history are not as popular as they once were‚ and are in danger of becoming extinct in the academic world. Mark Edmundson’s essay‚ "The Uses of a Liberal Education"‚ provides many interesting and valid points on why the liberal arts field is becoming devalued in the education system. According to Edmundson‚ the origin of devaluation in the liberal art’s program can be traced to consumerism. The idea of consumerism‚ to be put simply‚ is to get more bang for your buck. Colleges are
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For our formal writing project‚ we not only need to analyze one of the articles that we choose from‚ but must also consider a specific focus that can help bring our writing project to a more academic style of writing. So what sort of focus should we use when writing our project? Well first and most importantly we need to ask ourselves this: is the focus we are going to be discussing of any importance‚ and can you back it up with relevant evidence? In
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Throughout history‚ people have always placed an emphasis on education but mainly for knowledge only. In “Liberal Studies and Education‚” Seneca challenges the traditional thinking in education and shows that the ultimate goal of education is acquiring virtue. According to Seneca‚ the path to virtue is through the teaching of purity and the effects of virtue are illustrated through kindliness‚ bravery‚ and temperance. There are many causes of virtue‚ but the most important is the teaching of purity
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Theoretical Education or Practical Education !! Nepal is backward in education system till today’s modern times due to the theoretical knowledge and rote learning. Theoretical education is based on text books and Practical education is based on various types of skills and technique. In Nepal‚ most priority is given to the theoretical education rather than practical as curriculum is based on it. Some of schools has adopted the practical approach of teaching-learning activities but majority are
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of a Liberal Education‚” written in 1997‚ explained how university education have changed. Then the focus was to cater to the consumers rather than challenge them similar to how it is today. Professors made their courses more appealing and interesting to gain good evaluations‚ rather than making their courses rigorous to prepare students for the real world. Even though Edmundson described how university education was in 1997‚ there is a similar characteristic in today’s university education‚ teacher
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For this assignment I choose to compare Chinese and Cubans educational views. In China education is very important. In fact they examinations are part of their selection process for officials. Building on that in the article by Chuansheng Chen he says‚ “Examinations remain the primary path of upward mobility in contemporary China. Because of the huge urban-rural economic differences and the strict control of migration‚ the only way the younger generation of farmers can move to the cities or towns
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10:30am 1 October 2012 The American Education Dilemma The American Education System is placed under scrutiny for low test scores and failing to instill basic skills and knowledge needed to succeed in secondary education and the working world. Matters look even worse when studies are done showing a blatant disparity between the educations that Americans receive versus the education of children in Asian cultures. Some people think adopting the model of Asian education in our schools is the solution to
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white counterparts despite comparable resources" (Kao 150) Another possible reason for the educational differences between Japanese and American students is the amount of emphasis placed on education in the two cultures. Although by and large both Japan and American cultures place importance on education‚ the way in which it is emphasized may be a point of differentiation. Cross-cultural studies have shown that Japanese parents not only encourage
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haven’t get the opportunity of teaching on my own anywhere so far. However‚ the only opportunity that I used to be a teacher assistance volunteer for a research with the NYU‚ focusing on Latino from 5-10 years old and the chances to attend superior education. I observed several issues with children‚ nevertheless there was this particular child (Latino) who used several times “I hate black people” I was shocked‚ the child did not even want to sit close to black students. This particular child have a strong
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Students who are deaf or hard of hearing have diverse opinions about general education (inclusion/mainstream) and deaf school (residential) placements based on their personal experiences. Typically‚ their positive exposures to these placements are what dictate their preferences. Wilson (1997) interviewed 23 deaf students‚ who had prior experiences in general education classes except one‚ about their perspectives on general education setting and deaf school. In general‚ deaf students preferred the combination
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