Please answer the following questions: I will scan the documents that you will need. You can also you the Internet.
1. Compare and contrast the “curriculum as transmission of information” and “curriculum as product approaches to curriculum.”
2. By the end of the 1970s there was a dramatic shift in the purpose and nature of public schools. Construct an essay explaining why this is so.
3. The state of Pennsylvania’s chief education officer spearheaded the development of a competency-based system to replace just listing required courses. This took place in 1981, but nothing was done. Explain what took place, why it went that way, and what eventually happened in the 1990s.
4. If the new vision of education stresses construction and discovery rather than instruction can this be done in today’s era of accountability? State and defend your position.
Pick your favorite two, or any other early Greeks, and write an expository, humanities-type essay, including: 1) who they were 2) their ideas 3) why you think their ideas important. Pick your favorite and tell why.
The List: Thales of Miletus (c580BC): Protagoras (c450BC): Anaximander of Miletus (c530BC): Anaximenes of Miletus (c535BC): Pythagoras (c526BC): Xenophanes (c500BC): Melissus of Samos (c500BC): Heraclitus (c505BC) Parmenides of Elea (c470BC): Zeno of Elea (c460BC): Empedocles (c460BC): Democritus (c400BC): Diogenes of Sinope "The Cynic" (c355BC):
MLA style, Size-12 Times New Roman, Double-space.
Required: You must use at least: 1) two quotes from each philosopher (primary source - if anything exist) (four total), and 2) should have at least two quotes from at least an additional source (secondary source).
Each of the types of warnings has strengths and weaknesses. Answer the following questions:
a. What strengths and weaknesses do auditory beeps and flashing lights share? b. What strengths and weaknesses are inherent to warning signs? c. If an employee says warning signs are ignored, and therefore useless, how can you respond in support of having warning signs in the workplace?
Textbook reference is by Jensen, R. C. (2012). Risk-reduction methods for occupational safety and health. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN# 9780470881415
Hannah, who gave birth to a healthy baby boy—her first child—two weeks ago, appears to her husband Sean to be sad, lethargic, and having trouble sleeping. How can Sean determine if Hannah is just going through a natural period of post-baby blues or if she might be suffering from postpartum depression?
To demonstrate an in-depth understanding of different research methodologies including qualitative research methods, quantitative research methods, and a mixture of both.
"Memories and Culture"' Respond to one (1) of the following discussion topics:
•Describe two (2) examples of your own flashbulb memories. Use Brown and Kulik’s theory to explain the main reasons why you believe you formed these flashbulb memories. •Describe the influence that culture has on self-concept (e.g., collectivism and individualism). Support your response with at least two (2) examples that illustrate culture’s influence on self-concept.
- Write two pages in Electric Circuit Breakers, in the past, in present and in the future please. - Provide figures and graphs to illustrate each section please. - References to be provided in a separate page please.
Starting with the list of organizational websites provided, in conjunction with the reading list, choose one unique organization engaged in educational work on an international level.
In your initial post, respond to the following questions:
What is the name of the organization? What is its URL? What is the organization’s mission as it relates specifically to education? What is/are the geographical area(s) of focus for the organization? Give three examples of the type of work/projects that it undertakes? How might this organization be relevant to your own work/interests?
LIST OF ORGANIZATIONAL WEBSITES
Caricom Commonwealth of Learning Education International Global Partnership for Education Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Organization of American States Save the Children UNESCO UNICEF USAID World Bank Group World Bank – Education
Write an Electronic Health Record (EHR) integrity and security plan to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) with proposal and executive summary format. Paper should cover: -Proposal for EHR integrity and security plan -Data Security Concepts -Data Integrity concepts -Data security and integrity processes and monitoring -Access, role-based, user-based -Safeguards, security, integrity, firewalls, intrusion protection, authentication... -Data exchange standards and Health Level Seven Standards (HL7) -Summary should include why we need to adopt EHR integrity and security plan
1. The move from logico-positivist assumptions about schools can be described best by which of the following?
a. A move toward qualitative research methods. b. A focus on building human capital. c. Defining organizations in terms of the people who populate them. d. All of the above.
Explain your answer as to the move as well as the time period of this transition.
2. Explain Arthur Blumberg’s reasoning behind his suggestion that it was useful to think of administration as craft rather than as a science. Again, include the time period for this suggestion.
3. From your reading, list several examples of bureaucratic measures of how administrators control instruction and an example of where a instructional benefit may be loosely coupled. What distinguishes the two categories from each other?
4. Briefly summarize the five basic assumptions of effective schools. Those who have done extensive research in the area of effective schools point to the overarching value of the school’s culture. Provide a brief description of the school’s culture can impact positive academic performance.
5. Using the characteristics of effective schools research, describe a school’s culture or your school’s culture that utilizes or could utilize at least three of the concepts that can be implemented relatively quickly and with minimal cost.
6. Human resources development can be characterized best as a. How individuals can contribute to the success of the organization. b. How leaders structure the work environment to socialize individuals. c. Developing a human resources plan to recruit and hire the best individuals. d. Developing the skills and knowledge of the employees. e. Both b and c.
Pick the correct response(s) from above that complete the lead statement; explain your rationale for selecting or not selecting a response(s).
7. Define organizational culture; what makes up culture?
8. True or False: Organizational culture is a subset of organizational climate. Explain your answer.
9. Edgar Schein described organizational culture as being composed of three different but closely linked concepts. Identify these concepts and describe their importance to “anyone who hopes to alter the culture of a school.” 10. Explain the importance (and meaning to becoming a high-performing school) of Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s work about organizational culture indicating that successful organizations have a culture of pride and that this concept is found in organizations that are integrative.
11. In your own words, describe the Interaction-Influence System and its importance to a school leader in understanding organizational behavior of a school.
12. Research done on the relationship between organizational culture and effectiveness indicates that many variables that affect student performance are under control of leaders and teachers. In what way(s) does this research finding help the leadership of the school?
13. In a school where you are the principal or pick a school with which you have some familiarity, illustrate how this school has a positive school climate. In your response, identify the four primary dimensions of school climate according to Tagiuri’s model. For each of these dimensions describe how it is implemented in this school to produce a positive climate, and give at least one specific example for each dimension. Finally, indicate how you, as principal, continually assess the climate relative to these dimensions.
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