classroom environment that is conducive to all students for the learning experience. As a classroom community, we are responsible to create meaning from our experiences, develop goals about our learning, and be free to make connections to our social worlds that encourage the learning process to grow. This is what I have learned over the past year and how the PDS internship has facilitated my philosophy of education. I have spent the last twenty- four years of my life in the Nursing profession.
Danes speak. But languages could also be described as different ways of talking due to social background, education, profession, age and sex. A person’s language is connected to his social situation. Eliza, the cockney flower girl from the gutter does not speak the same language as professor Higgins, even if English is their common mother tongue. They speak differently because they belong to different social worlds. Identity can signify the very special characteristic of a person, something that makes
idea in Marxism," Bristol recasts Hamlet as a class struggle. A strange, mutli-faceted mingling pervades Bristol's argument, and, according to his thesis the drama of Hamlet as well. According to Bristol, two contrasting texts, two opposing social worlds, flow past one another in the drama, forming a strange suspension "of grief and of festive laughter" (350). This odd juxtaposition of opposites becomes the basis for Bristol's introduction of the carnivalesque. The echoes of Carnival within Hamlet
one which swings rhythmically to the ebb and flow of this world. Many have studied it but it has proven too complex, too broad to understand everything that is at work. That is why it must be preserved. One such movement has recently begun which looks exclusively to preserve this balance, ecofeminism. Terry Tempest Williams is just that, an ecofeminist. In her memoir Refuge¸ Williams attempts to examine the ecological and social worlds that balance on this pendulum. Refuge brings together a range
'Augusto Boal (1995, p.16) wrote that 'Theatre is the passionate combat of two human beings on a platform'. Consider this statement in relation to Forum Theatre and answer either of the following questions: What is the role of the 'platform' in Forum Theatre?' Augusto Boal is considered to be one of the most influential people to be apart of the theatre world. Boal was requested to work in the Arena theatre in Sao Paulo after he had finished his degree in Columbia. While working in the Arena theatre
Michael Vong English 1A Blair 4/15/14 The internet, a vast interconnected network of data streaming across the world, through a web system of wired connections that spans to the length that wide as the globe. The precursors of the internet date back to research by the government of the United States, done back as early as the 1960s. The actual internet origins occurred some time in the mid-1980s as generations of exponential growth for computers of personal, mobile, and institutional reach the networking
Billy Graham’s desire to bring together all evangelicals for the purpose of reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He felt there was a “need for a bigger and more varied congress to reset missions of world Christians in the areas of religious, social, political and economic disorder.” Brief Summary Evangelist Graham believed that it is the Church’s responsibility to spread the gospel to the world, and to work more diligently to comprehend the concepts and standards behind the rapid changes
differences in content generation in social media: The roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism A. Basic idea of the paper / research questions of the paper and the importance of the topic This study examines “the roles of the gratifications sought and of narcissism in content generation in social media and explores the generational differences in motivations and in narcissistic personalities when predicting the usage of Facebook, blogs, and forums.” The generations analyzed are: Baby
Part One: Notes on “The Public Life of Monuments: The Summi Viri of the Forum of Augustus” Introduction: “Monuments and Memory” • Simple definition for monument: “a structure created to commemorate a person or event.” Monuments are used to recreate/reconstruct the past, providing a simplified meaning to complex events. “Highly selective” nature of society’s collective memory. Monuments preserve the past, making one particular historical interpretation or meaning of past events fixed or concrete
rather a practitioner of the Theatre of Oppressed, and it is an umbrella like dramatic practice, comprising of Invisible Theatre, Forum Theatre, Newspaper Theatre, and Legislative Theatre. Boal, in his book Theatre of the Oppressed, clarifies the very creed of his theater as he says:
Introduction The Roman Forum was the political, commercial, religious and social hub of the Roman Republic and later of the great Roman Empire. The forum was the centre of Roman life, all important decisions were made in the small open rectangle which was approximately 100 long and 70 metres wide. This rectangle witnessed some of the most important events in Roman History, and the life of the entire city was concentrated there. Under the empire, when it primarily became a centre for religious and
largest mediums for debate in world, organized or otherwise. Throughout human history debate has been the crux of a civilized society for it was a way to combat ideas and people without having to resort to petty violence, but now it seems that debate has left the average American’s daily life and traveled somewhere else, somewhere without boundaries and restrictions on what you can say, it traveled to the Internet in the form of chat rooms and forums. Internet forums and chat rooms are two different
of these spaces as valuable learning/literacy domains, as well as the making of meaning within online fan communities. World of Warcraft has been the largest massively-multiplayer online game for over five years running, featuring more than 11.5 million concurrent subscriptions (MMOGChart.com, 2009). Focusing on discussions within the World of Warcraft official online forums (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com), I present analyses addressing how players have engaged with the game's lead designer
today that focus solely on performing his technique of forum theatre. The purpose behind this essay is to look at what the circumstances and influences were behind the construction of forum theatre as a concept and this work by Augusto Boal can still be seen, not just in theatre, but primarily how it is applied to education as well. To begin, Boal’s early years need to be looked to gain a true understanding of the circumstances leading up to forum theatre. Augusto Boal was born in Brazil in 1931 and
Organization currently representing 193 countries around the world, in the enforcement of international law, economic development, social progress, security and human rights. There are six main organizations representing the United Nation. These six organizations can be considered as the heart and soul of the United Nation, as each has roles and responsibilities that promotes the effective functioning of the United Nations. The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), is one of the six main organizations
technology has brought a lot of changes in the world of marketing where security of the information is guaranteed. Most business in the global market seeks to move with the latest trends in the global market. This is because they want to create the needed knowledge to their target groups (Lisa,2010). Further, they aim to provide products which are in line with their tastes and preferences. In this 21st century, most companies are popularizing their brands in social media sites which are mostly used by their
with one another eliminating time and space restriction. The chat room, emails, blogs, social media websites such as Facebook, Tweeter, Instagram and texting provide the opportunity for individuals who would otherwise have no access to them making cell phones and the internet very popular across the generation (Siegel, 2010). Many people use the cyber medium for diverse purposes including academics, business, social or entertainment motives. However, some individuals used cyberspace for malevolent reasons
Australia’s fortunes are shaped and determined by the political, economic and social forces with the engagement with the Pacific. Australian policies towards the Pacific show a massive measure of continuity with the policies pursued by the conservative Coalition government. The engagement with the Pacific has the impact of proximity and the regional variations with the international policies on Australian policies in relation to neighbouring countries. Important priority for Australian governments
The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was established under the United Nations Charter as the principal organ to coordinate economic, social, and related work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. The Council also receives reports from eleven UN funds and programs. ECOSOC serves as the central forum for discussing international economic and social issues; ECOSOC is one of the six main organs of the United Nations. It is the principal body for
people come together, embodied and passionate, to share experiences of meaning making and imagination that can describe or capture fleeting intimations of a better world (p.2)”. She traces the sense of visceral, emotional, and social connection that we experience at such times, connections that allow audience members to sense a better world, and the hopeful utopic sentiment might become motivation for civic engagement