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To adapt to the requirements of the constantly developing school environment, it is necessary to be a reflective practitioner who is able to rethink and analyze the achievements and weaknesses in conducting the definite teaching strategy in order to be more successful or improve the results in the future. From this point, the reflective practitioner is a person who understands the accomplishments and results of the work and can develop the plan for the further actions basing on the analysis and provided conclusions. It is important to note that such an approach leads to the improvement of the strategies and action plans. As a result, the effectiveness of the reflective practitioner grows. That is why, teachers should be reflective in order to have the opportunities to develop their skills and correct the approaches to teaching students because the reflective practitioner is the effective practitioner who knows all his or her strengths and weaknesses and can work to develop or overcome them. The teachers can be discussed as reflective practitioners when they concentrate not only on reflecting their own work results but also on helping students reflect on their achievements. According to Ash and Clayton, self-reports are not enough to guarantee the effective reflection. The accents should be made on the activities close to reality which help students understand the level of their successes and analyze their experience (Ash & Clayton, 2004). Moreover, the emphasis on the students’ reflection can help the teacher as the reflective practitioner explore the details of his or her own teaching strategy (Minott, 2009). Beginning the lesson, teachers set definite learning objectives, and the reflection activities for students and teachers help analyze the level of completing these objectives. I understand that my reflective practices should be based on analyzing my successes as a teacher along with analyzing the students’ achievements and interests. From this point, the reflection is necessary to compare the result of teaching with the definite standards and develop the strategies to teach the new material. I am inclined to use the reflection as the practice to correlate the content of the lesson with the students’ needs and their previous successes, to continue teaching the definite material with references to assessing the previous results. Thus, the reflection is the best way to assess the activity objectively and improve the used strategy with the help of changing the approaches or choosing another learning style which can be discussed as effective for this definite situation and this group of students. To be an effective teacher, it is important to be not only a teacher leader but also a reflective practitioner. As a result, being a leader, the teacher should be ready to risk in order to change the situations for better, and being a reflective practitioner, the teacher should analyze his or her activity and make the necessary research to improve the performance according to the fixed standards. The problem is in the fact that m
Introduction Critical mass refers to a certain level of buyers and sellers that has capability to attract other buyers and sellers in the eMarketplace. Critical mass is an important feature in the success of any eMarketplace, with its growth speed and users seen as the crucial success metric. McGrew states that critical mass “implies self-sustaining chain reactions.” 25 This reaction causes synergistic effects that would sustain the present prosperity for long. E-marketplaces can be defined as electronic intermediaries that bring together sellers and buyers. There has been tremendous growth of activity over the internet in the last 15 years. Considering different regions of the world including America, Arab States, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Africa, Asia Pacific, and Europe, this paper investigates the critical success factors that can result in achievement of the critical mass of eMarketplaces and to what extent each factor might affect the previously mentioned world regions. 12 Online shopping have grown tremendously over the years. Hence, considerable interest has been aroused among many researchers. The researchers have been keen to determine the relationship between online shopping environments and consumer choice, Internet shopping as a channel to enable product distribution and factors that enhance or reduce online shopping. The researchers have also studied the possible relationships between online shopping and price movements. Online retailers competing among themselves and against the traditional brick and mortar stores have also developed interest to explore consumer motivation that makes them to shop online. The growth in online shopping has also coincided with the excellent uptake of internet usage by young adults. Literature Review There are different factors that influence utilization of eMarketplaces. Previous studies indicate six major factors: Psychology of consumers, Consumer Trust, Incentive offered by eMarketplaces’ players, Cultural Match, Degree of regulation in the host country. 11 A study conducted in Saudi Arabia confirmed these factors and highlighted the importance of each in building a critical mass in eMarketplaces. However, these are not the entire factors that results in building of critical mass in eMarketplaces. 10 The following figure indicates the level of influence of the above factors in consumer decision making in the aforementioned regions. Table 1 Level of Influence in different Regions                       Level of Influence per Region Factor                Europe                         Asia Pacific  Africa  CIS  Arab States  America Psychology            75%                            58%           69%     90%  89%          79%     trust                 65%                            60%           89%     70%  70%          60%     Incentive             58%                            59%           90%     80%  69%          59%     Cultural match        90%                            90%           70%     90%  50%          70%     Degree of regulation  88%
Introduction The lawmaking process is a complicated procedure that involves a number of different factors. Legislative leaders and constituents influence the actions of individual legislators and the course of the process, determining, to an extent, the fate of a bill. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the influence of these factors on the decision-making process in legislation from the perspective of a newly appointed Republican senator. Representational Roles Legislators are elected to represent the will of the voters in the state. A member of a legislative institution can choose to adopt different roles while deciding on a new bill. Selecting the role of a trustee, a legislator takes personal responsibility for a decision with reliance on personal experience and knowledge. Thus, by judging based on his or her understanding, a trustee might support a decision that is unpopular among the voters. The role of a delegate, on the other hand, emphasizes the fact that a member is supposed to do as the people who elected him expect. A legislator, who adopts this role, may support a bill that is popular among the voters, even if he personally disagrees with it. Members of the Taxes House of Representatives are more prone to this approach, as shorter terms require them to remain popular to keep their position. The Politico Model provides a compromise between the delegate and trustee approaches. This role suggests that a legislator may act as a trustee voting on bills that are personally relevant while adopting the delegate role dealing with questions that are important for the district. Combining elements of the two other roles, this model creates an alternative and a middle ground, helping to find a balance between them. Following personal values and views on morality is critical for responsible decision-making as a legislator. Having strong beliefs regarding the issue of capital punishment, I will adopt the role of a trustee while voting on the bill in question. My position as a newly appointed senator allows doing so, as longer terms together with larger districts make taking an unpopular position possible without fear of losing the seat. Influence of Legislative Leaders Lieutenant Governor of Texas is a high-ranking executive officer, but the occupant of this post also has control over the work of the Senate. This position has a substantial amount of legislative power and plays one of the leading roles in the process (Jillson, 2018). Lieutenant Governor can influence the fate of a bill by choosing to what committee it will be assigned. This officer also appoints senators to different committees and assigns chairs. Speaker is the head of the House of Representatives, and this figure makes importan
Art involves the proper arrangement of components in a manner that appeals to the emotions and senses. The entire process or result of art entails a varied range of creations, activities of human and expression styles including literature and music. The two styles of art that can be outlined according to their time and stylistic content are; Neo-classical art and Romantic art. According to Kroll, Neo-classical premises shifted to Romantic ones in 1789 with differences in style approaches. Therefore this paper explains how Romantic art differs from Neo-classical art. Romantic art is a composite style of art that spans its origin from American and European society. According to MSN Encarta, Romantic art such as paintings is normally portrayed as visionary and imaginative having some emotional feelings as opposed to Neo-classic art which posses a single style or attitude. Although Romantic art is deemed as dealing with things that are “romantic”, it has very little to do with love and romantic relationships because this subject is only applied occasionally. Whereas Neo-classical art is deemed as tranquil and confined in emotion and very open and complete in its expression, Romantic art strategically attempts to depict by implication states sensation too intense, elusive, or even mystical to be defined literally. Thus MSN Encarta notes that the romantics displayed their love of nature in their choice of theme, mainly the mystifying aspects of nature which are likely to probe the wonders or passions in humans. In its affinity to nature, Romantic art visualizes the unattainable power, beyond the limits of social anticipations and human adaptability; it is dynamic, active, rather than passive strength, with a lot of functions – making images be the main faculty of creating art. On the other
People and the relationships between them with their versatility and complexity are impressive. Sometimes finding the right and ethical reasoning for the taken actions is not so easy. A person should respect his or her own interests and act in accordance with generally accepted ethical norms. Ethics is a large and essential part of human culture, and morality developed over many centuries of life by all nations in accordance with their ideas about kindness, justice, and humanity. The ethical side of decision-making pushed many philosophers to reflections. Several concepts were developed to summarize their conclusions and are used further in this paper. According to the Consequentialist Framework or Utilitarian Ethics for decision-making, the main character of the analyzed case – Joe – should choose a solution that will have the most favorable consequences for his controversial situation (“A Framework for,” 2013; “Ethical Theories,” 2020). There are a few people that can be affected by his decision. Firstly, it is Joe himself, then his friend Bill and the management team. The decision to turn down the invitation will have beneficial effects for Joe, as he will have the prospect of improving his career path thanks to the time available to prepare for negotiations. Moreover, the contract that his team can sign will positively affect the financial success of the company, which is also favorable for the management team. At the same time, Joe’s friend and colleague Bill will have more time to spend with his family and relax in a private atmosphere. Spending time together does not guarantee an improvement in Joe’s relations with Bill, and it might be better to leave them more neutral for the time of signing the contract. According to the Duty Framework or the Deontological Ethics, decisions must be made corresponding to our responsibilities (“A Fra
Social networks have significantly changed the lives of all humanity. Nowadays, people can send a message that they have bought a new chandelier on WhatsApp, share a photo of it on Instagram, and do not forget to throw off a couple of memes on Facebook. Moreover, all this without seeing their interlocutors in real life. Social networks have many advantages, such as instant communication, the ability to contact people from anywhere in the world, showing their position on a particular issue with likes and comments (Rubin and Beuk 2). However, many do not even think that several negative factors exist behind the beautiful facade of accessible communication. Social media plays a huge role in many Americans lives day to day. Many use it to keep in touch with old friends and family that’s away, and some use it just to keep up with things that are going on in the world. It gives an insight on what is going on around the world, but in a way, people could only get if they are on social media. With Facebook being one of the most popular social media outlets where people can create profiles to interact with others, comes with problems behind it. Many people are faced with the harsh reality of criticism from users around the world, some of which they may not know. During the work of the services, tools that affect a person more than others were discovered — likes and a news feed. The article’s author defines these features of social networks as adversely affecting users. The Like button allows users to show interest and belonging to a particular idea quickly. Nevertheless, at the same time, a universal metric is being introduced by which a person can judge the influence, the value of information within the platform, and about themselves (Rubin and Beuk 5). A button created as a simple equivalent of a minimal social action has become a digital currency. With the creation of likes, the value of the information and personality expressed can now be accurately measured. Thus, the metric of our life that has always been hidden from other people has become publicly available. A new level of frankness could not affect people’s minds; the number of insecurities, anxiety, depression, neuroses among people who could not integrate into the platform increased dramatically (Rubin and Beuk 7). Teenagers trying their best to fit into life receive feedback in the form of likes with which they judge their importance and value. At the same time, the understanding of a person as someone suffers because such complex views that require prolonged reflection are lost in rapidly changing, stimulating information. It is worth noting that “the lower response on social network may make a person feel more dejected and it may validate his/her poor self-esteem” (Srivastava 156). Thus, such information does not receive a proper response in social media and is interpreted as unclaimed, complex, and unnecessary by the end-user. Social n
Introduction The question that has been asked severally is what the term disaster really means. This makes the statement that the term ‘disaster’ has only temporary significance. This essay will discuss Dombrowsky’s view that language is structuring our perception of the world. With reference to the term ‘disaster’, the essay will be focused on the diversity of perspectives incorporated in different definitions that have been used by different theorists. General Definition Disasters can be said to be the tragic occurrences that human beings have no control over. When such occurrences happen, the outside force is usually too much that no amount of human effort can stop them. They are usually as a result of natural forces. The results of disasters are the changes in the predictable events and the nullifications of the efforts that had been previously made. There is usually loss of property as well as human life Oliver (1998:185). The survivors tend to be impaired in one way or the other in either the physical being or the psychological and emotional state of the person and often they leave people disappointed and frustrated. Sometimes, disasters are predictable while in other times the disasters just happen without prior signs of their coming. Even in instances when a disaster is predictable, preventive measures cannot be taken Russel (1993:62). The disasters include the instances of floods, prolonged droughts, earthquakes, instances of tornadoes among others. Earthquakes and Floods as Examples of Disasters Most scientists for example Cutter refer to disasters as the Social Vulnerability. The try to categorize the disasters according to the way they are approached. There is a group who prefer the definition that was used by the UN Disaster Relief Organization and which appeared to be more of an engineers’ approach methodology Barton (1989: 289). They look at disasters or the social vulnerability as the potential to lose life and damage of the properties. In the approach human being is considered a single element among many others although the extent of the risk tends to vary Bryman (1978:236). They also look at the structural damages where they include the buildings, the infrastructure, and the already established systems such as in the health care among others. The social vulnerability does not always result from the direct impact of the disaster though there are times when it does for example in the instances of floods or earthquakes when the huma
Introduction The story of risks has been an evolving one. The frontiers of risk have continually been pushed back with breakthroughs in our understanding of risk. This has also been important in our improved ability to identify measure and manage risks. It is worth noting that some of the best practices in risk management globally have continued to be designed, defined and refined by industry participants and the relevant stakeholders. Risk identification has continued to be improved in recent years. The identification of risks is and shall continue to be a major frontier of risk management. Risk managers face many challenges today as they support their business in various aspects. Apart from the continued regulations from the legislature, investors and other major stakeholders, employees also pose a potential risk to the organization. The worker’s risks are mainly related to their actions against working conditions, compensations and remunerations. This means that a risk manager must be aware of any imminent strike and put the mechanisms necessary to avert it, control it or manage it wisely. This paper discusses several issues related to worker’s strikes. It also examines three examples of large scale strikes in the international arena. Total risk management Risk management is one of the most important factors in any business organization. Risk control management system involves identifying and analyzing various factors that cause certain risks. These risk factors have to be assessed to reduce the magnitude of future loss to the company. Workers compensation risk management is important because it helps to identify various loopholes that may cause certain dissatisfaction to the workers. Certain benefits like compensation for injuries and diseases can be major issues in any business organization. Many companies have been faced with various problems that occur as a result of poor compensation policies. The risk management program helps to meet the goals of the organization especially to ensure that it continues to operate in the market. This also helps to maintain a state of equilibrium between the workers’ forces and the profit forces. Risk management also helps to implement decisions and chat the way forward before, during and even after a workers’ strike. Risk management involves planning and organizing worker’s efforts. It also involves controlling and directing workers efforts. Thus, workers compensation can also be a subset of a corporate risk management program. Risk management programs must begin from the top management because the program cannot succeed without the support of a risk manager or an equally relevant department (Lott, Not Dated). Large scale managerial disasters The world in which we live in is changing just the way the organizations in which we work and the jobs that we do change. Since change has always been there since time immemorial, it should form that part of the feature of life that people can cope with. Therefore, many organizations must contemplate and inde
Introduction Over the past, the issue of racial discrimination and crime has been prevalent in the United Sates. This has threatened the social security and peaceful coexistence of the people in the community. High level of crime in the society affects many activities. It also leads to misery and suffering among the members of the society. Ethnicity is another social ill, which is common in the United States. This study aims at analyzing the crime and ethnicity at Camden area in the United States. Describe a Particular Population Segment Camden is one of the cities in the United States that has been adversely affected by crime and its connection to racism. It is one of the most dangerous cities in the United States. Camden is located near river Delaware. According to the recent statistics the city has a population of about 77, 374. This represented a fall in the overall level based on the previous statistics. For instance, this represented a 3.2 percent fall from 2000. Camden is one of cities in the United States with the high level of crime. Crime and ethnicity are some of the major issues facing this place. There are various forms of crime including murder, burglary, and rape among others. As a result, this region has encouraged many people to migrate. For instance, the population decreased by about 3.3 percent between 2000 and 2010. This could be attributed to the increased level of crime in the region. Another main issue facing Camden region is the issue of ethnicity. The place has increased cases of ethnicity. This has significantly affected the coexistence among the people in the region. For instance, discrimination in the workplace has negatively affected the productivity of the workers. Discussion There are several factors that have contributed to these social issues in the United States. These factors have facilitated the prevalence of the vice, the fact that has led to serious problems in the society. In some cases, most criminal activities in the United States are characterized by racism. Racism has resulted to a number of crimes, which has threatened security and peaceful co-existence among the people. There are a number of opposing issues concerning racism and disparity, which has led to complication of the discussion of the issue of racism in the Criminal Justice System. For instance, there are economic differences among the people that have led to crime in the United States. It is possible to have people from different races on low-income group and on the high-income groups. Most criminal activities lead to crime in the society. The larger the differences between the poor and the rich, the high are the chances of crime. We also have differences in terms of biological heredity, psychological and others that may influence ones tendency to engage in crimes. One of the main factors that have contributed to crime at Camden region is poverty. Camden region is adversely affect