What is Education? Education in the largest sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind‚ character or physical ability of an individual. The word education is derived from a Latin word educare which means to "bring up"‚ which is related to educere "bring out"‚ and ducere‚ "to lead". Therefore education means to bring out potential to lead. Education is the transmission of civilization. Sculpture is to a block of marble as education is to the human soul. Instruction ends
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Several reports have warned recently that the quality of education is falling in the U.S.A and is worse in comparison to 1955. There has been 71 per cent decline in the education quality and productivity index over the last 34 years‚ according to Grandfather Education Report by M W Hodges. Robert T Jones‚ President and CEO National Alliance of Business argues in an article that the higher education in America is facing one of the most severe challenges in the recent years. The article highlights
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Urban vs Rural India About 80 per cent of the Indian population live in villages. When travelling through the length and breadth of this subcontinent‚ one can really visualise the difference betweenrural and urban India. There is a big difference between urban and rural India. One of the major differences that can be seen between rural India and urban India‚ is their standards of living. People living in urban India have better living conditions than those living in the rural parts of India. There
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SEX EDUCATION Human sexuality has biological‚ emotional/physical and spiritual aspects. The biological aspect of sexuality refers to the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive‚ Libido that exists in all species‚ which is hormonally controlled. The emotional or physical aspect of sexuality refers to the bond that exists between individuals‚ and is expressed through profound feelings or physical manifestations of emotions of love‚ trust‚ and caring. There is also a spiritual
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the conflicts between races in suburban communities after World War 2. After the war‚ many people sought to start new lives‚ move out of busy‚ crowded cities‚ and settle into comfortable places of their own. They strove for homes and property that they could be proud of and a safe environment to raise families in. Contrary to popular belief that segregation would be eliminated between whites and blacks after the battle for democracy overseas‚ the majority of suburban communities were still segregated
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ICT in Education by Victoria L. Tinio Foreword This set of E-Primers on the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to development‚ is presented by UNDP for the benefit of participants to the World Summit on the Information Society. These E-Primers have been produced by UNDP’s regional project‚ the Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP)‚ in association with the secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). They cover a range of key
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Smith Jaggars January 2011 CCRC Working Paper No. 26 A WORKING PAPER IN THE CCRC ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE SERIES Across the first year of a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ with supplemental funding from Lumina Foundation for Education‚ CCRC has gathered and synthesized a large body of research evidence regarding strategies that may improve the success of students who attend community college. Working papers in the Assessment of Evidence Series use the research literature to draw
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Education Reform In Pakistan – Challenges and Prospects Education can be dangerous. It is very difficult to make it not dangerous. In fact‚ it is almost impossible. The only way you can prevent education from being dangerous is to try and develop an educational system in which the pupil is exposed to no ideas whatsoever. [Robert Hutchins] The connection between education and human security – defined in a broad sense – is immediate and direct. How future Pakistanis will live‚ the qua
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*Rama Sharma **Dr. Jai Singh Parmar ABSTRACT Education is a critical input in human resource development and is essential for the country’s economic growth. Though the major indicators of socio-economic development viz.‚ the growth rate of the economy‚ birth rate‚ death rate‚ infant mortality rate and literacy rate‚ are all interconnected. The literacy rate has been the major determinant of the rise or fall in all other indicators. Education is a tool of transmission of culture‚ accumulated
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Individualistic vs Collectivist Cultures in Schools As a female American teacher reports to an immigrant Latino father that his daughter is doing well in class speaking out‚ expressing herself‚ taking an active role he looks down at his lap and does not respond. Thinking that perhaps he has not understood‚ the teacher again praises his daughter’s ability to speak out in class and explains that it is very important for children to participate orally. Looking even more uncomfortable‚ the father
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