Course Code Course Title EDU 111 Foundations of Education Dr. F. Umar (Developer/Writer) – BUK Dr. M.E. Aina (Programme Leader) – NOUN Course Team NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA 1 National Open University of Nigeria Headquarters 14/16 Ahmadu Bello Way Victoria Island Lagos Abuja Office No. 5 Dar es Salaam Street Off Aminu Kano Crescent Wuse II‚ Abuja Nigeria e-mail: centralinfo@nou.edu.ng URL: www.nou.edu.ng Published By: National Open University of Nigeria First Printed 2004 ISBN: 978-058-312-2
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Home school vs. Public Education Com/155 Did you know that home schooling is the fastest growing educational trend in the United Sates‚ Canada and worldwide? Did you know that the pupil/teacher ratio in 2011 is lower than the pupil/teacher ratio in 2000? Parents today do not take into consideration what their children want to do for their educational learning. I have never been home schooled‚ but when I have children‚ I want to home school them because of the bonding and it helps the children
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"Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."i These were the words uttered by the Supreme Court on may 17‚ 1954 in the ruling of the Brown vs. Board of Education Case that overturned the Plessy vs. Ferguson ruling of fifty-eight years earlier which stated that separate but equal was not unconstitutional. Brown is viewed perhaps as the most significant case on race in America’s history.i It seemed to call for a new era in which Black children and White children would have equal opportunities
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astonishing impact on society because people tend to comply and follow through with the traditional standards endorsed by society. People tend to accept these misconceptions because these implications are embedded into us as we grow up. These myths have an enormous power over us by shaping the way we think and perceive the world. For instance‚ myths such as “Myth of the Model Family” and the “Myth of Education and Empowerment” are examples of myths that have insinuated
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infed.org : • encyclopaedia • archives • events and courses What is non-formal education? infed.org: Association‚ democracy and civil society‚ Education‚ Group work‚ Ideas‚ Index‚ Informal and non-formal education‚ Informal Jewish education‚ Learning‚ organizational learning‚ Social action‚ social change and social reform‚ Social pedagogy‚ Teaching and pedagogy‚ Youth work What is non-formal education? Within policy debates a common differentiation has been made between different forms
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Subsumption Theory (David Ausubel) Ausubel’s theory is concerned with how individuals learn large amounts of meaningful material from verbal/textual presentations in a school setting (in contrast to theories developed in the context of laboratory experiments). According to Ausubel‚ learning is based upon the kinds of superordinate‚ representational‚ and combinatorial processes that occur during the reception of information. A primary process in learning is subsumption in which new material is related
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Excellence in Education The concept of excellence in education is one that‚ on the surface‚ seems to be unquestionable. After all‚ who would not accede that students within our schools should‚ in fact‚ excel? Certainly teachers‚ parents‚ and administrators can agree on excellence as an aim to shoot for. The interpretation of the term “excellence” is‚ however‚ less obvious. How do we regard excellence? Is it the college bound student with a broad liberal arts education? Is it the
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Higher Education: Students vs. Debt Tuition rates in America are becoming more and more expensive and unaffordable for the average student. Universities keep raising rates every year‚ leaving students without a choice but to pay for the education they have already started. Financial aid offices give students a number when they are accepted to school‚ and this number indicates how much of your tuition tab the state will pick up. However‚ this number is subject to change every year‚ erasing all stability
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Abstract/ Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the traditional methods of teaching as well as multimedia teaching and to suggest other useful teaching methods that can be attempted in imparting knowledge to the students. Basically teaching must include two major components sending and receiving information. Ultimately‚ a teacher tries his best to impart knowledge as the way he understood it. So‚ any communication methods that serve this purpose without destroying the objective
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(Thomas‚ 2009) This essay will discuss sociology within the confines of education and examine the role educational institutions play in the development of a society. The above illustration will act as a visual stimulus for this purpose‚ setting a sociological context through which this assignment will be conducted. Theories of habitus‚ social capital and social reproduction with regard to education will be examined. Central to the theory of social reproduction are a number of key characteristics
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