Sentences with phrase «great aim of education»

British philosopher and sociologist Herbert Spencer once wrote that, «The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action.»

«The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.»

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And one of the great tasks of all true education, social reform, and religion combined, is so to present to men and make possible for men those aims in life which are worth serving, that men may choose them, love them, become patriots for them, organize their lives around them, and so harness all their fiery energies to the service of the light.

The American university aims at a kind of rational autonomy and sees an education in reason as identical to an education in morality; however, it no longer draws upon the reflections of those Enlightenment thinkers on the great tension between moral authority and rational self - sufficiency.

He added, «It is a great disappointment that scarce funds that should be used to develop key sectors of the government such as education, health, security and reviving of Nigerian economy in these trying times were systematically allocated to non-existing projects with the sole aim of converting such into personal use in the nearest future.

«Since her first child entered the City's public school system ten years ago, Ann Kittredge has immersed herself in learning about the many different facets of educational policy and has dedicated a great deal of her time and effort to volunteer projects aimed at improving the education experience of our children,» Borough President Katz said.

Private sector contributions to the education sector should aim to reinforce the need for greater public investment in education and research rather than to replace the role of national governments.

Jill Carlson International Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.Education Policy City: Oakland, California Current job: Director of Individual Giving at Aim High, an award - winning summer learning program in the greater Bay Area founded by a HGSE alumnus Career highlight (s): Relaunching Students Helping Students at Room to Read, and being able to mobilize students (and their families) all over the world to raise awareness and funds for literacy and girls» education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.education; cheering on Deb Gittler, Ed.M.»

AHOEC centres are at the forefront of delivering innovative, real, and exciting experiences to young people across the UK, its key aims being to promote all - round personal development through outdoor education and residential experience; to develop, establish and maintain good and safe practice in outdoor education; to encourage awareness of, and active respect for the environment; and to foster greater confidence and regard for others through a series of adventurous challenges requiring cooperation set in the outdoors.

The Obama administration recognizes that No Child Left Behind aims to help the federal government perform its most important education function: improving the education of students in greatest need.

Our ultimate aim is to catalyze substantially greater impacts on the lives of young children whose needs are not addressed adequately by existing programs, with a strong emphasis on those who face the cumulative burdens of economic hardship, limited parent education, racial or ethnic discrimination, and other sources of structural inequity.

That is the question that author and educator Bill Nave aims to answer in his new book from Harvard Education Press, Student - Centered Learning: Nine Classrooms in Action, in which nine teachers tell the stories of their own classrooms and how they altered their own methods to achieve greater student success.

The offering is aimed to provide the novice Twitter user a general overview of the social media tool, as well as «hand hold» participants through the basic steps of registration and initial connecting to the greater education world.

The aim, to replace every secondary school with a modern, purpose built premise has, in my opinion, delivered many first class establishments where pupils have been encouraged in their education through the provision of great environments in which to learn.

Entitled «Assessment and Feedback in Secondary Education,» the conference is aimed at both state and independent sector teaching staff, to support and give greater ownership of their Continuous Professional Development (CPD).

Earlier this week, Salon ran an excerpt from Diane Ravitch's new book in which she takes aim at the different but sometimes overlapping groups of education reformers she calls «corporate reformers,» who favor a greater role for for - profit enterprises in education.

In the Spring 2013 issue for Ed Next, Richard Colvin wrote about a number of new organizations aimed at giving teachers a greater voice in how their profession works and in education policy.

The aim of this policy is crystal clear - to increase the number of good and outstanding school places so that more parents have the security of knowing their child is getting a great education.

As a «one nation» government we are clear that every family should have access to a great local school and every child should get the very best education - and free schools are a crucial part of that aim.

Maria Miller, chair of the women and equalities committee, who argued earlier in the debate that the bill «must make sex and relationships education compulsory» if it is to achieve its aim of promoting welfare for children, tweeted that Timpson's response was «great news».

Much - anticipated new guidance (PDF) from the U.S. Department of Education aims to provide all students with equitable access to great educators.

The testing effort is a «great opportunity,» said Elliot Weinbaum, a senior education researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, but there will be «a host of technical challenges» to make the tests achieve all their complex aims.

Under this model for education, which aims to ensure that every role in the economy is filled by skilled workers, career and technical education is of great importance.

The modern system of education is full of the great number of writing tasks that may help to increase the student's learning and also the great number of essays may be implemented with this aim.

Placer SPCA's Humane Education Program entails a wide variety of activities that aim to educate the community of the importance of respecting all creatures, great and small.

Estimates show that if Humaniq achieves its aim of successfully global financial inclusion process it would also free up approximately USD 4.2 trillion dollars of capital for investments and market growth of the world's poorest countries which could be used for infrastructure development, education, stimulating entrepreneurship, and enhancing the access to greater opportunities given the newfound financial empowerment.

LEV is unique because of its diverse active membership and its approach to impacting the youth in the community, which includes youth led educational initiatives («Youth - to - Parent» and «Youth - to - Youth» Education), and alternative transportation measures proactively aimed at reducing drunk driving in the greater Los Angeles area.

The Healthy Fathering Collaborative of Greater Cleveland (HFC) is a network of public and private agencies that aims to provide education, services, and support directly to fathers throughout the lifespan of fatherhood, from pre-conception and pregnancy to childbirth, early childhood, and parenting school - age children.85 Member agencies provide four types of services: programs that help fathers address barriers that impact their involvement with their children; supportive services for fathers; fatherhood development programs; and father - child social / recreational event programs.86

However Cooke said too much funding aimed at improving Aboriginal health is still administered by mainstream health providers and there is great concern with «silence on a number of key issues relating to Aboriginal health», failure to fully fund the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013 - 2023, and lack of commitment to a national strategy to address the social determinants of health, such as early childhood education for the under 5s, appropriate housing and meaningful employment..

Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2 — 4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5 — 7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they also ensure a great gain in empirical knowledge and an invaluable source of information for public health policy from such studies.