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Connecting Your Learning

Competencies Addressed in This Assignment

In this assignment, the criteria in your Connect Your Learning Scoring Guide are directly aligned to all the course competencies.

• Competency 1: Analyze the range of potential human dynamics in a disaster event.
• Competency 2: Apply cultural competence.
• Competency 3: Apply the elements of recovery and mitigation.
• Competency 4: Articulate the impact of cultural myths on disaster response and recovery.
• Competency 5: Explain the impact of the media on public perception about disaster relief.

Introduction

Throughout the course, you have examined various social dimensions of disaster. You have explored how disaster management works in the United States. You now know that disasters affect a wide range of people, but there a certain segments of the population that may suffer greater consequences or are disadvantaged before, during, and after a disaster strikes. Myths and the media also play various roles in the four phases of emergency management—mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Remember that the emergency manager plays a critical role in disaster management and must account for many variables. For your final assignment, you will showcase connections between learning and application in a career-specific context.

Instructions

For this assignment, prepare a 5–8-page paper (1–1.5 pages per competency for competencies 1 through 5), focused on the course competencies and address two key areas of learning for each competency. Competency 6 will be showcased through your coverage of Competencies 1–5.

This paper should showcase your learning proficiency and describe the importance of your learning relative to application in a career context. This assignment should be placed in your ePortfolio for future reference, and to demonstrate your learning connections for future employment purposes. Use the links provided in the resources to help you complete the assignment.

Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

• Written communication: Must be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• Resources and citations: Format according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
• Length of paper: 5—8 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page or the references page.
• References: A minimum of six references.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

You are required to submit your paper to Turnitin. Once you review your results and make any needed changes, submit your paper for grading.

Portfolio Prompt: Save this assignment to your ePortfolio for future reference and to demonstrate your learning connections for future employment purposes.

Note: Your instructor may also use the Writing Feedback Tool to provide feedback on your writing. In the tool, click the linked resources for helpful writing information.

Resources

• Connecting Your Learning Scoring Guide.
• APA Style and Format.
• Writing Center.
• Community of Excellence .
• Criminal Justice Undergraduate Research Guide.
• ePortfolio.
• Smarthinking Tutoring.
• Submit an Assignment [PDF].
• Turnitin.
• Writing Feedback Tool.
• APA Template.