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A Mixed Methods Evaluation Of A World Health Organization Competency-Based Training Package For Foundational Helping Skills Among Pre-Service And In-Service Health Workers In Nepal, Peru And Uganda, Gloria A. Pedersen, Pragya Shrestha, Josephine Akellot, Alejandra Sepulveda, Nagendra P. Luitel, Rosco Kasujja, Carmen Contreras, Jerome T. Galea, Leydi Moran, Vibha Neupane, Damodar Rimal, Alison Schafer, Brandon A. Kohrt

Social Work Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Transportation Equity Curriculum: Guidance Document, Tia Boyd, Kristine M. Williams, Carolyn Mcandrews, Yicong Yang, Anurag Pande, Shams Tanvir

Transportation Planning, Policy, and Processes (TP3) Final Reports

Transportation is needed to access jobs, food, health care, recreational and open spaces, and other important services and destinations. Equity in transportation planning helps to ensure equal access to affordable and reliable transportation, as well as fairness in the distribution of its benefits and burdens. Without inclusive processes, transportation planning can overlook the needs of and negatively impact low-income communities, minorities, persons with disabilities, older adults, children, and other traditionally underserved populations.

Many agencies and communities across the nation are seeking to address equity concerns and encourage livability, economic growth, and active transportation. Planning and transportation professionals must understand how …

Discourses Of The Rural Rust Belt: Schooling, Poverty, And Rurality, Alexandra Panos, Jennifer Seelig

Teaching and Learning Faculty Publications

This article addresses the ways in which elementary teachers in the rural rust belt both reproduce and contest dominant discourses of schooling, rurality, and poverty in their particular local context. Situated within a 4-year postcritical ethnographic study, this analysis of teacher discourse took part during an embedded, 4-month-long teacher study group. Within this context, the authors examine how the group’s discourse on poverty claimed that inequity was the fault of those experiencing it, as well as that a neoliberal discourse of education emphasized a flattened accountability and growth-only perspective within teacher’s professional interactions. However, through the addition of a spatial …

Observations On Multi-Generational Interactions In Academic Surgical Practice And Rducation, Fernando A. M. Herbella, Vic Velanovich

Surgery Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

My Year As A Visiting Scholar In The West Bank, Claudia J. Dold

Tampa Library Faculty and Staff Publications

For two semesters in the academic year 2017-2018 I have had the privilege of working in the West Bank/Palestine as a Fulbright Scholar, with financial support from the US government and my home university in Florida. I have worked as a librarian at two universities: one is a Palestinian state university and the other is a private Catholic university.

Methodology: The goal of my work was to promote research and critical thinking, as vehicles to encourage university students to become mature individuals and citizens. As education reaches across borders and around the world, I present some observations and examples from …

Therapeutic Alliance And Adherence To A Plant-Based Eating Plan To Treat Chronic Disease, Michiel A. Zyl, Lesley M. Harris, Rachel Hale

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Systematic reviews show that a plant-based diet offers many benefits to patients with a variety of chronic illnesses. However, more research is needed to show how plant-based diets are successfully prescribed by physicians and what supports are essential for adherence. The primary research questions in this study were: Is therapeutic alliance correlated with adherence to the eating plan?; Does a change in therapeutic alliance result in a change in adherence?; and How do patients view the doctor-patient relationship and adherence? Methods: This multiple methods feasibility study combined cross-sectional pre-post and six-month follow-up survey, a focus group and case study …

Training For Research And Teaching In Geropsychology: Preparing The Next Generation Of Scholars And Educators, Brian D. Carpenter, Erin Sakai, Michele J. Karel, Victor A. Molinari

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

For geropsychology to flourish in the years ahead, we need scientists to advance knowledge and teachers to draw new professionals into the field. In this project the authors surveyed 100 geropsychologists who completed a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology about their experience with training for research and teaching. The majority were currently conducting some degree of research (38%) and some form of teaching (45%). The majority of ratings for components of research training were in the “very good to excellent” range, whereas elements of teacher training were rated in the “poor to good” range, though there was variability …

Copyright Instruction In Lis Programs: Report Of A Survey Of Standards In The U.S.A., Leetta M. Schmidt, Michael C. English

Academic Services Faculty and Staff Publications

This article will detail the results of a survey distributed within the United States of America to professionals working in academic, public, school/media, and special libraries that asked respondents to rate their daily copyright and intellectual property knowledge needs vs. their actual knowledge and education in this area. The results were then compared with an analysis of course content in current ALA accredited LIS programs in the U.S. gathered from online course descriptions to determine whether there is evidence pointing to a need to alter the curriculum of LIS programs to better prepare graduates for the copyright and intellectual property …

No One Left-Behind! Teaching Information Literacy In A Different Way To An Urban Population, Kiersten Cox, Vicki L. Gregory, Julius Fleschner

School of Information Faculty Publications

The demographics of student-athletes at the University of South Florida closely resemble that of many urban areas in the USA. These students often have little academic success. The School of Information pioneered a credit bearing information literacy course specifically for student-athletes to increase their academic success and to improve their information literacy. The article describes five strategies that make this class successful. These strategies can employed in this class can be employed in other setting such as an urban library or other institution interested in improving clients information literacy.

Associations Between Work-Related Stress In Late Midlife, Educational Attainment, And Serious Health Problems In Old Age: A Longitudinal Study With Over 20 Years Of Follow-Up, Charlotta Nilsen, Ross Andel, Stefan Fors, Bettina Meinow, Alexander D. Mattsson, Ingemar Kåreholt

Aging Studies Faculty Publications

Background: People spend a considerable amount of time at work over the course of their lives, which makes the workplace important to health and aging. However, little is known about the potential long-term effects of work-related stress on late-life health. This study aims to examine work-related stress in late midlife and educational attainment in relation to serious health problems in old age.

Methods: Data from nationally representative Swedish surveys were used in the analyses (n = 1,502). Follow-up time was 20–24 years. Logistic regressions were used to examine work-related stress (self-reported job demands, job control, and job strain) in relation …

Identification Of Threshold Concepts For Biochemistry, Jennifer Loertscher, David Green, Jennifer E. Lewis, Sara Lin, Vicky Minderhout

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Threshold concepts (TCs) are concepts that, when mastered, represent a transformed understanding of a discipline without which the learner cannot progress. We have undertaken a process involving more than 75 faculty members and 50 undergraduate students to identify a working list of TCs for biochemistry. The process of identifying TCs for biochemistry was modeled on extensive work related to TCs across a range of disciplines and included faculty workshops and student interviews. Using an iterative process, we prioritized five concepts on which to focus future development of instructional materials. Broadly defined, the concepts are steady state, biochemical pathway dynamics and …

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KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

The Western Kentucky University Crumps Cave Research And Education Preserve, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.

Media Preferences That Facilitate Interpersonal Communication Regarding Sexual Health: Racial Differences Among College-Aged Females, Rasheeta Chandler, Versie Johnson-Mallard, Kevin Kip, Mary Evans

Nursing Faculty Publications

Young women are increasingly diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. The aim of this study was to test various types of mass media and their associations with interpersonal communication about sex and HIV or AIDS among female college students, stratified by race. The study used a nonexperimental cross-sectional design and an electronic survey. The sample consisted of female college students (N = 776) at a 4-year public university in the southeast. We found that the race of college women influenced their preferred media source for reception of information about sex and HIV/AIDS, which subsequently either motivated or …

The Illusion Of Opportunity And Access To Kindergartens In The Southeastern United States During The 1970s, Deanna Michael

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ben Griffin Oral History Interview, Ben Griffin

Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

This is a transcript of an oral history interview with Ben Griffin, a teacher and school administrator, in which he describes the conditions in segregated schools and discusses the events leading to integration, recounting some of the problems faced.

G. V. Stewart Oral History Interview, Garland V. Stewart

Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

G.V. Stewart, teacher and school principal, discusses the educational system and African Americans. He also describes his career in the schools and as a reporter.

Francisco Rodriguez, Junior Oral History Interview, Francisco A. Rodriguez

Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

Civil rights attorney Francisco Rodriguez, Jr., discusses education and African Americans, mentioning his involvement with the NAACP's school desegregation lawsuits. He also comments on the Afro-Cuban community in Tampa.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/07 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Intertextualidad en las reformas educativas: reflexiones sobre la equidad en la reforma escolar Sueca / Guadalupe Francia.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Exclusión a la inclusión: políticas y prácticas de la universidad Española respecto a los alumnos con déficit auditivo/ Manuel López Torrijo.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/03 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Avoidable losses : high-stakes accountability and the dropout crisis / Linda McSpadden McNeil,Eileen Coppola,Judy Radigan [and] Julian Vasquez Heilig.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/04 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Modelos de clase latente en la evaluación de la educación : caso del aprovechamiento escolar en la educación primaria de Zacatecas / Francisco Muro González.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/02 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Mídia, juventude e educação: modos de construir o "outro" na cultura/ Rosa Maria Bueno Fischer.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 16/01 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Achievement testing for English language learners, ready or not?/ Sau-Lim Tsang, Anne Katz [and] Jim Stack.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/23 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Atención a la diversidad: del modelo del déficit al modelo curricular / Pilar Arnaiz Sánchez,José-Manuel Guirao Lavela [and] Carlos F. Garrido Gil.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/22 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School commitment and alcohol use : the moderating role of race and ethnicity / Tamela McNulty Eitle [and] David James Eitle.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/21 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Modelo pedagógico en un contexto no formal : el museo / Mª Begoña Alfageme González [and] Nicolás Martínez Valcárcel.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/20 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Equipos docentes en la dnseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria : Posibilidades e Incertidumbres/ Mª Teresa González González.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/19 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

¿Sirven las políticas y prácticas de formación del profesorado para mejorar la educación?: Una respuesta desde el análisis de la construcción social de la docencia / Jesús Romero Morante [and] Alberto Luis Gómez.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 15/18 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Fissures in standards formulation : the role of neoconservative and neoliberal discourses in justifying standards development in Wisconsin and Minnesota/ Samantha Caughlan [and] Richard Beach.