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Exploring Early Language Acquisition Through English And French, Rebecca C. Aguilar
Exploring Early Language Acquisition Through English And French, Rebecca C. Aguilar
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Knowing that there is no singular event that leads to learning a language, and factoring in the extent an individual’s culture can affect language learning, this study emphasizes the importance of a cross-linguistic approach to continue to broaden the scope of language acquisition research. The primary objective is to identify and analyze the critical commonalities in the initial stages of learning English and French as first languages through two major categories: speech/language and culture. This project carried out an analytical review of 24 pieces of relevant literature, in both languages, in an effort to highlight key findings. Those findings include: …
Understanding Haitian Immigrant's Health Practices, George Namara
Understanding Haitian Immigrant's Health Practices, George Namara
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Due to the growing population of Haitian immigrants in the United States, it is important to increase nurses’ cultural competency by understanding Haitians’ health practices as they may differ from western medicine. Google scholar and online databases through Northern Illinois University’s online library were used to access research articles regarding factors related to the health practices of the Haitian people. Factors include the use of religious practitioners for management of chronic conditions, preference for traditional remedies over western medicine, mistrust of healthcare professionals, and cultural barriers, such as language.
Causes Of 30-Day Readmission And Methods To Reduce It, Rachel M. Feeney
Causes Of 30-Day Readmission And Methods To Reduce It, Rachel M. Feeney
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When a patient is readmitted within 30 days of discharge, the hospital is required to pay for the hospitalization, and the patient is at risk for poor outcomes. Many factors can increase a patient’s risk for readmission, including culture, fall risk, age, and social factors. Many hospitals have created a system to combat and reduce 30-day readmissions. These methods include assessing patient’s acuity for readmission, using home visits or phone calls, remote monitoring, creating better environments for workers, and more. The results of this literary review emphasize the need to assess patients for their readmission risk and the effectiveness of …
Bae Sports Summit 2020, Benjamin W. Lee
Bae Sports Summit 2020, Benjamin W. Lee
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Gender inequity is a rampant social issue in developing countries that permeates many subsets of society such as schools, workplaces, and government positions. Significant research and even entities such as the United Nations have declared empowering coaches and athletes to promote gender equity through youth sport as one way this problem can be remedied (Wright et al., 2016). In line with this, Dr. Jacobs, myself, and six other NIU students spent our spring semester preparing and delivering the Belizeans Advocating for Equity (BAE) Sports Summit, the first women’s sports summit in Belize, a country located in Central America. The summit’s …
Culture Yield Of Throat Screen Before And After Wasp Implementation In A Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Holly L. Beeter
Culture Yield Of Throat Screen Before And After Wasp Implementation In A Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Holly L. Beeter
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The Walk Away Specimen Processor (WASP) is a revolutionary device created to assist microbiologists with efficiency and automation in a clinical setting. The principle of the device is to manually streak a variety of patient specimens onto their predetermined forms of media, then move to individual incubators with digital images taken at varying times. In theory this should improve the turn-around-time (TAT) of laboratory testing as well as the culture yield from these specimens compared to manual preparation. This research will primarily focus on the specimens selected for throat screens, although many different specimen types can be loaded on the …
Art And Race: Exploring Social Justice Issues Through Visual Culture, Alaiyha S. Bryant
Art And Race: Exploring Social Justice Issues Through Visual Culture, Alaiyha S. Bryant
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Art and Race: Exploring Social Justice Issues through Visual Culture, a high school art curriculum, explores how race and social justice issues in visual culture connect to historical concepts within the realm of social studies. Students will learn to achieve: creating visual narratives, making visual connections, and expressing themselves through artistic processes to combat stereotypes and misconceptions about social issues surrounding race. In this curriculum students will learn how to communicate their experiences with racial issues visually in order to be advocates for social change. There are three units in this curriculum and each unit will build upon the next. …
Advertising: A View From Around The Globe, Kelsey Cario
Advertising: A View From Around The Globe, Kelsey Cario
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Through research and direct observation I have written this capstone to portray the differences in advertising around the world. In an effort to exemplify marketing strategy and promotion this thesis focuses on a myriad of cultural differences that impact the way consumers are attracted to products and how they make purchasing decisions. It grasps advertising differences amongst the United States and Europe, more specifically the United Kingdom and France. In order to accurately decipher the marketing differences the thesis works to show the history of advertising, how culture broadly influences advertising, different advertising mediums and how they are used in …
Kenya : A Closer Look At Culture And Early Childhood Education, Sarah Sparrow
Kenya : A Closer Look At Culture And Early Childhood Education, Sarah Sparrow
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This project is a study of the culture of South Eastern Kenya and its effects on the education system in those regions. Cultural issues such as religion, gender perceptions, and community are covered. The research for this project was compiled from magazines, journals, and books written by professionals who have experienced life in Kenya. Informational also came from personal contact with a native of Kenya. In this paper it can be seen that early childhood education has changed greatly and gained higher importance recently. It shows that Kenyan's are working very hard, in cooperation with several United States groups, to …
Identity Lost: The Affects Of Trauma And Culture On Cambodian Refugees, John M. Targowski
Identity Lost: The Affects Of Trauma And Culture On Cambodian Refugees, John M. Targowski
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This project analyzes the affects of trauma and culture change on Cambodian refugees. The horrors Cambodians experienced at the hands of Pol Pot had a dramatic impact on the 150,000 refugees who immigrated to America in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Extreme culture shock added to the difficulty these refugees had in adapting to life in America. Traditional Cambodian culture is discussed, highlighting how Cambodians practiced religion, education, and gender roles before the war and how life afterward has changed them. Due to the vast differences between American and Cambodian beliefs and the delicate nature of the refugee state …
A Multicultural Curriculum, Jennifer Irene Camp
A Multicultural Curriculum, Jennifer Irene Camp
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A Multicultural Curriculum is a high school culture and dance curriculum based on the followingfour cultures: Mexican, Spanish, African, and African American. It was created so that high school students may have the opportunity to learn about other cultures in an exciting and interesting way. The lesson plans are designed so that the students are dynamically participating in every activity. The culture lessons cover a broad range of topics, including art, mathematics, poetry, politics, music, history, and literature. The dance lessons cover various dance styles that are prevalent in the culture, both mainstream and subculture. These lessons were designed for …