...Critical Analysis Paper TE 250 Spring Semester In writing this paper, you must use at least four readings to date from our class that inform your thinking about the questions below. You can also use readings from other courses that inform your thinking. Remember that a strong paper will have a clear focus that is carried throughout the paper and is supported by evidence from the readings, videos, class discussions, and classroom activities. I encourage you to discuss thoughts and ideas for crafting your paper with your colleagues; however, your writing must be your own. Everyone answers number 1 and 2 other questions from the following list of questions. 1. Describe how and why social reproduction occurs. Use examples from your text (Ain’t no Making it) and articles to support your explanation. Chapter 8 2. Describe how human, cultural, or social capital shape individuals’ social and economic mobility. Drawing on examples from Ain’t No Makin it, talk about how peers, parents, and institutions influence this process. (p.418) 3. What impact does linguistic privilege in American society have on students’ opportunities to learn? Consider students’ cultural backgrounds and its alignment or mismatch with school. (Bourideu p.14 4. Our readings suggest that race, disabilities, and special education are interrelated. How might students be disadvantaged in schooling by these labels and concepts? 5. How does heterosexism or homophobia manifest itself in...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Analysis Worksheet Read “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core Standards.” Perform a critical analysis of each reading using critical thinking techniques from this week’s readings. Respond to the following based on your critical thinking analysis of the “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards” readings. 1) Define the term conclusion. Conclusion is the claim ( position or stance on an issue) one is attempting to support, or the claim for what one is arguing. 2) What is the conclusion of each article? The conclusion for battle against common core standards is putting these standards in effect and the students not comprehending the information. The conclusion for the common core article is that the students will have the tools necessary for success in college, but also in the business world before graduating high school. 3) Define the term premises. Premises is the claim that serves as the reason for believing a conclusion. 4) What premises support the conclusions in each article? The premises that support the conclusion against the common core, their trying to abolish it due to the lack of proof of it working, and the government funding the school districts. The premise that supports the conclusion in supporting the common core believe that it would better prepare the students for college and be better educated for the work force. 5) How convincing...
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...WRITING THE CRITICAL ANALYSIS The following format for writing a Critical Analysis constitutes an excellent initiation to the literary essay. These steps teach you to write, and think ‘up’ the Taxonomy. These are the preliminaries to the literary essay. DESCRIPTION: Give a brief description of the scene (comprehension, interpretation). This paragraph also includes a thesis statement from which this short essay flows ANALYSIS: In composing the analysis you are ‘writing to learn’ as you examine how the devices work in the literature. As you go through an analysis, select only those details on which the effect of the selection most obviously depends. (Whether or not the author ‘meant’ to use the elements in the way they did is a moot point.) Analyzing the creative product and how it works. (application, analysis). INTERPRETATION: Use all the knowledge gained from reading and analyzing the scene and put it together into a short discussion of the overall effects. Some questions to examine may be: What is the purpose of the scene? How does it develop character, conflict or theme? What are the explicit and implicit messages? What is its effect on its audience’s sympathies? (interpretation, analysis, synthesis) JUDGEMENT This is a summative statement about the learning / insight / understanding gained through the analysis of the scene. What have you learned through studying it – about the play, about the theme, about the craft of thegenre ingeneral, about the manipulation...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Analysis Worksheet Read “Common Core” and “The Battle against Common Core Standards.” Perform a critical analysis of each reading using critical thinking techniques from this week’s readings. Respond to the following based on your critical thinking analysis of the “Common Core” and “The Lost Opportunity of the Common Core State Standards” readings. 1) Define the term conclusion. The conclusion is a judgement or statement arrived at by reasoning, deduction, or rational claims. It is the last part or section of an essay, speech, or argument that sums up the main points. | | | | 2) What is the conclusion of each article? The conclusion for “The Battle against Common Core Standards” is that educational decisions should be left up to the each state, their school’s staff, and the parents, rather than left up to the government. | | |The conclusion for the “Common Core” article is that there is still a disagreement over whether or not Alabama state should use | |common cores in their schools. ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Critical Analysis Worksheet Read “Common Core” and “The Battle Against Common Core Standards.” Perform a critical analysis of each reading using critical thinking techniques from this week’s readings. Respond to the following based on your critical thinking analysis of the “Common Core” and “The Battle Against Common Core Standards” readings. 1) Define the term conclusion. |Conclusion is the last main division of a discourse, usually containing a summing up of the points and a statement of opinion or | |decisions reached. | | | 2) What is the conclusion of each article? |The Battle Against Common Core Standards conclusion states “The problem is loss of state control in making the standards. Keeping| |standards under state control puts more power into the hands of parents as opposed to bureaucrats. | |Common Core conclusion states - Common Core was developed by the National Governors Association and Council of Chief State School| |Officers. Alabama has a debate about if Alabama students are learning the same concepts in the same grades as students anywhere | |else in the country. ...
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...Reflective practice is described by (Price, 2004) as “an approach to learning and practice development which is patient-centred and which acknowledges the untidiness and confusion of the practice environment”. Self-reflection and reflective practice is essential to the healthcare professional as a result of the framework under which you operate being a continuously transforming environment. Healthcare and our understanding and application thereof is constantly changing and for that reason self-reflective attitudes of healthcare professionals is favourable. (Hendricks, et al., 1996) At one period in my educational background the year was met with many constraints, namely limited time, limited resources and an inexperienced, unqualified lecturer. In the very few contact sessions made available with the lecturer it was important to get through large masses of the workload, particularly the practical sessions as they are rather complex to self-study. The most viable method of getting through all this work in the allotted time was to practise the simulations in a behaviourist method which “concentrates on observable behaviour without considering motivation or other mental processes” (O'Neill, et al., 2005). This involved going through scenarios and memorizing key words as triggers to administer the appropriate drug. This behaviourist method of teaching and learning was passable as it helped the lecturer work through a sufficient volume of the required topics with the class in the...
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...need a degree to land a high paying job. Some people may decide to be entrepreneurs. Also, some job opportunities may prefer experience candidates, and consider that an attribute over having a college degree. The point is, by thinking critically, you’re able to look at all options prior to making any rash decisions. The good news about listing your alternatives, is you don’t have to stop at two or three, you can list as many as you like, in fact, according to Chaffee (2015) When people approach problems , they generally focus on one or two possibilities, instead, a much more productive approach, is to try to come up with ten or fifteen alternatives. This encourages you to go beyond the regular norm of thinking. The process of critical thinking I used correlates to the method I used to find my content, because I actually listed different alternatives...
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...structure. For these reasons IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DECIDE THE THEME AND ARGUMENT OF YOUR ESSAY BEFORE YOU START TO WRITE. However many of you will also find it useful to try writing parts of the essay in order to work out your structure and plan your argument. Writing a structure plan does NOT mean writing a list of everything you want to include in the essay – the ‘shopping list’ approach. Rather you need to think through the logical steps of the argument. What information or points do you need to make before you can argue a certain line? Have you considered the range of debates in the literature? How do YOU assess the arguments put forward in the readings? Are they convincing? Are they based upon adequate evidence? Apply this same critical approach to your own argument: have YOU used enough evidence (and in the appropriate places)? Have you used your material in a logical order? As important as convincing an examiner of...
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...“It is recognized that the most valuable asset of a broadcaster is public respect, which must be earned and can be maintained only by adherence to the highest possible standards of public service and integrity,” is a quote that can be found on the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council (CBSC) website, which presents a opposite At first the interview appeared to be a respectful interview with a respectful interview guest, Canadian Interpretive Dancer, Margie Gillis; however, this interview was nothing but this as the conduct of broadcaster Krista Erikson took a turn for the worst. Consequently, resulting in the CBSC receiving a record number of complaints- in fact they received more complaints than Sun TV sees viewers. While it is true that we live in a free democratic society where we can express our opinions even if they may not be the same at others, once that pen hits paper or the camera hits record, it is the duty of journalists and reporters to provide information in a manner which is truthful and unbiased. Evidently, this is something that Erikson lacked as she attacked and ambushed interpretive dancer, Gillis. Within the CBSC’s violations there is article eight (decency and conduct), which states “Broadcast journalists will treat people who are subjects and sources with decency. They will use special sensitivity when dealing with children. They will strive to conduct themselves in a courteous and considerate manner, keeping broadcast equipment as unobtrusive as possible...
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...Project Portfolio Management at XYZ Pharma Early morning, Monday 29th August 2005. John Smith, head of portfolio management and strategic planning, was paging through the slides he had prepared for the Portfolio Management Board (PMB) meeting which would start at 9 am, and which was scheduled to last until Friday. “We have been preparing this meeting for weeks”, he thought, “and it seems the PMB has some tough decisions to make”. The PMB of XYZ Pharma, the pharmaceutical division of XYZ, one of the world’s leading companies in the life science sector, convenes yearly in August to review the composition of the research and development (R&D) project portfolio. It also meets on a monthly basis to monitor the project portfolio and make decisions regarding new developments. According to John Smith, “The PMB is an important decision making body because it shapes the future of the company by determining its product pipeline”. The PMB members include the CEO of XYZ, the CEO of XYZ Pharma, the heads of the different business units, the heads of Development, Research, Global Marketing and Strategic Planning, the regional heads for the US, Europe and Japan and the functional managers for Regulation, Clinical, Licensing, Technical Research and Development, and Patents. The portfolio group, led by John Smith, had analysed the project portfolio carefully and had highlighted several potential threats that required action. According to John, “There will be an in-depth discussion of which...
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...Critical social theorists have a desire to influence and change social problems occurring in society and inform disciplines including human services practice, and guide practitioners through critical social theories to explain and understand social phenomenon (Chenoweth & McAuliffe, 2015, p. 130). Past sociological theories were created in a different era where Eurocentric ideologies were favoured to explain social issues and inform human services practice. However, since progression of evolution, globalisation and racial activism, theorists are presenting new social theories to inform disciplines of new developments and applying these theories to social problems. Critical race theory (CRT), acts to provoke change from macro structures by advocating...
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...Poem 1100 critical analysis The opening line of the poem ‘The last Night that She lived’ straightaway gives suggestions of death and also a sense of sexual connotations. Known to studiers of Dickinson, she was involved in many brief encounters with men whom she may have deemed important in her life. Alongside this, it is thought that she may have also been involved in secret relationships with other women such as her brother’s ex-wife. This is what makes the first line so intriguing for the reader. Capitalising the two important words in that sentence (Night and She) gives the reader a sense of Dickinson having a story to tell- one that no one is exposed to as it happens at ‘Night’, hidden from the eyes of anybody who may have been involved in Dickinson’s day life. The capitalisation of ‘She’ can be said to have a few reasons; one being the idea that Dickinson may have been a feminist and thus believing that women deserve an equal representation in life as well as in her poems. Or this capitalisation could represent the importance of this female in Dickinson’s life but the importance may be something Dickinson doesn’t want to publically announce as for a fear of negative stigma (knowing that there was a chance that her poems may one day be published) however she may have been comfortable enough within herself and her own beliefs to express her true feelings. Such phrases are used throughout the poem which gives across the idea to the reader that Dickinson may have been experiencing...
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...Critical Path Analysis (CPA) is a project management tool that: • Sets out all the individual activities that make up a larger project. • Shows the order in which activities have to be undertaken. • Shows which activities can only take place once other activities have been completed. • Shows which activities can be undertaken simultaneously, thereby reducing the overall time taken to complete the whole project. • Shows when certain resources will be needed – for example, a crane to be hired for a building site. In order to construct a CPA, it is necessary to estimate the elapsed time for each activity – that is the time taken from commencement to completion. Then the CPA is drawn up based on dependencies such as: • The availability of labour and other resources • Lead times for delivery of materials and other services • Seasonal factors – such as dry weather required in a building project Once the CPA is drawn up, it is possible to see the CRITICAL PATH itself – this is a route through the CPA, which has no spare time (called ‘FLOAT’ or ‘slack’) in any of the activities. In other words, if there is any delay to any of the activities on the critical path, the whole project will be delayed unless the firm makes other changes to bring the project back on track. The total time along this critical path is also the minimum time in which the whole project can be completed. Some branches on the CPA may have FLOAT, which means that there is some spare time available...
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...Systemic functional grammar offers a systematic way of describing and analyzing the links between grammatical choice and socio-cultural context. Critical discourse analysis (CDA) is the approach which has significance in the rhetorical prospective of any texts to manipulate societal beliefs, values and expectations. Moreover, it is concerned with the ways in which texts may influence public opinion in relation to politics, economy, religion and the environment. This essay will analyze and contrast two news texts which speak about the same theme (protesters death in Turkey), but from two different perspectives (western and Eastern), by investigating patterns in the types of processes. Interpretation:...
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...A critical analysis of your leadership competence In this assessment, you are required to undertake a critical analysis of your personal competence in leadership. You will do this by working through the four elements of this unit set out below. 1. Communicate organisational mission and goals 2. Influence groups and individuals 3. Build and support teams 4. Demonstrate personal and professional competence Your analysis needs to consider the range of theories and practices of leadership explored during the subject (ideally using a minimum of two theories and four chapters). Your work must strongly reflect the material covered in this subject - but our focus is on your view of its practical application. You may analyse leadership in your current or previous workplace, an experience of leadership you may have had in an organisation or, if this is not possible, your thoughts on effective organisational leadership. You need to ensure your analysis is critical: that is that it looks both at the strengths and weaknesses of leadership strategies and that evaluates the effectiveness of your own or other’s leadership approaches. Analysing organisational leadership Introduction In this task, we look at how we interpret and analyse organisational leadership. The task is specifically designed to help you in the development of your final assessment for Providing Leadership Across the Organisation. Before looking at some of the forms of analysis we might use, let...
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