Communication tools must be used strategically. They shouldn’t be used simply because they sound entertaining, but should be employed when they are appropriate for a particular program goal. Appropriateness means not only how well it works but also how ethical it is. Consider the water sanitation program created by Water Missions Belize, which is depicted in the media throughout this course. Think about the type […]

In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write a paper to synthesize your ideas.Part II – WritingWrite at three (3) page paper in which you:1. State your position on the topic you selected for Assignment 1.1.2. Identify (3) three premises (reasons) from the Procon.org website that support your position    and explain why you selected these specific reasons.3. Explain your answers to […]

Program effectiveness is difficult to prove, even when ample quantitative and qualitative data are available. Just because information is easy to count or describe does not mean that it provides insight. For example, a health promotion program that seeks to teach adults in a community to eat fewer fatty foods in order to avoid heart disease. A report about how many heart attacks occurred in […]

A large and ever-growing body of research shows that teacher expertise is what matters most in helping every child develop and learn. Developing your expertise as a professional who works with children and their families is a career-long pursuit and its importance cannot be emphasized enough. You may already have realized that, as in most professions, the more you learn, the more you recognize how […]

Imagine that the funder of a public health program has commissioned a comprehensive evaluation of the program. The funder eagerly awaits the results of the evaluation, only to be disappointed when the results do not seem to reflect as dramatic a change as anticipated. Evaluations do not always yield the desired results. In a case such as the one described above, as a public health […]

As mentioned earlier, I’m posting to pass along a new short response prompt with respect to parts II and III of Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle In those sections Freud approaches and situates ‘repetition compulsion’ in respect to several registers of experience ranging from child development, to war trauma, from the therapists couch, to the realm of everyday habits, and also to mythological thematics.For a response, […]

Review this assignment prior to reviewing the other related assignments that lead up to the final assignment described here: The Public Health Issue Brief You will write a public health issue brief that addresses a current health issue of public health importance. You will build this brief throughout the semester. The final brief will include an introduction that makes a case for why the topic […]

Words Art Historians Use Refer to the assigned reading from the textbook and required videos as examples of how to interpret works of art. Also, reflect on your reading assignments for Week One. Review the “Words Art Historians Use” section in the Introduction of the textbook. Art historians use specific terminology to describe artworks and buildings of various regions and periods.   Next, select a […]

On “Defense Witnesses Describe Chinatown Beating”.  Find the descriptions and inferences in this report, and include some of your own inferences. Do not rely on the title’s use of the language of “describe”.   Indicate upon what evidence you draw your own inferences, and indicate how plausible you think any inferences made, either by you, or by the various witnesses, are.   Are all the testimonies […]

In the first part of this course, we have looked at theoretical arguments in favor of policies of multiculturalism, as well as some of the main criticisms of such policies. Write a paper of 5-7 pages that addresses the following questions: 1) When did the idea of “multiculturalism” as a policy or policies emerge? Why did it appear at this particular time? 2) What are […]