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Why Teach Art?
$5.00Why teach art?
You may already have ideas about this…or perhaps some doubts (in which case maybe there is something here to convince you). The following are excerpts from several sources. You may notice they might expand upon and add to the ten rationale in the Emphasis Art Chapter 1 reading. They are intended to provide you with some ways to explore, think about, and start to articulate your own reasons for why the arts are important.
Reminder—
WEEK 1 Assignment: Why teach art? Readings Reflection Paper
(1 page; 400-600 words)
As you read the following excerpts on the benefits of arts education
- Identify 3 reasons for teaching art that “ring true” for you. Summarize these (with source references) along with WHY YOU think they are important for children today.
- Identify 3 barriers you see to providing a quality arts education. These may be systemic and/or based on your own personal experience or concerns.
NOTE: if any of the links seem broken—try cut and pasting into a google search.
CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE
One of the earliest comprehensive research-based reports on the benefits of arts education (1999)
Complete Report found at: http://www.aep-arts.org/PDF%20Files/ChampsReport.pdf (www.aep-arts.org site)
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS GALA
$7.00Journal #6 is based on your participation in an activity, workshop, and other school event outside of class. Information on these activities will be provided in class, posted on campus, and/or on the SNHU website. Please see me with questions regarding the appropriateness of your chosen events. You may choose from a broad variety of events available on campus and are expected to choose activities that are different from each other for this assignment.
For the event you attend, you are required to discuss the following:
- What activity did you attend? When and where was the program? Why did you select this activity?International Student Gala http://www.snhu.edu/8640.asp
- How did you participate in the program? some friend ask me to sing there .
- What did you learn that was new to you? How did this contribute to your understanding of the university general education learning goals or your projected major or minor? (most of the entry should be focused on this question)
Pay close attention to the use of proper spelling and grammar; if I can’t read or understand what you’ve written I cannot comment on it! Journal entries are expected to be approximately 2 pages long, double-spaced, typed using a 12-point standard font (e.g., Times New Roman, Arial), with 1-inch margins on all four sides of the paper.
Aristotle, Aquinas and J. S. Mill, the ultimate good for “man” is happiness
$25.00A: PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS: CLASSICS OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT (1 page each)
PART B: ESSAY QUESTIONS (1st AND 2nd TERMS)
- For Aristotle, Aquinas and J. S. Mill, the ultimate good for “man” is A just political association must therefore have this good as its aim. Choosing two of these thinkers, discuss what each would have to say about the other’s conception of happiness, and the means for bringing it about.
- For Plato and Hobbes, the passions and appetites are essentially insatiable and must be controlled by an absolute political authority if chaos is to be avoided. Both, moreover, consider this type of rule to be the most rational option and the most conducive to human happiness. In spite of these similarities, however, each would criticize the premises on which the other has built his political theory. Discuss.
- A concern shared by many ancient and modern political theorists has been that of the tendency of constitutions, no matter how well organized or just, to break down or degenerate. Hence their theories of governance have as one of their aims the preservation of constitutions. Compare what either Plato or Aristotle has to say about the reasons for and the most viable solutions to the problem of constitutional breakdown with either Machiavelli, Rousseau, or Marx.
PART C: ESSAY QUESTIONS (MARX AND MILL)
- Like the ancients, Marx felt that human freedom is achieved through the community, rather than it opposition to it. But like Rousseau, he does not advocate “going back” to a “simpler,” “organic” society. Why not? What would Marx think is “missing” from ancient society in regard to true human freedom?
- John Stuart Mill is the first (male) liberal political theorist to call for the freedom and equality of women in civil society. On what grounds does he make his case? What are the strengths and limitations of Mill’s particular approach to this issue? What do you think Marx would say about his diagnosis of, and proposed solution to, the subordination of women?
- Both Marx and J.S Mill are critical of the rights-based doctrine of freedom espoused in (one) tradition of liberal theory, although each sees freedom as essential to the realization of a full human life. Discuss either Mill’s or Marx’s critique of the liberal idea of a “right” to freedom, keeping in mind the place of freedom in their own vision of human flourishing
LANGUAGE OF NAMES
$30.003000-WORD ESSAY (70%)
Answer ONE of the following questions. Your essay should show clear familiarity with relevant recommended reading and credit will be given for the breadth of knowledge and research evidenced in your work. You should include a full bibliography, and your references should follow either MLA or Harvard style.
1) Investigate the ways in which a study of place-names can inform our understanding of historical cultures in what is now the UK. Your essay should focus primarily on ONE of the following specific languages: Old English, Old Norse, French or Latin.
2) Discuss, with examples, the ways in which the study of genetics can contribute to research into family names and genealogy.
3) With reference to specific fictional texts (these may be poems, plays, novels, short stories, etc), examine the ways in which the study of invented names may contribute to literary analysis.
4) In grammatical terms, names are often classified as nouns, but some linguists dispute this classification. Which argument(s) for the grammatical classification of names do you find most convincing and why?
5) From a study of the most popular names given to girls and boys since 1900, what trends can be observed in patterns of naming in the UK, and how do these relate to the origins of the names and their historical (or other) uses?
6) The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) usually encourages the use of endonyms rather than exonyms. Do you agree with this view? Explain your answer with reference to relevant examples.
7) Acts of naming (and renaming) are often understood as acts of power. Evaluate the ways in which ONE of the following types of names may encode social and political attitudes: personal names, street names or place-names.
“Ethics Case Study: To Rescue Others at What Risk?”
$5.00Ethics Case Study: To Rescue Others at What Risk?</o:p>
Directions: Read the following case study and answer the questions .
ACME Medical Center has been damaged seriously by a recent hurricane. A helicopter that is trying to rescue people stranded by the hurricane has crashed, hitting the wing of the building where the pediatric unit was located. In the midst of the explosion, fire, and confusion, five people make their way to the roof and wait for rescue. They are Mary, a mother who is carrying her ill infant who was a patient on the unit; Joseph, her husband and the baby’s father; John, a pediatric resident who had been caring for the baby; Margaret, the RN, who was on duty in the pediatric unit; and Peter, a transport employee who was helping to prepare patients for rescue and evacuation.
Mary says to the group, “I think I hear someone crying. Yes, I can hear cries for help. We’ve got to go back down the stairs and help those people!” Dr. John says, “You women stay here. Joseph and I will go back down and see what we can do.” Joseph looks first at his own ill infant and then down the smoke-filled stairs and replies, “I’m not going back down. It’s too risky. The smoke is too thick. We’d never make it through and survive.” Margaret the RN says, “We’ve got to do something; we can’t just let people die. I’d never be able to live with myself. Those are my patients and I need to help them.” Margaret runs down the stairs and disappears. Peter says, “You’re all crazy! In a situation like this it’s every man for himself!”
A. Refer to “Ethics Case Study: To Rescue Others at What Risk?” and answer the following questions:
1. What is the ethical dilemma?
2. What is your value and ethical position related to the case? Include discussion of theory and principles on which your position is based.
3. What are some other alternatives for resolving the problem?
B. Refer to “Ethics Case Study: To Rescue Others at What Risk?” and answer the following questions:
1. What are the possible consequences for those acceptable alternatives?
2. How would you prioritize the acceptable alternatives?
3. What is your plan of action?
Proposed Research Topic: Effects of Online Gaming on American College Students
$7.50Review the suggestions for writing a research proposal given on the Social Science Research Council Web site:
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/art_of_writing_proposals.page
Using the potential research project you identified for Written Assignment 1, consider how you would prepare a proposal to do the research. Be sure to:
- Include the necessary sections of a proposal.
- Describe why the research is important.
- Consider and describe the sampling plan you would use.
- Think about the literature review. What key words would you use to search?
- Discuss how the results would be used.
- Include a bibliography.
What is a guardian according to Plato
$7.00What is a guardian according to Plato? What is his or her purpose? Describe the guardian’s characteristics. In your own mind, are there any problems with establishing guardians of society on account of these characteristics? What are the three principal forms of education? In literary education, what kinds of stories can children be told and why? Do you see examples of this done in your culture today? Give examples if so or explain why not. According to Plato, what relationship does God have to fiction? Why must guardians not feel fear or enjoy laughter? Please respond to the quote on p. 81. Response here Who are guardians today? Are they still held to the same expectations? The Philosophy of Wordsworth and Coleridge
$3.00How do the poems by Wordsworth and Coleridge reflect each poet’s philosophy as expressed in Preface to Lyrical Ballads and Biographia Literaria?
(300-500 words)
Concepts of teaching
$7.00Topic 1
Seasoned nurse educators possess wisdom about teaching (a kind of “with-it-ness”), which they have developed through practical experience over the years. As a person new to nursing education, you have a great deal to learn from a seasoned mentor. In order to gain access to that knowledge, you will conduct an interview with an experienced nurse educator either in a hospital or college setting. Your interview may be conducted face-to-face, online, or by telephone.
For this assignment, you are to:
- Generate a list of questions you will ask during the interview such as teaching strategies, theories, technology, and evaluation techniques.
- Conduct the interview.
- Your discussion post should include:
- The setting.
- How the interview was conducted.
- The questions asked and the responses given.
- Anything else you think to be important.
Topic 2
Thinking back toWeek 3when you discussed a topic you would like to teach to a friend or family member, create a formative and summative assessment for that hypothetical educational encounter. The instructional methods can be traditional or nontraditional. Explain how you can communicate the results of the evaluation to the learner.
