Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s
Premium Higher education Educational psychology Adult education
to do so‚ cause I won’t have any time to watch the said film cause of the schedule it’ll be shown doesn’t match with my free time. I got there late last Sunday afternoon. I only get to watch Japan: My Hometown and Dear Doctor. From those two Films‚ I really love how the story goes in dear doctor. It started with a sweet slow blues guitar and then a very slow yet creative way of playing the harmonica. That sweet sound really catches my attention and then a man on a motorcycle‚ driving in a dark black
Premium Hospital Doctor Who Doctor
You migrated to another country. Write a letter to your friend to describe your present life and tell him/her why you chose this country. Dear Linda‚ I’m sorry I haven’t been writing to you for such a long time. I am writing to inform you that I have migrated to Perth‚ Australia. My family and I arrived in Perth on the 03/04 and we have finally settled down. We migrated to Perth because my sisters and their families have also migrated there three years ago. We have planed to join them in Perth
Premium Bus stop Bus Public transport
More often than we would prefer‚ we are inclined to forget the significances of the events and experiences of our past - such is only human‚ if we fail to record our incidents. However‚ this is far from the case for expressive memoir author Virginia Woolf‚ whose afternoon sailing one day had impacted her for life. There are several descriptions‚ allusions‚ and idiomatic phrases in the reminiscent passage which harken back to the significance of Woolf’s undertakings as depicted. Specifically‚ those
Premium Fiction Mind Short story
Both images show restroom signs that are discriminatory or prejudice against another race or being. In District 9‚ there is evidence of discrimination against the aliens or ‘prawns’. This refers back to the Apartheid Era‚ where White Supremacy ruled over the nation of South Africa and caused an unfair racial divide. The ‘white people’ were more privileged than the other races and were forbidden to integrate with said races. The above images assist in showing the similar social issues present in the
Premium Racism Race White people
In the novel The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver‚ she creates a symbol of a rhizobia which are bugs that help support the root of the plant and give them long green pods. In the novel‚ we see Taylor and Mattie help support Lou Anne‚ Turtle‚ Estevan and Esperanza throughout difficult times. Taylor helps support Turtle when she becomes her caretaker . When Taylor was given the baby in the beginning‚ she never committed to raise her. Taylor began to accept Turtle and the responsibilities that came
Premium
5… 4… 3… 2… 1… 0… All it took for three bodies to be flung to the ground‚ lifeless. The blood-curdling screams from his friends rang constantly throughout his mind. “Heh. Fools. You call yourself the Warriors of Light? You’re merely lambs‚ lambs waiting to be slaughtered in the name of His Majesty.” His hands trembled in fear‚ unable to grip the cold‚ blood-stained floorboards of the Grandship. Unable to register what had happened. Unable to breathe. A mocking laughter bellowed from the monstrous
Premium Animal Farm The Animals KILL
EMPATHY TASK. WW1 BY Manon Collins The fog still clung to the ground. We could barely see two feet in front of us. The men’s voices were loud and projected off into the fog were they became lost and tangled in ‘No Man’s Land’ The grey sun seemed to be making it’s way up over the broken backs of the hills. The silhouettes of the men suddenly became clear. Faces dirty with mud‚ blood or anything that could be found in the trenches. Shoes without soles‚ shirts without sleeves
Premium World War II English-language films World War I
White Noise: The Sounds That Keep us Sane White Noise follows Jack‚ a man who teaches Hitler studies and has a house full of children between him and his wife. The first part of the book‚ Waves and Radiation‚ introduces Jack’s family and his strange friend‚ Murray. We gain insight into the daily lives of the various characters‚ the relationship Jack carries with each of his children and his wife‚ Babette. While you’re reading the first part of the book‚ DeLillo gives you the sense that Jack is
Premium English-language films United States
In my personal opinion about "Macbeth" and the thoughts of Shanley is that I would have to have to agree with Shanley’s thought proses on the situation given in the book. Because when all of this is happening Macbeth still has a consionce witch would prove that he is also still human he still realizes that there is something to be lost. In the test example I gave earlier the person would probably have some sort of controversy going on in his/her head and. It would probably be going like this. "If
Premium Macbeth William Shakespeare Education