... a position of intellectual authority' and 'there is a discipline-specific body of knowledge [they] are expected to cover in the course'. The role of a teacher, as defined in the Oxford Online Dictionary is to 'impart knowledge to or instruct (someone) as to how to do something'. This definition is accepted universally; therefore when a teacher expresses his own or a somewhat ... 'valuing functional efficiency' (Chua: 1983) over exploring the 'possibilities for challenge and change' (Macbeth: 2010). Chua (1983) laments that 'to reduce all human problems to the lev...

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... so, (Wynne, 1999). These examples, appear to be compelling evidence for the fact that not only can animals learn forms of language similar to our own but must have some level of self-awareness in order to convey their wishes. The very notion of having a wish requires a knowledge that you are a unique individual who has some desire that you would like ... that animals are capable of deception, though the large majority of it is based upon observations of animals in their natural environment rather than controlled studies. Although this provides a high level of ecological validity, it doe...

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