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Learning Designs To Engage And Support Learners, N. Baharun, A. Porter

The Future of Learning Design Conference

This paper reports on a case study aimed at developing a better understanding on how to design student learning experiences using of digital technologies and in particular using video resources within the subject to engage and support learners with a view to impacting on their learning. Drawing on student learning experiences, the study examines the circumstances under which students are more likely to engage with a variety of learning resources. It seeks to identify how best to place the resources and to determine which resources components could play important roles within the subject. Outcomes from the study presents the rationale …

Could Fifty Million Record-Buyers Have Been Irrelevant? Understanding The Post-World War Ii Past Through Popular Music, Michael T. Bertrand

Popular Music in the Mercer Era, 1910-1970

Conventional historians often overlook the role of popular music in their interpretations of the past. They generally treat the subject as if it existed on the periphery of everyday life. Such an approach removes popular music from its social, cultural, and historical environment and places it within a vacuum where it predictably retains little meaning except as trivia. Without discounting the commercial nature of popular culture, this paper will argue that modern-day consumers utilize the tools that are available to them, including music, to express themselves in ways that often are denied in other social spheres. Consequently, historians have the …

When Big Bands Were 'Beach Music': The Swing Era In The Coastal Carolinas, Mary Montgomery Wolf

Popular Music in the Mercer Era, 1910-1970

According to historian David Stowe, it is possible to think of America ca. 1935-1945 as "swing shaped." That is to say, swing pervaded American popular music in a way that no genre had before. It embodied a certain spirit of the age, including new ways of thinking about race, cultural difference, and what it meant to be an American. To what extent does this interpretation ring true in the South? Some of the most important venues for swing in the south were those found in summer beach resorts like Wrightsville Beach and Atlantic Beach in North Carolina and Myrtle Beach …

Blackbirds In Britain: Florence Mills, Johnny Mercer And British Imaginings Of The American South Between The Two World Wars, Brian Ward

Popular Music in the Mercer Era, 1910-1970

In 1936, Johnny Mercer visited Britain for the first time as part of Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds of 1936" – a revue with an all-African American cast for which Mercer wrote many of the lyrics. Mercer was surprised to learn of the transatlantic popularity, not only of his own songs, but also of southern-themed popular culture more generally. A decade earlier another "Blackbird," the brilliant singer-dancer Florence Mills, had been similarly amazed by the British fascination with things both southern and black. Focusing primarily on the Blackbirds revues, this paper considers how British understandings and misunderstandings of the South – and, …

Understanding Attitudes To Refugees And Immigrants In Australia, Winnifred Louis

Migration and Ethnic Relations Colloquium Series

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A Multidisciplinary Conference On The Challenges & Opportunities For Sustainable Development In Ethiopia & The Greater Horn Of Africa

International Conference on African Development Archives

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Ethnosymbolism And The Dismemberment Of The State In The Horn Of Africa: The Ethiopian Case Of Ethnic Federalism, Assefa Mehretu

International Conference on African Development Archives

The paper has three major objectives. The first is to do a critical review of the current largely antagonistic narratives of ethnic instrumentalism in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa that have ultimately led to the balkanization of the state and caused serious political instability and fratricidal conflicts with traumatic and costly consequences in the region. The second is to do a critical review of the policy of the current Ethiopian government to implement ethno-territorial formations under the rubric of killils (Amharic for territorial enclosures), and to demonstrate how this may seriously vitiate national integration along compatible cultural and economic …

Policies For Reducing Horizontal Inequalities In Post-Conflict Nepal, Bishwa Nath Tiwari, Steven Archambault

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

The research method adopted here is to present various socio-economic and political participation indicators across caste and ethnic groups to find out how unequal the groups, based on the concept of horizontal inequalities (HIs). HI is inequality between culturally defined groups with shared identities that are formed by religion, ethnicities, racial affiliations, or other salient features which bind groups of people together. To study the inequalities, secondary data has been used from the following surveys: Population census 1991 and 2001, Nepal living standards survey (NLSS) 1995/96 and 2003/04, and Nepal Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) 2006. Additionally, political participation is …

Preparing Communities For Disaster Management: Myths And Challenges, S. M. Patnaik, Nilika Mehrotra

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

This paper is derived from an empirical study carried out in 2007 to assess the programs that aim to strengthen community resilience to disasters in three districts of Nepal, viz. Rupandehi, Makwanpur and Sarlahi The overall objective of the evaluation was to reflect on the role of INGOs and their accountability, to document the learnings for future initiatives, to use the findings in promoting good practices in disaster risk reduction (DRR), and finally to assess the value of these initiatives in formulating a long term strategy of integrating DRR in national development.

Son Preference And Gender Bias: Emerging Skewed Demographic Trend In Uttarakhand Himalaya, India, Atul Saklani, Bina Saklani

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

Our field studies during last one decade in Uttarakhand Himalayas have observed that ongoing transition from subsistence to cash economy is contributing to a marginalization of female labor. Our study also observes that new economic trends like increasing remittances of money seem to have inflated demands for dowry, resulting in very high costs for marrying off daughters.

Full Proceedings, Vijaya R. Sharma, Gyan Pradhan, Mukti P. Upadhyay

Himalayan Policy Research Conference

Papers, abstracts and proceedings of the Fourth Annual Himalayan Policy Research Conference, Thursday, October 22, 2009, Madison Concourse Hotel and Governors' Club, Preconference Venue of the 38th South Asian Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Relationship Between Physical Inactivity And Family Life Course Stage, Margo J. Hilbrecht, Suzy L. Wong, Judith D. Toms, Mary E. Thompson

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Physical inactivity is a well-documented risk factor for numerous chronic diseases and a major public health problem in Canada. Since social-ecological models suggest that behaviour is influenced by the person as well as the social and physical environment, it is important to be sensitive to other factors when examining physical activity participation. The purpose of this study was to explore the associations between physical inactivity, marital status and family stage for men and women in Canada.

The study was based on data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.1, for adults aged 18-64 living with a spouse or partner …

Public Policy, Gender, Marriage, And Self-Rated Health, Sean Clouston, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Married people live longer than those who remain single both in Canada and the USA, with men showing the most gain from marriage. The benefit to marriage has been exlpicated in four different ways: marital benefits, with protective benefits going mostly to men; negative selection, with sicker individuals seeking healthcare from their spouses in a health-poor policy environment; clean-up for marriage, whereby mostly male risky behaviors are left behind prior to marriage; and positive selection, suggesting instead that the marital selection process is tied to health indicators evident in social circumstances. The importance of social policy to these realms is …

The Evolution Of Health Outcomes From Childhood To Adolescence, Paul Contoyannis, Jinhu Li

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

NOTE: The peer-reviewed version of this paper is available online from the Journal of Health Economics at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2010.10.007
The authors' manuscript of it is available as the additional file listed below.

Using data from the Canadian National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examines how and why health outcomes exhibit persistence during the period from childhood to adolescence. We examine the distribution of health outcomes and health transitions using descriptive analysis and explore the determinants of these distributions by estimating the contributions of family SES, unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence and also allowing for heterogeneity of state …

Poster Introductions Iii--Aging With Long-Term Physical Impairment: The Significance Of Social Support, Rebecca Casey, Sharon Dale Stone

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

As the population ages more people are reaching old age having lived with a long-term physical impairment. This vulnerable group of people has specific needs that are often different from those of someone who reaches old age without a pre-existing physical impairment. This paper focuses on the significance of social support in ameliorating the aging experience when living with long-term physical impairment. It is based on a qualitative study of the aging experiences of eight men and women living in Ontario, Canada who were between the ages of 50 and 68 and had lived with their physical impairment for more …

Poster Introductions Iii--Antipsychotic Utilization In British Columbia From 1997 To 2006, Joseph H. Puyat, Wayne Jones, Elliot M. Goldner

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

This study examined the prevalent use of antipsychotic medication in British Columbia from 1997 to 2006 among individuals aged 20 and above. Utilization data were obtained from BC’s PharmaNet system – a provincially maintained database that contains prescription dispensation records and demographic information for individuals residing in BC. Using the American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Pharmacologic-Therapeutic Classification, claim records for Antipsychotics, Atypical Antipsychotics, Butyrophenones, Phenotiazines, Thioxanthenes, and Miscellaneous Antipsychotics were identified in the PharmaNet dataset. Individuals who filled at least 1 antipsychotic prescription in a given year were counted as prevalent users. Results were examined across gender and several age …

Poster Introductions Ii--Learning Violence Young, Lihui Zhang

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Two geographically and culturally connected nations, the United States and Canada, have starkly contrasting violent crime rates. Comparable surveys show that American teenagers on average are three times as likely to engage in fights as their Canadian peers and that this cross-country violence gap exists even among children as young as 4-5 years old. Conventional arguments believed to account for this sharp contrast in violence rates prove to have limited explanatory power. The US violence premium remains a puzzle. Using rich information provided by large-scale individual level longitudinal survey data, this study performs a Canada-US comparative analysis with a special …

The ‘Trendiness’ Of Sleep: An Empirical Investigation Into The Cyclical Nature Of Sleep Time, Pierre Brochu, Catherine Deri-Armstrong, Louis-Philippe Morin

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Using Canadian time use data, we exploit exogenous variation in local unemployment rates to investigate the cyclical nature of sleep time and show that for both men and women, sleep time decreases when the economy is doing relatively better. Our results suggest that in a recession Canadians sleep an average of 2 hours and 34 minutes more per week, or 22 minutes more per day. Given the importance of even small changes in sleep time on measures of cognitive functioning such as reaction time and concentration, our findings may help explain the countercyclical nature of mortality. Further, as we find …

Poster Introductions I--Socioeconomic Inequalities In Health And The Welfare State: A Research Synthesis, Sarah Brennenstuhl, Peggy Mcdonough, Amélie Quesnel-Vallée

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Research on the social determinants of health and health inequalities has drawn increasingly from the comparative social policy literature. Much of this research relies on one welfare regime typology, but there is a need to systematically review the efficacy of this and alternative approaches if we are to advance research in this area and provide state-of-the-art information to policy makers. Our paper presents the findings of a critical review of the public health literature on socioeconomic inequalities in health and the welfare state. In addition to synthesizing existing research, we identify knowledge gaps, and address the research and policy implications …

Welfare Regimes And Social Inequalities In Health Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis Of Panel Data From Britain, Denmark, Germany And The Us, Peggy Mcdonough, Diana Worts, Amanda Sacker

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Objective: To describe average national trajectories of self-rated health over a 7-year period, identify social determinants of cross-sectional and longitudinal health; and compare cross-national patterns.

Design: Prospective nationally representative household panel studies (the US Panel Study of Income Dynamics; British Household Panel Survey; the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey; the Danish panel from the European Community Household Panel Survey).

Setting: The US, Britain, Germany and Denmark

Participants: Household heads and their partners of working age throughout follow-up (US: 4855; Britain: 4365; Germany: 4694; Denmark: 3252).

Main Outcome Measure: Repeated measures of self-rated health (1995 – 2001). Social indicators include education, occupational …

Use Of Québec Administrative Data: The Chronic Disease Surveillance Model, Valérie Émond

Health over the Life Course Conference (2009)

Valérie Émond is an scientific expert at the Quebec Public Health Institute. Over the past 10 years, she has worked at developing chronic disease surveillance for the province of Quebec using administrative data. After developing the model for diabetes surveillance, she is currently working on an integreted chronic disease surveillance model, with a research focus on the elderly and multimorbidity. She has a background degree in actuarial mathematics from Université Laval and a Masters degree in demography from Université de Montréal. She has also worked for the Canadian Institute for Health Information where she acquired an extensive knowledge of health …

Knowing Our Communities And Families--Gathering And Teaching From “Funds Of Knowledge”, Sunday Cummins, Andrea Schaal, Janey Sarther, Karen Ringas

Western Suburban Literacy Initiative (WSLI) Conference

Are you looking for ways to engage students in rich, personally and socially meaningful experiences? The presenters will share case studies from their own work focused on moving beyond a narrow, skills-based definition of literacy to a broader definition that embraces and builds-on the authentic literacy practices of their students and members of the local community. Artifacts presented will include student work and children’s literature. Participants will have the opportunity to evaluate these case studies using the principles of a socio-cultural approach to teaching as a basis for discussion.

How To Develop A ‘Culturally Aware’ Classroom Environment, Karla Gajarka

Western Suburban Literacy Initiative (WSLI) Conference

The student body in today’s school is becoming more diverse than ever before and the cultural and linguistic differences these students are bringing into the classrooms need to be carefully acknowledged and addressed! In this workshop participants will learn how they can make their classroom environment more ‘Culturally and Linguistically aware.’ Participants will benefit from this session by: (i) learning how to provide Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) students with a respectful and safe environment, and (ii) developing greater fluency on how to help ELL students feel more welcome.

Issues Of Inclusivity For Online Distance Learners: An Academic Learning Support Perspective, Meeta Chatterjee, Paul Moore

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

Inclusivity is one form of educational integrity that is enshrined as an abiding principle in higher education irrespective of mode of delivery or educational program. In course provision, it might take the form of providing equal access to diverse groups of learners. In on-campus contexts, systems are in place to ensure (not unproblematically) that inclusivity is practised. Distance learners, because of their various commitments and the diverse competence and skills they bring to their studies, are a highly heterogeneous group. ‘Inclusivity’ in this context could have different meanings. In the present paper, we interpret the term ‘inclusivity’ to mean greater …

Pathways Into Bullying, Deborah Osborne

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

This paper contributes to the topic of educational integrity by presenting an empirical contribution that develops grounded substantive theory in the field of workplace bullying. Intrinsically there is a strong link between educational integrity and bullying because bullying is a violation of integrity. Educational integrity is underpinned by broad principles of honesty trust, equity, respect, responsibility and inclusion. The study investigated the process of becoming bullied, being bullied and the consequences for individuals and organisational cultures. Grounded theory (GT) analysis of informants’ constructions was based on action. Pathways of dissent and difference characterised by ‘standing up’ or ‘standing out’ emerged …

Partnering With The Academy To Enhance Educational Integrity: Lessons Learnt At The Coalface, Dallas Wingrove, Kylie Budge

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

Educational integrity lies at the heart of a university’s capacity to contribute to the wider social context through learning, teaching, research and scholarship. As our institution and the sector identifies, the capacity of the university to contribute to a functional and meaningful society is predicated upon this core value. This paper seeks to build knowledge of how academic developers, through partnership with diverse academic communities, can actively foster a capacious and collective ownership of, and responsibility for, educational integrity in higher education. The authors who are both academic developers present two case studies where the imperative for change was to …

Ethical Tensions In A Disability Label?, Sandra Seymour

4th Asia Pacific Conference on Educational Integrity (4APCEI)

This paper explores the ethical tensions that happen in community education when we name and label people. The Victims of Crime Disability Training Program is a small state wide non government agency funded by the Department of Communities in Brisbane. Our role is to provide community education on the issues that make people with intellectual disability vulnerable to crime and ways to work with them in the criminal justice system. In our practice we know that there is no homogeneous grouping of “intellectually disabled” yet we are constantly imposing a homogeneous identity when we talk about “them” in training. This …

Justice (Through Literacy) For All: Library/English Collaboration And Faculty Development, Ellen Sexton, Mark Mcbeth

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Southern Collegiate Leadership Conference Program 2009, Southern Collegiate Leadership Conference

Southern Collegiate Leadership Conference (2006-2019)

Conference Program

Incorporating Information Literacy Into Introductory Courses, Melissa Chesanko, Arnita Sitasari, Laura Trent, Jayne Chapple

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

This panel, consisting of instructors of the Introduction to Women’s Studies course, is concerned with including information literacy and skills training concepts into curriculum in a way that supplements our subject matter. In an introductory level course there is usually a broad range of experience in information literacy. As may be expected, upper class students have a better understanding of the research process than first year students and general education students have less interest in subject-specific research than majors or minors. Both of these predispose students to resistance to new techniques. Despite these differences, we found that most students stated …