remind people you are‚ you aren’t.” Those are my favorite quotations from the Iron Lady‚ former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher‚ who died on the 8th of April‚ 2013. She understood that leadership is not about titles or photo ops or posturing. True leadership is about authenticity‚ standing up for principles‚ even in the face of strong opposition. To her admirers‚ Margaret Thatcher was an iconic national heroine who ended Britain’s post-World War II cycle of decline. Her angry critics saw
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Margaret Thatcher (Her Life as Prime Minister of Britain) Margaret Thatcher can be considered as one of the most prolific leaders of our time. She was Britain’s first and only woman Prime Minister‚ thus far. She was the longest serving Prime Minister Britain had in the 20th century. Thatcher’s stern‚ no-nonsense approach in the leadership of her government earned her the nickname‚ "The Iron Lady." She certainly lived up to the name‚ because she took Britain through a revolutionary change;
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“Atwood presents us with heroines who suffer victimization but who are not finally defeated” How far do you agree with this view of Atwood’s presentation of Elaine thus far in the novel? Margaret Atwood’s novel Cat’s Eye explores the life of the female protagonist Elaine‚ and her struggle to move on from her difficult and disturbing past. As a heroine who suffers victimization‚ to say Elaine was not effected harshly by these circumstances would be untrue. The victimisation and bullying Elaine received
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Education Studies Assignment Within this assignment I am going to discuss Behavioural and Constructivist theory in relation to learning‚ drawing attention to my own experiences as a practitioner and learner. I will draw attention to their relationship to the Early Years Foundation Stage and will attempt to explain the importance of play in relation to these concepts. This will lead me to discuss the role of the practitioner both in keeping up with current legislation and initiatives and incorporating
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Summary and Analysis PrintPDFCite. “This Is a Photograph of Me‚” by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood‚ presents a speaker who begins by promising to show us a photograph of herself. Later‚ however‚ we learn that the speaker has died from having drowned in the lake the photograph depicts. The poem begins with a title that is a crucial part of the text. Unlike many poems‚ where the title has little effect on the work’s meaning‚ here the title is essential to a total understanding of the whole
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An Application Of Constructivist Theory in English FL Classes The article is written by Li Jin an associate Professor of English Department at Shandong University‚ China. The author graduated from Shandong University with BA and MA degrees in English Language and Literature. She is interested in teaching and researching in English and Chinese and cross-culture communication. In her article ‘Constructivism-Application in Oral English Teaching to Non-English Majors’ the author has a look at current
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Thatcherism– It’s all about Leadership Margaret Thatcher-Style She led from the heart and embodied an ideological world view that shaped every decision she made. Her “Thatcherism” was rooted in her belief about the kind of leadership needed to save her country from economic collapse and preserve the freedoms she saw as fundamental to the British people. During years of immense challenge‚ she served as both captain and rudder‚ steering and steadying the ship of state on the course she saw as vital
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Leaning over a microscope wearing a crisp white lab coat is a biochemist developing the cure for cancer. Wearing faded blue jeans and a red polo shirt is the company information technologist fixing the company security system. An engineer designs a reusable space shuttle powered by interstellar radiation. Human computers calculate the moon landing to assure the safe arrival of the first men on the moon. Imagine a person in these positions. What did they look like? What color was their skin? Was it
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May 1994 | Volume 51 | Number 8 Educating for Diversity Pages 50-54 Why Some Parents Don’t Come to School Margaret Finders and Cynthia Lewis Instead of assuming that absence means noncaring‚ educators must understand the barriers that hinder some parents from participating in their child’s education. In our roles as teachers and as parents‚ we have been privy to the conversations of both teachers and parents. Until recently‚ however‚ we did not acknowledge that our view of parental involvement conflicts
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Traditionally the approaches of theorists have been divided into types. These are three key types of approach to cognitive development: • Constructivist approach. This focuses on children as active learners. Theyâ€TMre interested in how children learn from their experiences‚ and how they learn to understand the world around them. Outlined in Jerome Bruner’s theory “that the learners actively construct their own knowledge based upon the things they know now and have known in the past―. • Behaviourist
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