Essays on Basic Education

Introduction

Milton Friedman was a renowned economist and a reputable advisor of the United President Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher who was a Conservative British Prime Minister. Friedman developed an influential and controversial manifesto on the role of the government in a free society on his work titled Capitalism and Freedom. His fundamental objective was to promote the laissez-faire economic policy by often disapproving the interventionist policies held by the government and their cost in economic efficiency and personal freedom within and outside the United States. It is with this light that Friedman provide his view on the significance of ...

East versus West, Capitalism versus Communism. Vietnam and North America are two very different countries. Not only they are located at the opposite sides of the globe, but also the mentality, the vision of the world is like day and night. It would be wrong to compare the educational system in these countries and decide which one is better. However, it could be useful to take a look at the outcomes of the systems and understand which works better. Although even this would be a bias vision, since the needs of the people in these countries and their goals ...

Lifelong Learning in the United States and Japan

Lifelong learning is a concept that emerged in the 1960s after intellectual radical student movements demanded new modes of education that encourage pluralism, diversity, and individual freedom (Young & Rosenberg, 2006). According to the Commission of the European Community, the concept embodies formal learning, informal learning, and non-formal learning. Formal learning is carried out in recognized educational and training settings and results in the acquisition of legally recognized academic qualifications. Nonformal learning takes place where one works or within the activities of civil societies or organizations and one does not get legally recognized qualifications. Informal learning occurs as a consequence ...

The role of education is very crucial for the development of the society and welfare. Education plays an important role in enlightening and creating awareness and removing dogmatism and backwardness among members of the society (Apple 27). From early childhood education through primary education to advanced learning, humans undergo a process of learning to hone their critical thinking, spur creativity and build a society of knowledgeable men and women (Golub 10). As a major in education, I am concerned about the roles of education in the society, and in particular, how the socio-economic development of a community can be ...

Adult education embraces many countries to produce people who have better-working capabilities, have good family relations, as well as forming the foundation for better citizenship. “Adult and Continuing Education Programs play a very crucial role in the development aspect of any society. “(Rogers). Adult education enhances the education levels for various individuals who are not able to receive the core and the standard education. “A persons; lifestyle” is a part of their level of education (Barton) Adult education serves all individuals who are sixteen years and older without an education. It also includes people with no education at all ...

Adult education is a system that has been embraced by various countries to produce people who have better-working capabilities, have good family relations as well as forming the foundation for better citizenship (Rogers, 1). Adult education is a system that has been able to enhance the education levels for various individuals could not be able to get the core and the standard education. “A persons’ practice can be located in their history of literacy (Barton & Hamilton, 6) This form of education is a system that incorporates all the individuals who have the age of sixteen years and above and ...

Yes. My opinion is that third world immigration is a threat to ``America’s way of life”. My reasoning is linked to the fact that the immigrants impact negatively on the social and economical way of living in America. For instance, we find that the immigrants from ``third world “are very fertile thus end up giving birth to many children thus impacting negatively on the economy because the government has to raise its budget to cater for the large number of children. An increase of the budget is linked to the fact that basic education is compulsory in the United ...

Discussion

The strength of any public services is shown by the quality of its human resource. Developments in the economy have led to shifts in knowledge and expectation. More than ever before, the citizens are increasingly aware of the obligation that the public sector has to the citizenry. There is increased expectation for quality service delivery. As a result of this, there is more demand for better services from a public sector that is responsive to the prevailing conditions (Pepple, 2009, pg.1). Stalled development in Nigeria has been blamed on the failure to achieve development targets and goals. Scholars argue that is ...

Change for a better future

Today’s world is full of different kinds of conflicts, wars, and disasters. Such serious problems leave people without their shelter and disable them normal lives. There are a lot of refugees nowadays. People who suffer from such unpredictable circumstances are from Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Uganda, Yemen, etc. Almost half of refugees are children. Children require special attitude as they are more unprotected than adults. Such organizations as UNICEF and UNHCR take an active role in the protection of such kids. The future of children refugee is very important in the creation of the stable and peaceful ...

Introduction

According to sociologists, the society is characterised by inequality that brings about differences, which distinguish between upper and lower classes of the society. However, despite this, the class structure seems to have a common denominator, which every member in the society seems to share. There are various parameters used in highlighting the differences or comparisons between class structures and that this paper will base on aspects such as education, healthcare, housing, occupation, and wealth to conduct a detailed analysis of the topic under study.

Similarities and Differences in the class structure

Unlike the upper and middle class, the low class usually lack access to quality healthcare a move that ...

translatable. This author particularly examined the readership in arts. How do we study and interpret visual art? Readership of Visual Art is the primary goal of the art research. Through the art practice, he realized that he has always used two distinctive elements in one set; non-duality. “Form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form” (p. 18). “Emptiness does not differ from form, form does not differ from emptiness; whatever is form, that is emptiness, whatever is emptiness, that is form, the same is true of feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness (p. 18).” It would be much ...

Introduction

Social policy often refers to a broad framework within which a country’s social welfare plans and agenda is put together in order to achieve the fundamental ends of the government and people of the nation. This includes a set of policies and practices concerned with promoting social welfare and wellbeing. Social policy is a process where policy makers use scientific methods to formulate important processes and regulations for the attainment of results relating to the social wellbeing for individuals and for the communities within the society and community groups. There are various constituents of social activities that affect and are affected ...

The Adult Basic Education Association (ABEA) Hamilton was established in year 1983 as a humanitarian organization. The organization is a not-for-profit organization and it works by providing a learning network. The ABEA works for adult education as name suggests and upgrade adult’s learning. Mission statement of the organization is “The ABEA Hamilton exists to improve the quality of life in the community of Hamilton through the promotion and support of lifelong learning”(Adult Basic Education Association). Major services provided by the organization: Assessment, writing & training consultancy, services related with workplace education, 3rd party evaluations and various other types of educational consultancy ...

Introduction

Since the revolution in many Arab countries, the number of orphan children has consequently increased, for instance in Syria (United Nations Children Education Fund 2). These children are very vulnerable because their basic needs are not being met and their future is not secured (Sherlock 1). Adoption would be a viable solution alongside other social measures. Adoption is viable since many people in the Arab countries would want to adopt children for one reason or another. The impediment is that adoption of children under Islamic law is faced with many bottlenecks. Even if it is possible to navigate the many ...

Introduction

The need for education is universal, however when a third of the world is in china. The need of for good education is paramount to ensure a sustainable, successful system. In the past china put a lot of effort in educating it populace. Different governments work towards ensuring a rigid system that would educate and develop different talents to feed the needs of science, technology, knowledge and arts, from basic education to high education. China has ensured substantive investments to ensure education in all levels of the Chinese society in urban and remote rural areas. Unlike America Chinese, system design aims to service ...

Kenya is an interesting African country. I choose this country because of the richness of culture and the struggles it is making towards independence. Like all other countries in the sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya is faced with many challenges of economy. One of the challenges that Kenya face and has been with it since independence is the education system. This is the reason why the education system has undergone many changes since independence in 1963. Fifty years after independence, there are still some aspects of the British education system especially when it comes to management and the pedagogy. In the ...

On Education and Learning Pattern of Students

Introduction Education, as they say, is the most important intangible wealth anyone could ever posses. Relatively though, in many cases, this particular wealth comes with a price. People from all over the globe desire to gain better choices of being educated. Some might not completely want the approach of traditional teaching, others want to improve whatever the national educational system is able to offer, while some others have no other choice but to hope that one day, they too would be able to finance their way to better source of education. I have chosen to work on this ...

Criminal law as a field of study entails the general procedural measures present, when prosecuting an individual(s) or group entity in a court of law. It pertains to the body of law, which relates to crime and criminal activities, with the greater aim of regulating social order and conduct. This is attained by way of proscribing various measures in the event of threat and harm, or otherwise the endangering of the moral welfare, safety and health of people. Thus, it is inclusive of punishments meted out on individuals who, and group-entities which violate such rules, through imprisonment and/ or fines ( ...

It’s written a lot in many newspapers and magazines about Taiwan, there are lots of programs on TV that tells about Taiwan, but mostly we come across with labels on the clothes that says “Made in Taiwan” or “Made in R.O.C.” Yes, that is one of things Taiwan is popular for. But there are also many interesting information about this country. To begin with, the Taiwan Island is located on the South part of the East China Sea. There are rivers : long and slow, short and fast. Most of the rivers are in mountains. The longest river is ...

Thesis Statement

Child labour, despite the misgivings that many people have about it, has many benefits which have been overlooked. These benefits yield substantial positive change to society and individuals, and therefore child labour should not be looked with disdain.

Introduction

Child labour is looked down upon in many cultures, and in the western world, it is viewed as something akin to a taboo. However, this perception is based on the relatively good economic conditions that exist in western countries, and the established social culture where children are expected and required to be schooling for the better part of their childhood. This is ...

Based on the Monthly Statistical Report for July 2013 for the Fiscal Year 2013, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Population Trend Summary which includes the ADOC Jurisdictional Population as of July 2013 is 32,341 (Thomas, Alabama Department of Corrections). The ADOC Custody Population as of July 2013 is 26,618. The ADOC In-house population as of July 2013 is 25,231. On the other hand, the ADOC in-house population trend summary that is composed of close security facilities for the month of July 2013 is 8,152. While the medium security facilities is 12,543 for the ...

The Views of Disability in the Arab World and Its Barriers

Abstract Disability is a term used to refer to a physical, mental, developmental or emotional impairment among human beings. Some impairment occurs and manifests themselves during birth or during the lifetime of a particular individual. Impairment results in a problem of the body structure and limits normal functioning of various organs in the body. Disability in most Arab countries is viewed as a social upheaval that has generated a lot of media attention more so from the Western media houses. Lacks of a proper awareness program in Arab countries have resulted in neglect and non-concern tendencies among family members in caring for the disabled. The ...

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Albert Bandura first proposed observational learning theory in 1986 as the basic form of learning whereby learning occurs through imitation or observation of the behavior of others. Observational learning has been stressed by other scholars on its importance because the society especially the young generation gets to learn and acquire new responses by observing the behavior of others. Unlike the traditional learning theories, observational learning does not require reinforcement or punishment to ensure learning takes place. Instead, the learner requires a social model, who can be a teacher, a parent or someone in authority engaging in a manner that the learner desires ...

Introduction

The internet has grown from a network of very few privileged users to the current hundreds of millions of users. The information that is found on the internet has grown spontaneously. The reliability of the sources of this information is of great concern to many academicians. It is true that many users, especially young internet users, do not have enough skills in undertaking internet source credibility assessment. The article by Eszter Hargittai et al (2010) brings out this issue and faults on young users and how they are naïve on information credibility assessment. Eszter Hargittai et al (2010) argues ...

Introduction

Social class is an age old concept referring to a group of people with similar status, power, influence and wealth. Social class refers to the social stratification of the society based on social, economic and educational status. However, the definition of class is not uniform across the countries and societies. There exist different theories of social class division and its impact on us. The word 'class' derives from the Latin word “classis”. During census people were categorized into different “classis” based on their wealth in ancient Rome. Wealth is still the biggest factor in determining class strata. This essay will ...

1647 General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony All towns with at least 50 families should have an elementary school and all towns with 100 families should have a Latin school. The justification was so that children could learn to read their Bibles and learn about the Calvinistic Protestant faith. Boys were expected to be prepared to attend college and their school attendance was compulsory if they lived in a town with more than 100 families . 1779 Jefferson’s Proposal Thomas Jefferson proposes a system of education that would involve two tiers of education: laborers and learned. There would ...

Research Paper Outline

Abstract This paper discusses the social problem of educational inequality especially in the United States but also touching lightly on other parts of the world. A lot of emphasis is on the United States since it is a developed country and people expect the education model to be a win-win type yet it is merely a win-lose type. This paper is broken down into; the social implications of this issue, causes and some of the remedies that can be implemented in a bid to eradicate this social injustice. It also provides some statistics to prove that indeed the social injustices have occurred ...

Educational excellence

In the year 1989, the American government set some millennium goals. Some goals were also set in the education sector all aimed at promoting education in the nation as a whole. The gaols set ranged from basic education to tertiary education where the government aimed to improve literacy among its citizens by at least 90% (report, 2000). Some of the goals were achieved as targeted while some had to take longer than expected. This led to division of the goal achievement into two categories: the fully met goals by new millennium and the post millennium goals (report, 2000). Some ...

There exists a common assumption that the constitution of the United States seeks to protect civil and political rights. However, a number of foreign constitutions alongside the International Convent on Cultural, Economic and Social Rights, call on governments to strongly correspond socio-economic necessities as freedom is more likely to ensure sustenance. The South African Constitution, adopted in the year 1996, remains perhaps the most admirable constitution in the world history. It encompasses a long list of socio-economic rights that those who drafted it hoped it would protect and help those disadvantaged by the apartheid regime (Noxolo 54). It further sought to ...

Introduction

A state of utopia can be described as a politically and socially perfect state. It is an imaginative system in which the political and social state of the society is perfect and without fault. The name was adopted from a book titled ‘utopia’ written by Sir Thomas More in which he describes a perfect Island in the Atlantic Ocean . But the idea of a perfect society has been in debate for many centuries since the times of Socrates and Plato. The first recorded literature on utopia was from the conversations ‘The Republic’ by Plato. In the book, Plato describes a society in which ...

This essay discusses on the Australian vocational education and training (VET) as a formal learning system that is intended for out-of-school youth who are past secondary education. It explores the drivers that shape the economic, social and political contexts in which VET was established like human capital theory, changing nature of work, globalisation, lifelong learning and the learning society. The paper analyses and evaluates the VET strands and mode of delivery and argues that VET is a good channel for out-of-school youth to be mainstreamed to the job industry but the mode of delivery is not sustainable. The experiences of VET ...

Abstract

Education in the principal intelligence is any action or occurrence that has a determining effect on the mind, nature or physical ability of a person. In its technological sense, education is the procedure by which society intentionally broadcasts its accrued information, skills and values from one age group to another. It is therefore imperative to invest in education for a better society. This paper seeks to discuss the historical development of education in the Caribbean focussing wholly on the British Caribbean. This paper also shows the challenges incurred during the development phase and provides an in depth look at the current educational ...