social science

How to explain “small outbursts of creativity and achievement”: such Renaissance Florence, the Scottish Enlightenment, Silicon Valley?

Knowledge is something that is acquired, accumulated, and built.  It consists of facts, information, and skills that people acquire from experience and education.  It can be understood theoretically or practically.  At times, it is something that we grasp tenuously at best.  Other times, we can swear by the profundity of our understanding.  The scientific process is among the most objective, rigorous, verifiable, and communicable ways of generating knowledge.  However, there are other sources of knowledge, both discussed in the book like personal experience and authority, and others not in the book like intuition, beliefs, tradition, superstition, documentation, or perhaps even divine revelation.Consider both scientific inquiry and non-scientific sources of knowledge. 1) Pick four of the non-scientific sources of knowledge.  What are the pros and cons of this source of knowledge?  How well do they contribute to your own ability “to know” things and give me some examples of things you know things to be true, even if you have not conducted a scientific study to verify it?2) Consider your knowledge examples in question 1.  What kinds of research questions or hypotheses could you generate to examine this topic scientifically and empirically verify what you purport to know? 3) Are there limits to human knowledge?  Can you think of anything that, at present, we CANNOT know?  What needs to change in order for us to be able to come to know these things?References:Documents 001-012Andrassy, Kalman.  2020.  Guide to Research Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences.  Kendall Hunt Publishing.  ISBN: 9781792432774.

Examine the role of women in one or more texts we’ve read in class: how do the text(s) and author(s) represent the responsibilities and challenges facing Indigenous women within the community, and how is our understanding of those roles shaped by the authors’ literary choices? Can we apply our literary understanding of the text(s) to contemporary issues?(possible examples: leadership, health, MMIWG, traditional teachings, etc.)

Organizations that employ the use of volunteers don’t just have a raft of individuals show up at an event and then delegate where each volunteer should serve.  Much like a pastor prepares a sermon, organizers of volunteers must choose how to best deploy their helpers.  Deployment may be topical, textual, or expository.Topical: Will volunteers be grouped and trained on a specific topic?  Will the leaders be required to give them an overall knowledge of the event and suggestions regarding how to pull together volunteers with related talents to support a particular area?Textual: Will each volunteer have a single duty? Will, they will be trained on the main points and expected to develop whatever minor points are needed during the event to serve their constituents?Expository: Will volunteers have more than one duty in which the theme and main points of the event must be found through deep interaction and engagement?Read Chapters 9-10 in the textbook by McKee & McKee – “The New Breed”Write a 3-4 page paper describing an actual or pseudo-event and presenting a plan to deploy volunteers that best meets the organization’s needs. And ensure the following points are addressed. Your organization, its mission, and goals for having the event.Activities, programs, times, dates, and number of volunteers. Specific training and deployment ofvolunteers.Provide at least two academic sources to support your writing.

Katongole and Rice insist that we need to see reconciliation as a larger story. They mention the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero as illustrative of a person who stepped back and saw and experienced something larger and bigger than he had previously known. The following is attributed to him, “… the kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision… we are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own.” As you watch the film and read Campbell-Johnson’s summary of his life, note how the Archbishop’s life speaks to social justice – and even beyond this.Considering this idea that we need to see reconciliation as a larger story, how does your personal ideology support or fail to engage reconciliation as a theme? In what ways does your worldview motivate and sustain you in reconciliation efforts?Please write a well-organized essay of 300-400 words in MLA style, properly formatted and thoroughly edited

Share the process you would utilize to make a difficult ethical decision. What factors and/or considerations would you take into account in making this decision? What comprehensive guidance would you give a friend or colleague who has sought out your advice on helping them understand the concept of ethical decision-making?Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Quality Improvement Through Data SurveillanceReflect upon data use in your organization within the context of interprofessional care. Address the following:What elements in your organization’s dashboard relate to your work as a professional?How does interprofessional care support quality improvement within the context of data use?What changes would you like to see implemented to help the team better understand data use and data trends, as a quality and safety improvement tool?

Module 1: Cultural Communications Submit Assignment Due Friday by 11:59pm Points 50 Submitting a file uploadAvailable until Jan 15 at 11:59pm Description:  In this assignment, you will analyze a film, play or television program to better understand how it reflects major principles of communication within culture. This assignment will help you connect the communication principles you are learning to the real world. Objectives: Analyze the forms, major principles, and myths of human communication. Explore the role of culture in human communication and explain the aim of using a cultural perspective to understand communication. Define communication competence and its qualities. Instructions: 1. Choose a film, play or television show that you believe represents your particular cultural experience. You may base this choice on ethnic, cultural, national or religious background, sexual orientation, gender, etc. 2. Explain what the work gets right about communication between the characters and anything that it gets wrong. 3. Is it an accurate depiction or does it weigh on stereotypes?  4. Use examples of your knowledge of the culture and communication competence to support your position. 5. Write a 3-4 page essay that summarizes your cultural perspective of the film, play, or television show that you chose.  If, for any reason, you are not comfortable discussing your personal cultural background, then choose a work that you believe represents a different cultural perspective. Explain what the work says about that cultural. Is it accurate? Is it done well? Does it challenge stereotypes or reinforce them? Use specific examples to support your position. Assignment Submission: The use of outside resources is strongly recommended, and all papers must be cited and written in current APA format. When you have completed the assignment, select the “Submit Assignment” button at the top of these instructions and choose a format for submitting your assignment. Rubric Writing Assignments Rubric (1) Writing Assignments Rubric (1) Criteria Ratings Pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssignment Ideas 10 pts Ideas are clear, insightful, thought-provoking, and focused so that they consistently support the topic, thesis and audience for the paper. 8.5 pts Ideas are clear and focused to support the topic and a clearly-stated central idea, but are not consistently insightful or thought-provoking. 7 pts Ideas are clear but conventional or general, and support the topic, thesis, and audience for the paper. 5 pts Ideas are unclear or clichéd and demonstrate a lack of focus in support of the topic or a central idea, which may be vague or missing. 10 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeAssignment Development 10 pts Development is fresh, with abundant details and examples that arouse audience interest and provide relevant, concrete, specific and insightful evidence in support of sound logic. 8.5 pts Development is adequate, but may lack depth, with details and examples that arouse audience interest and provide relevant, concrete, specific evidence in support of sound logic. 7 pts Development is sufficient but general, providing adequate but perhaps not interesting details, examples, and evidence that include no logical fallacies or unsupported claims. 5 pts Development is insufficient, providing scarce or inappropriate details, evidence, and examples that may include logical fallacies or unsupported claims. 10 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization 10 pts Organization is coherent, unified and effective in support of the paper’s purpose/ plan and consistently demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs. 8.5 pts Organization is coherent, unified and effective in support of the paper’s purpose/ plan and usually demonstrates effective and appropriate rhetorical transitions between ideas and paragraphs 7 pts Organization is coherent and unified overall in support of the essay’s purpose/ plan, but is ineffective at times and may demonstrate abrupt or weak transitions between ideas or paragraphs. 5 pts Organization is confused and fragmented in support of the essay’s purpose/ plan and demonstrates a lack of structure or coherence that negatively affects readability. 10 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeStyle & Mechanics 10 pts Readable and rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating varied sentence structure, precise word choice and correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. (Mastery of style) 8.5 pts Style is readable and rhetorically effective in tone, incorporating varied sentence structure, effective word choice, and correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. (Effective style) 7 pts Style is readable, but unremarkable in tone, sometimes including a lack of sentence variety effective word choice, or some distracting, but not serious, errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. (Readable but inconsistent style) 5 pts Style is incoherent or inappropriate in tone, including a lack of sentence variety, ineffective or inappropriate word choice, and serious errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation. (Ineffective style) 10 pts This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFormat 10 pts Format is correct, meets all assignment directions, and works expertly to support the essay’s purpose/plan. 8.5 pts Format is correct, meets all assignment directions, and works generally to support the essay’s purpose/plan. 7 pts Format is mostly correct, meets critical aspects of assignment directions, and works mostly to support the essay’s purpose/ plan. 5 pts Format is faulty, does not meet sufficient aspects of the assignment direction, and does not support the essay’s purpose/ plan. 10 pts Total Points: 50

This only has to be a paragraph or two, not an entire page. This is actually a discussion post. The information that was provided to me is below. I also have attached some quick notes on the chapter.(1) Considering the discussion about school shootings, why as a society, have we not identified masculinity as a major social factor? How might it impact our society if we did? Can you think of other social arenas/examples wherein such gendering (be it masculinity or femininity) is also not recognized for its role of importance/influence?

Global social problems you may choose include child labor; violence against women; terrorism; gender wage gap; equal access to education; hate crime; human rights; access to healthcare; and discrimination based on age, gender, ethnicity, or access to technology. If you wish to investigate an alternate global social problem, you must receive prior approval from your instructor.In a response of 1,100 words, please address the following prompts:1. Describe the chosen global social problem (50-75 words):2. Explanation of a sociological theory (dependency theory, Marx’s conflict theory, modernization theory) and how that theory would explain the global social problem. (250-300 words):3. Three nations where this social problem exists:4. How does the problem contribute to inequality in the first nation? (200-250 words)5. How does the problem contribute to inequality in the second nation? (200-250 words)6. How does the problem contribute to inequality in the third nation? (200-250 words)7. Identify and discuss any current global strategies being implemented that attempt to address the social problem and analyze their effectiveness. (200-250 words)