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    Differences Between Idealism & Realism in the Philosophy of Education By Hobie Anthony‚ eHow Contributor ‚ last updated April 27‚ 2014 Realism and Idealism are two competing philosophies in the field of education. Dating back to ancient Greece‚ these theories influence the philosophy of education to this day. Idealism Idealism is the school of educational thought promoted by Plato in 400 B.C. Plato thought that humans could be improved from within‚ by correcting their thoughts and discovering

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    “…disobedient wretch! ...get thee to a church Thursday Or never look me in the face.” Using abrasive name-calling along with an ultimatum‚ he tries to force Juliet to marry Paris. Not bothering to understand how or why Juliet feels so strongly about not marrying Paris‚ Capulet creates a tension between Juliet and himself. The

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    How does Kazan create tension and suspense in On the Waterfront? On the Waterfront‚ directed by Elia Kazan in 1954‚ portrays Terry Malloy‚ the protagonist of the film‚ who goes on a journey to redeem himself for the murder of Joey Doyle. Terry‚ a former prize fighter‚ could have been a “contender” but now is a “bum” under the command of Johnny Friendly‚ a corrupt union boss. Throughout Terry’s journey‚ the director uses various methods to create tension and suspense in some of the scenes. Joey’s

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    philosophy focuses on the nature of reality. Metaphysics attempts to find unity across the domains of experience and thought. At the metaphysical level‚ there are four* broad philosophical schools of thought that apply to education today. They are idealism‚ realism‚ pragmatism (sometimes called experientialism)‚ and existentialism. Each will be explained shortly. These four general frameworks provide the root or base from which the various educational philosophies are derived. * A fifth metaphysical

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    In Panem‚ The capitol which is the richest dominate the districts which are very poor and the result is we can see the inequality between them. This is the view that we can see with our bare eyes that the capitol’s live is diffrent from the district’s live‚ this diffrence reveal in many ways throughout the novel. The rich control the poor so does in hunger games‚ the capitol control the districts by making a hunger games in the reaping day and help the one who win with some foods. The candidates

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    when President Thomas Jefferson gained approval for his visionary project. This project was to explore the unknown West with a small expeditionary group. President Jefferson chose Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to head this expedition. Both Lewis and Clark had close ties to Jefferson. Meriwether Lewis was one of Jefferson’s secretaries and William Clark was a close friend. The initial idea of the expedition was to include scientific inquiry‚ geographic mapping‚ and clearing the way for commerce

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    the way conflict between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth is portrayed throughout the course of the play‚ paying particular attention to the way Shakespeare shows the development of their characters and the changing nature of their relationship. During the play‚ Shakespeare presents the theme of conflict in various ways. From the conflict between the characters and their innermost desires to the disagreements between characters and their different opinions and furthermore the dispute between good and evil

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    write about how Priestley presents some of the contrasts in the play. Priestley presents the contrasts in the play ’An Inspector Calls’ in many ways. There are many of these‚ the main contrast is the difference in attitudes of the younger generation and the older generation‚ this continues to develop throughout the entire play‚ and we see how both generations act to their involvement with Eva Smiths death. Another contrast is the opposing views of the upper and lower class and also how they were treated

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    Steinbeck creates tension when he writes about a clash or an awkward moment. You get this feeling at the pit of your stomach‚ burning with curiosity‚ fear and excitement‚ all these emotions mixed together. As a writer‚ Steinbeck creates tension because he can use tension in the form of conflict or a disagreement‚ and to make his story a page-tuner. When you meet tension in a book‚ it makes your heart beat faster; it makes your palms sweat‚ and produce headaches. But you ignore all that pain and all

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    create tension and sympathy in his novel. The writer had made a huge contrast - from a stadium of triumph and glory to people being shot. In the scene when introducing the Silver Lion‚

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