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Conflict Coaching for Organizational Effectiveness in an Era of Chaos
No full textConflict coaching is a one-to-one communication process by which an individual learns and develops their conflict-related understanding, as well as interaction strategies and skills, with the professional help of a conflict coach.
Conflict coaching co-actively helps individuals identify and destroy barriers that prevent negotiation and conflict resolution. Assuring individuals that they are creative, resourceful, and whole when it comes to making their own discoveries and high-quality decisions in life empowers them to resolve current and future conflicts in any area of their life. Conflict cannot always be resolved, and with the support of a conflict coach, individuals can learn how to manage conflict
Prison Size and Inmate Rule Violation
Get PDFIn recent decades the prison industry has grown at an unprecedented rate. Prisons have become overcrowded and underfunded. Because of the demographics of those housed in prisons, it is important to understand how increased overcrowding has affected their behavior and tendency to break prison rules. In this study we look at a data set collected by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation to analyze any possible connections between prison size and inmate rule violation. Three distinct sizes were examined while also taking into consideration other factors such as age, ethnicity and education level. For our analysis we used a negative binomial regression model. Findings showed a relationship between ethnicity/age and prison size at smaller prisons. No significant relationships were found within medium and large prisons. Nevertheless, a more comprehensive study of prison size affects is needed to address the potentially disastrous effects of overcrowded prisons
South Park Social Reality
Get PDFThis is an observational paper based on South Park, a popular American television show. Theory is centered on the realistic humor proffered by the creators of the show and how humorous scenes throughout a particular episode are in fact realistic to day- to-day culture and a massive problem in society. Examples of particular characters created to represent various minorities in society are used in the article. It is believed that these characters act as reinforced stereotypical ideals of minorities and while exasperating these stereotypes creating a realm of humor set for questioning these stereotypes
Solitary Confinement and Effects on Prisoners
Get PDFThis paper discusses the effects that solitary confinement has on prisoners. The use of solitary confinement is one of the most controversial steps correctional facilities take in the current world. The common justifications for confining inmates in solitude are that some are unmanageable in normal environments, being used for discipline, protecting the individual inmate, and administrative purposes. Nonetheless, there are various negative consequences of confining prisoners. These include psychological distortion, which causes perceptual changes, distortions, disturbed affection, disrupted thought contents, and impulse control challenges. The paper establishes a position that solitary confinement should be abolished. To facilitate this, society should use artificial intelligence (AI), increase mental health resources, seek legal and legislative reforms, and collaborate with other professional organizations. Future research is recommended to investigate why the use of solitary cells increased in the 1860s after its earlier decline and the possible positive effects of this method on individuals and the correction facilities at large. 
Exercise Science Student Views about Implementing Physical Activity with Older Adults: Implications for Experiential Learning: Experiential learning gives students a way to implement and assess their exercise and prescription skills in an authentic setting, working directly with older adults.
No full textExercise science career readiness requires skills to implement therapeutic exercise with chronic disease patients. This study sought to expose students to experiential scenarios working directly with older adults. Q methodology, designed to scientifically explore viewpoints, along with the Q sort data collection was used to determine and describe students’ views of their experiences. Researchers were interested in understanding students perceived benefits and barriers to experiential learning. Students participated in five physical activity sessions working directly with older adults then completed the Q sort. The analyses revealed two distinctive student views about the experiential learning intervention: Clinical Practitioners and Fitness Practitioners. Both factors demonstrated consensus the learning opportunity was beneficial for clarifying students’ career ambitions and strengthening their confidence working with older adults. Overall, the experiential learning intervention provided an opportunity for student implementation of exercise assessment and prescription skills in an authentic setting
Passive Desertion: An Analysis and Evaluation of Splash Pad Park\u27s Latent Potential
Get PDFPhotojournalism essay on the history, design and failures of Splash Pad Park in Oakland, C
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Get PDFI have a habit of taking numerous photos on my walks through San Francisco. Mostly becuase I am in awe of the city\u27s beauty. All things considered, San Francisco remains one of the most beautiful cities in the country. 
Exploring the Transformative Effects of Service-Immersion Programs on Faculty: Current scholarship in experiential learning considers the influence of service immersion programming on students, but the impacts on faculty can be surprising – and just as profound.
No full textService-immersion programs are prevalent at many universities, often housed in ministry, mission, or service-learning departments. These experiences vary from domestic to international exploration, often lasting five to twelve days. Unlike study abroad programs that usually last a semester, service immersion “trips” are shorter and often include some sort of community service component. Current scholarship in experiential learning has focused on the influence of service immersion programming on undergraduate students. What is missing from this literature is the effect of immersion participation on adult accompaniers such as faculty. Since these adults share the same basic experience as the students, they may experience some of the transformative development as their students. Using Mezirow’s Transformative Learning Theory, as our guide, we explored three areas of transformative development – the influence of the immersion experience on faculty themselves, how the experience affected the faculty members’ relationships with students, and how the experience affected classroom instruction. The results were positive as the participating faculty reported positive personal growth, a deeper understanding of their students, and an enhanced learning environment that included the classroom as well as additional opportunities such as mentoring.
 
My Grandma from the Island, My Mother from the Farm
Get PDF“My Grandma from the Island, My Mother from the Farm” is a reflective piece meant to give credit where credit is due in the first-generation university story of Patricia Roussel. From a small town in northern Ontario, Canada, Roussel has had an unconventional degree path at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, beginning her studies during the COVID lockdown and studying abroad at Durham University, England. Drawing from the shared experiences of her grandmother and mother, Roussel pays tribute to the lives of these incredible women and their unfaltering independence, family devotion, and abounding love. For Roussel, her grandmother and mother exemplify what it is to be a strong woman, supporting her university experience