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Social Justice: Empowering Students to Lead Educational Change is a culturally congruent curriculum designed for low income, African-American urban youth. The significance of this thesis project is that it serves as resource for teachers whom are working with a similar demographic and aim to empower their students with self-determination. As a culturally congruent curriculum, the effects were positive. Because the curriculum incorporates multi...

There is a great diversity of opinions in American education stemming from important and controversial questions of what, who, and how children should be taught. Although America's socio, economical, and political landscape has changed since the beginning of public schools in the mid-1800's, the method of educating has barely evolved. The teacher-centered model seen in the mid-nineteenth century that favored student imitation and rote learning...

There is a great diversity of opinions in American education stemming from important and controversial questions of what, who, and how children should be taught. Although America's social, economic, and political landscapes have changed since the inception of public schools in the mid-1800's, the method of educating has barely evolved. The teacher-centered model seen in the mid-nineteenth century that favored student imitation and rote learnin...

Students in urban areas across the country are routinely denied access to the educational opportunities that will allow them to be successful in life. In order to change these circumstances, young people must be educated, empowered, and trained to make a difference. The purpose of Social Justice: Empowering Students to Lead Educational Change is to do all three. The curriculum was designed for a predominately African-American student populatio...

Three diverse women come together. With their dynamism and inventive thinking, they've created a herbal nursery in the remote Karoo of South Africa. In this harsh, austere, but beautiful land, they nurture a successful business. Annette Padstow is the mistress of a large working farm, married to Simon. Theirs has been a lasting, passionate marriage. Her three children, now away at boarding school, have left a gap in her life. Marilese van A...

Three diverse women come together. With their dynamism and inventive thinking, they've created a herbal nursery in the remote Karoo of South Africa. In this harsh, austere, but beautiful land, they nurture a successful business. Annette Padstow is the mistress of a large working farm, married to Simon. Theirs has been a lasting, passionate marriage. Her three children, now away at boarding school, have left a gap in her life. Marilese van A...