The Aims of Education Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) The essay starts with Whitehead’s idea that authentic learning comes from a blend of expert knowledge and cultural knowledge. Expert knowledge comes from the course contents and cultural knowledge comes from activity of thought – which refers to students generating ideas of their own from their school experience or at least “playing” with the ideas presented to them in all ways possible to maximize learning. This leaves room for the student
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autonomy is what makes life worth living and fun. We get to choose what we want to wear‚ the career we want to do‚ say what we
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Every empire reaches its peak and rises‚ but eventually faces issues that lead to its decline. Moreover‚ the Roman Empire did not fall overnight; in fact there are several leading events. Some of the events that led to the fall of the Roman Empire are the rise of Christianity. Overexpansion was also another factor that caused its split. Due to chaos‚ constant civil and internal war was occurring allowing invasion by foreigners. These three events are considered important factors that led to the fall
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Goodwill’s mission is to provide training‚ employment‚ and supportive services for people with disabilities or disadvantages who seek greater independence (Goodwill‚ 2017). Goodwill values are set on three fundamental goals: (1) Empowering individuals in the communities we serve; (2) ensuring a self-sustaining community enterprise; and (3) having a positive impact on the environment. Goodwill believes in respect and that if we treat one another with dignity and fairness. In addition‚ to appreciate
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Regarding the dynamics of temporality‚ the monuments in Marlowe’s Dido‚ Queen of Carthage and Virgil’s Aeneid constitute a center for the past‚ present and future to come together. Such temporal centers are subject to temporality themselves‚ just like the texts presenting them. In that sense‚ the question of permanence through memory and repetition applies to both types of monuments: monuments as works of art produced after the death of a person and textual monuments created by poets or authors.
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to a battle. The two immediately become companions because Gilgamesh finally finds his match. They set off on an adventure to destroy the cedar forest and its guardian‚ Humbaba‚ all to be forever remembered. Gilgamesh appears to be improving his ways and not exasperating his people. However‚ Gilgamesh then takes his journey to be remembered one step too far and kills the
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Odysseus What makes a person an epic hero? An epic hero is someone who possesses courage‚ strength‚ and who want to achieve immortality by taking action as a hero. Odysseus is brave ‚ strong‚ and is a good leader. To me he is a good epic hero. He never gives up like good hero. I think Odysseus is an epic hero because he is brave‚ strong‚ and a good hero. The first reason why Odysseus is an epic hero is because he is brave. According to Andrew Nordin "Odysseus en lists the help of loyal
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The story of The Epic of Gilgamesh is a western civilization historical poem that is mix of mythology and literature. It is to be believed was written around the first centuries of the second millennium B.C. considering one of the oldest‚ if not the oldest‚ ancient poem. It is about a hero who is desperate to become a god and goes an on quest for immortality. Within the pages of the old tale it reveals many hints of history‚ human nature‚ and myths of an ancient culture. Though the Sumerian Empire
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There are two integral pieces of love in Virgil’s epic Aeneid: the romantic‚ lustful love (as felt by Dido for Aeneas) and the grounded‚ honest‚ family love (as felt between Aeneas and Anchises). There is a dynamic relationship between the two sides of love which causes each to emphasize the other an emphasis that is facilitated by Virgil’s common use of fire and flame imagery to describe both types of love. Upon analyzing the lustful episode between Dido and Aeneas and the image
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Assess the differing aims of the allies of the Versailles conference and show how these aims were reflected in the terms of the agreement. The Treaty of Versailles was one of numerous treaties signed and discussed at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 after World War I‚ the five main countries involved were the Great Britain‚ USA‚ France‚ Italy and Germany. The Treaty of Versailles focused on the compensation Germany had to pay to the allies after the war. Great Britain‚ USA‚ France‚ Italy
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