Frankfurt School

The book I have chosen to compare reviews for is Birgit and Peter Sawyer’s Medieval Scandinavia: From Conversion to Reformation circa 800-1500. This paper compares two reviews of this book, one by Ruth Mazo Karras who takes a more positive approach in The American Historical Review, and the other by Frederic Amory who in turn leaves a much more critical review in Speculum. Both reviewers commend the Sawyers for their resourcefulness and agree that their writing is more interpretive in some parts…

Self-Reflection After Teaching Self-evaluation is a powerful tool that will help you become a better teacher. Reflecting on and evaluating your teaching after a lesson is over will give you insights that will make your future lessons stronger. This evaluation is focused on you as the teacher and decision-maker rather than the student. 1. Did your lesson plan goals connect with your student’s assessment data? How? Before this lesson, I did not have much assessment data, therefore, I needed…

• During the beginning of my lesson, with the entire class, I had the students help another student through a multiplication and division problem. When the students were helping another student, I asked the students prompting questions that allowed them to help that student effectively. For example, during the multiplication problem, I asked the students, “Is this answer complete?” to which a student responded with, “no.” When the student responded to this, I asked then the simple question of…

education will focus on creating social solidarity in schools by teaching skills necessary for work and teaching core values. This focus will achieve social control and solidarity among students and staff. It has been suggested that regardless of…

These inconsiderate people may also argue that the novels use of profanity solidly represents common vernacular during the 1930’s. According to an active supporter of the inclusion of the novel in school curriculums, “Steinbeck beautifully crafted a story that contains language viewed as “offensive,” to accurately depict the language that was used by the general public” (“Of Mice and Men...”). This quote sides with the inclusion of the novel and promotes…

Achebe's writing, "The Novelist as Teacher", presents a request to African writers to take on the role of teacher in their works. After reading Achebe's "The Novelist as Teacher", we can identify two differences that Achebe examines as a point of reference to literature of postcolonial and western writers. Firstly, Achebe wants his audience to look to him as a teacher of the culture. Postcolonial readers must look to their writers for the recurrence of their culture and common concerns. Secondly…

In Joelle Charbonneau’s post-apocalyptic novel The Testing, the main character Cia goes through a physically and mentally tasking test to decide her fate. In the division of Five Lakes, Malencia, also known as Cia, and her family live in their small post-apocalyptic home. The education system is similar to the current American education system, but there is one major difference; The Testing. The Testing is a prestigious series of tests that only the brightest and most valiant are chosen for.…

HOMECOMING FROM ‘SOCIETY’ TO ‘SELF’: A READING OF SHASHI DESHPANDE’S THAT LONG SILENCE T. Akki Raju, Asst. Professor of English, RRDS Govt. Degree College, Bhimavaram & Prof. K. Ratna Shiela Mani, Dept. of English, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur. Abstract The paper is an attempt to explore how Shashi Deshpande portrays the ambivalent attitude of the educated, Indian women through Jaya, the central character in That Long Silence. Jaya’s journey from ‘self’ to ‘society’ and from ‘society’…

16-year old Malala Yousafzai gave the speech given at the United Nations regarding education for girls in Pakistan. Yousafzai is an activist who promotes education for girls in Pakistan. Malala plays an essential role in the insurrection against the Taliban regime in multiple Middle-East countries, but primarily Pakistan, when it comes to educational rights for children. Her actions became internationally known after the Taliban shot her in the head. Malala Yousafzai is not just an average…

The article “Literature in the ESL Classroom” by Sandra McKay emphasizes the importance of using literature to teach ESL students, the idea which has long been neglected by many. In the article the author argues against the belief that literature plays little role in the ESL context. The author, in her effort to support her argument, also proposes how literature should be approached in a way that it can be successful for classroom use. This article critique will examine the author’s argument for…