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How do the three worlds that Jost discusses (real, fiction, game) change our view of how we view television images? Explain.
Genre (specific form, content, technique, etc.) is usually discussed from a descriptive point of view without any connection made between types (for e.g., between a docu-drama, detective series or a variety shows). Jost contends that genres make sense due to three “worlds” that interpret images: 1) the real world – our first instinct when we…
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Book-Coming of age at the end of nature
Based on the selected essays assigned from the Coming of Age at the End of Nature anthology, are the attitudes of the writers in that collection hopeful, hopeless, or something else? Discuss that question. Essays read: “post nature” (pages 3-11) , “Why Haiti?” (Pages 12-23), “Rebuild or Retreat”(pages 24-32) , “Winter Solstice” (pages 32-42)…
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Practical Connections
Provide a reflection of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment…
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Early Childhood Project
Find a household with at least one child between the ages of 18 months and 5 years. Observe or interview the child, depending upon their age, and interview the parent(s). Do not provide a transcript or narration of the interview, just summarize the information. Discuss the child’s key physical developmental milestones Discuss how…
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Health inequalities
You are the director of a national public health policy organization. Elected legislators have asked you educate them about Black health inequities, and their causes. You need to write two policy essays to educate the legislators, so that they are informed about these issues. Make sure to demonstrate your clear understanding of the context:…
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Describe and analyse the principal national, international and global trends in the education sector and more widely that are influencing and shaping one education system.
Word count: 1,500 words Describe and analyse the principal national, international and global trends in the education sector and more widely that are influencing and shaping one education system. This might be a regional, federal or national system and it should be located within a particular educational sector. For example, secondary education in Norway or…
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The Age of Charlemagne
Despite his militaristic conquests and forceful conversions, Charlemagne is often considered a shining light during a dark period in European history, especially in regards to literacy and the arts. Explore this idea further and discuss Charlemagne’s attitude toward education, including the impact he had on the preservation and eventual transmission of…
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Drawing on the readings of this module, write an essay on the relationship between hybris and law in classical Athens. What does it mean to defend the law against hybris?Discuss
ESSAY QUESTION Soon after he became archon basileus – the chief leader – of Athens in 594 BCE, Solon famously made hybris a crime that attracts the severest penalty. The readings we did in this module confirm that hybris, like tyranny, was considered to be the opposite of the lawful character and incompatible with life…
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Conduct Internet research to identify 1 major micro economic issue currently being written about by the news media. Summarize your findings in no more than 2 paragraphs.
Discussion 1 – Current Events Assignment 99 unread replies.1010 replies. Conduct Internet research to identify 1 major micro economic issue currently being written about by the news media. Summarize your findings in no more than 2 paragraphs. Make sure to cite source(s) such as the Washington Post, local paper, other source. The post Conduct Internet…
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Make a determination as to whether or not the United States should/should not model its healthcare system after the healthcare system of the country you selected. Defend your decision.
The final paper should be between 6-8 pages in length (not included in the page total – abstract, title page, references) The final paper will require you to evaluate the United States Healthcare System based on the information you have learned in this course and evaluate it against the healthcare system of another high-income country…