Barriers faced by female entrepreneurs 1. Introduction An increase number of female owned their business and became entrepreneurs in recent years. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor‚ there are 126 million women operating new business. Although the number of female entrepreneurs is high‚ the rate of women take part in business is not equal to men’s. Even the active female entrepreneurs‚ they do not reach their potential. In America‚ women own three in ten firms. It is only 6% of the
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Review how to provide opportunities for learners to practice their literacy‚ language‚ numeracy and ICT skills Graham Thwaites According to the Department of Children‚ Schools and Families ‘Functional skills are the essential elements of English‚ mathematics and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) that provide people with the skills they need to operate confidently‚ effectively and independently in learning‚ life and work (Brolin and Kokaska 1995). Better functional skills help to
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\ Estes 1 Kaylee Estes Mrs. Douglass AP Literature 21 April‚ 2010 The documentary Baby Faced Bodybuilders follows three teenagers of ages 17‚15‚ and 13 and vividly captures their routines and motives for bodybuilding obsession. The documentary uses emotional appeal to draw in an audience of all ages and reveal motivation to stop underage bodybuilders and their harmful and deleterious life routines. Interviews with the teens‚ as well as their friends and family‚ involve the audience’s
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characteristics‚ positive and negative‚ of the non-traditional student. The article relays that many non-traditional students are adults who have been in the workplace for an extended period. As stated‚ there is much adult learning theory that comes from the "organizational development field (OD) field . . ." and the article gives four principles that characterize adult learners (Knowles‚ 1974). These principles point out some of the good characteristics of this category of people‚ one of which is that
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CELTA Assignment 1- Focus on the Learner Hannah Rose Submission date: 26/4/2015 Learner Profile For this assignment‚ I interviewed a 48 year old male from Poland named Zbigniew or Zybi for short. He is currently in the elementary class at Manchester Academy of English. He arrived in the UK early on in 2012 with his family. He has lived in 3 different countries; 20 years in Greece before he came to England‚ Russia‚ as well as his native Poland. Zybi feels that there is a definite need for him to
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Assessment in autonomous learning 2.1 A General Review on Learner Autonomy Two classic definitions of autonomy influenced my study a lot when I set up my research programme.The first was put forward by Henri Holec in 1981‚ and the second by David Little in 1991. 2.1.1 Definitions of Autonomy “Learner autonomy is when the learner is willing and capable of taking charge of his/her own learning. The learner should be capable of determining the objectives;defining the contents and
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The challenge faced by international students Since the world is now a global village‚ international students tend to look beyond their home countries for tertiary education. However‚ Europe and other western countries are preferred by other national students to acquire knowledge and break the English language barrier. In recent decades‚ the students from developing countries intend to understand the cultural aspects of European countries as well as acquire knowledge. Furthermore‚ this phenomenon
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The various dilemmas faced by Tim Cook has been characterized as‚“the dirty-hands problem”;an expressionwhich referred to the hard‚ moral choices involving the“right-versus-right” dilemmas faced by management. The case study categorizes various responsibilities of the management into 4 different spherescalled as‚ “The Four Spheres of Managers’ Commitment”; a clash between which resulted into the various dilemmas for Mr. Cook. These four spheres of commitment include the following: •The Commitment
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order to be a successful learner in an online learning environment‚ a students need to have his or her positives attributes. Distance learners must have a diversity of traits in order to find success in online courses. Unique characteristics are possessed by online learners. Distance education is addressed by all ages. Simonson‚ Smaldino‚ Albright & Zvack recognize accurate educational setting‚ prior knowledge‚ and learning styles as indicators of successful distance learners (2009). The learner’s
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Challenges faced by Women Entrepreneurs in Service Sector Abstract Women entrepreneurship development is an essential part of human resource development. In traditional societies‚ they were confined to the four walls of houses performing household activities. The global evidences prove that women have been performing exceedingly well in different spheres of activities like academics‚ politics‚ administration‚ social work and now into industry also and running their enterprises successfully
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