Over time‚ early years policies and frameworks emerge and change in response to current influences. There has been much more political focus on childcare and education in the last 15 years‚ resulting in a rapid expansion of early years provisions. Influences over the last 15 years have included two key factors: * A huge increase in the demand for childcare while parents work – This is mostly due to the fact that around 60 per cent of mothers now return to work outside of the home while their
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themes were significant to this time as there was much change in government policies and the ending of the Civil War. Furthermore‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson was considered to have started the movement and to have had the greatest influence on transcendental works. However‚ many influences were impacting
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shall ever be‚ and the highest truth that has been communicated to humanity or that shall ever be‚ is that there is nothing higher or nobler than our Atman”. Truth‚ Absolute reality‚ Supreme Bliss ‚ Refulgence and love are realized as essence of the Spiritual essence that is the Originator‚ Sustainer and Absorber of the entire Creation. This essence is “Chaitanya” or “ Supreme Consciousness’ of the Primeval Spirit Force in creation and also the essence of man. Man is microcosm while the creation is Macrocosm
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“The spiritual quest and conquest in Paulo Coelho’s selected novels”. ABSTRACT This study argues that the spiritual quest is rooted in our biological‚ psychological‚ linguistic‚ and social nature. ’Quest’ speaks to the deepest desires of what it means to be human but also of what it means to be alive for all living‚ sentient organisms. It is about flourishing‚ about well-being in the fullest sense‚ about thriving. The quest is not‚ as most have believed‚ a rare mystical experience‚ but a frequent
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Indians Wild Savages or Spiritual Protectors? The Sioux Indians also known as the Lakota were first around in the 18th century. They were the largest tribe and not many people know that they were nomadic. As they were nomadic‚ they travelled a lot and followed buffalos around the Great Plains. The traditional view on the Sioux Indians is that they are barbaric because of what people had heard and because of Hollywood. But the more recent view of them is that they are more spiritual and they are put across
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Confucianism is a Chinese ethical and philosophical system developed from the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It is a complex system of moral‚ social‚ political‚ philosophical‚ and quasi-religious thought that has had tremendous influence on the culture and history of East Asia. It might be considered a state religion of some East Asian countries‚ because of governmental promotion of Confucian philosophies. A simple way to appreciate Confucian thought is to consider it as being based
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INTRODUCTION Background of the study A key objective of human resource management is to contribute towards the achievement of high level of employee and organization performance (Armstrong‚ 2005). Hutchinson‚ Kinnie‚ Purcell and Boxall (2003) contend that intangible assets such as culture‚ skill‚ competence‚ motivation and social interaction between people and teams are increasingly being seen as a source of strength in enhancing performance. This is evident in those firms which can combine
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Hispanic/Latino Influence on American Sports Right now‚ the NBA is considered an urban‚ inner-city sport dominated by African Americans. This perception is enforced by the media’s constant attention to players who defy what white Americans consider‚ “normal.” This image broke through during the early 1990s when here at the University of Michigan‚ a brash and flashy group of five freshman debuted. They were dubbed The Fab Five. While the NBA may carry the moniker of America’s Hip-Hop Sport‚ it is
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…I had just left almost two years of intense mindfulness training at the Rochester Zen Center. I was working at a local YMCA as acting lead teacher for a pre-kindergarten class. The children‚ ages 4 and 5‚ were for the most part ethnic minorities and many came from high-risk‚ single-parent households. For many I was the primary male figure in their lives‚ a responsibility that was not lost on me‚ and the work I did with the children felt very meaningful. The memories that stand out are times where
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New-Age beliefs and practices have experienced a significant growth in the past 40 years. The term New Age applies to the extensive range of belief systems and therapies that have developed since the 1970s. Where New Age is centred on some form of beliefs‚ these rarely fit into normal religious categories as they do not follow sacred texts or have a belief in God. Many New-Age movements (NAMs) are less belief systems than what Paul Heelas refers to as the ‘holistic milieu’ embracing a range of therapies
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