The Literature Review This week, we will be expanding on the work we started in week two of this course. Rather than just analyzing resources, this week we will be blending our resources into a larger frame, drawing connections between each of the resources and to our project thesis.  A literature review has two specific goals: To demonstrate that you, the researcher, has done his […]

College sophomore, Suzy Smart, works part-time in the Handi Mart convenience store near campus. The store manager requires that each clerk arrives 15 minutes prior to the start of the shift so that the clerk going off-duty can review the sales figures and cash status with replacements before leaving. The clerk going off-duty punches the timecard after this review, but the incoming clerk is not […]

This week’s readings, videos, and presentations introduced us to various ethical theories.  These theories are useful ways for us to both understand our own ethical orientations and to analyze the actions and outcomes of ethical decisions.  Now that you have an understanding of some of these concepts, which ethical theory (e.g., utilitarianism, deontology) resonates most with you?  In other words, which theory or theories do […]

Many of the laws and policies that have been put into effect in the last 40 years by elected officials at local, state, and national levels have wrecked the US economy, widened the economic gap between the extremely rich and the other 98% of the US population, eliminated protections of voting rights, raised new barriers to voting rights, reduced protection of the environment, defended and […]

Please read the article  by Min-Zhan Lu. Summarize the article and respond to the article in 400-600 words by thinking through her arguments and experiences in your writing. What seems important in this article? What is Lu commenting on? What do you think of the concept of the Contact Zone? Appropriate response/discussion includes your evaluation or criticism of arguments found in the reading, your own suggestions […]

 Please revised/reword into approximately 250-300 words, the attachment entitled “DB Wk 7”, as it relates to Mindfulness, Meditation, and religion in particular Buddhism.  When revising the doc please reference the following and be sure to cite examples where applicable from the following below and attached:  Please also see the following link: http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=7,5553,0,0,1,0#.XJ4YJy3MwWp  Rohingya Refugee Crisis  Book:  Jeff Wilson. Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist […]

Of my father, Thomas Jefferson, I knew more of his domestic than his public life during his life time. It is only since his death that I have learned much of the latter, except that he was considered as a foremost man in the land, and held many important trusts, including that of President. I learned to read by inducing the white children to teach […]

Go to https://www.hofstede-insights.com/product/compare-countries/ (Links to an external site.)  to compare one country to another.  You will find a place to type or select countries (Type a country).  You may enter more than one country to compare countries.  Your task is to compare two countries of your choice.  Please note that there has been a sixth dimension added called Indulgence.  Click on Read More About Chosen Countries […]

After reading the Symposium reflect on the ideas, arguments, conceptions, and perspectives Plato offers. Consider one of them that you find intriguing, compelling, or important to your understanding of the reading. In doing so, ponder the specific reasons for why you find it intriguing, compelling, or important. Possible considerations to contemplate is the strength of an argument in terms of its validity, its truthfulness in terms […]

 the discussion section of your literature review will discuss the final articles selected in your methods section.  This will be a discussion of the themes identified throughout your articles. For example, I am reviewing the literature on older adults and disaster preparedness.  I find 20 peer-reviewed journal articles.  The findings of these articles together might indicate there are several barriers to preparedness for older adults: […]