[Un]education

[Un]education...

99%

United States

Japan

Australia

Haiti 52.9 %

Iraq 40.4%

Sierra Leone 35.1%

Haiti

Literacy Rate 52.9%

Avg. Yrs. of School 2.8

Iraq

Literacy Rate 40.4%

Avg. Yrs. of School 4

= [Un]education

Educated mothers are 50% more likely to immunize their children.

Cognitive skills are required to make informed choices about HIV/AIDS risk and behavior.

Gains in women's education contributed most to reducing malnutrition between 1970-1995, playing a more important role than increased food availability.

No country has ever achieved continuous and rapid growth without reaching an adult literacy rate of at least 40%.

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This photo represents $12.5 million dollars (125,000 $100 bills); the amount the US spends on the Iraq war every hour.

The 2011 US education budget is $38.19 billion.

It would take 127 days in Iraq to spend the entire education budget for 2011.

Literacy Rates

Source: Google Earth

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[Avg.] Years of Schooling

A Global [Perspective]

Sierra Leone

Literacy Rate 35.1%

Avg. Yrs. of School 2.4

Source: Google Earth

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Issues with U.S. Education

Source: Google Earth

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Source: CIA World factbook [2008]

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Source: Google Earth

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Universal Primary Education:

"ensure that by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike

will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling."

- United Nations Millennium Development Goals

Source: Wilkinson, 2007

Source: Wilkinson, 2009

Source: Wuerker, 2005

Source: Wikipedia, 2010

Source: Pett, 2002

Source: Klein-Davis, 2004

Source: Google Earth

[earth.google.com]

Sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia together account for almost three quarters of unenrolled children.

Source: "Evaluation of world," 2006

[Un]education:

All of the factors in an education system that contribute to the lack of education in a particluar place.

Issues with education worldwide.

In Africa, only 62% of pupils complete primary education... 94% in North America and 88% in Asia.

Global issues that we face.

Survival rates to grade 05 are low [below 75% in thirty countries included in the study done by the World Bank].

OBJECTIVES:

Mike Meechin

EDUC 529

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Source: "Evaluation of world," 2006

• Increase awareness of the lack of education on a global scale
• Address the importance of universal Primary education [UPE]
• Discuss some of the issues faced globally in trying to implement UPE

The world moves fast;

how is the global community supposed to keep up?

Reality:

The average teacher/child ratio is 60:1 in low income countries.

[Works Cited.]

Education Spending

Florida Next Generation Standards

SS.912.G.1.1

Design maps using a variety of technologies based on descriptive data to explain physical and cultural attributes of major world regions.

SS.912.G.2.2

Describe the factors and processes that contribute to the differences between developing and developed regions of the world.

Source: State of Florida

[www.floridastandards.org]

Chris Jordan | www.chrisjordan.com

Conclusion:

Source: The Miniature Earth Project

Source: Jordan, 2007

Evaluation of world bank's support for primary education. (2006).

Retrieved from http://www.worldbank.org/ieg/education/facts_figures.html

Global education spending concentrated in a handful of countries. (2003). UNESCO Institute for Statistics,

Retrieved from http://www.uis.unesco.org

Jordan, C. (Artist). (2007). Ben franklin. [Web].

Retrieved from http://www.chrisjordan.com

Klein-Davis, S. (2004, September 20). The Roanoke Times

Pett, J. (Artist). (2002). Joel pett's editorial cartoons. [Web].

Retrieved from http://www.cartoonistgroup.com

State of Florida, Florida Department of Education. (2005).Next Generation sunshine state standards Tallahassee, FL:

Retrieved from http://www.floridastandards.org

Universal Primary Education. (2010). Wikipedia.

Retrieved (2010, February 22) from http://www.wikipedia.com

Wilkinson, S. (Artist). (2007). Signe wilkinson's editorial cartooons. [Web].

Retrieved from http://www.cartoonistgroup.com

Wilkinson, S. (Artist). (2009). Signe wilkinson's editorial cartooons. [Web].

Retrieved from http://www.cartoonistgroup.com

Wuerker, M. (Artist). (2005). Matt wuerker's editorial cartoons. [Web].

Retrieved from http://www.cartoonistgroup.com

Multicultural education is an integral piece to understanding the world around us. The topic of education addressed in this piece would accomplish that objective in the classroom. Multicultural education provides us with perspective about other cultures, customs, and people, developing us into greater citizens of a global community.