What is Education? Answers from 5th Century BC to the 21st Century The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things‚ not simply repeating what other generations have done. -- Jean Piaget‚ 1896-1980‚ Swiss developmental psychologist‚ philosopher An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory‚ or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.-- Anatole France‚ 1844-1924‚
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What Is Law? Although “the law” may seem to be abstract and far removed from everyday life‚ it actually is a framework for much of what you do. Perhaps you get a traffic ticket or want a local store to replace a defective toaster you purchased. Perhaps you have been called for jury duty or must testify as a witness to an accident. Perhaps you want to stop a road widening project near your home‚ ponder the issues of prayer in school or abortion‚ or must see that the provisions of a will are carried
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What is ATTRACTION? n. 1. in social psychology‚ the natural feeling of being drawn to other individuals and desiring their company. This is usually (but not necessarily) due to having a personal liking for them. 2. in environmental psychology‚ a quality that affects the proximity of relationships - usually reflecting such factors as their liking for each other. For example‚ male-female and female-female pairs who like each are found to be closer to each other than do pairs who feel no personal
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What is Geography Week 2 Geographic Thought and History I have always thought that geography was the study of land‚ how it was formed and where it will be in years to come. I have realized that there is more to geography than this. A literal translation of geography would be "to describe or write about the Earth" (“What is Geography: 2012). The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes‚ who was an ancient Greek. Geography has been called "the world discipline" and "the bridge
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What is Quality? Hoyer & Hoyer state that quality standards and customer expectations‚ in various guises‚ have been in existence for many centuries. However international quality standards‚ the formal study and implementation of “Quality” are the preserve of the 20th & 21st centuries. Consumers in the last 20-30 years have become finely tuned to the existence‚ value and need for quality but do they actually know what it is? Hoyer & Hoyer identified 8 quality guru’s and summarise their definition’s
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What is communication? Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and a recipient. Verbal Communication: face-to-face‚ telephone‚ radio or television or other media. Non-Verbal Communication: body language‚ gestures‚ how we dress or act - even our scent. Written Communication: letters‚ e-mails‚ books‚ magazines‚ the Internet or via other media. Visualizations: graphs‚ charts‚ maps‚ logos and other
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Trebuchet Questions 1. What is a trebuchet? It’s an invaluable medieval siege attack weapon that’s similar to a catapult 2. What is it used for? It was used for smashing city and castle walls by hurling giant stones 3. What makes it different from a catapult? Catapults use springs and tension to launch projectiles while trebuchets use a counter weight 4. When was it used? It was used around 500AD during the Middle (or Dark) Ages 5. Why did it fall out of favor? Trebuchets fell out of favor
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WHAT IS A WORLD VIEW A worldview is a person’s philosophy on life. Hindson and Caner define it as “the framework of beliefs by which a person views the world around him.”(The Popular Encyclopedia of Apologetics‚ Ed Hindson and Ergun Caner; Pg. 498). There are three primary categories of worldviews; theism‚ naturalism‚ and pantheism. Theism is the view or belief that one God exists. This God is usually the center of all things; everything begins and ends with this deity. Christianity falls under
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“What Are Heavy” – Christina Rossetti In the children’s poem “What Are Heavy” by the Victorian poet‚ Christina Rossetti‚ the author uses two speakers in order to show the contrast between the innocent curiosity of a child and the wisdom of an adult who attempts to answer the child’s questions truthfully while preserving the child’s innocence by simplifying an extremely complicated topic. Exploitation of the truth leads to the attainment of knowledge‚ from the attainment of knowledge comes the acquisition
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WHAT MAKES A HERO The true definition of hero is a man of distinguished valor. Bravery‚ courage‚ intrepidity‚ boldness‚ daring‚ and prowess in war are a heroes characteristics. However a hero is understood to be different to everyone. To one person he may be the greatest being who ever lived‚ but to another he may just be a normal‚ average man. For example‚ a child who has lost his poor puppy may think of it’s rescuer as a savior. His hero could be none other than a mere gentlemen who saw the
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