By Kirk A. Johnson‚ Ph.D. Few would argue that advanced teacher training does not make a difference in student achievement. In fact‚ Professor William Sanders of the University of Tennessee argues persuasively that "the single most dominant factor affecting student academic gain is teacher effect."1 However‚ little statistical research is available for evaluating which type of training and teaching degree has the best effect on student achievement. As the demand for higher academic achievement and
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Union impact on the effective adoption of High Performance Work Practices Please cite this article as: Gill‚ C. (2009) Union impact on the effective adoption of High Performance Work Practices‚ Human Resource Management Review‚ 19‚ 39-50. Dr. Carol Gill Program Director - Organizational Leadership Melbourne Business School Melbourne University Carlton‚ Victoria 3053‚ Australia Phone +61 3 9349 8452 Facsimile +61 3 9349 8404 Email: c.gill@mbs.edu Abstract This paper examines the literature
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preparation programs‚ places an emphasis on teaching culturally responsive approaches‚ and acknowledges fostering reflective practice (National Council of Teachers of English‚ 2010). The need for culturally responsive approaches and reflective practice certainly fall under the domain of pedagogical preparation‚ and therefore these two areas will be explored first. Addressing Diversity in Classroom Practice Addressing diversity and providing culturally
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Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response ‘Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response’ is an article printed in the magazine ‘Philosophy Now’ and is written by Jesse Prinz who is a distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York. This is an argumentative article where the writer‚ Jesse Prinz‚ has argued in favor of moral relativism and supported the theory that moral judgments are based on emotions hence they vary from person to person. The writer has written was
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Consumer in Market All the people participate in the market either as consumer or seller or producer. Any person who buys a commodity or service for direct use or ownership. I‚ you‚ we all are consumers when we buy a product or service. But people who acquires goods or services for resale or use in production and manufacturing cannot be considered consumer. In free market economics‚ consumers dictate what goods are produced and are generally considered the center of economic activity. Individual
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harms to student‚ will it affect quality of education? In fact‚ culturally diverse classes help students brainstorm better‚ more creative ideas; their future contribution to the society can be unlimited. In the article in the Seattle Times‚ Alexandra Olson (2017‚ October 26) reports that many companies believe culturally diversified workforce can both produce a better marketing campaign and prevent encountering blunders. Culturally diverse classroom can help students collect and discuss on different
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Phonological Awareness Phonological awareness is the ability hears and manipulates the sound structure of language. This is an encompassing term that involves working with sounds of languages at the word‚ syllable‚ and phoneme level. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and manipulate the sound in spoken words‚ and the understanding that the spoken word and syllables are made up of sequences of speech sounds ( Yopp‚ 1992) Phonological Awareness is the understanding that spoken language
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Language is the human capacity for acquiring and using complex systems of communication‚ and a language is any specific example of such a system. The scientific study of language is called linguistics. Estimates of the number of languages in the world vary between 6‚000 and 7‚000. However‚ any precise estimate depends on a partly arbitrary distinction between languages and dialects. Natural languages are spoken or signed‚ but any language can be encoded into secondary media using auditory‚ visual
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THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The Impact of Culture on International Business Doing business on the international plane presents many challenges because of a variety of factors which differ from one market to the other. These differences are basically informed by the environment of the host country‚ which is often times different from that at home. One of the environmental factors that present such a challenge is culture. Culture can be defined as complex construct that embodies
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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs‚ but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi. The ‘Environment’ is a term used to represent an entire systems‚ geology‚ and climate. An Environment can be any scale‚ including global‚ regional‚ local‚ and even down to single locations‚ and things like buildings. Often the phrase ‘the environment’ is used to denote the global environment‚ or a larger regional
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