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Created by the People’s Temple and lead by Jim Jones, “Jonestown” was a religious society located in northwestern Guyana. On the date of November 18, 1978, 918 died in Guyana’s capital, Georgetown, in Port Kaituma, a close-by airstrip (Wikipedia). According to Adst, “Jonestown was the scene of one of the most harrowing tragedies in American history.” The People’s Temple was created in Indiana by Jim Jones who formed this so called church because he was aggravated by the persecution of…

Proud Shoes: The Story of an American Family is a fascinating story told by Pauli Murray about her maternal grandparents, Robert and Cornelia Fitzgerald, and the realities of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South. The novel ranges from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction ultimately narrowing in on racial segregation and how it affected interpersonal relationships and individuals. The racial segregation divided people significantly and impacted the gender roles people…

In Chapter eight Charles Wallace stated to Gauidor, “I have learned that every time I have tried to control things we’ve had trouble” (L’Engle, pg. 173, 1978). Like Charles Wallace since my choices have almost never turned out the way I expected, I tend to approach them with fear. These self-fulfilling prophecies that I may experience make me appreciate what I can learn to foster change by first listening…

that four of his books have made it to the number 1 ranking on the New York Times best-seller list. The novel cannot be cited as a historical reference, but has to be read as a straight forward thriller. Ken Follett shows his grasp of the events of 1978, which shook the world. His descriptions are nothing short of fantastic. This is one of Follett 's best historical novel. Not a book to cite in a bibliography of a research paper, but a thriller with an historical background concerning the rise…

have been unable to decide on a single theory which can explain the most effective method of learning which can have the greatest effect on the cognitive development of an individual. B.F. Skinner’s (1957) theory of behaviourism and Lev Vygotsky’s (1978) Social Interactionist theory are two such learning models, each with their own distinct differences and implications when applied within an early childhood setting. This essay will focus on comparing these two theories through an analysis of…

this leadership. Moreover, TL theorists gave more attention not only to the “goodness” of leaders, but also for their effectiveness (Southworth, 1999:51). There is no one specific definition of TL and it has given many different definitions. Burns (1978) presented that the term of transformational leadership requires specific elements such as moral and ethical behaviours of leadership. Based on Burns (1979) view, TL occurs “when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders…

Event It was an event, while I was working in an Intensive care Unit (ICU) as a registered nurse after completing proficiency certificate in Nursing (PCL) five years ago at Western Regional Hospitall, Nepal. I was very interested to provide holistic care in ICU setting. When I was on night shift, I was allocated for a male patient admitted with a diagnosis of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Suddenly, the patient’s oxygen saturation was dropped. Quickly, I administered…

material. Carper explains that there are four patterns of knowing (empirics, esthetics, personal knowledge, and ethics). In order to achieve mastery of nursing, one must develop all four patterns of knowing since they correlate so greatly (Carper, 1978). In contrast, Benner presents that the acquisition of knowledge is done so in stages (novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert). Through time, nurses gain experiences and are able to refine theory and improve on their practice…

Using the canal as a chemical waste dump Hooker Chemical Company sold to 99th street school for $1 Abnormally high birth defects, miscarriages and, illnesses 239 families were relocated In 1978, people in the neighborhood Love Canal of Niagara Falls, New York were discovering all sorts of different illnesses and noticed that there was an abnormally high percentage of birth defects and miscarriages. Later on they figured out it was because of former owners of the contaminated 15 acres,…

Introduction Both cognitive psychologists and philosophers have been interested in cognitive development. The aim of this paper is to examine the developmental theories of Piaget, Vygotsky and Burner as they contend with cognitive development. Also, these theories are quite different from each other. John Piaget Swiss development psychologist John Piaget (1896-1980) was one of the first people to examine cognitive development systematically. Piaget proposed that children are born with a…