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‘Educate, unite, struggle’ – Dr Ambedkar’s views on education have yet to be studied deeply – this despite the fact that he had been working in the field of education since he founded the Hitkarini Sabha in 1924. Ensuring that more and more of the backward classes got an education was among the priorities of the Sabha and with that purpose, it established a number of colleges, hostels, libraries and reading centres.

At the initiative of the students and under the guidance of the Sabha, a monthly titled Saraswati Belas was launched. The Sabha established hostels in Sholapur and Belgaun in 1935 and a free reading centre, a hockey club and two hostels in Bombay. In 1928, Dr Ambedkar constituted the Depressed Classes Educational Society.

In 1945, he founded the Lok Shaikshik Samaj for to ensure that the backward classes got higher education. This organization started a number of colleges and middle schools. It also extended financial assistance to hostels. In brief, the Lok Shaikshik Samaj played an important role in making higher education accessible to the Dalits.

Dr Ambedkar’s writings pertained not only to economics, the law, the Constitution and political science, but also to sociology, philosophy, religion, anthropology, etc. He also had an abiding interest in education. It was not limited to theorizing. He took pains to give a practical shape to his views. Ambedkar at Siddharth College, 1953 Ambedkar believed that education was the most important means of raising the people’s standard of living.

His slogan was “Educate, unite, struggle”. However, his views on education were eclipsed by his seminal work for Dalit emancipation. “Educate” is the first word of his famous slogan. The reason is education’s undeniable role in the building of human character and consciousness.

1. Only an educated person can understand his class interests and bring about class unity.
2. Education propels a person on the path of struggle.
3. Dr Ambedkar said, “Education is what makes a person fearless, teaches him the lesson of unity, makes him aware of his rights and inspires him to struggle for his rights.” He believed that education is a movement.

If it does not fulfil its objectives, it is useless. Dr Ambedkar unambiguously stated that an education that does not make a person capable, that does not teach him equality and morality, is not true education. True education cradles humanity, generates sources of livelihood, imparts wisdom and imbues us with egalitarianism.
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What is Dr Ambedkar best quotes on education?

‘ Be educated, be agitated, be organized, be confident, never give up, these are the five principles of our life ‘. ‘If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it’ ‘Life should be great rather than long’ ‘I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity’
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What is slogan of Ambedkar famous?

, (?) Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more) Showing 1-30 of 173 “I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.” ― Bhim Rao Ambedkar “Freedom of mind is the real freedom.

1. A person whose mind is not free though he may not be in chains, is a slave, not a free man.
2. One whose mind is not free, though he may not be in prison, is a prisoner and not a free man.
3. One whose mind is not free though alive, is no better than dead.
4. Freedom of mind is the proof of one’s existence.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.” ― Bhim Rao Ambedkar “Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar “On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions.

In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality. In politics we will be recognizing the principle of one man one vote and one vote one value. In our social and economic life, we shall, by reason of our social and economic structure, continue to deny the principle of one man one value.

How long shall we continue to live this life of contradictions? How long shall we continue to deny equality in our social and economic life? If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril. We must remove this contradiction at the earliest possible moment or else those who suffer from inequality will blow up the structure of political democracy which this Assembly has so laboriously built up.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “In the Hindu religion, one can have freedom of speech.

A Hindu must surrender his freedom of speech. He must act according to the Vedas. If the Vedas do not support the actions, instructions must be sought from the Smritis, and if the Smritis fail to provide any such instructions, he must follow in the footsteps of the great men.

1. He is not supposed to reason.
2. Hence, so long as you are in the Hindu religion, you cannot expect to have freedom of thought” ― B.R.
3. Ambedkar “Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment.
4. It has to be cultivated.
5. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it.
6. Democracy in India is only a top-dressing on an Indian soil which is essentially undemocratic.” ― B.R.

Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste “Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man’s life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self too.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “The Hindus criticise the Mahomedans for having spread their religion by the use of the sword.

They also ridicule Christianity on the score of the Inquisition. But really speaking, who is better and more worthy of our respect—the Mahomedans and Christians who attempted to thrust down the throats of unwilling persons what they regarded as necessary for their salvation, or the Hindu who would not spread the light, who would endeavour to keep others in darkness, who would not consent to share his intellectual and social inheritance with those who are ready and willing to make it a part of their own make-up? I have no hesitation in saying that if the Mahomedan has been cruel, the Hindu has been mean; and meanness is worse than cruelty.” ― B.R.

Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste “Life should be great rather than long.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar “Humans are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die.” ― Bhim Rao Ambedkar “Lost rights are never regained by appeals to the conscience of the usurpers, but by relentless struggle.

Goats are used for sacrificial offerings and not lions.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.” ― Bhim Rao Ambedkar “I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language.

I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “The teachings of Buddha are eternal, but even then Buddha did not proclaim them to be infallible.

The religion of Buddha has the capacity to change according to times, a quality which no other religion can claim to have. Now what is the basis of Buddhism? If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, The Buddha and His Dhamma: A Critical Edition “It is not enough to be electors only.

It is necessary to be law-makers; otherwise those who can be law-makers will be the masters of those who can only be electors.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar “A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society” ― B.R.

Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste “Why does a human body become deceased? The reason is that as long as the human body is not free from suffering, mind cannot be happy. If a man lacks enthusiasm, either his body or mind is in a deceased condition. Now what saps the enthusiasm in man? If there is no enthusiasm, life becomes drudgery – a mere burden to be dragged.

Nothing can be achieved if there is no enthusiasm. The main reason for this lack of enthusiasm on the part of a man is that an individual looses the hope of getting an opportunity to elevate himself. Hopelessness leads to lack of enthusiasm. The mind in such cases becomes deceased.

When is enthusiasm created? When one breaths an atmosphere where one is sure of getting the legitimate reward for one’s labor, only then one feels enriched by enthusiasm and inspiration.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar “I do not know whether you draw a distinction between principles and rules.

But I do. Rules are practical; they are habitual ways of doing things according to prescription. But principles are intellectual; they are useful methods of judging things. The principle may be wrong, but the act is conscious and responsible. The rule may be right, but the act is mechanical.

A religious act may not be a correct act, but must at least be a responsible act. To permit this responsibility, religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules it ceases to be religion, as it kills the responsibility which is the essence of a truly religious act.” ― B.R.

Ambedkar, Annihilation of Caste “A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.” ― Bhim Rao Ambedkar “Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some men are forced to accept from others the purposes which control their conduct.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual “Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation.

1. Equity signifies equality.
2. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value.
3. If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty.
4. In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.” ― Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Writings And Speeches: A Ready Reference Manual Welcome back.

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What are the inspiring quotes of Ambedkar?

‘ Life should be great rather than long ‘. ‘Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence’. ‘If you believe in living a respectable life, you believe in self-help which is the best help’. ‘A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.’
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How does Ambedkar study?

B.R. Ambedkar Other names: 10 King Henry’s Road NW3 3QU United Kingdom 51° 33′ 48.6144″ N, 0° 11′ 2.2236″ W 1 Location of death: Location: 10 King Henry’s Road, Chalk Farm, London (1921-2) 2 About: B.R. Ambedkar was a politician and pioneer social reformer for the rights of ‘untouchables’ in India.

With the financial help of the, Ambedkar studied at Elphinstone High School and Elphinstone College in Bombay. In 1913, he went to study at Columbia University, New York, on a three-year scholarship from the Gaekwad. He received a PhD in economics and then went to England. He was admitted to the London School of Economics for a DSc and to Gray’s Inn to study for the Bar.

However, short of money, Ambedkar returned to India and entered the Baroda state service. In 1920, Ambedkar returned to England. In 1923 he was called to the Bar and received his DSc. He then returned to India and set up a legal practice in Bombay. Ambedkar became a champion of untouchable rights.

1. In 1930, he was invited to attend the in London.
2. This cemented his role as spokesperson for the ‘scheduled castes’ and he became involved in negotations with which led to the 1932 Poona Pact.
3. The Poona Pact gave separate electoral representation to the scheduled castes.
4. Ambedkar was one of the chief authors of the Indian Constitution after independence and the Hindu Code Bill, but he resigned from government in 1951.

In 1956 he converted to Buddhism, and he died later that year. Involved in events:, 1930 3 Published works: Mr Gandhi and the Emancipation of the Untouchables (Bombay: Thacker, 1943) The Problem of the Rupee (London: P.S. Kin & Son.1923)

• Thoughts on Pakistan (Bombay: Thacker, 1941)
• The Untouchables: Who Were They and Why They Became Untouchables (New Delhi: Amrit, 1948)
• What Congress and Gandhi Have Done to the Untouchables (Bombay: Thacker, 1945)

Secondary works: Moraes, Frank, ‘Ambedkar, Bhimrao Ramji (1891–1956)’, rev. Eleanor Zelliot, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004) 4 Archive source:

1. Ambedkar Library, Nagpur
2. Ambedkar Library, Mumbai
3. Bombay University Library, Mumbai

: B.R. Ambedkar
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What is the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar?

Legacy – Ambedkar’s legacy as a socio-political reformer had a deep effect on modern India. In post-Independence India, his socio-political thought is respected across the political spectrum. His initiatives have influenced various spheres of life and transformed the way India today looks at socio-economic policies, education and affirmative action through socio-economic and legal incentives.

His reputation as a scholar led to his appointment as free India’s first law minister, and chairman of the committee for drafting the constitution. He passionately believed in individual freedom and criticised caste society. His accusations of Hinduism as being the foundation of the caste system made him controversial and unpopular among Hindus.

His conversion to Buddhism sparked a revival in interest in Buddhist philosophy in India and abroad. Many public institutions are named in his honour, and the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur, otherwise known as Sonegaon Airport,

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Ambedkar University Delhi is also named in his honour. The Maharashtra government has acquired a house in London where Ambedkar lived during his days as a student in the 1920s. The house is expected to be converted into a museum-cum-memorial to Ambedkar.

Ambedkar was voted ” the Greatest Indian ” in 2012 by a poll organised by History TV18 and CNN IBN, ahead of Patel and Nehru. Nearly 20 million votes were cast. Due to his role in economics, Narendra Jadhav, a notable Indian economist, has said that Ambedkar was “the highest educated Indian economist of all times.” Amartya Sen, said that Ambedkar is “father of my economics”, and “he was highly controversial figure in his home country, though it was not the reality. The statue of B.R. Ambedkar in the Parliament of India (left) The portrait of B.R. Ambedkar in the Central Hall of the Parliament House (right) On 2 April 1967, an 3.66 metre (12 foot) tall bronze statue of Ambedkar was installed in the Parliament of India,

The statue, sculpted by B.V. Wagh, was unveiled by the then President of India, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, On 12 April 1990, a portrait of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar is put in the Central Hall of Parliament House, The portrait of Ambedkar, painted by Zeba Amrohawi, was unveiled by the then Prime Minister of India, V.P.

Singh, Another portrait of Ambedkar is put in the Parliamentary Museum and archives of the Parliament House. Ambedkar’s legacy was not without criticism. Ambedkar has been criticised for his one-sided views on the issue of caste at the expense of cooperation with the larger nationalist movement.

1. Ambedkar has been also criticised by some of his biographers over his neglect of organization-building.
2. Ambedkar’s political philosophy has given rise to a large number of political parties, publications and workers’ unions that remain active across India, especially in Maharashtra,
3. His promotion of Buddhism has rejuvenated interest in Buddhist philosophy among sections of population in India.

Mass conversion ceremonies have been organised by human rights activists in modern times, emulating Ambedkar’s Nagpur ceremony of 1956. Some Indian Buddhists regard him as a Bodhisattva, although he never claimed it himself. Outside India, during the late 1990s, some Hungarian Romani people drew parallels between their own situation and that of the downtrodden people in India.
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What is caste Ambedkar quotes?

Dr BR Ambedkar’s quote on caste ‘ Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state of the mind.’
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Which right is most important according to Ambedkar?

Ambedkar called ‘ right to constitutional remedies ‘ as ‘heart and soul of the constitution’. It was given such importance because any right given without a remedy is worthless.
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How many hours did Ambedkar study per day?

In the London School of Economics, Babasaheb completed 8 years of studies in just 2 years 3 months. For this, he studied 21 hours a day.
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What are the aims of education according to Ambedkar?

The aim of Ambedkar’s vision of education is to inculcate wisdom – to differentiate between right and wrong; compassion- towards fellow humans and belief in social equality- among students. Ambedkar believed that only with education the Dalits could make progress.
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How many Phds did Ambedkar have?

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a lifelong champion of social justice and civil rights for the “untouchable” Dalit caste, received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University in 1927 and an honorary degree in 1952. Ambedkar was the first highly educated, politically prominent member of the Hindu “untouchable” caste.

He is best remembered today for leading colonial India’s only autonomous struggle for Dalit rights and social recognition; for his extensive writings that reprised caste as a form of inequality and historical injustice; and for his role as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, which allowed him to leave a profound and enduring mark on Indian trajectories of democratic justice and affirmative action policy.

As a student at Columbia, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar studied with some of the greatest figures of interwar American liberalism, such as John Dewey and Edward Seligman, and the American historians James Shotwell and James Harvey Robinson. John Dewey, an American philosopher and educational reformer, was Dr.

Ambedkar’s intellectual mentor at Columbia University. Under his guidance, Ambedkar formulated the blueprints of his ideas for social justice and equality. “The best friends I have had in my life,” he told the New York Times in 1930, “were some of my classmates at Columbia and my great professors.” Like his near contemporary, W.E.B.

Du Bois, Ambedkar was an insurgent thinker whose writings consistently engaged European and American history and political thought. This allowed him to explore the universality of political concepts, as well as to expose the dark histories of Euro-America with regard to its histories of injustice and dehumanization.

It is this doubled character of Ambedkar’s thought-its deep globality, as well as its persistent concern with the specific distress of untouchability that distinguishes him from other anticolonial thinkers of his generation. In 1936, Ambedkar wrote the Annihilation of Caste for a 1936 meeting of a group of liberal Hindu caste-reformers.

However, the group withdrew their invitation after seeing the draft of his speech. As a result, Ambedkar published the work himself, and it became an instant classic. The Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning offers an annotated version of the work at their Annihilation of Caste website,

• Columbia’s celebration of its 250th anniversary in 2004 included a profile of Ambedkar on its website.
• Ambedkar’s mark on Indian trajectories of democratic justice based on the ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity could be heard during US President Barack Obama’s address to the Parliament of India in 2010.

President Obama invoked Ambedkar’s contribution to the Indian constitution and Indian society, saying “We believe that no matter who you are or where you come from, every person can fulfill their God-given potential. Just as a Dalit like Dr. Ambedkar could lift himself up and pen the words of the constitution that protects the rights of all Indians.

We believe that no matter where you live – whether a village in Punjab or the by lanes of Chandni Chowk, an old section of Kolkata or a new high-rise in Bangalore – every person deserves the same chance to live in security and dignity, to get an education, to find work, and to give their children a better future.” For a timeline of Ambedkar’s life, see this historical site created by Columbia Professor Emerita Frances W.

Pritchett. See also the Columbia University Department of History website,
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What did Albert Einstein say about education?

Education is that which remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
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What did Mark Twain say about education?

Criticism of Schooling – “Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.” “We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.” “God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.” “Just the omission of Jane Austen’s books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn’t a book in it.” “I never let my schooling interfere with my education.” “Everything has its limit – iron ore cannot be educated into gold.” “All schools, all colleges, have two great functions: to confer, and to conceal valuable knowledge.”
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What are the 2 lines for education?

10 Lines and Sentences on Education – 1) Education is a way of imparting knowledge, skills and learning.2) It helps us to learn new things and develop a sense of innovation and creativity.3) Education is a tool which helps us to achieve success and earn respect in the society.4) There are primarily four stages of education, namely, preschool, primary, secondary and higher education.5) School, College and Gurukul are the media of imparting education.6) The Right to Education Act, 2009 has made education free and compulsory for the children of age 6-14 years.7) The mode of education has changed by the advent of new technologies.8) The rise of affordable internet has made education easy and accessible to every corner of the world.9) Interactive learning approach has made the availability of education at the comfort of your home.10) Education is a guiding force which helps us in identifying our career goal and leading a civilized life.
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Who quotes education is the key to success?

10+ Education Is The Key To Success Quote Thomas Jefferson.
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Who quotes education is the key to success?

10+ Education Is The Key To Success Quote Thomas Jefferson.
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What Mahatma Gandhi said about education?

Mahatma Gandhi quotes on Education

An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer. Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter. Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest. Basic education links the children, whether of cities or the villages, to all that is best and lasting in India. Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training? Literacy in itself is no education. Literacy is not the end of education nor even the beginning. Literacy education should follow the education of the hand-the one gift that visibly distinguishes man from beast. Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated. True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth. What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education. National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being. The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man. I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations. By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man-body, mind and spirit. By spiritual training I mean education of the heart. Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children. I consider writing as a fine art. We kill it by imposing the alphabet on little children and making it the beginning of learning. I do regard spinning and weaving as the necessary part of any national system of education. The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country’s freedom. A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul. Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The notion of education through handicrafts rises from the contemplation of truth and love permeating life’s activities. The fees that you pay do not cover even a fraction of the amount that is spent on your education from the public exchanger. Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind. If we want to impart education best suited to the needs of the villagers, we should take the vidyapith to the villages. In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop. All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given. The schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for Government. The canker has so eaten into the society that in many cases the only meaning of education is a knowledge of English. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one’s life usefully is the best education for citizenship.

Mahatma Gandhi quotes on Education
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Who said education is for life?

Education is a lifelong learning process.
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Who said every student can learn?

How will a graduate degree in special education help my students? – Learning the cognitive processes that students with disabilities experience while trying to learn allows teachers to not only learn how to educate them, but to be more empathetic. Special education teachers should be able to see the potential in every child.

1. Graduate school allows teachers to have a complete understanding of each disability, and therefore have the patience and understanding to provide the best possible education.
2. There’s a famous quote throughout the education world by George Evans, who said, “Every child can learn.
3. Just not on the same day or in the same way.” It’s not that students don’t want to learn, they are just not being taught in a way that they can learn.

A graduate degree in special education gives teachers the resources to educate all students in a variety of ways. For example, some children learn by reading or doing or a combination of both. If a classroom is set up as a lecture and the teacher says, “now do it,” a kinesthetic learner who needs a hands-on approach will have problems learning.
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