Schools in the North were supported by Protestant church organizations, so they sought to instill in their students the current ideals of Puritan morality. The motivation that guided the missionaries and philanthropists in their approach to educating the freedmen was the ideal of industrial education which included the training of labor workers. ... Washington embraced this ideal making him a prominent figure that was well respected by many whites. ... Black teachers were influenced to limit instruction to or away from certain topics by threats of being placed on the "black list". .....

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As Becker (1961) explains that the ideal characteristics of a student described by a teacher are those of middle class children: bright, well dressed, motivated etc. this implies that teachers prefer middle class students over working class, this could demotivate the working class children as teachers already favor middle class therefore they may focus more on them. ... This means that the way teachers label students will also affect their expectations and interactions with said student, for example those labeled as 'smart' may receive more encouragement to do harder tasks whereas...

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A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ... In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout notices the ironic hypocrisy of her third grade teacher, Miss Caroline. ... An example of ironic hypocrisy is when Marji is told by her teacher to tear out the photos of the previous Iranian Shah from her school books. ... " When Marji's teacher hears her stating the previous Shah was chosen by God, she tells Marji she mustn't say things like tha...

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A contrast between the two texts is that Marji challenges her family's ideals, whereas in To Kill a Mockingbird Scout gradually adopts her father's doctrine throughout the novel. ... In the case of To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout notices the ironic hypocrisy of her third grade teacher, Miss Caroline. ... An example of ironic hypocrisy is when Marji is told by her teacher to tear out the photos of the previous Iranian Shah from her school books. ... " When Marji's teacher hears her stating the previous Shah was chosen by God, she tells Marji she mustn't say things like tha...

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Many students do this to avoid classes that they dislike, say some classes are too hard or too easy, to avoid certain teachers or peers they may have a conflict with and to attend to personal matters. ... Furthermore, Fallis et al (2003) stated that "cutting falls not only just in the responsibility of the students but also within the responsibility of teachers, counselors, deans, administrators, attendance staff and various others. ... Students also thought that boredom in class is often the result of teachers dulling and/or slowing down the lesson in order to focus on a struggling student;...

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The case studies focal point is about a youthful girl who is singled out because of her socio-economic background, as part of the scenario the parent and teacher are involved. ... Mrs Maughan is the class teacher. ... Teachers and students have agency, whereby some people will access it and some will not. ... The teacher within the case study has the opportunity to make use of her authority over Stephanie, however, it states that the teacher simply diverts the name calling and making an excuse for dilemma with replying saying "Stephanie that's not very nice, if you haven't got anyt...

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An individual report into alternative visions of education, including views about the role of education and the relationship between education and other social institutions Education for Work ! Introduction School was engineered to serve the economy and social order. It wasn't made for th...

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Growing up in a middle class family and inspired by expressionism and communism ideals, Brecht revolutionised the course of modern European theatre in his creation of a completely new form of theatre. ... As a socially and historically confined cultural concept, realism offers a window view on the world while Marxism springs from communism ideals of equality between all people and the non-existence of social stratification that proves to be a major difficulty in this play. ... Yet I also noticed that quite a lot of changes were made to the script that made me wonder if it was actually allowed...

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A governess-private teacher-was the only respectable occupation for young unmarried ladies during the victorian era of whom did not have any economic means, family, brother, or father (Dooley). ... Those same large skrits and constrict-ing cosets were known to make moving freely a daugthing task,plus their superflourious attire made spells of hysteria and fainting were the norm ( ideals of womanhood). ...

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This quote states one of the key and main ideals of utopianism. ... However education in today's world varies from school to school, this is because the criterion is different and teachers are different. ...

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"If she were a nice, pretty child, one might compassionate her forlornness; but one really cannot care for such a little toad as that." (Bronte, 2010) This quote was directly taken from a novel by Charlotte Bronte entitled Jane Eyre. The terms 'Plain Jane' might be familiar and relevant to ...

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Charon states that the fundamental reasons why societies are unequal are the division of labor, social conflict, institution of private property and ability to accumulate wealth, and power, prestige, and privilege (Charon 69). Jonathon Kozol in his article "Savage Inequalities" describes the societi...

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