The settings I studied were two grocery stores. The first store was a college campus grocery store/deli. This store was small and had few employees. The atmosphere of this store was casual and somewhat relaxed. The atmosphere was created by the employees’, their interactions with the customers, and the types of services being offered. The employees wore jeans and polo uniform shirts which is very casual and nothing like business attire or a full uniform like larger grocery store might make them
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For my data collection, I will be observing behavior at three different location. The first location that I will be observing behavior is on Thanksgiving at the family lunch time. I am planning to observe all the adults at the Thanksgiving lunch. The behavior that I will be observing that the adult will be informal with one another, one trying to sound more knowledgeable than the other. They will talk over each other, correcting each other about the information that they know and learned. The next
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Observation Two A few days ago, I was able to observe my second teacher for my assignment in the first placement of student teaching. The room was located directly above the classroom that I am currently in. There are windows on two sides of the walls. The seating is also group tables with loose chairs instead of the regular single student desk which is attached to the chair. Today, the desks were put into groups on two sides of the room and one table was in the middle towards the end of the wall
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boys are now at the age of six, each with their own vibrant personalities. Although all boys look very much alike, especially the twins, each has their own mind and personality that would defiantly make them their own individual. During my observations, I quickly decided that my point of interest in writing this paper would be to focus on the social behaviors between all three of the children. I not only decided on observing how the siblings interact with each other, but I also decided it would
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Running head: PERSONAL ACTION PLAN Personal Action Plan Observations Rhonda Riley University of Phoenix Diversity in Communications COMM/315 Peter Pizor October 20, 2009 Personal Action Plan Today, instead of going to The Red Lobster with my co-worker for a lovely, lavish steak and lobster lunch; I decided to go to the unemployment office (Henderson - Job Connect), to observe the various types of people coming in to apply for employment; in an attempt to identify the social differences
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several different types of observation. Firstly, we can distinguish between non-participant observation and participant observation. Non-participant observation involves the researcher simply observing the group or event without taking part in it. Participant observation involves the researcher actually taking part in the event or everyday life of the group while observing it. Secondly, we can distinguish between overt observation and covert observation. Overt observations refer to the researcher
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Community Group Observation and Critique Alcoholic's Anonymous Open Meeting Joshua Allen Granite State College When wanting to observe a group I wanted the opportunity to see one that would not only show someone leading it, but to also find one that would be difficult to maintain order. Observing a somewhat disorderly group would give me the opportunity to see how the leader of the group handled the situation and what the other members did during the person’s decision making. The group I chose
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Observation #2: STMC & GLSP For our second observation assignment we were to observe thirty minutes of significant and instructional physical education and/or sport activity for youth. I again visited my daughters’ elementary school Pomerado Elementary to observe one of their physical education classes. I had the opportunity of watching two classes, one fourth and one fifth grade, play kickball for their thirty minute physical education activity for the day. The fourth grade class consisted of 34
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Participant Observation At this stage, we choose one of the field word methods which is the Participant Observation and focus on examining it. We will explain what Participant Observation is about. For example, where does it originated from, what is the aim of applying this field work method, the roles of the researcher using Participant Observation as their field work method, the ways to conduct Participant Observation, the difficulties or concerns while applying this field work method
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way they do it is really important. Observations may be formal or informal. A formal observation is one that is planned ahead and has a specific purpose and helps assess children’s development. Informal observations are when an adult may observe a child doing many small things during the day/year. Observations can be in the form of checklists, tick charts, written records/snapshot observations, time and event samples. Feeding back information from observations to the teacher is important as it means
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