Intentionality

• Accusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews. • Denying the fact, scope, mechanisms (e.g. gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust). • Accusing Jewish citizens of being more loyal to Israel, or to the alleged priorities of Jews worldwide,…

Final Exam 1. Describe intentional teaching as it relates to the early childhood classroom. What does this look like on a day-to-day basis? What are the tenets of best practice in an intentional classroom? Intentional teaching is acting with a goal in mind for children’s development and having a plan to accomplish it (Epstein, 2014). The intentional teacher has clearly defined objectives and instructional strategies for the children to achieve the goals (Epstein, 2014). Best practices in…

The idea of existence precedes essence is a notion of existentialism that is hard to understand. The best way to understand this is to use the concept of death. It is impossible however, to make any sense out of death. Death is something that is outside our realm of understanding. Death is ontologically inseparable from existence. Death is always something in our lives and is the end of perception. Monsieur Meursault in the final hours of his life finally begins to understand the notion of…

community, but also started a medical and scientific exploration into mental illness, behavioral sciences, the psychology of the brain, and if there’s really proof of the link between creativity and insanity. As Thomas Szaz explains in his article,Intentionality and Insanity, while the sciences have one singular lens for explaining their findings, mental health professionals have two: “one for sane people and their normal behavior, another for so-called insane people and their abnormal…

Augustine on the problem of suicide is a focused response to Christians who were victims of rape during the sack of Rome. In effect to the act of violation, they may be contemplating of ending their own life in order to preserve their sense of ‘honor’. Whereas some argue (those against Christianity) that there are acts of suicide that are justifiable, such as martyrdom, for martyr’s foresees their coming death and allow it. Augustine in effect responds in throughout Book 1 of “The City of God”…

Sabbath Exodus 20:8 states “Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy” (NIV). Though the Sabbath is vital piece of spiritual formation and a command from God, the author has unfortunately been very poor at observing one. Life is busy. With one child at school and one at home, spouse working at the church, being a pastor of a church that has multiple services on Sundays and nearly every week activities on nearly every day of the week, the author has found it difficult to not only take personal time…

School based prevention programs towards youth will be helpful in schools, who have shown, “early yet mild signs of aggression and antisocial behavior, or those who are at risk for developing such problem behaviors” (Molina, Dulmus, & Sowers, 2005). According to the U.S. Surgeon General (2001), using in school prevention programs help reduce the risk factors leading to violence within at risk youth, as well as developing factors that will protect against it. According to Scileppi, Teed, Torres…

Plato’s Approach to Education Plato’s Pedagogy as Derived From Republic 1-7 Plato’s Republic is mainly known for the defining of justice, but it also provides an element of education, mainly in the field of philosophy. There are many different specific aspects of teaching within Republic, including the use of Plato’s physical images versus the concept of forms, the idea of intentional and random education, and the cave allegory. Plato’s teaching is very intentional, and he has a high skill level…

Each person has his or her way of perceiving things depending on several factors including the culture in which a person is brought up and the type of education that an individual receives in the course of life. The combination of all the perceptions a person develops in life creates his or her view of the world and amounts to what reality is. Those perceptions can change over time. Therefore, the way of understanding reality is not static for everyone. In-depth interviews with many people will…

Plato states that there are two basic ways that one can learn new concepts, through a well thought out process of intentionality, or a random placement of lessons learned through everyday life. The first type of exposure requires careful planning and more work on the behalf of the instructor, although it often leads to a predetermined goal. One is aware of the behaviors…