Essentialism

I believe that my motivation for becoming a teacher came from familiarity in the field of education. My collegiate career by no means once encompassed becoming a teacher, I just appreciated researching and working in the laboratory, but I recognize that something was missing I didn’t know it at the time. My inspiration for being an educator came from the time I’ve spent in my church, I was predisposed by leading a bible study. I had up to that time had worked as an assistant with children’s…

at museums, including his photograph “Evening Attire” (1922) which is now preserved at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Other than that, he also photographed celebrities and other prominent historical figures as well, creating his sense of essentialism. Unfortunately, during the early 1930s, Van der Zee experienced a financial crisis of his own, as the high demand for professional photographers significantly decreased, in which the population are now adapting to their new personal cameras.…

She supports the original gender roles that served as the foundation for essentialism. Her beliefs involve the man of the household is the sole supporter of the entire family and the woman should remain within the private sphere. Women should also ignore their interests and instead dedicate their time to their family. She asserts…

Government needs to provide standards for education and adequate funding to offer programs and instruction for all. Families serve as important support systems that support teachers and students in the quest for each student to reach his or her full potential. The support of society, community and business members is crucial for the success of education. Community members and organizations can provide financial support and mentoring services. Community support strengthens the school community…

Women are awarded less than twenty percent of Ph.D’s in computer science. Computer science is one of the most highly demanded careers based off of the impact it has in today’s world. The world currently revolves around electronics, which function from codes written by computer scientists. “Out of the 25 best jobs in America... which were ranked based on earning potential, career opportunities and number of job openings, seven were computer science-based” (Gale Group 2015). Jobs in the field are…

4.1.1 Essentialist approach of culture After analysing the blogposts categorized by the bloggers under the labels of “cultural differences”, “culture” and “China”, the study found that the bloggers define “culture” by using a static essentialist approach. They believe that cultures are “objects” that can be separated by fixed boundaries. Culture is also viewed as synonym of country or nation in their discourse. They also perceive that people within a particular culture behave similarly in any…

interlinked to their use, comparatively than in an exploration for their eternal natural and broad essence. Prout and James (1997). Platonic essentialism concludes that above the perpetual change and instability of the world there is an optimal and solid infrastructure in favour of reality. In expectation of what childhood was concerned about, this Platonic essentialism proposed that above the complexities found in every truly existing child there was an ideal, notional object named “the child”…

the essentialists’ reading of geography in advancing an argument of divergence which includes topography and climate as two of many variables in an exceptionally complex historical equation. While Pomeranz does adequately refute the geographic essentialism of Wittfogel and Kaplan he does fall prey to a sort of economic universalism in his comparison of China and England. Wittfogel and Kaplan both argue for the superiority of American empire, though in slightly different ways. Wittfogel seeks…

Tuttle provides many examples of the lack of educational reasoning behind the students protest. In addition Ian also states that there may be other ways students can gain the education the newly implemented history curriculum now may lack. Essentialism had also stated that knowledge is gained through empirical study and common sense. (Sociocultural Studies in education, Richard A. Quantz page 79) On the latter, Ian gives examples in his text that follow the views of an Essentialist; “Maybe…

Critical race theory as I understand it, is the action of breaking down the false logic that people use to present one race as greater than another. I think that race is not a good or a bad things it just simply exists. Just as was discussed in class, I believe it to be a mental construct that only has the power than people have given it. Race however is not the only thing in our society that is a mental construct that has the ability to create real world change. Take for example the fashion…