English Teaching: Practice and Critique December‚ 2011‚ Volume 10‚ Number 4 http://education.waikato.ac.nz/research/files/etpc/files/2011v10n4art1.pdf pp. 5-22 Changing literacies‚ changing populations‚ changing places – English teachers’ work in an age of rampant standardisation1 BARBARA COMBER Queensland University of Technology ABSTRACT: School-age populations in many nations are becoming increasingly diverse (in terms of languages‚ countries of origin‚ ethnicity‚ faith traditions and so on)
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The Effect of Social Media Websites on the Youth By Martin Young INTRODUCTION Amanda Todd was 15 years old and lived in Vancouver. On October 19 this year she hung herself. Shortly before she did this‚ she made a YouTube video describing why she would commit this unfortunate act. What made her do this harrowing act? A 15 year-old girl with her whole life in front of her. It was the result of bullying on many social media sites such as Facebook. These sites were originally set up
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thought to influence we-intention‚ as it serves as an indicator if the action is not only desired but also put in execution. They also added the mediator desire to explain how one gets from motivation to intention (Bratman‚ Israel‚ & Pollack‚ 1988). Desires transform the influences of positive anticipated emotions‚ attitude et cetera into reasons to act. Thus‚ desires act as the closest determinant of intentions and includes the motivational content needed. 2.3.2 Social Influence Theory The Social Influence
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Sebastian Restrepo ENC1102 Prof. Diane Mooney 3 July 2009 The Influence of Social Media in Activism Is the social media network like Facebook and Twitter just used for our entertainment? Just by having a twitter account or a Facebook‚ one knows that this not true. Not too long ago‚ people started to share frantically the Kony 2012 video and that later caused uproar in society motivating them to donate money to this organization greatly helping to stop the war criminal and save the children
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Social Influence And The Branch Davidians Abstract I examined compliance gaining strategies used by David Koresh to influence his followers. His claim to be Jesus Christ himself‚ and his promise to grant his followers eternal life‚ was highly effective in obtaining his followers compliance. I examined the Branch Davidian’s response to David Koresh’s influence. I observed their willingness to surrender their basic human needs‚ personal safety‚ and that of their children. Compliance-gaining strategies
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Relating philosophy to pedagogy – how my personal values influence my way of teaching Within any early childhood education (ECE) setting the pedagogy of the educators will have great impact on the programmes and philosophies which the children within that setting will be influenced by. Teachers have a responsibility to build and maintain authentic‚ open‚ reciprocal relationships with children‚ families and the community (Gailer‚ 2010). This is not only an integral part of the early childhood
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other rebels must go against everything they have been forced to do their whole lives to take back Panem from President Snow (Larence‚2012). Katniss‚ Peeta‚ Gale‚ all thirteen districts‚ and the Capitol are all affected by social influences in different ways. Social influence is made up of three main parts‚ conformity‚ compliance‚ and obedience (Kassin‚ Fein‚ Markus‚ 2014‚ pg. 255). Throughout the movie‚ all of the characters and their relationships are affected by at least one of these three aspects
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What is Social Networking Website? The definition of social networking is “the relationships that exist between network of people” (Walter & Ribiere‚ 2004). Today‚ when we talk about social networking‚ we think of social networking websites like Facebook‚ MySpace‚ and Twitter‚ which are the top three popular social networking sites in the United States (Alexa.com‚ 2010). These sites are defined as web-based platforms that allow individuals to build their own profiles and reflect social relations
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There is little doubt that the most dominant form of instruction in Europe and America is pedagogy‚ or what some people refer to as didactic‚ traditional‚ or teacher-directed approaches. A competing idea in terms of instructing adult learners‚ and one that gathered momentum within the past three decades‚ has been dubbed andragogy. The purpose of this resource piece is to provide the interested reader with some background information regarding both instructional forms. The pedagogical model of
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EDUC 2110 August 27‚ 2014 Review of Dewey‚ Freire‚ and Pedagogy for the Oppressor Equal opportunity for all is a foundation that America stands upon. American education is supposed to teach students that they are equal‚ despite their diverse backgrounds‚ but that is not always the case. If this nation supports equal opportunity for all‚ then why are there still people that feel left out? Rick A. Breault explains in “Dewey‚ Freire‚ and Pedagogy for the Oppressor”‚ that cultural diversity and democracy
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