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Writing a Pedagogical Creed

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Write your own pedagogical creed following the detail template
No source references are expected (although if you have a quote you “live by”, include it). This work should reflect your own thoughts about schooling, society, teaching and learning.
Structure: use subtitle to divide and organize this paper. Begin each section on a new page. 

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A Quote that Best Summarizes Your View of History

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Select 1 of the quotes below that best summarizes your view of history, discuss how this quote encapsulates your opinions.

a) History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions. – Voltaire, philosopher

b) History is a myth that men agree to believe. –Napoleon, French leader



c) With the historian it is an article of faith that knowledge of the past is a key to understanding the present. – Kenneth Stampp, historian



d) History is who we are and why we are the way we are. ~David McCullough, historian, author of John Adams



e) I’m interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically understand a great more about contemporary life. – TONI MORRISON, Time interview, Jan. 21, 1998

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Working in the International Business Arena

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What is it like to be a business professional working in the international business arena? Your assignment is to interview an individual whose occupation involves significant exposure to international business dealings (sales, purchasing, legal contracts, logistics, marketing, etc.). Get to know what their reality is in adjusting to the challenges created by international implications.

The interview with your subject should last at least 20minutes in length with the preferred format being in-person, via telephone is acceptable, and electronic interviews are the last resort. Review the following questions: Continue reading

The Best Companies to Work for in America

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Using materials from magazines such as Forbes, Fortune, Working Women, and BusinessWeek, research the best companies to work for in America and the cultures of those organizations. Out of all the companies identified in Step 1, choose two companies where you would most like to work. Write a report on the two companies you have selected. Include what you discovered about the cultures of these two organizations and why you would like to work there. Examine the impact that you think the management has on the organization’s culture. Continue reading

Analyzing ‘A Celebration of Emancipation’

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Lorna Goodison’s poem, “A Celebration of Emancipation,” deals with the Emancipation Act of 1834 which abolished slavery in the English colonies of the Caribbean, but did not grant full freedom to the slaves until they had completed what was termed “Apprenticeship,” an additional four years of mandatory labor on the sugar estates. The poem depicts the attitudes of those who were made free earlier to those who were still tied by Apprenticeship to the estates. Continue reading

Sustainability

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Give your views on the relationship between sustainability and changing education paradigms How can divergent thinking be useful when looking at issues of sustainability? Why is it necessary to consider being wrong ? Consider how the perspective of looking back at the planet from space may help us understand the beautiful and fragile nature of life on earth. Continue reading

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