—about their schools‚ students‚ teaching experiences‚ and ideas. In fact‚ it seems that no matter what a particular meeting‚ workshop‚ conference or convention presentation is about‚ the discussion eventually becomes centered upon or surrounded by teachers ’stories. Telling these stories through simple talk‚ presentation‚ the written word‚ and/or the visual arts addresses only half of art teachers
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Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm Source: Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange‚ Seyla Benhabib‚ Judith Butler‚ Drucilla Cornell‚ Nancy Fraser‚ with an introduction by Linda Nicholson. Published by Routledge.‚ pp. 1-16. 1. The Feminist Alliance With Postmodernism A decade ago a question haunted feminist theorists who had participated in the experiences of the New Left and who had come to
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ountless books have appeared in the last two decades on the theme of globalisation and its many forms. From the emancipatory scenario to the doomsday picture – nothing has been left out of imagination. Initially writers wrote of fast flowing capital‚ newer forms of assemblages‚ refined versions of neoFordism‚ etc. Sociologists were not behind in these imaginations. Themes of global identity‚ placelessness‚ rootlessness‚ migration and formation of new diasporas‚ marked these writings. Then came the
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attention-grabbing. Evgeny argued that many revolutions throughout history do not transpire through internet and technology‚ but in effect‚ are shaped by cultural factors. His term‚ cyber-utopianism‚ suggests that online interaction between individuals is emancipatory‚ and that the internet favours the oppressed‚ rather than the oppressor. He makes evident‚ that this belief is nieve and stubborn because it refuses to recognize its consequences. Evgeny argues against the certain ideas of what he refers to as
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Qualitative Field Research Dady Lafleur City College Research Methods Introduction What is Qualitative Field Research? Well it’s something that you probably seen walking in the mall or coming out of a grocery store; Qualitative Field Research involves fieldwork which is when the researcher observes and records behavior and events in their natural setting; (about education.com) Meaning‚ that certain people go out to places like malls‚ grocery stores‚ neighborhoods‚ and ask people
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policies central to modern societies (Roberts‚ 1981). Its domain is wide and diverse‚ and so are its basic methodological principles. The foundations of feminist research are those of critical theory‚ and hence this research model is critical and emancipatory. It studies the social conditions of women in a sexist‚ male-stream and patriarchal society (Stanley and Wise‚ 1983) and enlightens people about taken-for-granted sexist practices that displaced‚ ignored and silenced women‚ leading to an unequal
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educational Left. Further than this‚ however‚ he has been the inspiration of critical pedagogy in social spheres outside the academia and university‚ as well as the mass workers movement. With respect to Marx’s theory of alienation‚ he has supported emancipatory
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The ability to think autonomously as well as an empowered skeptic is paramount in transformational learning. Seeking ways to think beyond the simple absorption and regurgitation of thinking as well as reflections within the context of ones personal beliefs encapsulate Mezirow’s (1991) “ thinking as an autonomous and responsible agent is essential for full citizenship in democracy and for moral decision making in situations of rapid change” (p.7). As autonomous thinkers‚ the challenge to responsibly
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As social workers are involved with comparatively powerless people within the community‚ they are in an influential position with regards to the fair treatment of many disadvantaged individuals. This unfair treatment comes in the forms of discrimination and oppression. Discrimination can be defined as the act of giving less favourable treatment‚ through prejudice and stereotype‚ of individuals typically belonging to groups who are a relatively powerless part of society. Discrimination can come in
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