interaction plays a functional role in the process of cognitive development" (Encyclopedia of Educational Technology). The term "scaffolding" comes from the works of Wood‚ Bruna‚ and Ross (1976) and is meant to represent the support and assistance provided by the teacher or mentor in the learning process. "Scaffolding" is a metaphor that describes the way a teacher provides assistance to the students during the learning process in much the same way that construction scaffolding serves as a temporary support
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It helps people differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable behavior‚ between just and unjust. Ethics is normative in nature‚ that is‚ it focuses on what ought to be the case rather than what is the case. People learn ethical norms at home‚ school‚ in social settings as they grow up. However each individual has a different interpretation of these norms as they are affected by the individual’s life experiences. Philosophers have tried to define ethics in a number of ways. Socrates defines ethics
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for young person today include Facebook‚ MySpace‚ and Twitter. When teenagers start to converse with their friends they can end up spending hours there talking instead of working or studying. It can force parents and teachers to become harsher on a student. Social networking sites can also be a cause for bullying and people feeling left out. It’s beyond debate that Facebook is an important tool‚ both professionally and socially. Firstly‚ it has proven useful as a job-seeking platform. People today
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The Good‚ The Bad‚ The WTO On May 19‚1948‚ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT was created. This was not an international organization but an inter-governmental treaty. This provided the framework for the conduct of international trade. But this expanded and grew yearly and in April 1994‚ in the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations expanded on the GATT and created the World Trade Organization or WTO. The World Trade Organization was created with a goal and ultimate
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victim can be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. A young girl was almost killed by a 13 year old boy The article‚ entitled “Boy‚ 13‚ charged with attempted murder of young girl” from Friday night‚ Jun 6‚ 2012’s edition of CBC news‚ is a good example of a couple of ordinary Canadian citizen who wrongfully attempted to murder a 13 year old young girl. The boy was tracked down by the police that night after
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Smoking Good or Bad? In the article “Banning the Smoking Gun” written April 16‚ 2013 for the Sentential Carl DeBeer claims that smoking on campus should not be banned. His reasons for opposing the ban were: 1) it infringes on the smoker’s rights. 2) Secondhand smoke can cause harm‚ but it is the individuals choice to stand close to the individual smoking. The evidence he states is that one if you ban smoking people will smoke less. That is not true according to economist at the St. Louis Federal
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Technology is evolving extremely fast‚ reaching our lives inside and outside personal environments.Schools are purchasing more electronics and making the student‚ in one way‚ more dependable from these devices. But‚ how should the school make a balance from the use of this innovation? Many parents do not agree in the ways that the school might provide the electronic devices. Somes schools‚ for example OLM‚ allows little children to play on devices such as IPads during lunch time‚ instead of encourage
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YouTube: Good or Bad? Some people believe that nothing good can come from YouTube‚ due to the fact that there are so many people using the site and many uploaded videos are left uncensored. YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley‚ Steve Chen‚ and Jawed Karim (crunchbase). YouTube is the leader in online video sharing. In November 2006‚ YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. The first YouTube video was entitled Me at the zoo‚ and shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo
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Philip J. Landrigan and Charles Benbrook states that GMO’s are not high on the worry list of physicians now days. When biotechnology is thought of though threats to human health are a concern. Biotechnology is becoming an application to agriculture and has been rapidly and aggressively. There has been an increase to the number and amount of chemical herbicides that people put on their crops. The mainly used of these herbicides called glyphosate was classified as a probable human carcinogen by the
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Responsibility of School Sometimes when we are going to school and sitting on the bus‚ there is always a question shows on in our brain: what is the goal for us to go to school‚ though goes to school is one of the compulsory things in our life? When we are in school‚ there is a list of rules to limit us to expand our thinking ways and restrict our hobbies. In the article “School Is Bad for Children‚” John Holt reveals some problems of the current system of schooling that are bad for children
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