Dewey is still in the room: A closer look at Lawrence Cremin's "Public education and the education of the public"
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In his speech “Public Education and the Education of the Public” first published in 1975, Lawrence Cremin questions the polarity between education and society in the John Dewey's progressive theory, saying that it “does not sufficiently particularize the educational situation as it...
The woman division
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
As scholarship on the role of women in the processes of development evolved, so did the assumptions and perspectives about factors at the very core of this field of study. Naturally, the most important and most difficult to fully grasp is “women.” When it began, the field was called...
The construction of the financial world
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Markieke de Goede's Virtue, Fortune and Faith, exposes the ambiguous scientific authority that the financial world has accrued over the years of evolvement. As de Goede presents the various nations that criticized and speculated the essential elements that make up the financial world today, she...
Disability and inequality: Doctor-assisted suicide
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The turn of the 21st century has brought about a relatively new legal issue: Do individuals have a legal right to determine how and when they die? Questions regarding the ethics, legality issues and the morality of physician-assisted-death (PAD) and euthanasia brought these questions into the...
The evil project: The inhumanity of slaughterhouses
Thesis - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Animal - what comes to your mind when you hear that word? Possibly something furry, feathery and friendly, right? The main point is that you think of something happy and living. You don't think of what goes on between when the cow is happy prancing on the field (if he ever has the joy of being on...
AIDS in Philadelphia
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The economy sucks; that's old news. But President Obama continues to inspire and remind us of our duties as Americans to help each other through rough times. The time harkens back to WWII when people grew personal vegetable gardens and donated their pantyhose. Volunteerism is the spirit that...
Walter Rodney and the dependency theory of inequality
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Africa is a continent rich in natural resources. Copper, gold, diamonds, platinum, rubber, and aluminum are just some examples of what the land has to offer. In the nineteenth century, powerful and industrial Europe desired these raw materials in large quantities. The means of acquiring these...
Struggle still exists for new European immigrants
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Piotr Kowalski came to America in 1986 when he was four-years-old. He's from Poland and part of strikingly unheard from groups of immigrants. He's from the new-millennia generation of naturalized citizens, and he's here after fleeing one of the largest radioactive disasters in history. Times are...
Allegations against Black Africans
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In understanding the false allegations that follow the Black Africans, we must first go all the way back and understand their role in history. Black people have been characterized my many a scholar and intellectual, and perhaps analyzing their critiques could lead us to conclude that they had...
Little Rock Nine
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to the Princeton Dictionary, progress is defined as an “advancement: gradual improvement or growth or development”. When the idea of progress or growth is brought to mind, most American's believe that extensive progress has been made in the area of racial segregation, more...
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Is it sustainable?
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Over the past 4 decades, almost 20 percent of the Amazon rain forest in Brazil has been cut down. This area is equivalent to the size of Western Europe. Scientists are now warning that another 20 percent will be lost in the next 2 decades (Wallace, 2007). Selective logging for timber usually...
Model of human impact: Automobile boom in Beijing, China
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Beijing, the capital of China, has been experiencing a massive increase in vehicle ownership over the past decade. It has become the world's second biggest car market, with 1,000 new vehicles on the street everyday. This trend is not only a problem in Beijing, but throughout China, where the...
The Soviet and the Canadian model of political system
Thesis - 2 pages - Political science
Two of the most entrenched political systems throughout history have been socialism and democracy. One of the most notorious examples of socialism existed in the Soviet Union in the twentieth century. The Soviet model of politics did provide us an added perspective when it comes to...
China, Confucian and Mao
Thesis - 3 pages - Political science
China's traditional Confucian world view in the late Imperial period has often been compared to the Marxist world view adopted by the People's Republic of China during the Mao period. This raises important questions. In what ways were they similar? In what ways were they different? How did the...
Technology's influence on art
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Technology allows artists to explore new mediums that were not previously available. Three dimensional modeling on computers and various other programs graphical effects provided on various programs allows artists to do things with their art that were unavailable to previous generations of...
Conflict in China, Tibet and Taiwan
Thesis - 2 pages - International relations
The conflicts between China, Tibet, and Taiwan have a long history, though the most recent issues between the areas stem from the effects of the Cultural Revolution and the expulsion of the nationalists from the country. When the communists came to power under the leadership of Mao, the...
Press book : the latest most important news
Essay - 13 pages - Political life and election
A press book with articles, vocabulary, summary and personnal opinions about B. Obama's election, Sean Penn's Oscar, liberation of Ingrid Betancourt, H. Chavez'decision about US ambassador, and the financial crisis. Just minutes after the result of the election, on Tuesday night,...
The changing face of Facebook
Thesis - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Social networking sites are the new lifeline for communication. These sites have benefitted the student community, employers, companies and even people who are looking out to connect with like-minded people. Among these sites, Facebook assumes great significance and is virtually dominating the...
The Spanish way of life
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Typically, the Spaniards have traditional tastes: they show a predilection for cooking in their own region. Their daily diet, known as the "Mediterranean diet" is characterized by a predominance of seafood, vegetables, fruits, olive oil, wine and salads. The Spanish are among the other European...
Cultural differences between France and America
Case study - 3 pages - International relations
When companies from different origins are working together, often they meet problems of communication and misunderstanding. It is due to the difference of cultures and background of each part. We use the word cultural clash to define this type of bad interaction between two cultures. Cultural...
Tourism in Algeria
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Algerian tourism is very diverse; it can be divided into three main places of interest. Firstly, the desert and mountains that is mostly in the south. In fact, the Sahara occupies the largest part of the territory. In this part of the country, we can spot the Tuaregs. Among these mountains,...
The tourist potential of Portugal
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Portugal is a very charming and welcoming country. It stretches along the Atlantic coast and has beautiful beaches and historic towns especially in the region of the Algarve. The country has maintained its hinterland, with its wild life and beautiful landscapes. Portuguese culture and its ancient...
China and India - the most powerful success stories of this century
Essay - 9 pages - Foreign markets
India, like China, progresses quickly but China more than India. On the basis of an income per capital, identical to that of India, it is now in China twice that of India. The expeditious methods which serve China are also those which threaten it. On the contrary, the slowness of India guarantees...
The question of the adoption of the Euro by the United Kingdom
Essay - 3 pages - European union
The Euro was introduced as a single currency on January 1st, 1999 in the European Union and replaced national currencies. Put in circulation on January 1st, 2002 under its fiduciary shape, the Euro succeeded the European Currency Unit (ECU), established in 1979. The Euro is today common to...
Great Britain and Europe
Essay - 3 pages - European union
In 1950, the French Foreign Secretary Robert Schuman set out his idea of a Coal and Steel Community between France and Germany, which would be an organization open to some other European countries if they would accept the idea of a supra-national power. Great Britain refused to be part of it. The...
Great Britain and the United States
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
On Wednesday, March 4th 2009, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown declared in front of the American Congress that his country would be able to work without respite with the United States war against terrorism, peace in the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear issue. Thus, he promised to lend...
The Statement of Margaret Thatcher social policy
Essay - 2 pages - Economic politics
Margaret Thatcher is not consensual, her policy is voluntarist, often authoritative, sometimes aggressive. Thatcher's strategy concerning social policy consists in favouring the middle and upper classes, which constitutes the conservative electorate, without caring about the working class....
Immigration issues and reforms of the United States
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
The word “Immigration” has been derived from the Latin word “immigrare” which means “to move”. Immigration means migrating and settling in a country that is not a native to the person migrating. For ex: If a person living in Sweden decides to move to the U.S and...
The Cuban missile crisis and its resolution
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
The Cuban Missile crisis was an event that put the whole world on tenterhooks as two of the World's super powers got engaged in a cold war, which almost led to a nuclear war. The conflict began with U.S' discovery of offensive weapons in Cuba. The whole world watched with bated breath as the two...
Human rights in India - the status of women
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
India may be one of the few countries where severe restrictions are still enforced upon women. The situation of widows came to symbolise this, and constitutes for Human Rights activists, a justification for intervention. The focus of this essay is on the importance of religion, and why it is...
