John Dewey’s Progressive Education
John Dewey: Progressive Pedagogy (1859-1952)
His written work includes 37 volumes covering philosophical, social, psychological, and educational issues. Practical, moral, and civic commitment permeates a vital career devoted to social reform in education. He showed that it is possible to reconcile theoretical and research work with a playful and open practice.
Pragmatism: Key Concepts
Pragmatism is located within American philosophy (an alternative to German philosophy). It is characterized by a dynamic
Read MoreMaxillary Premolar and Molar Root Canal Anatomy
Maxillary Second Premolar Anatomy
This tooth typically has one root (88%) or two roots (12%). Root canal configurations within a single root can vary:
- Type I (One canal): 53%
- Type II (Two canals merging into one): 22%
- Type III (Two separate canals): 12%
One, two, or three canals can occur within a single root, although the incidence of three canals is low (1%). The majority of teeth have a single canal extending to the apex.
Buccal View (Recently Calcified)
A view of a recently calcified second premolar
Read MoreMilan Bread Riots: Renzo’s Experience in I Promessi Sposi Ch. 12
Milan in Revolt: The Bread Riots of 1628
Milan was indeed a city in revolt. Minds, exasperated by grievances, had turned to action, specifically assaulting bakeries. Not only the city, but all of Lombardy under Spanish rule, was suffering from hunger and famine.
Causes of the Famine and Unrest
The causes were partly natural: a severe drought and abandoned farmland. However, human factors exacerbated the situation:
- The War of the Mantuan Succession (involving Monferrato and the Gonzaga family) led to
Key Concepts in Child Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Device (LAD)
Proposed by Chomsky (1959), the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) refers to an innate grammatical structure believed to underlie all human languages. It enables children, once they acquire a sufficient vocabulary, to combine words into novel yet grammatically consistent utterances and to understand the meaning of language quickly. Children are not explicitly taught language rules; instead, this ability develops naturally with mere exposure to a language environment.
Read MoreFundamentals of Organizational Structure and Design
Organizational Design Fundamentals
Organizational Design is the process through which managers build, assess, and modify the formal organizational structure to facilitate the development of necessary tasks to achieve goals efficiently.
Design Structure: Differentiation
Differentiation consists of dividing the organization’s workload into basic tasks and assigning them to different people in different spaces, providing them with the necessary resources and responsibilities to perform them. This increases
Read MoreUnderstanding Programs, Processes, and OS Management
A program is not static; it is a set of instructions that, once executed, solves a problem. It represents something that does not change.
A process is dynamic; it is a piece of a program that is running, along with everything this implies: values of registers, variables, the contents of the program counter, etc.
The operating system is responsible for the following activities related to the management of processes:
- Creating processes (both system and user)
- Planning processes
- Providing mechanisms for
Marxist Education: Concept of Man & Pedagogy
Educational Implications of Marxist Socialism: A New Philosophy of Human Being. A Pedagogy of Work. General Characteristics of His Teaching.
The Concept of Man
A Being of Nature
From nature comes the high point of man in a dialectic of evolution from matter, when all the forces of life converge to give that great leap to consciousness. Value originates with nature, without any reason for exaltation of nature and naturalism. Marx gives a more economical account of action on nature, transforming it to
Read MoreKey Aspects of Spanish VAT
VAT Liability
VAT liability answers the question: Who is liable for the tax?
- As a general rule, the supplier making the delivery or billing for goods delivered is liable for the tax. The initial taxpayer bears the impact; the final consumer is never the taxable person. This rule applies to established suppliers.
- As a special rule for deliveries made by a person not established on Spanish territory, the taxpayer is the recipient business. This is known as the reverse charge mechanism, contrasting with
Narrator, Characters, and Setting Analysis
Narrator Analysis
- Level of Knowledge: The narrator’s knowledge is relative, as they express doubts about the feelings of some characters, such as Mariangela. They are unsure if their departure caused pain.
- Relation to the Story: The narrator is a kind of protagonist, telling their own life story.
- Space-Time Position: The narrator is distant from the events, recalling their childhood rather than living it in the present.
- Perspective: The narration is personal, using the “I” perspective.
- Location in the
Key Terms of Francoist Spain
Autarky
Autarky is an economic approach whereby the needs of the nation are met within the nation itself. It embraces self-sufficiency, does not need external influences, is not affected by outside influences, and depends on its own resources. Also known as a closed economy, it aims to become self-sufficient. For Franco, it was a necessity and a virtue. It lasted 20 years, from 1939 to 1959. These years proved to be a time of hunger, misery, and difficult survival. The state took part in the regulation
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