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The Centralist Political Philosophy of Barack Obama: "Useful Fictions"

This 4 page paper provides an overview of Barack Obama's political philosophy and its orientation in centralism. The primary thesi...

Education, Religion, and Theories of Emile Durkheim and August Comte

forces replace supernatural beings as the explanation for "original causes and purposes of things in the world" (Ritzer 90). The...

Statement Regarding Personal Teaching Philosophy

developmental process of students with whom one works, whether they be primary or adults. Motivation: So many of our youngsters to...

Aspects of Confucianism

collection of sayings which give a significant insight into Confucian thought and philosophy. The Book of Changes, for instance, i...

Philosophy Through the Ages

the goal of his philosophy was to provide "common sense" (Honderich 754). Differing also from Descartes, Reid argued that the mind...

Canadian Education Literature Review

decades. The greater diversity in our schools has resulted in new curriculum and instructional methodologies. Weatherspoon hints a...

Contemporary Education and the Value of Online Access

has been argued that computers have fundamentally changed the central nature of the language laboratory, both in elementary and se...

The Philosophy of Krishnamurti

Indeed, he questions the value of empiricism itself, stating that one can "never have a total view of any object" (Nicoletti, 1994...

Contemporary Social Applications of the Human Rights' and Justice Theories of John Rawls

man with fine moral sense when dealing with other human beings and is considered to be an admirable man not only because of his wr...

UK Elementary Education

also be of benefit to their parents, and ultimately, to the economic growth of society as a whole. Education was not, therefore, s...

Role of Nurse Administrator

role has changed in nursing home facilities. Long gone are the days when a modern amount of nursing care and dietary supervision w...

Harmony and Balance in Chinese Art

sometimes referred to as processes, which in their struggle and tension with one another move the Universe forward or backward as ...

Literature REview on Character Education

95 A.D. (Classics Resources, 2002). Quintilians advice to teachers still holds true today and offers general guidelines that can b...

Maxine Greene's The Dialectic of Freedom

evident. By doing this, then, she draws the reader into an inner examination of what one believes and why one believes it. One is ...

Neighborhood Programs for Recycling Improvements

became painfully apparent with the Mobro 4000 crisis in 1987 - that was the trash barge that drove up and down for thousands of mi...

Socioeconomic Theories and Multicultural Education

(2002). Many White people in fact hold these views (2002). In fact, many complain about reverse discrimination rather than acknow...

Edmundson, Pratt and WSU

of intense feeling in students; they are not comfortable with strong emotions (Edmundson). If a fight does develop, there is a sor...

Montessori Relationship Between Discipline And Obedience

concept of independence and freedom, both needed for the child to develop discipline (self-discipline) and obedience. As Conroy a...

Buddhism and Utilitarianism

consciousness" (Sayadaw). These are the normal processes of perception, movement, and consciousness. With this concept Buddha arri...

Article on Conflict in Classroom, a Critique

stations. They practiced karate moves on the new carpets. Some of them even learned how to read, but none of them as quickly as ...

Kindergarten Theory and Early Childhood Education

of education rested on four basic components: 1. Free self-activity, which sets the direction for development and allows children ...

Bilingual and Cultural Education Related to Critical Theory

the collective and tries to provide an understanding of how current social conditions have come about them, and how they interact ...

Competency Based Education Literature Review

U.S. during the 1970s, and was considered a by-product of the vocational teacher movement in education (Kerka, 2003). Since that ...

Education According to James Banks and John Dewey

truth is that they sometimes support antiquated principles. While Dewey wrote in a time when the 9 to 5 job was a given, fast forw...

Philosophy of Nursing and How It Has Evolved

or render physical care - she ministers to the whole person. The existence of suffering, whether physical, mental or spiritual is ...

Zero Defects, a Philip Crosby Idea

recognized that quality is essential to an organizations success. He also believed that quality was a management responsibility an...

Philosophies about Leadership

personal values, personality, and on other beliefs. A leaders philosophy of leadership will be observed in his leadership style an...

Differences and Similarities in Social, Moral and Political Philosophy

philosophies are sometimes at odds and almost seem to contradict one another. Yet, it is important to address differences in moral...

Comparative Analysis of Technological Development in the West and East

In this paper consisting of 30 pages attempts at understanding the development of technology Eastern and Western cultures are disc...

Early Education - Issues and Trends

This 4 page paper considers some current trends and theories in early education, such as reading readiness and emerging literacy. ...