the realm of education. Education is often correlated with learning so that the nature of the learning itself should be clarified considering every individual has an interpretation of what learning is. RESULTS Table 4.2.2.1 below shows the percentage of the favored concept learning of the participants. The highest percentage is the concept of study presented in the theory of Existentialism (39%)‚ although there is not much different compared with the second highest chosen philosophy‚ Essentialism
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Absolutist An absolutist is a rule that is true in all situations. The rule says things are basically right‚ no matter what the circumstances‚ there is no room for manoeuvre. What makes an ethic deontological is that it pays no regard to consequences‚ as the name makes clear‚ coming from the Greek duty. For example stealing is always wrong. It makes no difference who does it‚ what the reasons were‚ what culture they live in o whether it took place hundreds of years ago. Stealing is just one of those
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------------------------------------------------- Compare and contrast Functionalist and Marxist theories of Education in Society. The role of education in society has an important effect on society by way of transmitting cultural values and contributing to the social stratification or class system. Functionalists also referred to as consensus theorists believe education helps stability and functioning of society‚ whereas conflict theorists namely the Marxists see education as justifying and promoting inequality. Emile Durkheim
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Knowledge is defined as Justified True Belief. A belief can be anything from the belief in my own existence to the belief that I will get good grades in the course. No one can argue what a person believes. But for a belief to be accepted as knowledge‚ it needs to be justified and be true. Skeptics raised a question as to how can you justify anything being true. The common answer was: based on our senses‚ but then who is to say the senses are true? To be clearer‚ for me to claim that the existence
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Character of Emilia in Othello Emilia is a character in the tragedy Othello by William Shakespeare. The character’s origin is traced to the 1565 tale‚ "Un capitano Moro" from Giovanni Battista Giraldi Cinthio’s Gli Hecatommithi. There‚ the character is described as young and virtuous‚ is referred to simply as the ensign’s wife‚ and becomes Desdemona’s companion in Cyprus. In Shakespeare‚ she is named Emilia‚ is the wife of Othello’s ensign‚ Iago‚ and is an attendant to Othello’s wife‚ Desdemona
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Education is a matter of discovering what is ultimately real and learning to live in relation to it in a way that produces a life marked by meaning‚ freedom‚ and even happiness. Education presupposes truth‚ even in the most relativistic contexts‚ because teachers are concerned with correspondence between thought and reality. But from a Christian perspective‚ truth is not just a label applied to the successful representation of reality in thought‚ but comes to personify that eternal reality itself
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The Truth Behind Education The purpose of education is to spread knowledge to the younger generation. Without education‚ tradition is lost‚ as well as the potential of youth. For centuries‚ the old have taught the young. They have passed the torch of knowledge from one hand to another. Whether it was a master teaching an apprentice‚ or a teacher teaching a class‚ the tradition of teaching has been in practice since the beginning of man. Without a mentor for a child to learn from‚ the child
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The special education teacher is under a great deal of pressure with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law which was recently passed by the government in 2002. Students with disabilities are now treated as if they are to know as much as students that do not have a disability of any kind. Schools that fail to meet the governments mandate of the NCLB are in danger of losing some of their government funding‚ are put on a “needs to improve” list‚ and are punished rather than helped out by the government
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Each and every person has a different view of what physical education really is. “Is it education in sport?” asks Siedentop “Is it fitness education? Is it social development? Is it development through risk and adventure? Is it movement? Instead‚” he says‚ “it is all of these things – and maybe more?” (1998‚ p.237). Whereas Wuest and Butcher feel that physical activity is “a means to help individuals acquire skills‚ fitness‚ knowledge‚ and attitudes that contribute to their optimal development and
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As a special education teacher‚ I will strive to engage‚ challenge‚ and inspire growth within my students not only in the classroom‚ but to also teach them lessons that will help them in the real world. I believe that every student deserves an equal chance to learn no matter his or her race‚ disability‚ or learning level. Growing up in a family of relatives who thrive in teaching‚ there have been many lessons both taught and learned in the process. As a special educator‚ it is important to remember
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