...This study was conducted for the purpose of gaining insight into the experiences of special education teachers. The participants who were purposively selected based on the criteria of being involved or teaching students with disabilities. The data gathered from the participants was the basis for eliciting themes about the phenomenon which were consolidated in to a thematic map summary. The study was conducted during the middle of school year of 2014-2015. The data were gathered through the use of descriptive method of research (specifically the qualitative method of phenomenology) using semi-structured interviews recorded digitally and then transcribed. The treatment of the data was done using Colaizzi’s Seven Steps Method: Identifying significant statements; Formulated meanings; Categories, Clusters of Themes; Exhaustive Description of the Phenomenon; Fundamental Structure; and lastly Validation of Exhaustive Descriptions and Its Fundamental Structure to form the Final Thematic Map. The research findings resulted in four major themes which emerged out of the experiences and phenomenon that shared by the special education teachers: 1) Enthusiasm and Gaining Love for the students this explains the unwavering commitment and dedication of teachers for their students; 2) Unconditional Positive Regard, enlightens the unconditional acceptance and love of the teachers for their student; 3) Harmonious Collaboration for the total development of the student, this is when parents...
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...Insight is an Afghan women-owned group of companies established in 2004. Our primary areas of service are in media, research and education/training. In just a few years Insight has established a track record of positive past performance in Afghanistan. Insight has been a successful U.S. military subcontractor and Afghan Woman Owned Business (AWOB) prime vendor since early 2008. Education and Training Experiences • Rehabilitative Educational and Counseling Program at the Detention Facility in Parwan (Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435) Since 2010, Insight Group has been developing curricula and implementing rehabilitation, de-radicalization, and re-entry training and counseling at the Detention Facility in Parwan (DFIP) through educational and vocational programs. We provide literacy instruction and vocational training to several hundred detainees, as well as detention counseling services and life skills training. As part of this service, Insight Group has Ministry of Education authorization to operate as an adult literacy provider in Afghanistan and to certify detainee graduates of our literacy programs. • ANSF Native Literacy Program (CSTC-A/NTM-A) We are presently executing an adult literacy Program of Instruction and delivering classroom-based courses for Afghan National Security Forces throughout RC-N, RCW and in Kabul (14 provinces total) as part of a nationwide initiative to raise literacy rates among the ANSF. We are currently providing instruction at more than...
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...Chapter Four Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 1 Learning Objectives Topic Outline • • • • • • • Marketing Information and Customer Insights Assessing Marketing Information Needs Developing Marketing Information Marketing Research Analyzing Marketing Information Distributing and Using Marketing Information Other Marketing Information Considerations Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 2 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Customer Insights are: • Fresh and deep insights into customers needs and wants • Difficult to obtain – Not obvious – Customer’s unsure of their behavior • Not derived from more information but better information and more effective use of existing information Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 3 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Customer Insights • Companies are forming customer insights teams – Include all company functional areas – Use insights to create more value for their customers – Customer controlled could be a problem Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall Chapter 4- slide 4 Marketing Information and Customer Insights Marketing Information Systems (MIS) Marketing information system (MIS) consists of people and procedures for: – – – Assessing the information needs Developing needed...
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...Payne Section 004 October 24, 2013 Paper #4 What’s Fair is Fair? A successful cartoon is a humorous drawing with serious insight. The humorous part of the cartoon I selected is, a student received a D on his test and tells the teacher he was limited to correct answers. When in fact on a test the teacher is only looking for correct answers. This cartoon is giving insight into education and what is fair. This cartoon is relevant in today’s society because of some people’s belief that it’s not fair to judge how smart someone is solely off of test scores. Because the cartoon is so simple to understand, it provides great insight into the fairness of education. In todays society getting into college is becoming more and more competitive. High School is supposed to prepare young minds for the trials and tribulations of college life. But how can universities tell how fair one child’s education was to another’s. Generally there are two different types of High School educations. The school that is very easy and basically hands out A’s to students, and the school that challenges its students, better preparing them for college. So which students gets accepted, the ones who breezed though High School with high marks in easy classes, or the students with lower grades but better prepared for college? This is where the cartoons insight into the fairness of education comes into play. The student who received the D on his test may actually be very smart, but the school he is attending is...
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...organizations that are there to assist its members with knowledge and education on various topics in the industry. This paper will provide information on these professional organizations that provides me with insight into what the organizations can do for me as I advance my knowledge in my chosen profession of interest. This paper will discuss some the associations and professional organizations that I feel will best assist me as I pursue a career in information technology and further that career into the teaching arena. The first association that will give a good insight into the field of information technology is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEECS). This association was chosen because it is the computing professional’s single-most, unmatched source for technology information, inspiration and collaboration. The IEEECS lists the most up-to-date and advanced information in the computing world, and makes its sources easily accessible to its members by using state-of-the-art information that is available on-demand. The Association also provide members with a range of technical conferences, publications and digital libraries that enable the top minds in the industry to come together to develop, validate, and disseminate the highest quality information. Their association has professionals in the industry that range from students to advanced practitioners in education. The association offers each member the ability to access information...
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...Research Method Report Analysis Hypothesis – Asian pupils are more likely to place a higher value on education and have a more positive attitude towards education than black African and white pupils. We chose to study students of different ethnicities – Black African, White, and South Asian. Specifically, we wanted to find out how different ethnic groups value education and their attitudes towards education. The reason why we chose this particular hypothesis was because we wanted to approach the stereotype of South Asians valuing education more than other ethnic groups. Also, we wanted to investigate how attitudes changed over years, as pupils did not have positive attitudes towards education and did not value it as much as they do nowadays. As our research method, we chose to use semi-structured interviews. These are interviews that consist of the same set of questions, but the researcher can probe the interviewee for more information. Usually, researchers use open-ended questions so that they can gain deeper insights. A pilot study was conducted before beginning the real interviews because we wanted to see who would fit what role and whether we were interviewing correctly. One reason as to why we chose this research method is that it allows you to gain deep insights because the researcher is able to probe for more information. Also, we are able to correct the students when confusion occurs. Another reason is that we can establish rapports with the interviewees, allowing...
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...Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Every successful concept and project in life requires a proper framework and planning. This relates to all processes, including education. Whenever we embark on any new plan or procedure, we need to make sure that we have all the plans drawn up. What is on offer, what are the resources that we have, what are the steps, which we need to take and what are the goals that we need to achieve are some elements that need to be looked upon. A similar set of constraints when applied to education in schools and colleges gives birth to curriculum. A curriculum is a set of courses, including their content, offered at a school or university. The curriculum often contains a detailed list of subjects and the elements of teaching them. John Franklin Bobbitt’s “The Curriculum” published in 1918 mentions curriculum as an idea that has its roots in the Latin word ‘race-course’. He also explained “The Curriculum” as the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow up into adults and get going for success in the society. A curriculum is more than putting together a set of academically required subjects. It must consider all aspects of the student life, the learning needs of students, the time available for the sessions and the teachers’ idea, capability and workload. At high school levels, teenagers can take their own liberty in choosing their path. Though complete autonomy does not rest with a student, a level of choice...
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...www.oecd.org/dev/insights OECD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Policy Insights No. 96 May 2012 The Middle-Income Trap: Comparing Asian and Latin American Experiences by Anna Jankowska, Arne J. Nagengast and José Ramón Perea ♦♦ Chinese Taipei; Hong Kong, China; Korea and Singapore (the East Asian Newly Industrialised Countries or NICs) have been successful in attaining income convergence with high-income countries while Latin American countries remain caught in the Middle-Income Trap. ♦♦ The East Asian NICs pursued export-led growth by targeting strategic industries which facilitated gradual diversification and upgrading into new products that required similar skills and inputs. ♦♦ Comparing the experience of the NICs to Latin American economies reveals that successful diversification and upgrading of a country’s export structure requires coherent and complimentary policies in the areas of education, infrastructure, innovation and access to finance. The experience of Latin American with the Middle-Income Trap has been very different from that of the NICs. While the latter were able to surpass middle-income status in a relatively brief period of time, Latin American countries have remained in the middle-income zone for decades. This contrast can serve as an illustrative basis for comparison for new countries entering the middle-income group. The East Asian NICs’ recipe for income convergence: gradual upgrading towards higher value industries The Asian NICs’ experiences suggest that escaping...
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...people, why it’s important to evaluate, and 2) Establish the evaluative criteria you will be using to prove your thesis. 1. The Inclusion of Students with Special Education Needs Post Primary Guidelines (DES, 2007) is a document outlining the requirements that must be met by Irish teachers in relation to special needs students. Incorporating special needs learning within post primary schools is a national and international development that has progressed hugely in recent years. The recent notable increase of diverse learners enrolling in mainstream schools means that set guidelines must be enforced around Irish schools to ensure that each and every student with special needs receives their best opportunity at full time education. These guidelines act as a template for not only teachers, but for parents and special needs assistants alike, as it advocates a whole-school approach to policy development and implementation. This approach enables the management and teachers of a school to work within a co- ordinated strategic structure and to contribute effectively to the running of appropriate education for these special needs students. 2. Therefore, this manuscript acts as a pivotal document in Irish schooling and can be used as a foundational source for any possible future challenges the department of education and skills may face. It essentially acts as a responsibility for Irish teachers to abide by doing so....
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... Acknowledgements IBSA wishes to acknowledge the work of the project team who have prepared this report. CSR Sydney www.csrsydney.com David Morrissey Franziska Kleedehn Sustainability Learning Institute Bruce McKenzie Cheryl Hardie Ian Hardie Andrew McKenzie Damian Collins www.sustainabilitylearning.com.au IBSA is grateful to the large number of people and organisations who have supported IBSA in this project and who participated in workshops and in other ways contributed their time and insights. For further information about this report or any other work being undertaken by Innovation & Business Skills Australia Ltd, please visit www.ibsa.org.au. Innovation & Business Skills Australia Ltd Level 11, 176 Wellington Parade East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia P +61 3 9815 7000 F +61 3 9815 7001 E reception@ibsa.org.au W www.ibsa.org.au This work has been produced with the assistance of funding provided by the Commonwealth Government through the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). The views expressed in this work do not necessarily represent the views of DEEWR. In addition, DEEWR does not give warranty or accept any legal liability in relation to the content of this work. © IBSA 2011 No material contained within this publication may be reproduced in full or in part without the express permission of the publisher. 2 Table of Contents Acknowledgements 2 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Background 5 3. Purpose ...
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...wrongness of actions and motives. As nursing profession is an integral part of the health care environment, the nursing ethics provides the insight to the values and ethical principles governing nursing practice, conduct, and relationships. The Code of Ethics for Nurses, adopted by the American Nurses' Association (ANA) is intended to provide definite standards of practice and conduct that are essential to the ethical discharge of the nurse's responsibility (American Nurses Association, 2012). A nurse cultivates personal ethics through personal, cultural and spiritual values which becomes a moral compass for their professional ethics. Personal ethics in combination with the code of ethics often assist the nurses in personal and social decision making during ethical dilemma. This ability prompts them to better respond to needs of the suffering patient and their own well-being. This paper will discuss the personal, cultural, and spiritual values contributing to nurses’ individual worldview and philosophy of nursing and the moral and ethical dilemma being faced in this profession. Values Contributing to Individual’s Worldview and Philosophy of Nursing Born in a Christian middle class South Indian family, the strict traditional values helped to embed the concept of service, trust, respect, integrity and responsibility through family, friends, education and beliefs. The personal and spiritual belief on the remarks, “Do to others as you would have them do to you”, from the New International...
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...Portugal Sistema de Información Científica Miranda Montenegro, Iván Ricardo Insights on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: A Sociolinguistic Perspective Íkala, revista de lenguaje y cultura, vol. 17, núm. 3, septiembre-diciembre, 2012, pp. 263-272 Universidad de Antioquia Medellín, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=255025411004 Íkala, revista de lenguaje y cultura, ISSN (Printed Version): 0123-3432 ikala@quimbaya.udea.edu.co Universidad de Antioquia Colombia How to cite Complete issue More information about this article Journal's homepage www.redalyc.org Non-Profit Academic Project, developed under the Open Acces Initiative InsIghts on BIlIngualIsm and BIlIngual EducatIon: a socIolInguIstIc PErsPEctIvE [Percepciones sobre el bilingüismo y la educación bilingüe: una perspectiva sociolingüística] Iván Ricardo Miranda Montenegro holds a Master’s degree in Applied Linguistics to EFL Teaching from Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. Colombia. He currently works as assistant professor at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Mailing address: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Instituto Internacional de Idiomas, Calle 4 sur No 15-134 Sogamoso, Boyacá, Colombia. E-mail: ivan.miranda@uptc.edu.co Abstract This paper is primarily intended to present some major considerations about bilingualism and bilingual education from a sociolinguistic perspective. In the first instance and due to the high...
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...The Educational Framework of Dordt College is important document to both professors and students here at Dordt College. This document goes over what a professor should be teaching in his classroom and what a student should expect out of his education here at Dordt College. The Educational Framework of Dordt College shows me that Dordt College holds the Reformed faith and academic excellence to a high standard. Serviceable insight to me, is providing insight on a certain subject in a way that I can use it to further God’s kingdom. It is to prepare me to venture out in the world and be ready to defend my faith in nursing, engineering, teaching, or whatever vocation I enter in to. I value having a Christian education in my life and knowing...
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...ED1401| FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION | WEEK 4 |SECONDARY EDUCATION| GEMMA KYLE | 13182825 The reading of culture and education “The aims of education in the 21st century” and “historical insights of teaching” focuses upon the influence of education throughout history, and how it has become involved within political, social, economic and environmental prospects. The author places emphasis upon the prominence of education within social and political issues, suggesting that education is fundamental in all aspects of lives. The focus of this short essay will be placed upon how education has become important throughout history and how it has become essential for quality of life, in which the government/political prospects has made possible. The second reading highlights how the history of education provides an insight into how many educational circumstances were understood, addressed and conducted. Through the study of education throughout history, we can gain an understanding of how teachers taught, processes used in educational environments, and what the educational standards were of both teachers and students. For example, in the “historical development of provision and governance of education in Australia table”, it states that in the 1850’s, schools were provided by churches, local communities. At this time, the government and politics had no association with education and providing support for educational communities. In recent times, education and schools are provided by...
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...The researchers cite studies in which more educated people are more likely to join groups, register to vote, etc. and less likely to do anti-social activities such as giving the finger. There are many interesting implications from this idea that education affects socialization, which in turn, promotes democracy The researchers also find that established democracies are more likely to survive if the population is more educated. " Learning should be democratised in practice, there should be openness in the field of education!" The question is how do we begin getting to this point pragmatically without theorising too much around what needs to be done ? Democracy is typically represented as a system of voting and representation, or as instantiated through a set of rights, such as 'freedom of speech', etc. To my mind, though, these represent an emphasis on process rather than underlying principle. A society is more democratic when a person has more power to govern his or her own life as he or she sees fit. "a system of society and learning where each person is able to rise to his or her fullest potential without social or financial encumberance, where they may express themselves fully and without reservation through art, writing, athletics, invention, or even through their avocations or lifestyle. "Where they are able to form networks of meaningful and rewarding relationships with their peers, with people who share the same interests or hobbies, the same political or...
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