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Assignment Week One

 Pablo Gutierrez 

February, 2021 

Introduction 

I have the theory that a better educated population is harder to manipulate, therefor have a tendency to choose, or fight, to live in democracy. After reviewing the GapMinder codebook and the interesting data that this research contain, I’ve decided to use two variables to see if they have any correlation between them. 

Question 

Is there a correlation between how democratic is a country, to the percentage of its population live in urban areas? To prove that a les educated population its easier to manipulate to maintain autocracies in the world. 

CodeBook 

Literature review

As mentioned in the essay “Relationship between Democracy and Education” schooling and education are strongly connected to the foundations of democratic societies all around the globe. There exists an important relationship between schooling and democracy that continues to get stronger as nations progress… Democracies are very difficult to uphold because we are always looking for new leaders and officials to run our country, so it is an ongoing effort to elect someone with the best policies. Therefore, there must exist a tenacious relationship between democracy and education because they support each other. 

However it’s a must that the governments focuses in what they teach and how they do it, because a democracy needs certain ideals like equality, freedom, justice, as well as they need teachers as instruments to maintain this democracies, as mentioned by Professor Suba in its essay Democratic Values and Democratic Approach in Teaching: A Perspective, where he mentioned “Schools are places where democratic ideals such as equality, freedom, justice are instilled in individuals. Teachers are the ultimate instruments of change. For democracy to continue to thrive, children must be taught to value it as a way of life. The necessary skills for building democracy do not develop automatically in children. Teaching democracy means preparing children to become citizens who will preserve and shape democracy in the future. Therefore democracy should be a key aspect in every form of education at the earliest age possible. Children should learn about taking responsibility for their action. These educational outcomes are only possible through action. While key concepts of democracy should be understood by children, living and acting in a democratic environment is the only and the best exercise.” 

Finally as proved in The Importance of Urbanization in Education, we can state that education performance in urban areas is generally higher than that of rural areas. 

References 

UKEssays. (November 2018). Relationship between Democracy and Education. Retrieved from https://www.ukessays.com/essays/philosophy/relationship-between-democracy-and-education.php?vref=1

Democratic Values and Democratic Approach in Teaching: A Perspective. Dipty Subb Assistant. Professor, Dept. of Education, Southfield College, Darjeeling, West Bengal, INDIA Retrieved from http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/2/12A/6/index.html

The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational & Social Sciences (EPESS), 2016, The Importance of Urbanization in Education Retrieved from https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/334823 

Hypothesis 

Assuming that a country with a higher percentage of urban population have a better access to education, there should be a direct correlation between more-democratic countries to countries with higher urban population; I want to prove that it’s easier to manage and maintain an autocracy, in a lees educated / urban country.