Essays on Educators

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Nowadays, the role of English can be hardly overestimated. Being a truly global language, a pathway to greater opportunities and the window to broader knowledge and other cultures, English keeps widening the horizons of its possibilities and functions. At the same time, teaching English as a foreign language requires taking great responsibility and, therefore, it often appears as a truly challenging task. This research aims to consider the importance of teaching English as a second language and the implications that may arise during the learning process so as to define key tendencies and principles in ...

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

Cultural diversity according to Delpit is evidenced everywhere in a school setting. From the students to the faculty, some traits show the parity in beliefs. Delpit depicts that there is a cultural difference that students experience when they are at school and home. This difference of setting offer different characteristics whereby students may feel more comfortable in one setting as compared to the other. If that is the case, the students end up preferring to shift the behaviors of one location to the other. An example, a student is more likely to view their teachers based on the perspective ...

The American society is full of different ethnicities and races. However, every ethnicity aims for better life and understanding between each other. For achievement of these goals, the better solution may be found as education. Though, it is a very complicated and controversial issue. Hence, every ethnicity has different perspectives of the process of obtaining the education. On the other hand, it should be mentioned that the opportunities for getting an education are not equal. Therefore, this inequality forms a level of education among the popularity of the USA. This issue has been deeply investigated among the sociologists and ...

Diabetes in America: Research Proposal

Given the recognition and on-going research into the disease of diabetes, there has probably been thousands and perhaps millions of books and articles written on the subject. The most commonly recognized types are type 1 and types 2 diabetes, but others include gestational, monogeneic, and cystic-fibrosis related diabetes (NIDDK, 2017). It is impossible to determine how many people in the world have diabetes or how many will develop it. The estimates of the amount of money spent in patient care and research are only guesses, and the suffering by diabetes and their loved ones is incalculable. However, this paper ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers. Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

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Sustainability in the early education in childhood is a necessary part of the curriculum which should be part of the service setting. Creation of natural environments and offering natural materials in a single way to ensure sustainability takes place. Sustainability can be termed as the “environment education,” is a method of learning about the environment and the way the natural system operates (Hessle, 2014). It is all that is required for the wellbeing and survival of the people which relates directly to the natural environment. Sustainable education for the children would be various practices such as encouraging the children ...

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For a century, Planned Parenthood has been working to improve reproductive health in America. With thousands of health centers spread all over the country, Planned Parenthood has wide reach that ensures Americans have access to reproductive health. Their efforts have ensured millions of Americans get sex education and get reproductive healthcare for poor Americans who cannot afford standard healthcare. Their role in American society cannot be limited to just the forefront for reproductive rights and availability and access to healthcare, as they are the agency that runs several programs to educate and facilitate communication. While the House Republicans claim ...

Nurse educators place emphasis on the importance of continuing education in advancing the nursing profession. They have a sole responsibility of informing their peers, patients, student nurses, and communities concerning limitless health issues. In essence, they play a vital function in enhancing nursing practices through role modeling and leadership as part of the EBP process. In response to this week’s discussion, I will discuss some of the ways through which I have demonstrated my function as an educator at My Home Clinic. I will also reveal how I anticipate integrating this feature into my future career. I currently ...

Summary of Ethical Dilemma: Low Nurse-Patient Ratio

There is an existing nursing shortage in America today primarily because of the increasing number of patients in the aging population, frequency of chronic diseases, an aging workforce, and the limited number of Americans taking up Nursing education to cover the growing needs for the profession. The nursing field belongs to the group of fastest-growing careers not only in America, but in other countries as well. However, the demand surpasses the supply of nurses, which results in high nurse to patient ratio. As a consequence, quality care that patients supposedly should receive from the medical industry suffers. Studies reveal ...

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The purpose of this paper is to determine how curriculum impacts students who are considered as at risk. In addressing this research question, it is quite implicit to first determine the prevalence of at risk students. The introductory part of the paper provides a statistical overview of the status of the country’s students who are considered as at risk. The population considered in this paper is only limited to students who have not yet graduated from high school. It also provides a background on how curriculum on pre-college education was developed, particularly in the United States. It also ...

Literature Review

In education communication is essential. The school, the teachers, and the parents must communicate with one another to educate their students. When there is a lack of communication the students suffer. The modes of communication are evolving every day, because of the advances made in technology. School systems needs to transition into using some of these modern forms of communications to better reach the diverse population of parents present within a school. Connecting with parents using multiple methods could increase parent involvement as well as student achievement. Different styles of communication could be used for different reasons. It must ...

Art-related disciplines are critical to educating citizens and students of every age. Nevertheless, the arts have declined significantly in schools and public participation. According to a recent study by Rabkin and Hedberg (2011), fewer eighteen-year-olds in a 2008 survey reported receiving arts instruction in their childhood than a similar age group surveyed in 1982. The research suggested that the provision of arts education dropped from 65% in 1982 to about 50% in 2008 (Rabkin & Hedberg, 2011). Moreover, it included survey data gathered in 2002 and 1992 with each successive period indicating a severe decline in Americans’ access to arts ...

The research aims to discover the impact that computers have had on individual learning. Currently, education is crossing into an age of information. This “new age” is expected to change the universe similar to industrial age. This new age is also going to require computers integration for information access. In order to maximize learning, the learning environment must provide learning resources in order to encourage problem solving and support teaching. Thus, it is important to understand the impact that computers have on learning in order to better apply them to learning. The findings from this research can help proper ...

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Introduction Consultation and collaboration are indirect services provided by school counselors which can foster the stakeholders in the educational system to render improved services for children. Multilayered school counseling approach developed for the school counselors today involves the provision of direct and indirect assistance in order to enhance the academic productivity of students. Modern school counseling framework includes multiple components, such as support of educators, guidance curriculum, and direct assistance for students and families. This strategy focuses on various services invented to support teachers, students, and parents. Consultation is considered to be a responsive service, which school counselors implement ...

In an effort to improve the education of American schoolchildren from kindergarten through 12th grade, the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) were released by the Council of Chief State Schools Officers and the National Governors Association in 2010 (Applebee, 2013); 43 of 50 states adopted them by 2013 (Conley, 2014). Attempts at voluntary national standards began with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1989 and over the next six years, a project in English language arts lost its funding after two weeks in 1992 and standards for history were voted down by the Senate in 1995. The ...

While Lightner Witmer has been largely credited with the conceptualization and creation of a separate field of study for school psychology (D’Amato et al., 2011), it has it’s true roots, in many ways, in the creation of the IQ test. The IQ test was pioneered by Alfred Binet who was specifically interested in the standards of the normal mind. Today, the Binet-Simon scale, first generated in 1905, is still used in schools to determine a child’s overall ability to perform certain tasks (Binet & Simon, 1905). Perhaps more significantly, however, it was significant that Binet recognized that ...

How does cultural intelligence differ in India and the United States?

Cognitive Skills and abilities: The paper “Social Skills Intervention for Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disorders: A Literature Review from the American Perspective” by Kaili Chen assesses the relationship between social skills and behavioral difficulties for students in special educational programs. The author contends that social skills are a necessary element in the learning environment due to the capabilities that they provide to learners in interacting and communicating in order to help determine their difficulties and to help them function more successfully. Difficulties with these faculties is often discovered to be a primary factor in the inability for an individual to ...

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Nursing practice experiences constant changes due to the implementation of new trends related mainly to the demographic shifts, medical research, and technological advancements. Being the closest to patients’ caregivers, nurses are considered as major contributors to healthcare organizations. Nurses are obliged to have an evidence-based understanding of the significant influence that can be made through health promotion interventions and deliver this understanding to the community at large (Sanjiv, 2014). What are the most recent trends in the modern healthcare system; and what influence do they have on nursing? Nursing Roles: Due to the expanding opportunities within nursing, there is ...

The No Child Left Behind Act became law after President George Bush signed it in January 2002 (Jorgensen and Hoffman 6). NCLB conveyed impressive clarity to the worth, use, and significance of accomplishment testing of students starting from kindergarten to secondary school. The basic role of NCLB is to guarantee that learners in each government funded school accomplishes vital learning objectives while being taught in safe classrooms by competent instructors (Yell 180). To expand understudy accomplishment, the law requires that school areas expect obligation regarding all learners achieving 100% understudy capability levels inside 12 years on tests surveying essential ...

Part A

As America continues to be more ethnically and culturally diverse so are the learning institutions. According to Hall, Quinn, and Gollnick (2014), teachers may now find themselves educating learners who are different from them in terms of race, socioeconomic background, culture, religion, physical abilities, and sexuality. The educators will find that the classrooms are filled with culturally diverse, disabled, gifted, and English learning students. Being part of one group may affect the way the teacher thinks about another group. For example, the way that the teacher will deal with someone from a different racial group is not the same ...

The main aim of this research proposal is to show that the clinical question warrants investigation. The clinical question asks whether toileting patients every hour reduce the incident of falls. Included in the paper are PICO question and evidence proposal. The paper uses Johns Hopkins Nursing EBP Model and Guidelines.

Change model overview

John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Process is an approach used to solve problems related to decision making, and it contains tools that give guidance to users. John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-based practice model involves the PET process which includes practice question, evidence, and translation. Application of the PET process includes ...

Currently, the United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of health practitioners especially nurses who are the major and significant primary health providers and close allies of the patients on their journey to full recovery and enhancement of their well-being. Thus, there is a need to boost and support the effort that will increase the number of health care practitioners in the country. On the other hand, just like the rest of the world, United States is also an aging society and the general population keeps increasing. Notably, during the 21st century, persons of the ...

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This paper presents the research study on a public relation campaign run for positive motivation and psychological perspective of the children with physical disabilities. The paper discusses the background of the campaign #ToyLikeMe and how public relation and other communication tools falling under the umbrella of public relation helped campaign reach to millions of people across the world. The paper utilizes the knowledge of internal and external markets, launch and openings, promotional materials, social media, visuals and images and other tools to understand the importance of communication as one of the most effective strategies for the success of a ...

The evaluation phase is the next step after implementing a research initiative. It involves the assessment of a project to determine its relevance and whether the goals of the project have been met. Measuring project outcomes is an effective way of gauging the success of a change process. Evaluation enhances efficiency and sustainability. DSME initiatives aim at helping diabetic persons to gain knowledge and skills relevant in the modification of behavior and lifestyle. Diabetes literacy improves self-management and prevents disease complications. Measuring DSME outcomes helps educators in analyzing behavior change (American Association of Diabetes Educators, 2011). It also informs ...

Research

As the first step to gain insight to the attitude of the company towards gender awareness, a content analysis was carried out on what information was available in the media regarding Oracle Corp and gender awareness.

Method

Analysis A 2014 survey of top companies conducted by Calvert Investments found that Oracle Corp had one of the most developed diversity programs in place . The company scored a 90 out of possible 100 points which indicated that their diversity program had strong performance metrics and they were proactively working towards a fully inclusive workplace. The survey assessed the companies on several criteria. ...

Education is one of the basic requirements for survival today. In the past people used to ignore the importance of education because there were diverse ways of survival. Despite the desire for many adults to acquire knowledge through learning, a challenge of balancing between school and life responsibilities takes the center stage. I believe between college, and life responsibilities is a big challenge for many adult learners especially those with families. The following paper is a synthesis of the problem as a barrier to adult learning. The adult education program in collaboration with adult students and instructors should join ...

Introduction

As a diabetic educator nurse responsible for the health of the general society as well as that of individuals. My professional goals are to promote, restore and protect health. As a diabetic educator, I possess sufficient knowledge and experience on diabetes management, diabetes prevention and pre-diabetes. My role is to support and educate people who have diabetes. My career is in alignment with preventive measures which is in alignment with health reforms to reduce costs in the healthcare sector. My mission statement is to assist individuals living with diabetes manage the condition as well as educate the society on ...

INTRODUCTION

There are very few children who grew up in the 1990s who does not remember watching Disney’s “Aladdin.” They remember the image of endless sand dunes, hidden caverns, flying carpets, a beautiful princess, a handsome hero and, of course, a big blue genie. Disney’s Aladdin garnered a great deal of praise and theatrical success. “Aladdin,” unlike previous Disney animated features, where the characters and stories were in some fictitious worlds and kingdoms, “Aladdin” was going to bring to life elements of a real world location. “Aladdin” takes place in the Arabian Desert. Brining this story to life, ...

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a coherent framework of evidence based, multilayered practices to support the educators and enable them to respond to the urgent issues at once. MTSS and its assessment framework can resolve both academic and behavioral issues. In the current case, the educators have targeted several difficulties that have to be addressed by a thorough and correct evaluation. First of all, it is not yet clear if Joe’s problem is a behavioral problem, academic issue, or the mixture of both. Secondly, the educators do not have the baseline information that would provide evidence about ...

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I am writing in regards to the current issue about our education. There have been some cases of bullying in schools, which I believe a problem that must be addressed. I would like to propose an initiative that I believe, will help student’s educators, parents, and institutions understand why this is worth paying attention to. Although the state government has already created guidelines on how to prevent bullying in schools, I believe that it is my part as a member of the community, to present what I think would contribute to the success of anti-bullying campaign in our ...

Like any other change process, the implementation of new technology will be faced with resistance. It is inevitable across the work environments that any intention to implement or introduce a change will have to be subjected to scrutiny and criticism which if not well managed will lead to poor results and losses will be incurred especially if the new systems are not utilized to meet the optimal expectations (Cresswell & Sheikh, 2013). The common practice across the work environments is that such resistance to change is generated by the feeling that the change process will significantly alter the status quo ...

Part One

The main purpose of the article is “to assess the concept of grade inflation in higher education institutions in an effort to determine its prevalence, causes, and strategies that can be implemented to curtail it” (Tucker & Courts, 2010, p. 45). The researchers used “A literature review of the problem, as well as several strategies, are presented as possible solutions to restraining the problem of escalating grades in the college classroom” to achieve their objective (Tucker & Courts, 2010, p. 45). The authors established that “The problem of grade inflation has been a topic of concern for over a century and ...

Childhood obesity is one of the common lifestyle challenges facing children living in Adams County and various other parts of the United States. Indeed, according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2013, Community overview, para. 1), the prevalence of childhood obesity in Adams County was 18.6% in 2013. Obesity is a risk factor to cardiovascular diseases and other chronic illnesses (Frandsen, Pennington, & Abrams, 2014). Indeed, it is the most common risk factor for type 2 diabetes (DeBruyne, Pinna, & Whitney, 2012). Poor nutritional practices and sedentary lifestyle are some of the most common risk factors for obesity ( ...

The theories of adult learning provide educators a clear insight into how an adult learns, thus helping trainers to be more effective in training adults through being more responsive to their learning needs. The theory of self-directed learning states that majority of adult learners take the decision to learn without the intervention of others. They also plan, execute and evaluate their learning experience and align their new knowledge with the job roles. The main advantage of self-directed learning is that the learner can readily incorporate what he learns through the training program into everyday workplace requirement. The limitation of ...

The purpose and primary objective of Idol’s (2006) program evaluation was to examine and describe the provision of special education programs in a metropolitan school district using four elementary schools and four secondary schools. The second objective was to determine how each school provided a least restrictive environment for students with special education needs. This review will discuss whether the model, design, and data collection strategy were consistent with the aims of the program evaluation, and it will also identify the stakeholders, outcomes, and limitations of the evaluation.

Evaluation Model

The evaluation model used by Idol (2006) is the advocacy ...

Family Conflict: Family conflict can be described as any issue of contention between members of the same family. It could be between siblings, spouses or other extended family members (Malek, 2013, p. 1). Causes of Family Conflict: Conflict in the family does not come from nowhere. There are always indicators and cause factors and the top four causes of conflict in the family including Finance and Jobs, Sibling Rivalry, Child Discipline and In-laws and extended family interference will be examined (Banks, 2015, p. 1). Strategies for Managing Family Conflict: healthier ways of resolving conflicts in the family can be ...

Diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by absent or reduced pancreatic production of insulin and decreased cellular sensitivity to insulin. The result is a rise in blood sugar levels which does harm to body tissues. Obesity, or a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, accounts for up to 85% of an individual’s risk of having type 2 diabetes (T2DM), which is the more common type (Eckel et al., 2011). Statistics show that obesity occurs more in older adults with more than a third of adults 65 years old and over considered obese (Eckel et al., 2011). ...

Barbara, who is just returning to work from maternity leave, is requesting her supervisor for evenly spaced breaks and a consistent lunch hour break so that she can milk for the baby and feed her baby at an adjacent day care center. The question is whether Barbara is entitled to this provision. If the business can accommodate these requests, the manager is obliged to make the working conditions comfortable for Barbara to allow her to carry out her work and childrearing roles smoothly. Genuine differences between men and women have been used to justify different treatment, which is considered ...

Data Analysis and Discussion

Research question 1 In order to answer research question one on whether the participation in a co-teaching initiative impacts the achievement in reading for special education student in third grade, it was important to analyze the DWA Data by Group, subject, grade, RIT score and observed growth. A null hypothesis was used on the scale that they use marginal differences in the scores, with the development scale score of the DWA data being used as the dependent variable. The research question was done to study whether co-teaching and non-co-teaching have a different or the same impact on the achievement ...

English 1312.04

Carrera-Carrillo, Lore. "“Some of us are learning Spanish and some of us are learning English”: A comparison of second language programs in Texas." Thesis. 2003. Carrera-Carrillo observes how dual language programs are gaining popularity throughout the United States and targeting both the minority language students as well as the majority language students. Studies have revealed that there are many advantages which are associated with the learning of the English language. The native language enables students acquire content with better insight and can relate more to these concepts later in the English language. Not all facilities which have embraced ...

Project Plan

The Ace Star Model of Knowledge Transformation will be used to help guide the planned change process. The ACE Star Model will describe the project and help recognize the process of knowledge discovery and transformation (Stevens, 2012). This model focuses on knowledge transformation for organizational or individual use, but this DNP project will base on organizational change. The ACE Star Model addresses factors that influence adoption of innovation and composed of five major stages. The first step in the ACE Star Model is discovery – search for knowledge. The second step is evidence summary - conduction a rigorous systematic review ...

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Evaluation of School’s Vision and Learning The educational establishment has a traditional vision of learning, believing that the school has to comply with the requirements of the national program. Specifically, the school concentrates primary attention on the process of learning, the academic productivity of students, and their behavioral patterns inside the school. Also, it is considered that children’s performance has to match the nationally established requirements for certain subjects and the teachers as well as management do not go beyond these frames. The development of school’s vision is conducted through the provision of the course material, ...

The Millennium Development Goals make up the action plan created by the United Nations in order to help developing countries improve their living conditions, medical services, educational and social aspects of their people’s lives. This work is aimed at the consideration of the eight Millennium Development Goals with regard to nursing profession. The legacy of the famous Florence Nightingale cannot but influence the perception of these Millennium Goals. Many of her opinions and attitudes resonate with the Goals, which is impossible to overlook. Florence Nightingale’s avocation was nursing and helping ill. Therefore each and every nurse familiar ...

1. Identify a problem and explain the problem: Background: The project proposal is related to the prevention of fall among elderly. The incidence of falls is high among the elderly population. Studies suggest that elderly who fall once, are more likely to fall in the future. A number of conditions like poor eye vision or transient ischemic attacks or pets or general body weakness or other miscellaneous reasons, can increase the risk of fall in the elderly population. Falls can be particularly serious and life changing for elderly. It can make them dependent on others and also increases the ...

Timing and Urgency

The Door Question-The problem had risen due to the rise in insecurity in the learning institution. Hence, the previous principal, Weis told the vice principal to instruct the teachers to close all the doors of the houses to prevent outsiders from coming in. The solution was understandable, but it limited the distinctiveness and autonomy of the houses (Gabarro, 1983). David King should thus consider seeking a better remedy such as appointing security guards instead of closing the doors. The Avoidance of Dealing with Conflict-The challenge is closely related to the door question. It involves improving the security within the ...

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Part One

Traditional vision towards the leadership and education has both positive and negative effect on the emotional and academic development of the students. From one point of view, the school follows a standard framework validated on the national level and make sure the students comply with the educational norms established in the U.S. From the other hand, there is no room for creativity and thinking out of the box that decreases the chances of teachers to reveal all potential of the students and teach them to be innovative. There is a need for a multicultural framework in the ...

The opium war which took place in the 19th century was one of the first major defeats of the Chinese government. China had a tremendous amount of wealth which was mostly attributed to the tea trade in the country. Britain had a great demand for this tea, while the country had nothing to offer the Chinese government in return. China was also ignorant to the western revolution and considered the western culture barbaric. China was a traditional country which held strongly to its traditions and culture. While China hoped to keep its culture free of the western culture effect, ...

1.Do you think pain should be considered a public health issue? Why or why not?  (At least 200 words) Pain is defined as the unpleasant experience which may sometimes lead to damage of an individual’s body tissues. Pain should be considered as a public problem due to the fact it affects a huge number of individuals within the society. Since it influences a huge number of individuals within the society it may at times reciprocate in affecting the public as a whole. Further research showed that pain goes ahead to affect an average of 100Million American adults. In ...

Reflection

Reflection

Article 1: “Considerations for Special Education Assessment Systems."

Special education involves students with some physical or mental complication that requires special attention from their teachers. Such students are given specific attention as compared to normal students because their conditions affect their understanding and performance in general.

Information Gathering

The article “Considerations for special education assessment systems” was published by the National Center of Educational Outcomes 2014. The article was presented as a clear assessment of student inventory for school districts by the school district leaders whereby they sought to deal with the concerns about the magnitude of student testing, which is conducted through the assessment inventory process. The ...

(McLesky, Chapters 11) Identify and explain the tiers of Response to Intervention (RtI). When is this process implemented and what is its significance for educators and students? RTI is designed to give quality education o all students. The program offers intensive instruction to students, focusing on their needs and giving struggling students a chance to excellent. It gives student the best chance possible in attaining success in the education while at the same time offers educators a tool to aid their achievement of educational goals. The tiers are as follows:

Tier 1 - core instructional interventions

Tier 2- Targeted Group Interventions Tier 3- In tier ...

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Part One The educational establishment has a traditional vision of education and leadership, thus, the vision towards students and their needs is quite specific. The entire framework is quite standard, as the students are perceived only as individuals that have to learn what the teachers tell them. It is possible to claim that the learning process is one-dimensional and it requires revisiting especially in terms of communication and articulation of clear goals. The educational system has to broaden their thinking ability and allow education to be specific to each individual student. We are accommodating students from diverse backgrounds and ...

I. Introduction There is an ongoing debate about whether participating in athletic activities is beneficial to academic performance. This is an important issue in the field of education, as educational leaders must take into consideration those matters that have a direct impact on the performance of their students. Some educators argue that academics should not be mixed with athletics because college “should be a place for cultivating the mind, not the body” (White and Billings, 348), therefore, educational institutions should not be turned into a recruitment place for individuals interested in professional sports. This is based on the premise ...

Scientific Management of Higher Education Changes

This approach to change employs several models such as rational thinking, strategic planning, adaptive learn, and organizational change among others (Kezar, 2014). This view perceives organizations (in this case, HIEs) as purposeful, dynamic, and adaptive institutions. Change is inherent, resulting from internal structures and decisions. As such, leaders and managers become critical in the transformation process. Globalization trends challenge educators to become innovative and creative in shaping college graduates for today’s labor market. Leaders in HE need to engage internal stakeholders in formulating strategies aimed at improving the graduate turnover of colleges and universities regarding quality and quantity. ...

The Catalyst for Becoming an Educator

Introduction Empowering and connecting with young, impressionable minds to enact positive change for this peer group is my focus as an imminent educator. I feel inspired to motivate a young population on a daily basis. Choosing to work with juveniles as my life’s calling was not an easy decision to make due to my shy personality. I realized from the onset that this characteristic represented a challenge that needed an effective solution if I wanted to guide adolescents. Nevertheless, I stepped out of my comfort zone by enhancing my communication and interpersonal skills. While it seems a daunting ...

The EBP process is accomplished to the fullest when the recommendations and the evidence are utilized to cause a change within the organization. The EBP process is the interplay between research, education and practice and therefore forms a core for the implementation and adoption of change within an organization. It is the process that offers a viable plan to accomplish a change in respect to a particular research question or problem that has been identified within the setting (Dearholt & Dang, 2012). EBP is concerned about the specific interventions to a specific situation based on tangible evidence and data as ...

Evidence from the past weeks shows that health information systems have the ability to improve patient outcomes in terms of efficiency, access, quality, and safety. However, the literature also reveals that the success of these systems cannot be possible in the absence of vital competencies such as informatics and computer skills. This week, the TIGER initiative attempts to explain the role of technology in the future of nursing. TIGER looks into advancing the involvement of information systems in practice, patient engagement, and education. Ideally, the initiative encourages nurse educators to involve their student nurses in learning the importance of ...

Information Literacy: Scholarship Practice and Leadership

Information Literacy: Scholarship Practice and Leadership Leaders face significant challenges in trying to understand and manage complexities of dynamic individuals and groups in an organization. However, with daily observable behavior and practice of leaders that are in line with information literacy, it is possible for leaders to rely on personal and professional competence to integrate feedback from the dynamic workforce and their research to create positives outcomes in the organization. Uniting dynamic groups in an organization calls for disciplined employees, and information literacy plays a big part in it. Turusheva (2009), urges that everyone at professional and personal level ...

Video Games Negatively Impact College Students’ Performance in School

Introduction For college students, a high rate of academic performance during school years is strongly associated with future career success. With this objective in mind, college experience supplies students with an environment where they have an opportunity to gain relevant knowledge and acquire related skills, which are likely to contribute to their future career paths. Recent technological advances have changed the way young individuals obtain new information and communicate with their families and peers. In this case changes in their social development are dependent on facilitating access to information, sharing personal data, and promoting communication via the Internet (Lepp ...

Introduction

There is always a question as to how to encourage students to listen, pay attention, and interact within the classroom environment. Too often it is seen that those who excel by choice are at the forefront of the classroom while those who are either not as adept at the given subject or are less interested fade into the background. Professor Dylan Williams and his ideas on how to better engage the entire classroom are both innovative and simplistic enough that students of all skill levels can participate and feel relatively equal. To teach effective equality within the classroom it ...