Following the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct and ensuring confidentiality‚ dignity and respect is maintained throughout this essay‚ I will be changing the child’s name to Alfie (NMC‚ 2015). Alfie was a 3 year old who my mentor and I triaged and assessed in the early hours of the morning in A and E. He presented with a barking cough‚ temperature of 40°C and very irritable. These are all common signs and symptoms of croup. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (2012) defines
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________________________________________ Eligibility Criteria Alfie Scholars will be selected from a pool of diverse transfer students from community colleges. Diversity includes a broad range of people including those from diverse ethnic‚ racial‚ and non-traditional backgrounds‚ as well as those who have socioeconomic disadvantages‚ have physical or learning disabilities‚ and have overcome significant other obstacles. An applicant to be an Alfie Scholar must have gained acceptance into Seattle University
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Imani Stephen ENG 1101 23 October 2012 The Importance of Grades in School Alfie Kohn explains in his article‚ From Degrading to De-grading‚ that traditional letter/number grades are a waste of time. Kohn believes teachers wrongly relish the moments they get to assign a student a grade. His opinion of the best teacher is the one that despises the grade book and wonders about the thought of giving grades at all. Alfie Kohn provides many reasons supporting his beliefs. For example‚ grades reduce the
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NY: Hudson Street‚ 2011. Print. Kohn‚ Alfie. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars‚ Incentive Plans‚ A ’s‚ Praise‚ and Other Bribes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1993. Print. Lavoie‚ Richard D. The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning on the Tuned-out Child.
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Common misconceptions of happiness are due to the origins of which it is derived from. Charles Spurgeon who was a famous preacher once said‚ “It is not how much we have‚ but how much we enjoy‚ that makes happiness”. Through the works of Alfie Kohn‚ Heron Jones and Daniel Barwick‚ the concept of gaining the experience of true and genuine happiness must derive from an individual broadening their views to see what truly matters in life. In every work‚ the authors demonstrate the fact that genuine happiness
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Education 1 The Importance of an Education Ashley Todd ENG 101-D20 4/04/2013 Education 2 The Importance of an Education When Alfie Kohn wrote his paper What Does It Mean to Be Well-Educated? he tried to focus on everyone’s point of view. He wrote about how there are many different types of people who are able to hold a job with maybe just one degree against the other who may be unemployed but have multiple degrees. Why would having more initials at the end of your name guarantee your success
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Cited: FairTest. “How Standardized Testing Damages Education.” FairTest. The National Center for Fair and Open Testing‚ 20 Aug. 2007. Web. 9 Sept. 2011. . Kohn‚ Alfie. “Standardized Testing and Its Victims.” Education Week. Alfie Kohn‚ 27 Sept. 2000. Web. 9 Sept. 2011. . Murray‚ Charles. “Abolish the SAT.” The American. The Journal of the American Enterprise Institute‚ July 2007. Web. 9 Sept. 2011. .
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engagement (Emmer Sabornie‚ 2015). About Alfie Kohn theory‚ an ideal classroom is the one that curiosity and cooperation are emphasized above everything else. Alfie argues that student’s interest should act as a governor to what is taught in class. Also‚ Kohn states that if cooperation in mind is used to run a classroom‚ and students curiosity is also nurtured‚ students will not work inappropriately and hence rewards or punishments will be essential ( Kohn‚ 2004) philosophical statement My commitment
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Bibliography: Chauncey‚ Henry and Dobbin‚ John E. Testing: Its Place in Education Today.New York‚ NY. Harper and Row. 1963 Fletcher‚ D Kohn‚ A. (n.d.). Standardized Testing and Its Victims. Alfie Kohn Homepage. Retrieved March 21‚ 2011‚ from http://www.alfiekohn.org/teaching/edweek/staiv.html Koretz‚ Daniel Princeton‚ NJ.Harvard University Press. 2008 National Commission on Testing and Public Policy DeCapo Press
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institution and obtaining an education does not translate into being well-educated. On the other hand‚ being able to perform a specific task very well but lacking in some very basic academic fundamentals does not mean a person is well-educated either. Alfie Kohn examines what it means to be well-educated and I will respond to some of his thoughts on the topic. What exactly is being well-educated? Being educated can mean many different things to a variety of different
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