Computer Education

Education ... A right to education has been created and recognized by some jurisdictions: Since 1952, Article 2 of the first Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights obliges all signatory parties to guarantee the right to education... Etymology Etymologically, the word education is derived from the Latin ēducātiō (“A breeding, a bringing up, a rearing) from ēdūcō (“I educate, I train”) which is related to the homonym ēdūcō (“I lead forth, I take out; I raise up, I erect”) from ē- (“from, out of”) and dūcō (“I lead, I conduct”)...

Elementary Schools In Japan ... Virtually all elementary education takes place in public schools; less than 1% of the schools are private...

Term Paper ... During the years from 1870 to 1900, Moulton and Holmes (2003) write that "American education was transformed as writing became a method of discourse and research the hallmark of learning." Russell (1991) writes that in the 1910s, "the research paper began to harden into its familiar form" adding that plagiarism and the sale of research papers both became a problem during this time... In the present day an entire industry has sprung up to provide plagiarized, pre-written, or custom written term papers to students of levels of education...

College ... In Queensland some newer schools which accept primary and high school students are styled state college, but state schools offering only secondary education are called "State High School"... It can refer to an institution of tertiary education that is smaller than a university, run independently or as part of a university...

School Discipline ... Historical attitudes to school discipline Corporal punishment Throughout the history of education the most common means of maintaining discipline in schools was corporal punishment...

Romanian Educational System ... Kindergarten is optional under the age of six. At the age of six, children must join the "preparatory school year", which is mandatory in order to enter the first grade...

Tuition Payments ... Tuition payment Some methods students use to pay for the cost of tuition include: Scholarships Bursaries Grants Parents' money Student savings Government Student loans Financial institution loans Educational institution loans Company funding Tuition is one of the costs of a post-secondary education in the U. S...

Education Theory ... In terms of speculative thought, its history began with classical Greek philosophers and sophists, and today it is a term for reflective theorizing about pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning, and education policy, organization and leadership... On the other hand, a theory of education can be "normative (or prescriptive) as in philosophy, or descriptive as in science." In the first case, a theory means a postulation about what ought to be... It provides the "goals, norms, and standards for conducting the process of education." In the second case, it means "an hypothesis or set of hypotheses that have been verified by observation and experiment." Whereas a normative educational theory provided by a philosopher might offer goals of education, descriptive "theory provides concrete data that will help realize more effectively the goals suggested by the philosopher." A descriptive theory of education can be thought of as a conceptual scheme that ties together various "otherwise discrete...

Alternative Education ... More recently, social critics such as John Caldwell Holt, Paul Goodman, Frederick Mayer, George Dennison and Ivan Illich have examined education from more individualist, anarchist, and libertarian perspectives, that is, critiques of the ways that they feel conventional education subverts democracy by molding young people's understandings... Other writers, from the revolutionary Paulo Freire to American educators like Herbert Kohl and Jonathan Kozol, have criticized mainstream Western education from the viewpoint of their varied left-liberal and radical politics... Ron Miller has identified five core elements common to many contemporary educational alternatives: Respect for every person Balance Decentralization of authority Noninterference between political, economic, and cultural spheres of society A holistic worldview Modern forms A wide variety of educational alternatives exist at the elementary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education...

Secondary Education ... Secondary schools in Croatia are subdivided into: gymnasiums with four available educational tracks; prirodoslovno-matematička gimnazija (specializing in math,informatics and science), jezična gimnazija (with at least three foreign languages required), klasična gimnazija (with a curriculum centered around classics, namely Latin and Ancient Greek) and opća gimnazija (which covers a general education and is not as specific)...

Virtual School ... All or a majority of the student services are conducted via Internet technology. The virtual school differ/contrasts from the traditional school through the physical media that links administrators, teachers, and students...

Medieval University ... These universities evolved from much older Christian cathedral schools and monastic schools, and it is difficult to define the date at which they became true universities, although the lists of studia generalia for higher education in Europe held by the Vatican are a useful guide...

Music Education ... Music education departments in North American and European universities also often support interdisciplinary research in such areas as music psychology, music education historiography, educational ethnomusicology, sociomusicology, and philosophy of education... The study of Western art music is increasingly common in music education outside of North America and Europe, including Asian nations such as South Korea, Japan, and China...

School ... In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary and secondary education... Private schools may be for children with special needs when the government does not supply for them; religious, such as Christian schools, hawzas, yeshivas, and others; or schools that have a higher standard of education or seek to foster other personal achievements... Schools for adults include institutions of corporate training, Military education and training and business schools...

Curriculum ... A curriculum may also refer to a defined and prescribed course of studies, which students must fulfill in order to pass a certain level of education...

Elementary School ... Education was restructured into three progressive stages which were known as primary education, secondary education and further education...

Philosophy Of History ... Sometimes critical philosophy of history is included under historiography. Philosophy of history should not be confused with the history of philosophy, which is the study of the development of philosophical ideas through time...

Tutor ... In the University of Cambridge, a Tutor is an officer of a college responsible for the pastoral care of a number of students in cognate disciplines, as against a Director of Studies who is responsible for the academic progress of a group of students in their own discipline, with both Tutors and Directors of Study answering to a Senior Tutor. In the University of Oxford, the colleges fuse pastoral and academic care into the single office of Fellow and Tutor, also known as a CUF Lecturer...

Educational Psychology ... Educational psychology in turn informs a wide range of specialities within educational studies, including instructional design, educational technology, curriculum development, organizational learning, special education and classroom management...

High School ... In all of New Zealand and Malaysia along with parts of Australia, Bangladesh and Canada, high school is synonymous with secondary school, and encompasses the entire secondary stage of education... The later years of high school are known as the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in New South Wales for Year 12, Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) in Victoria for Years 11 and 12 and similar names in other states...