few moments could only be described as my personal “aha-moment.” I was immediately struck with a surge of excitement that carried on throughout the rest of the day. When I got home, I rushed to tell my mother about the flyer. Her response, almost reflexive, was, “Honey, you can’t sing for your life.” To my disappointment, she was right; I was entering the “awkward stage” of young adulthood, and my voice wasn't exactly getting any smoother. However, I didn't let that discourage me. The day of my…
Considering I'm planning on going into some sort of communications work (be it journalism, public relations, what-have-you), I was inherently more tuned in to what Ms. Sorapure had to say about her career and pathway from studying metafiction/reflexive fiction unto autobiographies, online diaries, web design, and ultimately, data visualization.…
The Gross Clinic is a painting done by Thomas Eakins, an American realist painter, who also dabbled in photography. Eakins is widely acknowledged to be one of the most important artists in American art history. Throughout Eakins career he had difficulties with the public and critics. The Gross Clinic, 1875 is an oil on canvas, 96" x 77" and was rejected by the art jury for the exhibition in Philadelphia, because it was too brutally realistic. The painting illustrates the prominent surgeon Dr.…
Chapter 5: Learning Name: Roxana Campuzano You are to answer questions using this form. Use complete sentences, summarizing in your own words with enough detail that the instructor will be convinced you have read the chapter. Your reaction can be more than one page. Save your completed document, and then upload it to the appropriate page in the Weekly Learning Module before the deadline. 1. What is conditioning? Conditioning is a learning process in which a person goes through every time…
Philosophy for Children is a representation of John Dewey’s educational theory put into action written by Matthew Lipman, Gareth Matthews and Kieran Egan. The unified goal of the Philosophy for Children is to fill classrooms with transformed students who have learned to self-correct through dialogue and self-reflection. This transformation is done through conversation, discovery and understanding through the power of dialogue. In order to transform the classroom into a self-corrective…
Bosse, T., Duell, R., Memon, Z. A., Treur, J., & van der Wal, C. N. (2017). Computational model based design of leadership support based on situational leadership theory. Simulation-Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 93(7), 605-617. Retrieved from http://journals.sagepub.com/action/doSearch?AllField=Computational+model+based+design+of+leadership+support+based+on+situational+leadership+theory A computational model for developing individuals or groups is…
1. What are ALL of the toys the infant / child is interested in? Name at least three different toys. What are the fine motor requirements for playing with one of these toys? Be comprehensive when you describe the fine motor requirements (symmetry, posture, muscle work, range, coordination, type of grasp) i.e. not simply examining motor control of the digits (4 points) (Wisconsin Child Welfare Training System, 2006) The infant was playing with a variety of toys but he particularly was…
Theorizing Masculinity: Multiplicity, Embodiment, Politics Feminist theory has sought to undo the binary opposition of man/woman and male/female, to varying degrees of success. What appears to still be intact, if only for its common use by the very theorists who would seek to unravel it, is a third binary: masculinity/femininity. As such, this paper focuses on arguments about the former term, masculinity, presented in two important works: Masculinities by Raewyn Connell and Female Masculinity…
The article Ethical Professional Writing in Social Work and Human Services provided useful pieces of information of how to write effectively for a Social Worker. Authors of the article organize their thought thoroughly. Summarizing thirty pages article into two to three pages is going to be tough. The article covers several topics in Ethical Professional Writing in Social Work and Human Services. There is a subject about Why Good Writing Matter in Social Work and Why it is Difficult to Do, and…
The frontal eye field, also referred to as FEF, is a region of the brain located in the prefrontal cortex. The FEF is responsible for preparing and controlling eye movements through different pathways as well as visual perception and awareness. The electrical stimulations occurring in this area is able to trigger eye movements. It was first discovered by scientist Dave Ferrier in the 1870’s when he found that electric stimulation of this part of the brain produced movement in the eyes and head…