constructionist approach to suffering and healing: Juxtaposing Cassell‚ Gergen and Kleinman Steigerwald‚ F.‚ & Forrest‚ A. (2004). An examination of gender and ethics in family counselling – part 2: a case study approach using a social constructivism model of Weedon‚ C. (1987). Feminist practice and post-structuralist theory‚ Oxford: Basil Blackwell. Yang‚ L. & Gergen‚ K. (2012). Social construction and its development: Liping Yang interviews Kenneth Gergen
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Philosophy of Education The word “teacher” does the profession no service. A teacher is really a combination of the most important professions in the world. Besides the parents‚ an educator is the biggest influence in a child’s life. The age span in which children are in school is the most impressionable years of their lives. A student’s educational experience can mold the events of his or her future. That is why I want to become a teacher. I want to be a mold for younger generations‚ and I hope
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generalizations and ideas (Neuman‚ 2003‚ p. 51). With respect to the current study‚ the researcher followed the Creswell model in order to illustrate the research design. There are four sets of assumptions concerning the knowledge claims; post-positivism‚ constructivism‚ advocacy/participatory‚ and pragmatism (Creswell‚ 2003). .However‚ most ongoing social research is based on two major approaches‚ positivism and interpretivism. Positivism is the oldest and most widely used approach. It is broadly defined as the
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means that students are responsible for one another’s learning as well as their own and that reaching the goal implies that students have helped each other to understand and learn. The basis of both collaborative and cooperative learning is constructivism: knowledge is constructed‚ and transformed by students. The learning process must be understood as something a learner does by activating already existent cognitive structures or by constructing new cognitive structures that accommodate new input
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The life and theories of Psychologist George Kelly PSY 330/ Theories of Personality/ Ashford University December 6‚ 2010 The American psychologist George Kelly was born in 1905 and raised on a farm in small town located in the state of Kansas. His family moved out west and was one of amongst the last homesteaders located within the west. For four years his family struggled to raise and grow crops and livestock. Due to having limited water the family was unable to stay in Colorado‚
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1.AMERICA’S HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY The history of civil defense and homeland security in the United States has been one of frequent policy and organizational change The changes have been driven by many factors including an evolving threat environment‚ major natural disasters that have resulted in immense destruction‚ and the specific preferences of presidential administrations. One of the most important recent drivers‚ the terrorist attacks of September 11‚ 2001‚ led directly
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Developing a Motivated Learner through Self Correction K.E.A. Makulloluwa English Language Teaching Unit University of Colombo‚ Sri Lanka Introduction In countries where English is taught as a second language or a foreign language (ESL / FL)‚ the shift from a teacher centered classroom to a learner centered one has been a great challenge. This happens because the teacher‚ obviously‚ a person of superior linguistic skills is expected to impart as much knowledge as possible within a limited
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Learning Value of Visual Arts This paper will present my point of view on the learning value of the visual arts using Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences‚ Piaget’s Constructivism and Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory. Art as mere creative expression has been the dominant theme for much of the twentieth century. However‚ researchers have been finding connections between learning in the visual arts and the acquisition of knowledge and skills in other areas. Art like text can be used as a
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1 Traditional Learning Theories Strayer University 2 Traditional Learning Theories Cognitive constructivism is based on the work of Swiss developmental psychologist Jean Piaget. Piaget’s theory has two major parts: a component that predicts what children can and cannot understand at different ages‚ and a theory of development that describes how children develop cognitive abilities.(Piaget 1970) It is the theory of development that will be the focus here because it is the major foundation
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Water wars are coming! Water is the defining security threat of the 21st century! Water is an essential resource required for sustaining life and livelihoods: safe water is required for drinking‚ hygiene and providing food; and adequate water to produce energy and support economic activities such as industry and transportation. On the other hand Water in the natural environment ensures the provision of a multitude of ecosystem services to support economic and cultural activities and meet basic human
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