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Experiential Metafunctional Analysis of Winston S. Churchill's "Speech on Hitler's Invasion of the U.S.S.R."
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Liping, Chen – English Language Teaching, 2014
According to Halliday, it is language that enables human beings to form the impression of experience, which consists of "goings-on"--happening, doing, sensing, meaning and being and becoming, either internally and externally. This is the experiential metafunction. With the focus on Transitivity, a political discourse has been studied…
Descriptors: Speeches, War, Foreign Policy, Public Officials
Reflecting on MACOS: Why It Failed and What We Can Learn from Its Demise
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Fitchett, Paul G.; Russell, William Benedict – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2012
The New Social Studies movement was an effort by social scientists to reform US social studies/history curriculum at all levels during the 1960s and early 1970s. In the end, more than 50 different projects attempting to revitalise social studies were developed. Many of the projects focused on inquiry-based teaching practices and curriculum.…
Descriptors: Social Scientists, Social Studies, Units of Study, Anthropology
Vygotskian Theory and Special Education Practice in Russia.
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Daniels, Harry; Lunt, Ingrid – Educational Studies, 1993
Discusses tensions and dilemmas that arise in the implementation of Vygotskian psychology. Analyzes the development of special educational needs and practice in the former Soviet Union and compares this with similar changes in England and Wales. Uses interviews in Russian schools and Moscow State University to illustrate the analysis. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational History