Why Access to Knowledge is a critical Educational goal in a Democracy. TamaraCorrineStaciaKendra

Why Access to Why Access to KnowledgeKnowledgeis a critical is a critical

Educational goalEducational goalin a Democracy.in a Democracy.

TamaraTamaraCorrineCorrineStaciaStaciaKendraKendra

Defining the QuestionDefining the Question

What is democracy?What is democracy?

www.infed.org/biblo/b-dem.htmwww.infed.org/biblo/b-dem.htm


What is the goal of What is the goal of education in a education in a democracy?democracy?

good citizen good citizen

human potentialhuman potential

political participants political participants

capitalists and capitalists and consumersconsumers


What is meant by access to What is meant by access to knowledge?knowledge?


How has access to knowledge served How has access to knowledge served our democracy?our democracy?

Public LibrariesPublic Libraries

Freedom of Information ActFreedom of Information Act

www.schoolparents.canberra.net/au/ACT%20Funding%20Reveiws%20Sub.htmwww.schoolparents.canberra.net/au/ACT%20Funding%20Reveiws%20Sub.htm

Initiatives relating to Initiatives relating to AccessAccess

Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education


How has increased access helped How has increased access helped blacks reach goal of education in a blacks reach goal of education in a

democracy?democracy?

(graph/chart)(graph/chart)


What determines the degree of access What determines the degree of access to knowledge and the quality of to knowledge and the quality of

education?education?


Title IXTitle IX


How has increased How has increased access helped access helped women reach women reach

goal of education goal of education in a democracy?in a democracy?


How does increased access to sports How does increased access to sports help women educationally in a help women educationally in a

democracy?democracy?


How does the mandate of equal access How does the mandate of equal access benefit the “other” gender?benefit the “other” gender?

Socio-Economic Socio-Economic StatusStatus

SESSES

What role does SES play What role does SES play with regard to access to with regard to access to

knowledge?knowledge?

Knowledge Gap Knowledge Gap HypothesisHypothesis

Why is this access a critical Why is this access a critical educational goal in a educational goal in a

Democracy?Democracy?• Why is this access a critical educational goal in a Why is this access a critical educational goal in a

Democracy?Democracy? Percentage of children and adolescents Percentage of children and adolescents ages 5 through 17 who use computers and the ages 5 through 17 who use computers and the Internet, by child and family/household Internet, by child and family/household characteristics: 2001 (in thousands) characteristics: 2001 (in thousands)

• Age /# children/% using computers/ % using the Age /# children/% using computers/ % using the Internet Internet

• All persons ages 5 through 17 53,013 / 89.5 / 58.5All persons ages 5 through 17 53,013 / 89.5 / 58.5• 5–7 5–7 11,99011,990 80.5 80.5 31.4 31.4 • 8–10 8–10 12,455 12,455 90.5 90.5 53.5 53.5 • 11–14 11–14 6,493 6,493 92.6 92.6 68.3 68.3 • 15–17 15–17 12,075 12,075 93.4 93.4 77.1 77.1

Digital DivideDigital Divide

How wide is the gap?How wide is the gap?

What and When?What and When?

•What has What has the the caused caused the the change in change in the the classroomclassroom??

•When When did this did this change change occur?occur?

Who is trying to fill the Who is trying to fill the gap? gap?

What in our democratic What in our democratic society drives them?society drives them?

Stewards of DemocracyStewards of Democracy

How to close the gap between

supply and demand for access to knowledge.

http://www.col.org


How is access to knowledge How is access to knowledge

different in Muslim-majority different in Muslim-majority democracies:democracies:

Iraq compared to Indonesia?Iraq compared to Indonesia?

www.infed.org/biblio/b-dem.htmwww.infed.org/biblio/b-dem.htm

www.greatdecisions.orgwww.greatdecisions.org


What are the educational goals What are the educational goals

in African democracies?in African democracies?www.hsrepublishers.ac.za.www.hsrepublishers.ac.za.


How did “access How did “access to knowledge” to knowledge”

lead us toward lead us toward democracy?democracy?


What has been said about

the goal of education

in our democracy?

www.cyber-nation.com/victory/quotations/subjects/quotes_education.html


Why is access to knowledge Why is access to knowledge

a critical educational goal a critical educational goal

in a democracy?in a democracy?

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