Abstract This paper discusses HelenKeller's life story, outlining her tremendous faith and courage. The paper describes Helen as an inarticulate little deaf and blind girl who grew into a world renowned and beloved figure. Her slow, painful and successful battle to re-enter the world is examined. The paper illustrates how she changed the destiny of the blind and deaf forever. She is portrayed as one of the most powerful symbols of triumph over adversity.
From the Paper "For the first few years after her illness, Helen became a very difficult child, throwing tantrums, and terrorizing her household. Relatives urged her parents to put her into an institution. Seeking out the advice of many experts, including Alexander Graham Bell (the inventor of the telephone), she was referred to Anne Sullivan, a woman who had lost the majority of her sight at age five, and became an orphan by age ten. Surgery improved her eyesight, and she agreed to accept Helen as a pupil. In fact, she and Helen moved into a small cottage in Tuscumbia, and after a month of trying to teach Helen through sign language, a "miracle" occurred. In a scene that is famous around the world, teacher and student were at a water pump, and as Anne pumped the water over Helen's hand, she spelled out the word water in the other hand." A bibliography is included with the paper rather than a resources listed page.
This paper discusses the need for cross-cultural understanding by listing the problems exhibited in the case of Wolfgang Keller which had negative effects upon Koningsbrau-Hellas as a whole.
1,280 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 0 sources, 2002, $ 43.95
Abstract This work deals with the case of Wolfgang Keller and describes numerous people from different backgrounds (ethnic, educational, etc.) and the confusion that was caused as a result of those differences. All of these diffculties in communication are elaborated upon and this essay describes the means by which all parties can benefit as well as keep from making the same mistakes in the future.
From the Paper "The Wolfgang Keller at Konigbrau-Hellas A.E. Harvard Business School case illuminates upon several cross-cultural communications circumstances, confusions, and problems. The case is described mainly from the point of view of Wolfgang Keller with supporting documentation of performance evaluations, memos, and other documents. These papers supplement the storyline and add valuable resources for the reader to more closely analyze the situation."
Abstract This paper examines how Anne Bronte's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" depicts the marriage of Helen and Arthur Huntingdon, and how Arthur's negative lifestyle impacts their marriage. The paper relates that the marriage of Arthur and Helen Huntingdon depicts a lot about how men acted towards marriage in the 1800 Victorian society. The paper also explains that the novel does not follow the cultural norm exactly, but Bronte wrote it that way intentionally in order to shed light on what was happening behind closed doors in relationships.
From the Paper "During, and even before, their courtship, Helen speaks of Arthur Huntingdon as though he is a magnificent man without any flaws whatsoever. She tells her Aunt Maxwell, "He is a much better man than you think of him" (Bronte 140), determined to prove to others that he is the perfect man for her to marry, despite any thoughts they may have about Mr. Huntingdon. Even though Helen tries to convince others he is a great man for marriage, she somewhat has to convince herself at the same time. In what looks like a criminal interrogation between Helen and her aunt, Helen begins to doubt whether or not Arthur is as good a man as she defends him to be; "Is he a good man?" her aunt asks her, "Yes - in some respects," Helen replies. "Is he a man of principle?" she asks Helen, "Perhaps not, exactly," Helen states (Bronte 140), showing that even Helen does not truly believe herself when she describes how good a man Mr. Huntingdon really is. "
Abstract There are approximately 500 active volcanoes world wide and a couple dozen of those erupt every year. Humans have learned to live around volcanoes, for the most part. They have been avoided, feared and even worshipped for millennia. However, that by no means guarantees that humans and the environments that humans depend on, will not come into harm's way. The paper shows that as the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980 proves, even with advanced warning and strict security measures, nature can take its toll. The paper describes the aftermath of the explosion, where about 60 people and countless plants and animals died and it would be almost two decades before the surrounding area returned to a stable and comparative ecosystem. The paper shows that if two decades sounds like a long time, one need only keep in mind that scientists were actually pleasantly surprised with the rate of recovery.
From the Paper "It would be a while before the people could breathe freely after this natural disaster. It would be even longer before the world healed itself. Contrary to what one might expect, conservation efforts to help nature along were often doomed to failure. No duplicated ecosystem could replace a lost one. However, scientists eventually learned that the ecosystem was self-correcting. Some things had survived the lava, like small fungi too small to be thoroughly trapped and destroyed. Small animals often survived as well. Over time, when left to its own devices, it seemed that nature worked to preserve itself intact. For example, insects that conservations might think would be harmful killed many surviving trees, but the fallen trees provided prime shelter and a budding environment for other survivors."
Abstract This paper is written about the Greek Hero or Heroine - Helen and Odysseus. The Greeks seemed to have favored a view of the heroic that contained its element of imperfection, and against a background of grand events in which the hero, or heroine, typically present themselves.
Abstract The paper seeks to show that, although "The Iliad" is clearly the product of a patriarchal, misogynistic society, Homer is far too aware of humanity to be as sexist as Hesiod, for example. It explains that Homer's portrayal of Helen shows his understanding and empathy, while his carefully constructed relationship of Patroclus and Achilles reveals certain feminine characteristics in the great male heroes.
From the Paper "Homer's acute awareness of human nature has often been praised by critics, and is one of the reasons the Iliad has survived and is still read today. It enables him to create fascinating characters, and allows him to deal with both male and female personalities equally. Arthur compliments the Homeric poems for having a "less rigid" dichotomy between men and women , especially in comparison with the more overtly misogynistic work of Hesiod, for example. It is this that makes for the fascinating characterisation of Helen in the poem, which is the product of centuries of mythology and development of her story. So important is her character that she even has the final speech. The female gods are also notable examples of women in the Iliad, for even though they are divine, as females, they still reflect the Homeric gender roles."
This paper discusses Helen Hunt Jackson's novel "Ramona" and research text "A Century of Dishonor" about the plight of Native-Americans in North America.
Abstract This paper explains that Helen Hunt Jackson's books describe the way the United States government stole their cultures from the Native-Americans, robbing them of the lands, language, religion and honor. The author points out that, in "A Century of Dishonor", Jackson discusses seven different tribes of North America, the Delaware, the Cheyenne, the Nez Perc, the Sioux, the Ponca, the Winnebago and the Cherokee, which are summarized in this paper. The paper relates that, in Jackson's romance novel "Ramona", which is the story of a young Spanish woman who defies the customs of her people and falls in love with a Native-American, the animosity of European decent people towards Native-Americans is presented in heart breaking fashion.
From the Paper "The Delaware lands stretched from the Hudson to the Potomac Rivers. The Delaware are an interesting tribe who, like the Moslems, recognize the fact that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The Delaware played both sides against each other in an attempt to maintain control over the lands. "In the French and Indian war of 1755 many of them fought on the side of the French against the English." The British of course were attempting to displace the Delaware and other Native-American tribes. They also were trying to gain control over French territories in the North. The majority of Delaware later sided with the British in the beginning of the Revolutionary War against the future United States."
Tags: tribes, ethnic, romance, culture, government
Abstract This paper relates the accomplishments of Helen Lamb Frost, who revolutionized anesthesiology by establishing the School of Anesthesia in St. Louis, Missouri in 1921 (AANA, 2005). The author points out that School of Anesthesia (1) introduced a new organization to anesthesiology's medical and academic significance in the field of medicine, (2) assisted the emergence professional organization such as the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists or AANA and (3) developed the standards for using anesthesiology in the field of medicine. The paper stresses that Lamb 'humanized' anesthesiology as a science by Lamb, in order making it patients safer thus making them more receptive to the use of anesthesia before undergoing a crucial medical procedure or operation.
From the Paper "AANA's study on patient safety in the office setting is one such example. Hornsby, in his article entitled, "Anesthesia's New Frontier: Ensuring Patient Safety in the Office Setting," focused on introducing the new method of conducting "office-based surgery." This new concept is presented as a new way in which medical practitioners adapt to the changing lifestyles and environments that people find themselves in everyday. As in the case of most people who work inside offices, Hornsby and the AANA delved on the possibility of promoting safe "surgical and anesthesia care" in the office setting to people who find themselves unable to commit themselves to caring for their health and illnesses for fear of missing out on work."
Abstract In this article, the writer discusses Edgar Allen Poe's poem "To Helen (Poem of a Later Life)", as a piece of persuasive flattery. The writer contends that the flattery is self-serving and that Poe was interested in his artistic legacy as much as persuading the recipient to marry him.
From the Paper "Edgar Allan Poe was a poet short-story writer and critic. During his prolific writing career, Poe would produce many volumes of verse short stories and criticism. He was also a man whose life was characterized by frequent financial difficulties, failed or tragic love affairs and or marriages and a seemingly unquenchable romantic. A number of his love affairs served him well as the source of ideas for his poems among which "To Helen (Poem of Later Life)" ... "
Abstract This paper explains that Helen Longino argues in her article "Pornography, Oppression and Freedom: A Closer Look" that pornography by its nature is harmful to women and should be controlled and eliminated. The author maintains that Longino bases this position on tenuous distinctions between pornography and erotica and on the liberal use of universal claims about the effect that pornography has on women and their place in society. The paper contends that, despite her superficially well-reasoned article, a closer examination of Longino's claims and analysis reveals problems that undermine her argument. The paper then asserts that pornography cannot be considered necessarily and categorically harmful to women. The paper concludes that the marginal harm that pornography might cause in isolated incidents is not great enough to justify banning pornography and restricting this form of sexual expression.
From the Paper "Longino argues that these harms are cause enough to invoke laws and regulations that would limit freedom of expression and sexual expression. But are these harms entirely plausible? Is the potential for these harms to be realized justification enough to ban pornography. F.M. Christensen would say no, that efforts to ban pornography through limitations on freedoms--especially freedom of expression--is reprehensible and much more harmful to society than the potential ills of pornography. On this point, I agree with Christensen."
Abstract The paper states that Helen Longino's essay "Subjects, Power, and Knowledge: Description and Prescription in Feminist Philosophies of Science" draws upon the distinctions and tensions between the normative and descriptive traditions in the theory of knowledge, trying to integrate and examine the way in which the feminist accounts of science have impacted the theory of knowledge acquisition. The paper explains that Longino's focus is mainly on the epistemology of science. The paper also states that in Longino's opinion the identification of nature as female and the scientific mind as male, and the privileging of explanatory models of control over those constructed around relations of interdependence may question the validity of the scientific method itself.
From the Paper "The nature of the relationship between observation, data, and theory, which represent scientific discourse have been considered arguments against unconditioned subjectivity and empiricism. The arguments rely on the fact that if the scientific knower is considered an individual who should be freed from external influences in order to produce acceptable knowledge the puzzles introduced by observation and certain evidential relations will remain unsolved."
Looking at the life, education and communication development of HelenKeller. Examines several autobiographies, influence of philosophers on and the life's work of deaf-blind-mute American.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 2 sources, 1999, $ 103.95
From the Paper "Helen Keller
Helen's Early Development
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, a small town in Alabama (Keller, 1990, p. 1). When she was eighteen months old she was stricken with an illness that left her deaf and blind (Keller, 1990. P. 4). While the extent of Helen's disabilities was not immediately apparent, it was not long before her family became aware that she could no longer communicate as others could. Nonetheless, in the period before her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to her, Helen's story demonstrates her will and determination to communicate and to make herself understood: "My hands felt every object and observed every motion, and in this way I learned to know many things" (Keller, 1990. P. 5).
Abstract This paper explains that Keller's ARCS motivation model identifies the four characteristics, which are capitalized and form the acronyms for ARCS and are applied in a sequential manner: Attention (arouse and sustain interest), Relevance (connect lives, needs and interests of the student to the content), Confidence (create a positive expectation for student success) and Satisfaction (intrinsic and extrinsic reward for effort). The author points out that Keller breaks the four major ARCS characteristics into three sub-components: Attention into the sub-components of perceptual arousal, inquiry arousal and variability; Relevance into goal orientation, motive matching and familiarity; Confidence into the sub-components of learning requirements, success opportunities and personal responsibility and Satisfaction into intrinsic reinforcement, extrinsic rewards and equity. The paper applies this teaching method in a detailed lesson plan on using geometry to build a tower, to teaching swimming and states that the method can be used in business.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Review of the Literature and Applications in the Classroom
Characteristics of the ARCS Model
Attention
Relevance
Confidence
Satisfaction
Table 1: Instructional Strategies for Stimulating Motivation as Suggested by the ARCS Model
The Application of ARCS to an Actual Lesson Plan
Attention
Relevance
Confidence
Satisfaction
The Application of ARCS outside the Classroom
Attention
Relevance
Confidence
Satisfaction
Summary
Appendix A: Using Geometry to Build a Tower
From the Paper "In the lesson, confidence is first instilled in the learners by supplying them with a rubric that outlines the expectations for success in the project. The assignment begins with the relatively simple assignment of taking pictures or looking at pictures on the internet and then describing those structures in their notebooks. Next, the lesson encourages success by having the student build two simple geometric figures, a triangle and a square, and then add to the design of each to strengthen the figures. Once the students have built the simple geometric figures, the lesson challenges the students to build a three dimensional figure and then to build a tower. Each step adds new challenges and opportunities for success. The hands-on nature of the activity also provides the learner with a certain degree of control over the learning environment. This also serves to foster confidence in the learner."
This paper evaluates Evelyn Fox Keller's "Reflections on Gender and Science" in terms of Sigmund Freud's concept of Weltanschauung as presented in his "New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis".
Abstract This paper explains that Sigmund Freud defined his concept of Weltanschauung as an intellectual construction which gives a unified solution of all the problems of our existence in which no question is left open and in which everything has its place. The author points out that, as a scientist and a feminist, Evelyn Fox Keller, known for her work in history, sociology and the philosophy of the inter-relationship of science and gender, is neither too easy on the male-dominated scientific establishment nor is she calling for a "feminist science" of a different order from the current and classical prevailing form. This paper relates that Keller is calling not for a different science but for a science that recognizes the value of differences in approach and cognition, a gender-free science, a truly scientific Weltanschauung.
From the Paper "For example, Keller acknowledges that more and more women have been going into scientific careers, but until recently, most have been in the soft sciences, not the hard sciences such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, and biology. She notes that even these characterizations as "hard" and "soft" revel a sexist, masculine bias in the way people think about science--an attitude that is hardly objective and scientific. She even mentions that her five-year-old son stated that "science is for men." What better proof of the pervasiveness of the genderization of science than when your own child says that to his mother, who is a mathematical biophysicist who has done groundbreaking research in some of the "hardest" areas of quantitative scientific research?"
Tags: construct, men, inter-relationship, differences, research
This paper analyzes and compares the following contemporary books: 'Trash Culture', 'The Death of Literature', 'The Medium is the Massage' and 'What was Literature?'.
Abstract This paper discusses four books about literature today. The author of the paper's ideas are the following: Richard Keller Simon's book 'Trash Culture' encourages studying classic literature and both its classical and contemporary interpretations. Leslie Fiedler's book 'What Was Literature?' states that the examination of the art novel is a pass? exercise; that our approach is flawed if we cannot cater to the detective novel, the pornographic fancy, or the comic strip. Marshall McLuhan's book 'The Medium is the Massage' discusses messages as well as the importance of themes in novels. Alvin Kernan's book' The Death of Literature' advocates negative views against television. The paper also includes examples of modern movies and television shows and compares them to certain books.
From the Paper "Richard Keller Simon, in his book 'Trash Culture' advocates the simultaneous study of classic literature through its traditional forms and contemporary interpretation, highlighting the importance of promoting popular culture in conjunction with classic literature in order to comprehend the crucial perspective in which the books materialize. (R. K. Simon, California, 3-5) In rejecting Stallone's interpretation and condensation of the Iliad as not having the ability to convey any of the inherent messages of its classic counterpart, we deny popular culture as a possibly influential schooling device. (Spectrum, Australia, 1) "
