History of Inequalities in American Education
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, History
| Author: | Marta Zapa?a-Kraj | ISBN: | 9783656886549 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag | Publication: | January 29, 2015 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag | Language: | English |
| Author: | Marta Zapa?a-Kraj |
| ISBN: | 9783656886549 |
| Publisher: | GRIN Verlag |
| Publication: | January 29, 2015 |
| Imprint: | GRIN Verlag |
| Language: | English |
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Pedagogy - History of Pedagogy, grade: 5.0, , language: English, abstract: Education affects every part of our lives. For the majority of people education level determines income level, place in the class system, and even health. Without quality education in ones youth, he or she is quickly at a severe disadvantage then a peer who receives one. In doing this research the author of this thesis has found the most important obstacles in the history of American education. in order to present what factors led to such a situation in American schools, the author decided to divide the paper in three following parts - each discussing different aspect of inequalities found in educational history. The problems of education inequality are deeply rooted throughout American history. In the South segregation was upheld in the Supreme Court in the Plessy vs Ferguson Case in 1896 which mandated that schools be segregated into black and white. What is more, the educational inequalities reach out even deeper - not only did race and skin-color made difference in accesss to knowledge. The sex played also a vital role in it. The history of American education is written down by the numerous minor cases of women who were forbidden to learn, just because they were not born men.
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Pedagogy - History of Pedagogy, grade: 5.0, , language: English, abstract: Education affects every part of our lives. For the majority of people education level determines income level, place in the class system, and even health. Without quality education in ones youth, he or she is quickly at a severe disadvantage then a peer who receives one. In doing this research the author of this thesis has found the most important obstacles in the history of American education. in order to present what factors led to such a situation in American schools, the author decided to divide the paper in three following parts - each discussing different aspect of inequalities found in educational history. The problems of education inequality are deeply rooted throughout American history. In the South segregation was upheld in the Supreme Court in the Plessy vs Ferguson Case in 1896 which mandated that schools be segregated into black and white. What is more, the educational inequalities reach out even deeper - not only did race and skin-color made difference in accesss to knowledge. The sex played also a vital role in it. The history of American education is written down by the numerous minor cases of women who were forbidden to learn, just because they were not born men.
