Teachings of the Buddha Summary and Reaction The book “Teachings of the Buddha” edited by Jack Kornfield is a collection of many stories drawn from popular sources of Indian‚ Tibetan‚ Chinese‚ and Japanese literature. Its short writings‚ poems‚ and drawings captured the essence of Buddhism‚ and helped Buddhists learn more about the path to Enlightenment. I have carefully chosen several of these short versus from the book‚ which I thought reflected the teachings nicely‚ and also intrigued me as
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Lives of the Saints Lives of the Saints is a story that examines the complexities and tribulations of everyday life in a small town. Throughout the novel‚ we discover that even the most trustworthy and caring individuals live secret lives behind closed doors‚ and that the surface appearance of minor communities can be very deceptive. Some people spend their entire adult-lives trying to knock down these doors and discover the truth‚ but perhaps they are overlooking the key to the lock our
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understand its importance. It is especially essential when teaching young students and adolescents. There are two types of motivation: extrinsic (stimulus forms outside the classroom and individual‚ forced by external influence‚ e.g. different rewards‚ social approval etc.) and intrinsic (motivation comes from inside the classroom or personal interests of the student‚ e.g. method of teaching‚ activities presented in the classroom). The key problem connected with motivation is its sustaining. The teacher’s
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INTRODUCTION Clinical teaching is a form of teaching and learning with its focus of involving patients and their problems (Spencer‚ 2003). According to Lim‚ (2011)‚ it can be conducted in small group or one-to-one basis and is not only specific to nursing but is also used in other health sciences. The methods used in clinical teaching varies but the elements remains the same in that students experienced learning through providing care to patients under the supervision of experienced clinical tutors
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Teaching Philosophy I believe that education begins at home and that the responsibility of schools and educators is to enhance the values and skills taught by the child’s parents or guardians. The purpose of a formal education should be to provide a positive and supportive environment where students will learn the basics of reading‚ writing‚ and math as well as further their knowledge by putting into practice the skills they have learned. This is best done in a cooperative learning environment
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standards‚ and traditions are all examples of cultural elements. The term culture refers to a state of intellectual development . The social and political forces that influence the growth of a human being are defined as culture. Culture is a total way of life shared by a people in a society. It is a synergistic totality and each culture is unique‚ although it may have things in common with other cultures. Culture contains customs‚ traditions‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ roles‚ skills‚ knowledge of the natural
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Case study I. Executive Summary The teaching hospital and the medical school had only one top official in common-the provost. The unusual nature of the financial arrangements was a big problem. Patients paid for professional services‚ but the revenues went into department funds‚ which were controlled by the department chairs. The hospital‚ on the other hand‚ turned in all patient- revenue incomes to the state. The working conditions and compensation were much better in the medical school
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Assignment : Teaching Grammar to ESL Students 1. I used to drink a bottle of vodka a day. (a recovering alcoholic at an AA meeting) STRUCTURE: ‘used’ structure FORM: subject + used to + infinitive B. FUNCTION AND MEANING It talks about an action that happened regularly in the past but no longer happens in the present. . C. PROBLEMS WITH… Meaning: Students may think that he is talking about the present‚ rather than the past. Some learners may use ‘used to’ in place of the
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TEACHING PRONUNCIATION. Introduction. In order to understand better English on both spoken and written‚ the most valuable gifts can be offered among the students is pronunciation. However‚ as a teacher‚ sometimes it is a bit difficult in contributing this particular gift. It can be a challenge to the teacher when they faces the problems such as the students pronunciation habits are not easy to change and it also hard to understand and to make a correction of the wrong pronunciation made
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“Teaching as mountaineering”‚ written by U.S. Author Nancy K. Hill‚ talks about the analogies of teaching. After analyzing the inadequacy of those most common analogies‚ the author proposed a new analogy to the teachers—mountaineers. However‚ I do not think that teaching is not like mountaineering. Teaching is not as risky as mountaineering. People are likely to meet difficult and harsh situation such as steep terrain and bad weather which may cause disasters to the whole team once someone makes
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