"Pertelote is much more than a mere hen" how far do you agree with this? I feel that this comment is extremely justified. Chaucer with the use of a beast fable has helped to elevate what would be considered a conventionally boring set of animals‚ and turn them into portrayals of human beings. As a cock he may have came from the same batch of eggs as his hens‚ but as poultry it would not matter whether chauntecleer mates with his sisters. However some critics suggest the introduction of the human
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was born in 1430 in Brescia‚ Italy. During his career‚ he worked in Brescia‚ Pavia‚ Genoa‚ and Milan as a teacher and learning artist. During his lifetime‚ Foppa was highly acclaimed‚ especially for his skill in perspective and foreshortening. In fact‚ some scholars deem his work to be the first use of foreshortening in the Early Renaissance (Uffizi Gallery). Foreshortening is the use of perspective to portray an object to be closer than it actually is. Foppa also often used grey flesh tones and soft
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The use of Websites and blogs as a tool for estabilishing better learning outcomes. ABSTRACT Internet Websites and Blogs (also known as Digital Learning Environments)‚ which are two new development technologies that provide better teaching-learning environments‚ interactive and inter-creative engagements for teachers and students‚ were not very common until recently‚ however‚ these technologies have taken a great role in the world of education and have become more dominant and widespread among
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How can the use of mental images‚ concepts and schemas to organise our thinking help us to improve our memory? “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think‚ than what to think--rather to improve our minds‚ so as to enable us to think for ourselves‚ than to load the memory with thoughts of other men" (john Dewey) There are many ways to memorise important information that we later want to recall. This could be as simple as a shopping list or as complicated
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inclusive learning we need to consider the diversity of a student body and make efforts not to exclude anyone be it intended or unintended. “Some students could feel excluded during your session if their particular needs are not met‚” Gravells (2012:56). Inclusive learning is simply “involving all students‚ treating them equally and fairly‚” Gravells (2012:56). The field of self-defence includes physical‚ philosophical and physiological elements which allows for a large range of learning and teaching
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Examine the main characteristics of both visions and conversion experiences [30 marks] Visions and conversions are both a type of religious experience- it’s a subjective experience where an individual reports contact with a supernatural reality‚ an encounter or union with the divine‚ Religious experiences are preoccupied by extraordinary psychological state and no one can give real evidence about it. According to William James‚ a 20th century philosopher; every religious experience has four
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Reconstruction was a time period in history that the United States went through to reunite the North and South after the Civil War. African Americans were a major part of this due to the fact that during the Civil war their emancipation from slavery was one of the major reasons for the division. In an attempt to reduce future conflicts that were arising due to the hostility between black and whites; laws were put in place to try and secure the rights of African Americans. These laws that were put
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great effect on society today‚ changing lives of many people in school‚ home and at work. I will be looking at how information technology has had a great effect in working practices. Technology has changed the lives of both employees and employers bringing both advantages and disadvantages. The topic‚ which I will be looking at‚ is teleworking and what are its advantages and disadvantages to both the employee and the employer. Teleworking Teleworking‚ sometimes called telecommuting‚ means working from
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How television is making people smarted. People all over the world turn on their television each night and watch a few moments to a few hours of television and it is hard to miss a reality show which on almost any channel. If they were to pause on one of these shows they might not know it but they would bettering themselves on a personal level. Based on the ideas of Steven Johnson the average person could learn a thing or two from reality TV. In his article called‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”
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Ptolemy was termed a great man in his time as he could answer questions through the stars. He had a strong belief in science‚ mathematics‚ and astronomy as he believed they could answer any question you could possibly ask for. He told the people of Greece his findings on the stars and his theory. Some of his theories explained that the Earth is the center of the universe and he told of his lunar theory. He had numerous evidence to back up his theories so they seemed realistic. Ptolemy amazed the
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