An Examination of Discourse Practices Within an I.T. Training Environment An Examination of Discourse Practices within an I.T. ... There are typical discursive moves and methods normally employed by trainers to regulate knowledge and maintain command in the training room. ... Discourse access and control may be defined in respect of both content and structure of text or talk. ... However, it may be argued that as the dominant participant the doctor is controlling the student by this choice of discourse type and the preference for it in this order of discourse (p39, Fairclough, 20...

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Abstract This paper looks at the constructivist approach to the study of international relations. The constructivist approach is defined in terms of the philosophical underpinnings of the approach and the scientific/social scientific premises that highlight this social theory of international relat...

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The story causes the reader to analyze the dialogue in order to uncover the abortion discourse. After many readers discover this, they cease to continue investigating the other discourses present. ... As the story unfolds into the abortion discourse, that realization covers a hidden meaning within the text. ...

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By periodizing Latin style, Valla invented a philological method for the scientific study of texts that was further developed by Christian humanists like Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466? ... He was especially inspired by the numerical extents behind the configuration of antiquated Roman structures and in creating designing methods to construct them. ... Alongside the painter Masaccio (1401 "1428), who included traditional components in the substance of his compositions and utilized recently created methods of point of view, these visual specialists reflected what is known as the ear...

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Proportional representation, on the other hand, can be accomplished through a multitude of electoral methods. ... As mentioned earlier, PR can be achieved through multiple methods. ... This alternative method of proportional representation mitigates the supposed consequences that might ensue with PR. ...

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Chomsky) or a theory that truth is constructed and reproduced in the discourse of the powerful (cf. ... " (Schmidt, 2000: 96) Although these questions "lie at the heart of the multiple discourses that constitute the discipline of political theory" (Schmidt, 2000: 96), they also make strong case for bringing multidisciplinarity to the field of Language Policy and Planning. ...

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Though Popperian philosophy would reject Perkin's theory as being valid and refer to him as a "quack," some individuals would consider Perkin's methods as a form of alternative or complementary medicine, due to the success of his treatment, though with a lack of supporting scientific data. ... Also, as medicine develops and mainstream medical treatments are beginning to become ineffective, therefore frustrating the population with conventional medicine, individuals seek out other methods. ... According to Cartwright, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) "are a deductive...

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Their main differences are clear in terms of usage of humour and theme, though at times the two novels share various methods of portrayal and subsequently need to be compared. ... The comical temperament of this chapter is not only the embarrassment for the doctor of finding that the cause was a small vegetable, but his method of removing the impediment with a hammer and fish hook seems absurd and in turn contradicts his earlier actions of maintaining respect for his profession. ...

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Thus, "pedagogists", as Laurie Grobman (1999) maintains, " have turned to the resistance model, which proposes that we encourage students' appropriation of academic discourse to enable them to critique it" (432).1 By allowing students to bring their own stories, experiences, ideas, and critiques into the classroom, this provides the students with opportunities to work together, to learn from one another, and respect one another's differences-social and cultural. Previous Experiences of Teaching My previous method of teaching was teacher-centered one in which, as...

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Hypnotism is an exceptionally interesting experience to witness firsthand. With an object as ordinary as a swinging pocket watch, some individuals have the power to gain control of another person's mind by lulling them into a meditative state. The hypnotist is able to speak to the person's subconscious mind, directly bypassing their normal conscious thoughts and defenses, influencing them on their most basic level of thought. This instigates an unusual response in individuals under hypnosis, as they ignore all but what the hypnotist suggests. The Christopher Nolan movie Inception d...

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Such fragmentation in the state's discourse is reflected in the ad hoc and contradictory nature of many of its policies, especially those relating to women. ... Thus whatever the method it goes without saying, that given the nature of the sates role in advancing such policies, it is women who end up as being the main sufferers. ... Regardless of the adoption of birth-control methods, an increasing number of women and their children have been driven to work, out of sheer destitution, while at the same time, women traditionally engaged in agricultural production (given the existing division...

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Max Weber's work about bureaucracy, translated into English in 1946, was one of the major contributions that has influenced the literature of public administration. However, Van Riper (1997) argues that the work of Weber on bureaucracy has no influence on American PA until the 1950's. The word burea...

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This paradoxically is what Jameson now identifies as the antinomies of post modernity, the theoretical impasses which mesmerize postmodern theory and unlike the older (modernist) discourse of dialectical contradiction remain irresolvable at a higher level of abstraction. ...

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Determinations of Self in Immune System Discourses Donna Haraway states that 'the immune system is an elaborate icon for principal systems of symbolic and material "difference" in late capitalism. ...

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The negative account of other, pedestrian speech forms, like the admission of naturally superior discourse , is not only a way of recognizing (and sharing one's recognition) of a reality that lies beyond ordinary words, but also of communicating a sense of appropriate restraint in one's own writing " (Domhnall,2000). ... Nevertheless, Whitman "uses the question to pursue a different method of inquiry, demonstrating a poet's process of thinking through figurative language and sensory imagery" (Mullen,2011): the catalog of the several possible answers, one per each ...

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They argue that there was a constitutional crisis which not only led to the collapse of monarchical authority, but also the invasion of public discourse, particularly through the indirect influence of intellectual thinkers such as Jean Jacques Rousseau.14 Under the monarchy, public opinion had been irrelevant, and post revisionists therefore believe that the development of this new cultural outlook was what triggered radical social change, rather than the financial crisis. ...

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Social welfare is an encompassing and imprecise term, but most often it is defined in terms of organized activities or some other factor that suggests procedure and programs to answer to identified social problems or to ameliorate the well-being of those at risk. To define social welfare in terms of programs or problems alone, however, is to miss a larger and more enduring element. Chatterjee (1985) observed that social welfare is concerned with the right order of relationships in society; that is, it is some ideal of the way in which some society works and fits together to form a suitable pl...

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Empiricism Empiricism, also called positivism, post-positivism, or logical positivism, is based on the assumption that the scientific method is the only proper method for studying human behavior because of its success in the "hard" sciences. ...

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For instance, a firm that aims at capturing the niche markets, provides only specialized or distinct items, or utilizes nontraditional distributional methods should determine how it is assisting the needs of the targeted population. ...

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As it relates to countries implementing this Social partnership practice, (Murphy, 2002) emphasized in this journal that the governance methods within Ireland involves the Social partnership model which is based on employer's, trade unions and farmers since 1987. ... Both primary and secondary research methods were utilised throughout this research project. ...

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Abstract The term group dynamics refers to the interactions between people who are talking together in a group setting. Group dynamics can be studied in various settings. Some of the settings where group dynamics occurs are in the classroom, the workplace and in other social settings. The commu...

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As explained in the article "BMI-Based Body Size Guides For Women and Men: Development and Validation of a Novel Pictorial Method to Assess Weight-Related Concepts" by CV Harris, AS Bradlyn, J Coffman, E Gunel and L Cottrell, "Using Photoshop software, images were standardized by adding a gender-matched composite face to each body and removing any unusual or distinguishing features (that is, tattoos, scars, or excessive body hair)" (337). ...

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The Emperor Ethiopia possesses a legendary past where powerful emperors ruled as supreme autocrats, and (through relentless struggle) successfully fought the efforts of Europeans to colonize their lands. Indeed Haile Selassie, a very slight man in stature and Living God' of Ethiopia, truly exe...

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Excerpts from John Locke [pp. 1-6], and Edmund Burke [pp. 7-11] from this document. This should be regarded as necessary reading for answering the Questions on Locke and Burke. Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or de...

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 MA Curating Contemporary Design 2014/15 Title: "If the curator's task is to medicate between art and its audience, does her task differ when she deals with decorative arts from what she does when dealing with fine art?" Submitted by: Liu Shengnan + K1153705 Submission date: 07/Jan/15. ...

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