Essays on Education Page 389

Ivan Pavlov, a Russian psychologist, was honored with the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1904 for his groundbreaking work in behavior research. He stressed the significance of comprehending the origins of facts rather than merely documenting them. In his career, Pavlov dedicated his efforts to investigating the principles associated with conditioned reflex formation until he…

Abraham Lincoln’s speech addresses the issues of slavery and how the civil war could have been avoided. Lincoln appeals to the American people’s sense of jingoism and references the bible to create a common ground for the people to relate with. During Lincoln’s inaugural address he appeals to American patriotism by saying “we” and “our”…

There is a widespread agreement among teachers and parents that it is necessary to remove unhealthy foods from school tuck shops. The primary reason for this belief is that junk food does not provide the necessary nutrients for students to excel academically. While I strongly support removing junk food from school tuck shops, I do…

The main argument of this article is that it doesn’t matter who comes out first place in a certain ranking, it all depends on who’s doing the ranking and on what variables the ranking is taking place. Malcolm Gladwell believes that a ranking can be heterogenous (diverse in content), as long as it doesn’t try…

Built in 1997 Chery is one of the famous Chinese car manufacturers aiming at building ‘independent Chinese brand’ and is now on its way to be international. It has the capability of producing 650 thousand automobiles, 650 thousand engines and 400 thousand sets of gear-boxes annually. There are four sub-brands (Chery, Riich, Rely and Karry)…

The filmmaker named Laura Simon, was born In Mexico and her family Immigrated to America when she was SIX. She began her career working for a non-profit organization that dealt with immigrant rights and education. Her personal odyssey and involvement with dilemmas of her students led her to the making of Fear and Learning at…

Genie’s story is undeniably one of the most heart-wrenching tales imaginable. What she has endured is something that nobody would wish upon even their worst enemies. It all began on November 4th, 1970, when Genie and her blind mother entered the general social services office early in the morning. While her mother sought assistance for…

In order for an individual to make a decision a process of reason must take place. While emotion is not quite needed, it involuntarily plays a part, sometimes without the individual even realizing it. This is where bias decisions can take place, which in some cases can be a problem. However, emotion can play an…

I think that everyone who wants to teach was first inspired by one of their own teachers. For me, it was Mr. Stacy, my seventh grade science teacher. “He made the difference.” He made the usual boring class work and discussions come to life, full of mystical wonder for everyone involved. I just couldn’t wait…

In this TED Talk, Carol Dweck focuses specifically on the power of “yet,” and the mental, and intellectual capabilities of children. Dweck is referring to a child’s intelligence in a classroom environment. This means examining mainly logical-mathematical intelligence, which is the “logical, mathematical, and scientific ability of an individual” (Hockenbury). Looking at the type of…