Multicultural Music Education Every continent on the planet has their own culture, while every country on those continents have theirs, and every city in those countries have their own culture, while the people and families that live in those cities have their own. Everyone was brought up di...

Personal Music Statement As a future teacher I feel that music is an important subject to incorporate in the everyday classroom. I have not experienced any form of music class since I was in elementary school and I feel that it is very important for students at a younger age. When I was a young ...

A few weekends ago I was talking to a relative of mine who happens to teach music at the local elementary school in my hometown. We were discussing her students and how the year was going for her so far. She had nothing but positive things to say about the children, however I could tell that somethi...

I\'d like to inform you about a lot of budget cuts happening every day in our public school systems. One of the hardest hit is in our arts and music departments. The battle over NEA funding and other important foundations that are set up to benefit our youths is being challenged by the government a...

More than What Meets the Eye When walking into a classroom for the first time, there is always that moment of discomfort. There is a chance that there will be no common ground between you and the person next to you, simply because you are your own individual. Although every person in the class ho...

Plato's educational system is based on an ideal aristocratic society. According to Garth Kemerling's website, www.philosophypages.com (2002), Plato's aristocratic government is one that is ideally efficient. Under such a society, its guardians, the potential leaders of society, are &q...

The Ideal School In this modern world, a good quality education is essential to thrive the cut-throat competitive environment of today. To achieve this an ideal school is necessary for students to acquire a blend of studies and extra-curricular activities. A school is a breakthrough for a child t...

Language is a tool for communication. The more languages we know, the more chances we have to connect with everybody. Therefore, nowadays there are a lot of people who try to learn other languages as their second language or third language beside their mother's tongue. So do I. And my process o...

Bilingual Education For decades, immigrant children have been taught in their native languages in schools across the country while slowly and simultaneously receiving English as a second language. But like anything, bilingual education is not without its flaws. In fact, it's plagued with them. ...

Two Systems into OneIn the past twenty years the United States school system has been accumulating quite a bit of criticism. Evidence shows that the United States has been lagging exponentially compared to almost all the industrialized countries. This specifically refers to Asian countries that are...

Education is a subject about which many British people care deeply. Most believe that the state should provide education free of charge and to a high standard. At election time, politicians who promise to spend more on education are popular with voters. Recently, there has been a lot of debate about...

The Need for Federal Government Involvement in Education Reform by____________ Political Science 2301 Federal and State Government OVERVIEW For centuries, generations of families have congregated in the same community or in the same general region of the country. Chi...

One of the most debated issues in modern Japan is education reform. Japan is world-renowned for its demanding education requirements and high academic standards. In response to modernization after World War II, the Japanese made substantial changes to their education system: high schools and univers...

Catherine Beecher was an eloquent spokesperson for women's education. Often referred to as the genius of a woman's true profession, Catherine pioneered to advance the equal opportunities for women in academic arenas by enthusiastically finding various schools as well as promoting women...

People have very different reasons on why going to college and getting an education is important for them. Some people go to college because that is what is expected of them, and others go because they have nothing else better to do. However, I am interested in going to college and obtaining a good ...

Before the beginning of American public schools in the mid-19th century, home schooling was the norm. Founding father John Adams encouraged his spouse to educate their children while he was on diplomatic missions (Clark, 1994). By the 1840's instruction books for the home were becoming popular ...

A brief analysis of "The Banking Concept of Education"There have always been numerous theories in relationship to the inadequacy of our education system here in the United States, as well as elsewhere in the world. The education of our children does not seem to be working and ahs also become a very ...

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 by bullet tr...

The Current Statistics of Modern Day Native America Native American people make up less than two percent of the entire population, and are economically poorer, experience more unemployment, and are less formally educated than the national average. Indian people are disadvantaged in the development ...