September 13‚ 2013 Journal Entry 1 1. In your journal‚ write the eight areas of the self-assessment and record your scores for each as follows: 60 1. Accepting personal responsibility 68 2. Discovering self-motivation 68 3. Mastering self-management 53 4. Employing interdependence 51 5. Gaining self-awareness 46 6. Adopting lifelong learning 50 7. Developing emotional intelligence 66 8. Believing in myself 2. Write about the areas on the self-assessment in which you had your highest scores
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1.0 Introduction We generally use the word stress when we feel that everything seems to have become too much‚ we are overloaded and wonder whether we really can cope with the pressures placed upon us. Anything that poses a challenge or a threat to our well-being is a stress. Some stresses get you going and they are good for you‚ without any stress at all many say our lives would be boring and would probably feel pointless. However‚ when the stresses undermine both our mental and physical
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REFLECTIVE PRACTICE OLUBUNMI COKER Flipping through a pile of handouts on the theries of learning‚ none seemed to offer a straight-jacked answer to the scenario that had occurred in the class that day. My mentor had been approached and rudely told off by a student that morning that all she does in the class is shout at the top of her voice and set the class in disarray. You can imagine how bad she felt. And I certainly did sympathise with her but at the same time‚ the incidence at hand gave me
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was formed. One of the many uses for music therapy is stress management. Throughout the course of a day people experience many stressors‚ school‚ work and family‚ just to name a few. Music has a unique ability to lower levels of anxiety and tension when listened to under the proper conditions. There are many correlations between the types of music listened to and the amount of decreased stress. To explain how some music lowers levels of stress and others don’t‚ one should know how sound is processed
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Iqra University‚ Karachi INTRODUCTION Job stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities‚ resources‚ or needs of the worker. Job stress can lead to poor health (mental and physical). "25% of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives." --Northwestern National Life. "75% of employees believe the worker has more on-the-job stress than a generation ago." --Princeton Survey Research
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Causes and Effects of Job Stress among Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) Employees in Runde Catchment WRITTEN BY LESLEY BOBO 1 ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the causes and effects of stress among ZINWA employees in Runde Catchment.The purpose of the study was to find out whether poor working conditions‚ leadership styles‚ or the issues of occupational health and safety were causing stress among the employees. A sample of 83 employees comprising of people from all sections
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Reflective practice is an important tool for teachers to be able to learn from their own classroom experiences (Lane‚ McMaster‚ Adnum‚ & Cavanagh‚ 2014). Particularly for pre-service teachers such as myself‚ it is beneficial to think “about why teachers employ particular strategies” (Alger‚ 2006‚ in Lane et al.‚ 2014) in order to evaluate each approach and better understand our role as teachers. Establishing the habit of reflective practice in order to deconstruct the assumptions I bring with me
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How one’s body reacts to change can be called stress. These changes can come from feeling‚ situation‚ and people. For example‚ going to a new school is a change that can cause stress. There are many techniques to dealing with stress. The importance of handling stress is very serious‚ because stress affects the body in not only mentally but sometimes physically. Teen stress can be caused by pressure‚ insecurities‚ bottled up emotions‚ changes and sometimes just life and handling it. Teens deal
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One of things that we all experience is stress. Stress does not judge‚ it affects the rich‚ the poor‚ whites‚ blacks‚ male or female‚ children and adults. Some people may have higher stress levels depending on their livestyles. Stress is the “wear and tear” our bodies experience as we adjust to our continually changing environment; it has physical and emotional effects on us and can create positive or negative feeling. As a positive influence‚ stress can help compel us to action that may result
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INSTRUCTION: Answer ALL questions. THE STRESS OF CARING The Scenario Parkway Nursing Care is an organization facing a massive change. The company was founded in 1972 with just two nursing homes in Phoenix‚ Arizona. The company was very successful‚ and throughout the 1980s it continued to turn a consistent profit while slowly acquiring or building 30 more units. This low-profile approach changed forever in 1993 when venture capitalist Robert Quine decided to make a major investment in expanding
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