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shift that has reinforced the perception of such heroic characters. Additionally, the concept of superheroes, which was previously dominated by male characters, has returned to the mainstream with widespread media coverage and endearment with the mainstreaming of female superhero characters. As a result, the social deliberation and media coverage has raised interest and enthusiasm in female superhero characters to the scope of cementing relevance…

conversion, he moved back to Northern Africa, Algeria to be exact, and became a Catholic bishop. His birth and conversion occurred several years after Constantine had first declared Christianity to be a state religion and played an important role in mainstreaming the religion. Therefore, Augustine’s responsibility was not to make Christianity a well-known religion but to help identify how to best live out the religion. Through Augustine’s teachings and writings, Christians are given a role model…

Normalizing the Function of Autistic Children Wei Chi Chang Arizona State University  Normalizing the Function of Autistic Children Despite the fact that Lovaas (1987) claimed that the result indicated early intensive behavioral therapy would be efficient and beneficial, Schopler, Short, and Mesibov (1989) criticized the study by pointing out three major flaws— subject selection bias, adequacy of the control group, and inappropriate outcome measures. The subject selection bias was…

1. Introduction The course ‘Classroom Learning and Student Development’ involves various important concepts that are closely related to the roles of teachers in facilitating students learning and guiding student development. One of the most important and inspiring topics is catering for student differences, especially students with special educational needs (SEN). My teaching philosophy emphasizes on meeting student differences and learning difficulties. I believe it is essential to provide…

Assessment Over one hundred years ago, the first test of intelligence was developed by Simon Binet in order to identify children who were having difficulties learning (Colmar, Maxwell, & Miller, 2006). Intellectual disabilities are diagnosed by assessing two main areas: a person’s ability to gain the skills they need to live independently, and the brain’s ability to learn, think, solve, problems, and make sense of the world (also called IQ) (“Intellectual Disability”, 2011). As previously…

Within the discipline of education there are many specific areas one may choose to research. These topics can range from teaching styles to the psychological effects of mainstreaming special needs children into the classroom. For an undergraduate in the field of education one must figure out what they would like to know more about and how to properly research their chosen topic. After choosing a topic one must learn to sift through all the information already out there on their topic, one useful…

8.5 Empowerment Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowering and developing confidence in their own capacities. Empowerment is probably the totality of the following or similar capabilities: Figure 8.3 Means of empowerment Figure 8.5 Dimensions of empowerment 8.5.1 Dimensions of empowerment 8.5.1.1 Economic-- Household--Women’s control over income; relative contribution to…

child to learn in a traditional setting, as in schools today most of the instructional time is done by sitting in the seats or on the carpet. Children with special needs are demanding and require much movement from their caregivers and teachers. Mainstreaming special needs children hinders the full benefits of the education for the typical children. Some typical students may not be able to block out the distractions and be able to concentrate enough to do their own work.…

I believe that counseling is such an underused and misunderstand field when it comes to students and adults. Counseling is a large field that with commitment, time and effort, I believe that most if not all problems can be worked out. With a counseling perspective on ELL students over all mental health, we can tackle the emotional side of learning a new language. ELL students are faced with a host of problems, for anxiety, discrimination, exploitation, rejection, depression, and many, many…

With home to more than one thousand million individuals, India is world's biggest democracy. India is additionally one of the establishing members of the UN. It signed the declaration by the United Nations at Washington on 1 January 1942 and furthermore, took an interest in the notable UN convention in San Francisco from 25 April to 26 June 1945. India has reliably upheld the purposes and standards of the UN and has made huge commitments to authorizing the objectives of the UN charter,…