1.0 The Definition of Open and Distance Learning Open and Distance Learning is a way of learning that focus on releasing learners from constraints of time and place whilst offering flexible learning opportunities. For a lot of married and working adults‚ Open and Distance Learning (ODL) is a way of combining work and family responsibilities with educational opportunities. "Distance education is any educational process in which all or most of the teaching is conducted by someone
Premium Education
Long Distance Relationships: Can They Work? Two clichés: Absence makes the heart grow fonder and Out of sight‚ out of mind. Which one of these two conflicting views is closer to the reality? As it turns out‚ it does not really matter that much since long distance relationships (LDR) suffer from exactly the same strengths and weaknesses as proximal relationships. Whether two people are going to have fulfilling relationship does not only depend on their geographical closeness. What matters is
Premium Love
References: Barlette & Burton ‚ S & D (2012) Researching education . London: Sage. Bell‚ J (2005) Doing your Research Project . 4th ed. Berkshire: Open University Press. Cohen‚ L.‚ Manion‚ L.‚ & Morrison‚ K. (2011) Research Methods in Education . 7th ed. Oxon: Routledge. Early Childhood
Premium Research Quantitative research Scientific method
– Evil‚ Neutral/Mixed‚ Good Activity Orientation – Being‚ Contain/Control‚ Doing Relationships among People – Ind. Group‚ Hierarchical Space Orientation – Private‚ Mixed‚ Public Hofstede’s Dimensions of Cultural Values (1980‚ 2001) – work-related values Individualism / collectivism Low / High Power Distance Weak / Strong Uncertainty Avoidance Masculinity / Femininity (Mas – tough‚ value of success‚ money; Fem – tender‚ personal relationship‚ care) The Chinese Value Survey – PD‚ Ind vs Col. Mas
Premium Motivation Maslow's hierarchy of needs Sociology
particular things different from one human group to another and therefore culture separates groups of people (Geert Hofstede). This applies to all kind of groups‚ such as national‚ but also organizational. In this assignment I will investigate to what extent the results of my personal cultural profile match the profile of my domestic culture (Dutch) using the 5 dimensions model (Hofstede‚ Hofstede and Minkov‚ 2010). Next to that I will discuss if the results of my cultural profile present me well‚ according
Free Culture Cross-cultural communication Geert Hofstede
Romania and Sweden are two countries which differ in so many ways that it is sometimes surprising that they are part of the same continent‚ even if there are a few similarities‚ also. We tried to make a comparison between these two countries’cultures‚ even if we know so much about Romanian culture and less that about the Swedish one. Like other countries in the region‚ Romania has worked to create a legal framework consistent with a market economy and investment promotion. Gradually it is
Premium Geert Hofstede Cross-cultural communication
BASKETBALL Basketball Court Dimensions Length of a basketball court 94 feet (1128 inches) Note: Many high school and college courts are 84 feet. Width of a basketball court 50 feet (600 inches) Size of a basketball backboard Width: 6 feet (72 inches) Height: 3.5 feet (42 inches) Size of a basketball rim The diameter of the rim is 18 inches The top of the rim should be exactly 10 feet (120 inches) off the ground Distance from the backboard to the back of the rim 6 inches Note:
Premium Stairway
In 1998‚ management consultants Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner published their “Seven Dimensions of Culture” model to help explain national cultural differences in organisations and to show how managing these differences in a heterogeneous business environment is a major challenge for international managers. Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner gathered data over ten years using a method that relied on giving respondents dilemmas or contrasting tendencies. Each dilemma consisted of two alternatives
Premium Culture United Kingdom Social status
In Hofstede’s research‚ Japan‚ Austria‚ Venezuela and Italy had the most astounding manliness versus womanliness scores‚ while Denmark‚ the Netherlands‚ Norway and Sweden had the least scores (Matsumoto & Juang‚ 2017). Hofstede distinguished key contrasts amongst masculine and feminine societies regarding sexuality. For example‚ societies high on masculinity had a tendency to have moralistic states of mind about sex‚ twofold models about sex (i.e.‚ ladies ought to be virgins
Premium Gender Sociology Gender role
In this paper‚ we assess Thai culture and its influence on Thai people by using Trompenaar’s cross cultural dimension as guidance. Universalism v/s Particularism; The belief of universal application of ideas and practices against the belief of adapting ideas and practices in accordance to the circumstances and situation. Thai culture can be categorize in Particularism because most Thai people place high regard on personal friendship rather than contractual on the paper. Some agreements can even
Premium Future Time Present