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How does Aristotle define erotic love in his discussion of friendship?
Plato uses the metaphor of a human being who is sliced in half and then longs for their other half to symbolize the characteristics of erotic love. What are these characteristics and how does the metaphor symbolize them?
How does Plato define erotic love in symposium
How to summarize the first ten chapters of the Ellen G White book called Education
Is it convincing that modern economics is mechanistic?
1. Deepities are apparently profound statements that generally have at least two meanings: one that’s trivially true and one that’s apparently meaningful but almost certainly false. See if you can explain why the following sayings should be considered deepities. What kind of equivocation (lexical ambiguity) is in play?
a. The Theory of Evolution is only a theory
b. A human zygote is a human
c. Que sera, sera
Contrast Cordova's description of the American Indian approach to the world and our place in it with the Western perspective. How is the American Indian approach which considers us "at home" on the earth different from dominant views in the West?
Your post should be at least 300 words and should cite the text both for paraphrasing (putting material in your own words) as well as direct quotes.
How do you compare between man being an animal and man being rational animal?
Write an essay of not more than 5 typed pages (10 marks per page, Bibliography excluded)
on the following topic:
The nature of an African philosophy of education.
Structure your essay as follows:
1. Introduction to the essay where you indicate what the African Renaissance and the
problem of establishing an African identity mean for education on the African continent.
(5)
2. Body of the essay where you should deal with the following: The contribution that African
philosophy can make to education in terms of:
o uBuntu (10)
o Communality (10)
o Indigenous African knowledge systems and what they are. (10)
o Indigenous African knowledge systems and African education systems. (10)
3. Conclusion to the essay where you indicate what a relevant African philosophy of education would be directed at. No new sources or new information should be added to the conclusion. (5)
4. Bibliography (Below are some references that you should consult in completing your essay. You may of course add any additional references to this list. Remember that your bibliography should be in alphabetical order).
QUESTION 1
For a symbolic interactionist, gender is something which ... .
a) an attribute of different people
b) innate
c) up to the individual
d) constantly made up and reproduced through social interaction
QUESTION 2
Which one of the following is not an aspect of symbolic interactionist theory?
a) Everyday contact
b) Social interaction
c) Meritocracy
d) Constructed identity
QUESTION 3
The idea of citizenship entails ... .
a) a legal status (to be a citizen)
b) an emphasis on cosmopolitan ideals
c) citizenship as a practice (to act as a citizen)
d) an emphasis on formal schooling
1) a and d
2) b and d
3) a, b and c
4) a, b and d
QUESTION 4
The Restoration and Extension of South African Citizenship Act (1993) included the
following:
a) South African citizenship for all.
b) Segregation.
c) Every South African citizen is entitled to enjoy all rights, privileges and benefits of South
African citizenship.
d) Every South African should be subject to the duties, obligations and responsibilities of
being a citizen.
1) b
2) a and c
3) a, c and d
4) b and d
QUESTION 5
Citizenship education in post - apartheid South Africa is best described as... .
a) promoting participatory democracy
b) confined to matric students
c) promoting the necessary skills for active citizenship
d) a waste of time
1) b and d
2) b, c and d
3) a and c
4) a, b and d
QUESTION 6
The study of ‘diversity’ includes the following:
a) Learning about group differences in society
b) The development of group and individual identity
c) The static character of society
d) Addressing how different social factors influence social institutions
1) a and b
2) a, b and d
3) c
4) c and d
QUESTION 7
The term ‘identity’ within a sociology of education context means our social identities
are ... .
a) entirely reliant upon our genes
b) guided by factors, such as gender, race, class, religion and disability
c) shaped by input from our families, the media, peers and schools
d) given to us by midwives
1) a, b and d
2) a, b and c
3) a and b
4) b and c
QUESTION 8
What is social stratification?
a) The way of life of a people.
b) A tradition.
c) When an individual in society only acquires a certain part of culture.
d) A process of categorising people according to their ranks within the family and society
1) a, b and c
2) b, c and d
3) d
4) b
QUESTION 9
The social construction of race ... .
a) encourages an understanding of race as biological
b) entails an understanding of race as being socially constructed
c) emphasises historical, cultural and economic factors, as well as the physical characteristics
of people
d) encompasses the idea that people are assigned to different racial categories because of
opinion and social experience
1) b, c and d
2) a, b and c
3) a and b
4) a and d
QUESTION 10
Gender is best described as ... .
a) the social process of developing masculine and feminine traits
b) being male
c) being female
d) the innate characteristics we have as men and women.
1) b and c
2) a
3) d
4) a and d
