Education as a State Policy in Colombia
Ensuring the Right to Education
The State must ensure full compliance with the right to education under equitable conditions for all people. It must also ensure their permanence in the education system from early childhood to its articulation with higher education. Education, in its social function, recognizes students as human beings and active subjects of rights. It attends to the specific local, regional, national, and international contexts. Education should contribute to:
- The transformation of
History and Sources of Labor Law: A Comprehensive Overview
I. History and Sources of Labor Law
Theme I: Labor Delivery Through History
I. The Social Work Done and the Legal System
a. The Social Work Done
We can speak of work in two ways: as human activity (work) and as a result of human activity (opus). In a generic sense, work is any activity or effort of a person who pursues a useful, more or less immediate or concrete goal. Humans are fundamentally workers who apply effort to transform nature, which is hostile and hinders the satisfaction of their needs
Read MoreBernstein’s Theory of Language Codes & Mac an Ghaill’s Study
Bernstein’s Explanation of Educational Inequality
Basil Bernstein was interested in how education reproduces class inequalities. He analyzed linguistic skills, arguing that children from different backgrounds develop different language codes.
Restricted and Elaborated Codes
Restricted Code: Bernstein argued that the speech of working-class children represents a restricted code tied to its cultural setting. In strong familial or neighborhood cultures, values and norms are often taken for granted and
Read MoreSchooling for Capitalism: Conflict and Critical Theories in Education
Schooling for Capitalism: Conflict and Critical Theories of School Socialization
Bowles and Gintis: Schooling and the Reproduction of Labor
Bowles and Gintis argued that schools are involved in socialization because it helps produce the right kind of workers for capitalist companies. The American education system, in fact, helped to shape whole personalities. They argued that the structure of schooling is based on a ‘correspondence principle’: the structure of school life corresponds to the structure
Read MoreThe European Union: Deepening Integration, Democratic Deficit, and the Quest for Legitimacy
EU:
In 1951, six countries founded the European Coal and
Steel Community, and later in 1957,
The European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community were founded.
The members wereBelgium, France,
Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. And the main idea of this union
Started by the economic cooperation. The Union has gone from 6 to 28 countries.
Challenges
At the moment, the European Union is facing serious economic crises, caused by the global Financial crisis in 2008. The
Read MoreCritical Uses of Media in Education: A Curriculum Theory Perspective
Uses of Media in Education
Transmitters / Players
This approach, rooted in the technical theory of curriculum, views media primarily as tools for delivering information. The focus is on presenting pre-determined content, reflecting a specific perspective on society and culture. Teachers and students operate within the framework of these materials, often leading to rote learning and the acquisition of isolated skills.
Examples of this approach include:
- Using images to visually represent aspects of reality.