In education‚ the term professional learning community is very common. This term‚ however‚ can mean many things to different educators. It can be used to talk about extending classroom practices to the community‚ bring outside people into the school to increase learning of students‚ engaging students‚ teacher learning‚ among other definitions. The main definition I want focus on is professional learning communities as a way of getting teachers and administrations together to enhance learning through
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The Hall of Fame of Great Americans is a museum located at Bronx Community College that focuses on Americans that made history‚ change American society and culture. Many students pass through this landmark without knowing the reason why is it there including me. I have always wondered why is it that this museum is located at this campus and not in another place where it could be noticeable like in the museum of Natural History‚ Grand Central‚ Central Park‚ or in the Metropolitan Museum or any other
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understanding of employee empowerment 1. Introduction This essay mainly introduces my own understanding‚ independent and critical thinking of employee empowerment which come from the previous lectures‚ communities of practice and sources I have read. Firstly‚ I will define the employee empowerment and then analyze its significance. In the second part‚ I will point out its main difficulties in reality‚ and particularly show our group’s outcomes about nursing empowerment discussed in our workshop
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Chapter 2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PERSPECTIVES Introduction Corporate governance is a term that‚ over the last two decades‚ has now found its way into popular literature. It has been described by Sir Adrian Cadbury as the way organizations are directed and controlled. This simple statement contains many profound elements including the performance/conformance argument. An organization’s main task is to achieve the level of performance that it was established for. But at the same time‚ an
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Youth empowerment is an attitudinal‚ structural‚ and cultural process whereby young people gain the ability‚ authority‚ and agency to make decisions and implement change in their own lives and the lives of other people‚ including youth and adults.[1] Youth empowerment is often addressed as a gateway to intergenerational equity‚ civic engagement and democracy building. Many local‚ state‚ provincial‚ regional‚ national‚ and international government agencies and nonprofit community-based organizations
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Women’s Empowerment Principles Equality Means Business A joint initiative of the UNIFEM and UN Global Compact Women’s Empowerment Principles in Brief 1. Establish high‐level corporate leadership for gender equality. 2. Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination. 3. Ensure the health‚ safety and well‐being of all women and men workers. 4. Promote education‚ training and professional development for women. 5. Implement enterprise development
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SERVICE LEARNING: CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE LIVE BY APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE Milena Ristovska‚ M. Sc. Teaching Assistant at Faculty of Economics University “Ss Cyril and Methodius” Skopje‚ Republic of Macedonia e-mail: milena@eccf.ukim.edu.mk Abstract Although well-established and with a long tradition in different countries worldwide‚ service learning is a completely unknown practice in Republic of Macedonia. This is the reason why the author attempted to make a
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Development & International Cooperation Final Report ******** Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Instructor: Dr. Rebecca H. Chung Date June 3rd‚ 2013 National Pingtung University Of Science and Technology Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 1 2. Definition of women empowerment ........................................................... 1 3
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the gravity of the crime. Accordingly revision in the anti-rape bill is in the offing‚ with stricter punishment for the rapists‚ including capital punishment. This means when we are together‚ we can achieve greater things‚ including respect and empowerment of women. Had it been only women groups protesting on the streets after Nirbhaya rape incident‚ the impact would not have been so profound. Since the whole society‚ including men protested for strict action against rapists‚ the latter were nabbed
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Background of the Study Schools are one of the most important institutions in a society. It is actually termed to be the second home. It is one of the first places where the early and critical foundations of learning are built‚ and as early as three to four years old‚ a person goes and experiences life being a student. A school is not just defined by the four walls of classroom. More than serving its academic purposes‚ some see it as a good source of income too. As what many consider‚ school is
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