masses yearning to breath free,” America has upheld through the mixture of people of different races, religions, and creeds. According to James Banks’s Introduction to Multicultural Education (Boston, 1999) shares that multicultural education consist of: equity pedagogy, empowerment, knowledge construction, content integration, and prejudice reduction. Equity pedagogy involves teachers modifying their teaching to facilitate the academic achievement of culturally diverse students (Tummala-Narra, P
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INDIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND PEDAGOGY: AN ESSENTIAL PROPOSITION Prof. N.B. Biswas1 Epistemology and pedagogy both the concepts are philosophical in its origin. The present century demands an integrated teacher who can shape the inner potentiality of a learner through an integrated approach of knowledge of the content area and of the philosophy of teaching. Since, India won Independence; attempt has been made to formulate a national education policy. It has been essential to evolve an Indian
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argument that adequate professional instruction of teachers is not exclusively theoretical, but involves a certain amount of practical work. The primary question as to the latter is the aim with which it shall be conducted. Two controlling purposes may be entertained so different from each other as radically to alter the amount, conditions, and method of practice work. On one hand, we may carry on the practical work with the object of giving teachers in training working command of the necessary tools
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that his family cannot provide. Thus, in a school setting, education will not be considered a full one if there is no teacher. To teach is to make an assumption about what and how the students learn. Here in the Philippines, teachers are important factor in molding the society because of their tasks in guiding the learners out in the world of ignorance. Being a teacher demands basic competencies necessary in carrying out effectively his noble mission of promoting progressive human development
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commentators have suggested that the use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs) has significant potential in providing access to, and improving the quality of, teacher education. Such an idea is particularly relevant for the Global South, it is argued, where tens of thousands more qualified teachers are required if universal primary education (UPE) is to be achieved. This article explores six arguments commonly used to critique the relevance of ICT for development, encompassing
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farcical rigmarole Only the 5 percent of what have learnt for the exams retained in their minds.it is not only the matter of students who are not going towards innovative things but the teachers are equally responsible for this. Teaching quality is declining these days. Both are faulty in this concept, i.e. teachers as well as students. And for their fault number of factors are like choosing a safe line and that could be medicine or
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Mashell Chapeyama Zimbabwe The structural-functional perspective is the one that views society as having many parts which are all necessary for its well being .for this group of people education has a number of important aspects. Firstly the school system assists in passing skills to people. Students learn a lot of skills. For example they learn some technical skills such as carpentry, metal work or driving. Other skills that are transmitted include ability to communicate, ability to maintain
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In the present age, let the students evaluate their teachers has been widely used in the education sector. The students can judge their teachers whether are good or not. Even when the students are not satisfied with their teachers, they can vote to change the teachers. But, whether the students should evaluate their teachers has sparked spirited debate. Some people assert that students should evaluate their teachers, while many others argue that students should not do that. Then this easy will discuss
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attended has about the same rules. UOP enforces Charter and Value more than other schools do. In addition, I think it’s a great idea that schools enforce being a good person and making the right more. Behaving well and being respectful of yourself, teachers and others is important whether it’s on campus or online. * When it comes to learning we need to make ethical choices and not deceitful ones. I accept as true that, as a University of Phoenix student, I am expected to hold a high regard
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IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH IN SCHOOL SOCIETY AND TEACHER The importance of research for education The Importance of Conducting Research in Educational Setting Human beings conduct research every day. They do so in many different ways and in many different settings. One important area is education. Conducting research in an educational setting should be an important aspect of every educator’s professional life. Best and Kahn (1993) describe
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