English reform and droves of Protestant family’s began to settle in what would become New England. Later‚ in 1681 William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania with Quaker morals in mind‚ one of which was religious freedom. Although religious tolerance introduced religious diversity to the middle colonies and fragmented the Massachusetts colony‚ it did not change the dominance of Protestantism‚ whose predominance as a major faith remained irrefutable. It is unmistakable that religion played a big
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“The Singapore River thematic zone” (the Geographical Journal‚ 2002) Savage et al explore the concepts of sustainable tourism and examine the viability of sustainable thematic zones as a strategy to an urban tourism environment in urban destinations such as Singapore. Taking Singapore River as a research site‚ undertaking a land use plot along the Singapore River‚ surveying and interviewing with different groups of people‚ the authors analyse that as a thematic zone‚ Singapore River fulfill the environmental
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In the Mary Louise Pratt ’s essay‚ “Arts of the Contact Zone‚” Pratt reports the advantages and disadvantages that contact zones bring. Pratt emphasizes that a contact zone allows people to interact between cultures and break the cultural boundary. When a contact zone is established‚ people are able to gain a new perspective because they are able to interact with people of a foreign culture. For example‚ when
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The Journal of Socio-Economics 41 (2012) 391–399 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect The Journal of Socio-Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/soceco Determinants of willingness to pay for coastal zone quality improvement George Halkos a‚∗ ‚ Steriani Matsiori b a b University of Thessaly‚ Department of Economics‚ Korai 43‚ Volos 38333‚ Greece University of Thessaly‚ Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment‚ School of Agricultural Sciences‚ Fytoko
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Their Comfort Zones and Ours Kenneth Stewart‚ one who professed at college and taught high school‚ wrote an article about his learnings with teaching called "Lessons From Teaching Millennials". In the article‚ he told us about his 2005-6 classes. He wanted to share his observations about their behavior‚ his teaching mistakes while working with them‚ and his beliefs about how we can best work with the current generation of college students. He believes that students should be both challenged and
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Cabatos Ms. Louyzza Maria Victoria H. Vasquez English 10 21 March 2013 The Special Economic Zone Act of 1995: How Special Is It? Approved on February 24‚ 1995‚ the Special Economic Zone Act of 1995‚ the “act providing for the legal framework and mechanisms for the creation‚ operation‚ administration‚ and coordination of special economic zones in the Philippines‚ creating for this purpose‚ the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA)‚ and for other purposes‚” took effect on the very day President Fidel
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To what extent does conflict in a war zone affect the development of children? War does a lot of things: it destroys economies‚ destroys land‚ ruins relations‚ but there is also a problem which the global news seem to skip‚ the welfare of the children in our society1 who need to develop but cannot reach their full potential2 due to the constant fear of getting killed. Children who do grow up in a war zone can struggle enormously during these times. This is because they can be caught in crossfire
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US History Analytical Summary If I Die in a Combat Zone If I Die in a Combat Zone is an intense personal account of Tim O’Brien’s tour of duty in Vietnam. He absolutely hated the fact of going to war. He starts off as a cocky college student‚ and through the course of the book‚ he changes. O’Brien uses very vivid descriptions of the terrain‚ weather and of the conflicts in which his Company is involved. O’Brien is drafted to go to Vietnam in the summer of 1968. When he is drafted‚ he
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Literature Rationale word count: 300 words Total word count: 932 words Rationale: In the first semester of my International Baccalaureate English course‚ we analyzed Mary Louise Pratt’s “Arts of the Contact Zone”. Pratt discusses the implications of contact zones and transculturation by utilizing Guaman Poma’s example of learning Spanish to successfully write a letter and persuade the King of Spain. In this written task‚ presented in the form of journal entries written by Andrea‚ a
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essence‚ Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory places high significance on a supportive environment and secure relationships in establishing meaningful learning experiences (Ormrod‚ 2011). This response will explore Vygotsky’s concepts of co-construction‚ zone of proximal development‚ transfer of cognitive tools‚ and internalisation. According to the sociocultural lens of Vygotsky‚ ‘children not only develop‚ but are developed (by others)’ (Eun‚ 2010‚ p.402). Thus‚ a positive classroom environment‚ with
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