What are some of the suggested activities Delpit describes? How can you add to these suggestions in your own classroom in the future?
Language Diversity and Learning
In this chapter, Delpit discusses “language diversity as it affects the learning environments of linguistically diverse students” and offers suggestions for alternatives to be used in various settings. The author suggests that teachers should recognize and validate the linguistic form a student brings to school while also nurturing the development of Standard English, “the language associated with the power structure” and “the language of economic success.” Delpit believes that educators should develop a perspective that celebrates diversity in the classroom through shared activities that enhance an appreciation for linguistic pluralism. What are some of the suggested activities Delpit describes? How can you add to these suggestions in your own classroom in the future?
Why might managers find a flexible-budget analysis more informative than static-budget analysis?
Variance Analysis
Write an analytical summary of your learning outcomes from chapters 8 and 9. In addition to your analytical summary, address the following:Chapter 8: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_managerial-accounting/s12-how-is-capital-budgeting-used-.htmlChapter 9: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_managerial-accounting/s13-how-are-operating-budgets-crea.html1. As a manager, discuss how you would use or have used the concepts presented in chapters 8 and 9.2. Why might managers find a flexible-budget analysis more informative than static-budget analysis?3. How might a manager gain insight into the causes of flexible-budget variances for direct materials, labor, and overhead? Provide at least one numerical example to support your thoughts. Use APA throughout. Please organize your discussion as listed above.Atleast 600 words or more. Please include references and citations.No Plagiarism
Discuss the key characteristics of health policy, explain the major determinants of health, and describe how the social determinants of health influence policy development.
Instructions Assignment 1 – Health Policy: Website Article for Your Healthcare Organization
Background:The information this week covered several topics on health policy from a U.S. perspective and an international perspective. The course readings offered details from an overview of health policy; information on federal and state health policymaking; and information on international policy and international policy development. Understanding these concepts is essential for healthcare administrators as you continue on your professional career, the ability to understand health policy can support with clarifying priorities, establishing roles as well as expectations, and can assist in the development and delivery of an organization’s policies and procedures. Additionally, there should be a basic knowledge of U.S. health policy and international health policy, as you start your academic journey working on your graduate degree, as these concepts can be viewed as some of the fundamental tools that assist in protecting all population’s health outcomes and address some of the core functions of healthcare from assessment, policy development, and assurance.Assignment Scenario:As a director for your healthcare organization, one of your duties is to participate in writing articles for your company’s website. This month the executive leadership team has asked you to write about health policy. The executive leadership team would like you to address the following items that are bulleted below. You may be as creative as you would like to present this article. However, you must create your article using Microsoft Word, Publisher, or PowerPoint.Your article needs to provide information on the following items associated to U.S. health policy and the importance of having an international perspective in health policy development:Aspect 1: Discuss the key characteristics of health policy, explain the major determinants of health, and describe how the social determinants of health influence policy development.Aspect 2: Identify at least two major types of U.S. health policy, provide an example of each type, and describe how these types of health policy can affect patient care associated to one of the following social determinates of health: economic stability, physical environment, education, food, community, social context, or healthcare system.Aspect 3: Describe why it is important to have an international perspective in health policy development and discuss how international policy development may influence the U.S. population from one of the following views: immigration, public health, or regulatory.Aspect 4: Discuss why it is important for healthcare administrators to understand health policy, explain how these concepts can support an administrator’s operations and provide a policy example that you may create as an administrator, with an explanation to why the policy is needed, and how the policy may influence one of the social determinants of health. Note: Example – an administrator may assist in the creation of policies for an organization, within a specific department, from a community perspective, or regulatory requirement.Aspect 5: The article should be presented in APA 7th Edition formatting, include a coverage page, a reference page, and at least three credible sources with correlating in-text citations. One of the credible sources must come from your own research, not from the sources or references provided within the Week 1 through Week 3 content.
Discuss how biodiversity can affect the increase and decline of the elephant population.
HOMEWORK
There is a decline in the elephant population in a specific area in Africa. You are an activist trying increase the elephant population. You are required to present a proposed solution to this problem. Create a proposal to solve this elephant problem. Please include the following:
Background Information. (Describe the main biome where elephants are located; describe an ecosystem, and describe 4 other types of biomes)Name and discuss how elephants are threatened in Africa. (Research)Discuss how biodiversity can affect the increase and decline of the elephant population. Differentiate between the types of population growth models that can increase or decrease the elephant population. Discuss how community populations relate to your proposal.
Output the average calories burned for a person.
The following equation estimates the average calories burned for a person when exercising, which is based on a scientific journal article (source):Calories = ( (Age x 0.2757) + (Weight x 0.03295) + (Heart Rate x 1.0781) — 75.4991 ) x Time / 8.368Write a program using inputs age (years), weight (pounds), heart rate (beats per minute), and time (minutes), respectively. Output the average calories burned for a person.Output each floating-point value with two digits after the decimal point, which can be achieved as follows:print(f’Calories: {calories:.2f} calories’)
Had you been in the “hot seat”, would consequentialism be helpful in guiding your decisions?
The textbook provides a template for analyzing ethical dilemmas using “consequentialism.” (I have attach these pages at the end of the homework). A hypothetical case is provided, the template outlined (Utilitarian Evaluation of Ethical Dilemmas), and then the application of that template to the case is demonstrated (Applying Utilitarianism). A summary follows at the end of that illustrative analysis. Study this sample case and application of the template (and summary commentary) carefully.You are presented with a new case for study and discussion. Your assignment is to take the “consequentialism” template (box Utilitarian Evaluation of Ethical Dilemmas) and apply it to the new case. Lastly, address this final question: How well do you feel that consequentialism guided ethical decision making in this case? Remember, this is to be answered from your perspective, as persons analyzing the ethical choices in this case. Had you been in the “hot seat”, would consequentialism be helpful in guiding your decisions? Be thoughtful and thorough in this assessment of how the theoretical material helps a criminal justice professional make ethical choices.Submit your response as a Word document
What is the mood of this excerpt?
Read the following excerpt from “In Another Country” by Ernest Hemingway.“The doctor told me that the major’s wife, who was very young and whom he had not married until he was definitely invalided out of the war, had died of pneumonia. She had been sick only a few days. No one expected her to die.” What is the mood of this excerpt? Cite examples from the excerpt to support your answer– Should be no more than 250 words.
In a well-written paper, choose three technological innovations and describe the effect each change had on society.
In a well-written paper, choose three technological innovations and describe the effect each change had on society. Then choose one very recent technological change and predict at least two ways in which society might change as a result of this technology. Be sure to provide detail and use historical examples from the readings or from your own research to support your predictions. Your paper should meet the following requirements:
Compare and contrast the authors’ perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of Mental Health Courts.
Paper 2: Specialty Courts–Mental Health Courts
Instructions
Background: The courts continually weigh the advantages of sending offenders to jail versus diverting offenders into treatment programs. One of these programs is the mental health diversion program. Instead of locking up mentally ill offenders some courts now redirect these persons to community-based treatment services. If a crime was committed because of mental illness, a tailored treatment program might be more effective in treating these individuals than incarceration. Assignment: The objective of this assignment is to evaluate the effectiveness of Mental Health Courts. Although this program may ease the workload for courts and corrections, are Mental Health Courts effective in treating offenders and preventing recidivism? Students are to use three journal articles relating to the effectiveness of Mental Health Courts. Directions:Section 1: Introduction: Make an introductory statement about the topic and explain the purpose of your paper. Section 2: Summarize the main points of the three articles, including why Mental Health Courts were created and how they are used. Section 3: Compare and contrast the authors’ perspectives on the advantages and disadvantages of Mental Health Courts. Do the authors reach the same conclusions? How are their perspectives alike and how do they differ? Do the authors conclude that Mental Health Courts provide effective rehabilitation, reduce overall recidivism rates and are an effective use of resources or is the overall cost of these courts disproportionate to their degree of success? Provide statistics to support the authors’ findings. Section 4: Conclusion: Provide a focused, concise conclusion based on your analysis of the articles, explaining why Mental Health Courts should or should not be used. Format Requirements
Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around.All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course.You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes; sourced material must be paraphrased.
choose any two variants of blow back operations and compare and contrast them.Explain how they are similar and how they are not.
Use this week’s discussion to develop a collective understanding of the various mechanisms of blow-back operations by answering the following prompt.Blow-back is one of the most misunderstood and oversimplified mechanisms of operation among many firearms enthusiasts. For this discussion, choose any two variants of blow back operations and compare and contrast them.Explain how they are similar and how they are not.
