Understanding Social Sciences Education: Goals, Epistemology, and Values
General Education
Definition and Scope
General Education studies the phenomenon of education in a general way, without focusing on subject-specific changes. It considers teaching as a unified concept and develops theories, concepts, methods, and techniques applicable to all subjects.
Teaching Special (or Specific)
Bridging General Education and Specific Disciplines
Teaching Special elaborates principles and rules applicable to teaching in every field of knowledge, applying the principles of General Education
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Review Questions & Answers
Employee Motivation
1. Key Elements in Motivating Employees
Hire employees predisposed to motivation, set goals, provide feedback, reward excellent performance, treat employees fairly, and place new employees with motivated mentors.
2. McClelland’s Motivation Theory: Three Motives
- Need for Achievement: The desire to succeed (Trait Theory).
- Need for Affiliation: The desire for social interaction.
- Need for Power: The desire to control others (Trait Theory).
3. Maslow’s Hierarchy
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SEMASIOLOGY-1
1. The Definition of Meaning
The definition of the meaning is especially difficult due to the complexity of the process by which language and human consciousness serve to reflect the reality and adopt it to human needs. Nowadays there is no universally accepted definition of the meaning, or rather a definition all the basic features of meaning and being simultaneously time operational. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of meaning is called Meaning is a realization of a notion
Read MoreSemasiology: The Study of Meaning in Language
SEMASIOLOGY-1
1. The Definition of Meaning
The definition of the meaning is especially difficult due to the complexity of the process by which language and human consciousness serve to reflect the reality and adopt it to human needs. Nowadays there is no universally accepted definition of the meaning, or rather a definition all the basic features of meaning and being simultaneously time operational. The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of meaning is called Meaning is a realization of a notion
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Concept of the New School
The ideals that inspired the new school are synthesized in the seven principles of the International League of New Schools and in the thirty principles of the International Office of New Schools.
- The main aim of all education is the supremacy of spirit.
- Education must respect the child’s individuality.
- Studies and learning of life must give free rein to the innate interest in children.
- Every age has its own character. It is necessary for personal and collective discipline to
Approaches & Methods in Political Science: A Comprehensive Overview
1. Concepts, Approaches, and Methods in Political Science
Political science is a discipline in constant pursuit of its core subject. This ambiguity stems from the diverse theories and methods employed within the field. The way an object is analyzed and understood theoretically hinges on the defined subject and the questions it raises. Consequently, socio-political reality is only partially captured by theorists based on their concepts of society and politics, their theoretical orientation, disciplinary
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