...Comparison Essay Comparison Essay There are three main types of schools of thought that are noted in the field of philosophy. The three schools are known as continental, pragmatic, and analytic philosophies. Pragmatism and analytic philosophy are uniquely American movements because they are way different in theory to the European pragmatism and analytic philosophy, known as continental philosophy. In this weeks reading, it states that that pragmatism is an American theoretical movement that was made up in the 1870s by C.S. Peirce. Pragmatists refused to believe the idea that there is such a thing as an independent and modifiable truth. “Pragmatists rejected the idea that there is such a thing as fixed, absolute truth, truth is relative to a time and place and purpose and is thus ever changing in the light of new data” (p 206). Pragmatists believed that the truth was constantly changing as new ideas were introduced. Pragmatists also believed that the ideas needed to be researched by several people and agreed upon by the consensus prior to deeming the ideas true. Such pragmatists are C. S. Peirce, John Dewey, and William James. Another form of philosophy is Analytic philosophy, which focuses mainly on the theories of language, truth, and logic. Analytical philosophy is being able to think sensibly and come to a rational conclusion based on facts rather that emotion, communication assessment, and scientific methods in approaching...
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...Education Report. March 2012. Web. Ibid. 4 5 See, e.g. Saxena, Shobhan. “Missing teachers are India’s weakest link.” The Times of India. Sep. 5, 2010. Web. See, e.g. Chowdry, Anirvan, “Carrots for Teachers,” Accountability Initiative. Dec. 1, 2011. Web. 6 Government of India, RTE, Chapter 4, Article 21, Clause 1. 7 8 Ibid, Chapter 4, Article 21, Clause 1. Ministry of Human Resource Development, G.S.E. 301(E), Part II, Ch. 3, Article 5. 9 Government of India, RTE, Chapter 4, Article 22, Clause 2(a) and 2(c). 10 Ibid, Chapter 4, Article 22, Clause 2(b). For both upper and lower primary schools. OECD. Public and Private Schools: How Management and Funding Relate to their Socio-economic Profile. PISA. OECD Publishing. 2012. Web. 12 11 Figure 2 - Source: 2007 and 2011 and 2012 ASER Reports Authors' calculations of average attendance in Primary Schools and Upper Primary Schools (weighted by number of schools in each category). Figure 3 - Source: 2011 and 2012 ASER Report Figure 4 – Relationships between grants, material inputs, attendance, and learning outcomes. Arrows indicate some evidence of a statistically significant relationship according to authors’ analysis of ASER-PAISA, PAISA-DRC, and DISE datasets. 13 Demographic variables controlled for include: percentage of urban population in the district, percentage of the population belonging to a scheduled caste or tribe, district-wide sex ratio, district-wide literacy rate, girls as a percentage...
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...RUNNING HEAD: CULTURE AND PARENTING Culture and parenting Introduction Parenting is the first and likely most important mechanism through which culture is reproduced (Cauce, 2008). Every child is born into a certain circumstance and learns through interactions with the surroundings. Parents are generally the first and key people in a child’s life, so it should come as no surprise that parenting has influences on the development of children’s temperament, which later impacts their school performance. This article is going to explore how parenting varies among different ethnic groups including Asian Americans, African American, Latinos, and European Americans. More specifically, what factors should be included when considering the parenting characteristics of a unique ethnic group and what implications might they have for schooling today. Theories Two of the modern theories that are concerned with cultural influences on human development are Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory and Ecological Systems Theory proposed by Urie Bronfenbrenner. First, Vygotsky’s theory defined culture as the values, beliefs, customs, and skills of a social group. His Sociocultural Theory focuses on how culture is transmitted to the next generation. According to Vygotsky, social interaction – in particular, cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members of society – is necessary for children to acquire the ways of thinking...
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...Correct usage of articles 6. Correct usage of prepositions 7. Correct usage of adjectives-degrees of comparison 8. Correct of conjunctions 9. Correct usage of Nouns and Pronouns 10. Correct usage of numbers (Singular-Plural) 11. Word order 12. Correct usage of Adverbs IV. Idioms and Phrases 1. Use of simple idioms 2. Use of Common proverbs V. Direct/Indirect sentences; Narration change 1. Change of various types of sentences from direct to indirect form and vice-versa. VI. Active and Passive Voices 1. Change of all types of sentences from active to passive form and vice-versa. MODEL QUESTIONS -ENGLISH GROUP 'X'(TECHNICAL) & GROUP 'Y'TRADES Select the correct verb Q1.Besides his parents, he _________(was, were)also present at the function. Ans :was Identify the correct preposition Q2.The thunder was accompanied ______a heavy rain. (A)from (B)by (C)up (D)through Ans :B Choose the misspelt word. Q3. (A) disparity (B)illusion (C)inevitable (D)middle Ans :A Fill in the blank with correct article. Q4._____things of beauty is a joy forever. (A)the (B)a (C)an (D)none of these Ans :A Identify the antonym of the given word Q.5 Embellish (A)Sacrifice (B)Disfigure (C)Foreit (D)Indict Ans :B Give one word substitute Q6.A well experienced person. Q7.An accident which results in death Ans :Veteran Ans :Fatal Identify the correct choice Q8.He has purchased a bag of ____________ (A) floor (B) flour (C) flower (D) flaur Ans...
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...2012 Trina Hines Native Americans may be considered some sort of an outcast in our country but they are really the original founders of the United States. My people were the ones that were here when the European settlers arrived and began to explore the United States. It was a very awkward and complicated situation because they came over to the Americas with intentions to claim the land for themselves and settle here, when we thought the land was already our own. As part of our good nature, our leaders did try to negotiate the land and our living situations with the European leaders to the best of their ability. Many people may not understand how difficult the life of a Native American used to be like when we first began to come across those of other races and face the issues of everyday living amongst them. It has constantly been a long hard road for us of Native American race and culture. Our people were considered the first to live in the Americas, prior to the people of European descent, thus giving us the name Native Americans. Although we tried to cooperate with the European people and come to an agreement over the land, we were successful to no avail. The Europeans turned to methods such as scalping to torture my people and make us give up the most valued land. When this began to happen, many of our group decided to retreat to our own areas called Reservations to live on. The Native Americans then started to...
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...International Journal of Intercultural Relations 24 (2000) 777–790 The relationship of ethnic identity and ego identity status among adolescents and young adults Curtis W. Branch*, Priti Tayal, Carla Triplett Columbia University, New York, USA Abstract A multi-ethnic sample of 248, ages 13–26, was used to examine the effects of age, gender, and ethnic group membership on ethnic identity and ego identity scores. Subjects were recruited from college and public schools in a large northeastern metropolitan area. The multigroup ethnic identity measure (MEIM) was used to assess ethnic identity and ego identity status was measured by the extended objective measure of ego identity status (EOMEIS). An age by ethnic group design was employed. Consistent findings of significant ethnic group differences in levels of ethnic identity were observed. Age and ethnic group were found to contribute differently to ethnic identity and ego identity status. The relationship between ethnic identity and ego identity status was found to be pronounced among subjects of color but not as dramatic as hypothesized. # 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Ego identity status; Ethnic identity; Adolescents; Adults 1. Introduction The ways adolescents attempt to resolve their identity crises are idiosyncratic to each individual and their life circumstances. Despite such diversity of approach to the ‘‘Who am I?’’ question, some variables seem to consistently contribute to the adolescent...
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...European Economic Review 48 (2004) 943 – 957 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Simultaneous entry and welfare LuÃs M.B. Cabrala; b;∗ a Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012, USA b CEPR, London, UK Received 3 July 2002; accepted 13 June 2003 Abstract I examine the welfare properties of free entry under conditions of simultaneous entry. Specifically, I consider the second-best problem of in uencing the number of entrants while taking as given ÿrm behavior upon entry. I consider two alternative models of simultaneous entry: grab-the-dollar entry and war-of-attrition entry. I show that, if entry costs are low, then the results from previous models of sequential entry are fairly robust to the possibility of simultaneous entry. If however entry costs are high, then the welfare e ects of free entry depend delicately on the nature of the entry game being played. c 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classiÿcation: L1; L6; L9 Keywords: Entry; Welfare 1. Introduction Economists frequently presume that free entry is desirable from a social welfare point of view. In fact, free entry is one of the conditions underlying the First Welfare Theorem. However, it is well known that, once one of the conditions for the theorem is removed, the other conditions are no longer necessarily desirable (Lipsey and Lancaster, 1956). Speciÿcally, a number of authors have shown that, once we abandon the assumption of competitive...
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...PATHFINDER Immigration into the US in the Early 20th Century A Comparison of European vs. Asian Immigration With a Focus on the Chinese and Irish Experiences Name: Colin McGowan Names of Members in Partnership: Colin McGowan, Kathy Cybulski, Billie Moore, Beth Brickley School / City: Hudson High School / Hudson, Ohio Workshop Location: “Crossing Boundaries” at Kent State University Curriculum / Subject Area: High School Social Studies Grade Level(s) / Intended Audiences: 9th-12th Grades Ohio Academic Content Standards: Social Studies – Grades 9-10 - People In Societies • INTERACTION • Standard 5 (A. Describe the waves of immigration to North America and the areas from which people came in each wave. B. Compare reasons for immigration to North America with the reality immigrants experienced upon arrival.) • DIFFUSION • Standard 9 – Explain the effects of immigration on society in the United States: a. housing, b. political affiliation, c. education system, d. language, e. labor practices, f. religion • GEOGRAPHY • Standard 8 – Explain how colonization, westward expansion, immigration and advances in transportation and communication changed geographic patterns in the United States. • Standard 9 – Analyze the geographic processes that contributed to changes in American society including: a. industrialization and post-industrialization, b. urbanization and suburbanization, c. immigration Specific...
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...COMPLETED 67 CU'S AT WGU IN 1 TERM USING THESE ASSIGNMENTS. DO NOT PLAGERIZE, WGU USES TURNITIN TO MONITOR PLAGARISM, THESE ARE TO BE USED AS GUIDES FOR YOUTR OWN WORK ONLY. I WORKED HARD TO COMPLETE THEM. WGU- ATTACHEMENTS PROVIDED WITH FULL TASKS. SST1: TASK 1, 2 Social Science SST1 Task 1 Words like country, nation, state, and even nation-state are used to define social, cultural and political relationships in the United States and around the world. There are many defining characteristics that allow countries and groups of countries to understand each other, and in some cases, for unions. The purpose of this essay is to briefly discuss nations, states, and nation states, how the United States constitutes a nation state, and the European Union. A nation is a union of people who share social similarities such as language, beliefs, culture, possibly religion, and values. A state is defined by laws and politics, uniting people by geography, population, and government. The modern nation-state is more of a combination of nation and state and is defined as “a single or multiple nationalities joined together in a formal political union” (What is a Nation-State, N.D.). Basically, a nation-state makes the general regulations for large decisions such as what language the general population will speak, what form of currency will be accepted, and what type of government and law system will be used. It is easy to describe nations, states, and nation states when discussing...
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...Comparison Matrix Paper Grand Canyon University LDR801 Danny Pondy August 14, 2013, Introduction This is a comparison of the articles on Transformational Leadership in the Public Sector: Does Structure Matter by Wright and Pandey to that of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Styles on the Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Customer Contact Personnel, by Emery & Barker to that of, The reality of Web-Based Interaction in an Egyptian Distance Education Course by Alaa Sadik. The article by Wright and Pandey outlined their view of leadership that is defined as transformational. Their structure of better performing bureaucracies has support of an elite level of transformational leadership. The other article to be reviewed focuses on transformational leadership by investigating transactional outcomes of leadership styles with managers. This article by (Barker& Emery, 2007), further details how employee organizational commitment and job satisfaction had a direct correlation to transformational and transactional style of their mangers. The third article by Alaa Sadik focused on the Reality of Web-Based Interaction in an Egyptian Distance Education Course (2008). Sadik focused on instruction and tools to provide improved interaction of students in an asynchronous learning environment. A comparison of the research questions posed for the studies Research questions in the three articles were presented by the authors. The...
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...Maria Caporale, Yannis Georgellis, Nicholas Tsitsianis and Ya Ping Yin - assess the relationship between income and subjective well-being; by tracing back to works of Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Veblen and Duesenberry, the authors revive significant attention to the neoclassical economic theory that portrays well-being and absolute income to be highly correlated. The data was retrieved from the European Social Survey (ESS) to examine a potential relationship between income and happiness (self-reported satisfaction), the authors execute their study across 19 European Countries. With utilisation of Easterlin (1974) as their seminal paper, the research draws attention to the Easterlin Paradox (Easterlin, 1995) that suggests there is no relationship between economic expansion in industrialised countries and its average level of happiness. The authors look to assess topical contradictory findings that conclude absolute income is correlated with levels of happiness (e.g.: Frijters et al., 2004). The research purpose of this paper was to re-examine this controversial link for a number of European countries, specific consideration was given to whether relative income was a chief determinant of well-being. The results show that for the sample of 19 countries, income is positively correlated with well-being and life satisfaction. However, reference income wields a negative effect on individual wellbeing. This means that the overall results support both the absolute and...
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...Food Policy 36 (2011) 412–420 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Food Policy journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/foodpol The China melamine milk scandal and its implications for food safety regulation Xiaofang Pei a, Annuradha Tandon b, Anton Alldrick c, Liana Giorgi b,⇑, Wei Huang a, Ruijia Yang a a West China School of Public Health, Sichua University, Chengdu, China The Interdisciplinary Centre for Comparative Research in the Social Sciences, Austria c Camden BRI Food and Drink Research and Services, United Kingdom b a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t This article examines the development of the Chinese dairy sector since 2000 and investigates how this has affected food safety. The ongoing problems caused by melamine contamination are linked to the rapid and unregulated development of this sector. Currently, China is faced with demands – both from home and abroad – to improve its food safety record. This will necessitate it upgrades its regulatory framework to meet the standards of Codex Alimentarius and the EU. A serious restructuring of the dairy sector as well as of the public food safety control agencies is called for. The costs and benefits to be accrued by these reforms are the subject of this article. Ó 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Article history: Received 16 February 2010 Received in revised form 20 January 2011 Accepted 3 March 2011 Available online 8 April 2011 Keywords: Safety Melamine Dairy China EU Regulations ...
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...example, when you are reading a Latin American websites, you may find that you could gain a sense of how other people think and fee if you know Spanish. As a matter of fact, both of the languages belong to the Latin group of languages. Hence, they show some similarities too. On the one hand, French is spoken by the country of France in the continent of Europe. On the other hand, Spanish is spoken in the country of Spain in the continent of Europe. However, French and Spanish are two languages that show enormous differences between them when it comes to the pronunciation of their words, word formation and the like. It is important to know that both French and Spanish belong to the family of languages called the Indo-European family of languages. The Indo-European family of languages is otherwise called as Indo-Germanic family of languages. Since, both French and Spanish belong to the same family they show a lot of similarities too among them apart...
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...calculated using "total person years at risk". This is the sum of the new cases during the period which each person in the population was at risk during the measurement period. The formula is therefore Incidence = Number of new cases / Total person years at risk Example: If there were 17 cases of flu in a school of 1000 in a 2 years, this is an incidence of 8.5/1000 per year. Prevalence The proportion of a population who have a disease at a point in time is the prevalence of disease. It is often expressed as a percentage. The 'point in time' can be a single examination [point prevalence], but is often a longer time scale in order to give a better estimate of the numbers with the disease [period prevalence]. Prevalence = (cases/population) * 100 Prevalence is used for diseases that are chronic conditions, such as asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis. Example: In a nursing home with 100 residents, 10 people had diabetes in a 12 month period. The prevalence of diabetes in the nursing home was therefore 10%. ________________________________________ Rates It is often to look at the incidence and prevalence of diseases in terms of rates. This enables comparisons between different populations. Crude Rate A crude rate is a rate that applies to the population as a...
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...1: Introduction 4 SECTION 2: SITUATION ANALYSIS 5-10 I. POLITICAL AND LEGAL CONDITIONS 5 A. POLITICAL IDEOLOGY 5 B. POLITICAL STABILITY 5 C. POLITICAL RISK 6 D. INTERNATIONAL TRADE BARRIERS 6 E. PROTECTION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND RIGHTS 6 F. PACKAGING AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS 8 G. PRICE CONTROLS 9 H. RESTRICTIONS ON PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES 10 II. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 10- A. INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT 10 1. NATIONAL INCOME AND PRODUCT 10 2. PER CAPITA INCOME OR GDP PER CAPITA 10 3. REGIONAL ECONOMIC MEMBERSHIPS 11 4. ECONOMIC REFORMS/PRIVATIZATION 11 B. MONETARY 11 1. INFLATION RATE 11 2. FOREEIGN EXCHANGE RATE 11 a. MONETARY SYSTEM ADMINISTERED BY THE CENTRAL BANK 11 b. EXCHANGE RATE TRENDS 12 C. COMPETITION # 1. LOCAL PRODUCTION OF PRODUCT # 2. IMPORT OF PRODUCT OR SERVICES # 3. COMPETITORS # D. MARKETING FACILITIES # 1. PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION FACILITES # 2. MARKETING INTERMEDIARIES # 3. ADVERTING MEDIA # E. INDUSTIRAL STRUCTURE # 1. PROSEPCTIVE INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS # 2. COMPLEMTATY PRODUCT OR SERVICE PROVIDERS # 3. SUBSITUTE PRODUCT PROVIDERS # III. SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONDITIONS # A. CULTURAL ANALYSIS # B. PURCHASE BEHAVIOR # C. CONSUMPTION AND EXPENDITURE PATTERNS FOR CONSUMER OR INDUSTIRAL PRODUCTS # IV. DEMOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS...
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