Summit Elementary School is a new school that will open in the fall. Summit will serve approximately 500 low income students living in the inner city. The student body will consist mostly of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, and American Indians. Because of your extensive coursework and experience with diverse populations, you have been asked to create a small handbook for incoming teachers and mental health professionals with important information such family influences, religion, cultural characteristics, gender roles, socioeconomic status, language and communication, current issues, and best practices for working with these groups.
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The text and the assigned articles are the primary sources for this project. Remember to review all course material as this is a comprehensive Assignment. Additionally, you should use at least 2 other research articles from peer-reviewed journals that you found in the Kaplan Library. This project should be between 6-8 pages in length not including the title page and the reference page. The project should be written in essay form. You are required to give credit to the sources you use, and use proper APA formatting. Refer to the APA Quick Reference for help with APA, the Kaplan Writing Center or your instructor. Remember that all work must be your own and plagiarism is not tolerated. Be sure to review the plagiarism policy in your Syllabus.
Articles:
School-Based Efforts to Prevent Cyberbullying. Justin Patchin, Sameer Hinduja, Accession # 2011763292
Peer Contexts for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students: Reducing Stigma, Prejudice, and Discrimination. SS Horn, KE Accession # 2010868611
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Monday, 24 February 2014
Saturday, 15 February 2014
Final Argumentative Paper
Final Argumentative Paper
Identify the issue that you are going to examine.
Within that issue, clearly define the specific problem that will be the focus of the paper.
Present multiple sides of the [problem and state your position on the issue.
Create an argument that supports the side of the problem you take in the paper. As part of your argument, be sure to critique the weaknesses of opposing positions.
Utilize the philosophical theories and ideas that you have encountered in this course as much as possible. It is best to utilize primary philosophical texts as resources. Include at least five academic sources in this paper, at least three of which must come from the Ashford University Library. Any other resources should come from academic sources such as Project Gutenberg, classicallibrary.org, or other websites that include peer-reviewed articles and books.
Select a topic from the following sub-disciplines:
Ethics
What is the best ethical system?
Is it necessary to have universal ethical principles?
What are the fundamental principles of ethics?
What is the good life and how does one achieve it?
Is ethics natural or learned behavior?
What is an ethically bad life? How do we know?
How do humans differentiate between good and bad in the realm of ethics?
Do ethical actions have value apart from the outcomes of those actions?
Are humans free or determined, and how does this perspective relate to human responsibility?
Epistemology
What can humans know for certain and how can they justify that they actually know what they think they know?
What are the limits of human perception and cognition?
What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and other types of knowledge?
What are the limits of skepticism?
What are the differences between the mind and the brain?
What is the best epistemological argument and explanation of how humans perceive their worlds?
How did human consciousness emerge and where is it headed?
Religion
Is proof for the existence of God necessary?
Which argument for the existence of God is strongest? Why?
Can one be moral and not believe in God?
Are science and religion in conflict?
Can God’s omniscience and human free will be reconciled?
Is there a rational argument for atheism?
The paper must be at least six pages in length, formatted according to APA style, and include a title and a reference page (which does not count towards the page length). Support your point with examples from the text and at least five sources, three of which must be found in the Ashford University Library. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.
Three important sub-disciplines of philosophy are addressed in this course: ethics, epistemology, and religion. For this paper, you will develop an argument that includes your own view on one specific topic relating to one of these sub-disciplines. Below is a list of topics from which you must choose. Feel free to combine topics that seem to fit with one another. It is recommended that you choose a topic that interests you or that you have thought about previously.
In philosophical papers, it is always best to present both sides of the issue (remember that there are usually more than two sides to any issue), and then to present the side that you find the most convincing. Remember to back up your position with logical reasoning and factual evidence. In addition, be sure to utilize the philosophical content and ideas that you have encountered in this course.
In philosophical papers, it is always best to present both sides of the issue (remember that there are usually more than two sides to any issue), and then to present the side that you find the most convincing. Remember to back up your position with logical reasoning and factual evidence. In addition, be sure to utilize the philosophical content and ideas that you have encountered in this course.
Identify the issue that you are going to examine.
Within that issue, clearly define the specific problem that will be the focus of the paper.
Present multiple sides of the [problem and state your position on the issue.
Create an argument that supports the side of the problem you take in the paper. As part of your argument, be sure to critique the weaknesses of opposing positions.
Utilize the philosophical theories and ideas that you have encountered in this course as much as possible. It is best to utilize primary philosophical texts as resources. Include at least five academic sources in this paper, at least three of which must come from the Ashford University Library. Any other resources should come from academic sources such as Project Gutenberg, classicallibrary.org, or other websites that include peer-reviewed articles and books.
Select a topic from the following sub-disciplines:
Ethics
What is the best ethical system?
Is it necessary to have universal ethical principles?
What are the fundamental principles of ethics?
What is the good life and how does one achieve it?
Is ethics natural or learned behavior?
What is an ethically bad life? How do we know?
How do humans differentiate between good and bad in the realm of ethics?
Do ethical actions have value apart from the outcomes of those actions?
Are humans free or determined, and how does this perspective relate to human responsibility?
Epistemology
What can humans know for certain and how can they justify that they actually know what they think they know?
What are the limits of human perception and cognition?
What is the relationship between scientific knowledge and other types of knowledge?
What are the limits of skepticism?
What are the differences between the mind and the brain?
What is the best epistemological argument and explanation of how humans perceive their worlds?
How did human consciousness emerge and where is it headed?
Religion
Is proof for the existence of God necessary?
Which argument for the existence of God is strongest? Why?
Can one be moral and not believe in God?
Are science and religion in conflict?
Can God’s omniscience and human free will be reconciled?
Is there a rational argument for atheism?
The paper must be at least six pages in length, formatted according to APA style, and include a title and a reference page (which does not count towards the page length). Support your point with examples from the text and at least five sources, three of which must be found in the Ashford University Library. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
Chinese Religions
What
is ritual, and what role did it play in
the lives of people in early China (Shang through Han dynasties)? How did the meaning of ritual vary with
context and for different groups of people?
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Sunday, 19 January 2014
Sabah - Film review
Critique the movie Sabah's religious themes and how these themes are portrayed in the movie. What type of questions has this movie raised for you?
Note: Although the film review should totally be about the movie itself but if possible relate it to ideas or thoughts in these two books (but not in the entire review and if you are going to quote don't forget the page number and the author's last name please):
1. Ernst, C., Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World
2. Siddiqui, M., How to Read the Qur’an (London: Norton & Company, 2008)
*there should be no other sources other than the movie and the two books no other sources is accepted*
Thank you
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Note: Although the film review should totally be about the movie itself but if possible relate it to ideas or thoughts in these two books (but not in the entire review and if you are going to quote don't forget the page number and the author's last name please):
1. Ernst, C., Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World
2. Siddiqui, M., How to Read the Qur’an (London: Norton & Company, 2008)
*there should be no other sources other than the movie and the two books no other sources is accepted*
Thank you
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