officers: What factors Influence Work Attitudes? This paper seeks to critique and analyze the article written by Mary Ann Farkas. Her article deals with research done on the work orientation of correctional officers which has been a subject of significance since officer’s attitudes influence their approach and interaction with inmates. The material highlighted in the article deals distinctively with research done on the attitudes of officer’s towards inmates and the basis of these attitudes providing
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evident that schools in the current society are filled with diversity whether it is culturally‚ ethnically or socially (Montgomery & Groat‚ 1998). All of these unique features can play a part in the type of learning style the child prefers. The personality and genetic makeup of the learner also affects the way in which they perceive and process information differently to other learners. (Gregorc‚ 1982) According Ellis (1985‚ p.14) a learning style is “the more or less consistent way in which a person
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working on an assignment because it helps me focus better on what I am doing. I cannot concentrate with a lot of noise around me. If it is noisy around me it takes me a while to understand what I am doing. I don’t mind working with others but I prefer to work alone so that I do not get disturbed. When I am at a lecture or listening to a lecture I take plenty of notes because once the lecture is over and we have an assignment I have to go back to my notes in order to process what we went over in the lecture
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school but personal areas of my life as well. I already knew what I valued and thought was important in life but it explained everything in detail and what my strong and weak points were. I value other people’s opinions and feelings and try to put how others feel before my own needs and wants. I value each person as an individual my preferred ethical lens is Rights which is the Responsibility and Results Lens. I display rationality which would be my reasoning skills‚ sensibility which is my intuition
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The Learning Styles for Becoming a Master Student The Learning Styles for Becoming a Master Student Marian L. Harris-Gooden Columbia College Abstract The learning style inventory (LSI)‚ has no restriction in balancing ones preferences to learn however‚ the individual will favor one over the others in the four stages. I used converges‚ diverges‚ assimilator‚ and accommodator method to deciding which approach works best for me. Kolb’s theory differs from Gardener’s theory for learning and
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2.4 Ten Ways That Culture Affects the Negotiation Style: Jeswald Salacuse (1998) Every dimensions of culture discussed above have an impact on the negotiation style. There are a lot of articles‚ which suggest factors that can be used to define cross-cultural negotiations. They differ in the number of points analyzed‚ some specifically concentrating on precise aspects‚ others overlooking a more general situation. I think the ten ways that culture affects negotiation style by Salacuse (1998) is very
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As a result of the work of many Educational Psychologists-over many years-various explanations of learning styles have evolved. All of these studies were undertaken to determine how we as humans learn. "In its broadest sense‚ learning can be defined as a process of progressive change from ignorance to knowledge‚ from inability to competence‚ and from indifference to understanding....In much the same manner‚ instruction-or education-can be defined as the means by which we systematize the situations
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Learning Style Comparison 1 Learning Style Comparison HSN/540 Teaching and Learning Strategies Learning Style Comparison 2 Learning Styles Comparison In today’s job market employers are seeking individuals that are ready to take on new positions that require advance training. The job market is very competitive and the low skill jobs are disappearing forcing adults to return to school to learn new skills and be trained to fill these new positions. An Individual that is aware of
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Diversity Affects Communication Victoria Moore University of Phoenix Introduction to Communication COM/100 Bruce Turner January 03‚ 2010 Diversity Affects Communication 1. What is cultural diversity? Why is an appreciation of diversity important in communication? Cultural diversity is having a group made up of people from various ethnicities‚ backgrounds‚ religions‚ etc. Having an appreciation of diversity is extremely important and essential for effective communication. For example
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BKristen Gershkoff Mr. Zabel Ecology 1 October 2012 How Abiotic Factors Affect the Biota The variation of abiotic factors in both the beach and the salt pond greatly affect the biota in those areas. At the beach there was a rocky landscape that rounded the water‚ while at the salt pond‚ there was more of a wet grassy area allowing different life forms or biota to thrive in each. Also‚ physical factors such as temperature‚ salinity‚ or dissolved oxygen levels allow for different life forms to
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