COMMUNICATION SKILLS
MPU 3223
GROUP MEMBERS: No. ID:
CHIN KIN KENT BMD 01388
CHUNG MING HONG BMD 01390
HARAVIND SHARMA MORGAN BMD 01451
KELVIN SU SIENG BING BMD 01614
RASHDEV SINGH BAINS BALDAB SINGH BMD 01437
COURSE:
BACHELOR OF MEDICINE & BACHELOR OF SURGERY (MBBS)
Faculty:
Faculty of Medicine
Lecturer`s name:
Ms. Tilagavati Subramaniam
Assignment Title:
“Diversity engagement develops the sense of civic responsibility”
RESEARCH PROBLEM & PURPOSE STATEMENT
The purpose of this study is to examine multiple measures of civic learning, articulated along dimensions of a framework called the Civic Learning Spiral (Musil, 2009).
Using a variety of national databases that
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These variables include controls for student background characteristics, academic preparation/ability, high school socialization experiences, political orientation, and predispositions for the outcomes in order to determine the impact of particular behaviors and experiences during college. For the remaining outcomes, we included proxy controls for related predispositions at college entry. For instance, for Civic Engagement in Public Forms we included the single-item measure capturing whether students had participated in organized demonstrations in the past year in high school, and for Civic …show more content…
Many institutions made civic learning a high priority in the undergraduate education goals and start to begin systematic assessment of the influence of their educational opportunities. There are also significant of scholarship using student surveys on college campuses, evidence on how campuses have an influence at various stages of a students’ career. This study makes a few important contributions to the study of civic learning outcomes. First of all, it shows that there are multiple of dimensions of civic learning and fairly reliable measure, these can be readily assessed. Next, this study also establishes that students can be exposed to different perspectives on and off campus have extensive effect on civic learning through variety of curriculum and co-curriculum. The study confirms previous research that shows that connections with diverse peers and learning about diversity enhance civic learning. Third, there is contact between habits associated with student learning and civic learning outcomes. One of the things can be done using the result is to understanding the interrelationships among the civic learning outcomes and extending the research into post-graduate
4Lopez, Hugo and Benjamin Brown. 2006. Civic Engagement among 2-year and 4-year College Students. Somerville, MA: The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.
Pascarella, E. T., & Terenzini, P. T. (2005). How college affects students: Volume 2, a third
As I went through the research process for this paper I conducted many interviews with former classmates who are now either attending a four-year university or a local community college. The original intent was to find out their reasons for attending the institution they chose to attend. As I accumulated information I began to see a glaring trend in the relationship between the social group the individual was a member of and the college they ended up attending. This then drove me to further examine the influencing factors in these students’ social lives, in a hope of identifying the degree to which they are influenced by each other. Thus, the first part of the paper explores the community colleges of the surrounding area and the programs that they have to offer to students. Meanwhile, the second part of the paper is more of a sociological investigation into peer groups and the factors that lead kids into choosing their institution of higher education. I chose to focus on the institution that is the community college due to the fact that a large number of my former classmates are enrolled in community colleges.
Waldstein, F. A., & Reiher, T. C. (2001). Service -learning and students' personal and civic development. [Electronic Version]. Journal of Experiential Education, 24(1), 7-13.
Engberg. M. E. (2007). The influence of first-year “success” courses on student learning and democratic outcomes. Journal of College Student Development, 48, 241-258.
Owen and Sawhill maintain that college can positively affect one’s life by “affecting things like job satisfaction, health, marriage, parenting, trust, and social interaction. Additionally, there are social benefits to education, such as reduced crime rates and higher political participation” (Owen and Sawhill 640). By expressing this, Owen and Sawhill are trying to bring to mind the idea that by going to college, you will be an all around better citizen, which definitely plays with emotions because who doesn’t want to be a good citizen. Furthermore, Owen and Sawhill remark on the college decision process. Here, thier general claim is that when choosing a college, it is better to choose a college that will benefit you financially, not just the one you
College life is a journey taken by many high school graduate in effort to explore a higher form of education, and most importantly build a new life outside the boundaries of their families to sustain a long path of toward successful career and to some, building a new family of their own. In the United State we are blessed with an education system that is never available worldwide. Laws are placed to allow every students regardless of ethnicity, gender or class a chance to pursue education in among the most prestigious universities in the world such as Ivy League school as well as many large public universities with many programs. This vast number of education institutions available of every type of students create this big diversity leading the U.S. to be the frontrunner of education in the world.
The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) established in 1998 at Indiana University School of Education, to analysis student development (NSSE, 2017). However, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) was not established until 2001 at University of Texas, Community College Leadership Program, working with a partnership of NSSE, CCSSE concentrates on community and technical colleges (CCSSE, 2017). The student engagement studies explore both in-classroom and outside class learning which has been proven to enhance a student all around success in achieving their goals.
Life today is more complicated and complex than it was 60 years ago. This is true for civic life as much as it is for work life. In this 21st century, nationality requires levels of information and technological literacy that leads far beyond the basic knowledge that was sufficient in the yesteryear. With the challenges confronting our communities, civic literacy couldn’t be applicable to the curricula in schools. Consequently, national curricula should change radically in order to conform with the competencies needed in this information age. As to what is taking place now, global warming, immigration reform and financial breakdowns are just a few of the issues today’s students will be called upon to speak. Today’s students should be well set
Among my numerous ambitions, one in particular rises above the rest and eclipses the others: I want to make a positive impact on the world. This is the goal that ultimately led to my interest in political science, as I feel it would put me in the best position to make my community a better place .Upon researching the Political Science major at Northwestern, I found an exceptional program suited to the difference makers of the world.
Robert Putnam’s article discussed how civic engagement has changed over the years. Many organizations are
Thus, a society full of “educated” individuals making such crucial decisions concerning our society and who are unaware of the current state of the world we live in, is very much alarming. For that reason, there is a clear sense of urgency to implement civic-based approaches to education in order for students to gain the necessary skills to restore the thriving democracy America once had. It is by first understanding the concepts that have shaped our current civic and political state that one may able to make knowledgeable, mindful
Classroom learning at a college or university is only one small part of attending college. One of the most important ways a student can learn important skills and lessons is by participating in some sort of campus club, organization, or team. “Involvement in student activities is positively related to student retention and to personal success after graduation” (Barrow & Martin, 1996, p. 63). However, for college administrators and legal counsels, these activities can present them with a multitude of legal challenges and issues.
The mere fact that one is a North American college student is an advantage because they are receiving a college education in one of the most powerful countries in the world. College students live in an intelligent community which strives for higher knowledge. Academically, students learn about injustices and ways of helping fix them. This knowledge, for some, mandates action. The most compelling courses contain material that is applicable to daily life. College students often learn about a topic in class and continue their education of the topic outside of class. Students become impassioned by class material, which adds to their commitments to social movements. College campuses are rich in resources. They provide libraries, professors who have studied topic ...
Supporting respondents is a priority for their success. While attending the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Academic Success and Engaged Citizenship has been the main two reasons why I was able to have optimal success thus far. While living in FAR my freshman year, I interacted countless times with not only my immediate floor community, but also communities that were in my area such as PAR. Activities included tea times, solango, movie viewings and open discussions about what we could do to become well-rounded individuals and students. Being engaged in these activities, I was able to understand and engage in conversation with peers to enhance my academic success and evaluate resources that would be available for me utilize around campus