Engagement

in concept, the notion of ‘student success’ and accompanying concepts such as ‘retention’, ‘achievement’, and ‘engagement’. This essay extends scholarly understandings of engagement by overviewing the concept of engagement, its critiques, and by offering ‘welcomeness to engage’ as an accompanying (yet critical) element that is necessary to advance discourse on student success. Engagement involves the…

On the topic of public engagement in archaeology, Shackel also draws on political scientist Robert Putnam’s ideas on civic engagement. Shackel discusses Putnam’s analysis of how Americans from the 1980’s onward have become disconnected from their communities and lack access to social capital in his article on the University of Maryland’s participation in civic engagement (Shackel, 2010, pg. 58). Through engaging with the public, archaeologists can help these people connect with their…

Introduction Over the recent decade, employee engagement has grown to become a critical area of research and importance. It has shown that, most firms are willing to go above and beyond to invest in their employees, in order to enhance their productivity and more importantly, to retain them. A brief history In order to understand employee engagement, one needs to understand how the concept came about in the first place. In this ever evolving and competitive world, demand and efficiency are the…

Employee Engagement By observation, there seems to be an epidemic of employee disengagement across the country. With the ever changing laws and rules in healthcare, employee engagement is so important in keeping up the morale of all employees, especially those who work in healthcare. In 2013, the hospital I am employed at enters a public-private partnership and essentially went from being management by the state of Louisiana to being privately managed by a large healthcare system. This event…

Although the significance of effective engagement is widely recognised within the youth justice board in England and Wales, there is not fixed consensus as to what constitutes engagement which makes it complex for people working to engage with young people to individuals to define and interpret the term as different people may provide different definitions for the term (Fredricks et al, 2004; Bateman and Hazel, 2013). For example, research suggest that the youth offending team (YOT)…

Having engagement photos is the best way to remember and celebrate a momentous event in your life. It is important that you ensure that your photos are as stunning, meaningful and share-worthy ad possible. You will realize that engagement photos are not just useful for your engagement announcement. You can use these photos as your profile pictures on social media and so on. You can also use photos for your wedding website. This is the reason why you should take quality engagement photos. It is…

Personal Philosophy Statement Education reform has been tasked with reducing the gap in student achievement. One of the strongest influencer of student achievement is connected to the level of family engagement between the student-family and the school experience. In a society that is relying more on technology, there has been less of an effort to connect with parents at home. But, ease of information does not mean that all families are able to easily connect to the information, or that the…

Work engagement is a mental and dispositional state of energy investment, coping with difficulties and directing the effort to work with which the nurse identifies and feels high pleasure to perform. This is not a momentary sensation; engagement at work is a positive, pervasive and persistent mental state. In other words, the engaged nurse is one who is full of energy, feel great pleasure and inspiration for what nurse does (Rasli, et al., 2012 and Vazquez, et al., 2015). Benefits of nursing…

The Importance of Patient Engagement and OpenEMR Patient engagement is vital towards effective recovery of the patient’s condition. A study conducted by KLAS said that there is only 10 percent of healthcare organizations are engaging their patient successfully to maintain their overall health. Facing with this challenge, it is the duty of practitioners to engage with their patient so as to help them enjoy a quality life and longevity. Along with electronic medical practice management software…

Is Insuring Your Engagement Ring Important? Getting engaged is one of the most joyful moments in the life of a woman. It is a time of joy and a lot of positive emotions. So, terms like insurance rarely come to mind in times like this. However, the truth is that anything can happen. So, the best thing that can be done is to be prepared. This is why amidst all the engagement joy and excitement, you ought to take into consideration buying insurance policy for your engagement ring. Another reason…