Essays on Learning Page 61

Michel Foucault: The Cultivation of the SelfMichel Foucault (1926-1984) spent much of the later part of his studies on the idea of the care of the self and cultivation of the self. He defined such care as using ones own reason to ascertain who one is and how he can be his best. Foucault takes…

Political euphemism is a tool for political leaders to control information transmission. Based on some examples, this paper begins with a summary of three features which distinguish political euphemism from others. Then, it discusses its two social functions based on Austin’s Speech Act Theory: 1. as political leaders’ tool, political euphemism plays the role of…

            Broadly learning disabilities relate to various neurological problems that affect the processing manner of the neurological system. They are vulnerable to causing various effects that are related to the learning skills concepts that may include various learning dimensions like writing, hearing or even reading among other learning aspects. They are however, defined in terms…

The study of individual differences in second language acquisition has achieved considerable efforts over the last years. Those researches had focused on four areas of individual differences: learning style, motivation, anxiety and learning strategies. Nevertheless, the aptitude factor had less attention. Second language aptitude was the subject of no much research during the 1950s and…

Abstraction The intent of this paper is to determine how new information takes nucleus statement places in the succeeding clauses and how these participants are tracked throughout the discourse. This survey will demo that in Chabacano-Caviteno, ( a ) lexicalisation is the most outstanding mention tracking device employed to track a given information, ( B…

Florence Kelley, a social worker and reformer, delivers a successful speech on the importance of child labor laws at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in Philadelphia on July 22, 1905. As a fellow suffragette, Kelley employs rhetorical strategies like appealing to guilt, using rhetorical questions, and utilizing imagery to emphasize the urgency of…

A large percentage of married individuals first met in the workplace. A 2005 survey reveled that 58 percent of all employees have been in an office romance. Given the amount of time people spend at work, this isn’t terribly surprising. Yet office romances pose sensitive ethical issues for organizations and employees. What rights and responsibilities…

Another Hard Day at the Foreign Aid Office. It was the year of 2054, when the war between Azag and Learsi was still ongoing, without any end in sight. The great country of Learsi was having an outstanding economy, standard of living, and more than enough money to spend on their military, in order to…

1.0       Introduction Learning is an individual process because everybody learns at his/her pace. However reflection is an important variable in the learning process which is innate in every human being. Put in other words, reflection is a beneficial activity especially with regard to learning. Furthermore, reflection can be done by both teachers and learners. However,…

Literature and Film: Utilizing the Male Gaze in Analyzing Anthony Minghella’s “The English Patient” As author Barbara Tepa Lupack (1999, 1) contends, Hollywood has historically turned to literature for its story ideas. And women’s fiction has not disappointed, providing some of the most interesting, as well as some of the best, sources for Hollywood fare. Fiction…