ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Philosophy
Sample Essay
Words 1,727
Introduction
Much discussion has focused on the question: What is the nature of science? Most descriptions of science found in education, psychology, and philosophy materialize from the theoretical and procedural outlook that highlight norms, principles, and broad trends. Some groups are motivated to distinguish science from other activities while some groups work in the opposite course and blur the lines between science and others ways of knowing. (more…)
ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Film / Book / Article Reviews
Sample Essay
Words 1,438
Although he is probably less well known today than his novelist brother, William James’s contributions to both scientific and humanistic discourses during the decades before and after the turn of the 20th century were actually much greater. Generally considered to be the father of American psychology of education, his 1890 The Principles of Psychology is still widely read today, as is his Varieties of Religious Experience: A study in Human Nature. This latter book is the focus of this paper, although it must be stressed that the ideas presented in the latter cannot be fully understood unless they are placed within the context of James’s entire body of scholarship on the ways in which the human mind develops. (more…)
ESSAY SAMPLES
Sample Essay
Words 1,320
- 1. Engagement
A. Problem: A fourteen-year-old girl who is pregnant and all alone with handling her condition. The family is not supporting her in this difficult time and the baby’s father is hardly around. (more…)
ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on Social Issues
Sample Essay
Words 2,414
Introduction
The nation has changed and the workforce has progressed, the relationship between educational attainment and employment has developed stronger. The bang of education beyond the high school level on wages and employment has been well documented: Census data point out that, in general, the more education a person has, the better the lifetime earnings and the lower levels of unemployment he or she will experience. (more…)
ESSAY SAMPLES, Essays on English
Sample Essay
Words 618
The most important thing that I learned in the military was teamwork. teamwork only occurs if there is communication between the different team members and each member is able to communicate freely with each other even the leader is there as a guide not as a dictator. In Iraq and even before that, I learned to rely on my peers and my colleagues as we dealt with life and death situations. It led to mutual respect and trust for each other. Similarly in the case of the classroom the teacher, I believe, is more of a guide and a member of the team which is the class. And communication between teacher and student has to be very free flowing and easy so that the teacher and the students understand each other and I think it leads to a kind of respect and trust which is not possible if the teacher is aloof and uses the dictatorial approach with students. (more…)
