...To Teach Effective Writing, Model Effective Writing ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: JUNE 10, 2014 | UPDATED: JULY 14, 2015 * ------------------------------------------------- 8.1KSHARES * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- I strive to teach my high school students the value of criticism, especially when it comes to improving their writing. To do so, I model how criticism continues to help me become a better writer. Earlier this year, for example, I shared a draft of one of my education feature articles, which included detailed feedback from an editor at a prominent media company. I asked my classes for advice on how to address several edits, dealing with sources, transitions, terminology, and structure. A few days later, I directed my budding writers to the much-improved final draft. This easy but worthwhile activity helped more of my students feel comfortable receiving criticism, and not view it as an affront. As a result, they improved their writing by taking the time and care to consider and respond to reader insight. I want my students to feel secure in the knowledge that nobody is beyond criticism (even their teacher), and that the bigger challenge is developing the good sense to acknowledge and successfully respond to feedback. Along those lines, I also offer the suggestions below...
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...The Four Pillars In the National Honor Society, the four pillars are leadership, scholarship, character, and service. Whether I am in or out of school, I feel that I exemplify these four pillars. First, the pillar of leadership stands for leading other to achieve goals in an organization. I express leadership by being an example to follow in school. I help to lead my classmates in group discussions and display respective behavior in class. Also, I lead by example as a varsity athlete to younger, aspiring athletes in the two sports I play, field hockey and lacrosse. Character is a very important pillar that demonstrates the qualities of an individual. I feel I exemplify because I show respect to my teachers and peers, I always follow the rules, and I take responsibility for my actions. I always try my best to do the right thing and show kindness towards my classmates and teammates. I treat everyone the same and do not place harsh judgements on others. Most importantly, service is taking action to kindly help out others and make a difference. I...
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...FIVE PILLARS OF EDUCATION I believe that the five pillars of education are all significant to each other. It will be hard if one is lacking since the rest will be affected. It is not only the parent who will be developing these skills but rather the teacher must also help to achieve a full development of an individual. It is the responsibility of the teacher to prepare the students for life by providing them the knowledge and skills. Perhaps “learning to know” is the foundation of all the pillars of education. This starts at home and then school knowing all the basic knowledge we need in order for us to master the learning tools. These pillars of education allow us to learn all the things that we need to know in order for us to understand the different aspects that we will be encountering in our daily lives and understand the world around us. But it is not enough that teachers feed the students with information. Teachers must be the means to develop the students’ critical thinking skills that will be very helpful to the students in facing the challenges. “Learning to do” is applying or doing what you have learned in school. It will be easy for us to do what we have learned in school after we have mastered what we have to know since in this pillar of education, the developing of skills is being emphasized. Teachers develop the students to be competent in all areas. Another pillar is “learning to be” wherein the teachers help the students know themselves by assessing...
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...Total Productive Maintenance Made by: Khaled Elsayed Hamed Supervised by: dr.Mousa Abstract Total productive maintenance (TPM) is a concept applied to improve the overall equipment efficiency (OEE) and the capabilities and skills of the workers in the plant. It is founded on eight pillars to support the concept And achieve three goals. Japan institute of plan maintenance (JIPM) is the leading body of TPM. The history of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) TPM has been developed from the original PM (preventive maintenance or productive maintenance) concept and methodology introduced from the USA. It has been further developed and implemented in many Japanese companies, and is now rapidly becoming a method applied worldwide. In 1971, Nippon Denso Co., Ltd. first introduced and successfully implemented TPM in Japan. They won the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) PM Excellent Plant Award for their activities. This was the beginning of TPM in Japan. Since then, TPM has spread progressively throughout the world and established itself as a renowned cultural improvement programme The first example of TPM used in Europe to deliver world class performance was by Volvo in Ghent, Belgium, who won the PM prize for their work in the paint shop. This was quickly followed in the early 1990s by other European automotive companies trying to close the productivity and quality gap to their Japanese competitors. Since the JIPM TPM awards were founded, over 3000 organizations...
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...Society. I always admired the individuals that were inducted because they were known for being diligent workers, intelligent, and selfless. It has been an enormous honor to be part of this organization for which I worked exhaustingly to get into. The four pillars of National Honor Society represent a whole embodiment of virtue one must poses to qualify for this distinction, but the true representation of the four pillars is how they build one’s character to prepare them for the future. First, the pillar of scholarship represents an intellectual student. It is through time, dedication, and commitment to learning that a student gains knowledge. This pillar has motivated me to understand that in order to gain the most out of education you must be willing to spend time studying and reading to comprehend the subject. However, the pillar of scholarship does not restrict to school. By committing myself to earn the best grades is a representation of the dedication...
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...National Honor Society has shaped my development and fueled my growth throughout life. The pillars of National Honor Society include scholarship, service, leadership, and character. Academic achievement is crucial to advance throughout one’s future goals. Service allows individuals to build relationships and to better organizations and systems through which the community is able to function. Leadership is a pivotal point throughout the exploration of oneself and one’s aspirations. Character encompasses the emotional and moral elements that reside in each individual. The four pillars form the backbone of each member, provoking successful progress through his or her future goals. Firstly, scholarship is a lifelong pledge to continually expand...
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...Introduction: Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is the world's only sovereign city-state that is also an island country. The country is highly urbanised and is considered fourth leading financial centres in the world. It is an international trade hub due to which it has one of the busiest ports in the world. In league with the highly free and developed countries, it is considered one of the Four Asian Tigers along with Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and boasts third highest per capita income in the world. This paper explores various factors that made Singapore one of the greatest economic success stories post 1965. Current Economic Performance-Competitiveness: The Gross Domestic Product per capita in Singapore was last recorded at 53266.08 US dollars in 2012, when adjusted by purchasing power parity (PPP). The GDP per Capita, in Singapore, when adjusted by Purchasing Power Parity is equivalent to 242 percent of the world's average. The acceleration in the quarter-on-quarter growth momentum was mainly due to robust growth in the manufacturing, wholesale & retail trade, transportation & storage, and finance & insurance sectors. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Singapore contracted 1 percent in the third quarter of 2013 over the previous quarter. The inflation rate in Singapore was recorded at 1.60 percent in September of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Singapore decreased to 1.80 percent in the third quarter of 2013 from 2.10 percent in the second quarter of 2013...
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...2013 Shared Services Centers Investment Potential of Macedonia, Serbia and Albania Apostoloski Nenad EMBA 2013 3/28/2013 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 4 METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................................ 5 CURRENT LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................. 6 MACEDONIA .............................................................................................................................................. 7 SERBIA ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 ALBANIA .................................................................................................................................................... 8 MARKET POTENTIAL ................................................................................................................................... 10 . FACTORS OF COMPETITIVENESS ........................................................................................
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...The National Honors Society is built on the four pillars of leadership, service, scholarship, and character. The pillar of scholarship is the pillar I best embody due to my commitment to a life of learning. Scholarship is about more than just having good grades and doing well in school; it’s about being committed to the pursuit of knowledge and being willing to seek out opportunities on your own. Scholarship is about constantly striving to improve academically so that you can have a positive impact on the world. Since I constantly strive to learn, even when it is difficult, scholarship is the pillar that I best exemplify. Throughout my academic career, it has been my goal to enroll in as many advanced classes as possible. Whenever honors classes...
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...to how one interprets what responsibilities are and what they are not. Boulding’s article states many different theories on responsibilities such as what morals they possess, what culture they have come from and what a person views as wrong and right. It does not matter how smart we are, there is only so much responsibility that a person can handle (p. 329). The relationship between personal responsibility and college success is tough when someone is new to the process. College success determines how personal responsibility plays out. There are factors, which includes determination and dedication that a person must exercise to achieve reachable goals. Applying these factors in one’s personal life will lead to a successful college education. The relationship of personal responsibility and college success closely mirrors one another. It is trying to find the balance between the two that makes it difficult at times, especially when this is the first course that I have taken online. My wife has gotten her graduate degree online and is currently working on another one. I am trying to learn from her how she balances graduate school and still able to do everything else. It will be a learning curve, but I know I will get there and know to ask for help. A...
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...UNV-103: Topic 3 Supplemental Materials Additional Readings: Four Pillars Read “Four Pillars” on the GCU website. Link: http://www.gcu.edu/About-Us/Four-Pillars.php Student Preparation for Distance Education Read "Student Preparation for Distance Education," by Taormino, from Distance Learning (2010). (7pgs.) Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ofs&AN=55725308&site=ehost-live&scope=site New Skills for a New Work Reality Read "New Skills for a New Work Reality," by Galagan, from T + D (2011). (4pgs.) Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=67091140&site=ehost-live&scope=site The Cornell Method Read "The Cornell Method" portion of the Note Taking Systems page of the California Polytechnic State University website. (6pgs.) Link: http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetakingsystems.html Parallel Note-Taking: A Strategy for Effective Use of Webnotes Read "Parallel Note-Taking: A Strategy for Effective Use of Webnotes," by Pardini et al., from Journal of College Reading and Learning (2005). (18pgs.) Link: http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.library.gcu.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ689655&site=ehost-live&scope=site The Digital Dog Ate My Notes Read, "The Digital Dog Ate My Notes: Tools and Strategies for 21st Century...
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...good things in life. One way to notice the good things in life is to help make them happen and one can do this through living the four pillars of National Honor Society; scholarship, leadership, service, and character. Furthermore, I learned how to live and appreciate the pillar of scholarship from my teachers at Mediapolis, Black Hawk, and West Burlington. For example, they taught that one has to work hard to get anywhere in life. Furthermore, Mrs. Henderson, my Talented and Gifted teacher at West Burlington, taught me that regardless of how smart I think I am there is always more to learn. Moreover, this was an important lesson for me to learn because it taught me to value my education and it motivated me to work hard. These are the reasons why I was able to achieve a high enough grade point average to qualified me for the National Honor Society. Next, I have had the opportunity to exercise the values of leadership in a...
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...Multicultural education has been a tool used in the United States to foster education in public schools for all cultures to enjoy in it. The article A History of Multicultural Education in the USA: Origins, Approaches, and Misconceptions by Rasit Celik that appeared in the second volume of Online Journal of New Horizons in Education of October 2012 endeavors to critically analyze the origin of the education tool, the approaches used to apply it in the schools and various misconceptions that are associated with multicultural education. The article explains the origin of the idea of multicultural education citing the common ground as “…a response to gradually increasing cultural diversity and became a distinct part of civil rights movement in the second half of the twentieth century in the USA” (pg 2). Different schools of thought place precedence to different sources. Payne and Welsh for example, attribute the source of multicultural education to democratic ideologies such as the Bill of Rights, the Hammurabi Code, The Magna Carta among other ideas. The article also looks at the works of Donna M. Gollnick (2008), Christine Sleeter and Grant (2008), Banks (2008), (2010) and Dhillion and Halstead (2003) to determine a common basis on the origin and concludes that the cultural awareness and fight for equality in the 1960s was the biggest boost to achieving multicultural education in the United States. The article also discusses four different approaches used in multicultural education and...
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION Kenya Vision 2030 is based on three pillars;economic, social and political. The social pillar seeks to build a just and cohesive society with social equity in a clean and health environment. The pillar aims to transform eight key social sectors including; education and training, health, water and sanitation, environment, housing and urbanization. The Kenya Vision 2030 identifies the education sector as key within the social pillar to steer Kenya into middle-level income country in 20 years. 1.1 Overall Goal on Education and Training Under education and training, Kenya aims to provide a globally competitive and quality education, training and research. Kenya aims to be a regional centre of research and development in new technologies. This will be achieved through: i) Integrating early childhood education into primary education ii) Reforming secondary school curricula iii) Modernizing teacher training iv) Strengthening partnerships with the private sector v) Developing key programmes for learners with special needs vi) Rejuvenating ongoing adult training programmes vii) Revising the curriculum for university and technical institutes to include more science and technology; and viii) In partnership with the private sector, the Government will also increase funding to enable all these institutions to support activities envisaged under the economic pillar 1.2 Medium Term Plans Vision 2030 is being implemented...
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...STAFF MOTIVATION AT SHARP HEALTHCARE Sharp Healthcare is an integrated regional Healthcare delivery system located in San Diego, California accounts to serve approximately population of three billion. It comprises of four acute care hospital, three specialty hospital and three medical group plus a full spectrum of other facilities and services. The first Sharp hospital opened in 1955 as Donald N. Sharp Memorial Community Hospital, a nonprofit facility in San Diego. It operate 1,878 beds, has approximately 2600 physician on medical staff , more than thousand physician in two affiliated medical group, and has more than 14,000 employees with $ 5.852 in assets and $ 1.9 billion in annual income. It is San Diego’s largest private employer. Sharp HealthCare is recognized for its commitment to clinical excellence and high-quality patient care by local and national organizations. In 2008, Sharp Healthcare ranked fifth in the California “ best places to work program” in the large employer category and was rated 47th out of top 100 places to work in united states by modern healthcare. Roughly 10 years ago, Sharp HealthCare began a process of self-examination to explore how it could best deliver top-quality health care in the new millennium. After conducting more than 100 focus groups with employees, physicians, and patients, the group reconceived its mission to become an ideal healthcare delivery system and a...
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