1. What is meant by diversity? Diversity literally means difference. Diversity recognises that though people have things in common with each other‚ they are also different and unique in many ways. Diversity is about recognising and valuing those differences. 2. Describe the community you live in. Highlight some of the variations you may observe in terms of: • Interests • Beliefs • Ages • Lifestyles • Personal‚ social and cultural identities. I live in a town called Braintree in
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FORMAL‚ NON-FORMAL AND INFORMAL EDUCATION: CONCEPTS/APPLICABILITY Claudio Zaki Dib Institute of Physics University of São Paulo‚ Brazil Presented at the “Interamerican Conference on Physics Education”‚ Oaxtepec‚ Mexico‚ 1987. Published in “Cooperative Networks in Physics Education - Conference Proceedings 173”‚ American Institute of Physics‚ New York‚ 1988‚ pgs. 300-315. ABSTRACT Educative system classification proposal‚ comprising formal‚ non-formal and informal education‚ their features and relations
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students also have different learning needs and interests and a rigid curriculum really restricts both the teacher and the student‚ Students need to learn to learn‚ not just gloss over certain facts about a subject. Teachers and students both need to be doing their job in the classroom but restricting curriculum and crunching numbers do not produce a class of outstanding and free thinkers‚ and technology is the way trends for curriculum development should be going. Providing technology in schools has
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What is meant by propaganda? Propaganda is a form of communication containing information that is of a biased or misguiding essence used to promote a political motive or point of view. It is very rare that propaganda should turn out to be in the favor of the receiver. In most cases‚ the sender has some selfish or misleading data that he uses to attract the receiver to his own purpose. Types of Propaganda: Although it is not necessarily true that propaganda would only yield a negative outcome but
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Introduction After the American military industrial expansion of the 1980’s‚ defense contractors such as Integrated Siting Systems‚ Inc. (ISSI) became increasingly cognizant of the need to outline a new strategic business direction in order to survive the retrenchment of the 1990’s. Utilizing the military’s Global Positioning System (GPS)‚ ISSI wanted to diversify their portfolio and expand into unchartered commercial markets. Jordeen Scott‚ head of ISSI engineering‚ now must brief John Luce
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What is meant by style and stylistics? Style is concerned with the artful expression of idea and stylistics is the bridge that links the idea of style to the analysis of literary texts through the tool of linguistics. The 19th century‚ that witnessed evolution in the field of biography‚ historiography‚ anthropology and others‚ could not remain unattached to immutable linguistic and stylistic norms in literature. Linguistic study was esoteric in the beginning and severely criticized as‚ "pretension
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Synectics: A Brainstorming Tool syn-ec•tics \ si-’nek-tiks \ noun: A theory or system of problem-stating and problem-solution based on creative thinking that involves free use of metaphor and analogy in informal interchange within a carefully selected group of individuals of diverse personality and areas of specialization. History of Synectics William J.J. Gordon & George Prince developed the synectics approach to problem solving in 1960. They observed that business meetings had inconsistent
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LUCELE D. PASINAG‚ MAED-EM INTEGRATING PEACE EDUCATION IN THE PRESENT CURRICULUM “Without an integrated understanding of life‚ our individual and collective problems will only deepen and extend. The purpose of education is not to produce mere scholars‚ technicians and job hunters‚ but integrated men and women who are free of fear; for only between such human beings can there be enduring peace. J. Krishnamurti Facets of Peace Education I. Knowledge Conflict Students should study a variety of
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The education system‚ as we know it‚ is failing. The system is faced with a slew of complications that could be resolved‚ but it does not appear as if change is on the horizon. Children are not being taught in a way that could help them think critically and become leaders in this world. Many people displayed their displeasure with the system and various authors‚ philosophers‚ etc. wrote articles on the situation. Bertrand Russell and John Taylor Gatto both wrote articles discussing how the system
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EDEC 248: Multicultural Education Professor Donna Lee Smith Teaching Assistant: Sarah Mustafa-Kamel McGill University April 16th‚ 2013 Heteronormativity in Quebec’s Sex Education Curriculum The idea of incorporating sex education into the school curriculum has generally been considered a controversial issue in terms of what material should be included and what material should be disregarded. It is essential that we as teachers address sexual diversity in sex education so that we can encourage
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