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    2011 Philosophical Foundations of a Personal Worldview The term “worldview “is a recent addition to my vocabulary and as such is somewhat confusing. The definition provided by Ken Funk in his essay‚ “What is a Worldview “(2001) states that: “A worldview is a set of beliefs about fundamental aspects of Reality that ground and influence all one’s perceiving‚ thinking‚ knowing and doing”. He further expanded this definition to include philosophy of life‚ ideology‚ and faith or religion. According

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    1 What makes someone a good teacher? Is there a formula for being a great teacher? The question needs to be asked ‘is there a right way or a wrong way?’In many cases we find that the modern day ‘great teacher’ would like to teach as they please. They want to do what is best for the pupils. They regard every class as being unique and of needing a different approach and teaching style. A great teacher will strongly object to the parrot-like approach adopted by public schools

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    What makes an Effective Teacher? Teaching is one vocation that is hard to define if you look it up in the Oxford English dictionary a Teacher is defined as “A person who teaches‚ especially in a school”. This definition is very vague and leaves a lot of room for expansion on what a teacher actually is‚ on the other end of the scale Albert Einstein said “It is the supreme art of the Teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge” This quote gives more of an insight into what effective

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    IB- Page 1 Internal Assessment: Morals and what makes a human being We as people have many categories in which we describe humans as being “human‚” one of which is morals and the human nature and ability to determine what is right and wrong. The idea that there are unspoken actions that all people believe are wrong and you should just not do are the ideas of “universal morals.” Do universal morals exist? If so‚ what are these morals? The dictionary definition of moral is expressing or conveying

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    World Mythology January 22‚ 2013 Ms. Elisabeth Nicholes HUM/105 How is the word myth used popularly? The word myth is used popularly is something that is made up that some one believes. One myth from my childhood that most people believe or have tried is bloody marry. Some believe that if you stare in the mirror with the light off and call her name three times that she will appear in the mirror. There are different versions of this but to me this is what a myth is. According to dictionary

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    Philosophical Influences on the Constitution The early years of this nation had hard working‚ visionary men who did not seek to impose their own will and ideals on the newly forming country; they were well versed on political systems throughout history‚ and read books and articles by philosophers such as John Locke and Montesquieu. History‚ philosophy and legal writings were a normal part of education therefore the theories of natural rights‚ republicanism and social contract were not novel ideas

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    Personality: What makes you the way you are? - Science News - The Independent At some point in your life‚ you ’ve probably filled in a personality questionnaire ("Do you see yourself as....?")‚ and wondered as you ticked the boxes if there can really be any validity to such a simplistic way of assessing people. Surely the scores just reflect your mood on the day‚ or what you want the investigator to think. Surely everyone gives the same answer‚ which is "it depends". Or even if the scores measure

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    history There are many pre-Christian religions‚ some more well know that others. Within these pages we will explore a lost tradition and its modern day revival. Thousands of years ago Northern Europe was dominated by a religion known today as Nordic Mythology. Many other names have also been associated with this religion such as Germanic Paganism and Odinism‚ however Nordic Mythology is a more encompassing term. Through the studies of this ancient religion a new practice called Asatru has emerged

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    The three philosophical assumptions are ethical assumption‚ epistemological assumption‚ and metaphysical assumption. Ethical assumption is considered what is right or wrong‚ good or bad. According to our text if someone who believes that a crime is related to poverty then poverty itself is bad. I do tend to agree with this assumption‚ the reasoning is I have seen this first hand‚ and it is for the most part true. The text referrers to poor parenting or poverty can lead to crime. Poor parenting

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    What makes a good leader? I believe that to become a good or even great leader one either has to be participating or tentative‚ what differentiates the two is how you go about applying them and how you integrate them into your specific style of leading. Moreover I think that a leader must lead by example‚ admit when they’re wrong‚ and recognize their subordinates’ weaknesses and individual strengths. What type of leader am I? I would like to think of myself as a colorful‚ loud‚ energetic‚ and

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