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Hawks' Herald -- December 1, 2011, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Hawks' Herald -- November 17, 2011, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 28, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: WSHU expands with purchases -- 'Groundbreaking' event, new Pioneer Park -- Connecticut Light & Power leaves customers in dark -- Nursing Students earn top marks on national exam -- Softball team set to break in Pioneer Park this spring -- Most anticipated days of November approach -- Commuters communicate college experience

Prism #58, November 2011, Office Of The Provost

Prism: Western Michigan University's Newsletter for Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Building Leadership Through Action Research, Douglas Llewellyn, John Travers, Mike Wischnowski

Education Faculty/Staff Publications

In a poem by the Nobel Prize winning Irish poet Seamus Heaney, the narrator remarks, "She taught me what her uncle once taught her: how easily the biggest coal block split if you got the grain and the hammer angled right." Getting the grain and the hammer angled right is never an easy task for leaders in any complex organization. However, if the coal block-size dilemmas of education are to be split into problems that are manageable, comprehensible, and mutable, then school leaders will have to work assiduously and persistently to accomplish just this.

Swinging Bridge - September 28, 2011, Sari Heidenreich

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.

Hawks' Herald -- September 15, 2011, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

Interview Of John Mccloskey By John Fallon, John Mccloskey, John Fallon

All Oral Histories

John McCloskey was born in 1920 in Philadelphia’s Olney section. Born into a working-class Irish Catholic family, McCloskey moved to Cornwell Heights, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, in 1924. He graduated from Northeast Catholic High School in 1938. He held several jobs before settling in at Crown Cork & Seal’s seamless can manufacturing plant located at I Street and Erie Avenue in Philadelphia’s Kensington section. He joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942. He was selected to instruct future pilots in the operation of B-17 Bombers. He attained the rank of First Lieutenant. Following his time in the Army, McCloskey …

Hawks' Herald -- April 7, 2011, Roger Williams University

Hawk's Herald

No abstract provided.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 49, March 17, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present. This issue is misnumbered as Vol. 49, No. 49.

Lanthorn, Vol. 45, No. 48, March 14, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 45, July 8, 2010 - June 9, 2011

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: New Program Will Reflect Features of Study Abroad Program in Ireland -- Chairman Remembered for Contributions to Luxembourg Campus -- Things To Do This Week at SHU -- Reality TV Hits the beach and the ... Bookstore -- SHU Dishes on Hooking Up and Getting Involved

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 54], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community. Date: February 9, 2011

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 52], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 51], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

Acting Different – Using Drama Workshops And Seminars To Promote Reconciliation, Anti Racism And Anti-Sectarianism, Mary Moynihan, Freda Manweiler

Books/Book Chapters

This booklet contains a documentation of the project Acting Different which was implemented by Smashing Times and Corrymeela Community/Irish Peace Centres and consisted of a series of drama workshops and seminars conducted on a cross-community and cross-border basis with several groups in the Lisburn and Castlereagh area of Northern Ireland and County Leitrim in the Republic of Ireland. The aim of the project was to use high quality theatre processes to promote peace building and reconciliation. Professional theatre practitioners from Smashing Times Theatre Company conducted the workshops. The booklet contains a description of three drama workshop models used in the …

A Quantitative Study Into Grade Inflation (Perceived And Actual) In The College Of Business, Technologicl University Dublin, Derek Simon

Theses

Most academics have an opinion on the existence or otherwise of grade inflation. Some people deny the existence of grade inflation. Some argue that it is damaging to academia while some argue that it is a normal phenomenon and is not damaging while others assert that it is impossible to measure. Due to the difficulty in measurement of grade inflation this study was devised to measure firsts and distinctions to ascertain the quantity of grade inflation. This study takes a two pronged approach to discovering the real and perceived existence or otherwise of grade inflation in the College. In the …

The Wiki Way: Supporting Collaborative Learning For First Year Students, Kathleen Hughes

Conference papers

Skills in working in teamwork are demanded from graduates, and these are ever more likely to be over the internet. Horizon (2011) calls for this need to be reflected in students’ project work. The use of Wikis has been posited as a tool for collaborative online knowledge creation, increasing engagement, and social constructivism (Wheeler and Wheeler, 2008). The use of wikis in student groups is still relatively new, however, and the need for deeper investigation of its role in supporting group collaboration has been identified in literature (Bruen et al, in Donnelly, Harvey and O’ Rourke, 2010).

This study utilised …

Beginning With El Barrio: Learning From Exemplary Teachers Of Latino Students, Jason G. Irizarry, John Raible

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

This study draws from data collected through phenomenological interviews with a group of urban teachers identified as “exemplary” by Latino students, parents, and community members. The authors critically examine the participants’ biographies and document factors they cited as most germane and influential to informing their practice with Latino students. The article concludes with a discussion of barrio-based epistemologies and ontologies, or ways of being and knowing that are informed by extended immersion in and connection to Latino cultural and linguistic communities, particularly as they are developed explicitly and leveraged to improve educational experiences and outcomes for Latino youth.

Beyond Friending: Buddypress And The Social, Networked, Open-Source Classroom, Matthew K. Gold

Publications and Research

Classrooms have always been networks, of a sort, with professors and students forming an interlaced series of nodes that take shape over the course of a semester, but tools like BuddyPress and WordPress can make those networks more open, more porous, and more varied. In very useful ways, the classroom-as-social-network can help create engaging spaces for learning in which students are more connected to one another, to their professors, and to the wider world.

"It's Like Giving Us A Car, Only Without The Wheels": Performance Of Latina Students At An Early College High School, Leslie A. Locke

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.