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Appreciative Inquiry, 2002.
An examination of appreciative inquiry - the art and practice of asking questions that strengthen a system's capacity to apprehend, anticipate and heighten positive potential - including history, methods, case studies and a review of current literature.
1,990 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines the practice of appreciative inquiry or AI. AI is defined, its origin examined and a review of available literature covered. Case studies of organizations using AI approaches to facilitate positive change are explored next. Finally suggested research in AI as well as where AI would be useful are explored.
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"AI is derived from the theory of social constructionism, and recognizes that human systems are concepts of human imagination. Because human systems are concepts of the imagination then they ought to be able to change with the speed of the human imagination, (Watkins, Mohr).
"Once organization members shift their perspective, they can begin to invent their most desired future, "(Watkins, Mohr). Other definitions of AI include; "...a paradigm of conscious evolution geared for the realities of the new century; ...as offspring and heir to Maslow's vision of a positive social science; as a radically affirmative approach to change which completely lets go of problem-based management and in so doing vitally transforms strategic planning, survey methods, culture change, merger integration methods, approaches to TQM, measurement systems, socio-technical systems, etc.," (Cooperrider and Whnitney)."
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The Kantian Inquiry System, 2005.
A look at the argument put forth in an article by Ian Mitroff and Louis Pondy that, with policy analysis, one must use a Kantian Inquiry System.
864 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 30.95
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This paper examines the article "On the Organization of Inquiry: A Comparison of Some Radically Different Approaches to Policy Analysis"
by Ian Mitroff and Louis Pondy. The paper explains the "Kantian Inquiry System" that Mitroff and Pondy propose regarding policy analysis and and applies this system to welfare reform policy and the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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"The philosopher Immanuel Kant wrote his treatise, A Critique of Pure Reason, as a way of striking a balance between rationalistic and empiricist modalities of acquiring knowledge. It was not possible, Kant stated, to live in the world and to merely understand knowledge through one's mind and preexisting rational cognitive faculties. The mind could have tricks played upon it in terms of its sensory perceptions that affected such faculties. Thus, the mind was not a perfectly receptive organ. However, he also believed that pure empiricism, the idea that there was nothing other than experience of the immediate present, not to be perfectly valid either."
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Inquiry into the Deaths of Australian Aborigines, 2001.
An analysis of three commissions' inquiry into the deaths of Australian aborigines in custody.
1,925 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 61.95
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This paper takes a look at three major police commissions of inquiry into the New South Wales police service during the 20th century: the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. The recommendations of these reports are discussed, including whether or not these recommendations were implemented.
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"Three major commissions of the twentieth century have been the commission into aboriginal deaths in custody, the Commission into the Inquiry of the NSW police administration, also known as the Fitzgerald report, and the Wood Royal commission. These commissions have made many different recommendations pertaining to particular matters. These recommendations are implemented in order to reform existing practices and to transform them into practices that are to be acceptable to both government, community and all other parties involved. Various recommendations that have been made regarding these issues have had a central focus and common ground. Although these recommendations are issued, there is no guarantee that government will implement these recommendations and other recommendations that have been implemented are often not sustained in both legislature and other bodies. Some recommendations require legislative change and some can be applied very quickly while others require more time in order to change laws and acts. It is the government?s onus to implement these recommendations. Numerous recommendations arising from these commissions are undesirable to the government, so the adoption of these recommendations is often slow or they are not adopted at all."
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A Lesson Plan Utilizing the Scientific Inquiry Model, 2007.
A lesson plan, predicated upon the scientific inquiry model, that asks students to consider how human beings impact the mating and feeding habits of wildlife whose ecosystems suddenly are disrupted by human waste.
890 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 31.95
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The paper relates that the lesson plan presented seeks to employ the scientific inquiry model to foster rational, rigorous and inductive thought and to facilitate the ability of students to communicate about technical/environmental matters in a second language. The author points out that the class will enter the room to find a poster depicting seagulls or other marine wildlife mired in an oil spill, which emphasizes the dangers of human pollution. The paper includes a step-by-step procedure for the lesson. The author states that the student observations will be assessed for grammatical fluency, for descriptiveness, for answering all of the questions posed by the instructor and the amount of detail devoted to answering each question.
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Expectations/Opportunities
Pre-assessment/Student Accommodations
Resources
Lead-in
Step-by-Step Procedure
Assessment/Evaluation
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"As part of their observations, students will be asked to answer the following questions: "what happens when one particular area is cleaned up and another area is not?" (The class has brought garbage bags to clean up some areas which are especially hard-hit by pollution while leaving others alone for longer-term observation). "What happens to the soil and vegetation of areas that have been polluted and littered with garbage?" "
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Thinking Modes in Inquiry Systems, 2004.
This paper discusses thinking modes, such as induction, deduction, multiple realities, and dialectics, used in inquiry systems.
2,275 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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This paper explains that an inquiry system, which is a systematic investigation for producing knowledge by processing input through an operator for an output, acts as a guarantor for the operator to verify the conclusion of an issue. The author points out that deductive thinking is a scientific method in applying laws to come up with assumptions that can be tested. Observations are collected to deal with those assumptions, and then the laws will be confirmed by deductive thinking. The paper demonstrates the inductive approach by presenting the case of the relationship between the brightness of lighting while sleeping and myopia; however, it is hardly a cause-and-effect relationship, as many other factors are ignored. For example, the reading habits of children, genetic factors affecting their visual system, and the social status and the educational level of the family.
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Introduction
Inductive Approach
Deductive Approach
Multiple Realities
Dialectics
Case Study 1: Inductive Approach
The Relationship between the Brightness of Lighting While Sleeping and Myopia
Case Study 2: Deductive Approach
The Age of the Earth
Case Study 3: Multiple Realities
Searching for a Way to Save a Corporation
Case Study 4: Dialectic Approach
Complete Ban on Smoking in Indoor Area
Conclusion
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"For the strength of this approach, it can be used effectively in gaining the belief of people on propositions of past or present fact or value and it will often be a superior method in persuading others with presenting the facts and data the observer gathered. In this case, the physician concluded that the causality between the degree of the brightness in sleeping and the children?s tendency to myopia, the findings of his research was clearly presented and his observation is seems to be scientific and believable, thus, after reading the article, many parents bought eyeshades for their children."
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David Hume's "Inquiry IV", 2006.
This paper discusses David Hume's views on matters of fact in his "Inquiry IV".
690 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 2 sources, $ 23.95
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This paper reviews David Hume's "Inquiry IV" on matters of fact and relation of ideas, geometry and value, cause and effect. The author presents Hume's conclusions on matters of thought. The paper compares Hume to Descartes.
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"David Hume considered the nature of thought and drew two important conclusions. First, an idea is real only if it is derived from or reducible to sense impressions and, second ,a term is meaningful only if it stands ..."
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The Sponsorship Program and the Gomery Inquiry, 2006.
A look at the Gomery Inquiry and its investigation of Quebec's Sponsorship Program.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 5 sources, $ 115.95
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This paper discusses the Gomery Inquiry, an investigation into illicit misuse of public funds which had been allocated by the Liberal Government, under Prime Minister Jeanne Chretien, to promote national unity and federal visibility in Quebec. The paper further explains that the objective of this program, initially referred to as the Sponsorship Program, was to combat Quebec separatism by raising the federal profile in the province in the wake of the narrow federalist victory in the 1995 sovereignty referendum. The paper also discusses why the Sponsorship Program eventually became known as the Sponsorship Scandal.
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The Gomery Inquiry, 2006.
A discussion on the implications of the Gomery Inquiry.
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This paper explores the reactions to the Liberal Party corruption of the Chretien administration and its implications in terms of sentiment within a Western advanced democracy. It explains how the underlying issue is one of how such illicit spending should be possible, in comparison with similar Commonwealth democracies having checks and balances to prevent it. The author claims that much has been written to condemn and explain corruption investigated by the Gomery Commission but critics not a lack of debate on how to block future practices of the kind.
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"This paper examines the Gomery Inquiry for its significance to Canadian democracy in the early 20th century. Of particular interest is the Inquiry's impact upon public morale, in terms of both wide scale cynicism pertaining to Canadian government and politics, in our day, and also, the impact of the Inquiry' foremost findings. It seems agreed by political scientists that a democratic system needs to impart a sense of accountability, in avoiding corruption and, especially, at its higher levels. Populations used to democratic systems of government and their institutions reflect a culture expecting politicians and bureaucrats to keep up an ideal of honesty and systems that will locate and correct transgressions of law and ..."
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Inquiry-Based Education in Earth Science Instruction, 2005.
A discussion of a teacher's experience when presenting Earth Science coursework in the secondary school setting.
2,005 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the experience of a secondary school teacher presenting Earth Science coursework, covering the various teaching related tools and skills necessary for teaching science in the secondary school setting.
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Objective
Introduction
Inquiry-Based Instruction Defined
Development and Demonstration of Inquiry Based
Learning Activities in Science Instruction
National Science Education Standards and Grade Appropriateness
Classroom Dynamics for Secondary School Instruction
Assessment in Earth Science Teaching
Design of Curriculum
Example: High-School Earth-Science Activity
Original Middle-School Earth-Science Activity
Teacher Presentation
Lesson and Activity Objectives
Grading for Science
National Norm Referenced Testing for Science
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"Earth Science is particularly complicated in relation to instruction in the contemporary classroom. This is because of the many political and social issues involved in this area of study which, in the eyes of many, is an area of religious import as well. Furthermore, the initiative to teach in an inquiry-based manner further expands the research and examination in relation to providing instruction in Earth Science. When considering a method of instruction it is critical to take into account the grade-level appropriateness in relation to the curriculum and inclusive classroom activities when planning the instructional lessons and accompanying activities."
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Socratic Inquiry And The Meno, 2002.
Analysis of issues raised in the MENO regarding how true knowledge can be recognized.
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Analysis of issues raised in the MENO regarding how true knowledge can be recognized. Plato's Socratic diaglogue and Meno's paradox of how one can know when correct answer is given in the philosophical realm. Role of inquiry. Socratic method. Whether virtue can be taught. Theory of recollection.
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"The customary procedure in Plato's Socratic dialogues is for Socrates and another person to inquire into the nature of a particular virtue. But Plato's Socrates always begins these inquiries by announcing that he does not know beforehand what the nature of the virtue in question truly is. The question arises, therefore, how he can know, without any knowledge to guide him, how to conduct the inquiry and how he can recognize the correct answer if he manages to reach it. In the Meno Socrates' interlocutor Meno raises this issue and, after reformulating Meno's paradox, Socrates answers that all true knowledge is a matter of the recollection of knowledge obtained in previous lives and earlier forms of existence by the reincarnated soul. For true knowledge, therefore, the process known as learning is actually a process of uncovering or recollecting what the ..."
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Teacher Inquiry Report, 2006.
This paper discusses the use of simulation activities in education.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses how technology is becoming more common in the classroom. This paper is a teaching inquiry based on using simulation activities in education in today's K-12 classroom.
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'This report is intended to determine the efficacy of my teaching techniques in two separate Grade 12 World Issues classes. Grade 12 World Issues: Simulation Activities No direct instruction took place during the two-week period being examined. Instead, instruction took place through self-directed learning through simulation activities using the simulation site Global education.edna.au. Following instructions on the proper use of the site and on the required activity, the students took part in role-playing scenarios, based on information from this site. After these activities, students answered given questions given for formative assessment."
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Appreciation, 2006.
An analysis of the theme of appreciation in Simon Ortiz's poem "My Father's Song" and Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays."
1,310 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper examines the moments of appreciation, which is the primary theme in Simon Ortiz's poem "My Father's Song" and Robert Hayden's poem "Those Winter Sundays." The poem focuses on the similarities between the two poems. First, the paper demonstrates how the poets of both "My Father's Song" and "Those Winter Sundays" use their writing as a sort of memory of something significant that their father taught them. At the time, continues the paper, this lesson seemed unimportant or irrelevant but in retrospect, it was instrumental in shaping the man the poet became. The paper also examines how the poems are both touching without being overly sentimental. Furthermore, the paper shows how both poems express love realistically, through simple events and actions. Lastly, the paper discusses the poems similar structure -- both are tributes to the poet's father, focusing on qualities that were unique unto him.
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"These poems are poignant because they are touching without being too sentimental. In "My Father's Song," the poet is remembering an event that probably lasted no more than ten minutes. However, within those ten minutes, he was able to hear his father's song, which consisted of strong, gentle, and silent movements. His act is significant because the man takes the time out of working to move the mice to the edge of the field. The grown up poet remembers "the very softness/of cool and warm sand and tiny alive mice/and my father saying things" (Ortiz 23-5). This moment triggers the poem in the first place when the poet misses his father and "his voice" (3). The simple and seemingly insignificant things he misses are more powerful than any momentous occasion could ever be. Likewise, in "Those Winter Sundays," we find that uncomfortable moments turn out to be the ones that evoke powerful memories. Johnson states that while we cannot ignore the fact that the poet calls actions of love "lonely" (Hayden 14) and "austere" (14), the "seeming contradiction is precisely what the poet wishes to portray. His idea of love is that it has many conflicting qualities and that it expresses itself in complex ways" (Johnson). The poems are about the actions of a father that speak love without ever saying it or ever having to define it. In many ways, this is how we learn to recognize love--by subtle actions and gestures. These poems also express the love of the each poet. In "My Father's Song," it is woven between the lines from beginning to end with the poet fondly remembering and missing his father and the things he used to say. In "Those Winter Sundays," the poet's final question releases the love that the father's actions prompt."
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Food Appreciation, 2004.
A look at what influences our appreciation for food.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper explains that the three factors that influence our appreciation of food are taste, smell, and texture. The paper further shows how smell is the most important factor, responsible for 90% of the sense of taste. The paper then explains olfactory adaptation and its importance.
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"The three factors that influence our appreciation of foods are taste, texture and smell. The factor which has the most influence on taste is the sense of smell. Often we smell food long before we see it or taste it and are attracted by the smell. Food can smell appetizing and tempt us to eat even when we are not hungry, for example when..."
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Appreciation, 2006.
This paper shows through various scenarios what happens when more attention is paid to the big events and the small events are ignored.
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The paper focuses on how by appreciating the small and beautiful things, even in the face of the large and terrible, one could make at least a small corner of the world more pleasant. The metaphysicians state that this will lead to the world being full of more small beautiful events than large frightful ones. If the doomsayers are right, the appreciation of small, beautiful things will expand to fill the available time.
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"All the time these 'big things' were going on, however, there were small things, humanizing, spirit-lifting little events that kept us from disintegrating as totally as the World Trade Centers did. There were little things that kept us from agonizing over the betrayal of trust seemingly so prevalent in the world's oldest Christian denomination. There were little things keeping us from despairing that world-class criminals could so easily murder a man who had done nothing but his job, reporting on the big events in the world. Last weekend, we needed little events to keep us from wondering if, like the Genesis planet in the Star Trek series, our Earth was about to shake apart, blow apart and send us all to perdition in a frightful, smoke-and-noise-filled cataclysm."
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Jazz Appreciation, 2005.
An analysis of the history of jazz music and how it can be used in urban-area education.
3,273 words (approx. 13.1 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 93.95
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This paper discusses the importance of jazz appreciation. It begins by discussing the history of jazz music and how its popularity has changed over time. The paper defines jazz music and discusses jazz musicians. It then goes on to discuss how music, in general, can be used in education and how jazz music, in particular, can be used as a vehicle for urban-area education.
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"Anyone in today's world can turn on the radio and find almost every genre of music, except for one: jazz. Jazz was a music form that dominated the billboard charts fifty to sixty years ago, and has slowly faded away, leaving the music industry as a money-interest only business, not very concerned about the music itself. Jazz as a whole today can be found in very few places such as small jazz clubs in big cities, private parties, and unfortunately, elevators. When music is restricted only to certain venues, it is bound to die out soon. Today's music world has pop and rap genres dominating. What many music followers fail to realize is that the roots of their "popular" music evolved from jazz. Jazz music is on a definite decline due to a lack of appreciation and media attention. The music of jazz brings along many positive aspects, most importantly, a vehicle for urban-area education. Through the different stages of the jazz period, and the influences that made a milestone in that period, this classic genre has made a landmark in our world's history."
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