legislations and recent improvements in the gender gap in employment, no country has achieved parity in this area and a significant level of inequality still prevails in many countries . The OECD Secretary-General, Mr Angel Gurria highlighted the importance of
college”. The literature concurs noting in order to best perform the role of being a good student, student mothers passing as a childless undergraduate were trying to reach an ‘ideal’ instead of feeling ‘stigmatized’ and ‘deviant’ as a mother in higher education (Williams, 2007, pg.107). This research echoes the literature as student mother 6 stated, “I don’t talk about my family either unless I am amongst my closest friends”. Tiu Wu (2013) indicates similar findings, where student mothers “dropped,” their
opportunity to develop their confidence through hands on learning experiences. The learning takes place in a wood or a natural environment with trees. Tovey (2012) believes that the notion of Forest Schools resonates with Froebel’s emphasis on the importance of children learning outdoors in contact with the natural world. This curriculum allows children to play while they learn about their world. Forest Schools consider children’s contact with nature important from early age. The children also get
traditional role has come to shape the historic public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings depending on training level. In the postwar period, nurse education has undergone a process of diversification towards advanced and specialized credentials, and many of the traditional regulations and provider roles are
reorganize my life, as I was not able to do everything anymore due to being sick. I had to change my diet, take medicine on time, and get enough rest. All this had a great impact on my life and people around me. Therefor it made me very aware the importance of being healthy which impacted the way I raise my own
Managing an ageing population in Singapore 1. Introduction Ageing population is a subject of much attention as it is estimated by the Singapore Statistic Department that 19 percent of the Singaporeans will be above the age of 65 in 2030 which will cause many problems to arise. In recent years, many news articles have been published, discussing about this issue of preparing for the upcoming silver tsunami and how Singapore can cope with the challenges ahead. In July 2015, article was published on
Name: Kieran Cantwell Student number: C11485998 We can see clearly from this case study that there are many issues arising which the employee and employer need to deal with. For this case study critique I will discuss in depth cultural issues and employee performance. This employee has never worked outside of her home country for this multi national organization. She has not been briefed in any way about the country, which she would be working in. This is a major concern, which the employer needs
Marital adjustment among Married Working women with respect to Income level Keywords: Marital Adjustments, Income level, Working women, Dual role Abstract: A woman has to play the dual role in the society . Being a woman, she is expected to look after the domestic front whereas being an employed person, she is expected to work efficiently and professionally. For having a harmonious life, a woman has to make so many adjustments in their lives. In this study, women working in technical educational
Introduction Inclusive education has been widely interpreted and defined. It is applicable to all pupils with the aim of removing barriers to learning and engagement for all pupils (Pijl et al., 2008). Creating an inclusive education system has become the political agenda of many countries in the recent years: there is a shift in the education system in schools and an increasing numbers of pupils with special needs are enrolled in mainstream schools (Meijer, 2003). Singapore has also witnessed a
Gratitude intervention has been found to contribute positively to the general health of study participants. However, only very few known significant study on gratitude interventions have been carried out in Africa, particularly in the Kenyan context. The present study examined the effectiveness of gratitude interventions for improving the general health of married women in Karen area. The purpose of this study was to find out if gratitude intervention can improve the general health of married women