One of the related theories was "Social Darwinism ". ... In the same time period, there was a very popular theory that related to the "internal camp ": the "Social Darwinism ". ... In the same book, An American clergyman Josiah Strong expressed his support on "Social Darwinism ", "what if it should be God's plan to people the world with better and finer material? ...
During that time, the concept of great powers' born by social Darwinism which suggested "survival of the fittest nation" was prevalent and influential. ... Imperialism promoted racism and social Darwinism whereby the imperialist countries believe themselves to be of superior race to their colonized countries. ...
Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... Within Europe, the industrial revolution had created social distress and unease on the population. ... With this in mind, a famous English naturalist, Charles Darwin came up with the hierarchical structure of different races where the British were at the top (superior) of the human race whilst the African race was considered to be at the bottom and often labelled as "childlike and unintelligent"7 Thus, it is evident to see the belief in the superiori...
For example, teachers whom teach Indigenous students teach a mainly western curriculum which uses knowledge born out of western culture, and language, beliefs and social practices that are based on western culture. ... 'Western and Indigenous concepts can often be antithetic and this can be the basis of Indigenous children finding literacy, linguistic, social and cultural disconnections in the transition period between home and pre/school' (Hanlen, 2002). ... There are many examples of shaming being counterproductive with some students lowering their intelligence level to be equal am...
