However, the French were much more involved in their more lucrative and well-known colony of Vietnam, and did not spread an educational system to the majority of the Cambodian population. ... Under the guidance of Norodom Sihanouk, the head of the country during the decade, the number of public schools nearly doubled.15 Sihanouk also established compulsory education for children and universities for native Cambodians. ... Pol Pot believed that the "totally indoctrinated," or totally uneducated, would be able to construct a completely equal country without feudalistic overtones introd...

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The education system is designed and provided as a programme for a mass population. ... For these reasons, I hold that education has a double purpose. ... The action of Paulo Freire to change the attitude of an entire population does not embrace a key fundamental issue. ...

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According to the article "Schools v. prisons: Education's the way to cut prison population," "California spends more on prisons because it fails to provide the quality of education you need to succeed in school" (Hanson/Stipek 2). ... According to the article "Schools v. prisons: Education's the way to cut prison population," "Drop outs are 3.5 times more likely to be arrested than high school graduates. ... Statistics are showing a downfall in the high school graduation rate, and these drop outs have more than doubled the likelihood of becoming arr...

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According to the Population Council, Egypt imposed laws that classrooms should not contain more than 36 students. ... As a result, schools resort to make double shifts which means that the students only attend only half a day, and they cannot enjoy their right for getting full educational time. ...

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At the secondary level, according to California Educator, struggling students are assigned double and triple periods of math and English. ... Therefore, teachers often struggle in vain to present content at a challenging level as well as a doable level for the diverse population in one classroom. ...

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INTRODUCTION: To the Filipino, knowledge is acquired through education. Although they generally agree that education can be obtained inside and outside school, they believe that the primary sources of knowledge are the schools. Thus, the higher a person goes up the formal educational ladder, the more knowledge he or she acquires and expectedly, the more wealth he or she generates or produces. Being wealthy means having power, influence and social prestige. Thus, earning a college diploma means acquiring the key to economic and social opportunities. ...

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The field of educational technology has links that go back for almost a hundred years, at least to the museum movement in the early part of the 20th century. The museum movement and the success of training and development work during the two world wars were major factors in the development of the fi...

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