Identify what mode of communication you will use to work together to complete and disseminate the discussion points.

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In this discussion, your instructor will assign and post your mock professional learning community (PLC) group of approximately two to three peers. Once your group has been identified, begin collaborating with the group in this discussion and in the Professional Learning Communities discussion for this week. In this discussion, your first step is to get to know your partners in your mock PLC.

Post a brief introduction of your professional and/or educational background and current grade you teach or would like to teach.

Guided Response. As a group, identify a leader. The leader will then:

  • Complete and attach the Group Agreement document.
  • Post your group name.
  • List each member of your group and which of the bulleted points listed in discussion two each member of the group will be working on.
  • Identify what mode of communication you will use to work together to complete and disseminate the discussion points. Use the Group Agreement document as your guide for your collaboration. Individually, you will attach and post your section in the Professional Learning Communities discussion for this week.

Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.

Assignment 1: Mission, Vision, Values, And Ethics In The Human Services Field

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Assignment 1: Mission, Vision, Values, and Ethics in the Human Services Field

This module reviewed mission, vision, values, and ethics statements in the Human Services field. You were provided with many examples in order to develop these statements for your agency.

Tasks:

In a minimum of 300 words, you will post your answer to the Discussion Area.

Use your textbooks, the ethical code, and a minimum of five sources from professional literature. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov). Incorporate information from those sources into a discussion of the following as it relates to the Human Services field:

  • Using the same position in the Human Services field that you discussed in the M1 Assignment 2 Discussion, discuss why mission, vision, values, and ethics statements are important for working with clients and those you supervise. Talk about at least two reasons per statement.
  • Describe a minimum of three ways you would encourage staff members to engage in the mission and vision statements of your agency.
  • Suppose you have a supervisee who is acting contrary to the mission and vision of your agency. He or she is engaging in misconduct per your ethics statement. Discuss how you would talk with this supervisee, including three examples of statements or questions you would ask during your talk. Keep the ethics codes and multiculturalism values in mind when answering this question.

Descriptive Research Methods Worksheet

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Watch the “Nonexperimental Research Methods in Psychology” video located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

 

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Descriptive Methods Worksheet. Make sure to answer the questions comprehensively.

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Descriptive Research Methods Worksheet

Please list 5 research methods that you have reviewed from the book or video in the chart below. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages a researcher should consider when determining which methods to use.

Research Methods Advantages Disadvantages
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1. From the video, discuss the purpose of correlational designs and the findings from the video regarding cell phone use.

2. Do you think it was appropriate for the researchers to use correlational design? Why or why not?

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How accurately did the mass media report the study?

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It is important that you learn how to critically review research.  In our society today, we are exposed to so much information and so many studies.  Some of this information is excellent, some is useful, and some is very, very bad.  How can you determine what information is useful and what is dangerous?  One way is to take a course like Critical Thinking; however, the facts that I give you will be outdated all too soon. The most important thing you will learn from this course—and from your college education—is how to critically evaluate information presented to you. Critical thinking involves asking five questions: who, what, when, where, how.

 

1. Find and read an article in the media or a video clip that reports the results of a scientific study.   You must include the link to the website.

2. How accurately did the mass media report the study?

3. Answer the above five questions about the article (Who, What, When, Where, and How). Refer to page 351 of your text and be sure to cover all the highlights discussed.

Do NOT use entertainment or sports articles for your review. These are to be research based

 

 

 

  CRITICAL THINKING REVIEW EXAMPLE

Critical thinking involves asking five questions—who, when, what, where, how. You should organize your paper in the following manner:

Your Name                                                                                           Critical Review

 

Author, I. (date of publication). Title of article. Name of Journal, volume #, <italicized>, issue #, page #-#, Retrieved from <URL> OR DOI

  

OR 

 

Author, I. (date of publication). Title of article <italicized>.  Publishing organization, Retrieved from <URL>

 

Where: Where did this article/Web page appear? Is this reasonable? Is the publishing entity respectable/responsible?

 

Who: Who wrote/published the article/Web page? What are their credentials? Are the credentials appropriate for their argument?

 

When: Is this current information? If yes, do you think it will stand the “test of time”? If no, is it outdated or is it classic?

 

What: What argument is/are the author(s) making? Is it logical? Based on what you know, is it reasonable? What evidence is given to support the argument? Can you think of evidence to refute it?

 

How: How was the supporting/refuting evidence collected? Is this credible? What kind of evidence do you think needs to be gathered to test the argument? Did the author(s) do this?

Summarize the quality of the article (it does not have to be a “good” article in your opinion), and whether you consider this to be a worthwhile and trustworthy article. Did you think it was biased? Could the author have underlying motives? What do you think? Is it valid?

 

NOTE: Do not simply answer yes or no to the questions above. Write a thoughtful response to each section.

 

<<NOTE:  This is a sample but NOT indicative of how long the assignment is to be.  Remember, the minimum word count is 300 words>>