The "reintroduction" to the arts in the curriculum has been a slow process with many detours along the way. It has also been compared to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in this way: "Three important truths are woven together in Gardner's characteristically perceptive trope. First is ...

Pedagogy, the Greek word that has come to mean the art and science of teaching mean "leading children." This term, commonly used throughout the teaching profession, has become education's way of explaining teaching and the relationship between teacher and student. Pedagogy can be defined as the ...

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...

Jamal is a victim of prejudice. He's just sixteen, black, and a basketball player. So when he submits his literary work for an essay competition at his highbrow school, his English teacher, Professor Crawford (F. Murray Abraham) is, quite naturally, suspicious and charges the young writer wit...

Plato believed in educating the upper class, because they are the ones who will be running the country. He also believed in educating women and children. But he did not believe that children should be kept in a family, but should be raised by the community, put in schools together for the good of th...

Coursebooks are considered a very important element in teaching languages. 'Using coursebooks appropriately is an art which becomes clearer with experience' (Harmer(b) 306). Rationale for using coursebooks Coursebooks play a major role in the classroom. They work as a learning reso...

In Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Phaedrus thought of a very clever way to make students work for themselves and not just for a good grade. He wanted students to attend college because they were interested in learning and not just because they needed a degree. Pha...

Jean Jacques Rousseau If you try to justify why human society goes from a wonderful and positive state of nature into a mostly uncontrollable political state, it is virtually impossible. Rousseau feels that when we enter into this political state, or society, that it is an inevitable. Humans w...