...PSY330: Educational Psychology Midterm Examination Diversity in Educational Settings A student population is only as diverse as the institution hosting them. A middle high school in a rural town with a population of 15,000 will be less diverse than a middle high school in a city of 300,000. Both schools will probably have an entirely different end point based on the way it functions internally in relationship to its environment. Since I have limited current experience with public school institutions I’ll focus on the schools/training environments I have the most experience with, US Army Initial Entry Training (IET), and the Non-Commissioned Officers Academies (NCOA’s). What is unique about these military institutions is the fact that they are culturally unique to themselves, though the diversity of the military outstrips most all educational/corporate environments around the world, the background of the student is almost irrelevant, whether or not the student can or will conform is important. Integrating a civilian into the military is derived from the Army Mission (Department of the Army, 2009), and is filled with unique training challenges that revolve around the Army Values, Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless-Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage (LDRSHIP). These Values have nothing to do with the students past, but represent the present and the future potential of the individual within the Army Culture. Army Instructors are trained to teach within specific...
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...Memo To: InterClean First-Level Managers From: Vanessa Sutton, Sales Manager Date: March 15, 2010 Subj.: Manager Behavior As you know the merger with EnviroTech, Inc. is approaching finalization. We would like this transaction to be as smooth as possible; we feel that EnviroTech will provide us with the opportunity to become a full service operation. In order to make this a successful move, all first-level managers are ask to restructure job responsibilities which should provide new potential for employee career advancement. As with any change, there will be concerns and questions. Your role as managers are to explain how manager’s behavior can affect the productivity of his or her workers; describe the types of management action that align with employment laws and those that do not; and describe best practices for working within a diverse work environment. I encourage you to respond in a positive and supportive manner. Your roles as managers will be vital to making this a successful transaction; there are several factors that affect the productivity of workers such as people skills, management skills and the most important attitude. Manager’s behavior can help establish a positive open organizational climate, which will help its team members feel safe and be more productive at their job. Insure that all your employees know what is expected of them and what’s available for them to accomplish their jobs and promote quality customer satisfaction. Mangers should...
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...| Area in the syllabus | Essay Title | Essay Title In your own words | Theories o religion: | Religious organisationsTypologies | Religious organisationsWhy people join. | Religious organisationsdevelopment | NAMs/NRMs | Religion in global context:Secularisation | Religion in a global contextFundamentalism- | Religion and social Change | Religion as source of conflict or consensus | Religiosity: Class | Religiosity: Age | Religiosity: Gender | Religiosity: Ethnicity | Belief Systems: Religion | Belief Systems: Science: | Belief Systems: ideology | Jun12 | Religion is still the most significant ideological influence in the world today. ’To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Critically examine sociological views of sects in society today. (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using material from Item A and elsewhere, assess the view that women are no longer oppressed by religion. (18 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Jan 12 | The growth of New Age and similar movements is evidence of a spiritual revolution in society today.’ To what extent do sociological arguments and evidence support this view? (33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assess the usefulness of functionalist theories in understanding religion today.(33 marks) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Using...
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...exam papers that you should practice writing plans for as they are still relevant. However there are a few key differences: * The question you will answer will be worth 20 marks not 24 marks. * You will have 30 minutes to write a 20 mark answer. * The essays will consist 4 paragraphs and a conclusion containing new information. How to use this document: * Use the extract from the mark scheme and examiners’ advice to create essay plans of the questions. * You may not have heard of all of the concepts in the mark scheme but there should be at least some that are familiar to you. * The examiner’s advice usually outlines bad, moderate and good answers to the question so pick out the ways in which you can achieve top band and incorporate this into your plan. June 2015 Examine the impact of government policies and laws on family life. [24 marks] From the mark scheme: Concepts and issues such as the following may appear: patriarchy; familism; surveillance; ideological control; gender regimes; marital breakdown; family structure; family diversity; welfare dependency; underclass; reserve army of labour Policies/laws on abortion; divorce; contraception; reproductive technology; marriage; adoption; pensions; benefits; taxes; education; childcare; child protection; sexuality; immigration may be discussed Analysis and evaluation may be developed, for instance by comparing the impact of different policies/laws or by discussing perspectives on social policy and the family (eg...
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...WORKBOOK ANSWERS AQA AS Sociology Unit 1 Families and Households This Answers book provides some possible answers that might be given for the questions asked in the workbook. They are not exhaustive and other answers may well be acceptable, but they are intended as a guide to give teachers and students feedback. The responses for the longer essay-style questions are intended to give some idea about how the exam questions might be answered. Again, these are not the only ways to answer such questions but they can be treated as one way of approaching questions of these types. Topic 1 Functionalist and New Right views of the family How have functionalist and New Right thinkers explained family life and the relationship between families and social change? 1 The organic analogy refers to the extended comparison made by functionalists between the human or other living body and society, with the organs of the body equivalent to institutions and structures in society. 2 Primary socialisation refers to the first and most important stage of the socialisation process by which young children absorb the norms and values of their culture, mainly from their parents. Note: make sure your answer explains both ‘primary’ and ‘socialisation’. 3 One way in which the nuclear family is more suited than other types of family to modern industrial society is that it allows for geographical mobility; it is easier to move a nuclear family to a new area for, say, a...
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...Market segmentation is a subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs. Marketing segmentation has dividing a market into smaller group distinct needs, characteristic or behavior those might require separate products or marketing mixes. The purpose of market segmentation is to increase marketing efficiency by focusing marketing efforts to a particular group, maximize scarce marketing resources, find a market with limited competition and select the most profitable segment. It has four major market segmentation variables, there are geographic, demographic, psychographic and behavioral. Geographic segmentation tries to divide the market into different geographical units such as location, regions, population density, climate and countries. Demographic segmentation consists of dividing the market into groups based on variables such as gender, family size, family life cycle, income, occupation, education, religion, race and nationality. Psychographic segmentation divides buyers into different groups based on social class, lifestyle or personality characteristics. Behavioral segmentation divides buyers into groups based on their knowledge, attitudes, response to a product. There are four consumer and industrial product that we are going to discuss about their market segmentation, which are McDonald, Hugo Boss perfume, Mobil Nokia and magazine of National Geographic. Fast food: McDonalds Geographic segmentation ...
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...would motivate teachers to improve their standards. It would also allow parents and students to have a choice in which schools they would like to send their children. This would be through analysing league tables and discussing OFSTED reports from different schools. New right assert that important institutions in society are becoming dysfunctional because of left wing social policy and are need of protection and reform. For example, the welfare state stops the stratification system from fulfilling the function of incentivising people to work, as diversity and divorce are destroying the nuclear family. New right also believe that education can only perform its role effectively if it’s organised on market principles rather than the state. As marketization will increase competition, ensure choice and raise standards. New right support maintains the traditional standards of learning and teaching reading writing and arithmetic. In this essay the following topics will be discussed, 1988 Education Act, Traditional Education and Stronger links between the workplace and education. Before the 1988 Education Act, if students didn’t do well then it wouldn’t of mattered as there was many different stereotypes based upon a students’ class, gender and ethnicity. However this changed once the 1988 Education act was introduced as schools began to compete with each other and they were being compared to different schools through Ofsted reports, league tables and statistics of results. Parents...
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...Sociology Essay Assess the view that the nuclear family is no longer the norm (24 Marks) In today’s society, the family is not as big as it used to be earlier though the decades, the nuclear family at least. Many sociologists have criticised the family e.g. feminists and the way in which it is run. The Nuclear Family is known as the traditional family. The nuclear family was mainly dominant in the 1960s when most of the UK was working in factories and looking for jobs, this family type allowed families to move around the country easily enough, this aspect is called geographical mobility. Another aspect of the family in terms of Functionalist ideals, is the gender-role socialization in which the children are brought up in a way that gender stereotypes are made, for example boys are brought up to be tough and play with cars and play sports, while girls are brought up to be sensitive and play with dolls and gossip with each other. The final function of the nuclear family is the socialization of children which teaches them the norms and values of society. Functionalists have many studies of this, like Murdock who studied 250 societies and therefore decided that the nuclear family was Universal and that the nuclear family had 4 main functions: sexual, reproductive, educational and economic. However Parsons view along with this were both proven wrong as it was said their studies were too simplistic. However many perspectives disagree by saying that the nuclear family is used...
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...Reclaiming Cultural and Social Diversity: Mobilizing Youth for National Harmony and Peace: the Search for Resources Within Students Essays 0 Reclaiming Cultural and Social Diversity: Mobilizing Youth for National Harmony and Peace: the Search for Resources Within Contents Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 ESSAYS ....................................................................................................................... 5 1. Social & Cultural Diversity............................................................................................... 6 2. Citizenship ...................................................................................................................... 7 3. What Is A Good Pakistani Citizen? Define His/Her Responsibilities & Rights. ............... 8 4. What Is A Good Pakistani Citizen? Define His / Her Rights And Responsibilities .......... 9 5. What Is A Good Pakistani Citizen? Define His / Her Rights And Responsibilities ........ 11 6. Sectarian Violence: Implications for Citizens and Country............................................ 12 7. Becoming A Responsible Citizen: Can Education Help? .............................................. 13 8. Becoming A Responsible Citizen: Can Education Help...
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...| Essay, Custom Research Paper: Argumentative Essay on Child Labor Laws and Regulations | | | | Child labor occurs along a continuum, with harmful and exploitative work that endangers the welfare and potential of the child at one end of the spectrum and light work and often beneficial training and apprenticeship at the other. National and international labor standard regulations with respect to what constitutes a legally permissible minimum age of employment accordingly depend typically on a range of criteria including (a) the type of work, as distinguished by the degree of hazard a child faces, or whether the child is subject to exploitation, or the worst forms of child labor; (b) the sector of employment, whether in agriculture, manufacturing, or family businesses or the household; and (c) the degree to which child labor work interferes with schooling, depending on the number of hours a child is put to work, say, per week.Though child labor statistics inevitably paint an aggregate picture, the coverage of national and international statistics has improved, reflecting a diversity of activities that come under the umbrella of child labor work. International Labour Organization (ILO) statistics treat any child as economically active with performance of at least 1 hour of work during the week prior to asurvey. The ILO also defines a child laborer as synonymous with (a) an economically active person between the ages of 5 and 11, and (b) an individual between the ages of 12...
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...If you have children that are school age you have probably have thought about the options of home schooling vs. public schooling. You most likely have thought about how much would it cost or the amount of time it takes to teach home schooling. With the news articles out there about things that happen at schools you most likely have thought about how that would be on your child as well. One of the last things that most parents think about when choosing to home school or not are how your child’s social skills will develop. There are many different articles out there on this topic. The following essay will give you an indebt description of the difference between public and in-home schooling and its effects on the children. To start the first thing that comes to most parent’s mind is how much time and money they are going to spend in each situation. Concerning home schooling, you do spend most of your time with your children. There is no hiding that fact. Depending on your day-to-day life, this might be easy for you. This is the first thing you have to look at when making that choice for your children. Now concerning public school, you get to send your children to a different location for anywhere between four to eight hours. Now one good thing about public school is there are extracurricular activities available for children whose parents cannot be home after they get home from school. Another thing that parents are concerned about is the price difference between...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Today’s world is the booming of technological industry. Courses like Hotel and Restaurant Management are being upgrade as people go through information age. If we look at the hotels in the city, Hotel's are using the new form of technology, including the interior design, tools, room and kitchen equipments to provide the accurate service to guests. According to the Oxford English dictionary, Hospitality means the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers with liberality and good will. The Hotel and Restaurant Management Curriculum provides a synthesis of different skills, concepts and principles specializing in hospitality training. It involves the study and application of practical and managerial knowledge and functions such as hotel and restaurant operations, culinary arts, food service, hospitality education and research that are essential in preparing the students to become adept future restaurateurs and hoteliers. In the broadest sense, information refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information. At the lowest level people have the servers with an operating system. Installed on these servers are things like database and web serving software. The servers are connected to each other and to users via network infrastructure. And the users accessing these servers have their own hardware, operating system, and software tools. Many companies now have IT departments for managing the...
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...improve their profit. Making novel advertisement, changing marketing method and adjusting strategic plan are common ways to improve company’s performance (Yanfang, 2011). As the time goes on, people find that these ways sometimes do not work. The problem is about organizational culture. It is why organization does not have good performance (LaGuardia, 2008). Organizational culture has a long history but no one realized it until 1980. There was a drastic business competition between American and Japan. Japanese companies changed their organizational cultures to make their companies better. After that many foreign companies followed (Albert & Jean, 2007). The huge influence of organizational culture was found by people at that time. This essay aims at understanding the influence of organizational culture on organization’s performance. It will use theoretical knowledge to explain the influence of organizational culture on organization’s performance. Then organizational examples will be used to apply to theoretical knowledge. Organizational culture includes many elements such as leadership, values, beliefs, symbols and so on. Organizational culture shows the concept when you meet some situations and do some specific work. What are some familiar stories and symbols they often tell and use? What are some common pictures they often see at workplace? They are all examples about organizational culture (LaGuardia, 2008). Organizational culture can help organizations to promote and affect...
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...American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade. Ed. Bob Bacthelor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press 2009. 978-0-313- 34410-7. 4 vol. 1,604p. $375.00. Gr. 9-12. This four volume set gives students a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the many and varied aspects of pop culture across America from 1900 to the present. The volumes cover the following chronological periods: V 1. 1900-1929, V 2. 1930-1959, V 3. 1960-1989 and Vol. 4. 1990-Present. There is an Introduction for each volume focusing on the major issues during that period. There is a Timeline of events for the decade which gives extra oversight and content to the study of the period and an Overview of each dcade. Chapters focus on specific areas of pop culture (Advertising, Books, Entertainment, Fashion, Food Music and much more) supplemented with sidebars containing stories, photos, illustrations and Notable information. There are endnotes for each decade and a Resource Guide and Index. Volume 4 also contains a Cost of Products from 1900-2000, and an Appendix with Classroom Resources for teachers and students and a Cumulative Index. Students, teachers and the general reader will love sifting through the experiences of Americans as they easily follow the crazes, technological breakthroughs and the experiences of art, entertainment, sports and other cultural forces and events that influenced each generation. Reference– Popular Culture ...
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...ECONOMIC SANCTIONS Introduction This essay main is to conduct a critically, and logically analyze of both the economic and ethical consequences that emanate from imposed economic sanctions. The first section of the essay will also deeply appreciate on the definition of an economic sanction and also clearly and logically evaluate whether it is a good strategy to make the other nations honor and respect their demands. This is mostly with an aim to avoid any form of generalization that is done by most people who assume it’s a good practice and also a form of defensive mechanism to coerce the other nation consider on its ultimatums by delivering and basing my argument on a critical analysis point of view. The second paragraph will mainly constitute and analyze the effects of an imposed economic sanction as well as it’s political, ethical, and economic impact on the nations involved. On the conclusion bit, I will give an opinion putting into consideration both the positive and the negative effects of the economic sanctions and also assess on their viability and applicability. Main body Ethics or morality, rather than being general, are highly diversified according to different times, spaces, and groups. As Nardin argued, “ethics involves principles, but it also involves the interpretation and application of these principles by particular persons in particular circumstances” (1992: 2). Economic sanctions are a form of domestic fines and even penalties that are imposed...
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