Tertiary education

Primary sources add a different point of view for historical events. With a first-hand account it is easier for a reader to understand more clearly from someone who was present. A secondary source states the event in a more informational way that does not depict as much of a personal emotion. Both documents are valuable and it is important to acknowledge the importance of seeing both primary and secondary documents on a subject. Without primary documents we may end up with a lack of detail and…

A primary source provides direct or first-hand evidence about a certain event; this is apparent in the use of this source . The perspective, in which the is poster is shown, is the British Governement during World War One. The key caption of Propaganda “The Kitchen is the key to victory, eat less bread”. It was aimed at the women on the home front, urging them to save resources so it can be used for men at war. When assessing the reliability, it can be used to study the British home front but…

The Secondary Source Philip C. Kolin is a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. Kolin has wrote other articles that the source does not list. “Green’s The Destructors” is one of Kolins’ work. This article was found in the Explicator Journal volume 58 issue 3 that was published in the year 2000. Within this source Kolin covers the history throughout the short story “The Destructors” by G. Greene. Kolin explains the time frame that the story was written, the connections between the…

This statement conforms with the deductions of Udoye and Ndum (2014) stating “education that does not furnish its recipients with self-reliant skills is said to be faulty.” Education is not a new phenomenon in the world. It is said to shape or transform human attitude, behavior and beliefs (World Bank, 2014; Volkman, Wilson, Rabuzzi, & Vyakarnman, 2009). Education’s definition according…

For instance, Education Services of Australia has developed a separate web-portal having teaching and learning resources as well as some lesson plans. Likewise, giving support to the secondary students for a STEM related or any advance diploma degree through P-Tech pilot policy (an education-industry collaboration) was a success (ACOLA 2013). By this, students would have the option to continue to their tertiary education or job sector related to STEM including work…

a learning institution, it is likely that almost all students and lecturers possess mobile phones; nevertheless, there has been an emergence of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) that has further enhanced the way education and learning is done at various tertiary institutions. Through ICT, there is immediate access to information required for learning and teaching. Several of the benefits derived from ICT include increased collaboration and cooperation between students and lectures,…

in tertiary education, are different concepts working towards parallel aims. Certainly, there is no shortage of disagreement within the academic world on the definition if equity and equality, as Espinoza (2008, p. 343) states that there is disagreement and confusion about what the concepts of equity and equality really mean and what they involve. Equity recognises that there are some who are ‘worse off’ then others, which limits their access to engaging in public discourse such as education,…

Gallagher, K. 2011. Bilingual education in the UAE: Factors, variables and critical questions. Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, 4(1), 62-79. doi:10.1108/17537981111111274 Gallagher states the purpose of this study was to analyze the reasons behind and benefits of implementing mandatory bilingual education in all Abu Dhabi public schools, which began during the 2010-2011 school year. The author contends that English is not unfamiliar to the region due to its…

Obtaining a college education in today’s society is important. There are stories of those who skipped over college and amassed a fortune. That being said, those stories are few and far between as compared to those who skipped college and do not have that high paying job that is so sought after. The topic of supply and demand can be applied to most everything when money comes into the equation. When the supply is low or deficient, and demand increases, then the amount of money paid will also…

Globally, there are substantial differences in women’s and men’s rates of participation in STEM (science, technology, education, and math) careers and in their test scores in these. Though in some countries and in some levels of education, women earn better scores than men on math and science tests, it is much more common for men to outperform women, and men are universally overrepresented in STEM careers. Researchers have exploited country-level differences in these phenomena in an attempt to…