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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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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