Category: Education

Understanding the Six Literacy Components and Their Role in Reading Development

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Provide a basic explanation of each of the 6 literacy components (including key, defining aspects of each component) and highlight the role of each in reading (literacy) development.
Oral Language Development
Phonological Awareness
Phonics
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Fluency
After you have explained each of the 6 literacy processes, demonstrate your understanding, through a written explain, of how the six literacy components work together in support of each other towards literacy development.
Discuss your professional development in reading (literacy), using these guiding questions:
How was your professional development in reading (literacy) positively impacted.
As a result of your experiences in developing in this class, describe several specific areas in which you plan to seek further professional development.

 

 

 

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Higher Education Staff Recruitment: A Literature Review

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Literature Review on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in Higher Education Staff Recruitment in the UK

Introduction
Provide an overview of DEI’s significance in recruiting higher education staff.
Outline the objectives and structure of the literature review and policy analysis.
Defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Define the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly in higher education.
Discuss the importance of these concepts in creating an inclusive academic workforce.
Post-Modernist Theoretical Approach
Utilise a post-modernist theoretical framework to examine how recruitment practices may include or exclude individuals based on their identities.
Discuss how this approach helps deconstruct traditional power structures and narratives within university recruitment processes.
Characteristics of Diversity and Inclusion
Explore the characteristics of diversity and inclusion, focusing on different protected characteristics (e.g., race, gender, disability, sexual orientation).
Analyse how these characteristics impact recruitment strategies and outcomes.
Roles and Responsibilities of DEI Working Groups
Explain the roles and responsibilities of DEI working groups within universities.
Describe how these groups contribute to a university’s overall DEI strategy, particularly staff recruitment.
Legislation and Best Practices
Review relevant legislation (e.g., the Equality Act 2010) governing DEI recruitment.
Identify and discuss industry best practices that promote inclusive recruitment processes (e.g., blind recruitment, inclusive job descriptions).
Collating Themes, Policies, and Best Practices
Collate and analyse various themes, policies, and best practices related to DEI in higher education recruitment in the UK and globally.
Use stats and action/outcomes from institutions with best practices.
Case Study:
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and the University of Nottingham
Analyse the DEI strategies of Nottingham Trent University by reviewing their Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion page.
Discuss their current and future actions, processes, and initiatives in DEI.
Conclusion
Summarise critical findings from the literature review and policy analysis.
Provide recommendations for enhancing DEI in higher education staff recruitment.

 

 

Emperors and the Spread of Christianity in Late Antiquity.

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Religion and authority have long had a joint or symbiotic relationship, in which each benefits from the other. In a short essay, discuss the connections between the emperors and the institutionalization of Christianity in Late Antiquity. How did Christianity strengthen the political control of the emperors, and how did the emperors add to the political power of the church? Consider, too, was conversion always about theological beliefs and faith or power?
Please be sure to include examples to support your ideas and answers.
The essay should be in your own words. Please include research sources utilized to compile your essay. Cite your sources with an attached bibliography. If you do choose to quote a source, please utilize proper citation.

 

Maintaining Professionalism in Group Leadership: A Guide to Effective Leadership

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Asssingment questions with some brief answers to go off of :
1. What are some group leadership skills that you see as being especially important? Which of these skills are strong areas for you? Which skills need improvement?
2. To what extent might you burden yourself with the expectation that you should have the perfect response to a group member?
3. Which group member from our group stands out the most for you? Why?
4. How might you respond if a group member challenges your role or competence as group leader?
5. Were there any emotions evoked in you as you observed and listened to group members? Describe a particular event our group and explain why it was important in your view.
6. What are some of the major things you learned about yourself as a person, and how is this likely to impact your work as a group counselor?

 

 

 

The Communal Ethics of Torture and Kantian Perspective

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The communal ethics of torture and how kantian ethics would view it
What are the personal and/or communal ethical factors that may be involved in determining the moral position of either side in that debate?
Next, articulate and then evaluate the ethical positions using Kantian ethics (that is, the categorical imperative) relative to the long standing debate (that is your topic chosen in the week three assignment).
Finally, create a complete annotated bibliography for 5 academic scholarly sources. You will annotate each source. The sources should be relevant to your topic chosen in the week three assignment.
Include the following:

Publication details
Annotation (a detailed reading of the source)
Each annotation section should include the following:

Summarize key points and identify key terms (using quotation marks, and citing a page in parentheses).
Describe the controversies or “problems” raised by the articles.
State whether you agree or disagree and give reasons.
Locate one or two quotations to be used in the final research project.
Evaluate the ways in which this article is important and has helped you focus your understanding.

Social Justice Issues in Education and Child Development

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Develop a paper which addresses an issue of social justice which is relevant to the development and education of children and adolescents and their families (e.g. healthcare, minimum/living wage, immigration, violence/neglect, substance abuse / addiction, homelessness). You should select an outside reading book or a documentary to inform your paper. The film you select must be a documentary. A “docu-drama” or popular movie are NOT acceptable.

a. Identify a social justice topic of interest (your choice of an outside reading book should be related to this topic in some way).

b. In the first part of your paper you are expected to offer a critical analysis of the content of the book you read, adding personal experiences/reflections. It is very important that you do not summarize the content of the text, but that you respond to the theories, experiences and ideas relayed. The purpose of the assignment is to engage your critical analysis of ideas presented. In addition, you are asked to comment as the educational/societal relevance of the topic to the education of children. All of your thought need not be referenced. I am interested in your opinions and critique of the reading.

c. Address the socio-political challenges of the people depicted in your outside reading. Include in your discussion incidence rates a) nationally, b) in Washington DC, and c) the surrounding (DMV) area. You should also address the public policies (a. national, b. statewide and c. city-wide, that contribute (positively or negatively) to the issues involved and the possible remedies to these circumstances (on a societal level and a personal level of its citizens). In short, what can be done to remedy or alleviate the circumstances of the people you have met through this experience?

 

Analogies for Teacher Planning

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Identify three possible analogies for teacher planning that emphasize different important aspects of the activity. You might consider a variety of sources for these analogies:
What living thing is like teacher planning in some respect
What natural phenomenon is like teacher planning?
What artistic activity is like teacher planning?
For each analogy that you generate: Tell several ways in which the analogy is like teacher planning. At least two ways in which it is different from teacher planning. What important characteristic(s) of teacher planning does each analogy highlight? Which of the three analogies do you think is the best for demonstrating a thorough understanding of the concept of teacher planning? Explain your selection.

 

Strategic Planning in Action Research Projects: A Comparative Analysis

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Stringer, E. T., & Aragón, O. A. (2020). Action research (5th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781544355948. Read chapters 6 & 7.
Strategic Planning Essay
Write a 2000–word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources in your essay. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page do not count toward the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.
1. Select an appropriate database or utilize the listing in the appendix of the text and find two new problem-based research AR projects in an area of interest.
2. Read each study and identify any strategic planning described and followed in the completion of the project. Also, determine the formal reporting used to provide structure and project summary.
3. Compare and contrast the two selected studies and prepare a paper of 2000-words. The paper will include the following sections:
a. The introduction of each selected study briefly describes the overall strategic plan as outlined in the text.
i. Identify the formal reporting process
ii. Provide an overview of each report
iii. Define the project summary and voice
b. Discuss the similarities and differences within the AR projects identifying four separate points of importance.

Teacher Planning is Like Gardening

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Identify three possible analogies for teacher planning that emphasize different important aspects of the activity. You might consider a variety of sources for these analogies:
What living thing is like teacher planning in some respect?
What natural phenomenon is like teacher planning?
What artistic activity is like teacher planning?
For each analogy that you generate: Tell several ways in which the analogy is like teacher planning. At least two ways in which it is different from teacher planning. What important characteristic(s) of teacher planning does each analogy highlight? Which of the three analogies do you think is the best for demonstrating a thorough understanding of the concept of teacher planning? Explain your selection.