2009). Proactive policing involves the police officer acting on his or her own initiative to develop and retrieve information about crime within the community (Department of Justice‚ 2009). Reactive and proactive policing works together in some cases. An example would be when a police officer reactively responds to a call that has been dispatched can resolve the issue proactively by mediating between the parties involved (Department of Justice‚ 2009). A study showed that proactive policing resulted
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Multiple Learning Styles Interdependence in a Progressive Learning Environment Ari S. Rejtman Broward College Multiple Learning Styles Interdependence in a Progressive Learning Environment More than one student in Kindergarten through College has complained of boring courses and tedious homework that had no discernible connection to their immediate environment. Many students describe their courses as lectures that force them to sit and listen to a professor for one to three hours‚ sometimes
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IntroductionDuring the 1990s‚ considerable interest has been generated in the design of constructivist learning environments. The promise of these systems to leverage capabilities of technology‚ empower learners to pursue unique goals and needs‚ and re-conceptualize teaching-learning practices has sparked both provocative ideas as well as heated debate. Yet‚ problems in grounding designs within established theory and research are commonplace‚ as designers grapple with questions regarding epistemology
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Introduction Learning is one of the most important processes in a person’s life. As a result‚ there are different learning environments that have been created throughout the history of mankind to help in the passing of knowledge and skills from one generation to another. Different approaches are therefore used to guarantee that the learner is able to gather as much knowledge and skills as possible. Amongst the learning environments and strategies that are being employed in the modern world is the
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Current businesses face many challenges: tough global competition‚ rapid technology change and increased pressure from consumers are only a few to name. Ability to adapt quickly to this fast changing environment became crucial for the survival of the company‚ thus knowledge and continuous learning is growing in importance. Knowledge is seen as an ultimate competitive advantage for the modern organization. However‚ Dr. Yogesh Malhotra (2003)‚ the founding Chairman and Chief Knowledge Architect of
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be keeping some students from doing this. Everyone who has ever gone to school knows that it can be a great place to socialize and learn basic communication skills but it can also be a distracting place as well. So what is a good or positive learning environment anyways? All schools have lights but are the classrooms being properly illuminated‚ and is noise a big issue? The biggest problem most school encounter is not supplying enough air circulation thought out the school‚ this is often times to
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an opportunity to marketers. b) Explain how companies can take a proactive stands toward the marketing environment Companies can be either proactive or reactive in responding to event that impacts them. Companies that take a proactive stance plan in advance and initiate action to deal with events‚ instead of merely responding to events. For example‚ Kingfisher‚ a British home improvement retailer‚ had taken a proactive stance on green issues in 2007. The company had goals for waste reduction
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How the Environment Plays a Role in Learning Learning is an important skill that is essential for everyone to succeed in life which includes school‚ work and our community. Learning allows people to obtain basic knowledge‚ develop skills and new experiences. Whether the environment that we are in is stressful‚ combative or stress free‚ everything in it is important to the ability and capacity for which learning takes place. How does the environment play a role in the way people learn? Many
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How the Environment Plays A Role In Learning Learning is an important skill that is essential for everyone to succeed in life which includes school‚ work and our community. By being able to learn we are able to obtain basic knowledge‚ develop skills and abilities. Whether the environment that we are in is stressful‚ combative or stress free; the tiniest thing in our environment is important to how we are able to learn. The environment that we are in as children and adults can affect our learning
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was not sure how Second Life (SL) virtual learning environment (VLE) could impact my learning experience at Chamberlain. After completing several tasks in virtual learning environment‚ I began to see why SL was introduce to me in this program. Using the virtual learning environment has many benefits for nursing. The apparent benefit is patient safety. The second life grants a nurse or student the possibility to participate in the virtual learning environment‚ allowing the skills learned to be applied
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