...STUDIES IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND WORK Mike Hayler University of Brighton, UK Autoethnography, Self-Narrative and Teacher Education examines the professional life and work of teacher educators. In adopting an autoethnographic and life-history approach, Mike Hayler develops a theoretically informed discussion of how the professional identity of teacher educators is both formed and represented by narratives of experience. The book draws upon analytic autoethnography and life-history methods to explore the ways in which teacher educators construct and develop their conceptions and practice by engaging with memory through narrative, in order to negotiate some of the ambivalences and uncertainties of their work. The author’s own story of learning, embedded within the text, was shared with other teacher-educators, who following interviews wrote self-narratives around themes which emerged from discussion. The focus for analysis develops from how professional identity and pedagogy are influenced by changing perceptions and self-narratives of life and work experiences, and how this may influence professional culture, content and practice in this area. Autoethnography, Self-Narrative and Teacher Education Autoethnography, Self-Narrative and Teacher Education STUDIES IN PROFESSIONAL LIFE AND WORK The book includes an evaluation of how using this approach has allowed the author to investigate both the subject and method of the research with implications for ...
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...DREAM ANALYSIS This reflective essay illustrates Freud’s theory of dream analysis. It will begin with a brief overview of Freudian dream theory and will go on to describe the various components of personality structure and the unconscious from a psychodynamic perspective. This essay will analyse one of my personal dreams using Freud’s dream analysis theory and conclude with a critical reflection on the application of his theory as it relates to my dream. When Freud famously referred to dreams as being the ‘royal road to the unconscious’, he meant that dreams were a way in which to access the unconscious mind. Dream analysis in psychoanalysis is the process used to explore the role dreams play in the unconscious (Corey, 2005). The purpose of Freud’s theory of dream analysis is to gain better access to the unconscious in order to bring it into the conscious (Day, 2008). Freud believed that the mind represses painful events that the conscious does not want to remember due to the pain and anxiety they cause (Scharf, 2008). These repressed desires and motivations are freed through dreams which are a direct connection to the unconscious. Freud saw the unconscious as sexual and instinctual in nature and the dream as a disguised unfulfilled wish (Welsh, 1994). To better understand the dynamics between the conscious and the unconscious parts of the mind, Freud (1994) developed the structural model of the psyche which he called “the psychic apparatus”. Freud proposed that the part...
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...purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.” –Clayton M. Christensen (1) Something that really struck me in Christensen’s book was when he talked about how he developed the strategy for his own life. At the time, Christensen was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and his academic program was very demanding. Yet, Christensen “decided to spend an hour every night reading, thinking, and praying about why God put [him] on this earth.” This daily commitment was challenging to keep because it took him away from his studies, but reflecting upon that commitment and experience, he said: “Had I instead spent that hour each day learning the latest techniques for mastering the problems of autocorrelation in regression analysis, I would have badly misspent my life. I apply the tools of econometrics a few times a year, but I apply my knowledge of the purpose of my life every day. It’s the single most useful thing I’ve ever learned. I promise my students that if they take the time to figure out their life purpose, they’ll look back on it as the most important thing they discovered at HBS. If they don’t figure it out, they will just sail off without a rudder and get buffeted in the very rough seas of life.” (2) In order to answer the question “How will I measure my life?” I have to ask myself,...
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...program at Texas A&M University in order to prepare myself for pursuing a career of research in mathematics. My long-term objective is to become a professor at a research university, or get a position at a research institution so that I can live a life with mathematics. As an undergraduate, I studied mathematics in Beihang University from 2011 to 2014. When I studied there, I was in the Hua-Luogeng class, a group of students majoring in mathematics and supervised jointly by Chinese Academy of Science. In 2014, I was selected into the fast track program between Beihang University and Texas A&M University, and I started to take graduate courses at Texas A&M University since fall semester of 2014. I got my bachelor degree from Beihang University in 2015, and now I am studying in Texas A&M University as a graduate student to complete the fast track program and going to earn the Master’s degree at the end of spring semester of 2016. My interests in mathematics grow rapidly, as I learn more and more as a math majoring student. I enjoy the feeling of being absorbed in mathematical problems and a sense of accomplishment...
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...Bangladesh for the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration is an original work. It has not been submitted earlier, either partly or wholly, to any other University or Institution for any Degree, Diploma, Studentship, Fellowship or Prize. ………………… Dipock Mondal BBA 070360590 Major: Finance Minor: Management Information System (MIS) Faculty of Business Administration Northern University Certificate of Acceptance This is to certify that Dipock Mondal, bearing ID No BBA 070360590, student of Department of Business Administrative, Northern University Bangladesh has done the internship report title “Mobile Banking (Banking in your Hand)” of Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd -At Satmosjid Road Branch, under my supervision and guidance. I am approving his internship report and accepting it in quality form. Mr. Dipock Mondal is intelligent, sincere and hardworking. He has put in lot of work and has also brought forth his views and ideas which are being studied for implementation at appropriate time. I wish him every success in his future Endeavour. Signature Signature …………………………… ……………… Mohammad Masum Billah Chairman Assistant Professor Internship Committee Faculty of...
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...Self Evaluation and Personal Development Plan Creating a personal development plan involves more than simply contemplating what you want from your life and how to go about achieving it. If you want to create a personal development plan that helps you to achieve your goals, preparation is the key. To prepare, one must have a great deal of self-awareness. This includes clear understanding of personal values and ethics, analyzing personality characteristics, evaluation of learning styles and identifying strengths, weaknesses, motivators, opportunities and threats. Preparing for this personal development plan has been a thought-provoking study encouraging self-evaluation, reflection and realization within the context of self-improvement in career education and relationships. I have analyzed my personality traits to understand how each correlates with my strengths, weaknesses and tendencies. I have learned that my own perceptions and actions may be motivated by feelings that influence me instinctively. Although many traits stem from my personality, that doesn’t mean I can’t develop and improve. I can learn how to use my strengths in better ways and turn weaknesses into strong suits. I have learned through the Jungian Typology that my personality tendencies are moderately introverted, sensing and feeling, and distinctive judging (ISFJ). I have studied the key traits of this personality type and contemplated how it defines me in relationships, parenthood...
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...The Qualitative Report Volume 14 Number 1 March 2009 61-80 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR14-1/blanchard.pdf Lived Experiences of Adult Children Who Have a Parent Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease Amy Blanchard, Jennifer Hodgson, Angela Lamson, and David Dosser East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Little is known about the experience among adult children who have a parent with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). The purpose of this study was to explore, appreciate, and describe their experiences using a phenomenological methodology. Narratives were collected from seven participants who have a parent diagnosed with PD and analyzed according to Colaizzi’s (1978) phenomenological data analysis method. Seven thematic clusters were identified and an exhaustive description is presented to summarize the essence of their lived experience. The study indicates a strong sense of essential positivism from the participants’ stories, and overall, it seems PD has brought some degree of biological, psychological, socially, and/or spiritual meaning to their lives that they may not have otherwise noticed or experienced. Key Words: Parkinson’s Disease, Phenomenology, Biopsychosocial-spiritual, Adult, Children and Illness Introduction “The bond between mother and child is so deeply rooted in our emotions that we fear to discuss openly anything that threatens the bond” – Glenna Atwood (1991) Establishing links between chronic illnesses and family impact are not novel (e.g., Cooke, McNally...
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...Based on learning business courses, I learned a lot of knowledge about business that which is very useful in our daily life. The topic that I can concern to my daily life is Business Management. In simple words, business means managing an activity. Business management also very importance among our life and it can be useful to any business or cooperate industries. As well as management usually surrounds and operating of human resources, financial resources, technology resources and natural resources. In daily study, work and life always embodies the wisdom of management, but also reflects the reality of a person to control the level and ability. Of course, everyone wants to be successful. Besides, we have in mind some own goals and decide plan the ways that we carrying out so as achieve our goals. First of all, we obtain to know how to plan to achieve our goals, that is consist four key areas of management such as: planning, organizing, leading and controlling. The first element of managing is planning. Planning is the function of management that deciding the needs of the organization in the future. Basically, we need to know the path of business, goals, missions and budgeting. Then, identify and selecting appropriate goals, plan to deciding which goals to pursue and deciding what course of action to adopt to obtain those goals. (Mason Carpenter, 2013) For example, let’s say during to do group assignment, we need all working to a theme, set a specific task or had an idea....
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...Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key issues affecting the lives of disable people | Critically discuss key issues that affect disabled people’s livesWhere relevant, identify connections between different issues. Show awareness of the views and perspectives of disabled people. (WA; OP) | Discussion shows exceptional understandings of issues that affect the lives of disabled people and there is an exceptional level of criticality evident throughout The work draws on an extensive range of literature to support points (EF) | Discussion shows excellent understanding of issues that affect the lives of disabled people and there is a high level of criticality evident throughout The work draws on a wide range of literature to support points(H/M/L) | Discussion shows very good understanding of issues that...
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...Contents 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Purpose: 2 1.2. Wellbeing: 2 1.3. Relevance of the different life dimensions: 2 1.4. Main argument: 2 2. Content related to life events and stress score 2 2.1. Life dimensions: 3 2.2. Life dimensions and their importance: 3 2.3. Major personal issues addressed in each life dimension: 3 2.4. Other theories and perspectives on the life dimensions: 6 2.5. Analysis and evaluation of theories in the context of own experience: 6 2.6. Strategies of improvement: 7 2.7. Explanation of how strategies/ goal were achieved for improvement: 9 3. Conclusion 10 4. References 11 1. Introduction 2.1. Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to discuss Stress and Wellbeing I have experienced this year by tracking my stressors with regard to how they began and how they can be resolve. 2.2. Wellbeing: Wellbeing is the state in which the body, mind and soul are in a healthy condition for us to work towards continuously staying healthy or to improve ourselves (Ereaut & Whiting, 2008). 2.3. Relevance of the different life dimensions: Mental health and EAP and Work-Family Initiatives are the life dimensions that shall link to the stresses that I am experiencing at the moment, they are relevant because they shall assist to helping me find a way in which I can control my stress to benefit my wellbeing. 2.4. Main argument: The two main topics for discussion would be Mental health...
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...SPINE Volume 25, Number 22, pp 2940 –2953 ©2000, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. The Oswestry Disability Index Jeremy C. T. Fairbank, MD, FRCS,* and Paul B. Pynsent, PhD† tried. The questionnaire had been published in 198038 and widely disseminated from the 1981 meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) in Paris. The objects of this article are: To present the various versions of the ODI instrument for comparison ● To review the various efforts that have been made to validate this questionnaire ● To compare the scores obtained in studies of different patient population both before and after treatment ● To review the methodology of outcome measurement ● To consider what is actually measured by this and similar instruments ● Study Design. The Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) has become one of the principal condition-specific outcome measures used in the management of spinal disorders. This review is based on publications using the ODI identified from the authors’ personal databases, the Science Citation Index, and hand searches of Spine and current textbooks of spinal disorders. Objectives. To review the versions of this instrument, document methods by which it has been validated, collate data from scores found in normal and back pain populations, provide curves for power calculations in studies using the ODI, and maintain the ODI as a gold standard outcome measure. Summary of Background Data. It has now been 20 years since its original...
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...TITLE: Managing cultural differences By Name Course Professor University City/State Date Contents Introduction 3 Discussion of cultural frameworks 3 My cultural background and discussion of my cultural scores 6 Recommendation on cross cultural management 7 Conclusion 8 References list 9 Introduction Cultural practices in different regions of the world are different. In managing a firm in a particular region, a manager should thus understand the effective cultural practices in the region so as to conduct management in an effective manner (Joint, 2013). The cultural practices determine the expectations of the workforce from the manager and the conditions required by the workforce in a firm so as to yield an optimal output. The knowledge on cultural diversity is greatly applicable in the advertising and branding activities of the firm. It enables one to understand the consumer behavior and thus make informed decisions on the strategies to be undertaken (Verhoest et al., 2010). From the concept and impact of the difference in the cultural practices, then it is crucial for all managers to understand the cultural differences in the regions they conduct their management. In an aim to analyze the cultural frameworks, various cultural frameworks have been generated. The most preferred cultural framework for analysis is the Hofstede’s cultural framework (Dong et al., 2010). Discussion of cultural frameworks In this essay, one analyzes the nature and dimensions of the Hofstede’s...
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...psychology because it is the contribution of the person we are today, and provides clarification through pinpointing and isolating the origin of behaviors, thoughts, or feelings. A person’s personality is unique and varies from person to person. The most common factors that are taken into consideration when evaluating a persons’ personality is his or her genetics and hereditary factors, and overall life experiences and the environment that the person was brought up in. 2. What are some key personality features that define you? Key personality features that define me as a person and can be easily associated with who I am as a person is that I am high organized and structured in my personal, academic, and professional life. I am the type of person who will most often go above and beyond in everything that I do because I enjoy taking the time to apply my full efforts so that I am able to reap a far greater reward in the end. I am a goal oriented person and focus on pushing myself often and I will set goals in a meticulous step-by-step manner to help plan out the best way to obtain my goals. I find that I will often rewrite, edit, and...
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...Rambau, Kristina Hennes & Mauritz: Analysis of the strategic position in marketing terms Seminar paper Document Nr. V101131 http://www.grin.com/ ISBN 978-3-638-99552-8 9 783638 995528 Assignment: BS307 Semester A Year 2000/2001 “Hennes & Mauritz – Analysis of the strategic position in marketing terms” Module: Strategic Marketing Module Tutor: John Batten University Identification Number: 00054801 Scheme: BA (Hons) Marketing Strategic Marketing University Identification Number: 00054801 1 Introduction The first “Hennes” store, a women’s clothes store, was opened in Vastaras, Sweden, in September 1947 by its founder Erling Persson. After expanding to Stockholm, Persson bought a hunting and gun store in 1968, where he sold men’s clothes and which he called “Mauritz”. The new company “Hennes & Mauritz” (H&M), which is Swedish for “Hers & His”, was born. Today H&M is one of the most successful clothing retailers in Europe. It sells around 400 million garments a year and has 620 stores in 14 countries. In April 2000 H&M started going global by successfully expanding to the United States, with its first shop on the Fifth Avenue in New York. The company does not manufacture itself but works together with approximately 900 suppliers in Europe and Asia. To supervise this production H&M maintains twenty production offices around the world. Around 26500 employees are working for H&M in these days, most of them in one of the shops. The overall turnover of the...
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...verbally and non-verbally, was she able to come up with her own theories some of which contradicted ideas of both Sigmund and Ana Freud. Clinical study was where she developed a technique for analyzing children as young as two years old something that was relatively unheard of in 1919. This is when Melanie Klein took on her first child analysis. No one in the early years of Psychoanalysis had dared take on young children; patients who like their adult counterparts were suffering from neurosis, acute anxiety, and other disturbances, which inhibited them in their daily lives, primarily because the belief was that it was dangerous to the child and also that psychoanalysis was for children from the latency period onwards. The latency period was believed to take place around five years old. Melanie Klein was a pioneer in child psychoanalysis and it was through the development of what she termed the Psychoanalytic Play Technique that she was able to find a way that was child friendly, which she felt could free up the child in a space that allowed such freedom through play for her to uncover and alleviate the disturbances of young minds. (Klein, M. 1955. Pp 35-36) A brief history There were a few early cases that were very significant in the development of Klein’s technique and she notes them in her paper on the Psychoanalytic Play Technique. The first being the case of Fritz a boy of five years old who suffered acute anxiety and defenses against them which she witnessed in his play...
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