enhance the words I spoke. My teacher liked it. I liked doing it. And‚ I think my wife still likes me after doing it too. The assignment‚ in both the way it was given and how I went about doing it‚ reflects two ways that embody my personal educational philosophy. The first way was in the assignment itself. The professor instructed us to write about something we enjoyed or that gave us pleasure. I thought this sounded easy enough‚ but then he asked us to use music to match the feelings we were trying
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less is a self-help book written by Greg McKeown. He is a public speaker‚ leadership and business consultant and author who follows the philosophy of Essentialism. The book teaches everyone on how to get the best out of life. It shows everyone that saying yes all the time or letting one’s self be pressured to do something he doesn’t want to do is detrimental to one’s career and family life. It provides three simple steps to achieve a balanced existence. First
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Philosophical Essay EDUC 200 – Principles of Education Philosophy is a set of beliefs or ideas one has towards their discipline or line of work. Don Kauchak and Paul Eggen‚ authors of the textbook “Introduction to Teaching: Becoming a Professional‚” define philosophy as “The study of theories of knowledge‚ truth‚ existence‚ and morality” [ (Kauchak & Eggen‚ 2011) ]. The philosophy of education is a very important aspect of teaching. It is meant to guide teachers in the classroom and offer insight
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The Progressive Era was a time of huge advances and reform by the federal government and reformers that led the way to where America is today. The battle for women’s rights had been going on for many years but seriously picked up wind during this time period and finally reached some long sought after goals. With industry booming‚ labor conditions were in desperate need of change and caught the eye of both reformers and the federal government. Even though much time had passed since the Civil War‚
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The Progressive Movement: Which Reform Was Most Successful? Though the progressives were successful in several areas‚ exposing corruption was their greatest success. The results of this led to the revealing frauds‚ unfair business practices‚ bribery‚ and many other unlawful practices. Because the progressives had exposed so much corruption‚ average citizens would soon have the benefit of cleaner work conditions‚ higher wages‚ less voter intimidation‚ and safer goods for sale. The progressives
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levels. Big businesses in the late 1800s preferred profit over patriotism‚ credit over honor‚ individual gain over national prosperity‚ and trade and dickering over principles. It was not until 1901‚ when Theodore Roosevelt became president‚ that progressivism was brought to the national level. During Roosevelt’s presidency‚ he would push reform as much as possible by strengthening the power of the federal government. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was an early attempt to try to control abuses
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“Hull House”‚ a house which featured activities and classes that would help busy workingwomen who wished to expand their education or simply just to relax after a long days work. Hull House became a “spearhead for reform” which became part of progressivism. Other movements during this time included the social purity movement‚ which campaigned to clean up prostitution. William Howard Taft took over the presidency in 1909 after Theodore Roosevelt retired. He wasn’t in office for a long time because
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The differences between Progressivism and Populism can be seen in many different aspects. Firstly‚ the Populism arose in the late 19th century and drew their support primarily from Southern and Western farmers. And the Progressivism stared at the beginning of the 20th century by the educated urban middle class. Secondly‚ Populists focused primarily on economic issues: the money supply‚ crop prices‚ transportation costs‚ monopolies‚ and the eight-hour day‚ while Progressives had a broader agenda‚
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continued to champion Progressive reform. The National Progressive Republican League‚ which La Follette founded in 1911‚ became the core of the Progressive Party (A People and a Nation‚ 574). Theodore Roosevelt was another notable Progressive. His aim was not to restructure American capitalism‚ but to protect it from its own excesses through prudent government intervention. In enforcing federal antitrust laws‚ Roosevelt drew a distinction between good trusts and bad trusts (Theodore Roosevelt and
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anything from Perth. Since my move here I have settled into a productive lifestyle with my fiancé and I am motivated to do well in this course and have the freedom to choose any career I want if I do well. I have had a various amount of previous educational experiences through high school‚ TAFE and other independent courses. After I quit half way through year 11‚ I enrolled in an Engineering course in TAFE in hopes of getting some valuable experience to enter a drafting career. Unfortunately I didn’t
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