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Integrating Information Literacy Instruction In An Upper-Division Writing-Intensive Class, Ellen K. Wilson, Jeffrey M. Blankenship
Integrating Information Literacy Instruction In An Upper-Division Writing-Intensive Class, Ellen K. Wilson, Jeffrey M. Blankenship
The Southeastern Librarian
Writing-intensive courses are a required component of undergraduate education at the University of South Alabama, but often the courses are designed to test students’ writing skills, rather than to teach the research and writing process. In the fall of 2008, an instruction librarian and an assistant professor in political science collaborated to redesign one writing intensive course, Public Administration (PSC 401), in an attempt to address this dilemma. This project was born out of frustration – frustration on the part of the professor about the generally poor quality of writing and research skills by students in the course the previous …
The Economics And Financing Of Urban Schools: Toward A Productive, Solution-Oriented Discourse, Faith E. Crampton
The Economics And Financing Of Urban Schools: Toward A Productive, Solution-Oriented Discourse, Faith E. Crampton
Educational Considerations
Across the nation, a surprising number of both critics and advocates of urban schools demonstrate a naïveté about the limits and possibilities of funding in relationship to the academic success of urban students.
Orange Matters: News From The Su Community, David Marc, Carol L. Boll, Jay Cox
Orange Matters: News From The Su Community, David Marc, Carol L. Boll, Jay Cox
Syracuse University Magazine
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Restageactivist Art/Disruptive Technologies, Karen Keifer-Boyd
Restageactivist Art/Disruptive Technologies, Karen Keifer-Boyd
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
In this article, I explore, with you, artists’ socio-political disruptions with communication technologies to inspire political action and social change, and how such art can be environmentally and socially useful. How does art function politically? What is activist art? What non-violent forms of dissent or disruptions to harmful practices are possible today with digital technologies, and how do artists manifest political perspectives in their practice?