The document discusses the purpose of education from various perspectives throughout history and today. It provides views from ancient Indian philosophers like Vyasa and Shankara who saw education's purpose as developing well-rounded citizens. Contemporary thinkers like Dewey emphasized education's role in preparing students for society. The document also notes debates around the purpose of education in politics, with some arguing it should focus on workforce needs while others emphasize developing students' character. Overall, the document examines how views on education's purpose have both similarities and differences over time and geography, but generally center around preparing students for life and society.
Relationship between Education and Philosophy.SANA FATIMA
”Education without philosophy is blind, philosophy without education is lame” comment.
EDUCATION:
PHILOSOPHY:
Metaphysics:
Epistemology:
Ethics:
Logic:
Relationship between philosophy and education:
a] Determining the aims of education:
b] Harmonizing old and new traditions in the field of education
c] Providing the educational planners, administrators, and educators with the progressive vision to achieve educational development:-
d] Preparing the young generation to face the challenges of the modern time:-
REFERENCES:
Relationship between Education and Philosophy.SANA FATIMA
”Education without philosophy is blind, philosophy without education is lame” comment.
EDUCATION:
PHILOSOPHY:
Metaphysics:
Epistemology:
Ethics:
Logic:
Relationship between philosophy and education:
a] Determining the aims of education:
b] Harmonizing old and new traditions in the field of education
c] Providing the educational planners, administrators, and educators with the progressive vision to achieve educational development:-
d] Preparing the young generation to face the challenges of the modern time:-
REFERENCES:
The Bureau for Private Post Secondary Education (BPPE) and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), California engaged in abusive and unconstitutional activities
Highlights of the chapter:
• Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education: guilty of an abuse of power and money extraction through creative and questionable taxation.
• I did not plan to go any further into this comparative analysis of the regulated industries, but I am so glad that I did.
• It is illegal and unconstitutional to tax the revenue of the schools that BPPE regulates.
• BPPE has exhibited extreme prejudice and blatantly open discrimination towards legal immigrants, naturalized citizens, and their descendants
• DCA was the de-facto licensing agency for Private Postsecondary Schools in California after the sunset of BPPVE (June 2007) and until the debut of BPPE (December 2009)
• BPPE’s Funding Scheme – Innovative and troubling - reaches the federal level.
• DCA breached its contracts with hundreds - well over 1,000 private postsecondary schools in California while BPPE shredded the contracts and destroyed the database of the official roster of California-approved schools.
• DCA may not be willing to give an account of its actions but once its scheme has been exposed, it will have to answer to the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. taxpayers.
on August 17, 2014, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (2014), Diann Sokoloff, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Aspasia A. Papavassiliou, Deputy Attorney General issued a Statement of Issues (Case No: 998701) on Behalf of Ms. Joanne Wenzel, Chief, Bureau for Private Post Secondary Education, Department of Consumer Affairs. This Statement of issues was full of misrepresentation and omission of facts. It deprived California Takshila University and me of the property right that is vested upon us through the constitutional right.
BPPE/DCA and Attorney General's office issued tens of hundreds of SOIs to small private postsecondary schools primarily owned by the people of minority groups. Many of those schools simply went away rather than deal with the mighty Californian Agencies.
It is important to note that Current U.S. Senator Kamala Harris simply ignored CTU's constitutional rights. Now (in 2018), however, she fights for people's constitutional rights. Is there a double standard or opportunistic motive? Perhaps, she can undo the wrongdoing she overlooked during her time in California.
Furthermore, Ms. Kamala Harris simply wrote off the misrepresentation of the Governor Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger passed a law in 2007 to give power and authority to the Department of Consumer Affairs, California (DCA) to authorize and approve Private Postsecondary Educational institutions to operate in California.
California Education Code (Minimum Educational Requirements to Award a Graduate Degree) (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5, § 71865, subd. (a)).
History by definition is the facts of a time, and the fact is always true (the way it happened). However, that truth is not always, decoded as it happened. Writers, historians, and contemporary pundits do their best to decode facts from the information and materials with the admixture of composite influences of economic, social, political, and individual beliefs. Therefore, history needs to be reevaluated, re-accessed with the passage of time, advancement of technologies, and development of human intrinsic philosophical and moral (dharmic) wisdom.
Since history was always written by the powerful and the victor, it is currently being written by the powerful and the victor, and it will be done so in the future unless we, the people take a very small step to tell the tale now, or never.
Tibet has flourished for centuries; it has been a living hub of ancient culture and spirituality, minding its own business, so to speak. Tibet has made vast contributions to the world in terms of spiritual wealth and philosophy. As parts of the Indian subcontinent were being invaded and the Hindu civilization was obliterated by the barbaric attackers, many seekers, gurus and spiritual masters took refuge in the safety and solitude of Tibet, allowing Hindu and Buddhist thought and literature to survive and flourish. Thus, Tibet holds extreme importance to Indians as it denotes resilience and survival.
Political Background:
This historic border between India and Tibet was called the Indo-Tibetan border and China (Sino) had no mention in defining that border. Tibetan history shows that Tibetan powerful rulers in the 7th century invaded parts of China, and the annexed Chinese territory even paid taxes or tribute according to a treaty (Treaty of 821 A.D.) between the Tibetan king Tsenpo and the Chinese Emperor Hwang citing “neighborly contentment,” and “establishing a great era when Tibetans shall be happy in Tibet and Chinese shall be happy in China, shall never be changed.” The Chinese forces violated the 821 A.D. bilateral treaty by continuously invading Tibet over the centuries.
Tibetans lost most of their Central Asian possessions to the Chinese and the great Tibetan Empire all but vanished by the 9th century due to Chinese and Mongol invasions.
The British signed the Lhasa Convention with the Government of Tibet after their expedition and this denotes Tibet’s sovereignty. It should be noted that China is nowhere in the picture and all official business was conducted with the government of Tibet.
Tamaso ma Jyotirgamaya: From Darkness to Lightbaidya
Share your knowledge, go from darkness to Light .
In a formal teaching environment, various content and subjects are exchanged between teachers and learners. A student’s learning is assessed only through the contents -its retention, its depth, and width. However, none of these give any measure to the amount of luminance of light that a learner has acquired and passed on during his/her learning processes using content as a vehicle. Thus the acquired luminance of light acts as the learner’s North Star of life – a guiding path. With this, the learner achieves success, builds family, contributes to society, and becomes part of the bonafide citizenry of any nation.
She Screams every 15 minutes in India.
Not a single day passes by without a report of rape somewhere in India. Thanks to digital media tools and apps, we now get to see our faces every moment wherever, whenever. In India, someone somewhere is violating a women’s dignity every 15 minutes (Ministry of Home Affairs report 2018). Every year thousands of women report rape cases to the police and equal or more cases have never been reported. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), women reported 34,000 rapes in 2018, which is nearly the same number of rape cases reported in 2017. In addition, 237,660 cognizable cases were registered in 2018.
The savagery and brutality of many of those rape cases are unthinkable. Very recent cases of Disha Salian (Bollywood), a Veterinarian (Hyderabad), Nirbhaya (New Delhi), Singur (West Bengal), Baran (Rajasthan), and Hathras (Uttar Pradesh), are some of the instances which have been recently covered by the media while thousands go unreported and uncovered.
Rape not only violates a women’s dignity but also reduces her to a level of a usable article of trade. And, if the perpetrator has means, power, access to power, or means to buy power, the perpetrator feels every object and every human being is a commodity. This must stop if we wish to call our surrounding society, instead of a jungle. In a jungle, everything and every being is a commodity if you have physical power.
They all say that they are playing with the fire for freedom, and the right to live. That is right, it is the RIGHT to have RIGHT, and it is worth dying for to have the RIGHT. A RIGHT to speak; a right to have expressed; above all a right to select our representatives – the voting right is the right of an American Citizen that many are jealous of, at least that is what we are told. This is fundamentally critical for a civilized nation of a democratic class to have voting right. As President Abraham Lincoln best described democracy as the "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." For that government to be "by the people," however, requires that the people decide who shall be their leaders including Mayors, congressmen, senators, governors, and the president.
Portuguese_BIOEMPREENDEDOR - Os Milionários Moleculares.pdfbaidya
Escrevendo o livro, Bioempreendedores: Os Milionários Moleculares, nós, Ryan Baidya e Miyuki Shiratani, tentamos abranger os recursos ordinários e extraordinários que os leitores podem utilizar para compreender o setor de biotecnologia. Ao escrever o livro, mantivemos em mente queles sem histórico em biotecnologia. Portanto, o livro não enfatiza fatos difíceis de indivíduos das ciências, ou figuras financeiras do mercado de ações. É na verdade uma análise lúcida da situação do setor de biotecnologia.
Ele esforça-se por educar investidores prospectivos em como e porquê investir em empreendimentos iniciais e empresas de estágio inicial. Além disso, ele também fornece ferramentas, conhecimentos e experiência, identificando momentos para fazer lucros em uma área específica. Em resumo, tentamos seriamente incorporar o máximo de informação possível para tornar este livro o seu melhor amigo, filósofo e um guia para as pessoas interessadas em biotecnologia.
America – The United State of America, is not just an aggregation of states and union territories. America is a concept. America is hope. America is an ambassador to the human race. It is a place, an idea, and a representation of the true world domicile by the human race.
Bharat-mata has been in grief past 200+ years. We the sons and daughters of our mother seem to not be capable of holding her grief in our heart, mind, and soul, and act compassionately and wisely. Artist Phauzdar is deeply saddened by the contemporary terrors, atrocities, blood, and killings in Bengal, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, UP, and elsewhere in the country. These events reminded him of the 1970s Pak atrocities in Bangladesh, which he witnessed firsthand.
Our system of governance is far from the key principle of democracy - by the people, for the people, and to the people - for all practical purposes. Our system of governance consists of laws, rules, and regulations to rule the people of the land - the subjects. This is primarily due to a clumsy process of transfer of the ruling power of the British government to the then newly formed republic - the Republic of India. In doing so, many of the laws, rules, regulations, and police codes that the prior raj used in ruling its subject had been adopted for the Republic.
A mother loves her children with her whole heart and some cultures believe that a child is a literal extension of the mother till a certain age. Science too shows that certain factors such as mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from fathers, but mitochondrial DNA is almost exclusively passed from the mother to her offspring via the egg cell (Zouros, 1994). Mitochondrial DNA is responsible for energy production within the body and is inherited from the mother while nuclear DNA is inherited from both parents.
A Society that Views Women as a Commodity is Bound to Breed Terrorism, Violence, Hatred, Tragedies, Fear, and Death. The First and Foremost Criterion for the Success of a Society is that Women are Accorded the High Respect that They Rightly Deserve. Without that Even the Otherwise Noble Deeds would be Fruitless.
Writing the book, Biopreneurs: The Molecular Millionaires, Ryan Baidya and Miyuki Shiratani have tried to cover the ordinary and extraordinary resources that readers can utilize to understand the biotech industry. While writing the book, we kept in mind those without biotech backgrounds. So, the book does not emphasize dry hard facts from life science subjects or financial figures from the stock market. It is rather a lucid situational analysis of the biotech industry.
It strives to educate prospective investors on how and why to invest in start-up ventures and early-stage companies. In addition, it also provides tools, knowledge, and expertise, identifying appropriate times to realize profits in a particular field. In a nutshell, we have earnestly tried to incorporate as much information as possible to make this book your best friend, philosopher, and guide for those people interested in biotechnology.
Landscape of the MSCS Programs in Californiabaidya
A sound education in information technology fuels the success of individuals as well as corporations in modern life. Information technology offers numerous opportunities but faces unique challenges in the United States. In a populous state like California, where Computer Science (CS) has been taught at the
college level since the 1950s, these problems are even acute. This article provides an overview of the
current state of affairs in CS in California. We include wisdom from lessons learned from efforts to offer
quality education in both public and private universities in California. In particular, we focus on the
differential school system and the educational landscape of CS education in this state.
America – is one of the best nations so far, however not the absolute best. Being best among the worst is no good. To bring out the best of America – the ideology- has to be challenged over and over again– by all the people of the world. Time has arrived as it did 150 years ago – when President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Emancipation.
The Bureau for Private Post Secondary Education (BPPE) and the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), California engaged in abusive and unconstitutional activities
Highlights of the chapter:
• Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education: guilty of an abuse of power and money extraction through creative and questionable taxation.
• I did not plan to go any further into this comparative analysis of the regulated industries, but I am so glad that I did.
• It is illegal and unconstitutional to tax the revenue of the schools that BPPE regulates.
• BPPE has exhibited extreme prejudice and blatantly open discrimination towards legal immigrants, naturalized citizens, and their descendants
• DCA was the de-facto licensing agency for Private Postsecondary Schools in California after the sunset of BPPVE (June 2007) and until the debut of BPPE (December 2009)
• BPPE’s Funding Scheme – Innovative and troubling - reaches the federal level.
• DCA breached its contracts with hundreds - well over 1,000 private postsecondary schools in California while BPPE shredded the contracts and destroyed the database of the official roster of California-approved schools.
• DCA may not be willing to give an account of its actions but once its scheme has been exposed, it will have to answer to the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. taxpayers.
on August 17, 2014, California Attorney General Kamala Harris (2014), Diann Sokoloff, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Aspasia A. Papavassiliou, Deputy Attorney General issued a Statement of Issues (Case No: 998701) on Behalf of Ms. Joanne Wenzel, Chief, Bureau for Private Post Secondary Education, Department of Consumer Affairs. This Statement of issues was full of misrepresentation and omission of facts. It deprived California Takshila University and me of the property right that is vested upon us through the constitutional right.
BPPE/DCA and Attorney General's office issued tens of hundreds of SOIs to small private postsecondary schools primarily owned by the people of minority groups. Many of those schools simply went away rather than deal with the mighty Californian Agencies.
It is important to note that Current U.S. Senator Kamala Harris simply ignored CTU's constitutional rights. Now (in 2018), however, she fights for people's constitutional rights. Is there a double standard or opportunistic motive? Perhaps, she can undo the wrongdoing she overlooked during her time in California.
Furthermore, Ms. Kamala Harris simply wrote off the misrepresentation of the Governor Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger passed a law in 2007 to give power and authority to the Department of Consumer Affairs, California (DCA) to authorize and approve Private Postsecondary Educational institutions to operate in California.
California Education Code (Minimum Educational Requirements to Award a Graduate Degree) (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 5, § 71865, subd. (a)).
History by definition is the facts of a time, and the fact is always true (the way it happened). However, that truth is not always, decoded as it happened. Writers, historians, and contemporary pundits do their best to decode facts from the information and materials with the admixture of composite influences of economic, social, political, and individual beliefs. Therefore, history needs to be reevaluated, re-accessed with the passage of time, advancement of technologies, and development of human intrinsic philosophical and moral (dharmic) wisdom.
Since history was always written by the powerful and the victor, it is currently being written by the powerful and the victor, and it will be done so in the future unless we, the people take a very small step to tell the tale now, or never.
Tibet has flourished for centuries; it has been a living hub of ancient culture and spirituality, minding its own business, so to speak. Tibet has made vast contributions to the world in terms of spiritual wealth and philosophy. As parts of the Indian subcontinent were being invaded and the Hindu civilization was obliterated by the barbaric attackers, many seekers, gurus and spiritual masters took refuge in the safety and solitude of Tibet, allowing Hindu and Buddhist thought and literature to survive and flourish. Thus, Tibet holds extreme importance to Indians as it denotes resilience and survival.
Political Background:
This historic border between India and Tibet was called the Indo-Tibetan border and China (Sino) had no mention in defining that border. Tibetan history shows that Tibetan powerful rulers in the 7th century invaded parts of China, and the annexed Chinese territory even paid taxes or tribute according to a treaty (Treaty of 821 A.D.) between the Tibetan king Tsenpo and the Chinese Emperor Hwang citing “neighborly contentment,” and “establishing a great era when Tibetans shall be happy in Tibet and Chinese shall be happy in China, shall never be changed.” The Chinese forces violated the 821 A.D. bilateral treaty by continuously invading Tibet over the centuries.
Tibetans lost most of their Central Asian possessions to the Chinese and the great Tibetan Empire all but vanished by the 9th century due to Chinese and Mongol invasions.
The British signed the Lhasa Convention with the Government of Tibet after their expedition and this denotes Tibet’s sovereignty. It should be noted that China is nowhere in the picture and all official business was conducted with the government of Tibet.
Tamaso ma Jyotirgamaya: From Darkness to Lightbaidya
Share your knowledge, go from darkness to Light .
In a formal teaching environment, various content and subjects are exchanged between teachers and learners. A student’s learning is assessed only through the contents -its retention, its depth, and width. However, none of these give any measure to the amount of luminance of light that a learner has acquired and passed on during his/her learning processes using content as a vehicle. Thus the acquired luminance of light acts as the learner’s North Star of life – a guiding path. With this, the learner achieves success, builds family, contributes to society, and becomes part of the bonafide citizenry of any nation.
She Screams every 15 minutes in India.
Not a single day passes by without a report of rape somewhere in India. Thanks to digital media tools and apps, we now get to see our faces every moment wherever, whenever. In India, someone somewhere is violating a women’s dignity every 15 minutes (Ministry of Home Affairs report 2018). Every year thousands of women report rape cases to the police and equal or more cases have never been reported. According to National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), women reported 34,000 rapes in 2018, which is nearly the same number of rape cases reported in 2017. In addition, 237,660 cognizable cases were registered in 2018.
The savagery and brutality of many of those rape cases are unthinkable. Very recent cases of Disha Salian (Bollywood), a Veterinarian (Hyderabad), Nirbhaya (New Delhi), Singur (West Bengal), Baran (Rajasthan), and Hathras (Uttar Pradesh), are some of the instances which have been recently covered by the media while thousands go unreported and uncovered.
Rape not only violates a women’s dignity but also reduces her to a level of a usable article of trade. And, if the perpetrator has means, power, access to power, or means to buy power, the perpetrator feels every object and every human being is a commodity. This must stop if we wish to call our surrounding society, instead of a jungle. In a jungle, everything and every being is a commodity if you have physical power.
They all say that they are playing with the fire for freedom, and the right to live. That is right, it is the RIGHT to have RIGHT, and it is worth dying for to have the RIGHT. A RIGHT to speak; a right to have expressed; above all a right to select our representatives – the voting right is the right of an American Citizen that many are jealous of, at least that is what we are told. This is fundamentally critical for a civilized nation of a democratic class to have voting right. As President Abraham Lincoln best described democracy as the "government of the people, by the people, and for the people." For that government to be "by the people," however, requires that the people decide who shall be their leaders including Mayors, congressmen, senators, governors, and the president.
Portuguese_BIOEMPREENDEDOR - Os Milionários Moleculares.pdfbaidya
Escrevendo o livro, Bioempreendedores: Os Milionários Moleculares, nós, Ryan Baidya e Miyuki Shiratani, tentamos abranger os recursos ordinários e extraordinários que os leitores podem utilizar para compreender o setor de biotecnologia. Ao escrever o livro, mantivemos em mente queles sem histórico em biotecnologia. Portanto, o livro não enfatiza fatos difíceis de indivíduos das ciências, ou figuras financeiras do mercado de ações. É na verdade uma análise lúcida da situação do setor de biotecnologia.
Ele esforça-se por educar investidores prospectivos em como e porquê investir em empreendimentos iniciais e empresas de estágio inicial. Além disso, ele também fornece ferramentas, conhecimentos e experiência, identificando momentos para fazer lucros em uma área específica. Em resumo, tentamos seriamente incorporar o máximo de informação possível para tornar este livro o seu melhor amigo, filósofo e um guia para as pessoas interessadas em biotecnologia.
America – The United State of America, is not just an aggregation of states and union territories. America is a concept. America is hope. America is an ambassador to the human race. It is a place, an idea, and a representation of the true world domicile by the human race.
Bharat-mata has been in grief past 200+ years. We the sons and daughters of our mother seem to not be capable of holding her grief in our heart, mind, and soul, and act compassionately and wisely. Artist Phauzdar is deeply saddened by the contemporary terrors, atrocities, blood, and killings in Bengal, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, UP, and elsewhere in the country. These events reminded him of the 1970s Pak atrocities in Bangladesh, which he witnessed firsthand.
Our system of governance is far from the key principle of democracy - by the people, for the people, and to the people - for all practical purposes. Our system of governance consists of laws, rules, and regulations to rule the people of the land - the subjects. This is primarily due to a clumsy process of transfer of the ruling power of the British government to the then newly formed republic - the Republic of India. In doing so, many of the laws, rules, regulations, and police codes that the prior raj used in ruling its subject had been adopted for the Republic.
A mother loves her children with her whole heart and some cultures believe that a child is a literal extension of the mother till a certain age. Science too shows that certain factors such as mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from fathers, but mitochondrial DNA is almost exclusively passed from the mother to her offspring via the egg cell (Zouros, 1994). Mitochondrial DNA is responsible for energy production within the body and is inherited from the mother while nuclear DNA is inherited from both parents.
A Society that Views Women as a Commodity is Bound to Breed Terrorism, Violence, Hatred, Tragedies, Fear, and Death. The First and Foremost Criterion for the Success of a Society is that Women are Accorded the High Respect that They Rightly Deserve. Without that Even the Otherwise Noble Deeds would be Fruitless.
Writing the book, Biopreneurs: The Molecular Millionaires, Ryan Baidya and Miyuki Shiratani have tried to cover the ordinary and extraordinary resources that readers can utilize to understand the biotech industry. While writing the book, we kept in mind those without biotech backgrounds. So, the book does not emphasize dry hard facts from life science subjects or financial figures from the stock market. It is rather a lucid situational analysis of the biotech industry.
It strives to educate prospective investors on how and why to invest in start-up ventures and early-stage companies. In addition, it also provides tools, knowledge, and expertise, identifying appropriate times to realize profits in a particular field. In a nutshell, we have earnestly tried to incorporate as much information as possible to make this book your best friend, philosopher, and guide for those people interested in biotechnology.
Landscape of the MSCS Programs in Californiabaidya
A sound education in information technology fuels the success of individuals as well as corporations in modern life. Information technology offers numerous opportunities but faces unique challenges in the United States. In a populous state like California, where Computer Science (CS) has been taught at the
college level since the 1950s, these problems are even acute. This article provides an overview of the
current state of affairs in CS in California. We include wisdom from lessons learned from efforts to offer
quality education in both public and private universities in California. In particular, we focus on the
differential school system and the educational landscape of CS education in this state.
America – is one of the best nations so far, however not the absolute best. Being best among the worst is no good. To bring out the best of America – the ideology- has to be challenged over and over again– by all the people of the world. Time has arrived as it did 150 years ago – when President Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Emancipation.
A small hyphen (-) is the key factor for not achieving serenity in the American social framework that is hindering its economic, political and spiritual advancement even after having so much wealth, talents, and natural resources. Hate is in the air, greed, and lust in the eyes, dishonesty, deception, and vulgarity in the language, and, love and compassion in life-support.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
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The map views are useful for providing a geographical representation of data. They allow users to visualize and analyze the data in a more intuitive manner.
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
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In the Quest for the Purpose of Education
Ryan Baidya, PhD with Anjali Kanojia, PhD
Takshila Foundation, California, USA
Prologue
Hello, my name is Ryan, Ryan Baidya. That is my popular name derived from my
official name Narayan Baidya. I am a naturalized citizen of the United States of
America. It gives me immense
pride to call myself a Bharatiya
(Indian) by birth and philosophy;
and a citizen of a free world where
merit and justice prevail in most
parts and eventually.
I arrived in the U.S. in September
1987 with 24 years of grinding
educational training, the worth of
hard work, and a drive to learn and
contribute to the betterment of
humanity. I was not trained to go
after money; in fact, the opposite
was true. I was trained to dislike it.
However, I was trained to worship
education, knowledge, and wisdom.
I spent 10 years in the nation’s
thriving institutions working with
scientists, many of whom were later
recognized by the National
Academy of Science and the Nobel
Foundation. Some of my close
peers went on to become Professors,
and entrepreneurs and some of
them may even be in line for Nobel
Prizes (CRISPR, I predict). At first, I
wanted to be in education, but not
the education that I am a product of.
Since that was not possible, I went on to become an entrepreneur.
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I am, however, an educator. The education bug started growing in me when I was a
seventh-grade student. During my middle school days, I used to teach some of my
classmates, and later to the junior classes with some honorarium (fancy word for lunch
money).
During my doctoral time, I taught students from diverse academic, cultural, and
economic backgrounds. Most of us think that an educator teaches, and that is to some
extent true. However, in reality, students teach many-fold more to the educators. An
educator gets to learn from 20-30 students per class, while students get to learn from
only one teacher per class. There is a very favorable ROI (return-on-Investment).
Unfortunately, the contemporary system does not allow room for such a learning
philosophy.
I love to teach. I want to teach those who genuinely want to learn with an open mind.
Those who want to challenge, question and progress uninhibitedly. I believe freedom
of a human soul is not only by abolishing monarchism, autocracy, dictatorship, pseudo-
democracy, asymmetric financial policies, religious boundaries, and blindness but also
through “holistic education of souls” taught by a free mind uninhibited by ignorance,
bias, fear, greed, and lust.
I believe education should be a separate state of affairs that is free from all of the above
issues and completely independent of anyone’s influence. Education should flow
forward as “Time” does. Rivers used to flow on their own. We managed to interrupt
them and change their directional flow. Winds used to blow on their own and we
learned to manipulate them. However, time remains free of any interruption.
Education should and must be of the same category as time. The human race will
perish if we do not honor Education’s right to be free and absolutely free.
Could this be possible?
An answer to this question is both, Yes and No, depending upon how one approaches
addressing the question. If one is truly seeking an answer, one will find the means and
goals to make things work. If one starts with a negative answer, they will have nothing
to worry about and his/her quest would be short and simple – over.
In the U.S., we have many institutions of higher learning who have achieved significant
freedom, but not all. And, that “not all” is hindering our progress as a human race. The
outcomes breed multiple episodes of failure of democracy, financial inequality, and a
lack of understanding of skin pigmentation, confusion in understanding the differences
and similarities in race, culture, ethnicity, skin tone, mother tongue, and physical
appearance. Thus, the result is myopic Tribalism. “Tribalism” entails focusing on the
accumulation of food, wealth, and power – which creates economic and social
inequality, disenfranchisement, and oppression.
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In India, we have semi-autonomous educational systems for the masses with a
composite of philosophy – the leftover British model, the American educational
aspiration, and intrinsic traditional guru-siksha. Meaning, teachings imparted by a guru,
or a master.
During the British occupation, the British introduced its model of education to create
subjects to serve their administration and the economic interest of Britain. It was a
boilerplate system of a soul-less education process. What survived from that 200 years
process is the essence of guru-siksha model, and we are the beneficiary of that model.
Our current education systems are forced to fail to clear the cloud that our leadership
has put in the beautiful mind of our children 24/7. We have mistaken that education
only happens inside the school’s walls. In fact, education is a 24/7 affair. Our children
- as well as we, the adults - learn every day and every moment from all the information
that we absorb from all the means that we encounter. The higher the value source, the
greater the impact is on our children’s mind and their education.
Economic Investment in Education
Every country in the world is in a failed State of Education. In the economic sense,
education is a collective investment that ensures all aspects of our lives – the state’s
safety, security, peace and happiness, economic prosperity and growth, and global
tranquility and harmony. Yet, every country in the world dedicates a small fraction
(average around 5%) of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to education. Moreover,
some countries; such as India, Brazil, Indonesia, and the USA, have a larger percentage
of young students that naturally requires a much larger percentage of the GDP for
Education. And, when a country is aspiring to achieve higher growth to alleviate its
population out of poverty, the country needs to allocate over 25% of its GDP for at least
seven consecutive years. A spectacular outcome will very likely be visible within the
first three years.
Now the question is why wouldn’t these nations spend a large chuck, say 25-30%, of
their budget on building nations’ future? Today’s students are the nation’s foundation
of tomorrow. We do not build a skyscraper with a weak foundation. A nation is bigger
than a skyscraper. Could this be because education sets a human soul completely free?
Free souls are good for the universal progress of peace and prosperity. However, free
souls may not necessarily follow minor tribal activities. Free souls always rise above
tribalism and serve humanity for the greater good.
Understanding the Purpose of Education
In truly understanding my affinity toward education I grappled with the question
"what is the purpose of education". Many scholars and educators have had to struggle
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with this same question before my time. And, I believe, long after today many will ask
the same eternal question. Why? You may wonder! The "Purpose of Education" is
simply not a static issue, it is a dynamic goal that is and should be changing with the
progress of humanity and technological developments. In fact, philosophers and
educators have put forward their views and perspective on the purpose of education
since the beginning of time.
Philosophers and educators as diverse as Vyasa, Chanakya, Adi Shankara, Aristotle,
Plato, Rousseau, Mozi, and Confucius gave their theses on the purpose of education in
their respective times and societies. They shared many common characteristics and
principles about what it is that education's role should be in human development. Each
of them also had their unique views on the role of education within a given time and
society.
In ancient India, education was a holistic learning process. Meaning, the goal of
obtaining an education was to develop a fully-functional and adept human being. The
guru-shishya or teacher-student parampara or tradition outlines immersion learning.
Students in ancient India used to live in an ashram or a dedicated place for the growth
and development of the self. Trust in the guru was an important aspect of learning and
teaching. Students would not only learn skills but also important life lessons via
experiential methods. Examples of this are seen in the stories of the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata.
Sri Krishna, in his dialogue with warrior Arjuna states that one should employ yoga in
one's life and one of the yogas he discusses is Karma yoga. The gist of Karma yoga is to
perform an action without expecting any fruits in return. Therefore, students should
study for the sake of studying and not with the aim of getting a good grade. The grade
will happen as a byproduct, not as a primary goal or desire. A student's dharma -
translated as a duty or internal moral compass - is to be the best student s/he can be.
For example, the dharma of a teacher is to impart the best education possible; not
discriminate against or favor students' and be a guiding light that removes any form of
darkness and doubts during the student's academic career.
Maharishi Patanjali codified the Yoga-Sutras based on many ancient texts and one of the
subcomponents of disciplines he lists is self-study or swadhyaya. Introspection and
getting to know one's self plays a significant role not just in yoga but in most Indian
thought and philosophy. This philosophy of learning later was spread all over Asia and
beyond.
Simplistically, the purpose of education according to ancient seers and gurus is to
develop good citizens who are trained to exercise their dharma in society, whichever
functions they might end up performing. The development of a holistic, well-versed,
and skillful student begins with the right type of teachers and environment.
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For Today’s World
Educational systems are a function of time. Contemporary times cannot be directly
compared to ancient India. Immersion learning and living with a guru is not a
possibility in today's world. However, it is possible to modify the environment to
where the students and teachers are in a
near-ideal space so that teaching and
learning become smooth and organic in
nature.
Today, the purpose of education is geared
towards learning specific skills, finding
employment, and making money. There is
nothing wrong with wanting to be self-
sufficient and fulfill one's karma as a
provider. However, the education system
today contains gaps that must be
addressed; the system does not create a
full-fledged human being. The educators
themselves are not equipped to train
holistic students and the environment also
is not feasible to allow either - the guru-
teacher to adequately train the shishya-
student.
Some examples of views on the purpose of education from contemporary philosophers
and thinkers are listed below:
According to John Dewey, “Individual Psychology and Education,” The Philosopher,
12, 1934,
“The purpose of education has always been to everyone, in essence, the same—to give
the young the things they need in order to develop in an orderly, sequential way into
members of society. This was the purpose of the education given to a little aboriginal
in the Australian bush before the coming of the white man. It was the purpose of the
education of youth in the golden age of Athens. It is the purpose of education today,
whether this education goes on in a one-room school in the mountains of Tennessee or
in the most advanced, progressive school in a radical community. But to develop into
a member of society in the Australian bush had nothing in common with developing
into a member of society in ancient Greece, and still less with what is needed today.
Any education is, in its forms and methods, an outgrowth of the needs of the society
in which it exists.”
Views of Martin Luther King Jr., speech at Morehouse College, 1948,
“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically.
But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.
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The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason but no morals. …
We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that
is the goal of true education.”
An opinion of Arthur W. Foshay, “The Curriculum Matrix: Transcendence and Mathematics,”
Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991,
“The one continuing purpose of education, since ancient times, has been to bring
people to as full a realization as possible of what it is to be a human being. Other
statements of educational purpose have also been widely accepted: to develop the
intellect, to serve social needs, to contribute to the economy, to create an effective
workforce, to prepare students for a job or career, to promote a particular social or
political system. These purposes offered are undesirably limited in scope, and in some
instances, they conflict with the broad purpose I have indicated; they imply a
distorted human existence. The broader humanistic purpose includes all of them, and
goes beyond them, for it seeks to encompass all the dimensions of human experience.”
Philosopher and educator Mortimore Adler (1982) advocated that the purpose of
education has three major components:
Individual growth or self-improvement
Trade/occupational preparation
Development of societal membership
Professor David Tyack (1988), an educator and historian, viewed the purpose of
education as being related to the social and economic needs.
More recently, sociologists D. F. Labaree, K. B. deMarrais, and M. D. LeCompte (1995)
collective views can be summarized into four major purposes of education:
Academic purposes such as the development of mathematical and reading skills;
Economic purposes such as trade/job preparation; and
Political purposes such as the integration of immigrants;
Collective purposes such as the development of societal and ethical responsibility.
More Recently…
Dr. Philip J. Guo, Professor of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
(2010) stated,
"the main purpose of education is to strengthen your mind so that you can more easily learn to
deal with specific challenges you will face throughout your life. Even though you will forget most
of what you learned in school, the intense effort you spend struggling with difficult academic
material tones your mind, just like how physical conditioning tones your body (even though it
serves almost no practical purpose)."
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Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote,
"College is about building your soul as much as your skills. Students want to test out their
ideas and ideals in the campus community. College, in this view, is where you hone the tools for
foundational American Project, the pursuit of happiness" (The New York Times Magazine, Sept
8, 2015).
These contemporary thinkers, philosophers and educators are unanimous with the
views of our early sages and gurus that the development of souls of the students are as
important if not more as building skills of any particular trades.
… And, in the politics
What is the purpose of education? The question came to life in early 2015 in politics
within the U.S. political climate when Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker tried to modify
the century-old mission of the University of Wisconsin system by replacing the words
in the state code which mandate the university to “search for truth” and “improve the
human condition” with “meet the state’s workforce needs” (Strauss, 2015). Governor
Walker backed off when the issue sparked intense criticism from academics and others.
This issue remains an unresolved topic of national debate even today. This type of
tinkering with the purpose of education has been a regular phenomenon globally since
the world’s nations are experimenting with restrictive and tribal political ideologies.
Moving Forward Together
Poet, singer, painter, educationist, and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore once wrote:
‘Jaretumi niche phalo se tomare bandhibe je niche,
poschate rekhecho jare se tomare poschate taniche.’
Literally, this means: "Those whom you put down will tie you down; those whom you
leave behind will pull you back." In other words, who we put down will hinder our
societal progress; and those we leave behind will pull the whole nation back. Every
soul needs a mission for its existence. And, a holistic educational system with the true
purpose of education can only build a soul with a mission. Without a mission, the soul
falls behind. Work ethics are the mission of entrepreneurs. Climbing mountains, and
finding new lands, oceans, and stars are the missions of the explorers. Inventing the
existence of new processes in sciences, and materials to defeat the attacking pathogens
are the mission of scientists. And so on.
Those souls that could not set missions are those who need assistance in finding their
missions. If a society fails to provide them assistance, opportunists will exploit them
and harm society. These opportunists come in different shapes, forms, and sizes with
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different colors and aromas. They come as educators, preachers, religious guides,
politicians, and business persons.
These groups of opportunists turn those souls without mission into terrorists of all
grades, into corrupt business persons, into fanatical political leaders, into out-of-order
bearers of laws-and-order, into flawed law-makers, into justices who hold themselves as
being above the law, and even many - to far too many who become corrupt rulers of
nations.
Why might Souls fail to find a Mission?
Like a plant, every soul comes
from a seed. Like a germinated
plant seedling, the soul needs a
simple, clean, and nurturing
environment. Every soul
receives its nourishment for the
body and mind through food,
shelter, and education.
Education means a learning
process that goes on for an
unending 24-7 nonstop
duration. Learning happens
even in sleep. Learning takes
place actively and passively.
It is the lack of positive passive learning that harms a soul and deprives the soul of
realizing its mission. It is observed that in the places where passive learning is
recognized, respected, and protected, souls are flourishing; and happiness is of a higher
order of magnitude. Social and political discourses are harmonious and directed to
greater goods. Whereas, in places where no respect for positive passive learning exists,
what thrive are: corrupt leaders, dishonest politicians, immoral business people, and
injustice. Unfortunately, these personages are far too prevalent.
The nation’s purpose of education should be to give sincere attention to the realization
of the mission of one’s soul. Educational institutions should also provide an
environment where students either find their life's mission or strengthen their own-
defined mission. We believe an educational institution acts as a catalyst in this process.
The school refines the good that the student finds.
The students should have the opportunity to acquire not only the subject knowledge to
economically sustain their livelihood, but also take part in building an equitable and
sustainable peaceful society. They should be able to avoid emotionally expensive and
professionally disastrous circumstances with relative ease if they are given the correct
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tools and wisdom to take over the steering wheel of their life journey. The content of
the subject knowledge acts as the bearer of the educator’s life lessons and wisdom,
which in turn is the essence of the knowledge that students receive.
An educational system should invoke and awaken the seeker in every soul. The
educational process helps students formulate their lives’ cardinal rules which will guide
them for years to come to be bonafide citizens of this world. Unfortunately, we have
experienced that many individuals even with the highest accolades fail to perform as
authentic citizens of our highly delicate societal framework. These individuals without
the preparation to be a part of this society are prone to bring chaos and instability to
society. Sometimes they even harm our global system to an extent that takes decades to
repair.
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5. Martin Luther King Jr., speech at Morehouse College, 1948
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7. The New York Times Magazine, Sept 8, 2015
8. Strauss, Valerie. The Washington Post, February 12, 2015
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