An ecological footprint is the land‚water‚ and resources consumed by a one person. As a child I probably wasn’t using as many resources when it came to food or in wasting or having a "throw away" attitude towards thing. In the Assignment 1 where they showed us how many earths it would take to have the world live like "me" was shocking. And one of the main reasons as to why it was to big is because I fly a lot year-round. Taking less flights and trip/my means of transportation would greatly decrease
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that the knowledge and ability of environment protection‚ ecological reconstruction and the material means are all the essential factors of green technology‚ only these three factors are combined and interacted‚ that they can constitute the practical green technology. Environment protection and ecological knowledge are the indispensability factors of green technology. And its innovation is the application of environment protection and ecological knowledge. The connotation of green technology can be
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multiple benefits (e.g.‚ environmental‚ economic‚ health‚ etc) that humanity can achieve by reducing our individual and collective environmental impacts. Procedure 1. Find out your ecological footprint: a. Visit the Global Footprint Network web site. Use the footprint calculator to measure your ecological footprint and learn “how many earths” it takes to support your lifestyle. Be sure to choose the “detailed response” option for each question. b. Answer each question in the quiz honestly
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Professional Development Adult Learning Theory When planning a professional development for staff‚ it is crucial for a leader to provide training that meets the unique needs of adult learners. Andragogy‚ a term coined by Malcolm Knowles‚ refers to the adult learn equivalent to pedagogy (Duffy & Forgan‚ 2005). While a great deal of resources focus on improving pedagogical‚ less attention is given to developing adult learning approaches. In order to meet the needs of adult learns‚ a professional development
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ADOLESCENCE: I had my first menstruation when I was 10 years old. My mom was all over the place and she kept saying "my baby isn’t a baby anymore." Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development In line with Piaget’s last stage for cognitive development‚ during my adolescence‚ I was able to think more scientifically and come up with multiple solutions to problems. I greatly exhibited this in my science investigatory projects in grade school and high school. Egocentrism Every time I had a pimple‚ even
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constructivism‚ theory of cognitive development‚ object permanence‚ egocentrism and also a genetic epistemology‚ which is the study of knowledge. Piaget was a precocious child who developed an interest in biology and the natural world. In the 1920s Piaget observed children reasoning and understanding differently‚ depending on their age. He proposed that all children progress through a series of cognitive stages of development‚ just as they progress through a series of physical stages of development. Piaget
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A child and young person’s development plan 1.1b Describe the expected pattern of children and young people’s development from birth to 19 years‚ to include: b communication and intellectual development Expected pattern development 0-3 months Communication development: Baby….. Needs to share language experiences and cooperate with others from the beginning Responds to sounds‚ particularly familiar voices and may move head towards sound. By 3 months responds to dancing‚ babble and cooing. Makes
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measurements of isolated variables analysed. Theories of development emerged and have continued throughout history‚ providing organization‚ and “a lens through which researchers can interpret and explain any number of specific facts or observations” (Sigelman & Rider‚ 2012‚ p. 32). In postulating what is seen as ‘normative’ development‚ these theories provide a model or map from which science and society are largely influenced. Normative development implies an individual will grow‚ experience
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“Ecological Footprint” Imagine if you could see‚ piled up in front of you‚ all the things you will ever use and consume in your lifetime. How many milk will you drink? How many nappies will you use? How many words will you speak? How many tears will you cry? This film is the answer to these questions and others as it attempts to take the average footprint of each and uses two children to chart the resources that they will use and the waste they will produce over their coming lifetimes. The
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Taking a ‘political ecological’ approach to examining young people’s relationship with crime will help us better understand why they offend? – “[t]hey are ‘ordinary’ kids just ‘doing life’ to the best of their abilities in circumstances‚ not necessarily of their making” (France‚ et al.‚ p.177). INTRODUCTION The discussion about youth or young people is always fascinating‚ not only for the parents with teenage or for junior and senior high school’s teacher‚ but also for scholars who wants to
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