An Examination of Leadership Styles and Teacher Motivation 2 Introduction An ongoing challenge for educational administrators is capitalizing on leadership behaviors that have the greatest influence on optimizing teacher motivation. It is recognized that among the myriad responsibilities and tasks school leaders must assume‚ motivating teachers appears crucial to the essential precept of all schools: student academic achievement. Using the Weick and Sutcliffe model “Conditions That Create Corporate
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Winter Blues or Seasonal Affective Disorder? A SAD Cycle Abstract With the beginning of fall and winter‚ come colder weather‚ shorter days and for many people a significant decline in temperament. Complaints of feeling largely blue and less energetic than usual are common. Some are able to overcome these “winter blues”‚ or sometimes known as “cabin fever”‚ and successfully carry out their normal day-to-day duties. However‚ for those whose symptoms are more numerous and more severe‚ the outcome
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Styles Some common ingredients of advertisements were not singled out for separate mention in the list of fifteen because they are not appeals in and of themselves. They are stylistic features‚ influencing the way a basic appeal is presented. The use of humor is one‚ and the use of celebrities is another A third is time imagery‚ past and future‚ which goes to several purposes. For all of its employment in advertising‚ humor can be treacherous‚ because it can get out of hand and smother the product
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Leadership Style Leadership it is hard to define. Lots of famous and not so famous people have been writing about it and the importance of an effective leadership for organizations to be successful. One of my favorites is the one Harry S. Truman the Thirty-third President of the United States did: “My definition of a leader . . . is a man who can persuade people to do what they don ’t want to do‚ or do what they ’re too lazy to do‚ and like it”. But‚ should a leader use always the same type of
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LANGUAGE AND STYLE In any language‚ different styles are appropriate in different situations: written x spoken formal - - - informal technical language (jargon) - - - slang Principles of English written style: Choose the suitable completions of the sentence: The more formal the language is‚ 1. the more it will use inanimate nouns as subjects of a sentence. 2. the more it will use verb structures (where choice is possible) 3. the less it will use passive structures 4. the more it is likely
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selected is Lewin’s leadership styles. Kurt Lewin did leadership experiments in 1939 and noticed that there were three different learning styles‚ autocratic ‚democratic and laissez-faire. In autocratic style‚ the leader makes decisions without the help from anyone. When Lewin’s conducted this experiment he came to the conclusion that this made the people most dissatisfied out of the three styles. Autocratic style reminds me of a dictator. In the democratic style‚ the leader makes sure that that
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Leaders are people who inspire and motivate us through their actions and words. As we have seen through many years‚ the term leadership has been defined in many ways‚ but always we expect the leader is just someone who shares our values and provide us direction. A great example of these qualities is Nelson Mandela. We can learn many lessons from him‚ some that will remain through the years: Lead with your action: Your words and actions should be motivating to others. Inspire courage‚ desire to
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different learning styles. A learning style is the way in which each learner begins to concentrate on‚ process and retain new and difficult information. These are various approaches or ways of learning. The idea of individualised "learning styles" originated in the 1970s‚ and acquired enormous popularity. Research suggests that learning styles are predetermined before the age of three or four‚ during which time basic architecture of the brain is established and learning styles are determined. It
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Parenting Styles Before one even decides to become a parent‚ the question of “Will I be a good parent?” sinks in. There is no concrete definition of “good” parenting‚ as this is entirely subjective and depends on the religious‚ ethnic‚ cultural‚ and societal values to which the parent adheres. What is clear is that some children develop with an inclination towards positivity‚ while others do not‚ and there is a clear connection between these behaviors and the style with which these children were
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WORKPLACE LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION NEEDS (http://lmd.massey.ac.nz/publications/working_paper_no_19.pdf) In this current context‚ the study investigates language and communication issues from the perspectives of two categories: (1) EAL professionals who are employed in their field and (2) managers in companies that employ them. Questions of language and communication need to be unpacked so that language educators‚ settlement services‚ employers‚ EAL immigrants and policy makers can understand
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