Values education is term used to name several things‚ and there is much academic controversy surrounding it. Some regard it as all aspects of the process by which teachers (and other adults) transmit values to pupils.[1] Others see it as an activity that can take place in any organisation during which people are assisted by others‚ who may be older‚ in a position of authority or are more experienced‚ to make explicit those values underlying their own behaviour‚ to assess the effectiveness of these
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Definition of Value at Risk (VaR) Value at risk is a statistical technique which measures the level of financial risk in a portfolio over a specific time frame. For example‚ if a firm states that it has a 1% one week value at risk of $5 million; this would mean that for any given week‚ the firm would have a 1% chance of losing $5 million. In order words‚ 1 out of every 100 weeks‚ the firm would expect to have a loss of $5 million. This can be viewed as the standard deviation of portfolio value during
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Overview: Florence Kluckhohn Value Orientations R.S. Zaharna‚ Ed.D. American University In her seminal paper "Dominant and Variant Value Orientations‚" Florence Kluckhohn outlined five basic human problems that were common to all peoples at all times and all places (1953‚ p. 346). The value orientations Kluckhohn identified speak to the assumptions that we make about ourselves and our relationship to the world‚ which in turn‚ guide our actions. Table 1 (found at the END of this piece) provides
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Values are what make me happy and I feel proud to have. My values are the things that I believe are important in the way I live and work. In fact‚ my values came with the experiences that I have had so far in this life. My values are my kindness‚ my family‚ and love. Mark Twin says‚ “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see”. Kindness is the first thing that makes us human. Actually‚ with no kindness in our hearts we will become like robots. We would not be able to
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1st Draft 10/8/2014 Chinese Values and Assumptions Have you ever been to China? What do you feel about that ancient country? I come from China and now I am living in the United States. Traveling to a foreign country is an interesting experience because I can learn different cultures. From my experiences travelling in the US‚ I have learned that the culture of different nations provides insight not only into aspects of the culture itself‚ but also into the values of the people. A country’s culture
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Pg1 Comparing Values Melanie Taylor HSM/210 Human Services in the United States 10/03/2012 Maria Brown University of Phoenix Pg2 Comparing Values 1. What values underlie your desire to help others? Answer: My values that underlie my desire to help others are the ability to make my clients my number one priority
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Professional Nursing Values Yvonne Simms NUR/403 Undergraduate Nursing Studies April 29‚ 2010 Joseph DeCostanza Professional values are the foundation for practice; they guide interactions with client‚ colleagues‚ other professionals‚ and the public‚ by providing the framework for commitment to the Welfare of others. They are also belief or ideas to which an individual is committed and which are reflected in patterns of behavior. Institute of medicine (2000). In this article
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Unity in Diversity: European Values Unity in Diversity is the official motto of European Union. Is there a unity in diversity? Even there are many different cultures in Europe are there common European values? In order to define “European Values” first we should answer an important question. What is Europe? In basic sense it is a continent. But actually it is more than just a continent. Olli Rehn who is the vice president of the European Commission says “I am often asked where Europe’s ultimate
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to educere "bring out"‚ and ducere‚ "to lead". Therefore education means to bring out potential to lead. Education is the transmission of civilization. Sculpture is to a block of marble as education is to the human soul. Instruction ends in the school-room‚ but education ends only with life. Practice is the best of all instructors. The fruit of liberal education is not learning‚ but the capacity and desire to learn‚ not knowledge‚ but power. Systems of formal education Education is a concept‚ referring
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What I had researched for the answer to the question “How can the Benedictine values be translated to peace?” LOVE OF CHRIST AND NEIGHBOUR Benedictine life‚ like that of all Christians‚ is first and foremost a response to God’s astonishing love for humankind‚ a love expressed in the free gift of God’s beloved Son‚ Jesus Christ. Love‚ the motive for monastic life and its goal‚ tops St. Benedict’s list of tools for good works (RB 5:10‚ 7:67-69‚ 4.1-2). Yet the Rule recognises many ways in
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