Reflecting on your past educational journey, provide both an example of excellent teacher behavior and an example of poor teacher behavior that you have personally experienced as a student (at any grade level). Review the Principles of Effective Teaching discussed in Chapter 1 of your textbook (p. 3), and relate each of your examples to […]

NRA’s Amicus Brief in District of Columbia v. Heller Read the NRA’s amicus brief submitted in the District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008). Write a one-page summation of the NRA’s argument.  Then, in a second page, answer the following questions: 1.  Does the NRA want the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm or overrule the […]

Critical Thinking in Literacy Introduction Literacy development is a cornerstone of academic success, and fostering critical thinking through reading allows students to interpret, analyze, and evaluate information independently. This paper presents three strategies designed to promote critical thinking and problem-solving in reading instruction: a Constructivist learning theory strategy, a technology-integrated activity, and an instructional strategy […]

Review of Unmasking Administrative Evil Each student is required to read Unmasking Administrative Evil by Danny Balfour, Guy Adams, and Ashley Nickels and write a 6-8-page (typewritten, double-spaced, 12-point font – not including the title page, references, abstract and appendices) review of the book. This entails summarizing the book’s key concepts and critiquing the authors’ arguments. In […]

Economic Interdependence Reflect: Reflect upon the themes that the disciplines covered this week explore and the methods that they use to explore these topics. How do these different approaches and themes help contribute to the larger understanding of society, culture, and human behavior? Based upon your understandings of these disciplines, how might their approach to topics […]

Emotional Competence in Leadership In project, you will have the possibility to describe,  emotional competence as a required leadership skill necessary for today’s leader. You may define in this paper what emotional competence is. How can it affect the leader’s decision during a crisis impacting others? Also, when the leader’s feelings and emotions must be […]

Nurse Practitioner Career Planner As you approach the end of your Master of Science in Nursing program and prepare for a career as a nurse practitioner, you will want to create a cover letter, resume, and portfolio that best represent your knowledge, skills, and abilities as a professional in the field of nursing. For this […]

Designing with the End in Mind To help integrate what you are learning each week, as well as to help you illustrate your growing subject matter expertise, you’ll complete a weekly blog-style post that focuses in some way on one or more of the topics covered that week.  Each post must be a minimum of […]

Developing a Research-Based Question ns! You have successfully made it through two rounds of interviews for an internal position that will focus heavily on research skills. The hiring team has narrowed the candidate field to you and one other candidate, and now they want to understand your process and rationale for creating research-based questions. You […]

Balancing Care and Compassion The textbook suggests that healthcare professionals have lost personal, human touch due to excellent technical performance. Does this have to be the case? How can you balance technical performance with a good bedside manner? Do you feel this is important? How can we apply Biblical principles to our work in healthcare? […]