Aspects Of Family Discussion

Aspects Of Family Discussion

Aspects Of Family Discussion

ORDER NOW FOR AN ORIGINAL PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Aspects Of Family Discussion

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Discussion – Family Values

Post your responses by 2359 Wednesday

Post your replies to peers by 2359 Saturday

Aspects Of Family Discussion

Topic

One of the terms we often see in the media is “family values.” In Chapter 13, page 353 of the

textbook, Friedman et al. define family values as “a system of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs about

the worth of an entity or concept that consciously and unconsciously bind together the members

of a family in a common culture (Parad & Caplan, 1965).”

Clearly, the true meaning of “family values” is complex. However, one thing is clear: family

values serve as general guides to behavior and they shape the family’s patterns of behavior

related to health care. Beginning on page 355, there is a detailed discussion of American Core

Values. One of these values (see page 363) relates to quality of life and maintaining health.

Friedman et al. indicate that maintaining health is becoming a major value within the American

culture along with people actively participating in their healthcare decisions rather than passively

receiving healthcare intervention.

a) From your professional and/or personal experiences, give one example of a person or

family whose health-related behaviors appeared to have been driven by this American

Core Value, and identify the social class, culture/ethnicity, and age range of the primary

person(s) involved.

b) From your professional and /or personal experiences, give one example of a person or

family whose health-related behaviors appeared to have been driven by an alternative

value in which healthcare intervention was passively received. Identify the social class,

culture/ethnicity, and age range of the primary person(s) involved.

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Rubric

Late Initial Discussion responses will be penalized 5 points for every day late. There

will be no credit given for late peer responses.

Discussion

Response

Exceptional

Superior

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Submitted on time*

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is posted by

due date/time for each

question

(10 points)

Response is NOT

posted by the due date

and time for each

question

(0 points)

Length of Response

(10 points)

Response is 101–200

words.

(10 points)

Response is 51–100

words.

(5 points)

Response is a

minimum of 50 words.

(3 points)

Response is less than

50 words.

(0 points)

Incorporates Key

Concepts

(20 points)

Response is

substantive and

incorporatesN3352

key concepts and

principles.

(20 points)

Response briefly refers

to some N3352 key

concepts and

principles.

(15 points)

Response refers to

only one N3352 key

concept or principle.

(10 points)

Response refers to no

N3352 key concepts or

principles.

(0 points)

Includes Specific

Examples

(10 points)

Response includes

specific, personal, or

professional

examples

(10 points)

Response includes

specific, personal, or

professional

examples

(10 points)

Response includes a

general, personal, or

professional example

(7 points)

Response does not

include a personal or

professional

example

(0 points)

Replies to Peers Exceptional Superior Acceptable Unacceptable

Quantity of Replies

(10 points)

Substantive replies

are posted to 2 o r

more peer

comments

(10 points)

Replies are posted to 2

peer comments.

(8 points)

Replies are posted to 1

peer comment(s).

(5 points)

Reply is NOT posted to

a peer’s comments

(0 points)

Timely Posting of

Replies *

(10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

(10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

( 10 points)

Reply is posted on

time

( 10 points)

Reply is NOT posted

on time (0 points)

Length of Reply

(10 points)

Each reply is over 50

words.

(10 points)

Each reply is a

minimum of 50 words.

(7 points)

At least one reply is a

minimum of 50 words.

(5 points)

Replies are of

unacceptable

length.

(0 points)

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Relates to Content

( 20 points)

Each reply relates

substantively to the

peer’s comment and

incorporates N3352

key concepts and

principles.

( 20 points)

Each reply relates to

the peer’s comment

and refers briefly to

N3352 key concepts

and principles.

( 15 points)

Reply relates to the

peer’s comments.

( 10 points)

Replies do not relate to

the peer’s comments.

(0 points)

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Aspects Of Family Discussion

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation

Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality

Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes

I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy

For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy

The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication

Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.