What strategies did other minority groups use to defend there rights? These groups formed self help agencies and social justice organizations. Some groups took legal action.

Analyze Progressives’ attitude toward minority rights. The progressives attitude towards minority’s was mostly hostile. They wanted people to have rights and did not care what was in their way to getting those rights.

What attitudes did most progressives hold about minorities and immigrant groups? Most Progressives believed that all citizens of the United States should follow white, middle-class ways of life and worked to do this through Americanization.

Characteristics of Progressivism included a favorable attitude toward urban-industrial society, belief in mankind’s ability to improve the environment and conditions of life, belief in an obligation to intervene in economic and social affairs, a belief in the ability of experts and in the efficiency of government …

In the 21st century, a movement that identifies as progressive is “a social or political movement that aims to represent the interests of ordinary people through political change and the support of government actions”.

Progressivism. Progressivists believe that education should focus on the whole child, rather than on the content or the teacher. This educational philosophy stresses that students should test ideas by active experimentation. Learning is rooted in the questions of learners that arise through experiencing the world.

Does the existentialist teacher make heavy use of the individualized approach? Yes, to allow each student to learn at his own pace.

They believe that there is a real world that learners experience, but that meaning is imposed on the world by the learners, rather than existing in the world independently of them. Constructivists believe that students should learn to solve complex problems they will face in real life.

Behaviorism 1

Hippocrates

Man is the product of his environment, and of conditions; he cannot therefore be free in the choice of his profession, he cannot be the maker of his own happiness.

Social cognitive theory—Albert Bandura: human functioning is a product of the mutual interaction of environmental events, behavior, and personal factors. Bandura proposes that internal states, the environment, and behavior all affect one another.

Being a product of your environment can be good or bad. You can grow up from a violent background. You’re environment consists of more than your parents or your family. It also consists of the era your grew up in, how you think, and you’re peers.

By collating almost every twin study across the world from the past 50 years, researchers determined that the average variation for human traits and disease is 49% due to genetic factors and 51% due to environmental factors.

Answer. Answer: Factors of environmental context include location, time, weather, and temperature. These factors can produce barriers, or things that inhibit effective communication, and thus, the environmental context is an important aspect to consider when delivering a message.

Receivers are not just passive absorbers of messages; they receive the message and respond to them. This response of a receiver to sender’s message is called Feedback. Feedback is your audience’s response; it enables you to evaluate the effectiveness of your message. …

For example, a conversation outside on a park bench during a windy day faces obstacles in communication that might not be present in a quiet room on a sofa. So things like location, temperature, weather, or time of day affect communication and present different barriers for effective communication.

Try these 3 ways to effectively communicate and resolve difficult situations virtually.

1. Focus on the intention. NEVER focus on the behavior; ALWAYS focus on the situation.
2. Stay calm.
3. Be respectful.
4. You will be most effective when you LEARN (Listen, Empathize, Acknowledge, Restate Needs).

Leadership Communication: 6 Steps to Handling Tough Conversations

1. Step 1: Identify the problem.
2. Step 2: Identify your desired outcome.
3. Step 3: Identify your audience.
4. Step 4: Structure your key messages/conversation.
5. Step 5: Deliver your message.
6. Step 6: Follow up.

Useful phrases

1. “I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news…”
2. “We regret to inform you that..”
3. “I’m really sorry to have to say this but..”
4. “Unfortunately, there are some problems with…”
5. “Due to…”
6. “Because of…”
7. “I can see that you’re really upset and angry…”
8. “I can see why you might think that…”