Essay structure: Evaluate an educational reform initiative (innovation) in an area of professional interest. What were the forces or reasons for the innovation? Describe the key characteristics of the innovation. Based on change theory, analyse and describe barriers to change; facilitators (Leaders) and the dynamics of the change strategies employed. To what extent was there evidence of adaptation or re-invention and re-culturing to ensure continuance of the change? Please follow the instructions: I need these heeding in my essay. • Introduction (overview) • Forces or reasons for the innovation • Key characteristics of the innovation • Barriers and facilitators • Evidence of adaptation and re-culturing • Conclusion (summary) Criterion Mark Comment if necessary Academic writing • Structure: overview, exposition and summary /5 • Grammar, sentence and paragraph construction /5 • APA style in-text and in reference list /5 Forces or reasons for the innovation /5 Key characteristics of the innovation /10 Barriers and facilitators /10 The dynamics of the strategies /10 Evidence of adaptation and re-culturing /10 Total /60 ? Important information: ? The paper is to be a maximum of 3000 words ? Assignment must have a Title page and a Contents page. ? The word count DOES NOT include the Title page, Contents page, Reference page. ? The referencing style is APA 6th Ed., I attached the guide of the referencing style. ? Use simple language, put linking word between the sentences and be sure to be easy to understand. Resources: (could help you) Fullan, M. (2007). The New Meaning of Educational Change. (Ed 4th) Routledge. Bascia, N. & Hargreaves, A. (2000). The sharp edge of educational change: teaching, leading’ and the realities of reform. London: Routlledge. Beyer, L.E. & Liston, D.P. (1996). Curriculum in conflict: social visions, educational agendas, and progressive school reform. New York: Teachers College Press, 1996. Caldwell, B.J. & Hayward. D.K. (1998). The future of schools: lessons from the reform of public education. London: Falmer Press. Chapman, J.D., Froumin, I.D. & Aspin, D.N. (Eds). (1995). Creating and managing the democratic school. London: Falmer Press. Crowther, F. & Ogilvie, D. (1992). The new political world of educational administration. Hawthorn, Vic.: Australian Council for Educational Administration. Davies, B. & West-Burnham, J. (Eds). (1997). Reengineering and total quality in schools: how to reform and restructure your school to meet the challenge of the future. London: Pitman Publishing. Evans, R. (1996). The human side of school change: reform, resistance, and the real-life problems of innovation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Evers, C.W. & Chapman, J.D. (Eds). (1995). Educational administration: an Australian perspective. St Leonards, NSW: Allen and Unwin, 1995. Fullan, M. (1999). Change forces: the sequel. London: The Falmer press. Fullan, M. (2001). Leading in a culture of change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Fullan, M.G. (1993). Change forces probing the depths of educational reform. London: The Falmer Press. Fullan, M.G. and Hargreaves, A. (1992). What’s worth fighting for in your school? Buckingham: Open University Press. Goodlad, J. (1994). Educational renewal: better teachers, better schools. San Francisco: Jossey Bass Publishers. Levin, B. (2001). Reforming education: from origins to outcomes. London: Routledge. Lieberman, A. & Miller, L. (1999). Teachers - transforming their world and their work. New York: Teachers College Press. Lieberman, A. (Ed). (1995). The work of restructuring schools: building from the ground up. New York: Teachers College Press. Limerick, D.C., Cunnington, B. & Crowther, F. (1998). Managing the new organisation: collaboration and sustainability in the postcorporate world. Chatwood, N.S.W.: Business & Professional Publishing. Masden, J. (1994). Educational reform at the state level: the politics and problems of implementation. Washington, DC :Falmer Press. Riley, K.A. & Seashore Louis, K. (Eds). (2000). Leadership for change and school reform: international perspectives. London: Routledge. Sarason, S.B. (1996). Revisiting "The culture of the school and the problem of change". New York: Teachers College Press. Savery, L.K. & Luks, J.A. (2000). Organisational change: the Australian experience. Perth: School of Management, Curtin University of Technology. Sergiovanni, T.J. (2000). The lifeworld of leadership: creating culture, community and personal meaning in our schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Yogev, A. (1994). Educational reform in international perspective. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.
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2015 Fall 311 MIDTERM DUE 10 AM, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3. OPEN BOOK, DOUBLE SPACE. SHOW WORD-COUNT. HARD COPY ONLY. NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART ONE: Choose one quote to unpack. Write a 350-word essay. DOUBLE SPACE. Identify play and who is speaking; discuss the meaning of the quote in detail; and especially show how the quote reinforces thematic concerns of the play and intentions of the playwright. HASON: I am giving him his future. MEDEA: I am giving him his past. HASON: You don’t need that in this country. [Book page 78 in attached PDF. Highlighted quote] Or: CLEMENT VI: Eye to keyhole, Archbishop. Report to me of Flote’s activites. (He puts on jewels.) The center must glitter once more. We mark plague’s end with displays, tourneys, masquerades to celebrate the defeat of chaos and a return to normality, order and symmetry. … Now I summon back the great engines of authority, Rack, stake, and gallows, palaces, courts and counting houses. You strong leaders must leave your bed of worms, You kings, high dukes, lords, judges and the rest Adjust your gowns and crowns, sharpen your swords. … And quick, else they learn to like another way. The remedy of disorder is terror; Go break the spine of the world. The plague was a time of tearful innocence, Now a greater darkness falls For we return to normal. [Book page 96 in attached PDF. Highlighted quote] INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART TWO: choose a question from among the four below. Write a 500-word essay. Show word-count. DOUBLE SPACE. Start with a thesis statement that reformulates the question; for example, “My essay argues that Y follows X.” Write complete sentences. Check and double check for spelling and grammar errors. Use paragraphs. Italicize the Titles of plays and books. YOU MAY USE 3 VERY SHORT QUOTES from your two textbooks, or, from the plays we have read. Quotes must be placed within the body of the essay. NO LONG QUOTES ALLOWED. 1. Many scholars think Sophocles “substitutes” both the city of Thebes and King Oedipus for his own city of Athens and its leaders. Write an essay that explores the social and political motives for these substitutions made by Sophocles. [might be the easiest] 2. Write an essay that defines rasa theory and connects it to the fundamental purpose and process of Sanskrit Drama. Discuss how Drama served the community spiritually, politically and socially. 3. Write an essay that shows how the dialectic style of Greek theatre changed to the marketplace style of Roman Republic /Empiric Theatre. Go into detail about the reasons for what, when, and why these changes occurred, and support your claims with evidence. Define any terms you use; for example, define the terms “dialectic”, “marketplace.” 4. Noh Theatre has a complex history, rooted in the hybridity of religious belief in Japan, and tied to the political/economic turmoil within the ruling class. This historic complexity is expressed in the element of “doubleness” that is embedded in Noh plays and Noh performance. Write an essay that illuminates the many facets of “doubleness.” Include: a definition of the term “doubleness;” an analysis of Noh’s thematic concerns; stage structure; typical kinds of characters; and various conventions used to underscore thematic concerns. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PART THREE: Write a 250-word obituary for Jocasta.
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teamwork and learning based on my experience of video project 1. this essay required in my view. 2. this essay based on group video project which i already did.( conflict and poor performance in teamwork) this is title of group video project. 3.we fund there are 4 significant problem such as group formation and development, task and maintenance function, group behavior and effectiveness of group work. 4.You should analyze these 4 significant problems and analyze your experience (e.g. problems occurred, yours approach to solve the problems, style of leadership, power distribution, change management, decision making, learning process, empowerment, motivation, cross-cultural issues, communication issues, communication skills, and communication methods, impression management and emotional intelligence) during the video-based project using Organization Behavior related theories and peer-reviewed journal articles. 4.at least 10 peer-reviewed journal articles are required to be discussed while analyzing your group-based project (video making) experience 5.It is also highly valued if you put your reflections into any work-related context and explain how your team-based experience in the video-based project could influence your teamwork skills in your current job or how it can increase your employability in future. 6.The purpose of this assignment is to critically assess your personal experience of working in your group for the video-based project using the Organization Behavior literature, especially considering theories on group dynamics and any other relevant Organizational Behavior theories. In addition to participating in video making and presentation project, each student will be required to submit, an essay (i.e. 1500-2000 words) on the main organizational behaviour issues he/she observed and/or positive teamwork experiences she/he had during the group-based video making project, and what he/she personally learned from his/her participation in the project. ?Please note that the essay is not about the subject matter covered in the actual team-based project? but on the teamwork and learning processes towards the project. The purpose of this assignment is to critically assess? your personal experience of working in your group for the video-based project using the OB literature, especially considering theories on group dynamics? and any other relevant Organizational Behaviour theories?. More specifically, for this assignment, you shall analyse your teamwork experience (e.g. problems occurred, yours and your team members’ approach to solve the problems, style of leadership, power distribution, change management, decision making, learning process, empowerment, motivation, cross-cultural issues, communication issues, communication skills, and communication methods, impression management and emotional intelligence) during the video-based project using OB related theories and peer-reviewed journal articles [at least 10 peer-reviewed journal articles are required? to be discussed while analysing your group-based project (video making) experience]. It is also highly valued if you put your reflections into any work-related context and explain how your team-based experience in the video-based project could influence your team work skills in your current job or how it can increase your employability in future.??
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early education programs—Montessori, High/Scope, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf— 1.Drawing from the information presented in Chapter 6 of the Morrison course text on four early education programs—Montessori, High/Scope, Reggio Emilia, and Waldorf—identify the program that is of greatest interest to you based on your own philosophy of education and from the description in the course text. Explain the basic principles or beliefs of the program and at least two specific reasons why you might single this type of program out as a career possibility. 2.Identify two types of child care programs described in Chapter 7 of the Morrison text that may interest you as potential programs in which to work. Explain the distinguishing characteristics of each type of program and why each might appeal to you as a career choice. Based on the "Ten Components of Quality Child Care" listed in Figure 7.2 on page 195, at this point in your learning, explain one contribution that you would like to make as an early childhood professional working in one of these child care programs. 3.Drawing on your current knowledge of child development, explain the importance of the three performance standards that provide the foundation for Head Start programs today. Then identify two specific types of federal programs for young children and families that potentially interest you as programs in which to work (such as an area of Head Start that serves a special population or other initiatives). Briefly describe the purpose of each program and why it has special appeal to you. Comments from Support Team: Required Resources •Course Text: Early Childhood Education Today 11TH 13 ISBN 978-1-256-57978-6 ?Chapter 6, "Early Childhood Programs," pp. 139–167 ?Chapter 7, "Child Care," pp. 170–190 ?Chapter 8, "The Federal Government," pp. 197–213
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