HISTORY The first person that was credited on the research of total internal reflection was John Tyndall. ... This simple experiment marked the first research into the guided transmission of light. ... It prompted researchers to study the potential of fiber optics for data communications, sensing, and other applications. ...
In this course of study, I am interested in various ways in which people learn, preferably through kinetics or in a physical manner. ... In the chapter, Continuity and Change in Social Studies, in Handbook of Research on Social Studies Education, Thornton explains his research of continuity and change in teaching social studies. ... However, Thornton believes that since the beginning of the social studies field in the earlier decades of the 20th century, curriculum has gone back and forth on what should be taught (Levstik 48), causing a struggle over social studies remaining the same or prog...
In this course of study, I am interested in various ways in which people learn, preferably through kinetics or in a physical manner. ... In the chapter, Continuity and Change in Social Studies, in Handbook of Research on Social Studies Education, Thornton explains his research of continuity and change in teaching social studies. ... However, Thornton believes that since the beginning of the social studies field in the earlier decades of the 20th century, curriculum has gone back and forth on what should be taught (Levstik 48), causing a struggle over social studies remaining the same or prog...
Understanding the complexity of society in terms of all the institutions, contexts, and interpretations and how all these are related is an important milestone in the study of criminology; to further study in criminology one needs to accept the fact that everything in society is related to the criminological field. ... Mills (1959) explains "no social study that does not come back to the problems of biography, of history, and of their intersections within a society has completed its intellectual journey" (p.6). ... Mills has identified questions of those who have promised the use of their so...
The History of Fiber Optics Fiber Optic transmission of light depends on preventing light from escaping from the fiber. ... In the 1840s, Swiss physicist Daniel Collodon and French physicist Jacques Babinet showed that light could be guided along jets of water for fountain displays. British physicist John Tyndall popularized light guiding in a demonstration he first used in 1854, guiding light in a jet of water flowing from a tank. ... Karbowiak, which worked under Reeves to study optical waveguides for communications. ...
History to have the honor of writing and reciting original work at the Presidential Inauguration. ... Harold Bloom, the distinguished professor at Yale University, has included Angelou in his series of study guides, an tribute that puts her as a significant writer of literature. Today, Angelou lives in North Carolina and is a Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University, where she has been appointed to a lifetime position. ...
The internet also has affected mans beliefs and theories on his own spiritual being, the variety of differing beliefs in this cultural meeting place present them self as a smorgasbord of choice and richness one can study religion and learn as much as a being could learn in a lifetime. ... Since money is the foundation of history's economics it's safe to say man and society have been hit by the effect of its presence. ... The actuality of man's need in the beginning of time that actual first need man beckoned the actual man guided by instinct and ingenuity to develop the primal...
Brazil, not only known for its beautiful geography, rich history, exciting culture among others but also for its imperative Brazilian cinema which creates about ten Brazilian films per day. From the early years of Brazilian history it was in a dependency state where it was mostly exporting agricultural products and on the other hand, importing everything else it needed such as manufactured goods and foreign films. ... The years of the 1950s and 1960s marked the most significant time in Brazilian film history which is referred to as cinema novo (new cinema). ... Therefore, my goal in this pape...
Despite this, Islam defied history and was the basis and inspiration for a dynasty of rich tradition and culture that contributed some of the most outstanding architectural, scientific, philosophical, and artistic works in history. ... Instead, the Rashidun, the "rightly guided" Muslim leaders who were closest to the prophet, namely Umar, Uthman and Ali, took the reins of Islam, beginning a campaign that would, within two centuries, make Islam the dominant religion in the Middle East. ... The difficulty lay, as history maintained, in deciding leadership. ... The ulama consists of Muslim sch...
With a fundamental belief that the origins of the conceptual division of Occident and Orient stem from geographic differences, he concludes that a history of misrepresentation is the culprit for the predominant Western view of an Eastern culture rife with alien and therefore dangerous sentiment. ... Said argues that an image of the East as the Western antithesis has created a cultural justification for political and moral injustices throughout history. ... While Said's observations and conclusions appear valid, he leaves out a crucial aspect of Islamic (Oriental) history that mollifies ...
American Government Study Guide Theocracy - a system of government in which God himself rules personally or through chosen representatives. ... Chappie James - The first black American in the history of the US armed forces to achieve the rank of four-star general. ...
Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mormon. ... Marty's judgment: Martin Marty dedicates numerous pages on Joseph Smith in order to prevail the influential ties that Smith has with Mormonism, as well as other aspects of religious history. ... My judgment: Being that many religious denominations were being formed at this point in history, I can understand why Joseph Smith acquired both believers and followe...
In the 2011, Oxford Journal article, ' 'Herd Immunity'': A Rough Guide, written by researcher, Paul Fine and colleagues, the theory of herd immunity is discussed and tested. ... Throughout history, there have been countless accounts of deadly disease epidemics. ... Roush, MT, MPH and colleagues, reviews and analyzes the rate of vaccine-preventable diseases throughout recent history. ... Polio was not the only devastating childhood disease documented in recent history. ... This research illustrates a grim history of serous disease in the United States. ...
Throughout history, literary have served to portray the human experience and the play Hamlet addresses the universal concerns that still resonate in a modern context. ... These discussions once again delve into the fundamental questions of life and Shakespeare has been able to explore this through Hamlet, creating a moral guide that is still relevant to a contemporary audience. Hamlet is not only a staple in literary studies, but also forces intellectuals to discuss various aspects of life, one of the reasons that Shakespeare's masterpiece is able to resonate its message in today's...
An ethnocentric curriculum is when the school emphasizes the values of only their own culture therefore emphasis is put on white-western music, literature, language, history, religion, etc An ethnocentric curriculum does not value black, Asian or any other cultures except their own and therefore a pupil of a different ethnicity will not have the same knowledge and understanding of white-British culture as much as they may have of their own culture, however this is not recognized, hence the pupil is doomed to fail as they may not know or understand the ˜basic' English/British cultu...
Fascinating findings in the sphere of comparative mythology have added many details to the great puzzle of the history of civilizations. ... The younger generation is not guided by the instructions of elders. ... To answer to my question "Why it is important to study myths", I can quote Joseph Campbell: "Read myths. ...
The practice of a humanistic psychologist is guided by a belief that human beings have choice, and with choice comes responsibility. ... Watson introduced behaviorism in 1913; he felt psychologists should study only observable behavior rather than states of consciousness or thought processes. ... It explains how human and animal behavior in terms of response and learning histories [YES]. ...
After graduating from Fisk, DuBois attended Harvard University and earned his second Bachelor's Degree in philosophy and a Master's in history. The new social science of his time was based on seeking truth of human history through an examination of historical documents; therefore DuBois adopted this new method and as a researcher, conducted many studies including one on the urbanization of blacks in the North (The Philadelphia Negro) and the organization of blacks in the South (The Atlanta University Publications). It was through studies such as these, as well as his own experience ...
(AAMC,2007) The definitions and histories of decorative art and the fine art. ... Target visitors/Activities Two Case Studies Fine arts Case study: Rembrandt: The Late Works Decorative art case study: Women Fashion Power Conclusion The curator as a mediator should treat the objects differently not only by different forms such as decorative art and fine art but also the each specialty and historical background of the object. ... The traditional curator maintains a collection of art by preserving, exhibiting and studying those objects, at the other hand, the contemporary curator need not wo...
Japanese wanted to destroy the US' Pacific Fleet in order to clear the way to conquer Southeast Asia - US reacts by declaring war on Japan and inspiring men to enlist in the armed forces, creates a battle cry, General Kimmal forced to retire, America bombs major Japanese cities in revenge The Home front (life in the US during the war) - Farmers grew enough crops to feed the US and all its Allies - planes, bombers, tanks, scout cars and carriers, armored cars, trucks, light vehicles, rifles and side-arms, machine guns, artillery and ammo were produced in factories - production during the...
However several studies have identified youth under age 13, including some as young as 9. ... Many homeless adolescents report histories of neglect and physical and sexual abuse. ... It is common for homeless children's histories to include multiple family disruptions and institutional interventions (Salamon). Studies report that many respondents have extensive histories of contact with public social service systems, including placements in foster care and other residential programs, many of which occurred at young ages. For example, clients of 11 youth shelters reported extensive hi...
Proposal Type of study -Overlooking contrasting approaches to a historical personality, issue or event -How has history been constructed and recorded over time? -Why have the approaches to the construction of history changed over time? ... This seemed to be a trend for many aspects of Russian history. Consequently, this subject was dropped in favour of studying the history of the Chinese Communist Party, as it was an area which I was keen to learn about, overlapped in many places with Soviet history and had a relatively large amount of data published about it. ... A further study of...
Abstract Reading Comprehension research has a long and rich history, when examining the process of reading comprehension and the effective instruction of it. What comprehension is, how comprehension occurs and how to teach comprehension have driven hundreds of research studies in the last 30 years. ... Introduction Reading Comprehension research has a long and rich history, when examining the process of reading comprehension and the effective instruction of it. ... What reading comprehension is, how it occurs and how to teach it have driven hundreds of research studies in the last 30 ye...
Other basic premises were: - an individual is the spiritual center of the universe, and in an individual can be found the clue to nature, history and ultimately, the cosmos itself. ... Nature gives the alert man fresh images and metaphors for language, providing the man with discipline to devote himself to its study ultimate power: "one after another, his victorious thought comes up with and reduces all things, until all the world becomes, at last, only a realized will,.... the double of the man". ... He thought that one learns by studying the world around us. Books should be used to guide an...
In "The History of the Siege of Lisbon," author Jose Saramago stresses the importance of historically accurate writing. ... When we choose to read a history book to study, we often do so with the assumption that the work has a certain authenticity or that it conveys the "truth" about a particular period. ... Historians can literally rewrite history if they choose to do so. ... In "The History of the Siege of Lisbon," Raimundo Silva, speaks not only about the power authors have to influences their readers perception on history, but also the power proofreaders have to revise the intentions of th...
