Using the course materials on Recruitment and Selection, discuss two benefits and two drawbacks of Unilever’s Pillar 3 – Redefine the Unilever System of Work.

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Human Resource Question(1)

Question 1
Using the course materials on Recruitment and Selection, discuss two benefits and two drawbacks of Unilever’s Pillar 3 – Redefine the Unilever System of Work.

Discuss three implications that the impact of automation will have on recruitment and selection.

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Human Resource Question

Question 2
Discuss three implications that the impact of automation will have on recruitment and selection.

Having already completed one field placement, what values and ethical principles are most challenging for you now, and why?

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Values and Ethical Principles

  1. Having already completed one field placement, what values and ethical principles are most challenging for you now, and why?
  2. Consult with your field instructor to help determine the opportunities for improvement.
  3. Describe in detail what process/opportunities in the field placement will assist you in improving in these areas. Refer to Social Work Disposition #10: Standard: Social Workers’ Ethical Responsibilities as Professionals when responding to this prompt.

What are some of the objections to labeling children with disabilities? Why was Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) necessary to special education? What are the significant implications of P.L. 94-142, IDEA, Section 504 of P.L. 93-112, and the Americans with Disabilities Act?

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Worksheet 7

Watch the following videos:

4. Answer Focus Your Cultural Lens questions p. 154. Be critical (3 pts)

5. Answer the following questions: (7 pts)

  1. What are some of the objections to labeling children with disabilities?
  2. Why was Brown vs. Board of Education (1954) necessary to special education?
  3. What are the significant implications of P.L. 94-142, IDEA, Section 504 of P.L. 93-112, and the Americans with Disabilities Act?
  4. How do individuals with disabilities sometimes become a part of an exceptional cultural group?
  5. Explain the difference between reporting placement special education classes by composition and risk.
  6. What are some of the needs of expectational children?
  7. What are the problems with providing full inclusion to all children with disabilities?

Karl Marx argues that commodities have become “fetishized.” What does he mean by this? How does this relate to other aspects of his worldview (e.g. ideology, “superstructure,” etc.)? Lastly, what does it have to do with pop culture?

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Popular Culture

Instructions: Your exam should be typed (12 point font, double spaced, normal font and margins). Your exam should be 3-4 pages long. (Anything longer than this will NOT be read).

Your essays should be well organized and clear. You WILL be penalized for significant spelling or grammatical issues. You should take care to answer ALL parts of the question. You are required to draw upon evidence from readings and lecture. You MUST cite your sources. A simple parenthetical notation is sufficient. Examples: (Davidson, p. 25), (Lecture, Oct. 13).

You must answer ONE of the questions below. The exam is due uploaded to CANVAS by 11:59pm, SUNDAY, March 5th. (Please clearly label which number question you are answering.)

  1. The Functionalist approach sees pop culture as a potentially unifying social force. From this perspective, people are seen as coming together around their appreciation for pop culture. We take part in collective “rituals” which produce a kind of collective joy and unity (“collective effervescence”) that is necessary for solidarity in societies that are often divided. Critical Theorists, on the other hand, see popular culture as a potential source of social control. Following Gramsci, and informed by the history of European fascism, they see pop culture as either a) distraction of the masses from the nature of their oppression or b) a combination of coercion and consent that could (re)produce fascism. They emphasize the mindlessness, emotion and joyfulness alongside a disturbing anti-intellectualism. Using specific evidence/ examples and detail from lecture and readings, write an essay in which you detail a) the functionalists’ approach to pop culture, b) the critical theorists’ approach to pop culture and c) which you find more compelling/ convincing and why.

 

  1. There is a fundamental divide in debates about pop culture. On one side, there are those who argue that pop culture opens up a space for more freedom. We are able to produce our own content and express our individuality more freely by circumventing “gatekeepers”. They also argue that diversity is a hallmark of pop culture which is constantly hybridizing, inventing and producing new forms of culture. On the other side are those who argue that pop culture is increasingly controlled by fewer, massive media conglomerates thereby limiting diversity of opinion, thought and culture. Using specific evidence/ examples and detail from lecture and readings, write an essay in which you detail each of these perspectives as well as which you find more compelling/ convincing and why.

 

  1. Karl Marx argues that commodities have become “fetishized.” What does he mean by this? How does this relate to other aspects of his worldview (e.g. ideology, “superstructure,” etc.)? Lastly, what does it have to do with pop culture?

 

  1. Numerous scholars of pop culture have argued that there is a difference between “high(brow)” culture and “low(brow)” culture (or pop culture). They (e.g. critical theorists) sometimes argue that pop culture is necessarily oppressive and of poor quality. Raymond Williams resists these conceptions of culture and posits his own conception of pop culture. How does Raymond Williams understand culture in general and pop culture, in particular? What makes culture “good” or “bad” for Raymond Williams?

 

 

 

 

 

During the questionnaire section, you were asked to self-report your prejudices on race. How did the test results compare to the self-reported answers you provided prior to taking the test?

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Writing Question

Once you’ve received your results and had some time to think about them, write a response about your experience considering the questions below:

  1. During the questionnaire section, you were asked to self-report your prejudices on race. How did the test results compare to the self-reported answers you provided prior to taking the test?
  2. Were you surprised by the results? If so, how were the test results different from how you expected to score prior to taking the test?
  3. What personal, cultural, and social experiences might have influenced your test results?

 

Discuss the progress monitoring assessments that are in place to measure academic achievement in state administered test as well as for classroom-based assessments and how they are being used to inform instruction for ELs (ESOL Domain 5, Standard 3).

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Power point

Create a power point on a previously written paper.

In this assignment, students will

(1) Discuss measures are in place for identification, placement, and demonstration of language growth of ELs from diverse backgrounds and at varying English proficiency levels to meet district, state, and federal guidelines, and how they are being used to inform instruction for ELs, including the use of the WIDA standards (ESOL Domain 5, Standard 2).

(2) Discuss the progress monitoring assessments that are in place to measure academic achievement in state administered test as well as for classroom-based assessments and how they are being used to inform instruction for ELs (ESOL Domain 5, Standard 3).

(3) Discuss how special education testing and assessing giftedness is used with assessing ELs (ESOL Domain 5, Standard 1).

The format used to present the information is a presentation for stakeholders to articulate the appropriateness of current ELL assessments. The presentation needs to be a well-designed PPT with use of the notes section for the information for each slide. Use the text, content pages and at least three outside references to discuss the various assessment procedures that are in place to inform instruction for ELs

Utilize parallelism, a consistent point of view, specific words, active verbs, concise words, and be able to vary sentences. Using APA formatting, write a paragraph summarize an anecdote or a brief personal essay.

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Writing Question

Description:

In this activity, you will write a paragraph (or paragraphs) summarizing an anecdote or a brief personal essay. You may also opt to write an original short story.

Objectives:

  • Utilize parallelism, a consistent point of view, specific words, active verbs, concise words, and be able to vary sentences.

Instructions:

Using APA formatting, write a paragraph summarize an anecdote or a brief personal essay.

Assignment Submission:

  • Use at least one source to support your argument; all papers must be cited and written in APA format.
  • Make sure your submission is between 300 and 1,500 words.

What Caribbean traditions were distinctive in their work? From the nine Shakespeare elements, how many do they use? What were your takeaways?

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Writing 102

PART 1

Research a Trinidadian playwright. (Mustapha Matura)

Describe their background and contributions to Caribbean Theatre.

  1. What Caribbean traditions were distinctive in their work?
  2. From the nine Shakespeare elements, how many do they use?
  3. What were your takeaways?

Discuss the appropriation of motifs from Indigenous art and craft. Select examples from four different cultures; provide images. Consider the role of social media and reflect on whether it is possible to protect the symbolic copyright of motifs attributed to Indigenous peoples.

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Cross Cultural Issues in Craft Assignment 3

Essay
A list of possible topics is printed below. Essays will not be accepted that are on topics that have not been approved. You may not use textbooks, encyclopedias, lecture notes, required readings/films or material from websites that do not provide endnotes or footnotes. Craft magazines are acceptable as long as they’re properly referenced. If in doubt, consult me.
Essays should be 2,000-2,500 words long and should include images. Late papers will be penalized 2% per day, including weekends. Papers must have references (footnotes or endnotes) for all material that is not common knowledge, as well as for quotations. The MLA Style Manuals should be used and references must include page numbers for the fact or quotation cited. You must retain all research notes and drafts until the end of the course.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious academic offence. Assignments that contain any evidence of plagiarism may be given a grade of ‘0’ and additional penalties also may be imposed by the University, including expulsion. All notes and drafts for the essay must be kept until the end of the course in case there is a situation requiring you to prove that the essay is your work. If you have any questions about plagiarism, speak to the instructor before submitting an assignment.

Essay Topics (Choose ONE)

1. Interview a professional craftsperson (one who makes their living through making a craft and may supplement income by teaching or writing). The essay should include a brief biography, description of their practice and examples of their work including images. Record the interview so that you can incorporate the artist’s words in your essay. Describe how the craftsperson addresses one of the themes of the course e.g. race, gender, sustainability.

2. Choose a craft practice that is part of your culture or heritage. Describe its history, elements, process and practitioners. If possible, speak to someone maintaining the practice. Discuss how the craft and its practice connect to issues in this course and give examples of the work, including images.

3. Textiles have been used for political purposes. Select examples dating from 1970 to the present and consider their details: maker, materials, size, number of people involved, theme or cause for which they were made. Include images. Consider whether the work’s message was successful and, if it was, why.

4. Describe the principles of the American Arts & Crafts movement. Research and write about furniture designed/made by the Shakers, Gustav Stickley, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Greene Brothers. Briefly discuss the designers but concentrate on the designs, materials, colours and the buildings the furniture was intended for (if applicable). Show how the furniture exemplifies Arts & Crafts.

5. Discuss the appropriation of motifs from Indigenous art and craft. Select examples from four different cultures; provide images. Consider the role of social media and reflect on whether it is possible to protect the symbolic copyright of motifs attributed to Indigenous peoples.

6. Craft is gendered. Research several cultures in which certain crafts are proscribed as male or female. Then provide examples of women and men who have gone against social norms regarding who does what. Consider the difficulties of going against the grain. Practices can be traditional or contemporary.

7. Craft practice produces stuff. How can a practitioner ensure that their practice is sustain- able and their work is not more landfill? Address this topic by carefully reviewing the literature on sustainability and applying it specifically to your practice. Describe processes and works in your portfolio that you consider sustain-able. Your views should be backed up by scholarly research.

8. Racial identity inspires the work of craftspeople worldwide. Select six practitioners whose race has a direct bearing on their designs and, wherever possible, use direct quotations about this theme from the maker. Discuss the work by means of words and images and consider why public display of the work is important.