Collaboration Essay

“I Hear America Singing,” by Walt Whitman is mainly about American people working away at their jobs in a joyful manner. I will be paraphrasing this poem, stating the theme, and giving my personal reaction to it. To summarize Walt Whitman’s poem “I Hear America Singing,” people work joyfully and sing the songs of their jobs throughout the day. The speaker of the poem announces that he hears "America singing," and then describes that each worker sings, "what belongs to him or her,” such as the…

A purchasing contract is more than just a price for a specified product. Purchasing team strongly believe in good alignment to improve the total supply chain for all parties involved. Close collaboration does not only work with people who are eager and open to work closely together, although it is an indispensable and essential action. Responsibilities and objectives must be set clearly. Purchasing team makes a clear distinction between direct…

1. Identify the similarities in approaches to teaching emergent literacy skills demonstrated by the teachers in the video clips, to the instructional practices you read about in chapters 2 and 3? How do these methods reflect current theory and research on emergent literacy? Chapter three talks about social context for learning, information processing and interactive writing. All of these approaches are easily observed in the video clips, too. Social context for learning was stressed by…

Professionalism is the competence expected and presented by a professional, and among teachers it is important to exhibit professionalism in their careers. Presenting oneself as a professional is important as it will affect their career. A teacher not presenting themselves as a professional can result in students not showing respect towards them, their colleagues not taking them seriously, parents being concerned with their child’s learning, and the certainty of putting a career at risk.…

dangerous nuclear bomb and dropped it in Japan, and led to the death of millions of people. The moral of the story is that when countries compete with each other- instead of working together- it can lead to death and chaos. Therefore, international collaboration in space exploration is very important because it leads to camaraderie between countries. Knowledge One of the most obvious benefits of space exploration is the expansion of our knowledge. Overtime, the machines astronomers and…

‘teaching is a calling.’ I disagree. Teaching is incredibly hard work, and I doubt that any teacher, that is highly effective, feels that they can just show up to class and whip up an engaging lesson. Teaching takes preparation, life-long learning, collaboration, a keen awareness of social justice, and an overwhelming amount of empathy. My experience prior to my higher education at Madonna University, and my enrichment through the teacher education program have better prepared me for the…

As a belong@fhs Supermentor, my role is to ensure mentors are well trained and are able to provide support and assistance for the mentees. I therefore worked in collaboration with other Supermentors in enhancing the supporting material and information related to the training day for mentors. This provided mentors with a wide range of mentoring resources and structured guidelines on how to run the program. I am also involved in debriefing sessions with mentors to ensure they are managing their…

According to Jonathan Safran Foer in his book, Eating Animals, "About 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock". For years, with the approval from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to treat farm animals with antibiotics, farmers were feeding their animals with drugs to compensate for their compromised immune systems due to feed additives and overcrowded conditions. This results in major health…

Taking into consideration the abovementioned barriers to implementing IPE and the Interprofessional Competency Framework, below are some methods and solutions to implementing the most effective and resource-efficient IPE for fostering a culture of collaboration in health care teams. First, key stakeholders across all faculties and organizations need to agree to a common vision and appreciate the advantages of IPE. For example, faculty members may be resistant to changes due to increased…

The theoretical approach we chose to follow is the Developmental Approach, specifically Levinson’s Three Life Transitions. Levinson’s approach focuses on the main transitions between developmental stages of adult life (Cole, 2012). Our population includes patients in an outpatient mental health unit with an onset of depression that arose at the time of their retirement. Levinson’s approach fits this population well because the Late Life Transition occurs around age 60-65 and focuses on the loss…