...10 Modern Philosophers and their Contribution to Education 4 Replies The following article is a guest post from Ryan De Guzman, a fellow writer and colleague. Visit his own blog Nevermore Nonsense to read more of his posts. Two and a half millenniums ago, Plato stated that knowledge is justified true belief, an influential notion that shaped educational theories across time. Since then, modern thinkers had never stopped seeking knowledge about the human psychology, development, and education. Here, are the ten greatest. John Locke and the Tabula Rasa Locke (1632-1704), an English philosopher and physician, proposed that the mind was a blank slate or tabula rasa. This states that men are born without innate ideas, and that knowledge comes from experience and perception, as opposed to predetermined good and evil nature, as believed by other thinkers. On his treatise “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”, he emphasized that the knowledge taught during younger years are more influential than those during maturity because they will be the foundations of the human mind. Due to this process of associations of ideas, he stressed out that punishments are unhealthy and educators should teach by examples rather than rules. This theory on education puts him on a clash with another widely accepted philosophy, backed by another brilliant mind Immanuel Kant and Idealism They never lived at the same time, but history always put Locke and Kant on a dust up. A famed German thinker...
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...Meg selv Meg selv Jeg bor på mellom av Saltrød og Eydehavn. Huset vår er ganske nytt, den ble bygd i 2010. Huset er hvit, og har 3 store soverom, 2 bad, og har to etasjer. I første etasje er det en stor stue med kjøkken, bad 2 soverom, og 1 lager. I andre etasje er det rommet mitt, med 1 rom, 1 bad, og en stue. Der oppe bor jeg. Jeg bor med mamma, og med mine to søsken. Lillesøsteren min på 14 år, og lillebroren min på 5 år. Foreldrene mine er skilt. Mamma går på universitet. Lillebroren min startet i førsteklasse i år, og lillesøsteren min startet i 10.ende klasse i år. Jeg har gått på flere skoler, men den siste skolen som jeg gikk på var på stuenes ungdom skole, der gikk jeg i 3 fulle år. Jeg trives veldig på stuenes, siden der fikk jeg venner som jeg fortsatt har veldig nær kontakt med deg. På skolen opplevde jeg mye jeg kunne ha med meg med resten av livet mitt. Både gode og dårlige ting. Jeg lærte mye, og ting som ikke gjorde meg så glad gjorde meg sterke. Jeg lærte at det som ikke er godt, kan være noe fornuftig å ta med seg videre i livet. Mine fritidsinteresser er å henge med venner, og trening. Jeg er veldig glad i å henge med venner. Alt føles mye bedre når du henger med venner som er som familie for deg. Du er fri, og da er du deg selv. Det er det viktigste for meg, å være seg selv. Mine andre hobbyer er å tegne og designe klær på modeller. Kampsport er også noe jeg er veldig interessert i, jeg går på boksing, karate, og MMA. MMA er en blanding av nesten alt...
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...Dirt Bikes USA is a small company headquartered in Carbondale Colorado that manufactures and sells its own brand of off-road motorcycles. It was founded in 1991 to product dirt bikes that could be customized for racing and off-road recreational riding using the best quality components and parts from all over the world. The company has continued to grow and now faces a new set of challenges and opportunities. You have been asked to serve as a consultant to apply your information systems knowledge to help Dirt Bikes solve some of the problems it is encountering. There is an assignment awaiting you in each chapter of the Laudon and Laudon Management Information Systems text. In order to complete the assignment, you should review the corresponding text chapter and any information provided by your instructor related to the topic you are investigating. You can complete each project individually or in teams, depending on your instructor’s requirements. To develop solutions, you may need to do Web research and to use spreadsheet, database, or Web browser software tools, and you will need to use a word processor to write up your findings. Many projects recommend you use electronic presentation software, if possible, to summarize your findings for management. Each assignment will list the software tools that you will need to use and the questions you will need to answer. In order to complete your assignments, you should familiarize yourself with Dirt Bikes. To learn more about the...
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...Questions: 1. Should auditors evaluate the soundness of a client’s business model? Defend your answer. The engagement team should understand the business model in order to an understanding of the business activities and to properly evaluate and issue an opinion. 2. Identify and briefly describe the specific fraud risk factors present during the 2000 NextCard audit. How should these factors have affected the planning and execution of the engagement? First of all, the nature of NextCard operations was very risky. The fact that they authorized credit to customers without properly analyzing their credit report history was the reason of the losses. NextCard was primarily concern of having a large amount of customers regardless of the risk. Because NextCard was on online business, they should execute more caution when accepting clients. The audit engagement had the responsibility to have a clear understanding of the risk that NextCard was operating in and to establish a low detection risk due to a high risk of material misstatement. 3. What are the primary objectives an audit team hopes to accomplish by preparing a proper set of audit workpapers? By preparing a proper set of audit workpapers, the audit team ensures that an audit plan was properly follow, and that the account balances and events were properly audit. These workpapers serve as backpack for the submitted opinion. 4. Identify the generally accepted auditing standard violated by the E&Y auditors in this...
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...www.intexblogger.com NOT FOR SALE This PDF File was created for educational, scholarly, and Internet archival use ONLY. With utmost respect and courtesy to the author, NO money or profit will ever be made from this text or its distribution. for more e-books, visit www.intexblogger.com New Moon by Stephenie Meyer Contents PREFACE 1. P A R T Y 2 STITCHES 3. THE E N D OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY 4. WAKING U P 5. CHEATER 6. FRIENDS 7. REPETITION 8. ADRENALINE 9. THIRD W H E E L 10. THE MEADOW 11. C U L T 12. INTRUDER 13. KILLER 14. FAMILY 15. PRESSURE 16. P ARI S 17. VISITOR 18. THE FUNERAL 19. H A T E 20. VOLTERRA 21. VERDICT 22. FLIGHT 23. THE T R U T H 24. V O T E EPILOGUE TREATY Text copyright © 2006 by Stephenie Meyer All rights reserved Little, Brown ard Company Hachette Book Group USA 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020 Visit our Web site at www.lbteens com First Edition September 2006 The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author Meyer, Stephenie, 1973–New Moon a novel / b) Stepheme Meyer–1st ed p cm Summary When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible ways ISBN-13 978-0 316-16019-3 ISBN-10 0-316-16019-9...
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...Me, I and myself I always ask myself: is it me, when I do something; could I do it better this time or did I do it for myself. I have time to think about these things while working. I work as a photographer and this job gives me a chance to express myself. It helps me even to understand some things better, because at first view I see things one’s way but after a while a see them completely different. The job gives me even the freedom to choose what to shoot and so the theme of my pictures often responds to my mood at that day. Or I can take pictures that will make me feel better than I do at that moment. Being a photographer is a job with so many various purposes – as many as the people are. Some photographers make only black and white pictures, other make colorful or extravagant or pictures that help in a science. The objective of the camera is like an eye of a man - everyone sees the world in a different way. But nobody can’t hide behind his work, even if he tries – it shows what we are. The most important thing for a picture to become a good one is to have its own feeling. When you a see a picture and it touches you, it rises in you some kind of feeling, that means that this capture was worth. Looking at some pictures make me think about many things and sometimes I can even change my point of view about something. While taking a picture I think about what’s my purpose for shooting exactly this or that. But after the picture is ready, it could...
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...Approval scale measures our need to be accepted by others to increase or sustain our feelings of self-worth. While the desire to be approved of is natural, problems occur when approval-seeking becomes a need, and ultimately our standard way of interacting with others.” This means I need people to approve my lifestyle. I try so hard for people to impress people with my personality and character, but sometimes it’s not enough. This style is categorized as having low self-esteem, an over concern with wanting to be liked as well as complications with conflict and confrontation. In this case, I am the type of person who tries very hard to be liked by others. Sometimes it can backfire because I show a persona of myself to people where I will act like someone I am not so that they accept me. In this world we live in, it’s a dog eat dog world where people don’t care about your feelings. They will do anything to get to the top of ladder. Personally, I am the type of person who truly feels better when someone approves something as simple as a paper I’ve written. With that being said, I scored very high on approval. It thoroughly states, “You typically work too hard to gain the approval of others. If you do not get people's full acceptance, you tend to feel anxious. Although you may not always agree, you probably "go along" with others too easily and...
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...I have no single philosophy for life, but rather three philosophies. Each of which has different meaning. My three philosophies include the following: work hard, take pride in myself and the accomplishments that I make, and also everyone is on this planet for a reason. In the following paragraphs I will explain each of my three philosophies. From this, I hope that others will understand why I look at life the way that I do. The first of my three philosophies, to work hard, can be very easily explained. I feel that if money or a gift given to me by another person because I earned the reward is much more valued. In other words, knowing that I worked hard, did a good job, and deserve a reward makes me feel good inside. I also feel that all persons should have to work and support themselves. If a person doesn't wish to put forth any effort and work hard to support themselves, then that person deserves nothing. The next of my three philosophies is to take pride in myself and the accomplishments that I make. I have found that if I don't take pride in myself and what I do than I might as well give up on life. My reason for this being that no one else will think highly of me if I, myself, don't. I always set goals for myself before I begin a project or take part in an activity. My rule is to "Set my goals high, but obtainable," and although I may not always reach all of my goals that I have set, I should always be proud of what I have done. My final philosophy, everyone is...
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...Me, Myself & I By Andrea Bridglal Everyone is born into this world innocent. How you live your life, day by day, the decisions you make, now that’s what really affects you. Sometimes, it might not always be your fault. There are people who will always try to bring you down. They’ll try to hurt you. There will always be someone to tell you that you aren’t good enough. If you let it affect you, now that’s on you. That was my mistake. Growing up in New York City, with a single parent, isn’t the most difficult thing in the world, but it sure isn’t that easy. My parents have been divorced since I was three and I never really had any kind of relationship with my dad. He’s an alcoholic and growing up, I realized I would never have the bond that I wanted to have with him. Unfortunately, it took me way to long to realize that. Instead, I pushed away the people who did care and those who did try to be there for me; my grandparents, my uncle, and most importantly, my mom. I felt like I was alone even though I wasn’t. Not only did I push people away, I found it very difficult to let people in. On top of that, I was different. I come from a West Indian, Islamic background and growing up as a minority made it even harder to make friends. September 11, 2001 changed my life completely. No, I didn’t lose a loved one but I did lose something with equal value, self respect. My self-esteem was shot at 7 years old. I became ashamed of who I am, the color of my skin, the texture of...
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...After reading this section, you should have a basic understanding of the major types of theories that help explain human development, including similarities and differences. Here are the types that we will discuss: (1) psychoanalytic, (2) psychosocial development (3) cognitive development, (4) moral development, (5) behavioral, (6) social learning, (7) ecological, (8) personality and career satisfaction, and (9) eclectic (composite) theories. Theories of human development fall into broad categories. Each category gives us a different perspective into our development during specific periods of change. Each theory owes something to one of the earliest modern theorists of human development, John Locke (1632–1704). He said that the mind of an infant is a tabula rasa (a blank slate) on which the world writes; all ideas come from experience. He was also an early proponent of the most fundamental principle of psychology: empirical research. Locke believed that knowledge must be discovered scientifically through research and then, to derive general statements about a subject, analyzed for common elements (Locke, 1690/1965). Locke’s empirical approach is the key to discovering new knowledge in every field of science.In psychology, if we can predict something will happen 95 times out of 100, we call it significant. Theories are modified or refined to improve their predictability and better explain research data A good theory must be able to predict outcomes.psychological theories of...
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...MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY My name is Jamie Razle C. Abdula. I am a female with an age of 18 years old. I finished my secondary level of education at Don Alejandro Roces Sr. Science and Technology High School. And now, I am studying Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at Technological Institute of the Philippines- Quezon City. We left our home in Pasig City and have to transfer in Quezon City when I was 6 years old. I think it was the year 2002. We lived at 58 Masikap St., Pinyahan, Quezon City. But because of lack of money and we already couldn’t afford the payment for the rental of the house, we were forced to transfer at 52 Matapat St., Pinyahan, Quezon City, where we are currently living. My father is Jimmy N. Abdula. He was a family driver when he was still alive. My mother is Rowena C. Abdula. She is now the bread-winner of our family since my father got sick and died last March 20, 2012. She is a free-lance liason officer and she doesn’t have a fixed income. I have one sister who is a second year college student in PUP. I am elder than her. I have two aunts who are working in the government. One is working in the capitol of Batangas City as an employee while the other one is working in the Department of Education- Calabarzon. I also have an uncle who is an engineer in Light Rail Transit. My uncle, Rafael Cuenca, is a policeman. And my other uncle, Ronnie Cuenca, is a retired military lieutenant. My mother knows some friends who are currently working in the...
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...12 November 2015 Anthony Pollard 7116 Hummingbird Place Philadelphia, Pa 19153 Dr. Maurice Talley, SASI Air Force JROTC John Bartram High School Philadelphia, Pa 19142 Dear Dr. Talley, SASI: I would like to find out more about the mental health condition PTSD(also own as Post Traumatic stress disorder) in the united states military. This condition is triggered by terrifying events. Either experiencing it or witnessing it. This condition is considered to be a relatively new diagnosis, as the name first appeared in 1980, the concept of the disorder has a very long history. That history has often been linked to the history of war, but the disorder has also been frequently described in civilian settings involving natural disasters, mass catastrophes, assault, rape, and serious accidental injuries. I would like to discover more on the disorder. After tragic events, many people gain this disorder. I would like to determine whether PTSD is curable. As a consequence of the complexity of this condition, my project will be a two-semester project. In my research paper, I will discuss the causes of the condition(PTSD), the US military's involvement in it, whether the condition can be cured or not, and what it has to do with civilians have to do with it. The research will come primarily from current periodicals, internet sources, interviews, and some historical texts. My Senior project committee will be composed of yourself (or the ASI), representative of the English Department, and...
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...order to satisfy my curiosity toward all the strange and wonderful things in the world around me. I grew up in a healthy family. I had an elder sister and a younger brother and this made my childhood days more colorful. My parents both had stable careers and this provided us with more opportunities to learn what we desired to. I remember when I was a young boy; my parents bought us a piano. I have been exploring music ever since my sister started taking piano lessons. This affected me so much that I insisted to my parents that I also wanted to learn piano. So I started my musical journey and continue it to this day. I finally completed my grade eight piano with a merit. After all the hardship I went through, success was finally shown in my result. I did not end my music after I went to secondary school. There, I joined the Chinese Orchestra Society. My purpose in joining this society was to learn more about my own traditional culture's music. I took a position in strings and my musical instrument is named "erhu". It is a traditional Chinese musical instrument similar to the violin. Instead of having 4 strings, an erhu only has two strings which can also produce beautiful musical notes as a violin does. I absolutely love the erhu and I have discovered that with the my background in piano, I am learning with tremendous speed. My teacher said that I am bestowed with talent and asked me to keep up the good work. My diligence paid off as I was upgraded from being a member of the...
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...Third Generation (3G) mobile devices and services will transform wireless communications in to on-line, real-time connectivity. 3G wireless technology will allow an individual to have immediate access to location-specific services that offer information on demand. Mobile phones are rapidly becoming the preferred means of personal communication, creating the world's largest consumer electronics industry. The rapid and efficient deployment of new wireless data and Internet services has emerged as a critical priority for communications equipment manufacturers. Network components that enable wireless data services are fundamental to the next-generation network infrastructure. Wireless data services are expected to see the same explosive growth in demand that Internet services and wireless voice services have seen in recent years. Telecommunications service providers and network operators are embracing the recently adopted global third generation (3G) wireless standards in order to address emerging user demands and to provide new services. The concept of 3G wireless technology represents a shift from voice-centric services to multimedia-oriented (voice, data, video, fax) services. In addition, heavy demand for remote access to personalized data is fueling development of applications, such as the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and multimedia management, to complement the 3G protocols. Complementary standards, such as Bluetooth, will enable interoperability between a mobile terminal...
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...An analysis of generic conventions in the trailers for the movies ‘John Tucker Must Die’ & ‘Mean Girls’ An analysis in terms of generic conventions in the trailers for the movies “John Tucker must die” and “Mean Girls”. Genre is defined as ‘A large category of stories united by their particular settings, characters, themes and narrative conflicts’ (Worland 2007, pg15). This assignment will look at the generic conventions a coming of age/ teen film (what we expect to see), aspects such as typical situations, stock characters, style, icons and setting. In terms of themes in coming of age (teen films) (subjects that are dealt with within the text) they tend to focus around, first love, rebellion, and conflict with parents, teen angst or alienation. In terms of what we would typically see within the genre ‘teen/coming of age’ film it is in the interest of the target audience and making the plot relatable and focus on their interests. The first trailer to be analysed is “Mean Girls”, a teen movie released in 2004. The style of “Mean Girls” is glossy, the use of high key lighting creates an expensive look and the contrast of high/bright colours makes the film more vivid and eye catching the use of the bright colours encourages a cheerful and young audience. In the first shot we see ‘Kady Heron’ in class she looks bland and has no character and is introduced as the new ‘student’ which is typical for the plot of a teen (coming of age movie) and the non-diegetic sound tracking...
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