The study investigated the different leadership styles of the workers in the Chittoor Sugar factory located at the Chittoor town of South India. It was also studied how the factors such as work experience and education influence the leadership styles of the workers. The study mainly concentrated on the three interesting leadership styles that are at the top, middle and the bottom of the leaders...

The success of LPF, like the success of similar populist movements that preceded it in Austria, France, Switzerland and elsewhere, raises grave questions about the legitimacy of democratic inputs to public decision making and the efficacy of public action however decided. At the very least these successes signal an impaired responsiveness of the democratic state to its electorate: a democratic ...

Multicultural education, as an educational reform movement, has been given ample attention since 1960s. It has sought to promote the democratic values and educational equality in culturally and racially diverse communities. One of the most important issues at the forefront of education in multi-ethnic societies is how to bring social cohesion by helping people from different cultural, racial, l...

This article proposes a model of home environment and school climate on the participation of ninth graders based on 1999 Civic Education Study data of students in social actions. This study examined ninth graders’ participation in social actions by means of a questionnaire; the data were analyzed using structural equation modeling methodology. The objective was to design a model, using two exog...

The provision of education and training to all Kenyans is fundamental to Governments overall development strategy. Kenya’s human resource is central to the country attaining its goal of industrial development and technological advancement. Universal access to basic education and training ensures equity for all children to enroll in schools including the disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. Educ...

This paper addresses three basic questions concerning public education and the economy. First, how do democratic societies determine how much education to provide? Second, how does this level of education compare with the level provided by a private system? Third, how might public education affect the income distribution within a society? These questions have been asked by others, especially Lo...

While the ideas of Western democracy and individualism are increasingly popular and influential in Korean society, the traditional Korean understanding of authority has been challenged, especially in Korean schools. In this essay, the author first tries to analyze some important educational problems in contemporary Korea as it relates to the problem of authority. The paper, then, examines Dewey...