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learning, which was the current philosophy of his day (American Philosopher John Dewey). Since the inception of Deweys e...

of her idiots began passing the same exams as non-retarded children, she started to question the effectiveness of the conventional...

The central issue has nothing to do with the sex of the individuals. The case is not affected by the fact that they are two...

addition to reviving Deweys ideas, the current revival of constructivism also encompasses the ideas of other giants of education s...

We can better understand this by invoking a comparison. A generalist would demand sameness in terms of how something functions ca...

In six pages this paper analyzes the contention of Socrates that an 'unexamined life is not worth living' as this view is represen...

and the production of goods and services enhanced, Greenspan contends that the first step in stimulating our economy should be to ...

a choice if deciding which way the world is swinging today, or always has. There is somewhat of a misconception that the world has...

no date). The senses are most attuned when the metaphysical component of time is involved, with a brief moment remembered f...

they realize that they may not be able to survive. They only have to come up with the money because an old, poor friend married a ...

fine, but teaching them what counts is best." This quote, which includes a clever play on words, suggests a very practical approac...

Karabenick and Moosa (2005) looked at various studies comparing students in other countries to students in the United States. Whil...

will make sure everything is at their height, there is a distinct difference between the left and the right sides of the room, and...

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

work on the dual nature of man, which puts him firmly in the camp of philosophers. But he also had a tremendous influence on psych...

human understanding. He saw the concept as being equated with something that exceeds any individual persons comprehension. Transce...

In five pages this paper examines the Bourdieu and Kant philosophical views represented in these texts by Barker and Du Maurier. ...

commandment "thou shalt not kill", for example, are forced to re-examine their views in the light of military service in wartime, ...

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...

by way of recognition toward such shortcomings that humanity could overcome this "profound error" (Nehamas, 1994, p. 40), diligent...

universal laws? Clearly, they can sometimes, but other times they would not be thought of in such a manner. John Stuart Mill on th...

Even in the absence of hard and fast codes of ethics such as those that exist for some professions, there are certain basic guidel...

(Kemerling, 2002). Lacking professional teacher training, Socrates elected to do some "free-wheeling" by partaking of spirited di...

upon an instructor who cannot handle the task. However, those who are called in to substitute for the AWOL educators provide an e...

when it is expressed as a love of virtue, and justice when it is considered as one of many virtues. For Hobbes, self-interest "ta...

gear pedagogy accordingly, politicians, policymakers and the public at-large are still "stuck" in the old paradigm, which states t...

system in ancient Greece wherein a woman had a protector (kyrios) or one who watched over them. This was either a brother or their...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

persuasive arguments, Aristotle mentions three techniques: pathos, ethos and logos (What is logos?) "Pathos" (from which we get th...

1999, p. 104+) - believed children are not merely a collection of empty vessels waiting for information to fill the void, but rath...