Topic: Education

Found 11 articles
Re-Envisioning Paulo Freire's "Banking Concept of Education"
02/16/10 - 1626 words
Paulo Freire was a Brazilian ideologist whose radical ideas have shaped the modern concept of and approaches to education. In his essay The 'Banking' Concept of Education, Freire passionately expounds on the mechanical flaw in... Go to Article »
Being Educated for Failure
02/12/10 - 815 words
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Whether black, white, red or yellow,... Go to Article »
Attending College When You've Never Been to High School: Integrating Homeschoolers into the College System
02/05/10 - 1444 words
Since the 1990s, homeschooling in the United States has jumped to impressive numbers, with special assistance in 2000 from the so-called “Harvard for Homeschoolers” program, founded by Michael Farris (Farrah, 2009... Go to Article »
Getting Enough Sleep is No Easy Task for Today's Students
02/03/10 - 1037 words
Take a look inside a high school classroom. You will most likely find a teacher at the front of the class and students sitting at their desks. Yet, look closer, and you might notice a familiar trend: many of these students are... Go to Article »
Burying the Pen: Tackling Resistance to Formal Education by the Karimojong in Uganda
02/02/10 - 2372 words
The Karimojong people of the Karamoja region of Uganda are perhaps one of the few groups left on the planet that remain mostly disconnected from modern civilization. This semi-nomadic community has lived in the northeastern region... Go to Article »
Research Shows Lack of Support for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth in U.S. School Systems
01/24/10 - 2450 words
Transgender children are some of the most vulnerable students in America’s schools. Nobody knows how many there are, and very few educators know what to do with them. Despite extensive advocacy efforts, trans youth are... Go to Article »
Neglected Responsibilities: America's Failure to Support Native Alaskan Students
01/12/10 - 3113 words
When the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867, it did not simply grow by 663,000 square miles; it also accepted responsibility for the people living within its new borders. But America has not fulfilled... Go to Article »
Race, Class, and Oppression: Solutions for Active Learning and Literacy in the Classroom
01/06/10 - 2986 words
Oppression tends to exist in compartmentalized, clearly labeled categories of race, social class, gender, or sexual preference. While these rigidly defined categories may have been applied to allow for rational discussion of... Go to Article »
The Value of Homework: Is Homework an Important Tool for Learning in the Classroom?
12/23/09 - 1925 words
Homework continues to be a controversial topic today. The debate over homework is an old one, with attitudes shifting throughout the debate over the years. Proponents and opponents make cases to support their views on the necessity... Go to Article »
Review of Literature: Instructional Approaches That Significantly Increase Reading Comprehension
12/21/09 - 1684 words
In Instructional Approaches That Significantly Increase Reading Comprehension, Block, Whitely, Parris, Reed, and Cleveland (2009) studied the effects of adding an additional 20 minutes a school day to six different approaches... Go to Article »
Enhancing the Recall of Presented Material for Undergraduate Students
12/13/09 - 1018 words
In Enhancing the Recall of Presented Material, Larson (2009) examined the effects of different styles of note-taking and which ones seemed to benefit undergraduates when tested on the material they were expected to know. ... Go to Article »