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Montessori and Vygotsky: current applications.

the main query as to how students learn, Vygotsky explored how students construct meaning (Jaramillo, 1996; p. 133). Vygots...

Inner City Education and a Baltimore Case Study

In ten pages education in urban areas are discussed with an examination of Baltimore's failed 1990s' school improvement initiative...

A Historical Overview of Philosophy

This paper examines the history of philosophy and philosophers. The author discusses key figures in philosophy such as Aristotle,...

The State and Individuals in the Politics of Aristotle

In four pages this research paper considers the relationship between individuals and the state as conceived by Aristotle in Politi...

'Evil Genius' and Rene Descartes

significance despite scholarly interpretations to the contrary, because Descartes, himself, rejects this line of reasoning (109). ...

Dualism Philosophy of Rene Descartes

mind may receive sensory perceptions from the brain, but it is able to act freely, based on thought processes. While it may have ...

Bertrand Russell and 'A Priori Knowledge'

In one page this paper explains Russell's The Problems of Philosophy in which he discusses how a priori knowledge exists and emplo...

Comparing E.D. Hirsch and John Dewey

In five pages the educational theories of John Dewey and E.D. Hirsch are compared as they are reflected in the works Dewey on Educ...

Martin Heidegger

In six pages this paper discusses Martin Heidegger and his philosophy as both are represented in Nathan Oaklander's Existentialist...

Teacher's Views on US Educational Philosophy

In five pages this paper examines the US educational philosophy from an educator's perspective with John Dewey's philosophy among ...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

Crime, Criminology Theory, and Delinquency

of behavior upon individual members of the group" (Bursik & Grasmick, 1995, p. 110). Thomas and Znaniecki also included the term ...

Models of Leadership

that the organization performs, financially and in other ways, such as satisfying stallholder needs, this makes it a very relevant...

Considering a Leadership Experience

leadership style of the student may be seeking to emulate this, with consideration of others and seeking to listen. However, more...

The Feminist Movement and Criminology

Liberal feminism is characterized by operating with existing social structures to accomplish its goal or illuminating womens probl...

Three Developmental Theories

child also needs to have a basis for logico-mathematical knowledge. This type of knowledge comes from within the child and allows ...

Theories in the Field of Criminology

between Alien Conspiracy Theory and ethnic succession theories is that the former relies on physical and biological factors, where...

Tornstam's Gerotranscendence Theory

formulated by Lars Tornstam, a Swedish professor of sociology, has provided a new conceptualization of aging, as this theory perce...

Performance of Employees and Motivation

attempting to induce others to accept certain goals and/or standards (Accel-Team.com, 2004). There are important caveats managers...

Leadership Motivation Conflict, Emotional Intelligence

What leadership styles can be related to what motivational theories? Effective leaders know there is a direct connection between t...

Applying Ariely's Theories

Ariely offered the Fudge Factor Theory and the theory of ego depletion to explain why good people cheat. This paper provides a bri...

Early Moral Development Theories

One of the earliest moral development theory came from Kohlberg who offered a stage theory in three levels. This theory has been t...

The Application of Theories on Education in Nursing

In a paper of ten pages, the author reflects on nursing theories and educational theories, including constructivism and the theori...

Social Psychological Theory Current Event

This paper applies a social psychological theory to a current event. The paper demonstrates how the theory can be applied to a ver...

Approaches to Psychology

as cycle speed follows no set pattern and can overlap one another within the maturation process. "In early developmental theories...

The Film 'A Thousand Acres' Four Psychological Theoretical Reviews

Cordelia character actually evolves as more of a villain than victim. Dramatic Interpretation From a dramatic perspective, it is ...

Theories of Motivation and Leadership

and Mazur 823). Obviously, Stogdills "Great Man" theory was the foundation of what has become known as the charismatic leadership...

Different Types of Attention Models

In five pages Deutsch and Deutsch's theory of response selection, the attenuation theory of Treisman, and the selection filter the...

The Basic Concepts Related to Chaos Theory

8 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the basic concepts related to the chaos theory. This paper outlines the...

Derived Theory of Smoking Relapse Analyzed

then transpose and restate it, in order to explain the phenomenon (1987). Then, the identification of content from the parent theo...