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Narrative World Building: Creative Applications For Gamification In Study Abroad, Ashley Lear

Publications

This study examined a cohort of 12 study abroad participants taking a course on video game topography and narrative in Salamanca, Spain, to determine how inhabiting and co-creating narrative worlds as part of the coursework might impact the experiences of the students inside and outside of the classroom as they engaged in mandated and optional cultural engagement activities, such as museum tours and excursions to historical sites. Students completed two gameful learning activities: 1) they co-created their own narrative game world in a group game proposal assignment drawing upon research from storytelling through game environments, and 2) they created independent …

Carlos Bulosan And Filipino Collective Memory: Teaching, Transgression, And Transformation, Jeffrey Cabusao

English and Cultural Studies Journal Articles

Who is Carlos Bulosan? Why is he significant? Why teach Bulosan in our classrooms? These questions function as points of departure for this lecture delivered in Summer 2021 for the UNITAS International Lecture Series cosponsored by CLASS and Kritika Kultura. By reviewing the significance of Carlos Bulosan, this talk provides an opportunity to examine the continued relevance of Bulosan and his works for the twenty-first century. A pioneering Filipino writer of the twentieth century, Bulosan developed a unique transgressive aesthetic that travels across national and literary boundaries and, in the process, reimagines the boundaries of Filipino identity and literary categorization. …

The Art Of Item Writing: Cross-Curricular Testing At Acer 1964-2014, Doug Mccurry, John Harding

ACER Research Monographs

This monograph is about the development of a distinctive style of cross-curricular testing that was developed at the Australian Council for Educational Research in the 1960s and 1970s, and is still in use in some testing programs presently. The impetus for this kind of test development was the decision of the Menzies government to award 10,000 scholarships each year for students to study at Years 11 and 12 through a test called The Commonwealth Secondary Scholarship Examination (CSSE). The testing program ran for 10 years, during which around one million candidates sat the test. This monograph attempts to demonstrate the …

The Public Fallout Of The Humanities Crisis: Critiquing The Public Turn In Rhetoric And Composition Studies, Mary Beth Pennington, Tonya Ritola, Belinda Walzer

English Faculty Publications

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RECENTLY, KENTUCKY GOVERNOR Matt Bevin stated unequivocally that college students majoring in electrical engineering were more deserving of state funding than those majoring in French literature (Cohen). In a primary debate for the election of 2016, Republican presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio cautioned philosophy majors that they would be better off learning how to weld (Rappeport), and within the last two years, the Obama administration proposed that we begin ranking US colleges and universities on earnings after graduation—a proposal that rankled colleges and universities and sent humanities scholars into an even deeper tailspin (Shear).

Recognising The Value Of The Arts And Humanities In A Time Of Austerity, Ellen Hazelkorn, Mairtin Ryan, Andrew Gibson, Elaine Ward

Reports

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Europe Looks For Better Ways To Measure The Value Of The Arts And Humanities, Ellen Hazelkorn

Other resources

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"Ok, I'M A Teacher Now:" Reading Young Adult Literature In A Teacher Education Program, Brittany Richer

Honors Projects

After taking a young adult literature course as part of my Secondary Education/ English program, I felt I had gained only a limited understanding of the importance of the genre to my future career. In the class, we read several popular young adult texts, learned about their authors, identified censorship issues, and mentioned a few strategies related to the teaching of the texts. Much of the “understanding” related only to future applications in imagined classrooms, which left no room for critical reflection about what we might learn from reading the texts about ourselves as students and teachers. A sense of …

The Effects Of Adaptive Instruction On Developmental Rhythm Aptitude And Rhythm Achievement Of Preschool Students With Hearing Impairment, Danielle Marcene Carrier Trial

Honors Projects

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of adaptive instruction on the developmental rhythm aptitude and rhythm achievement of preschool students with a hearing impairment. Specifically, this study is designed to determine a) if the addition of body percussion and percussive instruments to music instruction affects the developmental rhythm aptitudes of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children with a hearing impairment and b) if the addition of body percussion and percussive instruments affects the rhythm achievement scores of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children with a hearing impairment. The results of this study may have implications for music teachers …

The Human Journey: Embracing The Essential Learning Outcomes, Michelle Loris

English Faculty Publications

At the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century, a new vision for college learning is clearly in view. Through its Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP) initiative, the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has outlined what contemporary college students need to know and be able to do--in ever-changing economic, political, environmental, global, and cross-cultural contexts. The LEAP essential learning outcomes provide a framework to guide student learning in both general education and the major. The LEAP initiative calls upon college administrators and faculty members to give priority to these essential learning outcomes in order to …

Western Washington University 2008 Survey Of Alumni Who Graduated Between Summer, 2006, And Spring, 2007 • Department Report, Beth Hartsoch, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark, John M. Krieg, Gary (Gary Russell) Mckinney, Joseph E. Trimble

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

2007 • Department Report Executive Summary: Since 1990, Western’s Office of Survey Research (OSR) has surveyed alumni every other year. Alumni who are one to two years past graduation are invited to participate. They are asked to reflect on their experiences at Western, and about their current situation regarding family, education, and employment. OSR uses a mixture of online and telephone survey methodologies, then, when applicable, links survey results with Western’s student records, thus expanding their usefulness to researchers. The 2008 alumni survey was administered to graduates earning their bachelor’s degrees between the summer of 2006 and spring of 2007. …

Perfil Quali-Quantitativo Dos Currículos Do Ensino Secundário Brasileiro No Século Xix [A Quali-Quantitative Profile Of The Curricula Of The Brazilian Secondary School Of The Xix Century], Karl M. Lorenz, Ariclê Vechia

Education Faculty Publications

O trabalho caracteriza a organização e os conteúdos dos currículos adotados na escola secundária brasileira de 1838 a 1900, tomando como referência o Colégio Pedro II. O estudo classifica as disciplinas em quatro conjuntos curriculares: Humanidades, Ciências, Matemáticas e Estudos Sociais. Analise, quantitativamente, as disciplinas dos conjuntos curriculares, sua frequência e distribuição nas series, e a carga horaria atribuída elas.

The paper describes the organization and contents of the curricula adopted in the Brazilian secondary school for the years 1838 to 1900, using as its reference the College Pedro II. The study classifies the curricular disciplines in four groups: Humanities, …

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1973, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1973 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1973, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1973 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1972, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1972 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1971, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper Year 10 students sat in 1971 as part of the Australian Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination.

Quantitative Thinking 1971, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1971 as part of the Australian Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination.

Quantitative Thinking 1970, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1970 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1970, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1970 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1969, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1969 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1969, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1969 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1968, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1968 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1967, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1967 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1967, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1967 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1966, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1966 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1966, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1966 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1965, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1965 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1965, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1965 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Comprehension And Interpretation (Humanities) 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Comprehension and interpretation (humanities) paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.

Quantitative Thinking 1964, Acer

Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examination

This is the Quantitative thinking paper that Year 10 students sat in 1964 as part of the Commonwealth Senior Scholarship Examinations.