Health and Family Life-HESCI 2102 (SUMMER SESSION)

As an African American woman who has a strong sense of kinship and
affiliation with my African American heritage, family is another important value in my life. I look forward to coming home each day, to finding out
how everyone's day has been. Trying to strike a balance between work and
family can be taxing and sometimes chaotic. One of the family rituals that
I relished as a child was dinnertime. My parents, twin sister, and I would
often sit at the table for up to 2 hours after dinner ended just talking and
being a family. That ritual was one that I wanted to maintain once I married.
The major variant now is that dinner is not always home cooked, particularly
during the end of the semester when my kitchen frequently closes,
open only to leftover restaurant containers, take-out food, and prepared
meals. And the fact that evening classes prevent family dinner from taking
place on at least 2 nights a week, and with a 5-year-old, table talk may be
limited to 30 minutes. Even amidst the hectic pace, I still look forward to
seeing my Arthur (my husband) and Jaelyn (my daughter). Inasmuch as
possible, we try to protect our time-together rituals (Day-Vines, 2007).
Reference
Day-Vines,N.L.(2007). Wellness in the midst of adversity and tragedy. Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 46,242-246.

what is the importance of family time as part of your wellness? What are some of the factors infringing on family time? Do you think the lack of family time is contributing to the break down of values in our society?

Social Context of Schooling- EDUC 306 (SUMMER SESSION)

Across the world there is a growing recognition of the importance of engaging parents,families and communities in raising the educational aspirations and attainment of young people (DEECD 2008) There is a wealth of evidence which highlights that parental engagement in schooling positively influences pupil achievement and attainment (Desforges and Abouchaar 2003). In many countries and across different school systems the issue of engaging parents in schooling is a shared aspiration and goal. However, it also brings many challenges

References
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). 2008. Blueprint for earlychildhood development and school reform: A school reform discussion paper. Melbourne: DEECD.

Desforges, C., and Abouchaar, A. 2003. The impact of parental involvement, parental support and family education on pupil achievement and adjustment: A literature review. Report Number 433.Department of Education and Skills.

Discuss at least two challenges that schools face to engage parents in their children's academic and social life.

Philosophy of Education -EDUC 335 (SUMMER SESSION)

The general rationale for giving priority to freedom of speech can be stated very
succinctly. For any proposed freedom F, being free may turn out to be an illusion if there has been no opportunity to test the freedom claimed against contrary opinions. In short, we cannot know that we enjoy freedom F– we cannot even know what exercising that freedom would be – until F itself has been subjected to and survived unrestricted critical scrutiny. And that in turn requires freedom of speech. For if we rely on anything short of that, the freedom we had imagined we were exercising may be illusory (Harris, 2009. p. 126).
Reference
Harris, H. (2009). Freedom of speech and philosophy of education. British Journal of Educational Studies, 57,111-126.

As noted in Harris (2009)work, what are the differences between “Arsitotelian”, Platonic and Socratic views of education as it pertains to freedom of speech? Which view you would ascribe to? Give your rationale.