She completed fieldwork in Samoa after completing her studies. ... Boulding participated in and played pivotal roles in the studies regarding the movements of peace, women's studies and futures. ... Elise Boulding was one of the key players at the beginning of the academic peace studies, and she made a lot of contributions to those studies. Peace education is thought to be a philosophy and a process involving problem-solving, reflecting, listening, cooperation and conflict resolution. ... This philosophy teaches love, compassion, nonviolence, and reverence for all life. ...

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The study in progress has actually grown out of my personal observations and interactions with my students inside and outside the classrooms. ... My personal experiences as an educator contribute largely to bringing about a change in my philosophy of teaching in which the most meaningful learning takes place when students are motivated and interested. ... And my changed philosophy of education, thus, concentrates on student-centered one. ... I am very uncomfortable with the teacher-centered philosophy of perpetualism, in which multiculturalism and gender issues are evaded in the curriculum. He...

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I will use the theory of Culture Studies to help examine this problem, and to come up with a solution. Cultural Studies is a tradition rooted from the ideas of the German philosopher Karl Marx. ... To completely understand the concept of Cultural Studies, one must appreciate the idea of hegemony. ... Furthermore, Cultural Studies can have an influence on this change of ideologies. Through Cultural Studies much research has been done in the field of philosophy, economics, and social psychology, and its emphasis on underrepresented groups has entices sociology writers to take notice. ...

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Those methods are a systematic inquisition of truth and nature in religion, philosophy, and natural science, which have "overthrown the religion of superstitiondiscarded the unknowable Heavento promote a new religion and new ethics that are fully socialized".3 Furthermore, the attitudes towards adopting Western methods are positive among scholars, especially represented by Liang Qichao that "If we want to expand out civilization, we must borrow the methods of other civilizations because their methods of study are highly refined".4 Thus, the New Culture Movement symbolized a...

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It is to address this omission that the transcultural model we propose in this article includes the virtue of tolerance, which involves accepting diverse worldviews, perspectives, and philosophies (Welfel, 2002). ...

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It is to address this omission that the transcultural model we propose in this article includes the virtue of tolerance, which involves accepting diverse worldviews, perspectives, and philosophies (Welfel, 2002). ...

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He also acknowledges that by nature of our differences there has been inherent corruption in this philosophy, while Friedman neglects to address the role of government in a world where technology has leveled the global playing field. ... Anna Munster's chapter "Welcome to Google Earth," is a case study of the three perspectives discussed above. ... Critical Digital Studies: A Reader. ...

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There life is centered on their Martilineage, and the philosophy of family is greatly sacred. ... The lifestyle of the islanders and the view, in which Weiner described it, intrigued me as how it related to our studies. ... Weiner had some difficulties at times through her studies culturally relating to the Inuit's. ...

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Although these studies represented only a small proportion of the total, they were particularly helpful for the present study. ... Design of this study A). ... This study tries to look at the impact of culture on international branding. ... The research question of this study is "how does culture impact on international branding and what specifically are these impacts?... Methodology of this study In this study, branding is seen as two-way and three-layered communication. ...

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Siouxsie and the Banshees and Bauhaus are examples of popular Gothic bands which made an impact during this time (A study of the Gothic subculture). ... New music results in a new spin on the culture (A study of the Gothic subculture). ... If a Goth does drink blood, this blood is generally human, from themselves or a willing donor (A study of the Gothic subculture). ... (A study of the Gothic subculture). ... (A study of the Gothic subculture). ...

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Webster's Dictionary defines the term "humanities" as "Those branches of knowledge, such as philosophy, literature, and art, that are concerned with human thought and culture; the liberal arts." ... To touch base on just one aspect of a specific culture would already be a challenge in itself - having to study the humanity of the human race would take a lifetime. ...

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Semantics is the study of the relationship between words and meanings. ... They do this by studying what signs are, as well as how signs possess significance-that is, how they are intended by speakers, how they designate (make reference to things and ideas), and how they are interpreted by listeners. ... Postman believes that a course in comparative religion will help students see that all traditions were the product of historical development and comparative study would demonstrate that every religion possessed some measure of truth. ... To conclude Postman's "New Curriculum Proposal,"...

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This is most evident during the Industrial Revolution period, when mill workers only knew how to do a job by learning hands on and not by sitting in a classroom listening to some other educated individual or studying it in a book of some kind. ... Take two great philosophies from two influential African American men; for example, one, Booker T. ...

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In the education of the East, so often saturated with Confucian teaching, there were two things lacking; a lack of studies in number and reason in material culture, and a lack of the idea of independence in spiritual culture.[3] But in the West , Fukuzawa saw their statesmen are successful in managing their national affairs, and the businessmen in theirs, and the people generally ardent in their patriotism and happy in their family circles. ... That is why Chinese philosophy as the root of education was responsible for our obvious shortcomings.[3] Fukuzawa was opposing the Chinese teaching bec...

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Professor Horace Miner first brought the Nacirema of Asu to the attention of anthropologists in the 1950's. They are a North American group that lives between the Canadian Cree, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles. Some say that their people are on the road to self-destruction because of their ...

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However, for someone interested in how human society works, and in particular how organizations are structured, create an ongoing culture, manage conflict, support or discourage change, adapt to their environment, and distribute power among different stakeholders, a rugby team provides an ideal case study, a real-life laboratory for understanding how individuals relate to each other within the boundaries of an organization, balancing needed stability with necessary change. ...

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Studies of monkeys and apes have enlarged scientific knowledge of their social life and the scientific conception of the earliest human societies. Data derived from paleontological sources and from studies of living, non-human primates are now abundant, and hypotheses derived from these are numerous and detailed. ...

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This study proposes the following modifications for further implementation. ... He also worked on blending a new set of core values that reflected his philosophy of leadership to the Simmons' culture. ...

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How a US Executive can Make a Good First Impression on an American Executive upon their First Business Meeting Introduction Japan, a country within the continent of Asia, is a chain of islands located east of Korea with a population exceeding 125 million. Japan does business in a wide range o...

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Cultural Policy and History of Italy Italy is, for lack of a better word, a rather young state with it's origin in the year 1860. The first laws that were past by the state were in the years of 1908 and 1909 and they had to due with the culture of the country as a whole. Since the country is know...

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