chapter 9 School “Performance”: Improvisational Processes in Development and Education* JacQue!yn Baker-Sennett University of British Columbia Eugene Matusov University of California‚ Santa Cruz Dr. Baker-Sennett and Dr. Matusov study the development of planning skills. With Barbara Rogoff and others‚ they have studied the collective improvisational skills that children employ while developing puppet and other theatrical performances. In this chapter‚ they describe this “playcrafting” work‚ and
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Defining the “Gentleman” and the attack by Charles Dickens on the gentility of society‚ in the reading of Great Expectations. “Biddy‚” said I‚ after binding her to secrecy‚ “I want to be a gentleman” This line in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a catalyst for a great discussion and debate‚ one which baffled the people of the Victorian age and still baffles critics to this day‚ what is a true gentleman? Great Expectations is regarded as a masterpiece by Dickens‚ it moves away from
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MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY Case Report on Company Background The Charles Schwab Corporation is an American brokerage and banking company‚ based in San Francisco‚ California. It was founded in 1971 by Charles R. "Chuck" Schwab‚ as a traditional‚ brick and mortar brokerage firm and investment newsletter publisher. In 1973‚ the company name changed from First Commander Corporation to Charles Schwab & Co.‚ Inc. The company started offering discount brokerage on May 1‚ 1975‚ and became one
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The social history of 19th century London can only be deduced through the remaining surveys and various documents left from that time period. Charles Booth was an innovative surveyor and social investigator in the late 1800s and formed surveys of the life and labor of the 19th century London population. Charles Booth took initiative to look into the various areas of poverty‚ but also examined the possible reasons for poverty. Past surveyors did not use accurate methods to create statistics or charts
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Charles Dickens Context CHARLES DICKENS WAS BORN on February 7‚ 1812‚ in Portsea‚ England. His parents were middle-class‚ but they suffered financially as a result of living beyond their means. When Dickens was twelve years old‚ his family’s dire straits forced him to quit school and work in a blacking factory‚ a place where shoe polish is made. Within weeks‚ his father was put in debtor’s prison‚ where Dickens’s mother and siblings eventually joined him. At this point‚ Dickens lived on his own
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A biographical sketch on Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey‚ born Orpah Gail Winfrey (Harpo productions 2013)‚ a top American talk show host‚ actress‚ producer‚ entrepreneur and philanthropist‚ was born on January 29 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi (A +E television networks‚ 1996). She lived in this small rural community with her mother‚ and underwent a troubled adolescent life experiencing sexual harassment from close male relatives and family friends. It is after her adolescent troubles that she moved
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Charles Darwin Have you ever heard that we evolved from monkeys? I have. It is called the theory of evolution. The scientist behind this theory is Charles Darwin. Darwin is the first of many evolutionary biologists‚ and this is his story. Charles Darwin was born on February 12‚ 1809 in Shrewsbury‚ Shropshire‚ England. Charles’ father‚ who was a doctor‚ wanted him to be a doctor. Charles’ mother‚ Susannah‚ died when Charles was 8. Shortly after the death of his mother‚ Darwin was sent away to
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Greg “Slam” Harris is a seventeen-year old who lives in Harlem and attends the famous school Latimer in South Bronx. The school is mostly white. He is a 6 foot 4‚ talented basketball player with the dream to make it to the NBA. Unfortunately‚ throughout the whole story Slam deals with a lot of problems in his life. He is struggling with his grades while his family is dealing with an ill grandmother. He pretty much takes care of his brother and mother while dealing with his drunken father. Despite
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Charles Babbage (1791-1871) To begin with‚ Charles Babbage‚ an original innovative thinker and a pioneer of computing from Great Britain‚ was born on the 26th of December of 1791 in Walworth‚ Surrey and he died at his home in London on October 18‚ 1871. He was an incredible mathematician and it is mentioned that he was indisposed as a child so he mainly been educated at home. Babbage made contributions that may assured his fame irrespective of the Difference and Analytical Engines. After his wife’s
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Charles &Keith Sales Plan DSMM 203 Sales Management 14th Intake‚ Full-time‚ Semester 1 Lecturer: Ms. Imelda Tan Students: Huang Siqi‚ Liu Rui‚ Pham Thu Huong Table of Contents Cover page-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Table of contents-----------------------------------------------------------------------2 Introduction-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Definition
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