Journal Article Review: The Bible and the Christian Counselor Assignment Instructions

Overview

You will write 2 Journal Article Reviews, which will be based upon your choice of articles from the professional, peer-reviewed journal articles provided in Canvas under Journal Article Review Resources. No outside articles will be accepted. Each Journal Article Review must be 3–5+ double-spaced pages (not including the title and reference pages) and created in a Microsoft Word document. Use the following guidelines to create your paper. This second journal article review will follow the format and instructions of your first review but you choose a different journal article to review for this assignment. 

Instructions

1. Start your paper with a title page, correctly formatted per current APA. Use the provided template and the basic current APA components will be in place. Divide your paper into sections with the following Level One headings: Summary, Reflection, and Application as described on the template.2. Develop a summary of the main concepts from the article. Do not duplicate the article’s abstract. If the article describes a research study, include brief statements about the hypotheses, methods, results, discussion, and implications. If any test measures or statistical methods used are given in the article, do not provide detailed descriptions of these. Short direct quotations from the article are acceptable but avoid long quotes in a paper this size. This section is the foundation of your Journal Article Review (at least a third of your paper). Make sure you include the core points from the article, even if it means a longer section. Do not reference any additional articles in your summary.3. In approximately 1+ page, reflect on the article using your own words. Appropriate comments for this part of the paper could include, but are not limited to, your initial response to the article, comments regarding the study’s design or methodology (if any), insights you gained from reading the article, your reasons for being interested in this particular article, any other readings that you may plan to do based upon having read the article, and other thoughts you have that might further enhance the discussion of your article. Your subjective comments in this section must be clearly tied to main points from the article, not peripheral ideas. Again, do not reference any other article.4. In your final section, in approximately 1+ page(s), write how you would apply the information you have learned from this article to a particular counseling setting. Make this setting one that would typically be seen in human services counseling—community services agencies, adoption agencies, volunteer counseling settings such as in churches, etc. Develop this section as if you are a pastor or clinician and your parishioner or client has come to you with a problem—grief, depression, substance abuse, relationships problems, etc.— needing your help. Adequately describe the counseling scenario including the presenting problem. Draw out concepts from the article and apply them to the scenario as if you were guided only by the content of the article. Show the reader how you expressly drew from the journal article in this application section and cite correctly, per APA.

This assignment incudes an APA template for the current APA version. You simply need to put your information into the various areas (running head, title, etc.) and the template itself instructs you how to add your information and delete the instruction comment balloons. Using the APA template with put you on a track of getting the “basics” of APA correct. 

Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.

 

Allocate at least 4 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Part 1: Pre-assessment and Implementation

Follow these steps for this week’s field experience:

1. From your previous observation in your field experience classroom, you identified 3-5 students, above, at, or below standard achievement in the classroom environment that would benefit from additional learning support. You also identified the standards and unit that your mentor class is currently learning.
2. With this information, complete the “Math Pre-Assessment” where you develop a pre-assessment in the math content area that aligns to the standards and unit that your mentor teacher shared with you during Clinical Field Experience A. This pre-assessment can be oral, written, or completed through technology. The pre-assessment should identify ho well selected students know the concept and provide data that would allow you to determine learning gaps and needs in order to develop an appropriate lesson to support learning needs.
3. Share the pre-assessment with your mentor teacher and ask for his or her feedback.
4. Administer the pre-assessment that you created with the selected group of students and use the data to prepare for Clinical Field Experience C.

Part 2: Reflection

In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on your field experience and the steps you took to identify students for the pre-assessment. Consider:

1. How did the pre-assessment provide data to determine the learning gaps and needs of students?
2. What challenges did you face when developing and delivering the pre-assessment?
3. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

 

Answer the following the question:

We live in a world of data, perhaps too much data. Organizations continue to store data indefinitely. In fact, about 90% of the data stored on todays databases is deemed worthless within 3 months. Think about your email. How often do you ever go back to an email from six months ago. But you still keep it for what? How should organizations government personal data in a data warehouse? What are some best practices you might suggest to your organization if you were the CIO to ensure that the data in the system was maintained properly?

Instructions

• This is a required assignment, worth 15 points. The assignment must be submitted by the due date. Late assignment are not allowed. 
• You are required to submit a minimum of two postings. Points will be deducted for not fulfilling this minimum requirement.
• Apply and use the basic citation styles of APA is required. Points are deducted per the rubric for this behavior.
• Do not claim credit for the words, ideas, and concepts of others. Use in-text citation and list the reference of your supporting source following APA’s style and formatting. Points are deducted per the rubric for this behavior.
• Do not copy and paste information or concepts from the Internet and claim that is your work. It will be considered Plagiarism and you will receive zero for your work. A second offense results in a zero for the course. A third is termination from the university.

  

SECTION A

1.      Read the following passage carefully and provide the appropriate punctuation marks to make it meaningful.

THE PASSAGE

Yesterday I visited the Kumasi Mall on adventure and met my friend Tricia she was surprised to see me after 30 years She screamed Hei Nello what are you doing here I replied I came there on an adventure window shopping When I asked her whether she was alone she indicated that she was there with her sister friend Nancy we decided to walk together to explore available products some items we saw were cutlery stationery furniture toiletries electrical gadgets and confectionaries in fact it was a time for a reunion of lost friendship nancy asked what a comb-binder was and I responded combbinder an electric gadget used to grill bread since it was getting late we left the Mall fulfilled 

2.      Summarize the key issues in the following passage in a paragraph of about 200 words. 

THE PASSAGE

Ghana has reported over 1000 COVID-19 cases and taken several measures to stop its spread, including closure of borders and lockdown in 40 districts and municipalities. Similar measures are in place in at least 40 countries on the continent – including neighbouring Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo. Because of land border closures, we can expect the economies of 46 border districts of Ghana to be negatively impacted. This is true for border economies across the 40 African countries that have closed land borders – leading to a significant disruption in supply chain and reduction in consumption. In addition, the restrictions on movement will also impact individuals and businesses in those localities. Hopefully this pain will not be long, and sooner or later, we shall begin the process of recovery.

The COVID-19 impact pathway will be more than the supply-chain disruptions – across the land borders, seaports and the airports, although they will likely be a big part of it. The restricted movements, either because of lockdowns or people choices, will result in a drop-in consumption and business investments. This has informed an online survey, a COVID-19 Business Tracker, initiated by the Ghana Statistical Services (GSS) in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to assess the impacts of the pandemic on businesses and to provide data to inform policy choices.

The negative impacts of supply-chain disruptions will largely hurt people and businesses connected to external supply chains, and economies of border districts. Person-to-person businesses like hairdressers, bars, and micro-finance institutions will also be hurt by movement restrictions, which could lead to jobs losses. It would be important to monitor and address any signs of social distress in these difficult times. Hopefully the idea of borderless Africa and the continental free trade area will not suffer as a result.

The impact of COVID-19 is not only negative. Businesses with direct external competition will get relief and may be strengthened post COVID-19 as global companies take longer to recover. Some businesses will shift to new opportunities to fill the void brought about by increased demand due to COVID-19 (e.g. hand sanitizers, gloves or masks) or due to irregular importation of specific commodities and services.

Ghana, like most countries in Africa and across the world, has been bold in taking actions to mitigate the immediate impacts of measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID19. The COVID-19 National Trust Fund, which has so far received GH¢8.75 million and counting, will likely be part of the SDG Financing architecture. The Coronavirus Alleviation Programme is meant to mitigate the immediate impact of COVID-19 on business and household and therefore address the disruption in economic activities. It is essential that these measures form the building blocks for businesses and the economy to recover and build back better.

The good news is that one day COVID-19 will end. People and families, small and large businesses, and local and national economies will have to recover and build back better. The most important question is when should it start? The best time should have been yesterday or now. It is essential that we recognize that recovery will not just be about money, there will be quick wins through policy choices.

First, COVID-19 recovery pathway will probably begin with gradual easing of the supply-chain disruptions across all borders. The conditions for easing will depend on the evolution of COVID-19 within Ghana as well as within our neighbours of Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo. It is probably the same principal with Ghana’s trading partners on the continent and beyond.

As we contain COVID-19, it may be useful to build on existing cross border collaboration efforts such as COVID-19 surveillance to organize recovery structures and actions. It is important that such recovery structures are coordinated with the national leadership of the four countries and possibly within the continent.

The second recovery pathway relates to businesses that have taken on the role to produce goods and services that would otherwise have been imported. This is certainly a critical one because this is at the heart of accelerating industrialization and manufacturing. The world economy is not expected to fully recover until early 2022. It is an opportunity to quickly remove any policy bottlenecks and support such businesses to take a foothold. We should also expect a faster drive in domestic tourism and ensure tourism-related businesses are able to recover.

The third recovery pathway relates to businesses that could not operate either due to restricted movements or due to a call for social distancing. These are mainly person-toperson businesses. Commercial banks and lending institutions will be helpful with better terms. The cost of borrowing for such businesses will need to be examined further to ensure it does not sink these businesses further as they try to recover.

The fourth recovery pathway relates to harnessing new opportunities. We should, for example, expect a growth in new online businesses, and more firms taking their operations online – including person-to-person businesses. 

 In this module, you are learning quite a bit about developmentally appropriate practices in early childhood settings. For this assignment, you will have an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of how to contrast implementation of activities in a developmentally appropriate manner from those same activities implemented in a developmentally inappropriate manner.

To prepare for this assignment, review the following:

• Review the NAEYC Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 position statement from your reading.
• View several examples of the completed assignment by clicking the link below:

Module 02 Written Assignment Examples

To complete this assignment, do the following:

1. Select three activities or lessons to focus on in this assignment:
   1. If you are currently working with children, select three different specific activities or lessons that commonly occur with the group or individual child you are working with. If you are working with a range of age groups, select three different age groups to focus on for the assignment.
   2. If you are NOT currently working with children, read the examples provided to guide you in selecting three specific activities or lessons that commonly occur with a particular group or individual child in an early childhood setting. Select three different activities with three different age groups to complete this assignment.

Choose a different type of activity than the ones in the example document you downloaded above.

2. Download a blank template for you to start from by clicking the link below:

Module 02 Written Assignment Template

3. Complete each section of the template with your name, the name of the activity you selected, the age group you selected, and the steps of how to implement the activity both in a developmentally appropriate way and in a developmentally inappropriate way. Type your steps directly in the two columns of the table in each section.