Sunday, January 19, 2020
Multigrade: Teacher and Students
| Multigrade teaching involves the teaching of children from two or more grade levels in one classroom. Such contexts requires the employment of particular teaching methodologies and classroom administration. Since Multigrade classes are smaller and can be established more cheaply than complete schools, they can be more numerous, therefore more dispersed and thus located closer to the settlements where the children live. This means both that younger children can attend and that the time children spend travelling between school and home can be reduced to an acceptable level. This in turn means that there is sufficient time outside school hours for the children to continue to contribute to the family's economic activity . Attending school is therefore likely to be more acceptable to the families concerned, and thus both increase the number of children receiving education and reduce the failure rate. Multigrade schools, being smaller and more dispersed, would enjoy much closer links with the smaller communities that they would be set up to serve. This would have a very positive effect on local attitudes and access to education. The professional teacher is a key resource person in the Multigrade context. The local content is a significant part of the curriculum, it is particularly important to resolve the issue of appointing well-trained and locally-oriented teachers. Introduction 1. An average primary school teacher is ill equipped to handle a multigrade classroom situation. 2. The nature of the curriculum and textbooks, which are prepared almost entirely in a monograde context create further problems. 3. Teacher training programmes have not focused on practical issues and techniques for handling multigrade teaching studies. 4. There is no training package for multigrade teachers. The aspects could be;  –         Time management-         Improving teaching skills-         Preparation and organisation of the teaching learning materials. –         Organisation of art and cultural activities. 5. Timetables are not flexible enough. Teachers of MC should have extra preparation time. Teachers assigned to MC should preferable be those who are most willing to teach. In service and information concerning appropriate groupings, classroom organization, instructional strategies and curriculum modification should be provided to principals and teachers. In a MC there is respect for different learning styles. Teachers structure a positive learning environment where children feel successful, develop positive self-concepts and are helpful and sensitive to others. The student benefit from having the opportunity to stay with the same teacher and classmates and experience the same teaching style and routine over a two-year (ore more) period. In a MC there is time to recognize that a childs social and emotional needs are as important as academic needs. Another advantage of more than one year in a MC is the relationship developed between the teacher and the entire family. Students feel they are successful when they are working at their own level and know that everyone should be able to do the same thing at the same time. Each child is accepted at his or her own place on the developmental learning situation. The teacher takes time to assess evaluates and plan next steps for each child. Separate subjects are replaced by an integrated curriculum, which engages children in meaningful activities that explore concepts and topics relevant and meaningful to the lives of the children. In a classroom where all children are learning at different rates and are not all the same age, there is a little competition. By helping each other, students reinforce their own understanding of knowledge, skills and attitudes. Conversations are encouraged as the children talk through their work in progress. These conversations help them understand just what they have learned. Multigrade classrooms take the focus of meeting the needs of the whole group of learners instead meet the needs of each individual student. | I. On the conference on MGT in 1988, organised by UNESCO, five general problems came out:a. Inadequately trained teachers. b. Scarcity of varied levels and types of materials. c. Lack of flexible and special types of curriculum organization. d. Inadequate school facilities. e. Lack of incentives for teachers in multiple classes. II. Multigrade in Vietnam, the problems. a. There is a serious shortage of teachers, especially skilled teachers for MGT. b. Teachers of MGT are working in different isolated conditions. c. The training of teachers for MG classes does not meet the requirement in either quality or quantity. d. Most of the MG schools lack textbooks, guidebooks and reference material. e. Multigrade classes are in very bad conditions. III. What is the principals role in a multigrade chool? a. The principal plays a key-role in creating a supportive school culture. b. The principal, the head teacher must ensure that all teachers feel supported. c. The head must provide teachers with opportunities to learn multigrade teaching methods, monitor the progress of implementation and give the teachers praise, feedback and suggestions. d. The head should be adept at facilitating positive, cooperative interactions among teaching team members. IV. There are definite characteristics of successful multigrade teachers, which should be considered in teacher selection. . Well-organizedb. Creative and flexiblec. Willing to work hard. d. Resource full. e. Self directed. f. Willing to work closely with the community. g. Strong belief in the importance of cooperation and personal responsibility in the classroom with the ability to develop these characteristics in pupils. h. Prior successful experience at the grade levels to be taught. V. Seven general types of activities found in most class rooms:a. Quiet or individual study. b. Testingc. Whole class instruction. d. Partner worke. Group discussionf. Reference work. QUESTIONS/ACTIVITY 1. How will / can you create an enabling and effective teaching- learning environment in a multigrade classroom. 2. How could teachers spend more time on a particular subject or practice work? 3. How can a teacher maintain discipline in a multigrade classroom? 4. Which teaching aids are specific for a multigrade teaching? 5. How can a teacher be enabled to organise the subject matter in the best possible way? 6. How can the teacher understand the gaps in his or her teaching method, and appreciate student needs better? FACTS 1. Multigrade teachers must be trained to give different lessons at the same time to pupils at different grade levels. . Children sit in grade-groups facing their own blackboard (BB)3. If there are two grade groups in the class the BB are placed either end of the classroom with children facing opposite directions. 4. During the lessons the teacher moves frequently between the different groups. 5. Give reading instructions to one grade; give dictation to the other grade. 6. One grade is copying handwriting math exercises from the BB, the other grade will be instructed on a new math item. 7. The extra work involved in multigrade teaching must be recognized by giving teachers 50% additional salary for two rades and 75% for three or more grades. 8. Teachers in multigrade classrooms must receive a lot of support and must meet regularly with teachers from other multigrade schools. | Direct Instruction Direct instruction is highly teacher-directed and commonly used. It is effective for providing information or developing step-by-step skills. This strategy also works well for introducing other teaching methods or actively involving students in knowledge construction. a. Structured Overview – organizing concepts and materials in a manner that is easily understood by students. b. Explicit Teaching – explicit teaching involves six teaching functions:|  · daily review  · presenting new material  · conducting guided practice  · providing feedback and correctives  · conducting independent practice  · weekly and monthly review| | c. Mastery Lecture – a method to deliver significant amounts of information in a relatively short period of time. The quality of a lecture may be improved by incorporating audio and visual aids and encouraging interaction between the teacher and the students. d. Drill and Practice – structured, repetitive review of previously learned concepts in order to increase level of mastery. . Compare and Contrast – students look for similarities and differences. f. Didactic Questions – tend to be convergent, factual and often begin with â€Å"what,†â€Å"where,†â€Å"when,†and â€Å"how. †These may also include â€Å"why†and â€Å"what if†q uestions. g. Demonstrations – teacher shows and tells how to do something. h. Guides for Reading, Listening, and Viewing – providing leading questions, diagrams, or statements to assist students in focusing on the important ideas within text, lecture, media, or other presentations. A follow-up discussion may assist in summarizing the activity. Indirect Instruction Indirect instruction is mainly student-centred, although direct and indirect instruction can complement each other. Indirect instruction seeks a high level of student involvement in observing, investigating, drawing inferences from data, or forming hypotheses. It takes advantage of students' interest and curiosity, often encouraging them to generate alternatives or solve problems. It is flexible in that it frees students to explore diverse possibilities and reduces the fear associated with the possibility of giving incorrect answers. Indirect instruction also fosters creativity and the development of interpersonal skills and abilities. In indirect instruction, the role of the teacher shifts from lecturer/director to that of facilitator, supporter, and resource person. The teacher arranges the learning environment, provides opportunity for student involvement, and, when appropriate, provides feedback to students while they conduct the inquiry (Martin, 1983). The indirect instruction strategy can be used by teachers in almost every lesson. This strategy is most appropriate when: | thinking outcomes are desired * attitudes, values, or interpersonal outcomes are desired * process is as important as product * students need to investigate or discover something in order to benefit from later instruction * there is more than one appropriate answer * the focus is personalized understanding and long term retention of concepts or generalizations * ego involvement and intrinsic motivation are desirable * decisions need to be made or problems need to be solved * life-long learning capability is desired| a. Problem Solving – students work through a situation or problem in order to arrive at a solution. b. Case Studies – real life scenarios are presented for analyzing, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, and making recommendations. c. Inquiry – as topics are explored, thinking is emphasized as students ask relevant questions and develop ways to search for answers and generate explanations. d. Reading for Meaning – information and insight are obtained from written material. e. Reflective Discussion – discussion occurs in order for students to understand a concept in more depth. f. Concept Formation – students are given data about a particular concept. The data is classified or grouped and descriptive labels are given to the groupings. By linking their examples to the labels and explaining their reasoning, students are able to form their own understanding of the concept. g. Concept Mapping – a word or topic is used to generate other related words. These may be organized in web form. . Concept Attainment – examples and non-examples are given to develop an understanding of a concept. i. Cloze Procedure – students need to supply key words which have been omitted from a passage. Experiential learningExperiential learning is inductive, learner centred, and activity oriented. Personalized reflection about an experience and the formulation of plans to apply learnings to other contexts are critical factors in effect ive experiential learning. Experiential learning occurs when learners:| participate in an activity * critically look back on the activity to clarify learnings and feelings * draw useful insights from such analysis * put learnings to work in new situations (Pfeiffer & Jones, 1979) Experiential learning can be viewed as a cycle consisting of five phases, all of which are necessary:| * experiencing (an activity occurs) * sharing or publishing (reactions and observations are shared) * analyzing or processing (patterns and dynamics are determined) * inferring or generalizing (principles are derived) * applying (plans are made to use learnings in new situations) a. Field Trips – students are given an opportunity to learn by taking part in educational activities that take place outside of the classroom. | b. Conducting Experiments – students are given a hypothesis to test under specific conditions. | c. Simulations – the students are presented with an artificial problem, situation, or event which has some aspect of reality. | d. Games – these are structured learning activities which have rules and methods of establishing who wins or how the activity ends. | e. Focused Imaging – students visualize an object, event, or situation. f. Field Observations – students make observations of naturally occurring events found outside of the classroom. | g. Role Playing – students are presented with a real problem situation and given individual parts or roles to play. | h. Synectics – analogies are used to help students compare and contrast topics which appear to be unrelated. | i . Model Building – students design and construct an object. | j. Surveys – are research tools that involve asking questions to a specific group of individuals. The responses are then analyzed. | | | Independent Study Independent study refers to the range of instructional methods which are purposefully provided to foster the development of individual student initiative, self-reliance, and self-improvement. While independent study may be initiated by student or teacher, the focus here will be on planned independent study by students under the guidance or supervision of a classroom teacher. In addition, independent study can include learning in partnership with another individual or as part of a small group. Independent study encourages students to take responsibility for planning and pacing their own learning. Independent study can be used in conjunction with other methods, or it can be used as the single instructional strategy for an entire unit. The factors of student maturity and independence are obviously important to the teacher's planning. a. Essays – writing that students do that involves some level of research. Research may be used to support their opinions on a specific topic. b. Computer Assisted Instruction – programs which are available to be used on the computer to assist student learning. . Reports – enable students to express their knowledge or ideas related to a given topic. These reports may be presented in written or oral form. d. Learning Activity Package – a planned series of activities for the students to complete. e. Correspondence Lessons – lessons that are administered through an outside agency other than the scho ol. Typically this was in print form, but now may involve audio, video, or computer elements. f. Learning Contracts – these allow for instruction to be individualized and encourages student responsibility. When students are new to this method, teachers may have to provide a more structured format that includes the learning objectives, some choice of resources, as well as time constraints. As students become more familiar with this method and more independent, increased responsibility can be given to the students. g. Homework – assignments and activities that are to be completed away from the school. h. Research Projects – these projects contain some elements of research and may be conducted individually, with a partner, or in small groups. i. Assigned Questions – questions that are given to the students to complete individually or in small groups. j. Learning Centres – stations are set up in the classroom which include tasks or activities that may need to be completed individually or in a group. Interactive instructionInteractive instruction relies heavily on discussion and sharing among participants. Students can learn from peers and teachers to develop social skills and abilities, to organize their thoughts, and to develop rational arguments. The interactive instruction strategy allows for a range of groupings and interactive methods. It is important for the teacher to outline the topic, the amount of discussion time, the composition and size of the groups, and reporting or sharing techniques. Interactive instruction requires the refinement of observation, listening, interpersonal, and intervention skills and abilities by both teacher and students. | a. Debates – students are divided into two groups. Each group is assigned a side of an issue to defend. After developing arguments for their side, students present new information or introduce rebuttals for information presented by their opposition. b. Role Playing – a topic or theme is chosen and relevant concepts are identified. A concept is selected which involves a compelling issue and adequate roles for everyone. A key question from the concept is chosen and possible viewpoints are discussed. Situations and viewpoints are chosen and students are assigned roles to play. | c. Panels – students are divided into small groups. Each studen t individually presents information to the rest of the class. The panel is run by a moderator. | d. Brainstorming – as many ideas as possible are suggested. All ideas are recorded with no criticism or evaluation permitted. | e. Peer Practice – students practice what they have learned with a peer. | f. Discussion – familiar material is used for discussions. The problem or issue can be one that does not require a particular answer or one where it is important for students to discover an answer. Opinions must be supported. Discussion should conclude with consensus, a solution, clarification of insights gained, or a summary. | g. Laboratory Groups – groups of students in a laboratory setting. | h. Co-operative Learning Groups – small groups of students, usually two to six members, share the various roles and are interdependent in achieving the group learning goal. | i. Problem Solving – real life problems are presented to the students to solve. The teacher, acting as a facilitator, encourages the students to use an â€Å"If . . . , then . . . , because . . . †method of solving the problem. | j. Circle of Knowledge – small groups of students sit in a circle to think and discuss information. The ideas from each small circle are then shared with the rest of the class. | k. Tutorial Groups – groups set up to offer remediation. This remediation may be done by the teacher or a peer. | l. Interviewing – students familiarize themselves with the topic of the interview and create questions to ask the interviewee. Interviews usually take place face-to-face. | Cooperative teaching: According to Bauwens and Hourcade (2001), cooperative teaching refers to a direct form of collaboration in which a general educator and one or more support service providers voluntarily agree to work together in a co-active and coordinated fashion in the general education classroom. These educators who possess distinct and complementary sets of skills, combine roles and share resources and responsibilities in a sustained effort while working towards the common goal of school success for all students. Collaborative teaching, where two educators take responsibility for planning, teaching, and monitoring the success of all learners in a class, looks different from day to day and classroom to classroom. Why? Collaborative teaching, when done right, is a dynamic process that educators constantly reconfigure to fit their instructional plans and the learning needs of their students. team teaching – a method of coordinated classroom teaching involving a team of teachers working together with a single group of students didactics, education, educational activity, instruction, pedagogy, teaching – the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; â€Å"he received no formal education†; â€Å"our instruction was carefully programmed†; â€Å"good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded†Peer Teaching Practice in which students take on a teaching role in a school setting in order to share their knowledge with other students. multi-grade teaching ‘ technique of simultaneously teaching more than one grade by a single teacher’.
Saturday, January 11, 2020
Lust for Power; Destruction of Humanity
Lust for Power; Destruction of Humanity â€Å"Power†, the literal meaning of this word is â€Å"control†. Unfortunately, we are living in a world where the lust for power has resulted in the destruction of humanity. From the lower class clerks to the industrialists of the highest class, everyone is involved in a race, a race to get to the top. And they are willing to use any means to get there. Leg pulling has become a culture now a days, no one can digest anyone else’s success. Everybody is blinded by this hunger for attaining power.Take any one; a student can do anything to get an A in his finals, even if it may involve sabotaging his fellow students’ work. A country can go to unthinkable extents to get to the top, even if has to take down another country and kill numerous of innocent people. In our country, â€Å"Pakistan†, we are going through the same phase. Every day we see T. V shows where politicians are busy shouting and yelling, blaming ot her politicians, fighting just to get power and get a hold of our country’s treasury, or at least what’s left of it.No one really cares about the people; everyone is just interested in making their own lives better. We kill, we destroy, and we hurt the feelings of other human’s, just to satisfy our hunger. Is this what we have been taught? Are these our moral and social ethics? Is this what our Religion has guided us to do? No it is totally against everything. But we are all too busy thinking about our wants and we forget that we are humans. We have figuratively turned into cannibals. If this keeps up, very rightly man himself will become the reason for the extinction of his own self!
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Essay on Dyslexia in Pediatrics - 1121 Words
Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects reading, writing, spelling, and sometimes speaking in children. Dyslexia is known as one of the common disabilities in children. Dyslexia can be mild or severe, every child diagnosed with dyslexia is different in some ways. Treatment for dyslexia should be introduced as early as possible for best results, however, it is never too late for improvement. (Bucciarell Rais, 2008) Dyslexia can be inherited through a person’s family or it can be caused by the way the brain has developed during pregnancy and early childhood. The only risk factor known of developing dyslexia is if someone in the family has been diagnosed, as it can be genetic. (Bucciarell Rais, 2008) Symptoms of dyslexia†¦show more content†¦Remediation helps children with dyslexia learn language skills in a different way than children who are not dyslexic. Remediation includes teaching a child small amounts of information at a time, teaching the same conc epts many times, and involves all the senses (hearing, touching, seeing, smelling, and speaking). Another treatment method used for children with dyslexia is compensatory strategies. Compensatory strategies teach the child to work around the effects of dyslexia. These strategies include: recording classroom lessons, homework assignments, and texts, using flashcards, sitting in the front of the classroom, using a computer that provides spelling and grammar checks, and allowing for more time for the child to complete assignments and homework. (Bucciarell Rais, 2008) Researchers have been studying genes trying to find a link to dyslexia. In a recent search, researchers have discovered a variation of a gene that is responsible for about seventeen percent of the cases of the reading disability dyslexia. 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Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Role Of Artificial Intelligence In Our Life - Free Essay Example
Sample details Pages: 5 Words: 1432 Downloads: 10 Date added: 2019/08/16 Category Science Essay Level High school Tags: Artificial Intelligence Essay Did you like this example? Artificial Intelligence is the concept and improvement of laptop systems capable of acting responsibilities that commonly require human intelligence inclusive of visual notion speech popularity choice making and translation among languages. synthetic intelligence has its advantages and downsides. A number of those benefits will be the few errors they might make; a number of the ones robots may be used to discover the space that is going to the moon or other planets additionally to find out the non-public oceans and mining. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "Role Of Artificial Intelligence In Our Life" essay for you Create order one in each of the largest blessings that you may want to apply this machinery might be that they do no longer want to sleep and do the entirety without any postpone or waste of time. Artificial Intelligence is probably decreased to the importance of robots and could not show any type of feeling in what refers to medical care in case the time comes or whilst people are modified by means of using robots this makes them enjoy vain and no longer looking to do some aspect else that they will stay and they they will not have artwork or to provide them the maximum easy this will bring about a war and total destruction. there are unique forms of synthetic intelligence which have been superior in brand new years. History Artificial Intelligence is a field in technology that has been around for many years with the contributions of Alan Turing. Turing is considered the father of Artificial Intelligence and one of the precursors of modern computing. He was a mathematician, theoretical computer scientist, cryptographer, an English philosopher. Turing believed that anything ever that humanity can compute could also be computed by his theoretical Turing Machine. After World War 2, Turing was asked to develop a machine, and he provided a detailed design but did not see it built because his partners believed it too difficult. Eventually, his machine would be built by the Royal Society Computing Machine Laboratory in 1948 which was influenced by his work (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018). This would be the beginning of AI research. Today, AI is used in more and more areas. Hollywood and the technology companies use it for entertainment and to make apps. Other private sectors use it for tax preparation, songwriting, and digital advertising (Hurd and Kelly, 2018). Governments have also used it for things like medical treatment and to help solve crimes (2018). As AI use increases, it is important to see what the good and bad things are from it. Positives Artificial intelligence has gained great value in recent years. Modern systems have the ability to manage large amounts of data and simplify calculations very quickly. The inventors of artificial intelligence are looking to expand this technology further into the future. therefore, artificial intelligence will achieve greater growth in the coming years. In this way, the artificial intelligence system will surpass and achieve incomparable performance, so much so that it is managing to generalize to the basic tasks of humans. The robots are manufactured in all sizes and are programmed to perform all kinds of functions. They exist from the most basic that perform simple tasks, to the most complex that achieve the same performance as a person with university degrees. Each day different types of machines are built, which perform simple or complex tasks faster than a person. This is leading to increased efficiency for businesses. In their study, Masayuki Morikawa surveyed more than 3000 Japanese businesses and found that they were positive on the increase of AI being used in their company. They also found that the use of AI complimented the skills of current employees with higher degrees, creating a demand for better workers (2016). The benefits and the opportunities with the use of artificial intelligence can help in many ways; Increasing the finances of a business, improving the security this technology could help to diminish the risk of viruses, or solve them and keep companies safe from cyber attacks. In other things for many people this can be a good start for their economy and to be able to maintain control over what they can buy or where it is much better to invest. AI technology is increasingly providing us with new knowledge and information about our actions. Fueled by sensors, data digitization, and ever-increasing connectedness, AI filters, associates, prioritizes, classifies, measures, and predicts outcomes, allowing the federal government to make more informed, data-driven decisions (Maughn 2018). The data-driven decisions the federal government makes is already showing. The testimony of Douglas Maughan state that AI has assisted the Department of Homeland Security in preventing attacks against critical infrastructure like banks and 911 centers. He also spoke about the ability of AI to help with intelligence gathering. For example, Customs and Border Protection has used AI to try and identify travelers that could be a threat to the country (2018). Negatives In terms of employment for people, once AI becomes used more and more, there are concerns expressed by many. Adam Butler quotes that the next 3 years will see half a million more jobs created but also more than half of todays jobs [will become] automated within the next 35 years (2018). The robots are manufactured to work and act like normal equipment since this is seen every day. To the point of becoming so real in some countries already have robots taking over for people: Mexico occupies 30 with 33 robots for every 100 employees, Argentina occupies the 36 with 16 units and Brazil the number 38 with 11 units. The robots are more and more in the whole world and every time it becomes more real and more present than ever (Morikawa 2016). Another issue with AI is the fact that despite not being 100% reliable, people still trust it more than a human. Wagner, Borenstein, and Howard give different examples of when people overtrust AI like a robot. In one study, the people were put in a fake emergency situation and instead of following evacuation signs, they listened to the robot even when they were told before that the robot was broken (2018). This September, the Subcommittee on statistics and technology inside the U.S. house of Representatives launched a file on AI. whilst it did have positives for its use, it additionally spoke about terrible things. The malicious use of AI will trade the manner we construct and manipulate the digital infrastructure in addition to our AI device and this could require many answers and extra employees from distinctive enterprise. What bad results would the awful management of AI deliver us? and the way do we prevent this harm to society? The subcommittee listening to additionally highlighted the want to prepare for and guard against the malicious use of AI. in advance this year, Open AI, a non-income AI studies employer that testified at one of the listening to, co-authored a document findings that accept good enough defenses are evolved, AI development, will result in cyber attacks which might be extra effective, extra finely centered, extra tough to characteristic, and more likely to tak e advantage of vulnerability in AI systems' (Hurd and Kelly, 2018).    For the destiny, all of the writers agree on numerous matters. the first is that the research in artificial Intelligence need to preserve and increase. The federal authorities desires to stay the chief in studies so China cannot beat us (Hurd and Kelly 2018). It also wants to use it to boom use in fatherland security to protect the nation and the peoples within it (Maughan 2018). second is that personal companies need to use it to make better matters that value much less cash to make. Robert Atkinson writes that people should now not worry approximately their jobs being taken by means of robots due to the fact agencies will nonetheless want humans to repair the robots so that you can virtually create extra jobs. He additionally says that whenever in history while a new era comes and decreases jobs at the start, greater jobs come later and that is a advantage for anyone. In end, the synthetic intelligence is reaching a extraordinary balance in everyday lifestyles. despite the fact that robots can replacement human beings in essential jobs which include workers or marketing they can not have their private creativity and no feelings. Conversely, we human beings have a huge range. increasing steps are being taken in phrases of equipment and use of those in distinct factors of each day life. artificial intelligence is a debate among society and people who assist the contribution made to help humanity with the troubles of hunger and above all poverty. in this process, the definition of the vital facts codecs and the corresponding mechanisms to defend security and privacy might be mainly essential.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Father Daughter Relationships Examining Family...
The article, â€Å"Father-Daughter Relationships: Examining Family Communication Patterns and Interpersonal Communication Satisfaction†by Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter, published in the Communication Research Reports: Volume 25, No. 1, on February 1, 2008, presents the findings from a study concerning the interpersonal communication satisfaction between fathers and daughters as a result of their communication patterns. Punyanunt-Carter begins her paper by providing details from a literature review she conducted, and then expands to include the research questions, methods, results, discussion and limitations of her study. The literature review addresses the main parameters Punyanunt-Carter uses in her study. She references the work of Fitzpatrick and Ritchie (1990), who created the Revised Family Communication Pattern measurement instrument (RFCP), to measure conformity orientation and conversation orientation. 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Monday, December 9, 2019
Behavioral Intentions Of Casual Dining Restaurant †Free Samples
Question: Discuss about the Behavioral Intentions Of Casual Dining Restaurant. Answer: 1st March to 16th March: Freshness checking of food and ingredients: I first check the freshness of the food items prepared the previous day. While checking the freshness aspect of the food items, I check the attributes of the food like flavor, colour, taste and other typical attributes which the guests would expect from them (Canny 2014). The next stage is checking the ingredients of the food like the basic raw materials which go into the preparation of the food. The main ingredients which are perishable like chicken and also form the basic raw material for most of the food items are have very short shelf life in spite of refrigeration. So, I would ensure that items like these are fresh and are not showing any sign of degeneration (Ramanathan, Di and Ramanathan 2016). Then I would check the vegetative parts of the food items like lettuce which are subject also to degeneration but stay fresh longer than their non-vegetarian counterparts. Then I would check auxiliary food items like mayonnaise, cheese and other ingredients which are added to render taste to the dishes. Proper storage is very important to keep food items (finished products) fresh, intact and consumable for longer time period. This enables the hotels and restaurants reduce their wastes and save costs of ordering supplies frequently. This enables them to consume maximum supply of raw materials and work in progress items to make finished products. This in turn helps the food manufacturing companies generate maximum revenue and reduce costs, thus increasing their financial sustainability (Hair 2015). That is why I check the storage systems on regular basis to ensure that the storage attributes like temperature are also up to the mark. I, on regular basis ensure that the storage area is free from pests like rats which are easily attracted to these areas due to availability of food. I would immediately inform the store manager or any other responsible person if I find any defect in the area (Nitiwanakul 2018). 17th March to 30th March: Receive and store orders from suppliers: I receive orders on regular basis and store the suppliers in appropriate places. For example, the chicken is stored in the refrigerator to prevent degeneration while the spices are stored in appropriate containers to keep them fresh and free from moisture (Ramanathan, Di and Ramanathan 2016). 1st April to 15th April: Inspect suppliers, equipments and work areas for cleanliness and functionality: The following are the steps which I have to do to ensure the two previous steps discussed are achieved: 16th April to 2nd May: Inspect suppliers: Inspection of suppliers is an important duty which I do to ensure that the supplies of raw materials and intermediary goods I receive are of high quality. High quality raw materials and WIP ensure superior food items which meet the expectations of the customers. These food items help the hotel create a niche for itself among the customers which in turn helps it to generate huge revenue and goodwill. The restaurants today in order to retain and expand their consumer bases rely on offering food products from specific regions of the world like Mexican and American dishes. Hence, it is very important for them to acquired special ingredients from specific suppliers to give their dishes authentic tastes. These ingredients lend the authentic tastes and flavours to the offerings (Joyce and Paquin 2016). Thus, it is equally important to inspect and manage suppliers to ensure that they offer the right ingredients of high quality. I inspect the suppliers to ensure that they supply high quality raw materials and ancillary ingredients like exotic spices. I first inspect the stock of raw materials and WIPs available with the restaurant against the estimated numbers of future orders receivable. Then I point out the requirements for materials and communicate it with the store managers. They place orders well ahead of time so that the food preparation can commence smoothly. This ensures that the restaurant orders optimum quantity of materials and thus, is able the continue food preparations smoothly (Hugos 2018). 17th April to 2nd May: Equipments: Inspection of equipments is equally important to ensure preparation of high quality food items as inspection of materials. I inspect the equipments which aid in preparation of food items like the oven, the vegetable washers and the grinders. I ensure that they are in proper state and function efficiently. This ensures proper maintenance of these machineries and timely preparation of food (Hair 2015). 3rd May to 15th May: Work areas for cleanliness and functionality: I inspect the work areas to ensure that they are clean and function smoothly. The work areas include the kitchen, the restaurant floor and the lobby. I ensure that the staffs maintain these places efficiently to ensure superior customer services (Ramanathan, Di and Ramanathan 2016). References: Canny, I.U., 2014. Measuring the mediating role of dining experience attributes on customer satisfaction and its impact on behavioral intentions of casual dining restaurant in Jakarta. International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology, 5(1), p.25. Hair, J.F., 2015. Essentials of business research methods. ME Sharpe. Hugos, M.H., 2018. Essentials of supply chain management. John Wiley Sons. Joyce, A. and Paquin, R.L., 2016. The triple layered business model canvas: A tool to design more sustainable business models. Journal of Cleaner Production, 135, pp.1474-1486. Nitiwanakul, W., 2018. A Comparative study of customer perceived value as a driver for fine dining restaurant selection. AU Journal of Management, 12(1), pp.1-13. Ramanathan, R., Di, Y. and Ramanathan, U., 2016. Moderating roles of customer characteristics on the link between service factors and satisfaction in a buffet restaurant. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 23(2), pp.469-486.
Sunday, December 1, 2019
Live Online Training Meet The Ontotext Experts
Live Online Training: Meet The Ontotext Experts The idea behind the previous training-related blog posts What Will You Learn What is a Successful Semantic Technology PoC was to introduce a more detailed look into the upcoming training Designing a Semantic Technology Proof-of-Concept. This blog post examines the role of Ontotexts leading experts in the training. Individual Consultation When we were conceptualizing the idea of the training, in the beginning, we went over a few setup scenarios. All of them recognized the need of dedicated individual time as essential to providing targeted guidance and feedback in the process of developing a small but effective Proof-of-Concept. For the upcoming training, we will offer 15 individual consultations to the first people to request them.The individual consultation takes about an hour. It is a chance for the participants to go over their projects specific objectives and scope and discuss Semantic Technology implementation as well as data challenges with domain experts.Get a chance to address your projects specific requirement with our experts in the domains of Life Science, Healthcare, Publishing Media, Natural Language Processing, Text Analysis, Ontology and Vocabulary Management and others.Training ConsultantsBelow are some of the many Semantic Technology professionals who had a leading role in Ontotext s major business cases such as AstraZeneca, BBC, Financial Time and Babylon Health. You will have a chance to talk to them after subscribing for this training.Vladimir Alexiev, PhD. Lead of Data and Ontology Management Vladimir’s experience includes ontology engineering, metadata standards, vocabularies and thesauri, RDF, RDFS, OWL2, SHACL, SKOS, SPARQL, LOD, mapping, R2RML, ETL, semantic web applications, project management, business analysis and requirements specifications. He has worked in various business domains, from Customs and Excise, to Personal Finance workflows, to Legal Procedures and Statistics, to Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities.Project lead: Europeana Creative, Europeana Food and Drink and EHRITodor Primov, Product Manager of Life Science Pharma Solutions Todor has multiple successful projects behind his back in data integration for life sciences, including highly scalable sequence repositories, semantic meta data integration of biomedical entities, interactive visualization of data. He participated in the specification, implementation, deployment and the support of the first National Health Portal and Integrated Personal Health Record in Bulgaria.Project lead: KConnectOther projects: LarKC, Linked Life DataIvelina Nikolova, PhD. NLP Engineer Ivelina has experience in various projects for semantic textual enrichment and document classification. Her main expertise is in the area of information extraction such as named entity recognition, event recognition and relation extraction with state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques.Projects: EHRI, PHEME, Euromoney, IETAlexander Popov, PhD Candidate. NLP Engineer Alex has an MSc in Computing from Imperial College London and is currently a Ph.D. candidate, with a focus in Computational Linguistics and, more specifically, Word Sense Disambiguation with neural networks. He has worked on information extraction and machine translation projects, as well as on building lexical semantic language resources (such as a Bulgarian version of WordNet). He also has a strong background in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics.Projects: Financial Times, IET, QTLeap ProjectInterested? Go to our training page where you can learn details or contact the team for specific questions.
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