Provide a brief description of the individual. Ellen Foster is a ten-year-old‚ Caucasian‚ female who experiences a series of traumatic events during her childhood. These traumatic events include her witnessing domestic violence in the home‚ her mother’s suicide and subsequent physical‚ sexual and psychological abuse by her alcoholic father‚ her maternal grandmother and other relatives (aunts and cousins on the mother’s side). Ellen shuttled from home to home‚ staying for a short time at the home
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a man called Chris Gardner. The main theme in this movie is the American dream and it is a common dream that everyone share. It is the dream of having success and happiness. To fulfill your American dream you need to have the abilities and the courage to achieve your dream. Chris Gardner is a fabulous example for pursing his American dream. The storyline in “The Pursuit of Happyness” is about how fare Chris Gardner is willing to pursuit to achieve happiness. Chris Gardner is a salesman who sells
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Introduction I believe that each child‚ infant‚ toddler and older‚ are each unique and has the potential to leave their own mark on the world. My philosophy would be to provide a stimulating atmosphere in which infants and toddlers can grow and mature in many areas including emotionally‚ physically‚ socially‚ and intellectually while in a safe environment. This environment will not only be safe‚ it will allow children’s curiosity to direct their learning‚ promote respect for things and people
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Research has found that MBTI cannot be verified by other means to check data integrity; structural properties of type theory thus‚ remain un-validated (Gardner & Martinko‚ 1996). It is also reported that stats don’t line up in the dichotomous scores; empirical support is ambiguous for the ideal that type theory has four dichotomous pairs of types (Gardner & Martinko‚ 1996). In addition‚ MBTI cannot predict the success of an organization (Pittenger‚
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New York‚ NY: Dell Publishing. Center for Disease Control and Prevention Gardner‚ Howard. (1993) Multiple intelligences: the theory in practice. New York‚ NY: Basic Books. Hart‚ S. & Hodson‚ V. (2004). The compassionate classroom: relationship based teaching and learning. Encinitas‚ CA: PuddleDancer Press. Kunz‚ Marnie Pawlina‚ S. (2011‚ September 16) Developmental Theorists – Piaget‚ Vygotsky‚ Erikson‚ Gardner and Dewey [Overview handouts] The Premier Tutors (2012‚ April) Are You
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Ethical Statement In accordance with the ethical guidance (The Open University 2013) I have followed the BERA guidelines including changing any names. My Role I am a parent volunteer in a Church of England primary and nursery school. I am currently supporting the mixed year 1 and 2 classes. I work on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8.45 -12 pm. I have a variety of different supporting roles within the classroom not just with the helping the teachers but also the pupils‚ school and curriculum
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Photographic Essay Child Development and Theories Introduction For this activity‚ I chose Jesus Lares from Tacoma‚ Washington. Jesus is 8 years old‚ in the 3rd grade‚ of Hispanic decent‚ and is an only child. Jesus enjoys a variety of afterschool activities such as baseball and karate and he also enjoys spending time with his friends. In home play consists of playing with toy guns and building space ships with Lego’s. The primary language at home is English
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Intelligences Theory According to Gardner (1999a)‚ intelligence is much more than IQ because a high IQ in the absence of productivity does not equate to intelligence. In his definition‚ "Intelligence is a biopsychological potential to process information that can be activated in a cultural setting to solve problems or create products that are of value in a culture" (p.34). Consequently‚ instead of intelligence being a single entity described psychometrically with an IQ score‚ Gardner ’s definition views it
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Both Holt (1997‚ cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) and Rothenberg (1969‚ cited in Gardner 2005:68-72) suggest that teachers have contributed to the negative attitudes and poor learning habits of students. Both writers suggest that student¡¦s poor direction of viewing and bad habits of learning is due to the way of treating others‚ learning and thinking they are taught by teachers. Both of them think that As Holt (1997‚ cited in Gardner 2005:59-63) has described‚ students are taught to feel indifferently
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Andrew Gardner‚ in his book‚ City of Strangers: Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain‚ has taken a deeper insight into the lives of “Indian transnational proletariat” (Gardner 49). Skillful use of one of the best methods of research‚ i.e. field study‚ lets Gardner influentially explain the overall framework of the structural violence in effect in the Gulf countries; especially Bahrain. Gardner draws a clear hierarchy of the factors contributing to structural violence‚ and the extent
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