EDUCATION / Schools / Types / Private

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

This research aimed to conduct a sociological analysis and comparison of the educational functions of private and public schools from the perspective of parents in Kabul city. The institution of education, as one of the most important agents of socialization, plays a fundamental role in transmitting values and norms and shaping the cultural and social identity of adolescents. The coexistence of private and public sc…

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type of education

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

In education in Ireland, a voluntary secondary school is a post-primary school that is privately owned and managed. Most are denominational schools, and the managers are often Catholic Church authorities, especially in the case of Catholic schools. Like national schools at primary level, voluntary secondary schools are supported by the Department of Education, on a per capita basis. Approximately 90% of teachers' sa…

Book · DOAB

In this book we go to five Australian classrooms, bustling with nine- and ten-year-old children. In each classroom, imaginations are being done, not just in minds, but also with bodies, using materials and words, laughter and ideas. Each classroom is part of a different type of school: a Waldorf/Steiner school, an exclusive private school, a middle-class government school, a diverse Catholic school, and a school for…

Full text · Open Library

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyard. Anyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and pro…