There have been several theorists who have impacted education. The research they have conducted and the theories they have devised have taken education to a new level. B. F. Skinner emphasized the importance of consequences in learning. He is the best-known learning theorist in the behaviorist tradition. Skinner formulated the basic principle of operant conditioning which is a response that is followed by a reinforcer is strengthened and therefore more likely to occur again. A reinforcer is
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A Beautiful Mind Pricillia F.Lumantoro Principle of Economy In this movie‚ the theory that I could notice is about equilibrium theory. It is a solution concept of a game involving two or more players and each player is assumed to know the equilibrium strategies of the other players and no player has anything to gain by changing only his own strategy. The theory is clearly seen in a scene when there are four men in a bar including Nash and a blond girl walks in with four other girls. Russel suggest
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Administration and Politics Dichotomy Advantages and Disadvantages Abstract By discussing some of the advantages and disadvantages of administration and politics dichotomy‚ an opinion of whether it is useful or impossible will be made. Wilson’s politics administration dichotomy refers to the idea that administrative decisions need to be made without political influence. One argument to this is that politics has transformed‚ let’s say‚ the role of a city manager from a neutral expert to a problem
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head role). Informational role demands that manager not only to gather data from his subordinate‚ and to act as a monitor‚ but also to spread news to his subordinates (disseminator role). In addition‚ he also must provide public information about his organization to the public at large‚ which means that he must also fulfill his spokesperson role. Decisional role has always been and always will be required that of a manager. In this role‚ the manager may make the strategic planning of the organization
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Unit one: Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. • The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk • Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly • When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference • Then‚ go to www.vision2learn.com and send your completed Assessment to your tutor via your My
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Administration and Politics Dichotomy 1 Woodrow Wilson’s essay‚ “The Study of Administration” (1887)‚ is about the separation of politics and administration in public administration. There is still a lot of debating among politicians and scholars alike whether this dichotomy is practical or not. There are some advantages and disadvantages about this theory. Wilson believed that it was needed to
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Over the years‚ taxation has been taken as a veritable source of funding public sector activities as well as bein g an econ omic tool for the management of the con sumption‚ in vestment‚ and pr od uction patterns. In most d eve lopin g countries‚ the imposition of various forms of taxes has been with out some for ms of feed back on the effectiveness/efficien cy of such taxes. This stud y attempts to appr aise the usefulness of the tax system in Nigeria‚ usin g Value Added Tax system
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Dangerous Minds In chapter 4‚ Freire begins to discuss freedom. Although he believes that it should have some limits‚ he wants us‚ as teachers‚ to give our students all the freedom they need. Watching the movie Dangerous Minds made me question where one draws the line and if we even have that choice over our students. In this movie we see how these students in her Academy class are "bright‚ challenging" students who actually turn out to be rowdy and disrespectful inner-city kids. These students
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destiny through religion or man’s need to overcome his religion. Now‚ I do believe that religion influences everyone‚ even those that don’t have it. And I’ll admit that Quinn offered many great points in history to back his theories‚ but I believe they were just theories. It was at this point in the students learning that I began to think that Quinn might still be
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Beautiful Mind A Reflection Paper Presented to Ms. Rhiza Mae M. Damasin In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Subject Sociology/ Anthropology Perrie Joy Q. Artajo July 02‚ 1993 As the movie started I was wondering if its action‚ drama‚ comedy or somewhat like a true story. At first I feel boring because it’s just conversations and I could not relate to any situation. But as the movie goes on I was enlightened when he was caught and sent to a hospital by a psychiatric
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