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Learning journals and critical reflection in adult computer students

Learning Journals in Higher and Continuing Education (2002), Arthur M. Langer of Teacher's College at Columbia University, examines in-depth and with great authority the issue of utilizing learning journals "as vehicles for encouraging critical reflection among non-traditional students" and for…

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Ethics of raising animals for human consumption

That question can have many different answers, depending first upon one's concept of ethics and morality. Moreover, answers will depend upon in what period of history one has lived, where one lives, what culture a person is part of, and what food is available for consumption.

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Optimal currency area theory and monetary union criteria

An Optimal Currency Area (OCA) is a geographic area that is best suited to share the same currency because it would optimize the region's economic efficiency.

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Max Weber's Protestant Ethic and American class stratification

America's 'free market economy' is one of the calling cards of its defiant stance on individual liberties and personal opportunities for the pursuit of happiness.

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Bodily continuity and personal identity: a philosophical analysis

Is bodily continuity necessary for personal identity?" In order to approach and deal with the central question in this paper, one first has to ascertain the approximate meaning of identity, as well as the way that the term 'personal identity" is understood.

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David Roediger's "The Wages of Whiteness": racism and working class identity

In the Wages of Whiteness, the author, Roediger, explores the relationship between the growth of America's working classes and the social construction of prejudice behaviors or racism (Roediger, 2007).

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Language choice and cultural identity in African literature: Achebe and Ngugi

When authors are relating the African experience, must they write the original book in the native language? Does this add to the experience? Better yet, does writing it in English lose its cultural identity?

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Richard Brookhiser's moral biography of George Washington's character

Richard Brookhiser is an American journalist, biographer, historian and a senior editor at National Review and columnist for the New York Observer.

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A.J.P. Taylor's theory of accidental war causation in World War One

As with any great conflict, the aftermath often causes a flood of interpretations regarding the causes, actions, and outcomes. World War I is no different from any other event in this respect.

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How oral tradition shapes family identity and cultural memory

It is a beautiful day, 70 degrees, clear, blue sky. The early morning sun is beginning to shine down for warmth and comfort. The jackets will come off. The shorts will be put on. The sidewalks team with hundreds, thousands of people rushing, rushing....Do they know where? Do they know why?

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