Introduction As a Maths Tutor at a Further Education College, I face a challenge when it comes to teaching 16 - 19-year-olds. The main issue is that of the learner's mindset coming into college. I shall be looking into the causes of low/fixed mindset and the effect it has on learning. This will allow me to observe trends in behavior/thinking...
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Book Review & Summary About the author Carol Dweck is one of the leading researchers in the fields of personality development, social psychology, and developmental psychology. She has been a professor at renowned universities like Columbia University, and Stanford University and is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science. Her scholarly book on Self-Theories: Their Role...
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Introduction Zora Neale Hurston's seminal work, Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a profound exploration of self-discovery, empowerment, and the intersection of race and gender. Published in 1937, this novel has transcended its era to remain a critical piece of African American literature. At its core, the story follows Janie Crawford's journey towards self-realization, navigating societal expectations and personal desires....
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Jane Austen was an English novelist at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. She wrote famous novels like Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Pride and Prejudice (1813 ). This extract is the beginning of chapter one ( volume 1) from the novel Emma written by Jane Austen and published anonymously in December 1815. Sir...
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Sirens, synonymous with their seductive and tempting voices in Greek mythology, which bewitch men causing their deaths, is one archetype intertextually present in both O Brother Where Art Thou and Homer’s Odyssey which the film is loosely based on. Through strategic employment of diegetic sound, the careful and thought-provoking composition of the mise-e-scene, and numerous camera shots, the archetype is...
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In the science fiction book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, the protagonist, Jonas, lives in a community that is excruciatingly controlled. The members of the community could not even make most of their own choices. Almost everyone who lived within the confines of the community never had to experience anything gruesome like pain or hunger, nor did they understand the...
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In both towns, Janie speaks as an outsider. The men’s stories feature silent women who are included in the stories as objects for the men to lust after or win, rather than active characters with their own emotions. They only include women in the stories about men. These tales cast women as men’s objects of desire, reduced to their appearance...
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Introduction In Homer’s epic poem, "The Odyssey," the episode involving the Cicones serves as a pivotal moment that foreshadows the challenges Odysseus and his crew will face on their journey home. The encounter with the Cicones, occurring shortly after the Greeks depart from Troy, illustrates themes of hubris, retribution, and the complexities of human conflict. This event is not only...
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Homer’s Odyssey is an epic set in 1200 BC. It begins with the victory of the Greeks, which Odysseus is part of, against the Trojans. The victory of the Trojan War which lasts 10 ten years. The next 10 years after the war, are Odysseus’s adventures and challenges to get home to Ithaca. Throughout his adventures, important life lessons are...
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Introduction Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) is present almost everywhere and helps us daily, for example in self-driving cars, in virtual assistants such as the well-known Siri or Google Home, or even in the film industry. However, when asking some of my close friends, family, and IB students from around the world if they trusted AI, the most common answer was...
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From a very young age, both boys and girls are taught certain mannerisms that will shape the way they approach life and interact with others. They are taught by parents, siblings, family members, friends, as well as teachers. This lends varied sources of input on what qualifies as social standards for a person in their formative years and throughout adult...
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Human beings have throughout the years been able to produce identity and character by association and attachment, where belonging to a certain aggregate or collective gives one a sense of security that all is well and good. As social animals, we comprehend our general surroundings by taking a gander at others and emulating conduct that we esteem as the correct...
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After completing the Wellness Inventory and going over my results for each of the seven dimensions of wellness, I was a mix of surprised and shocked. Some results I received were what I was anticipating, others not so much. As a first-year university student and a teenager, sometimes it’s difficult to keep your overall wellness in check. This semester I...
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Before this class, I believed that the 'real world' meant the real experiences that people of color face in the United States. I think the 'real world' that I see is that many Americans are fighting for freedom, racism is still going on, and inequality between genders. I also think America allows citizens to have the opportunity to find their...
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Several photographers have photographed home and family life. Their styles range from the cinematic, staged, conceptual views of home, like Gregory Crewdson's 'Cathedral of the Pines' (2014) and Philip-Lorca diCorcia's 'Brian in the Kitchen' (1988), Tina Barney's family snapshots 'Theatre of Manners' (1997), showing the life of wealthy Americans, in an intimate, informal way, through to Richard Billingham's 'Ray's a...
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'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind' is an inspirational movie based on true events. Seeing the poverty and struggles that the people from Malawi, Africa live in is very heartbreaking and humbling, but these conditions cannot hold back 14-year-old William Kamkwamba who is smart, dedicated, and driven. William fights all obstacles to educate himself and to find a way to...
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According to Kotler in 1988, advertising is one of the four major tools companies use to direct persuasive communications to target buyers. Advertising is thus used in the retail industry and has impacted this industry positively from the use of online marketing techniques to advertise such as using ‘networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc.)’ as it has been defined as ‘the...
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In the beginning, when the quite famous Elsie and Donald utilized the term 'vegan' to describe the nondairy vegetarians, the lifestyle and the diet were considered to be 'uncool'. Many vegetarians also refused to associate themselves with this radical movement. The practice of veganism started a health-crazed and clubby reputation. Their diet eventually became truly admired and popular with countercultural...
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This essay seeks to gather a more comprehensive perspective on how an individual could execute their peers and faculty in a mass school shooting. Focusing on the school shooting that took place in the town of Blacksburg, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, on the 16th of April, 2007 (Virginia Tech Review Panel 2009). This academic piece will...
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Child Development Early Socialisation The nature versus nurture debate is probably one of the oldest debates in psychology. Genetic inheritance (Nature) and environmental factors (Nurture) are the two central explanations of human development and behavior, these include personalities and traits. For example, some children act the same way as their parents, Could this be a similarity caused by genetics? or...
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Language Development Observation Start Time 05:00 p.m. Finish Time 05:20 p.m. Method Used Pre–coded method Number of Children Present 3 Number of Adults Present 3 Permission Obtained from Parent Description of Setting This observation took place in TC’s house. It’s an attached house with a large front garden and is located next to an open field. Immediate Context This observation...
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Concerning one or more examples from your reading on this module, critically assess the value of infant observation for psychoanalytic thought. Introduction Within this essay, I will be discussing the many reasons why infant observation is vital for psychoanalytic thought and psychoanalysts in general. Some of the points I will be discussing within the essay are, what exactly infant observation...
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Introduction When the topic of literacy occurs, literacy is commonly associated with the learning of reading and writing. But within Early Childhood, literacy can be seen in more than just reading and writing. Early Literacy consists of children gaining knowledge about reading and writing before they achieve these milestones. Literacy can be developed in more ways than one, which could...
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Why do we observe? Understanding and supporting children's learning can be determined by several factors, one of which is observations. Observations are important as they seek out the next steps for making progress in children's learning. When professionals carry out observations, children should be consulted and involved as if they were being taught. They are often formal and systematic when...
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This essay will discuss a child observation task that was completed by me. The child observation was based on a 2-year-old girl named Anna and the process was done one hour weekly for five weeks. This essay will explain how my own experience and reflections on the theory and practice of child observation will be useful in social work practice....
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From watching a video of a child named Jamie I grasped an understanding that is it crucial for social workers to have good observation skills. This is because it enables them to gain an understanding and insight into child development and the structure of a relationship in different cultures and families (Linnet McMahon, 2003). The method of observation I applied...
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Abstract- This observation was conducted to attempt to answer the following research question: ‘How do football spectators behave and what can cause a change in this behavior?’. The report will outline the main findings from the field observation which are that there are many different reasons why spectators behave the way they do and that there are many different factors...
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Over the past 50 years, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has gone from a rare disorder that starts in childhood and at the start was narrowly defined, to a strongly advocated, researched, common lifelong condition. ASD is described as a social communication deficit and it has unusual and repetitive sensory-motor behaviors that have not changed since its original delineation (Pathological Demand...
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The title of the book is, The Alchemist and it is a novel type of book. It is a fiction and it was published in the year 1992. This novel, The Alchemist was written by Paulo Coelho. “Paulo grew up with his family in the town, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His dad is an engineer and wanted Paulo to...
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Everyone has seen the problems that are going on at the border at present. Children are being taken from their families without any warning. In the morning their parents drop them off at school and by the time they go home, their parents are nowhere to be found. Illegal immigration is a major issue at the moment, but the bad...
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