In many other schools, no students at all chose history. ... Consequently, to save time, children do not pay enough attention or even ignore History. ... Applying in History class, technology can help students with virtual visits to world famous historic sites like the Egyptian Pyramid, therefore arouse the eager to explore more. Another effective method to awaken students' curiosity in History is to have a televised game-show for young people to encourage them to explore not only the history and culture of the country. ... However, there are some practical ways to make history more app...

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Oliver Twist lived in a world where street gangs were practiced in the art of subterfuge through conversation and engaged in petty thievery. My nephew goes to a suburban, mostly white, primarily middle-class and affluent school that teaches largely to tests while valuing less and less the language of a child's inner world. ... Those who contributed greatly to world culture across several platforms include John Milton (author of Paradise Lost), Franklin D. Roosevelt (American president) and Stephen Hawking an author, physicist, and mathematician who wrote A Short History of the Universe. ...

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Classical also has its roots in Europe and America , providing history through literature, books such as Grapes of Wraith and Of Mice and Men are based on some of the history of America. As the old saying goes, "those who don't know history are bound to repeat it." ... "Introducing material from a Third World cultures and thinning out an already thin sampling of Western writings (Howe 493)." ... It is permeated with every race, sex, and culture in the world. ... Multicultural education also has a large variety of authors, so learning many different perspectives of one event, like World ...

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All in different areas and topics such as Science, History, Business, thus the past has na enormous significance to our learning and development of thought. ... To begin with, I will discuss what would occur to the subject History, if we had no notion of the past. Initially, we can say that History is a subject which is 100% dependant on the past as it is the study of Human actions and occurings in the past. Thus, we can clearly see that History would be almost inexistant or at least, only known to a small period of time which would mean that we would not know how we have reached the world ...

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Born to this world of high efficiency, people nowadays have been trained to maximize the use of every second of their daily lives. ... Not until my first college history class had I known that history itself could be so "alive." ... My high school history class then became completely futile in comparison with my college history class because while my high school teacher thought that they were preparing us to quickly gain knowledge of the real world by apply their banking concept of education, they only trained us to think inside the box. ... Even the most unidentifiable identical twins cann...

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Soon after the II World War the military came up with an Act that allowed those servicemen to attend college. ... The GI Bill allowed millions to go back to school, John Thelin, a professor at the University of Kentucky and author of, "A History of American Higher Education," stated that this could be one of the reasons that the cost of higher education began to rise. ...

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"I think that MOOCs may allow peace in the world.... With the birth of the Internet, distance learning finally possessed the endless conveyance it required to span the world. ... A couple years later, an entirely online curriculum was offered by CALCampus in 1994, the first of its kind ("Infographic History of Distance Education"). ... By the early 2000's, 84 percent of colleges hosted at least one online course ("Infographic History of Distance Education"). ... The class is currently available to any interested student on Thrun's website dedicated to educating the world, Udaci...

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Educators can teach about history, but students can understand better with looking at an art work and figuring out the history behind that piece of art. ... A majority of the civilizations across the world have become more recognizable with what they have contributed to the arts. ... Art related classes have included math but also history into their curriculums. ... Furthermore, the world's economy as prosperous as it was five years ago, has declined. ... It is the doorway to a whole new world of expression....

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Media has been adapted for different purposes than it used to be, for instance the Internet is no longer a place for advertising, but a medium through which art and musical expression are shared with others around the world. ... For example, history (what is remembered of it), math, and music. ... History is difficult to teach, and after 100 years of not having textbooks or materials to refer to, it is almost impossible to remember things as they were taught to our ancestors before the banishment of writing. Only selective events in history are taught, because they are the only ones that ar...

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The only way to bring to life the ideas about civics and American history and the ideas about citizenship is through learning. ... When the students have the knowledge of history, geography, government they have abilities to perform as active members of a community. ... How can democracy possibly be taught through without the necessary background knowledge about our community, Nation and World? ...

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Evolutionary perspective points of view battle those complex structures in the social and the natural world through brain science to clarify the conduct of individuals in different settings as far as the advanced nature of the human personality and body. ... Teachers ought to realize that the why learning has more to do with our social than our evolutionary history. ... Creating a culture of achievement begins by building awareness about the skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the world beyond school. ...

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It is not only acknowledged, but also highly appreciated all over the world. ... Because my interests are in so many fields - History, Humanities, Economics, International Studies, I feel that liberal arts education suits best my personality. ...

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For example Nelson Mandela (who played an import and role in the history of apartheid) and many other antiapartheid political activists had presented different mission schools which was designed to help the youth black students for their education. ...

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Apple also believes in a critical literacy of the economy, meaning Americans should, if they don't know already, educate themselves on our economic system so that they are more aware of what is going on in the world around them... We, as Americans, learn the basics, and only few venture off to explore other aspects and learn more than just that World War II occurred between 1939 and 1945. ... Apple would agree with this for he believes that if students aren't well educated now, then how is making them, say, studying in history class the exact same thing in Texas and in New York abou...

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Even though America had the highest literacy rate in the world in the early 1800's, the country had no statewide system of free, public elementary schools. ... She was a schoolteacher who knew that women and men were equal intellectually and made it her goal to prove that to the world. ... Furthermore, Emma Willard held seminars in the North that trained female teachers in math, physics, history, and geography. ... By 1860, every state, with varying degrees, offered free public education to whites which led to America having one of the highest literacy rates in the world. ... " S...

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The increasingly competitive job market of today, emerging from one of the most downturned economies in United States history has shifted the main purpose of a college education. ... Personally, I believe college is an exceptionally unique and irreplaceable experience in which I have learned not only about the person I am but about the world I live in, enlightening my perspective and introducing me to a complexity of ideas. ...

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I would love to go to those classes because I was challenged to think and associate my learning with the real world, and wasn't solely sitting there taking in facts. ... Engaging students in there learning by showing them real world uses for their education will definitely inspire them to learn. John Taylor Gatto explains how students want to learn something real, "Boredom was everywhere in my world, and if you asked the kids, as I often did, why they felt so bored, they always gave the same answers: They said the work was stupid, that it made no sense, that they already knew it. ......

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It is here that children learn their history and what is expected and accepted in way of aspirations, values, and beliefs of their culture. ... It is here in this formal education that the aspirations, history, expectations, values, and culture of American society is reflected. ...

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Modern information technology is one of the most distinguished and interesting human inventions in history. ... There have been many changes and new ideas evolving in the academic world as information technology has become a major factor in influencing educational outcomes. ... Throughout human history education has been one of the most important social contributions. ... The recent introduction of technological innovation into academics has changed the intellectual world in many ways. ... Another milestone was reached during the mid 1990s when the internet, also is known as the world wide we...

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Introduction Australia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations in the world with over 6 million Australian residents born overseas, 25% of the population with a language background other than English and over 75% identifying with an ancestry other than 'Australian'. ...

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In this modern world, students are borrowing money from the higher education loans board so as they can offset their bills. ... Unlike the past generations where students were choosing philosophy, history and literature, most undergraduates are now choosing welding technology, equine management and all other majors at major colleges. ... First of all, every individual should acknowledge that the United States higher education system is generally admired in the whole world. Despite of all this problems, it is perceived as working by the rest of the world. ...

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Many students graduate from high school with no real idea of what it means to function in the "real world," making it difficult for them when they become employed and must produce in a professional manner. ... It is very difficult to find a job without previous work history, it provides work experience so once they are out of high school they would have a good chance of getting a job. ...

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Standardized Tests: Inaccurate and Unfair Evaluations While previous generations of American students have had to sit through tests, never have the tests been given so frequently and never have they played such a prominent role in schooling (Kohn 1). Kohn further asserts that "children are tested...

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However, I think that the Internet has revolutionized education by making it more accessible than any other time in history. ... At the same time, the Internet has also provided people from all over the world with more opportunities to learn. ...

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While learning about Shakespeare's life, his literary works, and the time period may increase a student's cultural awareness, literary comprehension, and appreciation for literature, the majority of students do not go on to become English majors or history majors in college. ... Yes, "all the world is a stage," but not everyone needs to play the part of the same 4.0 student who desires nothing more than to be a dramatist. ...

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