"In more concrete terms, the course of education for world citizens must encompass such currently vital problems as environment, development, peace and human rights. Education for peace should reveal the cruelty of war, emphasize the threat of nuclear weapons, and insist on the importance of arms reduction. Education for development must deal with the eradication... Continue Reading →
glory belongs to…
"Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race." - Mary McLeod Bethune *** "I would like to stress the importance of girls' education and its crucial impact on all aspects of human development. All the... Continue Reading →
citizen of the world…
"When asked his nationality, Socrates is said to have replied that he was not only an Athenian but also a citizen of the world. His remark shows us the kind of philanthropic spirit that, transcending narrows bounds of nation, race and region, regards the whole world as its home. This attitude should be at the... Continue Reading →
Education is the process of socializing the individual…
"Education is the process of socializing the individual, where "society" is understood as a kind of organism, the encompassing and embracing organization of the human spirit. People are connected as individuals to this group known as society. The individual and group mutually influence each other. Thus, so long as we live in society, individual happiness... Continue Reading →
education…
"Education at its best is a process of liberation from prejudice which frees the human heart from its violent passions. Through education people can be delivered from powerlessness, from the burden of mistrust directed against themselves. And those who have learned to trust in themselves are then naturally able to believe in the latent capacities... Continue Reading →