Essays on Self Reflection

Abstract

Some theories focus on explaining developmental changes that happen to humans. The Social Cognitive Theory represents one of the many theories of psychology that explain human behavior. The theory was introduced by Miller and Dollard in 1941 and later advanced by Bandura and Walters in 1963. The main concepts of the theory are personal, behavioral, and environmental factors. Other concepts including self-control and efficacy, observational learning, and many others help in understanding the interaction between the environment, person, and behavior. On the other hand, the theory operates on five assumptions that relate the theory to learning, language self-control, and ...

Every state has its own licensing board that is responsible for developing its set of requirements which nursing students are required to abide by in order to be BSN graduates from their respective institutions. The establishment of these requirements is a means of ensuring nursing students are endowed with the ideal and recommended set of qualities and qualifications required to undertake their roles as Registered Nurses in the best way possible. As a Chamberlain College of Nursing student, I am bound by certain requirements established by the institution as discussed below, which I am required to fulfill in order ...

Executive Summary

In general, the diplomas mentioned in the paper below have brought revolutionary changes to my personality and mind-set. They have broadened my vision and changed my attitude towards certain concepts in certain ways (that I have explained in the later parts of the assignment). I feel to have some inborn qualities relevant to the subjects that I took up and these courses have helped me polish my skills and expertise, and update my knowledge. As the course progressed, I could feel my development as a learner stage by stage. My teachers, supervisors, and group fellows have come in as ...

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Almost all around the world, different organizations put their best effort to convince smokers to quit in order to avoid the negative effects of tobacco. The same holds true in the country of Thailand. In the year 2012, the Thai Health Promotion Foundation created a short video advertisement to convince smokers to quit. The foundation is a local agency that aims to promote health and well-being of individuals and the society as a whole. Because smoking causes serious health damage as well as environmental impact, it is not surprising that the Thai Health Promotion Foundation specifically targets ...

A key issue within photographic practice and culture is the establishment of perspective regarding the influence that the self and the underlying aesthetic preferences and expectations that are brought to the art. These preferences demonstrate an essential aspect of valuation in regards to not only the perceptions that are held by those viewing the art and their understanding of beauty but also the level of awareness or unawareness that the photographer has in their composition and viewpoint at the point of the photograph's creation. The idea of the unawareness about the self-knowing as a common phenomenon in our society, ...

Part 1

Hailing from the Cuban community, and having lived in the U.S for a significantly long time, while I cab refer to myself as a Latino, I think today I reflect more as a multi-ethnic human who has been modeled from a combination of cultures, belief systems and values. I cannot actually day that I distinctly belong to any particular race or ethnicity especially from a cultural perspective. Having schooled in a setting where racial, ethnic and cultural diversity was highly visible I find myself as a person who has significantly parted ways with their original culture and adopted a ...

Introduction

Ever since the emergence of theatre as a form of art, it has remained on of the most popular and expressive genres of art that continue to entertain as much as it informs. This is perhaps because for many years, theatre has been used as a social mirror of sorts; one that allows the audience as well as the performers to view the society in which they live for what it is. The ability of playwrights to craft magnificent and compelling theatrical pieces that highlight the plight of the societies in which they live arguably makes playwrights one of ...

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This formal report focuses on self-reflection and the importance of personal development planning for students and managers. This focus underlines the necessity to define the concepts of self-reflection and Personal Development Planning and critically assess the ways they benefit students and managers. The report is divided into two primary sections: Self-reflection (1) and Personal Development Planning (2) that are, in their turn, subdivided into four and, respectively, three sub-sections. The materials used for composing this formal report include peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, and web-resources that focus upon the topics of self-reflection and PDP, their benefits and best implementation ...

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conduct a self-reflection on the knowledge acquired after undertaking the course. As such, it is set to analyze my orientations and perspectives about the needs of the students, the roles of the teacher, and incorporation of culture. Methods: The paper is based on the analysis of peer-reviewed articles that provide a framework of the self-assessment. In other words, the theoretical stipulations presented by the authors are used as the lenses of the assessment. Findings: The course has imparted crucial understanding in regard to how I view education and roles of different ...

The following analysis of Persona and Solaris reveals how movies from unlike countries and of different genres portray the development of opposite human personalities while losing or gaining humanity under the external influences and internal self-recognition. The attempts to create a fine movie about internal and external of human life do not often impress much, especially nowadays when we experience an endless flow of visual images. Probably, it inspires people to look back at the classic works that not only represent the unusual transformations in the forms of self but also produce extraordinary rhythms in the scenes (Tarkovsky 113). ...

Introduction

In contemporary society, the term “lament” is used in everyday conversations, yet it is an old method of expression with a wide-ranging history in biblical and cultural contexts. In the Bible and ancient culture, lamentation was a specific practice used in written lyrical texts. In the Bible, the lament is applied as a prayerful plea to the creator or a dirge regarding the death of destruction of someone or something. In literary culture, lament has been used in poetry as well as prose writing for a long time. The Biblical book of Job provides a vivid example of lament. ...

Early psychoanalytic critiques of literary works were concentrated on examining works of literature to gain insights into the author’s personal influences on his work. Such critiques therefore remained within the traditional field of psychoanalysis. For instance, Ben Karpman wrote that, “Gulliver's Travels furnish abundant evidence of the neurotic make-up of the author and discloses the presence in him of a number of perverse trends indicative of fixation at the anal-sadistic stage of libidinal development (Karpman 29).” However, critics like Ernest Jones came out of this traditional approach to analyze the text and not the author, such as he ...

Introduction

Transformative learning, unlike traditional learning, empowers students to re-define the meaning of their experiences. It sets aside meandering assumptions and voodoo rules to explore one's capabilities, new roles, and responsibilities. While critical self-reflection is the essence of transformational learning, rational discourse is the method that empowers the learner to go through the required transformation. This paper is an exercise to reflect on a personal learning experience through the lenses of various tenets, principles, and practices of transformative learning. While I narrate my experience in detail, viewing and reflecting it through the concepts of transformative theory strengthens my knowledge about ...

Portfolios are defined as a collection of evidence that attest the attainment and personal/ professional development of students through critical analysis as well as reflection of their contents (Plaza et al., 2007). The role of faculty in the development of student portfolios is to identify and define standards and competencies, define what constitutes appropriate evidence of achievement of identified competencies, and determination of guidelines and timelines for evaluation (Plaza et al., 2007). The role of students, on the other hand, is to select, assemble, present and justify above cited evidence through critical reflection ...

Part 1 - Questions

1) Reflective practice can be defined as the habitual and judicious use of communication, knowledge, technical skills, reasoning, emotions, values and reflection in daily practice for the benefit of the individuals and communities being served. (Epstein, 2002). This means that one needs to consider continual learning and decisions in daily practice. One must also take a more critical look at what is being learnt and how this learning is used in practice. I believe reflective practice can be useful in my chosen career because I am learning constantly and must be aware of applying learning ...

Ethical problems abound in the health care environment. Health care administrators often encounter a dilemma when working in an environment which may not be favorable to the full practice of ethical decision making (Malloch & Porter-O’Grady, 2009). Issues relating to cost-cutting, patient safety, quality care and employee welfare also highlight dilemmas involving the ethical principles of autonomy, justice, beneficence and nonmaleficence (Morrison, 2011). The ACHE code of ethics is a standard which advocates a systematic process for self reflection founded on theory with the goal of assisting health care administrators in making the right decisions (Ethics self-assessment, 2012).

The ACHE recommends a ...

End of life palliative care can be a stressful, even traumatic time for not only dying residents, but also for families and the medical staff working with them. Fortunately, there is much staff can do to alleviate stress. In my own experiences as a Health Care Assistant in a nursing home, I have helped residents, families, and other staff members deal with this difficult segment of life through palliative care, and I have learned much from them as well.

Working and Interacting With Others in Palliative Care

Making sure that dying residents and their family have as stress-free an experience as possible is extremely important as a Health Care Assistant and ...

Study Program

Review of Keenan, J. & Evans, A. 2014. ‘‘I am a starbucks worker my life no longer belongs to me’: the performance of enstrangement as a learning tool,’ Teaching in Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 101-112. This paper examines the use of autoethnography as a means of approaching the experience of estrangement, thereby making the researcher’s personal experience a topic of investigation. Autoethnographic practices that emphasize the location of the researcher as an important response to post-structuralist epistemologies in which older forms of certainty in the validity traditional scientific inquiry have been edged out by greater knowledge that experience ...

Executive summary

The first part of the paper carries the introduction. Reflective techniques are discussed followed by the problem statement. This section contains the rules and a description of the simulation game. The approach and analysis section follow. Self reflection is defined, and the associated theories are discussed. The next section is on critical incidents. Three incidents are discussed, and they are related to reflection theories. Mini concussions follow each of these incidents. After this, the overall conclusion is last.

Approach and analysis techniques.4

Critical incidents analysis6

Works Cited9

Appendix..10 Introduction Reflection techniques are critical in assimilating a learning experience. They enable learners to digest the materials ...

The movie “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring” starts with showing a small Buddhist temple on the river. In the temple, there were both old and young Buddhist monks. Leafy trees and clear spring weather evoke peaceful background of this movie. To gather medical herbs and to get into land, two monks have to take a small boat. A young monk teases small animals like frogs, snakes, and fish by suspending stones to them with his innocent smile; at the same time, the old monk observes young monk without any comments. That night an old monk suspends rock to young monk ...

Management Plan

Introduction The study caters to the management plan of classroom and addresses kindergarten grade level. The classroom management plan refers to the arrangement done by the teachers to organize a time, space and materials for students. The classroom arrangements are conducted so that the student learning and instructions can take place in an effective manner. The further study also demonstrates the ability to create better and conducive learning process for the students (Marshall, 2008). The plan also establishes the high expectations for student learning and behavior and further study concentrates on various aspects of classroom management.

The goal of ...

Self-Reflection: Leadership Questionnaire

Society and organizations require strong and effective leadership. This requirement exists at all levels in the organization. I find everywhere; people are expressing their need for effective leadership. Though people ask for leadership, it is not often clear what exactly they want. There is a tool to bring out what do an individual mean by leadership. i.e. Conceptualizing Leadership Questionnaire. The scores received on this questionnaire give information about how people view leadership and what do they believe about leadership. Also, this questionnaire pinpoints how people approach leadership. The tool has 24 items in the inventory that can be completed ...

Introduction

One of the definitions of terrorism is use of unexpected, unlawful, and shocking violence against noncombatants or any other targets by members of a secret group or agents for the purpose of making public a political or religious agenda and /or coercing or intimidating a government or civil group into giving in to the demands that are inline with their agenda (Hudson, Mageska, Savada and Metz 1999). The theoretical literature on the study of terrorism has not received the full attention of sociologist. However, in three decades, the subject is increasingly gaining attention following increased acts of terrorism across the world. ...

K&P have done extensive research on the characteristics of admired leaders on multiple continents for over 25 years. What did they learn and share about each of the following characteristics? 22. Being honest Kouzes & Posner have found that being honest is one of the major skill people look for in a leader. This pattern has been seen consistently across cultures, countries and gender. Their research shows that people are increasing looking for their leaders to be honest. 89% of the respondents said in their 2007 research that they look for their leader to be honest. 23. Being ...

Introduction

For the sake of this project, I chose to analyze the following literary and nonliterary works: - “The Death of Ivan Ilych” by Leo Tolstoy (Novel) - Death of a Salesman, directed by Laszlo Benedek (Film) - “Piano Man,” written and performed by Billy Joel (Music) All three of these works relate to the ways in which we live our lives, and the necessity to be able to view our lives much more abstractly and open-mindedly – the works feature characters who are either served well or could be served well by their capacity for critical thought ...

‘Sweat’ is an acclaimed short story written by Zora Neale Hurston which was published in the year 1926. The story gives a glimpse of contemporary society, condition of women and relations between men and women. This paper intends to discuss short story and examines literary aspects of the story. The story revolves around Delia and her husband, Sykes. Delia works as a washerwoman in a village and resides with her unemployed husband Sykes. Sykes does not work but keeps resenting that his wife washes clothes of white people. He also keeps her frightening with snakes as he is acquainted with her ...

The paper explores the issues that revolve around leadership and maintaining ethical standards. Leaders should maintain the strict ethical standards imposed into corporations codes of conducts. Several factors determine the success of young leaders in achieving ethical standards of business. Inadequate experience in the business subjects many leaders into difficulties when dealing with issues inside the organization. The paper seeks to describe the importance of standards in monitoring the organization’s codes of conduct. The paper explores on impacts on the level of experience in determining success of a business. However, some scholars hold contradicting opinions on maintaining strict ethical ...

In the recent years, the culture concept has attracted the attention of policy makers and health care providers. The multicultural and diverse societies are inspiring the providers of health care for striving to develop the cultural competence and cultural humility. Cultural competence is considered as a set of similar attitudes, policies and behaviors that work together in a system, organization, and agency or among the professionals, which enables to perform work effectively in the cross-cultural situations. It is an active participation, engagement and commitment in a long-term process that people enter into a continuing basis with the patients, colleagues, communities and themselves (Tervalon & ...

Cultural Ideology and Art - Framing a Cultural Ideology Based on Societal Practices

Introduction Cultural ideology and art based on societal practices looks at social production, cultural autonomy, theories, as well as late capitalism. The underpinnings of the academic exploration of this subject take into consideration art and culture as part of a dominant ideology as well as aesthetic autonomy. In this academic exercise answering these and other structured inquiry presented in this discourse, engage further considerations of the course texts of Halley, Halley, Halley, Valdez, and Nava as well as others in this field of cultural studies. In addition, this academic exploration and discourse offers examples from the texts of specific ...

Me: I support the statement that cell phones are a net loss to society. Most people have developed a significant addiction and the obsessive need to check their e-mail and social networks too often. That type of behavior creates an unhealthy dependency on cell phones, which leads to several issues in personal development and social relationships. Opponent: The behaviors you described can happen, but you can’t consider cell phones a loss to society just because people use them irresponsibly. That approach shifts the blame to devices that cannot determine how they will be used. If people use cell phones responsibly, ...

Part 1

Learning Theories Learning, by dictionary definition, is the action of the verb “learns” which in turn means to acquire knowledge. It also means the action of acquiring instructions or, again, knowledge. The way people learn however, differ between persons. Some learn through words, others through experience, some do it by remembering and burning it into their memories, some by observing and some are born simply with the gift of quick understanding . How a person learns has been one field of education that has been changing since it came to the attention of the human race that learning is ...

Self-Reflection: Sports Massage

Introduction Sports massage is an important aspect in enhancing the performance and recovery of sportspeople. There are various techniques of sports massage that can be applied to help sports people relax their body muscles and bolster their performance. This write-up is a self-reflection of the ways in which sports massage has affected me positively as far as my own massage techniques are concerned.

Impacts of Sports Massage

Since I enrolled in sports massage classes, I have learnt a lot about the techniques as well as the importance of performing rubdowns. This has enhanced my previous knowledge on the various situations where sports massage can ...

The debate whether or not animals have feelings is ongoing and has many social and moral implications. If you ask any dog owner, they would emphatically answer that animals have emotions. However scientists tended to view the question with suspicion; thinking instead that behavior in animals was hard-wired and instinctual. They thought that attributing feelings to the animal was an attempt to anthropomorphize and a consequence of our humanity. Modern investigative techniques though such as fMRI (functional MRI) are shedding new light on the question. Before a logical conclusion can be reached, we must define the terms emotions and feelings. ...

A Self-reflection essay

A Self-reflection essay

Introduction

Learning in group has its own advantages and disadvantages. But, one should always focus on the positive aspect of it. It is suggested that working in group for project enhances certain skills in students which help in professional life later (Caruso & Woolley, 2008). It is true as after joining a company or organisation for job, one has to work in teams towards a specified target. The mutual understanding, temperament and organised teamwork becomes important. While working for the assignment on ‘People might be know but no one really knows’, we realized the significance of working in a group and ...

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[University] Howard Gardner (2006), in his book Multiple Intelligences, states that “Every cognitive act involves an agent that carries out an action or set of actions in some task or domain.” This statement suggests that every individual has a specific way or ways of cognition in doing certain things. Such cognition is used to conceptualize what one’s intelligence is. And it can be manifested through gifts, expertise, and creativity. For instance, a child may simply observe a particular action from his/her mother, and the result of such observation can be manifested through the child trying to do the same action. ...

The retail and channel management course is an integral part of the bachelor’s degree in marketing at the university. The objective of the course is to equip students with a comprehensive view of retailing and also be able to analyze the retail environment and also expose students to the new developments in this industry. This is necessitated by the fact that the retail industry is changing each day and any successful business must be able to put this into consideration. The content of the course was covered in three broad sections that were subdivided into a number of sections. ...

Abstract

In My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, a young Hasidic Jew experiences growth and turmoil in 1950s New York City as he demonstrates his desire to express himself through art, a concept at odds with his traditional Jewish family. Asher's artistic preferences are directly conflicted with the expectations and attitudes of his family, causing him great suffering and self-reflection. At the same time, these conflicts cause him to grow substantially as a person, and through that suffering his art flourishes, showing him new notions and concepts of beauty, and shaping his life irrevocably. The result is an incredibly touching and ...