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Africa from Different Contextual Frameworks, 2005.
A comparative analysis of the depiction of Africa in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart".
2,079 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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The paper first illustrates the differences in the way Africa is depicted by the two authors, Conrad and Achebe. Particularly, it compares the depiction of the African landscape, the native peoples, and the culture of Africa in the two texts. Additionally, the paper discusses the contextual frameworks of the novels for a better understanding of why such contrasting images of Africa exist among them.
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"Chinua Achebe, in "Things Fall Apart", and Joseph Conrad, in "Heart of Darkness", present sharply contrasting images of Africa. This is most evident in comparing their depiction of the African landscape, the native people, and the African culture. However, any comparative analysis of the two works should be approached bearing in mind differences in their contextual frameworks. Viewed from such a perspective, it can be argued that the differences in the portrayal of Africa merely represent the reality of the two novels written with different purposes, from different cultural viewpoints and at varying points of human development."
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Contextual Cueing, 2008.
This paper researches contextual cueing, an information retrieval process.
2,218 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 47.95
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The paper explores the history and development of the contextual cueing effect. The paper explains that this is an information retrieval process that appears to have strong connections to the environment in which stimuli occur, the time in which stimuli occur, the previous cultural experiences of the perceiver and the memory of the perceiver. The paper looks at discoveries in contextual cuing in different areas and the limitations and implications of contextual cueing in theory and in practice.
Outline:
Introduction
History and Development of Contextual Cueing
Contextual Cueing For Real-World Scenarios
Limitations and Implications for the Research
Summary
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"The initial research into contextual cueing occurred in 1998, when Chun and Jiang sought to establish whether visual task orientation was governed in part by what they referred to as "global context" (p. 28). The researchers started from the perspective that the complexity of visual images is such that "only a small subset of this information is available to conscious or working memory at any given moment" (p. 28). Yet despite the limited information available, the image was still readily assimilated and processed by the viewer. Moreover, Chun and Jiang (1998) noted that earlier research efforts had demonstrated that visual accuracy was contingent upon traits other than straightforward visual perception, such as training in sight and information processing."
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'Curriculum Frameworks', 2006.
A critique of 'curriculum frameworks: constructing a common body of knowledge' created in the late 1980's.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper reviews 'curriculum frameworks: constructing a common body of knowledge', a model that was implemented only in theory. The paper compares this model to the present model in the New York City Department of Education.
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Objective
Introduction
The Curriculum Frameworks
Principles of the NYC Curriculum Framework
A Vision for the Twenty-First Century
Diagram of an Educational Community Reflective of a Teacher Educational Platform in the Poorest Area of NYC's South Bronx
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"The vision of tomorrow's adults is what sets the goals nationally for education. Answering as to what skills and knowledge tomorrow's graduates will need to possess in order to succeed is a critical question to answer with clear focus on tomorrow's world. Education that is "effective, meaningful, and lasting" will serve to prepare the student to succeed in a world that is characterized by "increased diversity, technological change, and global economic interdependence." The student of today must gain through education the cognitive awareness and knowledge to truly appreciate the diversity in cultural heritage throughout the globe and have the capacity to respect the experiential differences that exist in terms of ethnicity and cultural diversity enabling them to work in collaboration and this too in a rapidly changing technological environment that requires integration of appropriate technologies to succeed at their tasks. Tomorrow's graduates must be flexible, technologically savvy, and possess the ability to collaborate in an environment that is ever-changing and ever-diverse."
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Contextual Factors Influencing Classrooms, 2006.
A discussion regarding the impact of contextual factors on the learning and teaching process and the student-teacher relationship.
1,178 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper discusses how, in teaching practice, it has been accepted that teaching and learning do not occur in a vacuum. According to the paper, studies have shown how the remarkable creativity of individual teachers can bring contextual factors creatively to life in teaching and learning.
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Students
Teachers
Resources
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"This could be indicative of the general orientation in the classroom. Because the majority of the school population is black, there may be a tendency to focus on this group and its concerns in the educational effort itself. This shows the importance of inclusivity in the classroom. In terms of context, it is vitally important to make individual students feel like part of the classroom as well as welcome in its proceedings. Hence, in the case of Kansas City, demographic groups in the greatest minority should be the most pertinent focus in classroom interaction. This is one of the ideas echoed by educators such as Paolo Freire. Freire and others promote the ideal of inclusivity in the classroom. When a child is made to feel important not only in terms of the individual self, but also in terms of culture, he or she receives vast motivation to perform. This appears to be substantiated by the provided statistics."
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Contextual Factors in the Classroom, 2008.
This paper explores how contextual factors affect the teaching/learning process in the mathematical classroom.
1,637 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 36.95
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The paper discusses community, classroom and student characteristics that include geographic factors, community and school population, socio-economics, race/ethnicity, community stability and classroom rules and routines, grouping patterns, scheduling and arrangement and how they affect the teaching/learning process. The paper explains that contextual factors also acknowledge the impact of aspects like attitudes, perceptions, expectations, abilities, gender, socio-cultural background and maturity on every learning experience. The paper also looks at how community, classroom and student characteristics influence instructional planning and assessment.
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"It generally goes without saying that contextual factors play an important role in mathematical classroom via the way they affect the teaching/learning process. Among these factors are environmental (geographic location), community and school population, socio-economics, race/ethnicity, community stability, political climate and community support for education as well as classroom factors represented by rules and routines, grouping patterns, scheduling and classroom arrangement. Student characteristics should also be examined when designing instruction and assessing learning, such as age, gender, race/ethnicity, special needs, achievement/developmental levels, culture, language, interests, learning styles/modalities and skill levels."
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Contextual Family Therapy & Bowenian, 2008.
A comparison of two theories - contextual family therapy & Bowenian.
2,837 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 58.95
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The paper presents the theoretical foundation of Murray Bowen and Ivan Nagy therapeutic approaches, comparing and contrasting the specificity of concepts, pathology and treatment. The paper emphasizes that the main common point which unites the two theories is their focus on family-of-origin experiences when conceptualizing cases. The paper presents concepts and therapy techniques in order to emphasize the common points and differentiating points. Also noted is the need for more empirical studies to validate the effectiveness of the two theories and concepts.
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"Contextual Family Therapy was founded by Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy in the 1950's, by turning from psychoanalysis to family therapy, and emphasizes that family life may be described in terms of four main dimensions: facts (such as ethnicity or family size); psychology (such as thoughts and emotions); transactions (such as interaction patterns); and relational ethics (the balance of fairness among people) (Carr 2006). The core issue of contextual family therapy is relational ethics - establishing fairness - as the central way of helping families to resolve problems. Contextual therapists consider that the problems develop as a result of an imbalance of justice within the family across generations. The lack of balance manifests itself in the family relationships as a ledger of entitlements and debts that also suggests what has been given and what is owed. Significant imbalance in such ledgers even across generations leads to problems. One way of imbalancing relational ledgers are invisible loyalties. They lead to developing problems. As Alan Carr noted, invisible loyalties are "the unconscious commitments that children make to meet debts to parents or entitlements arising from their interactions with them" (Carr, p. 163). For instance, an adult that has been neglected as a child feels entitled to neglect his children at his turn. Split loyalties usually are the result of parental conflict and happens when a child is faced to side with one parent, this generating a sense of entitlement at having lost a parent."
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Conceptual Frameworks, 2008.
This paper focuses on the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) conceptual framework development initiative.
797 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, £ 19.95
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The paper discusses the changes in the proposed Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) conceptual framework development initiative. The paper explains that the changes aim to bring coordination between both the FASB and IASB conceptual frameworks and also to bring the individual organization's frameworks into line with their set standards.
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"The FASB report entitled Selected Issues Relating to Assets and Liabilities with Uncertainties was based on a joint 2004 project between FASB and IASB with the purpose of improving the organization's conceptual framework. The areas of improvements generally focus on establishing objectives for better financial reporting by creating qualitative characteristics to be used when conducting financial reporting. The main area of interest in the report is assets and liabilities, primarily the role of probability and uncertainty in defining, recognizing and measuring assets and liabilities."
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Contextual Themes in Four Works, 2002.
A look at the narrative contexts of four pieces of American literature.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper is an examination of narrative context as found in four stories: "Ragtime", "Streetcar Named Desire"," Big Boy Leaves Home", and "Soldier's Home". The paper looks at the consistencies of narrative contextual themes throughout each story. It observes that narrative contexts are character driven and are marked by an interaction with the environment.
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Different Images of Africa, 2004.
This paper discusses that Chinua Achebe, in ?Things Fall Apart?, and Joseph Conrad, in ?Heart of Darkness?, present sharply contrasting images of Africa and African culture.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper argues that the differences in the images of Africa merely represent the reality of two novels written with different purposes, from the viewpoint of disparate culture, and at varying points in time of human development. The author points out that, viewed from the lens of modern day academic settings and politicized views of literature, the belief that ?Heart of Darkness? is a general slander against Africans holds some validity, but, viewed from a contextual framework of the period, the varying cultural consciousness, plot structures, and intent, it equally may be claimed that Conrad merely was depicting the realities as perceived by Europeans at that point in time. The paper explains that the plot structure of ?Things Fall Apart? revolves around a past that reveals that Africans and Europeans contributed equally to the tragic encounter between Europe and Africa, which ultimately weakened African society.
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"Achebe succeeded in presenting a more complete picture of African society and culture because that was the intent behind ?Things Fall Apart". Conrad, on the other hand, had a very different purpose in that he wished to demonstrate the rapidity with which even an educated mind can descend into darkness in conditions of solitude. As Graff points out, until current day questions arose on the implicit racism in ?Heart of Darkness?, the novel was seen as a universal parable of reason and unreason (Graff). There was very little scope really for Conrad to undertake an in-depth exploration of African culture."
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AIDS in Africa: Mother to child transmission, 2006.
A discussion regarding the issue of mother to child transmission of AIDS in Africa, focusing specifically on South Africa.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 10 sources, £ 92.95
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This paper discusses how AIDS is the most virulent disease even known to affect humanity, and Africa has been particularly hard hit. This paper examines this pandemic in terms of its incidence and its epidemiological profile. The paper focuses on Africa and more specifically on sub-Saharan Africa. In addition this paper pays special attention to the interesting case of South Africa and the crucial subject of mother to child transmission.
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Migration in Africa, 2005.
A discussion on rural-urban migration patterns in Africa.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper looks at rural-urban migration patterns in Africa. It examines patterns in South Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Zambia and Ghana. The paper looks at the reasons for the migration and its effect on the rural areas and on the cities.
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The Scramble for Africa, 2006.
A paper explaining the economic impetus for the partitioning of Africa.
2,584 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 54.95
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This paper explains why the European powers decided to parcel out among themselves the continent of Africa and, in particular, West Africa. The paper explains that there were a number of factors that led to the partitioning of Africa including economic reasons, the ending of the "old" relationship between Europe and Africa, and the changing attitudes toward slavery. The paper also looks at the political reasons for the partition and explains that all these changes combined caused the peoples of West Africa to lose their place in the world's economic community and submit to change that ultimately denied them their right to self-determination and dignity.
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"The stamping out of the West African Slave Trade by the Royal Navy was only the first step in a sweeping reordering of the Native West African World. Though eventually the entire continent was to be affected by British anti-slavery policies, West Africa was among the first and hardest hit. Many Native kings derived a large part of their wealth from the Trade. They were willing participants in an exchange that formed the basis of their states' economies. Ashanti and Dahomey are two examples of powerful West African kingdoms that attempted to preserve their traditional sources of revenue and life-ways."
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Logical Framework, 2007.
A research paper on logical framework, the method of framing the growth of national and global plans.
3,403 words (approx. 13.6 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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The paper explores whether the use of logical framework during the project cycle in developing countries is because of its intrinsic value or merely because it is a donor requirement. Concerned with the importance, exploitation and launch of the concept of logical framework analysis (LFA), the paper highlights some of the important structural features involved in framing an efficient LFA. The paper discusses some of the essential conditions needed by the LFA and their employees in connection with the project planning matrix. Finally, the paper shows the value and important uses of the logical framework.
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Objectives
Background of Logical Framework
Stages in Logical Framework
Situation Analysis
Strategy Analysis
Project Planning Matrix (PPM)
Implementation
Problems in the Development of LF
Benefits of Utilizing Logical Framework System
Problems With the Logical Framework System
Conclusion
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"Logical Framework (LF) was first established by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to act as a helping tool in the creating, structuring, development and administration of its solitary or joint national/global ventures (Coleman, 1987, p. 251). Its importance lies in its ability to chain and categorize a variety of logical methods and circumstances that could be a result of any plan before its initiation. Due to his efficient feature, LF has been used regularly by organizations all over in tailored outlines (Pfenning and Schurmann, 1999)."
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"Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon, 2002.
A look at neo-colonialism in Sub-Saharan Africa through a review of "Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, £ 36.95
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This paper will discuss the elements of neo-colonialism that seems to have affected a large part of the Sub-Saharan parts of Africa within the book "Understanding Contemporary Africa" by Douglas Gordon. This paper will focus on the ways that this has been achieved in the rules that the colonials have created upon the African learning systems here. With this in mind, we can see how they function in tandem.
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