The Floating Resort The Floating Resort By: Brittany Contreras SCC Janelle Hoffman HRM 160 April 6‚ 2011 The Floating Resort A cruise is defined as “to make a trip by sea in a liner for pleasure‚ usually calling at a number of ports.” It is similar to a mobile resort (Dowling‚ 2006‚ p. 1). Why be on land when there is an option to travel on top of the beautiful ocean waters? The cruise industry has grown phenomenally in the last thirty-six years-from
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Irena Israilova Understanding Children’s Development The functional and structural approaches to play are very interesting because they did not have exact definition for the functional approach to play. It being said‚ the functional approach to play would be considered a child trying to evoke an action‚ but it is not then considered play‚ therefore the concept was difficult to let on. The structural approach to play was a lot more understandable‚ that if a child expresses an action in repetition
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Jean Piaget was born in Neuchâtel‚ Switzerland on August 9‚ 1896. He was the first child of Arthur and Rebecca Piaget. Jean began showing an interest in the natural sciences at a very early age. By age 11‚ he had already started his career as a researcher by writing a short paper on an albino sparrow. He was also very interested in mollusks and by the time he was a teen‚ his papers on mollusks were being widely published. He continued to study the natural sciences and received his Ph.D. in Zoology
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development is the beginning to the ability to think and understand. Cognitive development focuses on child’s development of information processing‚ conceptual resources‚ perpetual skill‚ language learning‚ and other aspects of brain development. Piaget has four stages to his theory: Sensorimotor‚ preoperational‚ concrete operational‚ and formal operational. Much of the research has gone into understanding how a child imagines the world. In Piaget’s view‚ early cognitive development includes processes
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to assist and support children’s early cognitive development‚ teachers apply the ideas of educational theorists such as Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky in teaching. Review of Literature Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are two of the most influential theorists of cognitive development. The ‘Stage-based theory of cognitive development’ from Jean Piaget explores the sequential development of thinking process through a series of stages include sensorimotor stage for births to age
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Erikson versus Piaget: Active and Passive Learning Billy Jenkins Grand Canyon University: PSY 650 January 27‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper‚ the idea of active versus passive learning is discussed‚ as well as the major learning theories of Piaget and Erikson. Furthermore‚ their major learning theories are compared to each other and applied to the principles of active and passive learning. Because of my teaching and classroom experience‚ the application of active and passive learning
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Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky‚ two important theorists in the developmental psychology have both differences and similarities in their theories. However‚ both Piaget and Vygotsky made a lot of contribution towards the field of children’s cognitive development. Vygotsky and Piaget both believed that children are active seekers of knowledge. While Vygotsky believed that children were greatly impacted by rich social and cultural environment‚ Piaget believed that children are impacted by their own
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Kindergarten and Piaget Child Development Instructor: Jaclyn Scott December 17‚ 2013 As a preschool teacher‚ I am responsible for ensuring that I provide my students with engaging experiences through discovery learning as well as making sure that I am supporting the interests of the children in the classroom. Using Piaget ’s Stage theories‚ children cannot do certain tasks until they are psychologically mature enough to do so and was believed that children
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VSL FLOATING CONCRETE STRUCTURES EXAMPLES FROM PRACTICE SECOND PRINTING JULY 1992 VSL INTERNATIONAL LTD. Berne / switzerland Table of contents Page 1 Preface 1. Introduction 1 2. VSL Systems and Service Range 4 2.1. 2.1.1. 2.1.2. 2.1.3. 2.1.4. 2.1.5. 2.2. VSL Systems Introduction VSL Post-tensioning VSL Slipforming VSL Heavy Lifting Other VSL Systems Services offered by VSL 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 3. Examples from Practice 7 3.1. Introduction 7 3.2. 3.2.1. 3.2.2. 3.2.3. 3.2.4. 3.2.5.
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educational principles derived from Piaget’s theory. According to Piaget‚ appropriate learning experiences build on children’s current level of cognitive functioning‚ however‚ only when teachers appreciate children’s methods of arriving at particular conclusions are they in a position to provide such experiences. (Educational Implications of Piaget’s Theories. Page 41). For these reasons‚ in a classroom‚ in accordance with Piaget‚ the focus should be on children’s thinking‚ not just its products
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