My Philosophy of Education by Javier Medina I grew up in Venezuela‚ where education follows a model in which the teacher shares his knowledge with the student and the student learns from the teacher‚ not the other way around. I believe this model would benefit from some changes to create more successful individuals in both their professional and personal lives. In the Venezuelan classroom‚ the teacher takes an active
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The following is a highlighted summary of the book‚ Competing for the Future‚ published by Harvard Business School Publishing. The statements below are key points of the book as determined by James Altfeld and have been made available at no charge to the user. Competing for the Future By Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad Look around your company. Look at the high profile initiatives that have been launched recently. Look at the issues that are preoccupying senior management. Look at the criteria
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Homosexuality in Modern American Culture: Understanding‚ Reconciling‚ Resolving Samuel Nze Contemporary Moral Issues Sister Marian Brady Fall 2012 Homosexuality is a contemporary moral issue in modern America. It is also a controversial one. Homosexuality simply defined is the situation wherein an individual prefers to have sexual relations with members of the individual’s own sex. Homosexuality applies to male and female‚ and the acts considered homosexual are not delimited to sexual
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Phillmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico and hiked 75 miles in ten days. On that trip my crew and I had plenty of time do think about things and while we were hiking with 50-60 pounds on our back we realized that life is like a backpacking trip. The main philosophy about backpacking is to survive with the minimum and get the maximum experience out of it. On this trip all you had to survive was what was in your pack which included food‚ sleeping gear‚ clothes‚ and basic necessities nothing more. While on the
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Moral Philosophy “Principles or rules that people use to decide what is right or wrong” 1.TELEOLOGY:- * An act is considered morally right or acceptable if it produces some desired result‚ i.e.‚ pleasure‚ knowledge‚ career growth‚ a self-interest‚ or utility. * Theory that derives duty from what is valuable as an end‚ in a manner diametrically opposed to deontological ethics. Teleological ethics holds that the basic standard of duty is the contribution that an action makes to the realization
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My Philosophy of Education TEACHER ROLES: I believe that the teacher of elementary students has many roles. I will sometimes be a facilitator-guide‚ sometimes a supportive‚ nurturing mother-like figure‚ and sometimes a sage who imparts knowledge. I will encourage my students to become more self-aware and self-managing. I believe that elementary school teachers must focus significant classroom time on the acquisition of social and community skills such as mutual respect‚ cooperation‚ friendship-building
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Music: Its Expressive Qualities and the Arousal of Emotion Within its Listeners By Zachary M. Matook Imagine standing amongst a concert crowd‚ the lights have just have been dimmed to darkness during the buildup in your favorite song‚ and the guitar gradually becomes louder and louder as if it were coming from the distance. You see the silhouettes of the band members; you may not even know the person next to you‚ yet you both share in this energy filling the room. Then boom‚ the sound shakes the
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Ancient Greek philosopher: Heraclitus Heraclitus was born in Ephesus. He belonged to an aristocratic family but refused to have a political life. His writing style is unusual‚ in that many of the surviving fragments are written in short and often cryptic phrases. He was known as the "weeping philosopher". He was also referred to as "the riddler" or "the obscure one"‚ due to the puzzling nature of his writings‚ as well as "the mocker" or "the reviler of the mob"‚ due to his dislike for those who
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Ethnic Philosophy Chapter 3 Section 3.5 :Topics Same Sex Marriage 1. Agreement A. Homosexuals deserve every right that is guaranteed to every human being under our constitution B.Tolerance C.People can disagree for reasons founded in convictions ‚ not because of hate D.For the sake of discussion‚ bad examples of parents from both sides should be out of the equation 2.Questions A. What type of relationship is best for raising
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Define the term sensitive periods‚ and explain how the teachers knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his / her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. Dutch biologist Hugo De Vries was the first person to speak about and define the sensitive periods during his research with animals. These observations in nature were part of Montessori’s studies as well. She observed similar situations in ‘normal young humans’. This appeared to be the same globally‚ with all
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