Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings: Best Evidence Synthesis July 2003 Characteristics of professional development linked to enhanced pedagogy and children’s learning in early childhood settings: Best Evidence Synthesis October 2003 This report is one of a series of best evidence syntheses commissioned by the Ministry of Education. It is part of a commitment to strengthen the evidence base that
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Williams Institute Ethics Awareness Inventory Assessment helped me look at what are the personal values that I have in my personality. I got the scores or C and E. When reviewing the questions, I apparently felt that character is not as important in one making ethical decisions.. After the results were in, I questioned my self. I believe that one’s actions, decision making, how they interact, or fail to interact with others has a direct reflection on one’s character. Therefore, I do not consider
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helplessness of a new teacher, who is experiencing isolation in her early years of teaching. The key issues here are the teaching strategies, relationship with students and colleagues, new teacher support and classroom management. Secondary issues are: reflection, teacher self confidence and multiple intelligence theory. The case
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This vignette offers a complex, multi-faceted ethical dilemma that intersects many instances of Canadian policy and legislation. For the purpose of the section of the assignment I will focus on the policies and legislation that governs child protection in relation to domestic violence; domestic violence in itself; and refugee considerations that are relevant to this particular series of ethical dilemmas. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, child welfare legislation in Newfoundland and Labrador
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This paper will integrate what I have learned from my assignments into a closing reflection on my target organization, its challenges, their symptoms and root causes. As required, I will use background from four different courses to diagnose the situations I have focused on in my target organizations and make recommendations for improvement. I will be using the frame -work from: MGMT 604 Managerial Assessment and Development MGMT 686 Organization Theory MGMT 689 Managing Change and Organizational
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communication skills and also critical-thinking skills. With group discussions as a form of assessment, students are not only assessed based entirely on pure academic content but also on whether they are equipped with these crucial skills. Singapore utilises other ways of assessment to show not only is academic knowledge is important, the skills that are developed along with the other forms of assessment are equally important. With this, students will then pay more attention in developing these skills
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virtuously. He likens this virtue to a mean that is attainable by every type of person. This lifestyle can also be adapted to the regime of a city (Book 4, Chapter 11, Segment 3, pp.114). Aristotle proposes that finding the virtuous mean in a political community is the way to achieve the best regime. A balance needs to be found in a regime that takes into account all factions. It cannot stray too far to one extreme or the next. A strong middle class is the best way to counteract these extremes. He points
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problem-solving, long-term benefits and future prevention. Clinical mental health counselors (CMHC) are trained to treat their clients holistically and to use diverse approaches to address wide-ranging issues, diverse cultural backgrounds and life styles, and community settings (Gladding & Newsome, 2011; Myers & Sweeney, 2007). According to Gladding & Newsome (2011) the CMHC will provide services in the following capacities: Mental health counseling, treating people with mental health issues including depression
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teaching strategies that focus on the new generation of students. In teaching an undergraduate course on Nursing the Client with a Mental Illness, the affective domain of learning is used to develop interpersonal competence, self-awareness, and self-reflection. The teaching technique used is an experiential exercise that asks students to create group mandalas using art materials on circular pieces of butcher-block paper. The mandala concept is derived from the Buddhist tradition and means “circle” or
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know his or her own cultural characteristics. This article will contain the results of the multicultural-assessments I completed, my reflection on being “other,” as well as my statement of counseling identity and the explanation why multicultural awareness is important in the mental health counseling profession. Results of Self-Assessment Completing Petrone’s (2004) multicultural self-assessment was interesting and eye opening. In this test, choice number 1 means seldom, if ever; number 5 means almost
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