To begin to identify a concept, choose a phenomenon (based on a clinical observation, a clinical case in the literature, a personal experience, etc.) you are interested in Write down all of the words you can think of which are relate to or describe the phenomenon. Identify or brainstorm a term (concept) that can summarize, label or name this phenomenon. For example, you observed that a woman with breast cancer was troubled by her treatment decision. She was very confused with the variety of treatment options and she did not understand the meaning of each treatment option. In this phenomenon, you will find words such as ?lack of information?, ?uncertainty?, ?decision making?, and ?risk taking?, et al to describe this phenomenon. Your group will choose one of these concepts as the focus of your ?concept identification? paper.
Then, look up the concept in a large unabridged dictionary and list the definitions you feel most closely describe the concept of interest. At the same time identify synonyms and related terms of this concept.
Search the literature for journal articles and books (see ?how to search scholarly articles in electronic databases?) related to the concept to get sense of the beliefs and thoughts of others in the discipline regarding the concept. Each student should find at least 2 highly relevant articles that address the key characteristics of the concept. Carefully read the scholarly articles and look for all statements that proved a clue/cue to how the author defines or describes

This paper should be a synthesis of what you have learned about supervision in this class and what you have experienced in your professional life as an educator or professional trainer. Include in your paper: your belief about public education/professional training in general, your own personal philosophy of supervision, your understanding of evaluation?both formative and summative?and how evaluation and supervision relate to each other.

Remember, this is to be a professional paper that must adhere to the APA style of writing.

Describe your personal philosophy of education in a 4-6 page paper that will include: 1. your definition of education, 2. your beliefs about the purposes of education, 3. your beliefs about the organization of the curriculum, 4. your description of teaching methods and practices that you would use. The paper MUST be developed along the line of one of the educational philosophies presented in the text, "Parkay, F.W., & Stanford, B.H. (2001), Becoming a teacher (5th ed.). This paper is to be written according to the latest American Phychological Association (APA)guidelines and include appropriate references and bibliography.

Draft a formal paper expressing your personal philosophy of nursing. you will provide a framework for your personal practice of nursing and reflect on why you chose nursing as a profession. your paper should will define how you interact with patients, family members, other nurses and other health care professionals.

introduction (overview of paper) 1-2 paragraph.
choice of nursing- Why did you choose nursing? 2-3 paragraph
Essence of nursing- What do u believe the core of nursing is and should be?
Correlate historical, ethical and/or political factors influencing professional nursing practice. 2-3 paragraphs.
beliefs and value- What do u believe about patients? 1 paragraph
what do you believe about the patients family and significant others? 1 paragraph
What do u believe about your fellow health care providers? 1 paragraph
What do u believe about your own health? one paragraph
Vision for the future- What do you want to be doing in 2 years? 1 paragraph. 5 years (1 paragraph)
10 years? 1 paragraph
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I sent you some papers on my ethics and one of my job issues, to give you a little background on me for the Personal Values Development. If you cannot completed both papers I do understand and you can pass one on to another writer.

Perpare a paper on Personal Values Development examining your personal values, ground rules and/or ethics development. Focus on the development aspect rather than on a particular position on any issue. Do this by identifying:

A) what your vaules are
B) the sources(people, institutions, events, etc.) that helped shape your my values
C) the criteria and decision-making factores you utilize to revise them
D) the implications/application of my values my work situation

Nature of Ethics
The definition of ethics is a very difficult thing to pin down, since in the modern world it means so many things to so many people. Of course, the basic, main meaning of the word is clear enough. Through one?s life, and especially when growing up, a person learns what ethics are. This usually entails that one?s parents give guidelines according to which life in society should be lived in order to make life as easy as possible for every individual person and for society itself. So on the one hand ethics come from how a person was raised. This in itself is very individual, since some parents do a better job of raising ethical children than others. A child could in this way grow up to be either ethical in a social sense, or unethical. Either way, every person forms an individual set of ethics, even though this set of ethics could be negative, or not compatible with the general ethics accepted by society.
An individual on his or her own also derives an ethical system. Using a parent's guidelines while growing up, a child also uses his or her experiences in society to shape personal ethics. When a person is very young, for example, it is easy to succumb to peer group pressure in order to form ethics that are not really in keeping with what is required by general society. Peer group ethics may require a person to steal and to murder, and this is not ethical in the general, social sense. This could happen even if parents were extremely conscientious and ethical in raising their children.
In the job situation, ethics are again subjected to the individual situation. Business ethics in certain companies are for example not necessarily values that would be acceptable when applied to society in general.


The law profession is an example of this. Lawyers are often obliged by professional ethics to keep conversations with their clients confidential, even though such a person confessed to a murder or some other unlawful act.
The lawyer in question must then defend the client, even though he or she knows that the client is guilty. If individual ethics clash with professional ethics, it is difficult to keep doing the job with enthusiasm.
In the workplace, ethics as a concept is more complicated than ethics in general life. The reason for this is that each profession entails its own set of specific ethics. This helps the job to run smoothly, and it gives workers a guideline according to which they must work. I therefore believe that it is very important to be in a work environment where one's personal ethics do not collide with those required by the job. I also believe that the rules of ethical behavior, both socially and professionally, should be followed absolutely and without fail.
I do think that circumstances dictate the ethics of a situation, but these should never interfere with the basic principle. I would for example not let my relationship with a person interfere with what I believe is right. If I think I need to report the unethical behavior of a family member, friend, or co-worker for example, I would not hesitate to do so. I do not think this is only good for the workplace and society, but also for the person committing the act of unethical behavior. When a person's ethical system breaks down, this endangers the person's future ability to function well in society. In the end curbing, such behavior by reporting the wrongdoer is then better than turning a blind eye for the sake of my relationship with the person.


It is therefore important to me to maintain a strong basis of ethics in both the business and social world. I do not think society or the workplace can function properly without a strong set of ethics. This belief comes from the way I was raised, my family members, and from my life experience during the 45 years that I have lived as a black man. I was raised to have a strong set of values, because often this is all that separates us from those committing crimes against humanity in the name of justice.
My ethics have helped me through my years as a teenager and as a young man. Because I was given a strong set of ethics in my parental home, I was able to withstand peer pressure and not be drawn in by things like gangsterism, drugs or any other self-destructive things. This is why I believe that not behaving in an ethical way endangers a person's safety and way of life. The function of ethics is therefore to protect public safety.
My family members also help me to keep up my ethical behavior, as they support this point of view. Family support helps a great deal when there are ethical problems and issues at stake. My family has supported and helped me to keep up my ethical lifestyle, and to keep from succumbing to peer pressure not only when I was young, but also now. Like me, my family would also turn in anyone they perceive as behaving unethically. Knowing this also helps to keep us from breaking the rules.
I have also seen from experience how things work out better if I keep up a certain standard of ethical behavior. The danger of breaking the rules is not only that one gets caught; it is also about the destructive effect of breaking the rules. Drinking too much for example results in a loss of self-control, which may in turn be destructive when fights break out between people.

I manifest my ethics both in my relationship with myself and with others. For myself, I am very aware of my conscience at all times. I therefore try to make decisions and do things that do not bother me in an ethical sense, and I try to do what I think is the right thing at all times. This then translates to my relationships with others as well. My family, friends and co-workers know me as a person who would never help another person commit an unethical act. Instead, I would report this person regardless of my relationship with him or her.
Ethics are important, both socially and professionally. When a business is perceived as ethical, the public trusts it, which is good for business. In society, an ethical person is also seen in a favorable light, which is beneficial in all contexts of life.














References:
Audi, Robert. (2004). The good in the right: a theory of intuition and intrinsic value. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Post, James E., Anne T. Lawrence, and James Weber. (2002). Business and society: corporate strategy, public policy, ethics. Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.

ETHICAL DILEMMA IN THE WORKPLACE: SENIORITY POLICY


Introduction:

Ace Hardware is a large national chain of independent hardware and home

improvement franchise retail outlets. At the particular retail store in question, the

policy of employee seniority, as it relates to all matters other than vacation allocation,

is either applied inconsistently, or ignored outright, resulting in antagonism between

co-workers, erosion of respect for management, and ultimately, undermining

employee morale in general.


Occupational Situation:

Manager Mike Riley has been with the organization since 1994 and has been

in charge of day-to-day operations since 1998. Several employees have worked at

Ace almost as long as Mike, while two others, Brian Knight and Kevin Brady, were

hired more recently, by Mike, since his promotion to Management. Brian and Mike

grew up in the same neighborhood, attending the same high school where they were

good friends before losing touch while Brian served four years in military service.

Kevin was first introduced to Mike by Brian, who had befriended him shortly after

they met playing in the same weekend softball league.

According to company policy, vacation time, work shift preferences, and

choice of assignments are to be awarded based on seniority, provided employees

fulfill their obligations with respect to minimum scheduled hours and satisfactory job

performance. Corporate directives have issued very specific instructions as to the

proper allocation of vacation time among and between co-workers in good standing,

based strictly on seniority. As a result, Mike has always honored vacation requests


appropriately, according to the relative seniority of employees. On the other hand,

corporate headquarters has never specifically enforced its other policy elements of

seniority, particularly as it relates to honoring shift change requests and preferences

for specific work assignments.

Joe Leonard and Marie Delacruz have been with the company since 1995 and

1997, respectively, both having worked side-by-side with Mike before his promotion

to Manager in 1998. Whereas Brian and Kevin both maintain social friendships with

Mike outside of work, Joe is quite a bit older than any of his co-workers and spends

all of his personal time away from work with his family and rarely, if ever, maintains

any social contact with Mike outside of work. Likewise, Marie is a single, working

mother who attends nursing school in the evenings; she has little interests in common

with Mike and his friends. Joe and Marie both perform quite satisfactorily, in fact,

they helped train Brian and Kevin after Mike hired them.

Initially, Mike honored Ace company policy in entertaining employee requests

for shift and assignment preferences in accordance with seniority. Gradually, as he

and Brian rekindled their old friendship, Mike started giving Brian preferential

treatment, often disregarding Ace policy on employee seniority, to the detriment of

Marie and Joe whenever their wishes conflicted with those of Brian. More recently,

Mike joined the same softball team where Brian and Kevin first met, which greatly

exacerbated the problem.

Since then, Mike has allocated work shift and assignment preferences with

complete disregard of seniority as between Brian, Kevin, Marie and Joe. Mike?s

unofficial policy seems to be that softball-related scheduling issues take precedence

over any matters where the wishes of other employees conflict with those of Brian or


Kevin. To make the situation even worse, Mike simultaneously uses the convenient

excuse of ?seniority? to justify his decisions anytime Carlos Ramirez, his most recent

hire, puts in a request that conflicts with the preferences of his other employees,

including Joe and Marie. Mike?s unofficial policy seems to be that seniority is

respected, but only whenever it does not conflict with his softball team?s schedule.

As a result, Joe and Marie have become quite dissatisfied working for Mike,

and a thinly veiled atmosphere of antagonism exists on their part toward Mike, Brian,

and Kevin, collectively.


Solution:

Human resource experts have implicated unfair, differential treatment of

employees by management as a very significant source of employee dissatisfaction

and morale (Ross, 2002), which seems to have been borne out in this particular

situation. Even from a more general industrial psychology perspective, the

inconsistent application of established rules is even more detrimental to employee

morale than the absence of any such guiding principles in the first place (Gerrig &

Zimbardo, 2001).

Since Ace corporate headquarters already requires that relative seniority

among co-workers be recognized in matters pertaining to vacation time,

management?s only beneficial option is to adhere strictly to this principle in all

situations where relative seniority provides an appropriate method for approving

employee requests. Conversely, continuation of the situation currently prevailing at

the Ace Hardware outlet in question is likely to undermine relations, both between

employees and management, as well as among the employees, themselves.


REFERENCES



Ross, A. (2002) No Collar: The Humane Workplace and Its Hidden Costs.
Basic Books

Gerrig, R., Zimbardo, P. (2001) Psychology and Life 16th ed.
Allyn & Bacon

a) Personal Ethics: PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS AND USE GRADING CRITERIA (SEE LAST PAGE) TO HELP WRITE ESSAY.

i) Read the following excerpt: To Heal Sometimes, To Comfort Always located at: http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/pcbe/bookshelf/reader/chapter3.html

ii) Then complete Resource 1: My Nursing Ethic (SEE BELOW)

iii) Using the reading and Resource 1, write a 750-1000-word paper that describes your professional moral compass.

(1) As you write your paper, include the following:
(a) What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice?

(b) Define values, morals, and ethics in the context of your obligation to nursing practice. Explain how your personal values, philosophy, and worldview may conflict with your obligation to practice, creating an ethical dilemma.

(c) Reflect and share your own personal thoughts in regard to the morals and ethical dilemmas you may face in the health care field. How do your personal views affect your behavior and your decision making?

iv) Do not be concerned with the use of ethical terminology for this paper.

v) Use standard paper format in APA style, including an introduction, a conclusion, and a title page. An abstract is not required. Cite in-text and in the Reference section.

vi) Refer to Resource 2: Personal Ethics Paper Grading Criteria located in the Course Resource folder.

vii) Attach Resource 1: My Nursing Ethic as an addendum to the assignment.

Resource 1: My Nursing Ethic
Complete the questions below.

PASSION: Why am I here?







MOTIVATION: What moves me to act?








INSPIRATION: What keeps me in motion?









LOYALTY: Whom do I serve?





















Resource 2: Personal Ethics Paper Grading Criteria


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Completed Resource 1: My Nursing Ethic.

Described individual professional moral compass

Addressed how personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to an individuals worldview and philosophy of nursing.

Addressed how values shape or influence nursing practice.

Reflected and shared personal thoughts in regard to the morals and ethical dilemmas faced in the health care field.

Used standard paper format in APA style, including an introduction, conclusion, and title page.


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The paper should demonstrate your understanding of Communication at work (chapter 1) and interpersonal skills (chapter 5). The paper should integrate both of the selected communication areas and show how they apply to personal and organizational life.

In addition, reading materials should be used to illistrate either how the conceots discussed in your papaer have been applied, or how they could potentially be used to improve effective communication and interpersonal relationships in management.
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Read the case study from the book Organizational Behavior by Hellriegel/Slocum 2011 custom Edition.

Then write a five page paper answering the following questions:(1) Discuss fully how personal differences and preferences can impact organizational ethics. (2) discuss fully how organizational policies and procedures can impact ethics. (3) Discuss fully the ethical dilemmas that Valerie is facing. (4) Recommend fully what Valerie should do. Provide a detailed explanation.

This paper should be double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, APA format.

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In addition to the 6 pages, a title page is to be included, with sources.

Title Page is to contain the title of assignment, and the date

1,000 word essay. The student will write an essay about her personal view of the meaning of being abnormal. (1) How do you decide whether someone is currently, or at risk for, behaving in a way that is appropriate, adaptive, harmful, dangerous, etc.? (2) From where did this view arise? Please provide evidence that supports your perspective or set of rules you apply when judging others levels of normacly. (3) If not already covered above, how is normal defined in your family of origin, community or culture?UNIT OBJECTIVES are: demonstrate an understanding of societal and ethical issues surrounding theories of psychopathology.

Scoring criteria will be based on use of APA style of writing but most importantly on the clarity of the essay. No references are required for this essay unless you cite someone who specifically influenced your current thinking. The argument you make for your point of view should stand up to peer review. Although we may all consider ourselves open minded or tolerant, suggesting that you do not ever judge others will not be sufficient and is likely to earn a very low score. Excessive words may negatively impact the readers view of the authors understanding of the essential aspects of the material in the literature.
MY HISTORY: Born in the 1960s. Youngest of 3 girls. Educated in private catholic girls only college. I was raised to believe that any behaviour that was considered illegal or unchristianly was abnormal. We were taught tolerance of other people but tended to be judgemental of others whose behaviour was not what I considered appropriate.
We have been studying Modern biological perspectives, the psychoanalytical perspective, roots of behaviourism and behavioural approaches and therapies, psychodynamic theories of abnormality, behavioural theories, cognitive theories, humanistic and existential theories and interpersonal theories of abnormality as well as touching on social and interpersonal approaches encompassing family systems theories and social structural theories of abnormality.

This is a 4 page, doctoral level essay that focuses on a personal philosophy of organizational leadership.
Specifically, the philosophical underpinnings of Organizational Theory offer the opportunity to explore, examine, elucidate, and evaluate one's current understanding of Organizational Leadership. Write an essay that shares your current beliefs, assumptions, and understandings of Organizational Leadership. Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style (Times New Roman, 12 point font). Please write the essay using American Syntax. Please be sure to use current/recent reference sources. If you use direct quotations, please include the page number(s).

The textbooks used in this course include: Warren Bennis' book entitled "On Becoming a Leader (2003),
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UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT



Generating a Personal Learning Epistemology
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the ?Personal Epistemology in Education? article in your text (p. 52), the Bendixen and Rule (2004) and Hofer (2006) articles in the Ashford University Library, and watch the What is Epistemology? Introduction to the Word and the Concept video required for this week.


As suggested in the required articles and video for this assignment, the definition of what a personal epistemology is has been debated. However, developing a personal learning epistemology is important because it is foundational to how we think. Without a multifaceted understanding of how we obtain knowledge, how we rely on our intelligences, and how we expand ideas in our minds, we have no intelligible path for our beliefs. A rigorous learning epistemology is essential to comprehensive reasoning and thinking.

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Based on your current and newly developed knowledge as well as the required resources for this assignment, apply basic research methods to align the content of the information in the required course resources this week with your personally constructed learning epistemology. Apply skeptical inquiry to develop your personal epistemological beliefs through reflection on the questions below. Be aware that these questions are not the only considerations that might be included, and they should not be used verbatim; rather, they can serve as guides as you begin the process of creating your personal epistemology.

What can we know?
How can we know it?
What do/should individuals need to learn, and why?
What purpose(s) should education serve?
How do you believe persons acquire knowledge best?
What image of society and the kinds of adults that populate it seems to correspond with your vision of knowing/learning?
What do you believe about the way students learn and why they may (or may not) want to learn?
Why do we know some things but not others?
How do we acquire knowledge?
Is knowledge possible?
Can knowledge be certain?
How can we differentiate truth from falsehood?
Why do we believe certain claims and not others?
According to Plato, knowledge is a subset of that which is both true and believed. Do you agree or disagree?
After developing basic answers to the questions above and considering the impact of understanding how one?s own conscience awareness of knowledge and learning may affect individual development and beliefs manifestations, research a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library that can be used as support sources for your personal learning epistemology. Your learning epistemology must include six to seven key points with supporting rationales regarding your beliefs on learning and knowing.

Apply professional standards to your explanation regarding how knowledge is developed by providing references for any theoretical perspectives, historical trends, and/or empirical findings you include in your epistemology. Additionally, your personal epistemology should be an authentic and truthful explanation about your current beliefs about learning and knowing, as supported by your research, and not merely reflective of what you think your instructor or peers want to hear.

The paper should not include any elaborate quotes; it should be scholarly in nature with citations throughout. It is recommended that you submit your paper to both Writing Reviser and Turnitin prior to submission for grading. Please note that you will include a revised draft of this epistemology, based on instructor feedback as well as your own knowledge development during this course, as part of your Learning and Cognition Handbook.

The paper:

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length, not including the title or references pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student?s name
Course name and number
Instructor?s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph.
Must address the topic with critical thought and support all assertions with peer-reviewed sources.
Must end with a conclusion that synthesizes your belief statements about knowing and learning.
Must use at least five peer-reviewed sources from the Ashford University Library.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the In-Text Citation Guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the APA References List.

The class books are: "A History of the Western Educational Experience" second edition by Gerald L. Gutek and the book "Love YOur God With All Your Mind" by J.P. Moreland

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY PAPER INSTRUCTIONS
You will write a 6-page paper (excluding title, abstract, and reference pages) in APA format outlining your beliefs about the purposes of education. Relate those beliefs to the content of this course, citing specific examples of educational thinkers and philosophies by way of comparison and contrast to your own. You are to include at least 6 references for this paper. SafeAssign will be used to evaluate the originality of your paper.

Carefully review the Educational Philosophy Paper Grading Rubric to ensure compliance with all standards. The following elements must be clearly defined throughout your paper using headings and subheadings:

Title Page

Consider the title of your paper to be your motto, slogan, or bumper-sticker version of your philosophy. It should be clear enough to give the reader some idea of what you believe about education. Include your name, ID number, course and section, and your instructor?s name and be sure it follows the APA format.

Abstract

Write a 1-paragraph abstract that conveys your philosophy of education and would be what you would write on a job application in response to a request to "describe your philosophy of education." The abstract need not summarize all aspects of the paper but should correspond with the title and thesis statements. You may target your abstract to be appropriate for either a public or Christian school application.

Consider this an abridged version of your full philosophy statement, similar to a vision or mission statement. This would also be something similar to what you would write on an employment application, or would say in an interview when asked about your educational philosophy.

Introduction

In your introduction, present a strong thesis statement that conveys what you believe to be the purpose of education. The thesis statement should correspond to the title of the paper. Construct the remainder of the paper to support the thesis statement.

The best place for your thesis statement is the last sentence of the introduction. It serves as a transition to the rest of the paper.

Worldview & Philosophy of Life

This is what you know and believe about the world and life. This section should flow smoothly into and be consistent with your thoughts about schools and learning. How would you describe your view of life in general? How will your worldview influence your practice as an educator? Be sure to include appropriate Scriptures to support your worldview. (The questions listed below are strictly to provoke thought and to help you know how to focus your writing. Do NOT write your paper as a list of direct answers to these questions.)

Remember to include your beliefs by specifically addressing and citing the main types of philosophies (idealism, realism, neo-scholasticism, etc.):
? Metaphysics: What is ultimately real or true? What gives life purpose or meaning?
? Epistemology: Do students come to know reality?
? Axiology: What do you most value? What do you want your students to value most? What ethical principles will guide you?


Philosophy of Schools & Learning

This is what you know and believe about both schools and learning. It should connect with the previous section and flow smoothly into the next section about instructional practice. Identify and properly cite key theories from your courses that will impact your teaching. In this section describe the theories and in the next section discuss how you would practice the theory in your instructional methods. What are the purpose of schools? How will professional knowledge guide your practice? Refer to the knowledge base in teacher education that includes educational psychology, philosophy, and learning theory. Don?t try to cover everything; just identify two or three key theories you espouse. From what specific professional knowledge will you draw in your practice? Whose theories, ideas, etc., are meaningful to you?

Explain your beliefs about education, comparing and contrasting them to historical figures studied in this course. Discuss your beliefs regarding educational trends and societal currents that affect education. You are encouraged to integrate content from Scripture and other courses as well.

Educational Practice

This is what you will implement in your practice. This section should flow smoothly from the previous one. In the previous section you should have identified and briefly discussed what theories you plan to implement. In this section you will explain how you will put those theories into practice. What pedagogical practices or methods will you tend to use most frequently? Why? What instructional strategies will you value and implement? What do you hope to accomplish by using these strategies?

Briefly explain how your life and/or educational experiences have shaped your philosophy of education. (Because this is not an autobiography, avoid long narratives.) Explain how your philosophy of education shapes, or will shape, your professional practices. Connect theory to practice.

Teacher-Learner Relationships

What is the role of the learner? What is the role of the teacher? How should they relate to each other and why? What does the Bible have to say about learners and teachers?

When constructing this section of your paper, remember not o simply answer these questions. They are only a guide to stimulate thought.

Diversity

What factors need to be taken into account by the teacher? How do factors of student diversity impact instruction? What does the Bible teach about how we should treat others, even (or especially) if they?re different?

Conclusion

Conclude with a paragraph that ties your paper together and reinforces the main idea that presented in the thesis statement and title.

If you have other headings, or important information you want to include in your paper, be sure to include them before your conclusion. Other ideas you may want to consider are your calling to teaching, classroom management philosophy, assessment philosophy, parent role and the relationship with the teacher, current ethics issues in education.


Use the chart below to help you organize your thoughts:
Because this paper is made up of your personal views, it will be graded on how well you followed the rubric, supported your ideas and presented them in a clear, consistent manner. You may disagree with your instructor without penalty. Make sure you are careful in your use of APA format, grammar, and sentence structure. Check your spelling and have someone proof-read your paper for content and correctness.

Try not to dwell too much on your personal biographical or testimonial information. How you came to believe what you do is not as important as what you believe and your rationale for it.

You should use a variety of references when composing your paper. Do not use Wikipedia or other non-reliable resources. Possible sources include:
? Textbooks for this and other courses
? The Bible (although not cited on the reference page)
? Academic educational journals
? Scholarly websites
? Books you?ve read that influence your educational philosophy

Introduction/Thesis Statement
10 points A well constructed introduction presents a clear thesis statement that conveys a personal philosophy of education and is strongly aligned with the title and body of the paper.

Abstract
10 points Abstract provides effective summation of overall arguments contained in the paper body.

Worldview and Philosophy of Life
30 points All of the issues of meaning/purpose, truth, and values are presented coherently and lay a foundation for a consistent philosophy of education.

Philosophy of Schools/Learning

30 points Beliefs about schools and the learning process strongly align with worldview, are consistent with methodology, and are conveyed in light of professional knowledge in the field.

Instructional Practice/Methodology
30 points Thoroughly describes an exceptional instructional practice/teaching model, explaining the purpose/vision for why it will be implemented.

Teacher?Learner Relationships
10 points Clearly outlines beliefs on effective teacher/learner relationships; strongly aligned with philosophy and practice.

Diversity
10 points Addresses clearly and integrates effectively the consideration of diversity in the overall philosophical argument.

COMPOSITION AND CRITICAL THINKING
Descriptor Advanced Proficient Developing Points Earned
Mechanics
12 points No errors in spelling, grammar, or punctuation.

Composition
16 points All of the following aspects are presented with exceptional quality: coherent, cohesive, sentence and paragraph structures.

Critical Thinking
12 points All the following qualities are present: supports claims with evidence; critically evaluates claims of others; seriously considers/engages with other interpretations

INFORMATION LITERACY / APA

Citation Appropriateness
10 points Exceptional understanding of existing body of knowledge on the topic. Appropriately compares own ideas to those of experts in the field.

Citation Format
4 points All citations are in text and are correctly formatted using APA style guidelines.

Reference Appropriateness
12 points Six references are listed from legitimate sources in the field of educational theory, philosophy, or research. All of the following are represented: book, academic journal, online source.

Reference Format
4 points Bibliographic references are correctly formatted using APA style guidelines.

Research Project (Paper) on "Is God Personal?" looking at the study of the doctrine of God. Included in the research give a brief synopsis on the history or development of this doctrine (1-2 pages) and an application of this doctrine for the church today (1-2 pages). You will have at least one academic source per page in length.

The summary paper will be at least a three page paper. at least one page dealing with the "student's" personal worldview with at least one paragraph dealing with each area of metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology. The second page should address what the "student" perceives as the domainat worldview in america today with one paragraph dealing with each area of metaphysics, epistemology, and axiology. APA format, times new roman font, number 12 font, double spaced.

Preferred Writer FreelaceWriter Or A Writer whos familiar with Health Related topic papers and Can meet the standards of Doctoral level of writing

This paper is to help to demonstrate, how patients choose a healthy behavior and the likelihood of taking action towards it . Also, what factors influences this behavior and steps to making their decision. Therefore, as a pharmacy student it helps us to understand their point of view by trying this theory our self and writing about it.

I need the writer to choose a health behavior (my example is working out 3 times a week) . And attempt to change it over period of time (two weeks) .
Note: The writer could use any other healthy behavior if he wishes. As long as Health behavior must be a change in the positive direction.

The paper should be 2 pages at least. Paper should include the following.
-Introduction
-Description of the behavior the writer tried to change
-Statement of whether the writer was successful or unsuccessful in changing this behavior. ( It does not matter whether or not it was successful in changing this behavior , however, its required to reflect on their experience and writer about it.)
*Note: In my example, attempting to exercise 3X a week, it was successful. And it made me have more energy and feeling productive from the beginning of day after my gym workout.) If writer chooses this topic please emphasize this idea.
-Paragraph or two why the writer felt he/she was successful or unsuccessful.
-Application of at least one of the heath behavior models that I will attach at the end of this paper.( please see attachme nt below)
-Honest appraisal on whether the writer found this experience valuable and why
Conclusion.

Health Decision Model :

Combines:
Health belief Model
Decisional Analysis
Behavioral Decision Theory


Decisional Analysis
For a given outcomecompute a score based on
*Perceived Value
*Probability of occurrence
Theoretically= choose the outcome with the highest score.

Health Decision Model
Behavioral Decision Theory
Identify biases in decision making.
Risks involving gains and looses
Certainty effect
Sunk costs
Availability
Selective perception
Concrete vs. abstract information
Reluctance to revise beliefs/ discount beliefs given new data

Importance of Behavior Change

Most efforts to improve health require some change in behavior on the part of the pa tient.
(OConnell D. In behavioral Medicine in primary Care.)

-Elimination or reduction of destructive behavior( smoking, alcohol dependence
-Promotion of healthier lifestyle( e.g. Regular exercise , safer sex)
-Adherence to medical regime for acute or chronic illness (e.g. Taking medication, checking blood glucose.)


Health Belief Model
1--Individual Perception
( Perceived susceptibility to Disease X)


Modifying Factors.
2--Demographic Variables( age, sex , race, ethnicity, etc)
Sociopsychological Variables( personality, social class, peer and reference group pressure, etc.)
Structural Variable ) knowledge about disease, prior contact with disease etc.)

This step has influence on Step 1

Step 2 leads to Perceive threat of Disease (x)
And finally
Likelihood of Action
Perceived benefits of retentive action
Minus
Perceived barriers to preventative action. Which determines the likelihood of behavior change

Theory of Planned Behavior.

Concept
Behavioral intention---- Perceived likelihood of performing behavior
Attitude---- Personal evaluation of the behavior
Subject norm----Beliefs about whether key people approve or disapprove of the behavior, motivation to behave in way that gains their approval
Perceive behavioral control---- Believe that one has and can exercise, control over performing the behavior.

Based on the attached sample case study on David, assume he comes to you for personal counselling.
Use Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (REBT approach) on how you might proceed with David.
As a guideline the following questions are to be used to lead the discussion to apply to specific examples from David's case:
- When you consider the philosophical assumptions underlying the REBT approach, what are its implications for therapeutic practice?
- What are your basic assumptions about human nature?
- What do you consider to the most important therapeutic goals?
- How would you describe your function and role as a counsellor?

As this is a case study, please ensure that the guidelines are NOT ANSWERED MERELY in general theoretical form BUT needs to be applied and tied in to how this will apply to David's case by quoting examples from the case itself.

1 page should be devoted to the summary of David's problems and an introduction of what CBT-REBT is. The rest of will then be devoted to applying the above guidelines to apply to how the therapy will proceed

Describe your personal values and spiritual beliefs.
Using the elements of cost, quality, and social issues to frame your description, differentiate your beliefs and opinions about health care policy. Give examples of relevant ethical principles, supported by your values.
Analyze how factors such as your upbringing, spiritual or religious beliefs/doctrine, personal and professional experiences, and political ideology affect your current perspective on health care policy.
Examine any inconsistencies you discovered relative to the alignment of your personal values and beliefs with those concerning health policy. Discuss what insights this has given you.
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,

Topic: Theoretical and personal analysis of sexuality, sex therapy, and religion

THIS PAPER SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN APA FORMAT. SHOULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN REFERENCES (BOOKS AND SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, NOT WIKIPEDIA).


0BS: THIS WRITTEN PART,. IS MY TOUGHTS ABOUT MY PROPOSAL. CAN YOU ADJUST AMD INPROVED BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL PAPER. THANK U.


STUDENT WILL WRITE A PROPOSOL AND MAKE A 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION. ON THIS TOPIC

I CHOSE THIS TOPIC BECAUSE IT INVOLVES RELIGION AND MY MOTHER IS VERY RELIGIOUS PERSON.,iN MY CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, RELIGION, WHEN WISELY TAUGHT FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD IS A GOOD RESOURCES FOR EDUCATING AND COUNSELING PEOPLE TO GROW EMOTIONALLY, PHYSICALLY, SPIRITUALLY AND SEXUALLY HEALTHY BECAUSE GOD KNOWS OU BETTER THAN YOURSELF. WE SEE MANY EXAMPLES IN THIS MODERN SOCIETY THE CONSEQUENCES OF HOW HUMAN MANAGE THEY SEXUALITY, AND THERE IS ONE VERY WELL KNOWN IS THE A.I.D.S
fROM MY RELIGION PERSPECTIVE, GOD CREATED MAN AND WOMAN WITH SEX AND HE WANTS US TO PRACTICE IT WITH INTENSITY BUT BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN IN THE MARRIED,
iN COONTRAST, THERE IS A BAD RELIGION AS WELL, LEADERS THAT AVOID THEIR FOLLOWERS UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF SEXUALITY. WHEN FOR EXAMPLE A COUPLE FACE A SEXUAL PROBLEM THESE LEADERS DONT WANT THESE COUPLE GO TO THERAPY WITH SEX THERAPIST.
I GREW UP INTO A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY WHERE DISCUSSING SEXUALITY WAS VERY RESTRICT BUT NOT IGNORED. WE ALWAYS DISCUSSED ABOUT SEX
ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE LEARNED AND LIVED. IN THE BIBLICAL TIME GOD PROVIDED ALL KIND OF COUNSELORS TO HELP PEOPLE. i ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DOCTORS TO HELP US PERFORMANCE BETTER PHYSICALLY, PSYCHOLOGIST TO HELP US PERFORMACE BETTER PSYCHOLOGICALLY AMD SEX THERAPIST TO HELP US TO PERFORMANCE BETTER SEXUALLY AS WELL.

There are faxes for this order.

Requesting Freelancewriter for this paper. strict APA format

This is a comprehensive paper on personal protection equipment and use of force issues related to physical and personal security.

What is the difference between faith, theology, belief, and spirituality?

The typed essay should be 3 pages, it should have an introductory paragraph, and a concluding paragraph. The body of the essay should define all terms and be enfleshed in observable human experience. quotes should be in quotation marks, and the author sited. Paraphrased material should also be cited.

General Subject : Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness

Culture and Health Disparities Paper

The paper is a reflection of your personal culture (Filipino) on health disparities health related practices, and healthcare outcomes. The paper will follow APA format, 4 pages excluding figures, tables and reference pages.
1. Use the 19 social categories in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing (vol.21) to assist you in defining your social status.
2. Describe and assess your personal culture of origin, and analyze your cultural habits and its effect on health.
3. What are the traditional beliefs and values that are beneficial or not beneficial to generations influenced under the culture; describe the aspects of health care practice and systems related to this culture.
4. Examine health care disparities in this culture in a chosen topic and populations.

GUIDELINES FOR CRITICAL BOOK REVIEWS. TITLE OF BOOK TO BE REVIEWED: REAL EDUCATION BY(CHARLES MURRAY)
The critical book review undertakes an analysis of a text, and is not an opinion piece
based solely on the reader?s personal reaction to the book. In this type of analysis, the
book is reviewed in a descriptive, summative way, but is also evaluated in terms of the
merits of the author?s central arguments, claims, and evidence. After reading your
critical book review, your readers should not only have a general sense of what the
book is about (to help them decide if they should read it), but also a sense of the quality
of the book (to help them decide if it is worth their while to read it). In short, the critical
book review should tell someone about the book and the author in question and not
about the person writing the review: it should be more objective than subjective, and
more about the book than about the opinions of the person reviewing it.
The structure of the critical book review (2500 words). Note that these should not be
used as headings. Instead create a flow that leads the reader though your review.
1. Introduction (1-3 paragraphs1)
? Provide a brief description of the book, and a brief statement about your
assessment of the book: does it achieve its objectives?
2. Summary of the book (500-700 words)
? Provide the reader with the information necessary to gain a good sense of
the book, and enough additional information to understand your analysis
of it. Be concise, which may require that you edit several drafts to make it
so.
3. Analysis of the book (700-1000 words)
? How appropriate and convincing is the evidence provided for the argument
or theme?
? How complete is the argument? Has the author neglected important
counter-positions (like a Critical Youth Studies perspective)? This is an
issue of scholarship, and good scholarship completely represents the
body of work in a field. To be scholarly, you should conduct a literature
review yourself to make an informed decision on this matter.
4. Evaluation of the book (500-700 words)
? Give a brief summary of all the weakness and strengths you have found in
the book. No book is perfect, but on balance, does it accomplish its goals?
? Does the book reach its audience? Is it suitable for other audiences?
5. Conclusion (1-3 paragraphs)
? From the point of view of Critical Youth Studies, does the book have
additional shortcomings or strengths, and should it have expanded its
purpose, evidence, and argument?
1 Paragraphs should not normally exceed one page. In fact, each paragraph should represent one key

On each chapter listed please provide about 3/4 page including
[1] a short description of a personal experience or an observation relevant to the social psychological phenomena covered in that weeks lecture or reading
[2] give a brief explanation of the theory or research dealing with the phenomenon or process applicable to your personal experience complete with brief, relevant references to Social Psychology 11 Ed. by David G. Meyers.


-Ch 3 social beliefs and judgements
-Ch 4, behavior and attitudes
-Ch 7, Persuasion
Examples of.
-central route of persuasion
-peripheral route of persuasion
explainations of why
-Ch 8, Group influence
-Ch 9, Prejudice
-Ch 10, Aggression
-Ch 11, Attraction
-Ch 12, Prosocial Behavior
-Ch 13, Conflict & Peace making
-Ch 14, Social Psych & Law

Choose one of the following topics (as delineated in the following descriptive passages) and write a reasonably comprehensive, clear, informative, fascinating, witty essay on its pertinence to the following Victorian authors:
1) Robert Browning
2) Gerard Manley Hopkins
3) John Ruskin
4) D.G. Rossetti
5) Christina Rossetti
6) William Morris
7) Algernon Charles Swinburne
8) Pater
9) Oscar Wilde
****PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE AUTHORS AND THEIR WORKS IN ORDER TO WRITE THIS ESSAY****

You should include detailed discussions of three (3) of the writers above. The questions or topics are broad and encompassing; your essay should aspire to the opposite extreme. In other words, narrow and restrict your thesis and approach. Determine your general statements according not merely to the aspects of the topics, but also the specific authors and works, you choose to discuss. AVOID SUMMERIZING or restating the authors' works--assume your reader has complete knowledge of them--and select your illustrations according to their specific significance and relevance to your general thesis. A well-chosen example can be worth several paragraphs of bull. You should use quotations only when the specific phrasing or choice of words is important to your argument, and in any case you should not quote extensively. Please think, and discipline your thoughts, before you write.

NOTE: YOU MUST INDICATE, by number, WHICH TOPIC YOU ARE RESPONDING TO IN ORDER FOR ME TO KNOW.


1. "Whether to follow the critical mind whatever its destructive effect on religious faith or to follow the will to believe and abandon reason could become for some Victorians, perhaps a majority of the intellectuals, the two horns of a dilemma. They could do neither. No sooner had they concluded, under the influence of science and biblical criticism, that Christianity was a myth or that all supernatural religion was a delusion than they felt the hopes and consolations, so deeply imbeded by the Bible readings and church services of their youth, not only alive but reviving the more intensely as they were threatened with extinction."

2. "Throughout Modern Painters Ruskin opposed the separation of art from life not because he feared what was lovely but because he felt it too important to be divorced from what was good and true. . . . he distinguishes between aesthesis, the mere senuous pleasure one takes in art, and theoria, the response to beauty of one's total moral being. By the end of the century Ruskin's distinction had been forgotten, and the aesthetes became trapped in the sterile pursuit of art for art's sake."

[Consider this analysis of Ruskin's impulses as it applies to the entirety of the writers we have studied in the course, focusing upon three. To what degree does the quotation aptly summarize the positions of other writers than Ruskin? Does the movement towards aestheticism and art for art's sake involve a total, or partial abandoment of moral principles? You do not need to write about Ruskin.]

3. "The sacrament of energy in nature flows naturally from nature's infinite variety: for a world in constant movement provides as much variety as a world of sharply individuated things and creatures. The sacrament of energy in nature is thus one of the objects of praise. The sacrament of energy in the art of man flows equally naturally from the mimetic principle of art; energy in art is a tool of praise imitating energy in nature."

[This definition presupposes a mimetic connection between dynamic art and an important Victorian element of the sacramental view of nature-~-energy. Without necessarily accepting this connection, consider the implications of the definition with regard to three or four writers we have studied. Dealing with such thematic concerns as their conception of energy, their perspective upon nature, and their evaluation of individuality (as it applies to both animate and inanimate objects), discuss the means by which they employ "energy in art" to illustrate, illiminate, and/or pay homage to their varying conceptions of the sacramental in nature. For those writers whose view of nature fails to partake of the sacramental, consider whether their art--as it imitates of this conception of nature--exhibits a diminution of energy, as you have defined the term. Is there an alternative power or source which these writers draw upon to render their non-sacramental conception? NOTE: your definition of "energy in art" should be subtle and sophisticated: I don't want to read, for example, that Hopkins' poetry is energetic because "it flows," or that Fra Lippo embodies energy because he is a "lively" character.]

4. "The lines of connection between [the Victorians] and God have broken down, or God himself has slipped away from the places where he used to be. He no longer inheres in the world as the force binding together all men and all things [and] can only be experienced negatively, as a terrifying absence. In this time of the no longer and not yet, man is 'Wandering between two worlds, one dead,/ The other powerless to be born.' His situation is essentially one of disconnection: disconnection between man and nature, between man and man, even between man and himself. Only if God would return or if we could somehow reach him might our broken world be unified again. But this has not yet happened. God keeps himself hidden. There seems to be no way to reestablish connection."

5. "It was clearly a habit of mind among the Victorians to perceive analogies between their own day and various historical epochs in the past and then to use these analogies in conducting their [contemporary] controversies. Their historical consciousness was a mode of self-consciousness, an awareness of the self by means of the other. [Hence] it will not do. . . to say that the Victorians were simply constructing a "myth" of history, which we could and should criticize as if it were a fiction. . . . In setting forth [their historical] beliefs the great Victorians engaged in a dialogue with each other, which extended over the decades and constituted a running argument about society, religion, culture, science, and art."

Length: 4 FULL pages.
Please include a separate Title page and MLA styled Work Cited Page. Please write clearly and concisely, avoid summarizing and repetition. And last but not least, please make sure my order is delivered on time; the due date is: Friday, June 8, 2007 at 9:00pm.

Thank you and good luck!

Directions for Philosophy of Clinical Nursing Education Reflective Essay Guidelines

A philosophy reflects the framework of values and beliefs about a particular subject. This framework gives both meaning and direction to actions. Your philosophy of clinical nursing education is your individual framework of beliefs and values about those who teach and those who learn in clinical nursing education. These values and beliefs will guide your decisions about teaching strategies, settings, outcomes, and role behavior.

After reflection, records your thoughts, values and beliefs about clinical nursing education along the following dimensions:

1. What teaching learning theory/philosophy reflects your beliefs regarding clinical nursing education? Explain rationale. (***I would like it to be based on the theory of Andragogy/The Adult Learner by Knowles***)
2. Significance of clinical teaching vs. classroom teaching.
3. The role of nursing students in the clinical setting.
4. The necessary characteristics or climate for clinical teaching and learning - Internal (you) and external (clinical setting or agency).
5. Quality vs quantity (in terms of number of students and education) in the clinical setting.

Your philosophy should not exceed 5 pages.

Your philosophy of clinical nursing education is to be formatted using the APA guidelines. At least one additional peer reviewed reference must be included according to APA guidelines. At least 2 references must be no more than 5 years old.

GRADING RUBRIC:
1.Organization- presentation is clear, logical and organized. Line of reasoning is clear. A formal introduction and conclusion are present
2.Application of teaching/Learning theory- accurate and complete explanation of the concepts, theories, supported by relevant literature; application of theory to reality. Minimum of at least 2 references appropriately integrated and cited
3.Role of nursing students and instructor- reflects on the role of the nursing students as a learner. Describe 2 or more key responsibilities and action of the students and instructor in learning.
4.Clinical vs. Classroom Teaching- provides multiple key advantages and disadvantages of both platforms of instruction. Expresses value in the teaching environment/s.
5.Characteristics/Climate for teaching/learning- provides thorough consideration of the optimal environment for instruction. Addresses how to facilitate and support learning in students. Discusses impediments to teaching/learning for both students and instructors.
6.Quality vs. Quantity- Describes personal feelings regarding the subject. Provides a sound argument and addresses challenges.
7.Writing style/APA format- Clear sentence structure, smooth transitions, correct grammar and punctuations, no spelling errors. Accurate in-text citations. Reference list accurately cited.