What is values clarification? Howard Kirschenbaum (Co-Director of Sagamore Institute and Executive Director of the National Coalition for Democracy in Education‚ Sarasota Springs New‚ York) says: I think the basic thing that values clarification does — which is to identify an important issue that has value dimensions and to provide an effective way for young people to identify their own beliefs and feelings on this issue and to share these and to interact with others — is something that is a part
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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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TABLES 1. How did geography influence the Greek and Roman civilizations? 2. What political institutions were common in the classical Mediterranean? 3. How did warfare and conquest shape classical Mediterranean cultures? 4. What principles motivated Greco-Roman society and culture? 5. Explain the religious and philosophical ideas of classical Greece and Rome. 6. Identify and describe Greek and Roman intellectual accomplishments. 7. Describe the agricultural life and mercantile
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Improving your technical writing skills Version 4.1 25 September 2003 Norman Fenton Computer Science Department Queen Mary (University of London) London E1 4NS norman@dcs.qmul.ac.uk www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~norman/ Tel: 020 7882 7860 Abstract This document describes the basic principles of good writing. It is primarily targeted at students and researchers writing technical and business reports‚ but the principles are relevant to any form of writing‚ including letters and memos. Therefore‚ the document
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Each of our applicants is unique. Describe how your career progress‚ values and non-work-related activities will enhance the experience of other Business School students (maximum 900 words) Career progress: The foundations of my professional career were formed during my time at University. For my undergraduate degree I completed a Bachelor of Science in Biology‚ Chemistry & Mathematics. These subjects were quite diverse and gave me great analytical and reporting skills that added to the teamwork
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Knowledge or Belief Unit 2 Individual Project Troy Wollenbecker American InterContinental University Knowledge or Belief When it comes to knowing or believing how do we decide what way to follow? There are two ways to look at it empirical or reasoning. Empirical being evidence based knowledge of a certain experience we have had in the past. Reasoning being based on logic‚ or innate (born with) knowledge. Is it possible that both could be right and combined with each other? When we talk
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difference in the civic life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge‚ skills‚ values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community‚ through both political and non-political processes.” It means every human being have to be involved in building the best place to live for each individual. In the quote by Morelli‚ "Being distracted reduces our empathy for others and blunts responses in the brain‚” and how I mentioned in question
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Reflection on Humanities Art is very important in our lives. It constitutes one of the oldest form and most important means of expression developed by man. It is a language‚ which is charged with feelings and significance that has sprung up among men living together. For this‚ I am very glad to experience the beauty of arts‚ to meet arts within my body and soul. The teaching of the humanities is intended to make us students realize that the mere possession of knowledge is useless unless
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Humanities Time Line The following is a selective listing of some major figures and works of the Humanities (right column) and their relation to important events in History (Center Column) c = approximately First Column: Century Second Column: Events in History Third Column: Humanities Giants (write your entries here) Before the Common Era (BCE) = Before Christ (BC) c. BC 15‚000 - 10‚000 Old Stone Age Cave art at Lascaux and Altamira c. BC 7000 Native Americans may have migrated from northern
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questions the Namibian curriculum in light of Eisner’s statement. From Eisner ’s perspective the null curriculum is simply that which is not taught in schools. Somehow‚ somewhere‚ some people are empowered to make conscious decisions as to what is to be included and what is to be excluded from the overt (written) curriculum. Since it is physically impossible to teach everything in schools‚ many topics and subject areas must be intentionally excluded from the written curriculum. But Eisner ’s position
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