Reflections on hooliganism
Essay - 6 pages - Sports
Public places used to carry sporting events and, in particular, those related to the passion for football have always been dealt with issues related to the maintenance and administration of public order. The reference here is to those groups, more or less organized, which generally are defined as...
The sociology of disasters
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It is customary to consider the disaster or a catastrophe as a phenomenon essentially tied to the vagaries of nature or as a byproduct of human activities. In both cases, it is approached through a perspective of emergency that rarely leaves room for interpretation on the functioning of social...
Sociology without borders: For public sociology?
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In the first issue of Sociology, the online magazine, the editorial says that the birth of the project sets an ambitious goal with reference to an article from The Buroway. It makes public sociology a scientific discipline. This does not mean that it makes it more accessible by simplifying its...
The influence of minorities: the study on conformity to Serge Moscovici
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Social psychology has long been believed that only the majority could influence the individual or the minorities. The French social psychologist, Serge Moscovici, through his experimental studies, has introduced a new location, that is rich in developments and which by no means is negligible....
The Cajun identity
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
I have chosen this subject for my first class about Louisiana. The Cajun people just fascinate me as I consider them as the last French people in America. Paradoxically, when they speak French on television, we have to subtitle their words to understand them better. I wondered how they could...
Difficulties graduates encounter and the needs and expectations from companies
Thesis - 13 pages - Educational studies
Finding a good job one of the biggest concerns of students after graduating. From then, the question of whether graduates from universities could have a suitable job in the future may be far more complicated to be answered. There are many controversial points of view around this issue, and each...
Students and project work: Problems and recommendations
Thesis - 10 pages - Educational studies
Project work, as defined in the website of the Ministry of Education of Singapore, is considered as one learning experience that can help to provide students with opportunity to apply general knowledge of various fields to real life situation. In such attempt, Hoa Sen University has made project...
How to motivate students' activeness in taking part in classroom activities
Thesis - 12 pages - Educational studies
Gone are the days the lecturers taught while students just listened comprehension and took notes. Nowadays, educational career has been innovated about the teaching and learning method. More and more students are self - motivated in their own studies, they advance their opinions even oppose...
Civilization and its Discontents, Freud: the "death instinct" (chapter VI)
Text commentary - 1 pages - Psychology
To understand Freud's discussion of the death wish or 'death instinct' in chapter VI of Civilization and its Discontents, suffice it to start with a paradox. The work of culture is placed under the authority of Eros, of a life force that aims at combining individuals into greater...
Freud's theoretical imagination
Essay - 6 pages - Psychology
When we discuss Freud's 'psychoanalysis as a human science', it is very tempting to rush for a definition as to what human science is, that is, a definition that could encompass the different ways of doing history, the various ways of doing sociology, psychology, etc. You understand...
Integrating the Latino minority: a time trial?
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It is common knowledge that the Latino minority constitute a little less than one third of the United States population in 2050. The Latinos are already the largest minority group, representing 15% of the total US population, and according to the previous 2050 forecast, their population is...
A personal experience on attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Thesis - 8 pages - Psychology
Someone once said, “Be careful what you wish for, for it might just come true.” I thought writing a paper from the personal perspective of an adult living with attention deficit disorder (ADD) , would be a comparatively easy task. I have written about the many unrelenting challenges I...
Ethnographic Research Project: Yoga To The People - published: 04/01/2010
Essay - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
As our mantra says...this yoga is for mothers, brothers, sisters and grandmothers, poets, bakers, painters and artists. This is Yoga to the People! So let all of your doubts or questions be set aside... come and explore the world of yoga', are the words one can read when entering Yoga to the...
Cover letter for a complete year in a Business School
Sample letter - 1 pages - Everyday's life
I present to you my application for a year's study in your Business School in order to follow the second year courses of the Master in International Business. I am currently undergoing the first year course of a Master in Management with an option in International Management, and I would like...
The Olympic games, the face of the World every four years
Essay - 25 pages - Sports
This report will be limited to the modern era of the Olympic Games but we need to know the full history of this world event in order to understand all the characteristics of the Games. This history began 3000 years ago in 776 BC in classical Greece with the religious purpose of celebrating...
An immersion in the african culture: sharing a traditional diner with an ethiopian family without knowing how to do it
Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
When I received the instructions for this paper about a diversity experience, I was excited to discover something new but was, at the same time, quite embarrassed as well, because I did not know at all what kind of experience I would be able to lead and whether I would be able to find an...
International Work Experience - My Trip to Charleston, SC
Internship report - 11 pages - Everyday's life
The second year of Marketing and European Management, within the international school of management IDRAC Lyon, begins with a cultural trip of two months, named International Work Experience. This stay, is not in a French-speaking country, and enables the students, on one hand, to discover a...
Presentation of The end of the body, Emily Martin - published: 18/12/2009
Book review - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Why is the question of the body so important and relevant today? This is because the body is a key feature in Western societies, as historical factors have led to the merging of a salient body; among them: the European state formation (with the creation of protected citizenship),...
British and American Universities
Worksheets - 3 pages - Educational studies
American colleges and universities are among the worlds most prestigious. More than thirty of the highest-ranked forty five institutions are in the United States. Students can apply to any university and college they want to, but the most brilliant ones are selected by the universities, as long...
University education in the US and the UK
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
American colleges and universities are considered prestigious all around the world, and even sometimes the most prestigious. According to a research, more than 30 highest ranking institutions, and over 45 colleges and universities are located in the United States. According to UNESCO, the United...
Analysis of a moral struggle
Essay - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
"Public should not exercise authority over any marriage", says Nathan Warner in a recent article. Is it that simple? Should marriage really be a private matter, on which the State has no control? A few years ago, the Economist published an article dealing with polygamy practiced by Mormon...
Cultural analysis of France
Course material - 18 pages - Sociology & social sciences
France is one of the 27 member States of the European Union. This means it enjoys the four fundamental freedoms within the European market: freedom of movement for people, money, services and goods. France is located in Western Europe, a developed area with all the necessary infrastructures for...
Culture shock for students abroad: a new trend
Essay - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
For years, a lot of business schools in the world have proposed a year of study abroad in order to enrich the student's culture. Some people are not aware of the difficulties students face in this kind of adventure. It is worth analyzing how students live through this brutal experience. First...
An analysis of nutritional requirement for athletes
Thesis - 9 pages - Sports
This paper examines the nutritional needs of the athletes. Though there are numerous sports, this paper evaluates Marathon and racing as the example of stressing the importance in athletes. This paper is designed to provide recommendations for British Athletes during the Olympic Games to be held...
An analysis of drug abuse in sports: Why sportsmen resort to drugs to enhance their performance?
Thesis - 4 pages - Sports
Athletes face tremendous pressure to succeed during an event. They are not only pressurized by their peers but from external groups like fans, family etc. At times this pressure becomes extremely difficult to tolerate and affects the performance of the athlete. The high expectations from them...
Evaluation of sports development as a policy initiative for the benefit of the society
Thesis - 7 pages - Sports
There is no denying the fact that sports contribute significantly to the development of the society on the whole. Sports education is considered to be the integral part of education. The role of sport development officer assumes significance since he is responsible for planning, implementation...
Have eating habits changed in the last 20 years for the better or for the worse?
Essay - 4 pages - Nutrition, alimentation and dietetic
A meal is usually defined as the consumption of two or more foods in a structured setting at a set time. Snacks consist of a small amount of food or beverage eaten between meals. A common eating pattern is three meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) per day, with snacks between meals. The...
The use of the room's phone in Aynsley Hall
Case study - 3 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Aynsley Hall is a foreign students residence on the Stoke-on-Trent campus. The phone is installed in all the rooms and it is free to call on the campus. The title of my research is 'The use of the room's phone in Aynsley Hall' and one research question is 'By what means the use of...
Factors influencing academic performance of pupils/students in an educational institution
Thesis - 3 pages - Educational studies
Assessment of pupils / students is one of the duties of a teacher, which can be in form of test or examination and aimed at measuring the level of attainment of educational objectives. However, there are three domains of educational objectives: the cognitive, affective and psycho motor. While the...
How can we claim that the sport at the world level became a real business in our time?
Dissertation - 28 pages - Sports
Today, it is difficult to deny that sport takes a considerable importance in our society. An importance which can be characterized at several levels: economic, social, or even cultural. Thus, we can assist different sports events all the year round, but also do our Sunday jogging, or go to the...
