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    Running Head: SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTION Social Studies Instruction Samantha Lewis Grand Canyon University: EED465 April 6, 2011 Social Studies Instruction Social studies covers many different topics that each contain an enormous amount of information. Educators are responsible for determining what topics to cover, how much information is to be taught on each topic, and how to go about teaching the information. There are several different approaches that a teacher can take. Teachers

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    Q1. Introduction In 2012, Samantha an executive in the finance company was asked by the company to help assist in opening a new branch in Singapore. Samantha and her husband relocated to Singapore in January 2013 to establish the new company branch. Her two children aged between 18th and 21th remained living in Melbourne at the family house. Samantha and her husband planned to remain in Singapore until the branch was properly settled which they roughly anticipated around three to four years. While

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    Introduction In this case study Sam is an 85-year old who had a stroke and now requires someone else to help him with his physical and emotional needs such as dressing, eating, walking, incontinence and feeling depressed. Sam’s daughter Jean is his primary care taker along with her two grandchildren. She has hypertension and was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Jean does not currently have health insurance, but does quality for a government sponsored health insurance program, she just needs help

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    The Social Sciences consist of a variety of disciplines that aim to understand the behaviour, interactions and relationships between individuals and society. Social scientists conduct research in order to gain a deeper insight into the factors that affect individuals. They do so by using systematic methods of investigation that allow them to analyse and interpret their findings, and thus create a new theory of knowledge or expand upon the existing knowledge of a theory (Giddens & Sutton, 2013). Researchers

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    In recent years, while the idea of social collisions and its consequences has been a controversial issue for debate. It has been put forward by writer Kate Willis that such collisions will result in modifications in certain collective groups that could bring about ‘tension and conflict’. This essay explores the term social collisions in a clearer perception of professional objectives to develop a foundation for deeper analytical studies. Two sub-sections, socio-spatial segregations and gentrification

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    teachers” known as school social workers today should be assigned to address these issues in children to decrease the rates of poor attendance in our youth. In 1918 the compulsory attendance law was passed in each state. Compulsory school attendance refers to the minimum and maximum age required by each state in which a student must be enrolled in and attending some type of equivalent education program defined by the law. Though in 1916, Jane Culbert defined the role of school social workers to be “..

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    Social media marketing Social Media Marketing: An Overview The first aim of any business is to be known amongst their target audience. This is no different for online businesses that strive to shine out amidst billions of sites. Online businesses aim to market their site in several different manners to gain them more customers and business. One such marketing technique is social media marketing. Social media marketing is a term that defines marketing that

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    To account for the main causes of material inequality in Australia a study of structured social inequality must be conducted. This is known as stratification, an important element of macrosociology. ‘Social stratification refers to the systemic ways that groups of people are organised unequally within a broad social hierarchy.’ (Mayeda, 2007, p. 80) An important component of social stratification that is alluded to here by Mayeda is class. In this paper three of the main causes of material inequality

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    5. Methods of Social Work: The trainee used methods of social work such as case work and group work to interact with the children. 5.1. Case Work: It is believed that case study was first introduced by Frederic Le Play in 1829. The popularity in case study in testing theory has developed in recent decades. A case study is a report about a person, group or situation that has been studied. They are produced by following a formal research method. There are three types of case studies: Linear, Process-oriented

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    uses the drug “Adderall” during exam time, and his frequency of use is twice a day and each time he will use 1mg. he exactly knows the consequences and bad influences of using drugs, but he still continues doing that. He also drunk alcohol in some social occasions in the past, and each time he will drink beers 5-6 16oz for three to four times per month.

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