...McDonalized Society If you have ever had a meal in a restaurant (fast-food / formal dining), used an ATM in a bank, spent your vacation at an amusement park or simply browsed through a mall, you have been exposed to McDonaldization. McDonaldization is, “the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurants are coming to dominate more and more parts of America’s society as well as the rest of the world” (Ritzer). Nearly all aspects of today's society have become more standardized because of McDonaldization including health care, the restaurant business, and higher education. Despite its name, McDonaldization refers to a phenomena that reach back past McDonald’s method of fast food all the way to Henry Ford’s assembly line. This introduction of a form of production focused on efficiency is a process that would change the relationship between producers and consumers forever. In other words, the Ford’s assembly line opened the door for consumers to create more effective and logical means of production to gain more with minimum cost. An ideal McDonalized model will be efficient, calculable, predictable, and controlled (Ritzer). Efficiency is reached by determining the best, most rational way to do something. Once this method is selected, many workers will not have any other choice in how this task is performed. Each part of the assembly line is very structured. Calculability in McDonaldization refers to the striving of businesses to achieve the greatest sales. This quantitative...
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...The structural-functional perspective is the one that views society as having many parts which are all necessary for its well being .for this group of people education has a number of important aspects. Firstly the school system assists in passing skills to people. Students learn a lot of skills. For example they learn some technical skills such as carpentry, metal work or driving. Other skills that are transmitted include ability to communicate, ability to maintain personal integrity when faced by pressure. Knowledge is also passed on through the education system. For example how people can maintain their health status by having balanced meals or bathing and the disposal of waste matter. The culture and values of a society are passed on through the education system. Some values are passed through political ideologies and history as taught in school. For example the American educational system teaches that people must maintain their liberties. Day to day skills and folkways are passed on, for example in my country we are taught to say thank you to someone while clapping hands. Valuable practices, norms, values, rituals and symbols are transmitted through the education system, which assists to create a united society that has a lot to share. On the other hand the conflict theory has its own outlook on the role of education in the society. The conflict perspective paints the society as having various groups and individuals who have different interest, aspirations and needs which...
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...administrator is an education leader who promotes the success of all students by acting with integrity, fairness, and in an ethical manner. | Knowledge | Skills | Enduring Understanding | Essential Questions | Administrators will know…. | Administrator will be able to…. | Administrators will understand that… | | the purpose of educational programs and accountability for academic success in the school | use data to guide instruction so that it is focused on helping all students (ISLLC 2008: 5A) | The administrator is seen as the “first citizen” by the school community. The administrator must adhere to the morals and values set by the school and community both personally and professionally. | How can you use the data to help guild your instruction, so that all students are successful? What issues will you encounter that may impact the success of your students? | | | | | how to demonstrate a personal and professional code of ethics | respect the rights of others with regard to confidentiality, dignity, and engage in honest interactions (ISLLC 2008: 5B) | | As an administrator, how do you align your decision to develop a professional personal code of ethics? How will you know the community has built a trusting relationship with you? | | | | | how to develop a culture of diverse staff members that promotes the value of all individuals | express the value of diversity in the school and ensure that all students have an education (ISLLC 2008: 5C) |...
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...Have you ever encounter a kind of mentor who’s inconsiderate? Uncharitable to unfortunate students? Mentors who are very critical to students who are slow in learning process? Or a teacher who chooses more in malingering or simply does unnecessary things during their time of teaching or time of duty? These are just some of the observed adversities of some of the teachers that learners commonly proclaim. Adversities of the teacher and students are required to race with it in order to survive in the world of schooling. Conditions that drove the researchers to investigate deeper the quotient of adversities that some of the teachers often undergo. They termed it Adversity Quotient. What is this Adversity Quotient really is? What is the reason why we must study this? How will this kind of research help the teachers in terms of the adversity that they have? How relevant it is to know the Adversity Quotient? And, how will it help them in their field of work? Deprived classrooms, poor quality and not enough number of chairs and tables, inadequacy of instructional materials, insufficient supply of chalk for blackboard writing; Those were just some of the numerous problem of teachers for sufficient learning, excluding the main cause of their headache—the paucity in the curriculum, beaucoup quantity of apprentice, unmotivated learners and stubborn student. But accordingly, these obstacles are transformable to opportunities, according to those great and good mentors whose teaching are in...
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...Classroom management Introduction Learning is a process of knowing or absorbing certain concepts. It is defined as the act of experience of one that leans; knowing of skills by instruction of study; modification of behavior by experience. (Webster’s Dictionary) The classroom is a place where formal learning occurs. It is a place that can offer a wholesome venue for learning activities which can be realized only in an atmosphere conducive to both teaching and learning process. A typical classroom is an area in which serve as a second home of both teachers and student. The teacher is a development of learning in the classroom and as a partner of home in the education of the students. In this point, this study is aimed to assist the teacher in attaining efficiency and effective in classroom management in school. This is intended to help teacher to become knowledgeable and skilled in using a variety of lesson in the present classroom management atmosphere as well as to get better acquainted with the students and their socioeconomic condition. All learning begins with things around us. They may be object, person or phenomena that we experience or what we become aware of though any of our five senses. Classroom management is defined as the method and strategies of educator to maintain a classroom management that is conducive to student success and leaning. Although there are many pedagogical strategies involved in managing a classroom, a common denominator is making sure...
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...In the present age, let the students evaluate their teachers has been widely used in the education sector. The students can judge their teachers whether are good or not. Even when the students are not satisfied with their teachers, they can vote to change the teachers. But, whether the students should evaluate their teachers has sparked spirited debate. Some people assert that students should evaluate their teachers, while many others argue that students should not do that. Then this easy will discuss both opinions in this debate. People who think the students should evaluate their teachers argue that asking the students to evaluate their teachers can benefit for both the teachers and students, there are several benefits for the teachers. Firstly, the evaluation can contribute to helping them improve themselves in their teaching. Through the students’ evaluation, the teachers can recognize the weakness and strength in their working. Research indicates that students are the most qualified sources to report on the extent to which the learning experience was productive, information, satisfying or worthwhile (Theall and Franklin, 2001). Therefore, the evaluation from the students plays an critical role in improving the teachers’ effectiveness. Moreover, the students rating of particular teachers and subjects can be used by other students to select courses and teachers, and can increase the chance that excellence in teaching will be identified and rewarded (Aleamoni, 1981). Sometimes...
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...prepared nurse educator, “I believe that the role is tailored to the need of each student, which is interchangeably” Purpose of Interview The purpose of this interview is to become familiar with the role of the doctoral prepared nurse as an educator. In interviewing, Ms. J Thomas, she stated that her motivation came from the love that she has for nursing. Nursing has many great aspects such as, job security and versatility- you can change jobs but remain in the same career field. Importance of a Doctoral in Education The importance of doctoral education is that it provides a higher level of education in specialty areas. According to Penn (2008), the groundswell of support for the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is a good indication that by the year 2015, the majority of specialty practice education will occur in DNP rather than the master’s program (American association of colleges of nursing, (2007a). Future of Nursing Education The future of nursing education will be enhanced mainly by technology. Classroom will still be in use, but used mostly in the undergraduate setting. The...
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...College is a place that the students can learn more and new knowledge and experience in it. Of course, different people have different reason to study in college. For example, some people want to be to go on a further study after they graduate from the college; some people hope to find a good job after their studying in the college and also some people wish to exchange their present situation through studying in the college. In my opinion, no matter what reason people study in the college for, studying in the college is just a preparation for their future’ life. First of all, students can learn new knowledge and experiences from the studying in the college. There are many teachers, professors with abundant teaching experience who teach students lots of new knowledge and help them to solve the problems in their study. With their help, student can learn a lot of useful basic and professional knowledge which is very helpful for their future’ work. and study. After they finish their study in the college, students go to work in the society and contribute to the different fields. Secondly, students can learn how to arrange their own time reasonably. Before their studying in college, their life often arranged by their parents and their study often arranged by their teachers. It is very different for them to live and study in college, because students studying in college have to arrange their life and study by themselves. They have right to arrange their part time, such as when to...
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...Outline Learning English through video diary is the fascinating way to approach English vocabulary Do people nowadays still improving English vocabulary by just reading? For me reading it was just an input. Learning should be interactive. There are a lots of leisure activities surrounding us. People might think that watching an English movie is more effective rather than just reading books. But by just watching is not enough to improve English vocabulary. There is an widely accepted assumption that filming our daily conversations to improve English vocabulary instead of just reading. In the process of filming, we are involves in the conversation. We can improve our listening skills and observes the gesture, tune of voice, action and etc. Body (Why video is being a good tool in learning English) Video as a listening tool “Video as a listening tool can enhance the listening experience for our students. We very rarely hear a disembodied voice in real life but as teachers we constantly ask our students to work with recorded conversations of people they never see.”-- By Mark McKinnon Video is a good tool in performing and adding weight to the situation while we have an argument conversation. We can learn and observes our gesture, action and tune of voice while we were in a conversation. We might tried a lot of methods to improve English vocabulary, for more effectiveness way, we should try out by filming ourselves daily conversations and watch over and over to find out...
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...The Academic Integrity and Code of Conduct were not surprising to me. They are usually rules that every school has. A big one being not to plagiarize and all other schools enforce this well as well. University of Phoenix is very big on Choices, Ethics and Character. Every school I have attended has about the same rules. UOP enforces Charter and Value more than other schools do. In addition, I think it’s a great idea that schools enforce being a good person and making the right more. Behaving well and being respectful of yourself, teachers and others is important whether it’s on campus or online. * When it comes to learning we need to make ethical choices and not deceitful ones. I accept as true that, as a University of Phoenix student, I am expected to hold a high regard of respect to fellow classmates and professors. I am learning to become a professional adult, and most importantly I will need to become a respectable person. For a person to gain respect, one must be respectful to others. Students being open minded is an important aspect of respect. Listen to what others have to say, and take each statement said into consideration. * * The Student Code of Conduct and Student Code of Academic Integrity teach University of Phoenix students the act of respect and responsibility. In addition, it teaches student how to become respectable, responsible, and mature students, however it also teaches them to uses these same techniques in...
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... TEACHER The importance of research for education The Importance of Conducting Research in Educational Setting Human beings conduct research every day. They do so in many different ways and in many different settings. One important area is education. Conducting research in an educational setting should be an important aspect of every educator’s professional life. Best and Kahn (1993) describe research as ------------------------------------------------- “The systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to the development of generalizations, principles, or theories, resulting in prediction and possibly ultimate control of events” Education in a research setting is done to improve school practices and at the same time to improve those individuals who strive to improve those practices (Best & Kahn, 1993). ------------------------------------------------- The importance of impartial research to improve education standards and the quality of teaching. I think research is an important component of education studies and teacher development Research is not always a concept that practitioners, managers and policy makers respect. Too often it is seen as an academic activity conducted by others – to the profession, not with the profession. But I believe it should be respected. In fact I’d say education professionals are always learning, finding out things, analyzing information, adapting...
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...Such a sea change can be witnessed in the attitudes of people that, it is very obvious in almost every sphere of human existence. Children have been studying in schools and colleges for so many decades, and there has always been an assortment of children of all hues and mental calibers. The fact that some children pick up fast, some slow and some do not at all. This has been true always and is also a fact today and will always be so. However, though the basics of students have remained the same, attitudes have had an abysmal plunge into a sort of near madness. Given the hypothesis that, there always were weak children and brilliant children the system of giving and taking tuitions has taken up to new dimensions to an all time high. There was a time when those children who were weak were the only ones who took extra tuitions so that they could compete with their more brilliant colleagues. This was also not a thing to be proud of that, the child is taking tuition because it would clearly imply that the child was weak in studies. The parents and also their wards felt a little ashamed that they had to resort to extra tuition. This indicated that the student required an extra dose of teaching to cope with the syllabus. Moreover, the teachers of the days gone by, took the trouble of finishing the syllabus in class so that all could benefit. Then, only the weak who required personal attention would take to tuitions. This was the picture as it existed a few decades back...
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...The difference between Western and Eastern education. The difference between Western and Eastern education - Education system in need of change? 林怡廷 (Joyce Lin) 三年十八班 台北市立育成高級中學 1 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com The difference between Western and Eastern education. I. Introduction: People tend to think that Westerners are more assertive and creative, while Easterners are more conservative and reserved. So what makes all these difference? I would suggest it is the result of the different education systems. Having studied under both foreign and local teachers, I discovered that their approaches to teaching are fundamentally different. In this essay, I would like to examine and evaluate these differences. This is vitally important as it influences our choices and responses in life beyond school. And will finally determine our values, the quality of our lives and the satisfaction we derive from life. II. Thesis: A. Teacher-centered and student-centered I would say that the prime difference between the two education systems is that one uses teacher-centered classes, and the other uses student-centered classes. In the Eastern education system, the teacher is the only authority; his or her words are not to be questioned. Students are not expected to speak up in class or respond to the questions that the teacher asks. Therefore, most of the questions are rather rhetorical. Questions are brought up for the teachers to answer. Thus, there is...
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...Active learning is learning which engages and challenges students thinking using real-life and imaginary situations. Students are encouraged for example through the method of pair work to develop their own thoughts and ideas, to resolve problems by themselves, and to talk to and listen to their peers improving on their listening skills. (Chickering and Gamson1987), suggests that students must do more than just listen. ‘They must read, write, discuss, or be engaged in solving problems. Most important, to be actively involved, students must engage in such higher-order thinking tasks as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Within this context, it is proposed that strategies promoting active learning be defined as instructional activities involving students in doing things and thinking about what they are doing’.Students and their learning needs are at the center of active learning which makes it very effective when introducing this pedagogical approach in any lesson. Some active-learning techniques are easier to use in your class and some are harder when it comes to teaching. Teaching methods are constantly changing with teacher and school introducing new pedagogical approaches to teaching, but time and time again active learning producing a much higher sense of achievement and accomplishment in comparison to the old didactic methods of route learning in school. Teaching is becoming more practical nowadays where students are becoming actively more and more involved in...
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...Carper, B. (2013). Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. In W. Cody (Ed), Philosophical and theoretical perspectives for advanced nursing practice (pp. 23-33). Burlington, MA: Jones & Barlett Learning. The author identifies the structure of knowledge and the fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. It is in understanding these patterns that is essential for the teaching and learning of nursing. She describes what kinds of knowledge are held to be of the most value in the discipline of nursing. The four fundamental patterns of knowing she describes are: (1) empirics, the science of nursing, (2) esthetics, the art of nursing, (3) the component of personal knowledge in nursing, and (4) ethics, the component of moral knowledge. Understanding each of these patterns makes it possible for increased awareness of the complexity and diversity of nursing knowledge. She then goes on to say that each pattern may be necessary to achieve mastery in nursing but none of them alone should be considered sufficient. The patterns all work together, but one needs to understand each component to understand the overall concept. She then identifies three major significances to the discipline of nursing in distinguishing patterns of knowing, (1) the conclusions of the discipline conceived as the subject matter cannot be taught or learned without reference to the context of the structure; (2) each of the patterns represents one way of approaching the problems and questions of the...
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