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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   POL 115 Week 1
Assignment Community Change POL 115 Week 1 DQ 1
Fabian's Story POL 115 Week 1 DQ 2 Doug's
Story POL 115 Week 2 DQ 1 Parenting Styles POL
115 Week 2 DQ 2 Ethnicity and Learning Theory POL
115 Week 3 DQ 1 Suicide POL 115 Week 3 DQ 2
Development Theories       
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 1 Assignment Community
Change   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Community Change. Write a two- to- three- pag
e paper (excluding title and reference pages) that
 identifies a problem faced by your community. Dis
cuss how a model of community change could be impl
emented to improve the problem. 1. Describe six fe
atures of your community (e.g., cultural make up, 
size, and locality). 2. Define the problem (e.g., 
obesity, environmental pollution, teenage pregnanc
y, graffiti, truancy, gangs, drugs, child labor, o
r insufficient educational programs) and explain w
hy the problem is detrimental to the community.  
    
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 1 DQ 1 Fabian's Story   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Fabians Stor
y. Read Fabians story in the Human Behavior and 
Community Macro Systems Sociopsychological Perspe
ctive section of your textbook. Briefly describe 
the sociopsychological perspective and compare it 
to at least one other perspective the book discuss
es. How can the sociopsychological perspective be 
used to understand, and perhaps solve, Fabians is
sue? Is there another perspective that would offer
 a better solution? Explain your answers.       
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   POL 115 Week 1 DQ 2 Doug's Story   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Dougs Story.
 Read Dougs story in the Human Ecology Perspectiv
e section of your textbook. Respond to the ethical
 questions that follow. To what extent is economic
 inequality fair? Did Doug have the right to vent 
his anger in such a violent manner? What, if anyth
ing, could be done to improve Dougs economic and 
ecological status?         
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 2 DQ 1 Parenting Styles   For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Parenting Sty
les. Briefly describe the different parenting styl
es discussed in this weeks readings. How could th
ey impact cognitive and social development?  Ident
ify the style that your parents applied to you, or
 the style you apply to your children. What do the
 readings say about the effects of this parenting 
style on  cognitive and social development? Is thi
s evidence supported by your own experiences?  
    
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 2 DQ 2 Ethnicity and Learning
Theory   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Ethnicity and Learning Theory. Select an ethn
ic group from your textbook, or outside readings, 
and discuss how the application of learning theory
 may vary according to the cultural beliefs and va
lues of this group. Based on the research, justify
 why you think specific learning techniques could 
be used by your chosen ethnic group       
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 3 Assignment communication
PowerPoint Presentation   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com  Communication PowerPoi
nt Presentation. Develop a 10- to12-- slide PowerP
oint Presentation designed for training the staff 
at a local high school. The PowerPoint Presentatio
n should focus on strategies that promote communic
ation skills among adolescents. Students are enco
uraged to approach the assignment creatively, addi
ng graphics, visuals, charts and/or graphs to thei
r work. Slides should be designed to address the s
elected topic clearly and concisely. Each slide sh
ould be developed with professional presentation s
tyle (e.g., bulleted items in brief statements rat
her than complete sentences). Notes should complem
ent the slides and provide details useful to the s
peaker if an oral presentation were to be given. 
Creating the PowerPoint Presentation       
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 3 DQ 1 Suicide   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Suicide. Chapter 7 of
 the textbook discusses adolescent suicide. Select
 a group that could be considered a minority (e.g.
, Hispanics, homosexuals, or students with learnin
g disabilities) and discuss the potential suicide 
risk for this group. What factors may make them mo
re or less likely to attempt suicide than other gr
oups? What support can be given to individuals and
/or groups to decrease suicide attempts? Rely on r
esearch findings to answer these questions.  
    
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 3 DQ 2 Development Theories   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Developm
ent Theories. Select either Kohlbergs theory of m
oral development, Gilligans theory of moral devel
opment, or Fowlers theory of faith development. D
iscuss the strengths and weaknesses of your select
ed theory. Which stage of your selected theory, do
 you think that you are currently experiencing? Pr
ovide examples to reinforce your answer.    
    
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  POL 115 Week 4 Assignment Cover Letter   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Week 4
- Assignment Professional Cover Letter and
Resume    Cover letters and resumes are
recommended, and in some instances required, for
job applications. If you want to stand out from
other candidates, it is recommended that you
write professional cover letters and resumes
specifically tailored for each position you apply
to.        
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  POL 115 Week 4 DQ 1 Leadership Theories    For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Leadersh
ip Theories. Briefly compare and contrast the lead
ership theories presented in Chapter 8 of your tex
tbook.  Select a historical figure (living or dead
) who has been a leader. Use one of the theories t
o explain the successes and  failures of the leade
r you selected. What type of leader does your hist
orical figure exemplify?       
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POL 115 Teaching Effectively--snaptutorial.com
  POL 115 Week 4 DQ 2 Problems of
Adolescence   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Problems of Adolescence. Describe a majo
r problem often experienced by adolescents (e.g., 
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or delinquency)
. What are its likely causes? How is the problem t
ypically treated? Identify alternative treatments 
that could be more effective. Rely on research evi
dence to support your viewsv         
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  POL 115 Week 5 DQ Macro Social Systems   For
more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com   Macro So
cial Systems. Outline the three macro systems theo
ries discussed in Chapter 12 of your textbook (fun
ctionalism, conflict theory, and interactionism). 
Describe how each of these perspectives would expl
ain the macro system problem of crime and delinque
ncy. Which approach do you support the most? Expla
in your reasoning.         
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  POL 115 Week 5 Final Paper (Alcohol
Abuse)   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.c
om   Final Paper   To complete the following
final paper, go to this week's Final Paper link
in the left navigation.  Final Paper Focus of the
Final Paper       
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   POL 115 Week 5 Final Paper   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com                        
                         Final PaperTo complete t
he following final paper, go to this week's Final 
Paper link in the left navigation.  Final Paper Fo
cus of the Final PaperImagine that you are a rese
archer and are conducting a study to investigate a
 community problem. Using behavioral research prin
ciples, select a macro systems problem to investig
ate (there are many suggested in the textbook, e.g
. domestic violence, homophobia, sexual abuse, del
inquent gangs) and design a study to solve this co
mmunity problem.        
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