Mary Wollstonecraft on Educational Rights for Women

Mary Wollstonecraft on education. Mary Wollstonecraft has long been appreciated as a major political thinker – but she also made important contributions to educational theory and practice. 

In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft constitutes an attack on the view of female education put forward by Rousseau and countless others who regarded women as weak and artificial and not capable of reasoning effectively. She extended the basic ideas of Enlightenment philosophy to women and Rousseau’s educational ideas of how to educate boys to girls. She maintained that if girls were encouraged from an early age to develop their minds, it would be seen that they were rational creatures and there was no reason whatsoever for them not to be given the same opportunities as boys with regard to education and training. Women could enter the professions and have careers just the same as men. In proposing the same type of education for girls as that proposed for boys, Mary Wollstonecraft also went a step further and proposed that they be educated together which was even more radical than anything proposed before.

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Danny Kay

Angela Marvulli

The pictures demonstrates how children around are excited about getting an education. In  1950's Danny Kay took on the role of ambassador  for UNICEF. He started raising money through the United Nations  Children's Fund and since then children around the world have benefitted from the program. 

Women's Education

http://www.visualistan.com/2014/03/education-around-world-infographic.html

Angela Marvulli

This graph shows that out of 775 million people in this world that are illiterate, two thirds of them are woman. This is where people need to stand up for the rights of women need to be pushed . Everyone in the world should have the chance to receive an education. 

Ratio Of Student To Teacher

http://www.avatargeneration.com/2012/12/access-to-education-around-the-world/

Angela Marvulli

This graph depicts the ratio of students to teachers in three different countries. The visual aid shows that there is a 25 to 1 ratio of students to teachers in Mexico, a 15 to 1 ratio in the United States, and a 6 to 1 ratio in Sweden. This is showing that Sweden puts a greater emphasis on smaller class sizes at an earlier age, giving more of a one- on- one time with the students.  

Education In India

http://infed.org/mobi/globalization-and-the-incorporation-of-education/

Angela Marvulli

This is a picture of a Indian girl studying what seems to be work sheets, while sitting outside of her hut. These students have little to work with, such as a comfortable place to study, text books, and appropriate materials from which to learn.   This picture also demonstrate  the advances that society where young girls are allowed to participate in the educational process.  

Globalization & The Corporate Takeover of Education

Public schools, private schools and multinational corporations play a integral roles for those seeking education around the world. Governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations and multinational corporations are now joining forces to create a global education superstructure. This multi-dimensional system is not unified, but connected by globalization itself. The increasing collaboration among these organizations can be seen most prominently in institutions of higher education.

Former President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, discusses the importance of higher education in the developing world.

SOURCES:
Globalization101.org/education/
Robert Zoellick on Globalization & Higher Education

How Globalization Can Destroy Education

Public education lacks the necessary funding it needs to thrive on a global scale, making it a profitable investment for private corporations, as it is worth $2 trillion dollars annually. When corporations take over the education sector, education returns to being a privilege for those who can afford it, not a fundamental human right, moving it from the public sector to the private sector. This is evident in higher education. 

 Higher Education in a Bubble.

SOURCES:
Why Corporate Globalization Destroys Public Education
The Higher Education Bubble