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    Explain how you would promote inclusion‚ equality and diversity with your current/future learners. Identify other points of referral available to meet the potential needs of learners. Key terms: • Inclusion - involving all learners and treating them equally and fairly‚ without directly or indirectly excluding anybody • Equality - the enjoyment of equal rights by all‚ each individual being regarded as of the same importance and receiving the same treatment. • Diversity - valuing the individual

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    The Brain I. Supporting structures Anatomy of the Brain 3 Major Areas: Cerebrum-consists of two hemispheres (thalamus and hypothalamus) that are incompletely separated by the great longitudinal fissure 4 Lobes: Frontal-major functions are concentration‚ abstract thought‚ information storage or memory‚ and motor function. It also contains Broca’s area‚ critical for motor control of speech Parietal-analyzes sensory information and relays the interpretation of the info to the thalamus. It

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    Chapter 2. Question 4. How would you measure risk of being a victim? I would measure the risk of being a victim by incorporating the NCVS summary findings for 2009. This survey gives me a broad range of information to use to minimize the risk of being a victim of a crime. It gives us great information such as the following: 1. Gender: men are a little more being victimized then women. 2. Reporting: almost half of the crimes were only reported to police. 3. Race: the highest with 27% for 1000 persons

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    The article "Your Brain Lies to You" is about how the brain works in ways to remember information whether it may be true or false. The article has a strong argument due to its use of Toulmin’ terms for the shape of an argument. For instance‚ the article gives a strong claim that the brain is able to store true or false information but not from where it originated‚ a phenomenon known as amnesia. The grounds of the claim are scenarios where people believe in certain things to be true when in the contrary

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    The title alone‚ “You Can Grow Your Brain‚” made me think this article was going to be about how learning new things will make you smarter. I did not realize that it literally meant the brain can‚ and will grow when you are learning new things‚ or challenging yourself to learn new skills. We have always been told‚ “Practice makes perfect‚” and really‚ when you apply this rule to everything we do in life‚ it is true‚ and yet for some people‚ we stop challenging ourselves to learn new things because

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    The brain‚ unlike the heart is the most important part of the body‚ it weighs up to three pounds and comprises the hefty cerebrum‚ cerebellum‚ and the brainstem. The cerebrum which is the largest portion performs all higher cognitive functions. The cerebellum is responsible for motor functions‚ such as the coordination of movement and balance. The brain stem is dedicated to involuntary functions such as breathing. The brain is comprised of the cerebrum‚ cerebellum‚ and brain stem The largest part

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    Part I: Explain how you perceive your leadership style within the context of (a) the team you were assigned to during the course and (b) any another team you were a member of. The term leadership has been defined in many ways according to Howard Gardner (1995). President Harry Truman‚ an infamous leader could lead people to do what they do not want to do yet like it (Gardner‚ 1995; cited in Parker &ump; Begnaud‚ 2004). Eileen Ford from a well-established modeling agency defines leadership as

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    The Power of Brothers and Sisters Family is an important part of life. Families shape us to who we are today‚ what we say‚ and how we control our lives. They are a need when growing up. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ the book is about the life of a eight year old white girl in the early 1930’s when the Great Depression was at its peak and not many people had enough money to support themselves. Jem was always protective around Scout because she has always had a big mouth and Scout had always relied

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    How do you catch a ball‚ or how does your body know to catch the ball? This isn’t done by just opening your hand and raising your arm. It requires communication between your brain‚ muscles and organs. This starts with the neurons. Our organs sense things the brain needs to know. Signals are sent to the brain‚ it is decoded and then tells your brain what muscles to use and how. The signal is sent‚ a neurotransmitter. This is stored in the axon. An electrical impulse starts in the neuron. The

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    I first of all would like for you to know that you are a great man‚ and a great principal; however‚ I feel that she is still just targeting me‚ I feel that she picks on me‚ there are more things that you don’t know about that goes on. Sometimes you don’t even give me an opportunity to say what is on my mind‚ and that is alright‚ it’s your school and I can’t tell you how to run it. So first off I would like to apologize for being disrespectful to you‚ I know you do things for the best interest

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