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Progressive education in Canada: implementation and flexibility across provinces

Discuss the history of progressive education in North America, beginning with John Dewey. How has progressive education been implemented in Canada? How "progressive" has progressive education been in Canada?

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Mass media's role in acculturation among Taiwanese adult ESL learners

How impactful is the mass media in terms of the acculturation for Taiwanese adult English as a second language (ESL) learners (ages 18-25)?

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HIV/AIDS as motivation for substance use recovery in women

Substance use and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are often interrelated conditions.

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Foucault's theory of homosexuality as social construct and historical deviance

Without the cultural concept of 'heterosexuality,' homosexuality does not exist, according to the 20th century French philosopher Michel Foucault.

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Resistance, accommodation, and voice in Maya Angelou's writings

Danahay (1991) takes on one of the most important topics in Angelou's writings -- but a topic that is probably even more central to the teaching of Angelou's writings -- the concept of resistance and accommodation.

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Israeli-Palestinian peace as a priority for American Middle East policy

Israelis and Palestinians do not have to keep fighting and killing each other forever. But it sometimes seems that they do.

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Family violence as deviance: sociological perspectives and social impact

In recent years society has become increasingly more violent. This violence exists in many different spheres of life. One of the most harmful forms of violence is family violence.

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Stress and adjustment challenges in stepfamily formation

Stress and the breakup of a family -- through divorce, death, or separation -- have nearly always gone hand in hand.

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Heaney's naturalism and lost innocence in "Death of a Naturalist"

The Subject of "Death" To the "Naturalist" According to Heaney The premise of naturalism is the philosophical argument that all phenomena and events, all experiences and impulses can be explained by the dictate of natural law.

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Shakespeare's characters and the universality of human emotion

William Shakespeare has long been considered one of the greatest writers -- perhaps the greatest -- in English or indeed possibly any language.

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