Vocation Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Foundational to the Christian faith is the belief that mankind is created in the image of God. Explain how this belief affects the way you interact with people within your chosen vocation?
We are all made in the image of God, this is because during the creation of the first man, he said let us create man in our own image. This means that in each and every individual looks like God regardless of his physical appearance, race and even gender. Being all created in God’s image only means that all are equal and the same and ...

The Book of Genesis, chapters 37-50 in the Old Testament of the Bible reveal that the life of Joseph contains a lesson from God regarding how we Christians must approach our lives in general, especially when it comes to our work and vocation. There are many ways of approaching work and vocation, we may be ambitious about it or disappointed it by, many times we may succeed in it and many times we may fail.
Throughout chapters 37-50 of the Book of Genesis, Joseph came across numerous people and scenarios; however, his attitude towards them always remained consistent. Whether ...

A high school diploma is no longer a passport to the comfortable middle-class life in America nowadays. Despite this being a common knowledge, there is still 59 percent of Americans who reach the age of 25 without obtaining a degree. They lack the credentials necessary to be competitive in the current job market. Furthermore, 25 percent of the population has not completed secondary education, a situation that has proven to negatively affect both their health and earning potential. The resulting load and loss of wages for this demographic also translates to a negative net impact to the economy. When compared with other industrialized nations, ...

The federal government in America defines vocational education training (VET) as any preparation that occurs below the baccalaureate level (Rauner & Maclean, 2008, p.296). The roots of vocational education in the US can be traced back to the 19th century, a time when the agrarian revolution was at its pick. Government funding for this programs however was started in the year 1916 (Rauner & Maclean, 2008, p.296).The aims of VET have been altered severally since its conception and they have included the training of people to fill job positions in the country’s rapidly growing economy as well as ...

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Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a fairly new educational concept that teaches the students skills required for performing a particular job[ CITATION Yin06 \l 1033 ]. In the last few decades Vocational Education and Training has changed focus from simply preparing the students for jobs that demanded less than a degree to a broader preparation that incorporate academic, vocational and technical skills development for more competitive professions or advanced degree[ CITATION Yin06 \l 1033 ]. Socioeconomic as well as political forces have contributed to major changes in the Vocational Education and Training system in Australia. With the diversification of the economy there is increasing ...

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Pedagogy has been defined variously by different researchers but for the purposes of this paper pedagogy will simply be defined as the science and the art of teaching. As such pedagogy encompasses the content taught/learned (what), the approaches of teaching and learning (how) and the philosophy and underpinning values (why)[ CITATION An05 \l 1033 ]. The most useful pedagogical approach in the VET sector is the so called ‘learners and learning at the centre’ which places the learner at the centre of the learning process. The approach focuses on empowering the actor not only to be a disengaged-passive participant but an ...

Booker T Washington was both a reformer and a black leader who was the most influential among the leaders that existed at his time (1856-1915). He made many contributions including the development and the establishment of the institute called Tuskegee. However, the philosophies espoused by Washington were not in line with the wishes of a majority of the black people. Racial solidarity and self-help were the two main philosophies of this leader (Davidson, 2001). In his time, he did not work to ensure discrimination was eradicated. Instead, he advised the black Americans to accept it (discrimination). While addressing the ...

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Discrimination in the workplace is a subtle obvious social issue that is pervades our society, but not addressed as a dysfunction. It would appear that normal to refuse an applicant due to their ethnicity, sexual orientation gender or merely the perception of the person conducting the interview. Importantly, it exits also as hindering an employee’s promotional opportunities for reasons other than his/her performance. Rather it could be persons’ cultural orientation or simply dislike from administration due to their specific biases. This presentation addresses workplace discrimination and what ...

Little progress has been made so far in demystifying the controversy of judging the criterion of what is right or wrong. Since the dawn of philosophy, the question of the “summum bonum” or the greatest good concerning morality. The question has resulted in division into sects and schools warning against each other and is recognized as the core problem when thinking speculatively.

According to the Kantian theory, the basis of defining good or bad is based on the will or the intention behind the action. There is nothing impossible to think of in the world or outside it ...

I have always been interested in selecting a career path that covers my educational needs and that, which provides me with proper skills to handle my job. The traditional bachelor’s degree programs as well as the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science Degree requires fair amount of formal college level academic proficiency in different basic areas such as political science, English, philosophy, history, sociology, and the natural sciences such as chemistry, math, biology, and physics. However, despite these similarities, the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science (BAAS) is more of a vocational degree, which provides the learners with the preparations ...

It is not always smooth all the way at the family level when it comes to making decisions. Every family member has their interests and perceptions of life, which help them, make personal choices and decisions. The same can be said about Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. While reading the story, it is natural that the story can elicit feelings and thoughts in similar situations in real life cases just as events unfold in the story. The two brothers, Sonny and the narrator have different paths that they have chosen in life, just like it can happen to ...