Education issues

Within society, there come’s many societal issues. You may see technology mentioned more recently as one of many things within the society that has these issues. One that many may not know of is the issue that equity and access of technology brings upon a digital divide within the United States. “As record numbers of Americans go online, the gap between those who have access to technology and those who don 't may be widening” (Steele-Carlin). Certain income and ethnic groups are less likely to…

understand the importance of the opportunity he was given. Along with his appreciation for education Braaksma also develops an appreciation for factory work; or the type of work he might have been doing had he not been attending school. During the article's theme of understanding the importance and value of an education, Braaksma gives readers an eye opening, inside look at the importance of a college education while reflecting on his summers spent working in a factory. Braaksma makes his goal…

increasingly recognized serious issue, the need for environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) for young people and in schools is also becoming increasingly relevant. Traditional environmental education has aimed to help students better understand causes, impacts, and solutions to environmental issues and to inspire critical thinking around ethical issues, conflicts, and uncertainties. Recent research has identified that such education also involves…

In the academic institutions of today’s society, educating young minds on issues surrounding equity and diversity not only within education systems but also within the society we as individuals relate to, appears to be an increasing desire among educators and parents. This desire arises from the growing concern that issues involving equity and diversity must be implemented into course curriculum to alleviate concerns that young generations are not given opportunities to learn how to properly…

century are highly educated and connected to the advanced level of modern technology. This next generation has a lot of potentials to motivate and inspire the education system to an even higher level. However, education is not equal in all parts of the world. I spent my childhood in a small town of India where the education system was always a big issue. Teachers did not spend a lot of time in class with the students. Instead, her responsibility was to come in the morning just put chapter topic…

of artists who have brought attention to topics that aren’t easily talked about. Art can bring about awareness to current issues and portray them in different ways to the audience from how else they might be learning about the current issues. This can lead the audience to viewing the current issue from a different perspective and might open their eyes to more about the issue. In my screen printed poster that I created I hand drew two kids separated by a fence. On one side of the fence there…

Complex issues are brought to you in TKAM. Many of these issues are seen through the eyes of scout. One of these issues is blacks getting education. There is no blacks at scout school. This is because many blacks were not aloud at white's schools and blacks could not get the education. This is because they needed to stay home and help out. This is because blacks usually didn’t get education they usually had to work for their family to help pay for thing. They also didn't have many…

to take sides on this issue but it has been observed that race and class play a vital part in the way education is imparted and absorbed. Racism and class difference, once a tiny plant but now a fully grown tree rooted deeply, is hurting the whole world. For ages it’s been watered for the fruit it gives, identity. The question arises is the fruit worth damaging the world or should this tree of inequality be cut down. Groups are socially defined & treated unequally. Education in the classrooms…

predetermine my future? What pre-existing factors have influenced and continue to influence my relationships, education, and career? Issues such as literacy, access, and a sense of equality have presented few barriers in my life, even if at times they may have seemed problematic. Through the process of earning my master’s in curriculum and instruction, I have explored current issues in education such as, theories, practices, technology, society and the hidden curriculum and more. I have been…

this is not a test: A new narrative on race, class, and education, by Jose Vilson. Vilson is a well-known education blogger, speaker, and math teacher in New York City. In the late 70’s he was fathered by a Haitian father and Dominican mother in Miami. His life is greatly impacted by his Catholic School teacher, father Jack Podsiadlo. He tells about his personal successes and failures through the lenses of poverty, inequalities in education and racial discrimination. The author skillfully…