...informants view about education, how they perceive it. My experience as a researcher was a picture of interest and anxiety in their faces as they gave me their individual understanding about education (formal of nonformal). They expressed that women in other rural communities like Yelequelleh are making progress through the provision of education by their churches (e.g. the Lutheran Church in Gbono-ta), where women are trained to make soap, bake bread, etc, while Night School is provided for those wanting to sit in class. Yet for them in Yelequelleh they still see a community facing extreme poverty, high rate of women illiteracy and the dependence of women on their male counterparts for survivor. I posted this question; what does education mean for you? In answering...
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...Education that is significant to life nurtures integrated human beings and not success seeking ones. My intention in writing this paper is not to accomplish another academic goal. I write with feeling for you and me and the world around us. I feel deeply about us changing who we are and the world we live in. I believe in the power of transformation that we can bring about in ourselves as humanity. Our transformation begins with honest self-knowledge. You and I need to get to know our selves. You and I are not separate. We are one. We can understand each other if we start by simply accepting and knowing each of individual selves. When we do that, we naturally extend to understand each other and the world around us. We then begin to see our integration and deep connection with all of life. This sense of integration, of being one, leads to all rightly compassionate action. Compassionate action ends the chaos, confusion and violence we live with today. You and I as adults, have to do this hard work on our own. However, that does not need to be the case for our children. I believe that there is a kind of education that can nurture self-aware, integrated beings. This kind of education is significant to life and deeply connected with natural living. It is in contrast with mainstream education that is disconnected from real living. In this paper, I claim that our current mainstream education approach is aimed at bringing about success but that success is not the fulfilling end result...
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...The Failure of Education Policy in the United States The United States has always struggled to find a way to provide an education system that provides a solid educational foundation for America’s youth. The government’s use of education policies to help better America’s education system many say has failed along with politicians attempts to solve this problem. In this paper we will be searching for an answer to a question that plagues many concerned parents and many politicians as well: Has the education policy failed in the United States? In order to answer this question we must look back on the historical background of the issue, we must review the past and present policies in place and we must identify the proposed solutions. It is our intention, with this research, to understand why or why not our education policies have failed America’s youth. There is a major problem in America and it is not one that is hard to spot if you are a concerned parent looking at your child’s test scores, a student enrolled in America’s public schools, a politician seeking to pass a new policy or even a concerned citizen, because when it comes to building a strong, intellectual country Americans’ know we need an education system that adequately prepares our youth. With so many statistics showing the decline of test scores it is not hard to identify the educational problem in America. However, there are many different beliefs as to why the education policy is failing in the United States; however...
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...A comparative study on family education in America and China Thesis statement: This paper is intended to make a comparison between American and Chinese family education to see the differences and similarities, and a detail explanation in given to the differences of family education from the aspect of culture to see the influence, also this paper could see the differences in different aspects and we should think what we should learn from other culture. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Comparison between Chinese and American family education 1. Similarities 2. Differences 2.21 Traditional educations are different 2.22 The aim of family education are different 2.23 The concepts of family education are different 2.24 The methods between America and China are different 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and American family education 3.1 The different economic from 3.2 The different historical background 3.3 The different social conditions 4. Conclusion and suggestions Works cited 1. Introduction In twenty-first century, economy develops rapidly and everything is renewed, also countries are competing with each other, so the education is important, just as the proverb says “ science is the first productivity”, and the education is the source of science, in education system, family education is very important. Family, as the cell of society...
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...Thomas 2/25/2014 The Education Crisis in America Currently the U.S. has a major problem on its hands, education today is constantly losing money while we put more of that money and time into our prisons rather than our schools. By showing kids that it is more important to be tough on crime than it is for a proper education is wrong. If these practices continue you can expect to see higher drop-out rates and larger prison populations. Education should be the U.S.’s top priority and we should take pride in the greatest education system in the world. Education provides students not with just knowledge but ethics, character development and self-esteem which are important skills for the workplace and in life. That is why it is imperative that we change our education system to a higher standard and emphasize quality education for all in the U.S. to provide a better future for all students. The U.S. is currently putting less into schools and education while putting more into prisons and defense. States are choosing to increase spending on prisons while the funding for education is constantly decreasing. “In 33 of 50 states, corrections- related costs made up a larger proportion of the general fund than in the previous fiscal year, while spending on K-12 and higher education decreased” ( Hawkins). The U.S. is silently making a decision to keep people incarcerated while caring less about a proper education. What they don’t understand is that a proper education is the key to keeping...
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...they were acting so serious and I wondered if they were getting ready to break some bad news. I sat patiently, attempting to read their facial expressions to see if I was in trouble or if something bad had happened. And then the question came… “Maryam…Where do you want to go to school next year?” For the first few years of my education I attended public school. I went to B.M. Williams Primary School in Chesapeake, Virginia and to say I loved it would be an understatement. I was always “advanced” for my age. My teachers told me I read on a fourth grade level. I aced my math drills like they were nothing, and I always ended the year by taking home tons of awards and certificates such as “Best Reader” and “Most Likely to Become President.” School for me was the center of my world, not only because I was seven and what else do seven year olds do besides go to school, but also because my dad was a teacher. I always understood the value of education being that my father devoted his whole life to it. My parents came from very poor backgrounds, growing up in the slums of Philly. As a child, I remember my parents being in school for as long as I could remember. My mother went back to undergrad to finish her degree and then earned her nurse’s aid certificate and my father received two masters degree and a doctorate. Education was simply a way of life in my household. So when my...
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...Democrats, Republicans, and Libertarians are maybe three of the most well-known, obvious political parties within Texas. Within the pages of their party sets of principles, we see that each possesses a way of thinking like no one else in the world, with specific viewpoints and ideas for changing government policy. The people of Texas face many challenges, two of the most interesting/most forceful issues being the serious problem in healthcare and in education. Not only are we insufficient in these areas as Texans, but also on the national level. The parties' way of thinking on these two major issues gives us understanding of the mind and plans, desires of each. "Of the people, by the people, and for the people" predicts the Texas Democratic...
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...Character formation:as an object of education Education is one of the most important issues for the Governments worldwide. For everybody knows that a way to progress for any nation is through the path of education. Governments as well as the NGO"s are desperate to raise their literacy rates.And it should be for education is one of the very basic needs and rights of a man. What is education? Is it a way of getting knowledge about everything,is it a mechanism to prepare forces of doctors, engineers or any othertechnicians.Education is inf act a life long process.It include not only the knowledge of the things surrounding,of hidden truths bu it is also a process which differentiate man from animal life.From the jungles and caves man has progressed to this advance and modern world.Is it what we all mean with education.The answer given by any ordinary man would be a simple 'NO'. For the scope of education is not just linked with the scientific discoveries or inventions,no doubt these are the very important aspect, but education on the other hand is very much linked with the progress of the moral world of man.It deals with the advancement of ideas which has brought tremendous changes in the moral,social,political in short in all fields.It is related with the thoughs and values as well as the behaviour of the educated person which he reflects in his daily routine life. Character formation as being the object of education is indeed a very deep and complex issue.It deals with individual...
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...Importance of Education in Today’s World “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”. How you ever seen education as being important in today’s society? In my eyes, I see education as being very important in today’s society because education open your vision on how many people see life. Education is not just for young people, it is for people that are willing to learn and be taught. I am a 45 year old mother that has three daughters. I never had the opportunity to finish my college education because I had to be a mother first. I always told myself that when I was able and focus again that I will go back to school to purse my education further. Education means many things to me such as self-growth, family growth, and financial growth. However, when attending school at 45 year of age, I’m growing as a person. I see that I’m much more open to new and different things and that I am making much better grades now, than when I was in college the first time. When attending an online school I have to be dedicated and focus. Education to me is not just self-growth but also family growth. When I see my daughters attending school and doing something positive with their lives not only make me proud of them, but also gives me the drive and ambitious that I need to make it through. My daughters are what keep me on the right track. When I feel like giving up, I turn and look at them and see the same things that I am going through is what they have to face every day. I know that we are a strong...
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...they are overwhelmed by homework, they can send a note home saying that they have tried but they can’t figure it out.” So my question is are students getting too much homework? The first reason is that they just want to see what we know and if we need to stay on that subject. Second reason is that they don’t give us too much homework because the only reason to come to school is to get homework and learn. Third is that they give us the homework to see if we know how to do it by ourself and to see if we were paying attention in class. Most students and parents think we get too much homework but they don’t see how important it is to get it because they just want us to get what we are learning. They are just checking on how well we are getting the subject and to see if we can move on to something different....
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...OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE COURSE EDUCATION AND SELF By ROHIT TALWAR Under Supervision of DR. TEJINDER WALIA & DR. SOMA PAUL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD CONTENTS 1. STATEMENT 2. MY LEARNING 3. FIELD VISIT 4. CONTENT OF THE TALKS 5. CRITICAL ANALYSIS STATEMENT The following is a collection of the different aspects towards education explored in the course Education and Self, instructed by Dr. Tejinder Walia and Dr. Soma Paul for the spring semester 2013 at IIIT Hyderabad. Apart from the normal classes we had many field visits and guest lectures, by eminent people who were champions of practicing their own alternative path to education in different parts of the country. We met Partho Sanyal – Sri Aurobindo’s school of thought, Ravindra Sharma – Adilabad Kala Ashram, Rajesh Dalal – following J Krishnamurthi’s philosophy, Swami Bodhomayananda – Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Math, Pawan Gupta –SIDH. All introduced their approach to education and also discussed some key issues which Education and society is facing presently. In our limited interactions we succeeded in learning the crux of all of these philosophies towards education. This was enabled by lengthy discussions in class on what our frame of mind and what kind of questions need to be asked in such lectures. Follow up of all interactions was done and this helped make the topics come alive for us. Education is not just a topic – it is something...
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...Education is one of many things life has to offer,it's also a major stepping stone success. We need education so we don't end up on the streets or working in a fast food restaurant for the rest of our lives. But what people don't understand is that education should be so much more than knowing how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, knowing how to read and write, knowing the compounds of the elements on the periodic table. Education should be that and so much more, in school you need to learn how to be a good citizen, how to act in certain settings, all the different ways to express yourself peacefully, how to stand up for what you believe in. Education should be so much more than academics, education should also be about learning how to excel in life, but educators who use the banking method of education limit that. In freire’s The “Banking” Concept of Education he expounds on the flaw of the current education system and offers an approach that he believes can help the disorder of learning and teaching in classrooms. The flaw of the system that Freire explains is the oppressive “depositing” of information (which is where the word “banking” comes into play) from the teachers to the students. According to him the problem-posing method is a “liberating” educational practice. The “banking concept” is essentially an act that hampers the intellectual progress of the students by turning them into “receptors” and “collectors” of information that pretty much has no connection to...
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...Using material from item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of the role of education. Functionalism is based on the view that society is a system of interdependent parts held together by a shared culture or value consensus (agreement) amongst individuals as to what values or norms are important in society. Therefore they take a positive view of the education system. As item A suggests they see it as a form of secondary socialism essential to maintaining society i.e. the values and norms transmitted by social institutions and groups which build upon those learnt in the family (primary socialism). The French sociologist Emile Durkheim (1903) identifies the two main features of education as the creation of social solidarity and the teaching of specialist skills which are both essential for life in society and work. The American functionalist Talcott Parsons (1961) sees society as one based on the principle of meritocracy unintentionally highlighting the inequality of how those they see as ‘the naturally more talented’ get the best jobs over others. In addition to this Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore (1945) also see education as the means for selection and role allocation but focus on the relationship between education and inequality amongst individuals. Similarly to the point, Peter Blau and Otis Duncan argue that a modern economy depends on the prosperity constant growth of using its ‘human capital’ and its workers skills...
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...allegory of the cave suggest about the nature of education? The allegory of the cave is supposed to be a metaphor for the world we are living in. That finding this truth or overall good is how people will be able to gain the most knowledge. Socrates is explaining to his student, Glaucon, how he believes it’s our own ignorance of goodness and truth that will prevent a man from gaining this nature of education. What Socrates fails to mention in my own opinion is how this allegory supports a role in the nature of education. In my essay I want to go over what my interpretations are of this allegory and how it’s structured to represent our learning throughout our life. This will lead to my argument explaining how irrelevant this metaphor is simply because it is an allegory. For my second argument I will mention how I disagree with Socrates views on the nature of our education. For the last part of my argument, I want to go over what I believe is also involved with the nature of our education, not being just the “Good”. I want to briefly go over what exactly this allegory represents to me. By establishing my understanding towards what the allegory means, I can hopefully strengthen my future points that I am making. It is obvious that Plato structured this allegory to represent the divided line that separates what we know from our senses and our mind. The allegory isn’t just four stages of the divided line but also four stages we go though as being human. You can take one person...
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...Thus, Spanish and English live side by side there. The first glimpse of what resembled a Bilingual education in California was with the Mexican-Americans. I will use the different projects Californian educational system created to help Mexican-Americans. I will also use a Master's thesis entitled “Bilingual Education in California” by T. Lesley to explain the history of Bilingual education in California. This thesis is very interesting because the author talks about the origins of Bilingual education in California and also how the Bilingual education is a very complex system. What I want to demonstrate is that the Californian legislation was concerned with the issue of Bilingual education but despite that, Bilingual educational system has failed in 1998 with the Proposition 227. The fail of Bilingual education in a state like California leads other states to question the efficiency of Bilingual education. I will see reasons that led people, both non-Hispanics and Hispanics, to vote the Proposition 227. The purpose of the Proposition is to instaure a monolingual teaching, that-is-to-say only English language would be used in teaching. It also proposes immersion programs. I will compare Bilingual programs with immersion programs. What is surprising is that Latino people are in favor of the Proposition 227 and to understand why, I will study the interviews of some Latino people....
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