James Madison once said, "A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power that knowledge gives. A popular government without the means of acquiring information is a prologue to a tragedy." It is because I agree with Madison that I stand in strong affirmation ...

Are We Heading Toward Disaster? Here we are in 1999 in a world that is booming with technological advances. One would have to ask, "How did we come so far in such a short amount of time?" It seems as though it was only yesterday that we were traveling by horse and buggy. Now we travel b...

There has been a great deal of discussion that centers on the education of our youth and the relationship of the education and related employment to the overall economic well-being of the country. This discussion also extends to global business and the economic crisis that evolves from inadequate ed...

Everyone who teaches has a philosophy of education. Everything that a teacher does is colored by the philosophy he/she holds. Every philosophy has at least the three following elements: ontology-what is real, epistemology-what is true, and axiology-what is of value (good) ethics. So what exactly d...

8. Counselling, not disciplinary action, is the most effective technology for social control in schools. Do you agree? A certain degree of discipline is required in schools to enable students to receive their education. I believe that disciplinary action, coupled with counselling would be able t...

The Pedagogy of the Oppressed A Critical Book Review This paper is a report containing a summery and my own opinion of the novel "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" by Paulo Freire. It is a well-written manifesto for the liberation of oppressed people everywhere. It speaks of love, u...

In a world full of differences, where what makes us unique is celebrated, students are now being told that part of what makes us individuals is no longer appropriate or even acceptable. Uniforms will not work in a public school setting because they are expensive, a violation of one's rights, and, f...

Mary Louise Pratt, the author of Arts of the Contact Zone, states that a contact zone is a "social space where cultures meet, clash, and grapple with each other, often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power, such as colonialism, slavery, or their aftermaths as they are lived out ...