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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"science and culture"”.
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The biology of heavy metal : evolutionary links between science and culture
The modern landscape of heavy metal can be seen as a splintered and interconnected mass of seemingly disparate styles and sub-styles. Literature that examines the history and culture of this music is increasingly common, but musicological study into the nature of developments within metal music are …
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Taking the naturalistic turn seriously : a critique of naturalized philosophy of science
… to establish realism as a better explanation of science than various antirealist alternatives (particular attention is given to Laudan's naturalistic antirealism, van Fraassen's constructive empiricism and social constructivist accounts of science). In particular, it is shown that various …
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Investigating classroom dynamics in Japanese university EFL classrooms
… present day, the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Culture (MEXT) has implemented many reforms to enhance English education in Japanese universities. However, much still remains to be done to improve the situation and one of the biggest hurdles is the fact that there are many unmotivated …
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Reading for Health: Bibliotherapy and the Medicalized Humanities in the United States, 1930-1965
… of midcentury attempts to establish, develop, and study bibliotherapy in the US. I follow three groups-hospital librarians, psychologists and psychiatrists, and language arts educators-from the 1930s to the 1960s, when each in its own ways expressed belief in the therapeutic power of reading …
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Teaching in English and Isixhosa: code-switching in grade 11 Biology classes at a school in Khayelitsha
… school level, how it is used in the teaching and learning situation and its effect on the learners' performance in the subject. Grade 11 was chosen as it precedes the last year at high school.
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"A More Perfect Indian Wisdom": Transcultural Exchange in the Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
… between transcultural performance, exploration, and literature in the United States during the antebellum period. In a nation simultaneously freeing itself from colonial influence yet perpetuating similar nationalistic tendencies in order to territorialize the uncharted West, revolutionary …
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The phenomenology of intelligences – connecting personal flexibility with corporate agility in complexity
… intelligence as a vital component in understanding and developing leadership agility within complex organisational environments. Through an autoethnographic examination of three public works spanning two decades — a model for embodied leadership, a book on physical intelligence, and a digital …
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Negotiating Acceptability of the IUD: Contraceptive Technology, Women's Bodies, and Reproductive Politics
… that the intrauterine device (IUD) is an unsafe and/or obsolete contraceptive method that has been used mostly to impose population control on women in developing countries. Simultaneously, I explore the changing meaning of the device over the last 40 years in varying socio-historical contexts. …