...that have brought us to where we are today. The renaissance fuelled by these forces will continue to dwarf any we have experienced until now. It has dramatically altered the way we live in our communities, their form and function, and, most critically, the way we plan and develop our way of life. In the reference to the documentary of “Ancient Futures” from Ladakh, Norberg-Hodge presented the term “development” as a movement from one situation to another. She added that she saw development in Ladakh as a process in the industrialized world with progress of the evolutionary force which created a “sudden change”. Such development may seem inevitable because as time passes by there is always a change whether it is economic, political or religious influence. All this might not be totally avoided, but there can be efforts if our Local governments place interest in understanding the forces and move one step ahead, using the key knowledge to maximize the planning and development process and to improve the societies where people live. Only by applying this knowledge can we sustain our communities and derive benefit from an increasingly complex future with development. The challenges that we as a nation face whether economic viability, deteriorating infrastructure, natural disasters, environmental pollution, social...
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...Essay “Adult Education” Modern day America has the ability to provide a basic education to anyone. What does it mean to be educated? An idea of education is someone who has all the answers. It could be a person who has been through the hardship of school and has come out on top, or someone who makes a living with what they have learned. In “Adult Education” by Mortimer J. Adler, he describes how society’s education system is flawed and does not provide the best education for people. Alder speaks of how education starts at childhood and ends when they become an adult and receive their degree. To him this idea is wrong because youth have not developed the patience or the experience to be educated. Therefore, education only truly comes when a person goes through life and has become a mature adult. The value of education will never be understood by youth, but by people who have gone through the hardships of life and have gained wisdom through life experience. In order to fully understand what Mortimer Adler is talking about in his essay, “Adult Education,” we must understand the historical and cultural context from which he is speaking. Modern readers who misunderstand this context are likely to misinterpret his intentions and thereby fail to see the logic behind his recommendations, which are still relevant to educational reform issues today. Adler was a philosopher enamored with the intellectual development practices of the ancient Greeks, whose “general education” wouldn’t...
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...between civilizations. Education, economy, and government? How do we know if we are civilized? The Aztecs build villages and large buildings. The Aztecs played games and had functioning societies, then the question is posed again, what determines that a community has evolved into a civilization? Education affects the being of everyone in the civilization. Without being educated you can’t understand the simple idea have how people in the past have ruled, let alone rule a civilization of your own.The Aztec people, such as, the young men are the only ones that got to go to school to learn basic history and fighting strategies. The military school is next for the young soldiers. A very gender specific civilization....
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...INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY: AN ESSENTIAL PROPOSITION Prof. N.B. Biswas1 Epistemology and pedagogy both the concepts are philosophical in its origin. The present century demands an integrated teacher who can shape the inner potentiality of a learner through an integrated approach of knowledge of the content area and of the philosophy of teaching. Since, India won Independence; attempt has been made to formulate a national education policy. It has been essential to evolve an Indian philosophy of education in the light of the tradition and culture upheld by Swami Vivekananda, Rabindra Nath Tagore, M. K. Gandhi, Sri Aurobinda and others. Every nation needs an educational philosophy for building up a sound system of education. India has passed through various stages of development during different periods. Since Brahmanistic education it has followed the monastic scholastic, realistic, idealistic and pragmatic trends when values changed and new priorities emerged. India is a land where values have emerged and influenced the cultural life of the land. The cross-cultural studies of modern values show an increasing tendency towards materialistic and self-centered outlook. The world in which we live today is shrinking every day, but every nation is busy in building a wall of prejudice. This is why we need to develop an Indian Philosophy of Education. Since 1944 and uptil now about 150 philosophical studies have been carried out on education, out of which only 10 studies...
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...THE LIFE OF A WOMAN IN ANCIENT CHINA The life of a woman in ancient china was a really cruel and harsh one. Many of the things that were a popular practise back then are now against the law universally now days. Men had absolute power of women, women’s feet were bound, women had specific clothes they had to wear and they developed a secret language. Foot binding was a very strong practice in ancient china. Young girls from the age of about five or six had their feet bound by their MOTHERS. It started at this age because the feet were not fully grown (there for they were very small), and easy to change shape. This prosses was begun by breaking the toes and folding them as far back as they could go underneath the foot. Then the foot would be bound as tightly as possible so that it could not gradually slip back to normal. After that the the bandages were changed every three days. This was continued until they were thirty three. Then the foot would stop being bandaged because there was no need. Many women had infected feet. This whole prosses was excruciatingly painful. The smaller your feet the more atrractive you were considered. Women had no rights what so ever. Men could do anything that they wanted to any woman. Even if the male was four and the woman was forty. Men could beat rape and even kill a women and it was considered alright. But if that happened to a man from either sex that person would be considered an outcast. Woman had to be submissive to men and foot binding...
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...A Great Society A society as a whole is multi-dimensional; therefore, to be considered great, it has to be great on every level. The greatness of a society takes into account many different levels of measurement. Aspects to be measured include the following: Relationships, economy, environment and infrastructure, health, peace and security, culture and leisure, religion and philosophy, education, and governance. All of these aspects combined together give you a society. The greatness of any society rests solely on the ability to make each of these aspects great in their own respect. The downfall of even one of these societal aspects can bring the entire system down in a domino effect. For example, if education is not up to par then the economy will suffer due to lack of a trained workforce. All of the facets of society are closely connected and rely on each other for support. A Great Society is one that recognizes the interrelationships between these aspects and allows for open communication in order to prevent problems from becoming detrimental issues. The ancient Egyptians articulated and practiced their idea of a Great Society through the use of a class system. In other words, everyone had a boss to answer to; who also made sure everything was being done correctly. With this model of workers and overseers, the society was able to prosper for the most part. Through the class system, an individual would be assigned an occupation comparable to where they or their family...
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...YOUR ARGUMENTS, DESCRIBE THE WAYS IN WHICH ROMAN WOMEN ARE VISUALIZED IN ANCIENT ROMAN ART. DISCUSS HOW THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF ROMAN VALUES AND THE SOCIAL ROLES OF WOMEN. The society of the ancient Romans has often been considered as the foundation for our modern society. Although the legal status of women in ancient Rome was quite confined, in actual fact women played very crucial roles in business, the arts, and politics. Roman women in ancient times, though discriminated against on ground of gender but was seen as the most liberated in the world of that time. When looking at the sources for ancient roman women many questions are asked and considered, such as, what was the role of roman women in their society? Were they considered citizens who had personal freedoms, or were given no or little education? Were there roles really important to society? Whenever we go through the records of roman women's status in society there is always a great consternation. Several sources or journals which mention the roles of women in ancient roman society, several works which mention them as wives and mothers. There are sources however limited they may be which delve deeper into the scope of these questions, which give a glimpse into the lives of roman women. Woman in artwork has been portrayed as the guarantor of bounty and fertility. Roman women throughout their life from childhood and education to marriage and further in the motherhood had played a great role in society...
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...Today education has an endless amount of definitions which are correct in certain aspects of society, but most leave out the one part of education that is truly vital. That is the concept of real life experiences. The debate of what to be educated really means has been going on for centuries, yet the answer isn’t esoteric at all! The scintillating Henry David Thoreau amazed scholars of his philosophy that one simply doesn’t just go to school to be educated, but one has to experience the world in order to be prepared for it. He lived in a small house on Walden Pond and lived off of the land. He quoted “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had...
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...Decision-Making Philosophy on Health Education Bryan K. Hooper Jr. Principles of Behavioral Science and Health Education 2/20/2013 In attempts to discern what Health Education Philosophy an individual subscribes to, it is imperative to first address the preliminary question, what is philosophy? There are two parts to the word philosophy as it comes to us from the Greek, “Philo” meaning brother or lover and “Sophia” meaning wisdom or wise. Thus, a philosopher is called a “lover of wisdom. ” The true origin of “Sophia” rests in Mdu Ntr, the language of ancient Egypt, where the word “Seba,” meaning “the wise” appears first in 2052 BC in the tomb of Antef I, long before the existence of Greece or Greek. The word became “Sebo” in Coptic and “Sophia” in Greek. As to the philosopher, the lover of wisdom, precisely what is meant by “Seba,” the Wise (Longo, 2011). For the purposes of this paper, the true origin of Philosophy will be referenced. The Ancient Egyptians, serving as predecessors and pedagogues to the “Greek” school of thought, defined philosophy as the centrifugal force of life, around which all steps are to be patterned. Philosophy is further described as a civilized system of behavior, self-control and kindness. Much emphasis was placed on the value and significance of Enlightenment , or education, and how knowledge and understanding led one out of the darkness of ignorance into one’s own being (Obenga, 2009). Philosophy, as defined in modern terms; is the study...
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...Abstract The main thrust of this research aim to bring awareness about information and communication technology use in language learning and teaching. The goal of this research to develop listening skills to the Engineering college students and teachers in Salem district is discussed. Key words : ICT, Listening skill, English language Teaching, Learning, Language lab quality Education. Introduction In ancient period Indian education system was followed by grurugula system students acquired knowledge from the guru (Teacher) residence stayed there and did needful service to guru. The rules were same for kings, prince, and normal laymen to stay in the guru residence to serve remittances to acquired valuable life skills. They also learnt the languages...
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... The Ancient Greeks lived in Greece and the countries that we now call Bulgaria and Turkey. The Ancient Greece empire spread over Europe as far as France in the East. The Greek Empire was most powerful between 2000 BC and 146 BC The ancient Greeks developed new ideas for government, science, philosophy, religion, and art. Ancient Greece was split into many different states, each one was ruled in its own way. Each state had its own laws, government and money but they shared the same language and religion. The two most important city states were Athens and Sparta. Legacy of the Ancient Greeks - (How Ancient Greece influenced modern day culture.) The influence of the Ancient Greeks are still felt by us today. The major impact in our lives today are in the arts, in philosophy, and in science, math, literature and politics. How do we know about ancient Greece We know much about the Ancient Greeks from objects which have survived for thousands of years. Archaeologists have dug up Ancient Greek artifacts and buildings and marine archaeologists have found wrecks of Ancient Greek ships and their cargoes. Pottery has been the most useful find because it was often decorated with scenes of everyday life. We could work out what life was like by studying the pictures on the pots. The Romans liked the buildings, statues and paintings of the Ancient Greeks and copied them. Some of these have survived. Men Men had a much better life in Ancient Greece...
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...Since, the ancient culture is precious to the world, ways of remedying cultural injustice have to be put forward. Firstly, policies of respecting the development of indigenous culture and their rights to have their culture will be usable for mitigating the issue. Multicultural policy can be seen as an example. Multiculturalism strategy was implemented in Australia in the early 1970s. Instead of creating the prevailing model of intercultural with the white cultural core and other cultural secondary, the multiculturalism seeks to equal diverse of cultures in all kinds of aspects (Dunn et al. 2010). To achieve that, the society has to make the indigenous participate in the program as an equal partner, which assists them to protect their own cultures (James 2012). For instance, the aborigines in Sydney, they have the rights to join the land planning and managing program. Speak for themselves of how the environment should be arranged to benefit themselves makes the indigenous brings them the sense of belongings. Similarly, the land governance program in West Victoria also requires the voice from the...
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...Co-Education means the teaching of both boys and girls in the same school and under the same roof. It also means imparting the same education to both the sexes without any distinction. This system of education aims at bringing boys and girls together. It allows free mixing of sexes without any inhibition. The great Greek philosopher, Plato had propagated the system of co-education in the ancient times. He believed that co-education will create a feeling of comradeship between boys and girls. Plato was a great supporter of the education of women. Therefore, he wanted them to be educated with men in the same institutions. He felt that if men and women are taught together, it will develop their personality to the maximum. They will not feel any shyness from each other. He advocated that it was the only method in which both could become useful members of the society. Plato in reality was much influenced by the co-educational system of Sparta, a city of Greece. There the boys and girls were given both the academic and physical education together. The girls and boys studied and played together. They were both taught the art of fighting, horse riding, archery etc. Thus the women of Sparta were not in any inferior to men. In ancient India also, there was no segregation between boys and girls in the Aryan society. In the modern times, co-educational system is prevalent in Europe and USA. In India also, now-a-days more and more co-educational schools and colleges are being established...
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...little distant, doesn’t it? It’s not clear at all what any of this has to do with life as we experience it today. Consider this suggestion; that learning about these people with the strange names who lived in strange places so long ago, will open your eyes to the world around you in ways you never imagined. It will prompt you to think in new ways and to see connections between things you never knew were connected. If a genius is someone who sees connections between things that others do not, it will spark the genius within you. Some would argue that studying the Humanities in today’s cutthroat job market is a luxury we cannot afford to provide to students. The argument follows the lines of practicality and immediate application. Education should prepare students in technology and hands-on business practice. This is the only way they can hope to be competitive. Students who have spent too much time in the Arts or Humanities are destined to join the ranks of the unemployed after graduation. Even though this argument seems logical on the surface, it is seriously flawed. Human beings must be...
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...with relevant data based on research about the history (Otto, 2010). The data provided is useful in the current time. The cultural heritage provides education of the new generations of people, becoming a substrate for further humankind development. Now the most important question we need to answer is why do we require archeology so much? What is its need in human culture, the way of life, family and personal values? In this essay, we will concentrate on learning information provided by archaeology and how it provides it. Also, we shall talk about the reason as to why it so important to have information about the past. So as to achieve the objectives of this essay, we shall refer to the case of the city of Pompeii. Here we will find out what to learn about its political, social, religious and other issues from the excavations of the remnants of material culture. The Pompeii Lifestyle According to Quinn (2012), the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD caused contradictory effects on the humankind development. This eruption because it destroyed the relatively insignificant town of Pompeii at the same time having preserved it as an archeological value for the future generations. Since the eighteenth century remains of Pompeii city, have turned into the opportunity for many from historical studies to get deeper knowledge into the ancient past of Europe. These findings offered an understanding of what happened during that time to the mass...
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