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This paper relates that the author believes that teaching is the most important profession on the face of this Earth; therefore, she has an obligation to do everything that she can to help each student who walks through our classroom door. To develop her philosophy of education, the author presents a wide variety of issues in education from teaching effectiveness to school reform to taxation. The paper lists many factions in the author's philosophy of education including sensitive to all the different cultures and levels of skills, providing a safe and orderly climate and establishing a progressive type of classroom to show students that their thinking and reasoning skills are important.

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"The pedagogical cycle includes four major steps: structure, question, respond, and react. Structure refers to teacher providing information about the topic. Questioning comes after structure and this is when the teacher asks questions (lower-level and higher-level questions) about the information presented earlier. Response from students about the teacher's questions comes after and the students need to answer the question or try to answer the question. Reaction to the student's response comes last."

Tags:cultures behavior reform creativity, lifelong learning

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This paper describes different health education philosophies as well as the author's own health education philosophy and how and why she arrived at such a philosophy. The author emphasizes that her own philosophy on teaching health education is derived from a combination of several teaching philosophies which she believes will promote the knowledge and skills necessary for her students, their families and the community to achieve a better quality of life.

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"Our profession is at a critical stage of self-evaluation, of which philosophical inquiry is a key element. Answers to the questions of what health education is and how one accomplishes this will determine the place of health education now and in the future. (Welle, Russell, & Kittleson, 1995) My initial reaction while reading the Welle et al article, was that there seems to be a need to define a single philosophy for the credibility and effectiveness of health education in general. After some thought, however, my focus shifted. Since such a wide variety of settings, audiences and issues exist; a single philosophy of health education would not be beneficial or even possible. It makes sense that there were significant oppositional views when it came to the study participants' philosophical choices, given their differences in educational settings."

Tags:eclectic, audience, subject, matter, cognitive-based, behavior-change, decision-making

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The author hypothesized that, by watching the way people shop, she would find some correlation between the way adults act towards their children while shopping and the sort of shopping decisions they themselves make as they trained their children to be consumers. The author staked out a local Wal-Mart in the most culturally and racially diverse part of town to control for any sort of racial or class distinctions. Whenever the author saw two or more adults accompanied by one or more young children, she discreetly tailed them and observed their behavior. The paper relates that the observations showed the author's original hypothesis regarding shopping as an educational experience was somewhat erroneous; with one exception (Case #2), the author did not observe any parents who were actively educating their kids concerning value judgments and purchasing choices. Observation notes included.

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"Impulsive shoppers had several aspects in common. First, they seemed to consistently purchase expensive items they didn't necessarily need because they were a "good deal" or "really cute" while complaining about the cost of more basic items. This aspect cut across boundaries of financial security. Secondly, they seemed to view shopping as more of a social and emotional experience than non-impulsive shoppers did and were guided by peer pressure into shopping choices. Additionally, every impulsive shopper I noticed seemed to have some sort of emotional alienation issue, which particularly manifested itself in their relationship to their children and to their purchased products."

Tags:checkout, deal, savings, emotions, education

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This paper discusses how adolescents can be influenced by their society and culture with regards to their sexual behavior and activities. The paper looks at how mass media endorses uninhibited sexual behaviors and how sexual content is being repeatedly promoted to all age groups via television, music and movies. The author also includes research that show that a girl's ethnicity and weight or the way in which she views her weight may play a part in her involvement in precarious sexual activities. In closing, the paper urges for more conventional methods of sex education and a stronger presence of parental guidance in order to displace the hazardous outcomes of adolescents participating in sexual activity.

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"The transformation from youngster to adult is a particularly precarious point in time for teenagers in American society. From the time they are old enough to be placed in front of a television, children are subjected to programming which maintains that one of the most important aspects of existence on our society is to be sexually attractive and appealing. Children come to believe that the individuals they see on television programs and in movies are the epitome of perfection with their tight-fitting, revealing clothing and lassiaz-fair attitudes towards sexual activity. This places teenagers at risk for these types of behaviors from this mass media endorsement of uninhibited sexual behaviors. Even though the percentage of high school students who are having sex has dropped considerably over the past 10 years, numerous adolescents are still taking part in sexual activity at early ages and with numerous partners."

Tags:society and culture, peer pressure, mass media

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This paper aims to to identify an effective sex educational model for the adolescent African-American and Hispanic female population. It then aims to measure the outcome of knowledge retained and behavior modification changes by the cohorts as compared to the knowledge retained and behavior modifications by the control group who were exposed to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) education by traditional large group educational methods, such as the school sex health education (SHE) format. It compares the intervention group's knowledge with the control group, exposed to an interactive small group educational approach.

Table of Contents:
Abstract
Chapter 1: Introduction
Statement of the Problem
The Purpose of the Study
Research Questions
Hypotheses
Variables
Definition of Terms
Assumptions
Limitations
Scope
Delimitations
Chapter 2: Review of Literature
Chapter 3: Methodology
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four

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"Because resources are by definition scarce, identifying what source of sex education adolescents prefer represents a good first step in developing timely interventions. This was the focus of a recent study, "Adolescents' Preferences for Source of Sex Education," by Somers and Surmann (2004), wherein the researchers examined adolescents' preferred sources of sexual education (e.g., peers, family, school, media, professionals, etc.) concerning a variety of topics, and whether patterns varied for each gender, race, grade, and economic group. The study group used by Somers and Surmann consisted of 672 adolescents of both genders, three race/ ethnicities, and varied economics and geography. These researchers determined that overall, parents were clearly the preferred source of sex education by this diverse sample of adolescents; the next preferred sources for adolescent sexual education were school and peers, but the media, siblings, and self were not generally endorsed as preferred sources of sex education (Somers & Surmann, 2004). These researchers also identified some variations by demographic groups in their findings (Somers & Surmann, 2004)."

Tags:HPV, Human Papilloma Virus, behavior education SHE

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This paper discusses and recommends two books relevant to higher education practice and innovative leadership strategies in higher education. The books are: "Leadership in Continuing and Distance Education in Higher Education" by Shoemaker, and "Universities in the Marketplace: the Commercialization of Higher Education" by Bok.

Tags:book, leadership, education

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This paper presents a report on online education, or distance learning, as the wave of the future. It explains what the topic is, discusses the merits of continuing education, tuition and reimbursement of employees.

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"Online education is a rapidly growing phenomenon on the Web and the technology of the Internet is reshaping schools and universities worldwide. It was originally designed to cater to students disadvantaged by their geographical remoteness from university campuses. Distance learning existed before the advent of the Internet and replaced the face-to-face necessity of teacher and student. The Internet has extended this concept technologically. It was originally limited to technological fields such as mathematics, engineering and design but now covers everything from linguistics to..."

Tags:online education, continuing education

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The writer discusses five case studies and draws several conclusions about the complexity of human sexuality in a culturally structured relationship such as marriage. The paper explains that when choosing a spouse, thinking that the union is to last for life, women are succumbing to cultural norms and values that guide their behavior and their choices. The paper shows that no matter what culture a woman is from, she will have expectations that the marriage will prove to be a support unit in both a physical and an emotional way. The writer explains that sexual coercion and rape that typically occur in abusive relationships have a way of imprinting on the victim a sense of helplessness and hopelessness because they are characterized with fear and lack of control of the victim over her own body. The writer examines the psychological damage of this abuse and its relationship to other medical problems. The writer explains how in some cases, as in honor cultures, neither partner is aware of their choices due to a standard accepted way of dealing with marital difficulties. In conclusion, the writer proposes that education is the key to prevention of marital rape and sexual coercion.

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"DeMaris states that even though other variables such as direct measures of the levels of testosterone and the levels of sexual coercion were not obtained, this study's results are relevant to the study of human sexuality in that they adequately address the issue of unrecognized marital rape. Levels of violence in a marriage that go beyond simple conflict of interests result in wife's fear of the husband's aggressive behavior, and are shown to be used as a mechanism to obtain sexual intercourse against the wife's free will. Such situations are proven to cause serious depressive symptoms that affect women's long-term mental health by denying her the control that any person should have over their life and their body (DeMaris, 1997)
"Another study by Langhinrichsen-Rohling and Monson, "Marital Rape: Is the crime taken seriously without co-occurring physical abuse?," responds to the inadequately addressed but prevalent social issue of recognizing marital rape and supporting the victims. Several hypotheses were made in this study; firstly, Langhinrichsen-Rohling and Monson hypothesize that the subjects in the study will be most likely to view forced marital intercourse as rape and to foresee greater psychological damage to the victim if they were told that there were previous incidents of violence in the marriage. The second hypothesis was that subjects who had no knowledge of the history of the marriage would suppose that there were previous incidences of violence and therefore label the intercourse presented as rape. Lastly, subjects that were told how there was no previous violence in the marriage were hypothesized to be the least likely to see the situation as being marital rape, most likely to give into cultural "gender role stereotypes" and therefore to be "rape supportive" (Langhinrichsen-Rohling and Monson, 1998)"

Tags:cultural, education, equality, stereotypes

Abstract
The writer relates that that the two most significant influences on her learning theory development include the ideas behind Albert Bandura and the elements of experiential learning. The writer explains that by combining these two approaches to learning, students that have different learning abilities will all be able to participate and gain knowledge. The writer explains that the modeling of organized behavior on her part will help the students figure out how to become more organized and efficient students. The writer concludes that as she moves into her teaching career, she will continue to evaluate and update her learning theory.

Outline:
Introduction
Albert Bandura
Experiential Learning Theory
Conclusion

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"When I first decided to become a teacher I made the decision because I loved to learn and I loved helping others learn as well. When I entered high school I knew that my life goal was to become a teacher and be able to walk into a classroom every day and help others move ahead in their personal quest for education. I was not sure what grade level I wanted to teach but thought I would probably enjoy the elementary years the most. When I got to college I focused on elementary education and thought because it had been a life long dream that I had everything it took and that all I needed was the teaching credential. Boy did I have a lot to learn! As I made my way through the various required classes I have gained more respect than ever before for those teachers who helped educated me along the way."

Tags:experiential, education, Bandura

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The paper discusses how in order for a nurse administrator to be effective, she needs to be self-disciplined. The paper explains that the development of a nurse administrator begins from her education years throughout her clinical years of experience. The paper argues that it is vital that a nurse administrator learns how to receive information, choose the proper channels in communicating and to respond appropriately to feedback. The paper emphasizes that a nurse administrator needs to continually be aware of her behaviors and build confidence in her ability to manage a workforce.``

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"In order for a nurse administrator to be effective, she needs to be self-disciplined. The development of a nurse administrator begins from her education years throughout her clinical years of experience. It is vital that a nurse administrator learns how to receive information, choose the proper channels in communicating and to respond appropriately to feedback. A nurse administrator needs to continually be aware of her behaviors and build confidence in her ability to manage a workforce. Many of the challenges of being a nurse administrator never come to..."``

Tags:nursing, administration, administrator``