Essays about: "wilson¨"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 95 essays containing the word wilson¨.

  1. 36. Racism, Mark Twain and Close Reading in the English Language Classroom

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Hannes Wikman; [2020]
    Keywords : Racism; racial inequality; intercultural competence; understanding; narrative imagination; narration; empathy; democratic values; Close Reading;

    Abstract : This essay argues that Mark Twain’s novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Pudd’nhead Wilson can be applied in Swedish upper secondary schools to address racial inequality in the purpose of achieving intercultural competence and understanding. Racism is a vast issue, evident in both schools and in our society, locally as well as globally, where ethnical minorities are abused or disfavored societal privileges. READ MORE

  3. 37. Critical Literacy through Critical Documentaries - How Bowling for Columbine and Michael Moore hates America can be used to teach argumentative writing and source criticism to students in upper-secondary school in Sweden.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Pontus Schwartz; [2019]
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    Abstract : This essay seeks to illustrate how critical literacy and source criticism can be incorporated in argumentative thinking and reasoning in an assignment based on authentic materials constructed for students studying English 6 in Swedish upper-secondary school. The assignment seeks to, grounded in critical literacy theory, increase the students’ source criticism and improve their argumentative thinking and reasoning. READ MORE

  4. 38. Asymptotic Symmetries and Faddeev-Kulish states in QED and Gravity

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Fysikum

    Author : David Gaharia; [2019]
    Keywords : Faddeev-Kulish; BMS; Bondi-Metzner-Sachs; Asymptotic Symmetries; Asymptotic States; Wilson Lines; Infrared Divergence; Bloch-Nordsieck; Large Gauge Transformations; Fock; QED; Quantum Electrodynamics; Perturbative Quantum Gravity; PQG; U 1 ; Transformations; Mandelstam Quantization;

    Abstract : When calculating scattering amplitudes in gauge and gravitational theories one encounters infrared (IR) divergences associated with massless fields. These are known to be artifacts of constructing a quantum field theory starting with free fields, and the assumption that in the asymptotic limit (i.e. READ MORE

  5. 39. Evolutionary history and local adaptation in Scottish populations of Populus tremula

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Plant Biology

    Author : Jonathan R. Wilson; [2019]
    Keywords : local adaptation; population structure; selective sweep; synteny;

    Abstract : From a subset of P. tremula samples taken from across Europe and China, principal component analysis of genetic variation indicated population structure in the Scottish population compared with the rest of Eurasia. READ MORE

  6. 40. ‘Good girls’ and ‘bad girls’ in The Great Gatsby : An analysis of the portrayal of Daisy, Jordan and Myrtle

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Linn Karlsson; [2019]
    Keywords : traditional gender roles; stereotypes; The Great Gatsby; new women; feminism;

    Abstract : This essay discusses how women in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby (1925) are portrayed in different ways. During this time between the world wars, progressive women walked the streets of New York. These ‘New Women’ wore short dresses, cut their hair, smoked and drank in public, and showed interest in politics and education. READ MORE