The knowing construction of identity Not only is there more room for a greater variety of identities to emerge; it is also the case that the construction of identity has become a known requirement. Modern Western societies do not leave individuals in any doubt that they need to make choices of identity and lifestyle - even if their preferred options are rather obvious and conventional ones‚ or are limited due to lack of financial (or cultural) resources. As the sociologist Ulrich Beck has noted
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Running head: KNOWING YOUR AUDIENCE Knowing Your Audience Name BCOM/275 Teacher Knowing Your Audience On August 5‚ 2010‚ a small copper mine located in Chile suffered a cave-in which left 33 workers trapped underground. With workers being trapped 300 meters below ground with limited food‚ water‚ and oxygen‚ nobody knew for sure how long they would survive. After four days of being trapped‚ there was still no idea if any
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The Use of Ways of Knowing in a Clinical Scenario Fabiola Benoit Saint Joseph’s College Abstract The use of ways of knowing is assumed to be a valid and necessary strategy in providing adequate care in the nursing field. Carper has developed four ways of knowing that has become essential in a nurses every day practice. Carper’s four fundamental patterns of knowing are defined as empirical‚ ethical‚ personal and aesthetic. Empirical knowledge is defined as the science of nursing. Aesthetic knowledge
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help to make their lives‚ a life worth knowing. They could be a humanitarian‚ soldiers‚ firefighters‚ donate money to charity‚ and or they just generally are an amazing person & much more. Someone who has a life worth knowing is basically hero/heroine and a leader combined. A hero is a person‚ who is admired for courage or noble qualities & a leader is a person followed by others. I choose Ellen DeGeneres because I believe Ellen is a life worth knowing. Ellen Lee DeGeneres was born January
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truth-in-question with the four ways of knowing‚ as well as it’s justifications‚ and through Plato’s three truth requirements. If something that is believed to be true cannot be properly explained and justified through the ways of knowing and the justifications of at least empiricism and/or authority‚ than it is probably not true. When examining something to figure out if it is true or just believed to be true‚ it is really important to look at the four ways of knowing‚ which are: emotion‚ reason‚ language
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that ultimately determines the kind of knowledge the field aims to develop as well as the manner in which that knowledge is to be organized‚ tested and applied” (Carper‚ 1978). It is Barbara Carper who developed the four fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing and they are; empirics‚ esthetics‚ personal knowledge and ethics (Carper‚ 1978). In this paper I will provide clinical interventions that I have used for my patients and explain how they are relevant. Empirics; the science of nursing
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Knowing the Differences and Similarities between Homeostasis and the “Set Point Theory”‚ and Settling Point Theory Excelsior College Author Note: This paper was prepared for SOC221: Why We Overeat: Perspectives on Nutrition Module 2 Taught by Dr. Strugatz How many diets are there in America today? The answer to this question is too many to count. But one thing that we do know is that more than one-third of adult Americans are overweight‚ according to the Center of Disease Control and
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The Importance of Knowing Shakespeare By Silvia Elditama Shakespeare known as a great playwright all the times in English Literature. His contribution to literary works‚ including plays‚ sonnet and poems give high successful for his family‚ and his hometown‚ Stratford. The importance of studying and knowing William Shakespeare still interesting until this era. Shakespeare brings those innovation and great contribution within English literature. Those few contribution affected the society at that
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HEALTH SCIENCE JOURNAL ® VOLUME 5‚ ISSUE 4 (2011) The Value and Significance of Knowing the Patient for Professional Practice‚ according to the Carper’s Patterns of Knowing Marianna Mantzorou 1‚ Dimos Mastrogiannis 2 1. RN‚ MSc‚ Lecturer‚ Department of Nursing Β΄‚ Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Athens‚ Greece 2. RN‚ MSc‚ Lecturer‚ Department of Nursing‚ Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Lamia‚ Greece Abstract Background: Τhe scientific value of man relies upon
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four ways of knowing presented by the IB are all based on our conscious mind whose mechanism is known to a certain extent. However intuition‚ memory and imagination are part of our unconscious mind whose functioning is not yet proven till date. Memory is the function of storing and recalling information gained from experience. Whereas‚ imagination is the process of forming new ideas or concepts of external data not present to our senses. For a notion to be proposed as a way of knowing‚ it needs to
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