UK ‘Forest School in the UK may seem a fairly new movement. In reality it is based on a rich heritage of outdoor learning going back at least to the 19th century. Philosophers‚ naturalists and educators in Europe and the UK such as Wordsworth‚ Ruskin‚ Baden Powell‚ Leslie Paul (who founded the Woodcraft Folk in 1925)‚ Kurt Hahn (who founded Gordon stone and was the inspiration for our first outdoor education centers)‚ Susan Isaacs and the Macmillan sisters all laid the foundations for what is
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The teaching of John Ruskin‚ an Oxford professor‚ intrigued Wilde. Ruskin stressed that art should reflect moral values of a society‚ while this caught Wilde’s attention‚ it was not what he knew to be true. Wilde believed that art and beauty should we appreciated for its own sake.Walter Pater was
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whether you can resist temptation when everything is at stake.” “The honest have value. The corrupt have a price.” “The corrupt have wealth. The honest have worth.” “To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education” --- JOHN RUSKIN “Do not do what you would undo if caught”. --- LEAH ARENDT “An honest man is the noblest word of God” – ALEXANDER POPE “Bright future awaits the honest. Shady past haunts the corrupt.” “The wealth earned through pious means flourishes. Those who
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....................... 15 Schinkel .............................................. 18 Gottfried Semper................................ 20 Viollet-le-Duc: .................................... 24 Augustus Welby Pugin ....................... 26 John Ruskin ......................................... 29 William Morris.................................... 32 Louis H. Sullivan ................................. 35 Adolf Loos........................................... 38 Frank Lloyd Wright.................
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(Scotland) of the British Isles and Ireland Eventually the invaders settled down and formed a number of small kingdoms the Heptarchy (гептархия): 1.Sussex (South Saxons) 2.Wessex (West Saxons) 3.Essex (East Saxons) 4.Northumbria 5.Mercia 6.East Anglia 7.Kent The Anglo-Saxons were pagans and remained so for some time. The days of the week were named after their Gods Sunday Sun’s day Monday Moon’s day Tuesday Tuesco’s day (Tiu) – god of darkness Wednesday Woden’s day (god of war) Thursday
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Art of Travel Homework: Thea Djukic Chapter 1: Places visited: Barbados and Hammersmith De Botton’s purpose in this chapter is to encourage us to find new places. Botton suggests that when we arrive to our destination‚ it may disappoint us as we do not see the reality of the place‚ although we are amazed at what is advertised about the place. Our expectations and perceptions of landscapes do not match the reality and experience of a certain place. De botton also suggests that an encounter during
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27(3): 146-150. Media Awareness Network‚ (2009) How Marketers Target Kids McGee‚ T. (1997). Getting Inside Kids Heads. American Demographics‚ 19(1)‚ 52-55 Pidd‚ H.‚ (2007) Food Manufactures target children on internet after regulator’s TV advertising Ruskin‚ G.‚ Sentinel‚ H.‚ (2009). Tis the Season to Exploit Children----- Commercial Alert Retrieved 6/6.09 from http://www.commercialalert.org/issues Sagelily‚(2008). Children are Targets of Advertisers—Parents are Concerned about Children Retrieved
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Arts and Crafts Origins and key principles The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork‚ it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910. It was a reformist movement that in uenced British and American architecture‚ decorative arts‚ cabinet making
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Porphyria’s Lover Speaker Point of View Who is the speaker‚ can she or he read minds‚ and‚ more importantly‚ can we trust her or him? The speaker of "Porphyria’s Lover" sounds awfully straightforward. His tone is incredibly reasonable‚ which makes it even creepier considering he’s describing horrific things (such as strangling his girlfriend and cuddling with the corpse). He even makes it sound as though he was doing her a favour – he calls it "her darling one wish" (line 57). It’s hard to tell
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rapid increase in unemployment‚ became an issue for the governments of Somerset and Northumberland. When Somerset was in government unemployment rates were high because of a growing population‚ particularly in the urban parts of the country i.e. East Anglia. This meant that jobs were in demand and with a large population out of work standards of living dropped as people couldn’t afford the most basic things. In order to solve this problem Somerset came up with the ’Vagrancy Act’ which many historians
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