Education is a process of imparting knowledge. It is typically associated with the formal, systematic process that includes schools and trained teachers, but also includes the informal "word-of-mouth" method where knowledge is imparted through the telling of stories and folk-tales.
Questions tagged [education]
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Is Roberto Nevilis the inventor of homework?
There is a claim that Roberto Nevilis invented homework in 1905 (sic). And it doesn't seem to be a recent meme - there are tons of pics for this meme claiming:
The person who invented homework was an Italian teacher named Roberto Nevilis. He…
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Do comprehensive Sex Ed programs reduce teenage sexual activity?
Nicole Cushman claims in Vice:
"[P]arents seem to be under the impression that teaching this information was going to encourage the kids to go out and have sex."
"We know from decades of research that that's simply not true," she says. "The more we…
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Do most black scientists come from non elite-universities?
According to Vice News, Supreme Court Justice Scalia repeated a claim from one of the briefs:
"Most of the black scientists in this country do not come from the most advanced schools," Scalia said, referencing information from a friend-of-the-court…
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Do homeschooled kids lack socialization skills?
This article, Socialization: Tackling Homeschooling’s “S” Word on the PBS web site, claims,
The mainstream perception of homeschool students is that they are an antisocial bunch, toiling away lonely hours at a kitchen table with only their parents…
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Do Punjab Board of Pakistan textbooks contain hate speech against non muslims?
For example as claimed here,
A study by the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) on all ages of state textbooks in Punjab revealed that the instances of hate-speech and indoctrination in such allegedly 'moderate' texts has risen by…
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Are people unable to go to school because they can't afford uniforms?
In the middle of a blog post on human trafficking, it's claimed:
Another way to be involved with this issue is to help prevent boys and
girls from being trafficked in the first place. Many of the
trafficked children come from and through the…
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Do 'wiggle chairs' help children to stay focused or learn better?
Wiggle chairs are seats designed to encourage a child to wiggle on them. They sometimes require balancing on something or regular fidgeting to keep upright. Supposedly this helps a child to focus by giving them an outlet for fidgeting that doesn't…
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Are Americans less prosperous and less educated than their parents for the first time?
In the movie Inside Job, Matt Damon makes the following claim:
For the first time in history, average Americans have less education and are less prosperous than their parents.
Is that true? What measurements of prosperity support his point and…
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Are teachers in the United states paid poorly?
At the last "Save Our Schools" rally, Matt Damon said:
So you think job insecurity is what makes me work hard? I want to be an actor. That’s not an incentive. That’s the thing: See, you take this MBA-style thinking, right? It’s the problem with ed…
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What formal education did L Ron Hubbard have?
There are various claims that L. Ron Hubbard (the creator of Scientology) had degrees and doctorates.
What formal education and qualifications did he have?
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Does mixed-sex education increase violence in schools?
TSA-Alerie reports [French] that a poster on a conference at the National Library of Algeria has a controversial claim:
La mixité sexuelle à l’école est la cause numéro un de la violence scolaire
which translates to:
Mixed-sex schools are the…
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Is the level of support for evolution decreasing in Europe?
The following three articles claim (or suggest) that the level of support for evolution (among the big public) (see wiki > level of support for evolution for definition) is decreasing in Europe.
From: Council of Europe - The dangers of creationism…
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Do one third of American 8th graders think that Canada is run by a dictatorship?
According to this article in the National Post 33% of American 8th graders believe that Canada is run by a dictatorship:
In recent results from the U.S. National Assessment of Educational Progress — billed as the Nation’s Report Card — fully 33 per…
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Do (some) Louisiana schools teach the Loch Ness Monster as evidence for creationism?
A came across this article on addictinginfo.org. It quotes from this article in the Scotland Herald, describing Accelerated Christian Education in Louisiana. I quote:
One ACE textbook – Biology 1099, Accelerated Christian Education Inc – reads:…
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Did Ronald Reagan sign my Academic Fitness Award?
In the spring of 1986 (when I was in the fifth grade), I earned the Presidential Academic Fitness Award.
Other than good grades and perhaps a good standardized test score from the time, I don't remember exactly what I did to earn this…
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