...Teaching Rationale The approach to this lesson is based around the pupils getting a clear understanding of how and where Hydrogen Fuel Cells could be used as an alternative energy resource. The first aspect of this lesson was to captivate the students and motivate them so that they would be engaged throughout the lesson. It “is the teacher’s role to motivate the student by encouraging them to see the value of what they are about to learn, and to believe in their own capacity”( Marzano).This is done by means of a video clip that is played before the lesson topic is introduced. The clip shows our current status in relation to the future crisis of our non-renewable energy resources. This clip leads on to the introduction of the lesson on Hydrogen Fuel Cells (Orientation). The introduction will inform the pupils where this topic lies in relation to previous lessons and to future lessons. A short task at the beginning of the lesson (learning strategy) will be given to the students asking them to name types of non-renewable energy resources used at present. Positive feedback will be given to all their responses as it is shown to increase pupils’ grades by 2 grades (Effect size 1.13). A Hydrogen Fuel Cell will be present in the class for demonstration purposes which will form part of the lesson. This will provide pupils an opportunity to observe how these fuel cells function. This will gain the students attention (motivation). Information on the working principles of the fuel cell...
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...Rationales of Incarceration as Punishment and Alternative Methods The Government has several theories to support the use of incarceration as punishment. Which can be divided into two main categories: utilitarian and retributive. The utilitarian theory seeks to discourage “deter” future crimes by punishing the offender. The retributive theory seeks to punish offenders because they deserve to be punished. If one looks future into the reasons we punish criminals, one can find a number of justifications for using punishment. "Most criminal justice scholars agree [though] that there are four primary justifications for criminal punishment; retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation.” (The drug trade, 2004-2005, p. 206) The first rationale is deterrence which is let’s use this person as an example so they and others will not commit a crime. I feel the main reason we use incarceration is to punish the offender and to maintain order in society. Some believe that when you punish an offender it will deter them from a lifetime of future crime as well as others in society. You have to ask yourself does incarceration deter crime. The short answer is both yes and no. Some will learn from their mistakes and not do it again and others will not care. Some believe that deterrence is useful in deterring convicted offenders from committing other crimes and will deter others in society from committing crimes. If a person knows that they will be punished if caught committing...
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...Rationale and Analysis for Agency Selected Public Personal Management Introduction The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has been around for over a decade. It introduced in 1937. Robert C. Weaver was the first HUD secretary as of January 18, 1966 (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2015). Currently Secretary Julian Castro, holds this position. When most people hear “HUD”, they think of housing for the poor, but HUD helps everyone. HUD’s mission is “To create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. HUD is working to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers; meet the need for quality affordable rental homes; utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life; build inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination, and transform the way HUD does business. (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2015)” While HUD provides an outstanding program for our citizens, they still currently work to make sure that the budget they receive is used wisely to meet everyone’s needs. Agency Functions The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has several functions. Its main function is to serve the public. The three main functions are to support the housing market and economic recovery, improve the way federal dollars are spent, and to protect the housing opportunities for the highly disadvantaged. These functions are all highly important...
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...Name: Instructor: Course: Date: Personal Rationale of Counseling It is a bit challenging to provide a good comprehensive definition of counseling even by most counseling professionals. This has made different associations and individual try and come with definitions that try to cover this vital area compressively. The British Association for counseling was among the first professional association to acclimate the definition of professional counseling in the world. They publish their definition in 1986 putting it as the skilled and principled use of relationship to facilitate emotional acceptance, self-knowledge, of personal resources and growth. The aim is to provide a chance to work toward living a more satisfyingly and resourcefully life. Counselling relationships vary depending on the clients need, but may be related with developmental issues, decision making, crisis improving relationships with others, developing personal insights and knowledge, running through feelings of inner conflict or coping with. The above bring one of the roles of counselling as to facilitate the client work in ways that respect their values, capacity and personal resources and an opportunity to achieve self- determination. Counselling provides an opportunity for people to talk about disturbing and troubling issues in their life.it also help them explore their feelings in a way that is free from intrusion, dependable and confidential. A counsellor should respect an individual’s view...
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...Self Rationale My three strengths are my skills in the interior design field, my language ability and my experience with customer service. I have highlighted my strengths in my resume and cover letter by putting it in point form on top of both documents. In my cover letter, I further discussed my strengths that support the points listed. My weaknesses are forgetfulness, spending too much time to make my work perfect and not able to say no to others. To minimize my weakness effectively, I will start to change my bad habits such as writing down tasks that I have to do to reduce my forgetfulness; working ahead of time to ensure I have time to perfect my work; and trying to say no to others if I know I cannot do the favor they have asked for....
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...Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Rationale: The Fourth year (4th) Nursing students of University of Pangasinan – Phinma Education Network (UPANG-PEN) School Year (S.Y.) 2012-2013 is the first batch under the new curriculum for Bachelor of Science in Nursing. In the new curriculum, many changes were made like additional subjects, new grading system and new assigned subjects were implemented and scheduled. It is not surprising that a lot of 4th year nursing students are complaining of stress because of the changes brought about by the new curriculum and along with this is the almost weekly examinations on each of the ten (10) major subjects undertaken by these 4th year students. This also includes the Mock Board Examination before they finally graduate which also contributes to the burden felt by the students not only in academic aspect but as well as their individual problems with regards to personal issues, such as love, peers, finances, other family issues and similar factors that make them very stressful. A normal person when it comes to having stress brought about by daily life’s issues will think of a solution or technique in order to cope up with it. The student researchers believe that these 4th year nursing students of UPANG-PEN S.Y. 2012-2013, make use of the different types of coping mechanisms or techniques according to their own preferences that will help them in facing their stressful times. In connection to this, the student researchers want to...
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...Through our examination of evil and imagination our group will be examining the relationship between the two and how it is connected to religion. In addition to the how, we will also be looking closely at why evil and imagination are affected based on religion and beliefs. To start we first need to understand what imagination is and why the connection between religion and human imagination is so significant. Merriam Webster defines imagination as; "The act of power of forming a mental image or something not present to the senses or never before wholly perceived in reality; a creation of the mind." The key is that what is imagined is generated from within, rather than perceived on input from without. Imagination is one of human’s most unique abilities, its what make us who we are and leads to the creations of tomorrow. Whether those be new world technologies, or famous works of art, nothing is made without first having the forethought and creativity behind it. This is one of many reasons why imagination is so vital to human culture. Since the beginning of history evil and our imagination go hand and hand, they always have and likely always will. We simply cannot have one without the other and as long as there are humans alive and thinking there will be evil around the corner. Understanding what imagination is now we can take a deeper look on the context and history of evil. As with many branches of evil, the topic of imagination and evil stem indirectly from religion...
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...Diabetes is a good choice of a disease to follow as it is becoming more and more wide spread. It is striking children at younger ages than it was years ago. These days research has found ways of helping to keep those sugar levels down to a level that is not as harmful to the health of the person who has diabetes. I am one of those who have been struck with this disease, I was diagnosed as Gestational and it never went away. Someday I would like to see a cure for this as well as more educational teachings being done at younger ages. Diabetes is a disease that affects approximately 28.3 million people in the United States. Too often there is a misconception that diabetes is a disease people can develop when they are obese, when in fact anyone can be affected by diabetes. Diabetes can occur in people of all ages and people who have no family history. Since the beginning of disease diabetes has been around. Of course, like most disease we have come a long way in the treatment of diabetes. Testing glucose levels have come a long way not so long ago people with diabetes had to smell and taste their urine to estimate what their blood sugar was; now we have test strips, glucometers, A1c machines. Back in the day if a diabetics sugar was elevated they starved or burned lots of calories exercising, doing yard work anything to get their levels down. Now a day we have insulin which works in 5 minutes to bring down the levels. If more people learned the facts about diabetes, then...
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...What is the rationale presented for the change? The first article shows that the Nokia Company had to stop almost 10,000 of their staff to decrease the cost by the end of 2013. To support the transition period, Nokia plans to increase its operating model to reduce expenses significantly devices and services, which reduce the number of employees and the factory area if the company want to stay competitive in the market for the long term. This situation shows the rationale for the change. The Nokia Chief Executive is taking the director image which is based on an image of management as control and of change outcomes as being achievable. The chief executive holds that if the company wants to remain competitive, they need to close the facility in Ulm, Germany; Burnaby, Canada and manufacturing plants in Salo, Finland, with their research and development (R & D) in Salo will continue. For the second article, the rationale for the change present when the Naim Indah Corp Bhd (Nicorp) has entered into an unincorporated joint-venture agreement with Keloil Sdn Bhd for the purpose of carrying out business in the oil and gas industry. Which of the external and internal pressures are referred to? Are there additional pressures not specifically considered in this chapter? The Nokia article is related with external pressure, which is the market decline pressure. The declining markets for products and services place organizations under pressure to remain relevant. These situations...
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...Gamification techniques would be useful to employ when marketing our company’s new product because it could help us: Maximize our overall market reach and product exposure by addressing engagement gap and leveraging customers' social networks: The scale of engagement with gaming is enormous; gamification expert Ethan Mollick states over eight billion hours was spent playing Angry Birds last year alone. Thus, gamification can be used to provide an avenue for a large volume of potential customers to intensely interact and engage with our product, thereby increasing the product's exposure and the opportunity for this exposure be shared within social networks in a variety of ways. The U.S. cable channel USA Network’s implementation of the gamified website "Club Psych" for the show Psych serves as an example of this, as it resulted in a 130% increase in website page views and 300,000 shares of content socially on Facebook for challenges, allowing 40 million viewers exposure to that content, thereby illustrating enhanced engagement and exposure. Reach our target market of the 18-35 age bracket, including women: Gamification expert Bing Gordon claims that for individuals born after 1971, gaming actually influences their worldview and even their interactions. Moreover, research conducted by the Entertainment Software Association shows the average gamer is 30 years old and almost half of all gamers today are women, which shows gamification can help us reach our target demographics...
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...Vicente Silva Manansala (January 22, 1910 - August 22, 1981) was a Filipino cubist painter and illustrator.[1] Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the U.P. School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant by UNESCO to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Banff and Montreal, Canada. In 1950, he received a nine-month scholarship to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris by the French government.[1] Marker (Macabebe, PampangaTown hall. Manansala's canvases were described as masterpieces that brought the cultures of the barrio and the city together. His Madonna of the Slums is a portrayal of a mother and child from the countryside who became urban shanty residents once in the city. In his Jeepneys, Manansala combined the elements of provincial folk culture with the congestion issues of the city.[1] Manansala developed transparent cubism, wherein the "delicate tones, shapes, and patterns of figure and environment are masterfully superimposed". A fine example of Manansala using this "transparent and translucent" technique is his composition, Kalabaw (Carabao).[1] Vicente Manansala, a National Artist of the Philippines in Visual Arts, was a direct influence to his fellow Filipino neo-realists: Malang, Angelito Antonio, Norma Belleza and Baldemor.[1] The Honolulu Museum of Art, the Lopez Memorial Museum (Manila), the Philippine Center (New York City), the Singapore Art Museum and Holy Angel University (Angeles City, Philippines)...
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...“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness: but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.”- Plato (BC 427-BC. 347) Greek Philosopher. This quote as to what Plato said in a sense is true to this day. Every child is genius when it comes to learning. Various students are better learners in areas of interest such as Mathematics or philosophy. Today, educators challenge students to discover new topics and encourage them to gain further knowledge in the areas of interest. Consequently, this could bring about curiosity in areas normally the student may have given less attention to. This is the philosophy of Plato. He believes a superior educator will be able to draw out those talents in students. Philosophy has been integrated in the history of education from the beginning of time. The use of philosophy is applied to everyday living, education, politics and economics situations. The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the nature of reality and existence is known as metaphysics. Metaphysics is concerned with the question of nature of the person or the self. It addresses such questions as whether human nature is basically good, evil, spiritual, mental, or physical. (Webb, Metha, Jordan. Pg. 50) Metaphysics is an essential component element of teaching. Children are taught by their parents the ethics of what is acceptable in society. This encourages the child...
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...Shan ice Hannah EDU 215: Education Foundation and Framework 09/23/2012 My own educational philosophy of teaching will be making sure my student receives knowledge. I want to bring learning to them in ways that they understand and also eager to learn more. What is philosophy a systematic body of thought that represent a worldview, of which education is a part, see beyond the moment, and dedicate inquiry into idea, tradition, and ways of thinking. I will discuss the four components of philosophy: metaphysis, epistemology, axiology, and logic An example of how metaphysis will appear in my classroom is discipline. No one will be treated disrespectfully and everyone must get alone, at least while in my classroom. Due unto others as you would have them do unto you. Jesus was bear on the cross for us, he was a good man. He was beaten and disrespected by bad people who didn’t like him because he stands for something good. In the bible it was stress that you should discipline your child: spare the rod spoils the child you do mischievous things you get punish. So being kind in the classroom will help bring off good vibes and learning can continue in the classroom. What is epistemology is the way we come to know truth by choice. An example of how epistemology will appear in my classroom is how I will be educating my students. I will have them do a lot of reading because that builds knowledge and understanding. This will also help...
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...My writing is my running career. It is not always pleasant to do in the moment, but I often find myself very proud of what I accomplish. Like a season of training, my skill has increased with repetition and practice, certainly over this semester. As I put the work in, I have noticed growth in my approach to writing, writing process, and skill at crafting an argument, and further my understanding of addressing and understanding human rights. I find that I write more deliberately now, like following a training plan rather than making up workouts as I go. I think more about what I am doing specifically to persuade my audience. Before this term I would merely lay out my writing as it made sense to me. I have since realized the importance of tailoring my work to a specific audience. Of course, using appropriate language depending on the reader goes without saying. But only recently did I really begin to think about varying my use of rhetorical tactics; emphasizing appeals to ethos, logos, or pathos depending on who the indented reader was. This meant appealing more to pathos where I could and it was more audience-appropriate in my video project, and keeping the focus on ethos and logos in Project 1, which was research driven. The concept of Kairos was also an important tool I picked up this year. Framing an issue in terms of a relevant happening was not something that had previously really occurred to me as necessary, but using mass incarceration and the recent backlash against it...
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...Chapter 1 Research Design Rationale Computer technology has become an essential tool in the current human race. Computers serve as efficient data storage systems and excellent information processors. It can store, organize and manage huge amount of data. Moreover, it operates on incomparable speeds, thus saving human time and effort to a large extent. True, computers are an integral part of the lives of the people today. It said that inventions change the way people live. In essence, grading is an exercise in professional judgment on the part of instructors. It involves the collection and evaluation of students’ achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as one month, a semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students’ performance are converted into grades that summarize students’ accomplishments. In essence, Grading system is an exercise in professional judgement on the part of instructors. It involves the collection and evaluation of evidence on student’s achievement or performance over a specified period of time, such as nine weeks, an academic semester, or entire school year. Through this process, various types of descriptive information and measures of students’ performance are converted into grades or marks that summarize student’s accomplishments. ...
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