Islam and Higher Education in Transitional Societies edited by Fatma Nevra Settie and Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela Author(s): Linda Herrera Source: Comparative Education Review‚ Vol. 54‚ No. 4 (November 2010)‚ pp. 607-609 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Comparative and International Education Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/657569 . Accessed: 20/01/2011 09:46 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and
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of the cafeteria without anything to eat‚ or lending a hand in the wake of a tragic flood that destroyed my neighborhood. These moments are not just sentimental to me; they taught me empathy‚ and are the chief reasons behind my enthusiasm for higher education‚ and why I’m driven to serve public interests. My life began in Guyana‚ a penurious and corrupt society that has long been governed under the rule of discriminatory politics. Nonetheless‚ I had the most amazing parents. They were humble‚ and
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Police are often associated with police brutality by the media causing scholars to argue that police departments should mandate that candidates who wish to be hired as police officers must have a college level education. The idea of requiring law enforcement officers to have a college education is not a new idea. August Vollmer‚ an influential figure in shaping law enforcement‚ believed that only
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Cost vs. Worth: The Dilemma of Higher Education As many approach graduation from high school‚ the same question overwhelms a vast majority of young‚ college-hungry graduates: How will I pay for college? Price is no secret when it comes to higher education‚ but shrouded in mystery is the true debate. For while many may think price is the latest hot topic‚ the true debate isn’t actually over price – it’s over worth. Many diverse people with just as diverse opinions present several views to
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Chronicle of a Death Foretold (original Spanish title: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez‚ published in 1981. It tells‚ in the form of a pseudo-journalistic reconstruction‚ the story of the murder of Santiago Nasar by the two Vicario brothers. Analysis One of the unanswered questions in this book is who actually took Angela Vicario’s virginity‚ for the narrator is unsure why she named Santiago Nasar as the one who committed the
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Plagiarism in Teaching and Learning in Institutions of Higher Education in Nigeria By Sunusi Sani Adamu Department of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering Bayero University Kano‚ Nigeria Summary Plagiarism is a worldwide abominable phenomenon in literary cycles; and even more so in teaching and learning. This study reflects on plagiarism issues in higher education in Nigeria from pedagogical aspects. The main of source of inputs for the study are published literature‚ peer discussions
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University 2.0 - An Evaluation of the role of the internet in higher education. Today´s learner exist in a digital age. A wide range of web tools and software is available and the internet offers access to apparently endless sources of information. Pupils as well as students at university have to deal with the technologies if they want to succeed. Pupils in school mostly use the computer for typing essays and looking up information for presentations‚ whereas students at university need access
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known for his short stories and novels‚ especially “One Hundred Years of Solitude‚” which has magical intensity and a great wealth of remarkable characters and incidents. His novel‚ Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ which is very strange and brilliantly appreciated‚ is sort of a murder mystery in which the detective‚ Marquez himself‚ pieces together the events associated with the murder 27 years earlier of Santiago Nasar‚ a rich‚ handsome fellow
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Suggestions for Beautifying the Pronunciation of EFL Learners in Higher Education Hasan Zainnuri‚ S.Pd. mawapres_uns@yahoo.com English Education Department of Postgraduate Sebelas Maret University‚ Surakarta Abstract This paper firstly stresses that the importance of the spoken form of the language and for that reason foreign language learners should have correct and accurate pronunciation. It summarizes the background of pronunciation teaching‚ emphasizes the need for incorporating pronunciation
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Animals: Humor‚ Symbolism‚ and other Literary Devices in Chronicle of a Death Foretold In Chronicle of a Death Foretold‚ the author‚ Gabriel García Márquez‚ utilizes the motif of animals as symbols: pigs for ironic humor‚ rabbits as foreshadowing‚ and many other animals to aid in description‚ characterization‚ and establishment of theme. Márquez uses pigs as motifs the novel. He makes a big deal out of the knives that Pablo and Pedro use while describing the murder. “The Vicario twins went to
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