Without an education‚ the children in this country cannot grow up to be informed‚ knowledgeable‚ and involved citizen. Educated people know what matters to them and through education they will know what to stand up for. In time‚ the children of today will be the voting majority of tomorrow. Therefore‚ they must understand their rights; the history‚ current events and issues of America and of the world or American democracy will be in jeopardy. Educated people care about the world and they want
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Importance of education in children’s life Providing free and quality education to children reflects the fact that every child is entitled to fundamental human rights and is to be treated with dignity. Where children are exposed to poverty‚ violence‚ abuse‚ or exploitation‚ those rights demand our urgent protection. Primary education supports children at a critical time in their physical‚ emotional‚ social and intellectual growth. More broadly‚ education is a key tool for development‚ and an
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Community Based Adult Education A. Global Assessment of Community Based Adult Education. This includes most important contributions they can make to society in the face of what are considered the most significant challenges of the 1990’s. Who are the customers and how can they best be served? Which of the philosophies of adult education are most evident in each case? Adult educators in community based development identify with a specific content area or with a specific clientele. For
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Sociology of Education A functionalist view is that education prepares children for their role in society. The view suggests that the education system is meritocratic with each pupil having an equal opportunity to succeed‚ and students who are the most hardworking will achieve the best grades. Functionalists suggest there are three main objectives of the education system. One function is to provide secondary socialisation in addition to the family’s role of primary socialisation. Through a formal
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trade‚ political centralization‚ and interest in the Classical periods of Greece and Rome emerged. As a result education also started to change‚ for example‚ Vittorino da Feltre made a model for secondary schools called The Happy House which gave scholarships to the poor‚ allowed girls to attend school‚ and taught a humanist curriculum. During the Renaissance the values and purposes of education was to gain social status or self-development and to fight oppression but these values and purposes were often
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Thematic Analysis The two readings “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf and “Homemade Education” by Malcolm X are completely different‚ yet they share a similar theme about education. Receiving an education has been difficult task for certain groups of people for centuries. “A Room of One’s Own” is set during William Shakespeare’s time period where women were not allowed to be educated the same way as men were. The idea of a women being able to write a play or be an actor in the theater was
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Online Education versus Traditional Education Even though some students may do better hearing a lecture rather than reading one‚ online schooling is becoming more popular because of flexibility‚ saves on money‚ and communication is easier. More and more people are turning to online classes these days because of their busy schedules. When you have a growing family you need to be able to support them‚ in order to support them you need to have a job. In today’s world you need to have a
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Online Education The modern age is the age of information technology and eLearning. The world has literally been placed on one’s finger tips. A click of a mouse can take you across the globe in a jiffy. The steep learning curve of knowledge never seemed so easy to scale in the past. Cyber technology and cyber learning are now the new mantras to success. Thanks to the internet traditional class rooms are rapidly giving way to ultra-modern online classes. Computer technology has opened up a new world
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EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN _______________________________ A WHITE PAPER REVISED DOCUMENT TO DEBATE AND FINALIZE THE NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY February 2007 PREPARED BY JAVED HASAN ALY NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY REVIEW TEAM This White Paper is intended to stimulate discussion of major policy issues concerning Education Sector in Pakistan. At this stage‚ it is not an official statement of Government’s policy but a draft document. Education in Pakistan A White Paper (Revised) -February
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EDUCATION IN BARBADOS Barbados had one of the oldest and most advanced education systems in the Eastern Caribbean in the late 1980s. Education dated back to 1686‚ when private funds were used to build the first school. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries‚ education was controlled by the Anglicans‚ who were later joined by other religious groups. By 1962 education was free for all nationals and administered primarily by the state. This trend continued‚ so that by 1984 only 4 percent
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