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them and their colleagues. They engage in a critical evaluation of the experience, construct a plan and then implement that plan with a view to improvement. Those engaged in educational theory control the knowledge they are creating from their own actions. In this way the knowledge is used to inform practice as opposed to the assumption that the knowledge provided is appropriate for any situation. Hopkins (1983:72) describes this as being part of the process ‘discovering self-knowledge’.…

By the end of the nineteenth century, the Industrial Revolution had brought about tremendous change, such as the rapid urbanization of cities and development of social reforms. More importantly, it became the turning point in which the emergence of advanced machinery and modern industrial production made the U.S. one of the most economically powerful countries in the world. As the U.S. was exponentially expanding, the demand for labor workers — more specifically cheap labor — was increasing. A…

On November 6, 1987, then U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett was reported saying that Chicago’s public school system was the worst in the nation. Bennett had been invited to speak on the issue by an organization of business leaders called Chicago United. In the meeting Bennett was quoted saying “if it’s (CPS) not the last, I don’t know who is. There can’t be very many more cities that are worse. Chicago is pretty much it” (Banas). Following the meeting, publications released statements…

Affirmative action is a product of the Civil Rights Movement, in an attempt to give equal opportunities to all the people across America, mostly minorities and women. Even though the Civil Rights Movement did end segregation and attempted to give equality to minorities and women, it was not successful in doing so. Affirmative actions was the means in which minorities and women would have a better chance in the workplace as well as education to be given an equal chance in getting the job or…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot in 1869 discovered Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (The ALS Association, 2015). ALS is more commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease after Lou Gehrig, a great American baseball player whose career unfortunately ended abruptly due to this incurable degenerative disease. ALS is the deterioration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord that leads to muscle weakness. This significant decrease in muscle strength eventually…

structured set of values. King believes that in order to solve his current crisis against racism, the minority should take action. This action does not necessarily need to be in numbers, but in value, voice, and demanding respect. Thoreau agrees with King on this, but takes it further. He believes anyone who disagrees with society -- essentially a minority -- needs to take action against it. Hulme however thinks that the ideals of society are the most powerful and should not be challenged…

According to the online Oxford Dictionary, discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age or sex. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, part of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects against discrimination based upon several criteria. It was expanded to not only protect against discrimination in the workplace but in the educational system as well. Understanding the sociological…

Power and Oppression Power and oppression are two different phenomenons that positively correlate. Discrimination which is the foundational principal of oppression occurs when one group openly vilifies another group for their marked differences. Such difference can be arbitrary such as race, sexual orientation,religion or due to past experiences IE... war or political strife. Discrimination as vapid as it is, occurs within all societies. From an Anthropological standout discrimination stems…

My phone is sitting next to me on my desk when I hear it begin to ring. I pick it up in my hand and look at the screen to see who is calling me. When I recognize my mother’s caller ID, I tap a button to accept the call. I bring the phone to my ear and hear my mother’s voice through the speaker. We talk for a few minutes, and then eventually we say goodbye. I end the call and place the phone back onto my desk. The body system that enables me to successfully complete this phone call is the…

Over the years, judicial diversity has been an issue of concern for Wales and England. Reform initiatives and debates for judicial diversity are critical features of various common law jurisdictions. The country faces gender and ethnicity diversity as the major dimension of inclusiveness in the judicial system. Critics have raised general arguments in rationalizing judicial diversity as well as the essence of having judicial appointments and procedures adhering to the requirements of equal…