...Mentoring and Coaching. Many FE institutions and Initial Teacher Training programmes now include mentoring and coaching support as part of their provision. The purpose of this review is to firstly establish a clear definition of the term mentor and coach, and ask why it might be important to establish a shared understanding of the terms. Secondly, to ascertain why mentoring and coaching has become so popular within further education. Thirdly, to identify how to best implement mentoring and coaching schemes into further educational settings, and finally to develop criteria to critically analyse the mentoring policy and procedures of one further education college and my own practice. Definition. Establishing a clear definition of the term mentor and coach from the literature reviewed is not a simple task; opinions differ depending on the context in which mentoring takes place and the individual perceptions of those involved. Adding to this confusion is the way the literature often uses the terminology of mentoring and coaching interchangeable with little or no agreement on their meaning. (Brockbank and Mcgill, 2006 p8) This may explain why there are so many different approaches to mentoring practice and why the concept of mentoring has altered over time. (Woodd, 1997, p4) One way the literature attempts to distinguish between the terminology of mentoring and coaching is by placing mentoring and coaching at opposite ends of a person/task focused continuum. With coaching...
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...An individual’s personality defines who they are as a person. Tests and studies have been conducted to measure these personality traits. This paper will not only define what personality is, but will give an insight to my personality and the concepts or “construct” that explain my personality. Through personal reflection it shows variable environments determine whether personality features are consistent or change based on the situation. Although I have never taken a personality test prior to this assignment, I will explain why these test, if valid and reliable can prove to have variable outcomes if not consistent and continual. Personality Based on the definition provided by the International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, Personality most commonly refers to the psychological features that distinguish one individual from another (Darity, 2008). There are other characteristics in people that make a distinction between them, like the color of their hair and eyes, their race, or even the differences in their jobs; however it is that of which there are psychologically different that distinguishes their personality. The differences that can be described in individuals can be if they are considered introverted versus outgoing, or hyper and stressed versus calm and peaceful. Attitudes can be displayed as positive or negative and though processes can be viewed as broad and open mined versus intolerant or small minded. William Darity (2008) goes on to state a person’s...
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...through many problems. Being the team leader, Canh is responsible for planning activities, communicating with partners, seeking advises and dealing with problems of a starting business. The reason I chosed Canh is because despite he just graduated from University and do not have many experiences, he did a good job as a leader to make the project run through 5 months of hardship. Two main purposes in this research are: - Analysing Canh’s leadership through leadership traits and behaviours, contingency and situational leadership. - Reflecting on how to improve leadership style using the analysises above. The methods will be used for this research will be Observation – Interview – Combination – Reflection and Improvement. OBSERVATION Methods To understand about Canh’s leadership style, two different observations were conducted. The first one is during the working session when the team is going to complete round 2 of RMIT business plan competition; it represents his leadership style...
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...Building Blocks of Success for a Career in Education Vicki Davis Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 February 23, 2015 Building Blocks of a Successful Career in Education The following is a bulleted list of important components each teacher candidate must achieve in order to continue on into a successful career in education. This outline will overview each of the following topics: TaskStream, Learner Goals, Professional Dispositions and Where to Start. * Taskstream: Taskstream is an e-portfolio that each student in the college of education is required to have. Throughout the students’ schooling they will be instructed to upload pertinent assignments that are attached to standards; the assignment serves as evidence. When applying for teaching positions, students can use this online collection as their portfolio, showing what they have accomplished throughout their time at Grand Canyon University. The student may even choose to share this e-portfolio on the Web. * Learner Goals: Learner goals are standards that are mandated by “…state and federal departments of education, professional education organizations and accrediting bodies” (GCU, 2012). They include professional dispositions, content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and skill, professional pedagogical knowledge and skills, data-informed decision making, performance assessment, technology integration, and field experience/clinical practice. * Professional Dispositions: Values and ethics that will...
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...Harvard Business School 9-800-288 Rev. June 8, 2001 Seven Rules for New Leaders This note provides an overview of some of the concepts developed in Dan Ciampa and Michael Watkins’, Right From the Start: Taking Charge in a New Leadership Role (HBS Press, 1999) Every year thousands of managers—more than 600,000 annually in the Fortune 500 alone— transition into new jobs.1 By the time he or she reaches the top, the typical CEO of a Fortune 100 company has made seven major transitions—moves between functions, business units, or companies.2 But for every successful CEO, there are many talented managers who stumble along the way, damaging their careers and the organizations they were charged to lead. The actions new leaders take during their first few months can have a major impact on their success or failure, yet there is little good advice available on how to take charge in a new leadership role. Transitions are pivotal times, in part because everyone is expecting change to occur. But they are also periods of great vulnerability for new leaders who lack established working relationships and detailed knowledge of their new role. New leaders who fail to build momentum during their transition face an uphill battle from that point forward. Common Traps An analysis of new leaders who under-perform reveals six common traps into which they fall. Trap #1. Being Isolated New leaders can become isolated as a consequence of over-reliance on financial and operating reports and quantitative...
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...the whole problem. Lack of motivation is not limited to the academically weak student. Successful remedial and study strategies courses aimed at the underprepared student have demonstrated that students who really want to improve their skills can do so when motivated. However, even the best remedial instruction programs have failed to positively impact the student who is both underprepared academically and unmotivated. When students have both a lack of academic skills and lack motivation, the greater problem is motivation (Kelly, 1988). Faculty often have neither the time or inclination to address difficult motivational issues in the classroom, consequently, the task of trying to effectively motivate such students often falls to academic advisors. Opinions about the role of motivation in academic achievement and what can be done about it vary widely among college faculty, administrators, and student services professionals. Consideration about unmotivated students opens a Pandora’s box of questions: Can anything be done about these students? Can motivation be taught? What kind of strategies can be used to influence motivation? Is this time wasted that might better be used on those students who are already motivated? The problem of devising effective strategies that influence...
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...Table of Contents Section Page # Introduction………………………… …………………………………………………….2 Discerning the Context……………………………………………………………………3 Building a Solid Base of Support…………………………………………………………4 Identifying and Prioritizing Program Ideas……………………………………………….5 Developing Objectives……………………………………………………………………9 Devising Transfer of Learning…………………………………………………………...10 Designing Instruction…………………………………………………………………….11 Formulating Evaluations…………………………………………………………………13 Making Recommendations………………………………………………………………15 Format of Internship Program …………………………………………………………....16 Identifying Programming Staff…………………………………………………………..17 Budgets and Marketing…………………………………………………………………..18 Facilities………………………………………………………………………………….20 Appendices: Appendix A: Caffarella’s Interactive Model of Program Planning……………...22 Appendix B: Needs Assessment…………………………………………………23 Appendix C: Faculty Survey……………………………………………………..29 Appendix D: Student Survey…………………………………………………….30 Appendix E: List of Graduate Programs with Internship Components………….31 Appendix F: Internship Learning Agreement ……………………………………32 Appendix G: Possible Internship Sites for HALE Master’s Program…………...35 Appendix H: Sample Brochure…………………………………………………..36 Introduction The HALE master's program prepares individuals for entry-level leadership positions in postsecondary education, public agencies, and business...
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...Ethical Perspective, in: Kappelman, L., (Ed.), Year 2000 Problem: Strategies and Solutions from the Fortune 100, International Thomson Computer Press, Boston, 158-163. Floridi, L. (1999) Philosophy and Computing, London: Routledge. Johnson, D.G. and Nissenbaum, H. (1995) Computers, Ethics and Social Values, Prentice Hall. Kallman, E.A. and Grillo, J.P. (1996) Ethical Decision Making and Information Technology: An Introduction with Cases, McGraw Hill. Kaplan, B., Farzanfar, R. and Friedman R.H. (1999) Research and Ethical Issues Arising from Ethnographic Interviews of Patients’ Reactions to an Intelligent Interactive Telephone Health Behavior Advisor System, in: Ngwenyama, O., Introna, L.D., Myers, M.D. and DeGross, J.I. (Eds) New Information Technologies in Organizational Processes: Field Studies and Theoretical Reflections on the Future of Work, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 67-77. Langford, D. (1995) Practical Computer Ethics, London: McGraw Hill....
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...Leadership development plan and reflective learning Be able to use action learning for leadership development Responsibilities of an individual within an action learning set are explained How group dynamics in action learning can enhance leadership development is explained Action learning as a leadership development technique and its role in own leadership development is evaluated Be able to plan and undertake activities to develop own leadership performance Appropriate activities and sources of help and support to develop own leadership capacity are identified and selected Activities to develop own leadership capacity are planned Planned activities to improve own leadership performance are undertaken and judgments made about their effectiveness Be able to use action learning for leadership development Responsibilities of an individual within an action learning set are explained Committing regular time Learning to listen Learning to ask helpful questions Not giving advice Giving individual airtime Following the Action Learning Cycle taking action between meetings and learning from the action Action learning in its simplest form is understood to be an experience-based approach to learning that utilises Revans' view that managers learn most effectively with, and from other managers, whilst dealing with the real world complexity of organisational life. The process of action learning revolves around the group or ‘set’ of six to eight people working together...
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...Honolulu University 2015 Exploring Different Data Collection Methods Statistical Methods in Business & Economics (BUS405) Ching Sum Jessie Ha (80600402) Honolulu University 2015 Exploring Different Data Collection Methods Statistical Methods in Business & Economics (BUS405) Ching Sum Jessie Ha (80600402) Introduction Data is collected to learn the effectiveness of a particular tool in preventing defects or to look into the cause of a particular defect (Burrill, Ledolter, p.381). Data removes the trepidation and uncertainty of an unknown element. One reason for collecting data is to gain an understanding of the data by organizing and graphing the individual values (Albert, Rossman, p.1). Secondly, and most importantly, collecting data helps draw conclusions about a larger group of information (Albert, Rossman, p.1). There are other reasons to collect data. Data also helps people to understand the processes with which they work. Data can also be collected for the purpose of process control. Numerous manufacturing processes use feedback data to adjust an input, such as temperature, in order to keep the output at the desired level. Feedback data from quality control activities can be used to make adjustments that result in more products meeting their requirements (Burrill, Ledolter, p.381). Data can also be used to improve processes with the intent of increasing productivity. ‘Data is nothing, unless interpreted and turned into useful information.’ Data...
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...ACE8001: What do we mean by Research? & Can we hope to do genuine Social Science Research (David Harvey) What do we mean by research? What might characterise good research practice? There is no point in us trying to re-invent the wheel - other and probably more capable people than us have wrestled with this problem before us, and it makes good sense and is good practice to learn what they have discovered. In other words - we need to explore more reliable and effective methods and systems for the pursuit of research than we have been doing so far. What is research? Dictionary Definitions of Research: * "The act of searching closely or carefully for or after a specified thing or person" * "An investigation directed to discovery of some fact by careful study of a subject" * "A course of scientific enquiry" (where scientific = "producing demonstrative knowledge") Howard and Sharp (HS) define research as: "seeking through methodical processes to add to bodies of knowledge by the discovery or elucidation of non-trivial facts, insights and improved understanding of situations, processes and mechanisms". [Howard, K. and Sharp, J.A. The Management of a student research project, Gower, 1983 - a useful and practical “how to do it” guide] Two other, more recent guides are: Denscombe, Martyn, 2002, Ground rules for good research: a 10 point guide for social research, Open University Press. Robinson Library Shelf Mark: 300.72 DEN, Level 3 (several copies)...
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...Agencies that provide services and support for children and young people are social workers, SENCO, play therapist, speech and language therapist, GP, carers and benefits advisors, physiotherapist, educational psychologist and family replacement team. Social workers are there to support and assist to have more success with local communities. Senco are responsible for co-ordinating the special needs policies in a setting and advising staff. Play therapist support children and young people to explore trauma or a negative experience through the medium of play. Speech and language therapist works with children and young people who have various levels of speech, Language and communication. GP works in primary care to treat illness and providers preventive care and health education. Carers and benefits advisors help parents and carers find employment courses and information about claiming...
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...Interprofessional Team Development: A Patient and Family Centered Care Western Governor’s University: C158 May 11th, 2016 Interprofessional Team Development: A Patient and Family Centered Care Approach Approach to patient care has changed over the last three decades from patient treatment-focused model to include comforting, engaging, and empowering patients. The new approach implements patient-centered care environments. It has been adopted by care providers, research bodies, funding agencies, and regulatory agencies, among others. To enhance patient-centered care, business practices, regulatory requirements, and reimbursement regulatory procedures have been adopted. This is evident by the regulations of Joint Commission and the provision of services by Medicare Medicaid services (CMS). In this paper, the impact of business practices, regulatory requirements, and reimbursement procedures on patient-centered care is discussed. A multidisciplinary approach on a process improvement enhancing Patient and Family Centered Focus Care is outlined in a hospital located in Arizona. Regulatory Requirements and Healthcare Business In 1996 the Institute of Medicine took on healthcare improvement to resolve unsafe care by ambitiously moving toward quality initiatives. The release of “To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System19 (1999) and Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001)” focused on the fails of the healthcare systems pointing out that over 98,000 patients die in hospitals...
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...Pedro Fernandez de Santaella Applied Market Research (MG208) Lecturer: Fergal Brophy DCU Global Business March 22nd 2015 Applied Market Research (MG208) Lecturer: Fergal Brophy DCU Global Business March 22nd 2015 Executive Summary 3 Description of hypothetical Product 4 Research Objectives 6 Research Methodology 7 Secondary Research 7 Quantitative Research 9 Questionnaire 9 Observation 10 Qualitative Research 11 Focus Group 11 One-to-One Interviews 12 Data Collection (Findings) 14 Quantitative Survey 14 Quantitative Observation 17 Focus Group 17 One-to-One Interview Personas 19 Analysis of Findings (Key Takeaways) 21 Quantitative survey 21 Observation 21 Focus Group 22 One-to-One Interviews 22 Conclusions and Recommendations 23 Limitations 24 References 25 Appendices 26 Appendix 1 26 Additional Information on One-to-One Interviews 26 Appendix 2 28 Additional Graphs. 28 Appendix 3 30 Master Grind Post-Graduate Survey 30 Master Grind Student Survey 32 Appendix 4 35 Focus Group theme sheet 35 Group reflection 37 Infographic 39 Executive Summary In the first week of semester two of the Market Research module MG208 in DCU we were designated a task; to come up with a new and innovative business venture that would be of benefit to the students of DCU. We wanted to solve a problem that students who fail exams have in common: the problem of locating private tuition, which would assist them in studying for repeats...
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...03-Bloomberg-45467.qxd 12/26/2007 11:52 AM Page 65 CHAPTER 3 Presenting Methodology and Research Approach OVERVIEW Chapter 3 of the dissertation presents the research design and the specific procedures used in conducting your study. A research design includes various interrelated elements that reflect its sequential nature. This chapter is intended to show the reader that you have an understanding of the methodological implications of the choices you made and, in particular, that you have thought carefully about the links between your study’s purpose and research questions and the research approach and research methods that you have selected. Note that in the proposal’s chapter 3, you project what you will do based on what you know about the particular methods used in qualitative research, in general, and in your tradition or genre, in particular; hence, it is written in future tense. In the dissertation’s chapter 3, you report on what you have already done. You write after the fact; hence, you write in past tense. As such, many of the sections of chapter 3 can be written only after you have actually conducted your study (i.e., collected, analyzed, and synthesized your data). To write this chapter, you need to conduct literature reviews on the methodological issues involved in qualitative research design. You need to show the reader that you (a) have knowledge of the current issues and discourse, and (b) can relate your study...
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