stability causing them to lose basic concepts of childhood that may carry with them throughout life. Children of divorced parents have less success and happiness creating less productive citizens in our nation. Watching parents take a home from a traditional family lifestyle to a "broken" home by getting a divorce is very devastating to a child’s mental well-being. As Judith Seltzer notes‚ "Recent reviews summarize evidence that children are emotionally distressed by parents’ separation. Young children
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Compare learning and non-learning institutions. The non-learning institution is a place that is stuck‚ has rigid thinking and is unwilling to consider change or development. In the non-learning institution: • The old ways of doing things is the best way. • Mistakes get made but no-one asks why or how they can be avoided in the future. • Individuals get rewarded for personal work. • Shared delivery is not encouraged. • There is little opportunity for joint problem-solving. • People rarely
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Online Learning and the Adult Learner Cassandra Jones Foundations of Online Learning American Public University System Amy Peterson Online Learning and the Adult Learner Being an online learner as an adult is harder in my opinion than being in a physical classroom. The learning styles one must have implemented prior to a start date can cause conflict with schedules or a more relaxed environment where as a more structural environment where lessons‚ assignments‚ quizzes‚ exams‚ and test are
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Tips for Teaching Adult Students With the number of non-traditional students growing‚ many educators have discovered that adult learners are fundamentally different than their younger counterparts in many ways. Yet‚ most instructors have been left to their own devices to figure out how best to reach these students who come to class with an entirely different set of challenges‚ demands and expectations‚ and generally at a much different level of maturity. How can instructors better accommodate
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Traditional Litigation and the Non-Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution There are many ways to handle a dispute. Many people chose to use the traditional litigation system‚ which are lawsuit being brought forth in the courts and some people choose alternative routes which may not always be involved in the court. The formal definition of traditional litigation is “the process of bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defending a lawsuit. This is also called judicial dispute resolution because courts are
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INFLUENCE LEARNING OUTCOMES OF ADULT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DISTANCE EDUCATION Table of Contents Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION 3 Relevant Background Information 3 Statement of the problem 6 Purpose of the Study 7 Research Questions 7 Theoretical Framework 8 Chapter 2 – LITERATURE REVIEW 12 Distance Learning 12 Conceptual models: Adult-learning models 15 Adult Learning Styles 17 Barriers to Learning in distance education 19 Faculty Barriers in Distance Learning 20 Adult Learners
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Application of Personality Theories John Jay D ’Amour Theories of Personality Prof. Osborne December 18‚ 2006 Without theories about personality and the complexity of its nature it would be difficult if not impossible to help those who suffer from behavior related problems. Throughout the years different perspectives regarding this type of therapy have been formulated in an effort to understand and treat people experiencing difficulties related to their ability to function as a member of
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Approach to Adult Learning University of Phoenix Certification Workshop July 7‚ 2003 The University of Phoenix: A holistic approach to adult learning. The University of Phoenix offers professional students in training an opportunity to further their education at an accredited institution‚ facilitated by working professionals who together develop reciprocal relationships. The purpose of this paper is to define the University of Phoenix Philosophy and purpose of learning teams. This
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If their friends think it’s cool to bully someone they don’t want to be the only one to feel that it’s wrong. So they will go along with the bad behavior even if they know it’s wrong. When children are seen in a group physically assaulting another student it is because children feel more in control or powerful in group. If these children were alone they wouldn’t have even wanted to do this at all. I think that females and males have different ways that they bully as well. In the film the boys when
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The role of ethical theories in ethical reasoning and behavior within organizations - Research proposal Sigalit Pasternak‚ Phd student The Faculty of Management Tel Aviv University Supervisor: Dr. Ishak Saporta Introduction Business ethics is a specialized branch of ethics focusing on how moral standards apply to business organizations and behavior (Velasques‚ 1998). As such‚ it cannot be understood separately from the general ideas of ethics‚ and the general ethical theories apply to business ethics
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