During the Middle Ages, the emphasis in education of the medieval scholastics was on theology and spiritual pursuits, and man was viewed as inherently unworthy as a result of the stain of original sin. ... Early Renaissance Italian humanists such as Battista Guarino and Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini asserted that a man must study the humanities to acquire virtue and to attain enlightenment. ... Quite clearly, the early Renaissance humanist fascination with the classics was reflected in the educational values and goals of that time. ... Other humanist educators from the middle or later Renaiss...

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An equal approach understands that society is, based on social categories such as gender, race, disability, age, social class, sexuality and religion that will impact on our life experiences. ... United Kingdom is a society which is seen to be diverse; therefore one of the government's initiatives is that everyone has a right to be treated equally regardless, of background gender and age. ... The learning outcomes of children from a "Working class" family home and children within a "Middle class" family home, both classes are different from each other, where middle class families focus on...

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The Labor party was originally formed by trade unions in the 1890's with an agenda of protecting wage-earners who were considered to be members of the 'working class', whereas the Liberal party which replaced the United Australian Party in 1944 attracted 'forgotten' members of the 'middle classes' (Brett, 1992). ... The polls towards the end of Kevin Rudd's term as prime minister until he was subsequently replace confirm the media impact on voting behaviour because of its abundance in this rapidly evolving technological age and its powerful per...

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Across the nation were chains of theaters of every size and grandeur, which circuited these traveling performers or Vaudevillians that dazzled and entertained Americans of every age. ... Already established in America as early as the nineteenth century were other forms of theatre entertainment aimed for the masses such as professional singers, dancers, and Shakespearean plays. ... He actively tried to build up the untapped family audience market that other variety acts were unable to attract by catering to the morals of the expanding middle class. ... Vaudeville thrived from 1800s through the...

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Although minimal, Raphael Oyelade's view of his community was changed by an illustration of two pre-pubescent characters hunting with miniature wooden bows in an unknown forest painted over 250 years earlier, but the themes and messages represented by this illustration had the influence to dramatically alter this young man's perception of the society around him. ... The Trail of Socrates, a classical Greek philosopher commonly regarded as one of the founders of Western Philosophy, demonstrates how any society, from the Romans to the Greeks, partakes in the act of Moral Censorship ind...

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During the Age of Industrialization, Industrial Capitalism shaped as an economic system in which private individuals owned the means of production as well as the goods/services that are produced. ... The Age of Industrialization not only expanded the economies of developing nations, it also generated dramatic social changes that established new patterns of globalization. ... In addition to the new elite classes was an emerging, "middle class of small business owners, factory managers, engineers, and professionals," which benefitted greatly from industrialization (Berkley 500). ... Le...

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An example that confirms this can be found in Cambodia, a country that in 1999 spent $12.1 Dollars per capita on debt servicing yet, between 1990-1998 it spent only $17 Dollars per capita on health and on in five children died before the age of five during the same period. However, in this paper, I shall not be focussing on the crisis of the Middle Income Heavily Indebted Countries, who borrowed from commercial banks from the industrialised world, mainly the United States who offered the countries concerned loans with short maturity periods and variable rates of interest so that they could ra...

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This 'political landmark'13 appeared to be a victory for democracy, extending the electorate from just under three million to over twelve million, instantly enfranchising the majority of the male population over the age of twenty-five and granting them for the first time a degree of influence over the governance of their own lives14. ... The concepts of 'Jiyushugi' (principle of self-judgement) and 'Bummei Kaika' (civilisation and enlightenment) had been celebrated through the writings of earlier Meiji intellectuals such as Fukuzawa Yukichi and Nakamura ...

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Nevertheless, corruption and the lack of political agencies' autonomy has been a hereditary problem from the earlier communist regime. ... Overall, the Czech Republic scored on the comparative democratization scale in the middle compared to the two other countries. ... (Freedom House, 2014) President Komorowski remains the most trusted politician, in contrast to the declining popularity of the Prime Minister's government that voted down the petition for referendum regarding the lowering of school age from seven to six, even though, seventy percent of the population wanted referendum....

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The pass system despite it having age old roots within South Africa from the early days of colonization to control the movements of slaves took a new form in the few years before apartheid and during apartheid. ...

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