...James Spencer HUS345 THE EFFECTS OF MENTORING AT-RISK YOUTH Abstract: Mentoring has arguments both for and against its effectiveness in relation to at-risk youth. These programs have been known to help in areas of self-esteem, attitudes toward drugs and alcohol, grades, attendance and disciplinary problems in school. Although, the scope of at-risk youth can be quite narrow, if administered correctly it can be inclusive of all teens with emotional and behavioral problems. These programs should not be considered a quick fix to such a large problem, but it can be used as a means to an end. Mentoring programs for youth and teens considered to be at-risk have begun to grow throughout the country. Not all programs agree on a generalized approach, but it is fair to say the concept is the same when dealing with this group of youth. The term mentor is basically described as a trusted counselor or teacher. The term at-risk, for purposes of this study, relates to youth from single parent households, who exhibit emotional and behavioral problems. The overall consensus is to pair a responsible and caring adult with a troubled adolescent youth. The ultimate goal is for a relationship to form and to build a bond of trust with an adult who can in turn, help them deal with the troubles...
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...challenges the African American male faces cannot be overlooked in today's society. When we look at history and the impact and the broad social consequences that have become the norm in society. Where young black men are not encouraged to follow their dreams or breaking barriers. “ Black boyhood is both the material childhood and social phenomenon of childhood for black boys under the age of 18 (Dumas and Nelson, 2016).” Public Imagination does not paint black boys as children who are entitled to discovery and play but as grown...
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... 573 Joan Eveline Business School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Abstract Purpose – There is considerable literature about the impact of mentoring on the mentees but little is known about the effect of the mentoring relationship on the mentor. This paper aims to address that gap. Design/methodology/approach – Interviews with 15 mentors and survey responses from 128 mentees are used to examine a formal mentoring programme. Most emphasis is on the perspective of the mentors, raising questions about how they view outcomes for themselves and their mentees, as well as the effects of mentoring on the workplace culture over time. Questions about the mentoring relationship, including gender differences, are analysed against the background of a decade-long organisational change strategy. Findings – Mentors report significant benefits for themselves and the mentee as well as the organisation itself as a result of their participation. The findings suggest that a long-term mentoring programme for women has the potential to be an effective organisational change intervention. In particular, men involved in that programme increased their understanding and sensitivity regarding gendering processes in the workplace. Practical implications – The importance of the impact of mentoring programmes on the mentors is an under-investigated area. This study suggests that programme design, together with careful selection and targeting of mentors, enables mentoring to become a critical...
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...importance of settling conflict in non-violent means. This is demonstrated when Tre eventually opts out of seeking revenge on the gang members that killed Ricky, likely due to the lessons learned from his father about the consequences of this violence. Baker had no male role model to teach civil conflict resolution; consequently, he resorts to behaviour such as threatening rivals with a firearm, which eventually leads to his brother’s death. Academic literature supports the examples seen in the film. Indeed, a study conducted by Parker and Maggard (2009) for African-American males over the age of 16 found that the availability of black male role models reduced the occurrence of aggravated assaults by 24%. The examples seen in the film and support from academic research is significant because it demonstrates two different learning processes for conflict resolution: a violent and aggressive approach and a civil approach. Hence, the film and research represent differential association theory, specifically the notion that criminal behaviour is largely influence by their intimate personal groups. Furthermore, it proves the importance of father figures to the socialization of young community members. Overall, adult male role models are essential for the socialization of younger members of the community, specifically in helping them develop socially accepted behaviours and conflict resolution...
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...Jakarta, 23th September 2014 Jl. K A,Syah’dan, gang keluarga Kemanggisan 39S Jakarta Barat – 11480 Dear Sir, On this good opportunity, I would like to apply one of the positions for your Company Division. My Name is Alvian, 21 years old, male. I would be grateful if you consider my application. I am from Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta. I can assure you that I’m a hardworking person both independently or as a team and willing to learn more. And i will add my experience of working. Thank you for you time and attention. Yours faithfully Alvian [pic] [pic] Name : Alvian Prasetya Viranto Place/date of birth : Ketapang / 9th Maret 1993 Sex : Male Status : Single Address : Jl. Haji Saleh, Kemanggisan 72A Jakarta Barat – 11480 Handphone : 0821 1153 5895 E-Mail Address : alvian_prasetya_viranto@yahoo.co.id EDUCATION BACKGROUND Formal Education - 1999 – 2005 Elementary School in Panghudi luhur st.yosef, Ketapang Kalbar - 2005– 2008 Junior High School in Panghudi luhur st.albertus, Ketapang Kalbar - 2008 – 2011 Senior High School in Pangudi luhur st.yosef, Surakarta - 2011 – now Present in Bina Nusantara University. at Faculty of management Informal Education - English Course at Language Education Center Solo (2010/2011) - Mandarin Course at Bina Nusantara Mandarin Club ( 2011/2012) Work Experiences - 2008-2009 As shopkeeper for motorcycle sparepart...
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...My responsibility as a U100 mentor was to ease their college transition by providing support, valuable experience, and insights to alleviate the stress and anxiety that some first-year students deal with. This particular student was born in India and immigrated at the age of fifteen to the United States. The student dealt with an enormous amount of pressure from her father when she decided to immigrate to the states to pursue education. As a mentor, I was curious to learn about her culture and the expectations of gender roles in her culture. Therefore, I decided to self-disclose a little bit about my culture so that the student can feel at ease talking about her culture. The student shared how as a female being a virgin and pure is of utmost importance and not education. It is evident after hearing the student speak that females are taught to be submissive, obedient and avoid questioning their father's...
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...ISSN: 1818-9687 5. Revisiting the debate on the Africanisation of higher education: An appeal for a conceptual shift TEBELLO LETSEKHA 44. 19. Improving schools: The importance of culture JACKY LUMBY Mentorship challenges in the teaching practice of distance learning students 54. 71. A managerial perspective of the role of secondary school learners in the development and implementation of a code of conduct Adolescents' gender stereotypes, differences and other aspects of behaviour in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa C.F. STEINMANN TUNTUFYE MWAMWENDA VOLUME 8 / 2013 29. ELIZE DU PLESSIS Practitioners’ Corner Good policy, bad results: An investigation into the implementation of a plagiarism policy in a faculty at a South African university ESRINA MAGAISA THE INDEPENDENT Formerly The Journal of Independent Teaching and Learning The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning is a peer-reviewed journal, which focuses on making a difference to educators at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. It publishes original contributions of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of education. The following types of contribution will be considered for publication: • research-based empirical, reflective or synoptic articles that would be of interest to the educational practitioner • review articles that critically examine research carried...
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...Abstract: The main purpose of this project is to find out the opportunity and obstacles that women in senior management position have to face. Therefore some variables need to be interpreted to make the understanding more clear about workplace discrimination faced by women. In our survey we have used discrimination, family and child, company environmental factors, mentors, culture, recognition and career advancement as our variables. Introduction With the modern work environment emphasizing feminine relationship-building skills to the exclusion of masculine competitive instincts, the idea that women make better leaders than men is gaining ground. But many women in conjugal life do not feel comfortable to play dual role in family and children and career. Women have to face critical problem during cooperation with male workers. Developing field of the "psychology of work satisfaction” is a key determinant of effective career planning for organizations, and both for man and woman. Efficiency of women to succeed professionally has been acknowledged all over the world. Nevertheless gender discrimination in the workplace did exist and still continues in one form or the other. With better educational opportunities more and more women are opting for financial independence by working towards a stable career. Today almost every field that was earlier touted as being men only has been pervaded by women. If a woman qualifies on the basis of all the requirements of a profession,...
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...Since legislation began in 1963 the gender wage gap has been closing by one fifth of a cent per year (Lips). The question is then, why has it taken so long for the gender gap to close? The answer is sexism and stereotyping. The main reason why women have not reached equal pay is because the culture is still very sexist and promotes gender stereotypes. This culture is started at a very young age during school. According to an article by D. Sadker, M. Sadker, and Zittleman, “Research has documented how teachers call on boys more often, wait longer for boys’ responses, and provide more precise feedback to boys in classroom settings. Moreover when students ask for help with difficult problems presented in the classroom, teachers tend to encourage...
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...gender inequalities that are evident in the sport of basketball she has become the greatest coach in the sport. Pat Summitt was born to Richard and Hazel Head on June 14, 1952. She was born in Ashland City, Tennessee. She married R.B. Summitt who she later divorced and together they had one son named Tyler. Pat attended the University of Tennessee at Martin. She majored in physical education and was a member on the women’s basketball team there. Along with playing for her school she was a member of the United States World University team. Summitt graduated in 1974. Immediately after graduating she was offered the job of head women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She accepted the job offer and worked in this position from 1974 until 2012. As a child Pat grew up in Clarksville, Tennessee but later moved across the county line to Henrietta, Tennessee so that Pat would be able to participate on a women’s high school team. She played for Cheatham County High School where she was a four year starter and earned all-district honors her senior year. When Summitt graduated and decided to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin she had to find a way to afford tuition because at that time there were no basketball scholarships for women. According to Siroky (2012), “Pat and her teammates recall applying their numbers to their...
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...for African American Males The American educational system is generally regarded as one of the better education systems in the world. Currently, there is much national discussion about the state of the American educational system and how it can be improved. While these discussions include students from head start to doctoral programs, there is a smaller group of students whose circumstances are exceptionally dire and go largely un-discussed. African American males have one of the highest dropout rates in the United States. This is so because African American males face significantly more obstacles in receiving a high school diploma. The main factors that contribute to African American high school males dropping out are: poverty, bad school, and family breakdown (Crouse, 2010). Conversely, there are factors that contribute to African American males graduating from high school such as culturally sensitive curricula and positive Black male role models. Understanding the scope of the contributing factors surrounding the high school graduation rate of African American males paints a picture of what it means to be Black and male in the American education system. Poverty is a contributing factor to the low high school graduation rate of African American males. "Positioning Young Black" states that 36 percent of Black children live in poverty and: In many areas, Black Americans are segregated in minority communities where children are more likely to go to school with other children...
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...laws or their elders, difference in maturity levels, because studies have shown that females mature more quickly than males at the juvenile age, and social surroundings also have a huge impact on how the difference in how gender affects the delinquency rate. Females are starting to however catch up with the male juveniles when it comes to the more serious offenses like murder and assaults. Males are more likely to commit crimes such as sexual assaults or crimes that may be sexual in nature but females are more likely to commit crimes such as prostitution and running away from home or shelter which ever they are living in. Social disorders also have a huge impact because they may seem like they are ok on the outside but on the inside they have a lot going on and may be scared of what others are thinking therefor they may go to extremes and act out. It is my belief that a lot of the juveniles that are committing school shootings would fall in to this type of delinquency. In today’s society we see a bunch of delinquency in the juveniles fall back on to how the child or children are raised. If a juvenile is raised around a family that drinks or does drugs then that juvenile rather male or female will most likely drink or do drugs either as a juvenile or as an adult. A child will always look up to and do what they see their mentors doing and the biggest mentor in a child’s life is their parents and siblings. A child will also have to try to make ends meet to...
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...best nursing student award to female students. Is it any wonder just 10% of UK nurses are men and many wards remain staffed entirely by women? Women make up 90% of nursing students. Is it right in 2016 for wards that treat male patients (in some cases exclusively) to have no male nurses? Is it truly patient-centred care to have a profession so far removed from its patient demographic? Every year across the UK women apply in droves to enter nursing, and the issues that put off their male counterparts are not being addressed. It is essential that male recruits are encouraged from an early age, and the outdated attitudes that stop men pursuing a career in nursing are challenged. Other professions have changed while nursing has rested on its laurels. Physiotherapy has gone from 5% men to 20%, and while in primary schools only 12% of teachers are men, one in fi ve teaching graduates is male. Meanwhile, medicine is predicted to be a majority female profession by 2017. Change is happening all around, but nursing has been left behind. The profession can be reshaped by highlighting and celebrating the countless men in nursing, and ditching gendered uniforms and dressing-up costumes for children. By providing male mentors at school...
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...women. The article talks about the low number of women who hold senior management positions in U.S companies and opinion of the mentoring programs as a way to increase the number of women in management positions. Then, we decided to study first what is the meaning of mentoring and what it implies. Second we have considered (regarding to the article) the mentoring in minorities and the positive effects that it could have. Finally, we have observed all the benefits that mentoring have in companies, mentors and mentees. 2. WHAT IS MENTORING? Mentoring can be defined as a professional relationship in which the mentor (an experienced person) assists the mentee in developing specific skills, maximise his potential, improve his performance and knowledge that will improve the less-experienced person’s professional and personal growth. It is a partnership between two people normally working in a similar field or having similar experiences. The share of this similarity between the mentor and the mentee evoke empathy and understanding of his issues....
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...Teenagers are faced with many life altering decisions and are often influenced by friends, family and social media. Unfortunately, many teenagers are making the wrong decisions and turning to other outlets such as drugs and alcohol. Due to these decisions, the rate of drug and alcohol use is on the rise and our society seems to be a part of this problem. Between the ages of twelve and nineteen is a period in a teenager’s life that determines what kind of adult he or she will become. This period of adolescence, is known as the “formative years. Parents teach their children at a very young age the importance of friendship. Many friendships begin as early as pre-school. Adults begin teaching children the importance of friendship and fitting in, being the cool kid or the popular kid is taught in the early years of school. Social interaction is important; however, at what cost do we as parents pressure our children at this crucial age the importance of being part of the in-crowd? Do we as adults set the pace for our children to continue this form of belief as they move into adolescents that they feel the need to stay part of the in crowd an succumb to peer pressure? Another contributing factor that could be adding to the use of drugs and alcohol in adolescents could be the lack of parenting time and family time in our society today as well as the number of divided families. With both parents out of the home working, youth are given an increased amount of time that they are unsupervised...
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