Universal Primary Education

(noun)

One of the eight Millennium Development Goals developed by the United Nations; An attempt to give all primary school aged children access to education.

Related Terms

  • Mass Schooling
  • Internationalization of Education

Examples of Universal Primary Education in the following topics:

  • Education and Liberty in the Developing World

    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
    • In Europe, for example, the Socrates-Erasmus Program stimulates exchanges across European universities.
    • Universal Primary Education is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals, and great improvements have been achieved in the past decade, yet a great deal remains to be done.
    • However, despite all these important achievements, the world is currently not on course to achieve its target of universal primary education by 2015.
    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
  • Education Policy

    • Education policy refers to the collection of laws and rules that govern the operation of education systems.
    • Education occurs in many forms for many purposes.
    • Examples include early childhood education, kindergarten through to 12th grade, two and four year colleges or universities, graduate and professional education, adult education and job training.
    • Education policy analysis is the scholarly study of education policy.
    • The primary functions of the Department of Education are to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate -most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights. " However, the Department of Education does not establish schools or colleges.
  • Education and the Global Perspective

    • Currently, there are more than 75 million children around the world of primary school age who are not in school.
    • Education is becoming increasingly international.
    • In Europe, for example, the Socrates-Erasmus Program stimulates exchanges across European universities.
    • Many universities and organizations are creating open educational resources that self-motivated students can access anywhere and at any time.
    • School children at Imperial Primary School in Eastridge, Mitchell's Plain (Cape Town, South Africa)
  • References

    • A paradigm shift in the scope of practice for health psychologists: Training health psychologists to be primary care case managers.
    • Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    • Science Education, 66, 211-227.
    • A private universe.
    • Kiel, Germany: Institute for Science Education at the University of Kiel.
  • Defining Education Technology

    • Educational technology aims to improve educational performance by creating, using and managing technological resources in the classroom.
    • Educational technology is often associated with, and encompasses, instructional theory and learning theory.
    • These institutions include Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Michigan.
    • Educational technology is vital in teaching "today's" student.
    • Smartphone programmed for primary school mathematics learning, part of the "Mati Tec" program sponsored by the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City.
  • References

    • Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
    • Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  • Higher Education

    • The most important educational component of Johnson's Great Society was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, designed by Commissioner of Education Francis Keppel.
    • This major piece of legislation was followed by the Higher Education Act of 1965, signed into United States law on November 8, 1965 at Texas State University.
    • The Act increased federal money given to universities, created scholarships and low-interest loans for students, and established a national Teacher Corps to provide teachers to poverty-stricken areas of the United States.
    • This signing plaque rests on campus grounds of Texas State University commemorating the Higher Education Act.
    • Distinguish the key features - as well as the effects - of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Higher Education Facilities Act, and the Higher Education Act.
  • YouTube for Teachers

    • Educators can create a YouTube channel for their class to manage video content that can be then shared with students.
    • The YouTube for schools channel contains thousands of educational videos that can be selected for primary, secondary, and university level education.
    • These videos have been created and shared by thousands of teachers and universities and streamlined into one "global classroom" through YouTube.
  • References

    • Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
    • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Department of Education.
    • Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
    • Cambridge: MA: Cambridge University Press.
  • References

    • Educational Researcher, 18(1), 32-42.
    • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Educational Psychology Review, 8(4), 397-417.
    • Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 34, 5-28.
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