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- 1.) Brehm, S. S., Kassin, S., & Fein, S. (2005). Social Psychology 6th edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 2.) Litter: Keep the Island Clean. April 21, 2007. http://www.gov.pe.ca/enveng/litter/index.php3?lang=E. 3.) Victory Enterprises, Inc. No Littering Signs. April 22, 2007. http://www.victorystore.com/signs/property_management/no_littering.htm 4.) Recycling Facts. April 24, 2007. http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html. 5.) Don’t Waste Our State: Litter Facts. April 24, 2007. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/adopt/facts.html. 6.) The Facts About Cigarette Butts and Litter. April 24, 2007. http://www.cigarettelitter.org/index.asp?PageName=Facts. 7.) Litter Facts. April 24, 2007. http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/environment/community/springcleanin g/litter_facts_en.html. 8.) University of Rhode Island Recycling. April 24, 2007. http://www.uri.edu/admin/recycle/urifactoids.html. (1)
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- A version of pluralistic ignorance seems to be in effect as well. When people see a lot of trash on the ground and they don’t see anyone else concerned about it, they may think there’s no reason to be concerned, making them more likely to add their own trash to the environment around them. Habituation also has a part in this issue. As people see litter everyday, almost everywhere they go, their responses to it are reduced, and they eventually become used to it. They may forget that littering is even a problem that has to be addressed and fixed. Diffusion of responsibility plays a role as well. If people believe that others will take action and clean up their trash, they may feel like littering is ok because someone else will clean it later. (1)
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- Campaign aimed at cleaning up the campus environment Phase one of the clean up of the University of Rhode Island campus would begin with an addition of numerous trash cans and recycling bins, spanning all around the campus as a whole. Then a vast amount of flyers supporting throwing away trash and recycling would be posted in numerous classrooms, bathrooms, hallways, walkways, offices, bus stops, and all over the campus grounds. These signs would incorporate positive messages to clean up after yourself, and include alarming statistics to make students more wise to the urgent issue at hand. These signs would help to raise awareness of the problem and get more students to throw away their trash. After phase one is completed phase two would begin. Phase two would incorporate the use of numerous volunteers. Volunteers would come from various places such as environmental groups on campus, and the URI 101 course, which calls for community service hours to be completed. We would also advertise the community service opportunity so anyone willing and wanting to help out could be included. With these volunteers we would hold various fund-raising drives. We would hold a benefit concert, with all profits going to our cause. We would sell raffle tickets and raffle off a sum of money, and use the left over funds for (1)
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- Conformity plays a role in why people litter as well. If littering is perceived as a norm, people may change their behaviors to fit in with that “norm”. The theory of planned behavior says that attitudes toward a specific behavior as well as subjective norms and perceived control influence a person’s actions. If there is litter all over the ground, people may perceive littering as a norm, so even though they may know it’s bad, they may decide to litter anyways because other people do it too. The actor-observer effect may play a role when there is not a trashcan present. An individual can know that littering is bad and think that other people who litter don’t care about the environment. When there is no trashcan present, however, and that individual decides to litter, the individual could tell himself that he does care about the environment and that it was the situation he was in that made him litter. When litter has already accumulated, the false-consensus effect may influence people, making them overestimate the extent to which others think it’s ok to litter. If many people are perceived to think littering is ok, an individual might be more likely to do so as well. A version of pluralistic ignorance seems to be in effect as well. When people see a lot of trash on the ground and they don’t see anyone else concerned about it, (1)
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- If you’re spotted throwing away your trash on campus you could be handed $5, $10, or even $20 on the spot!!! So make sure you’re doing your part and you might get lucky!” The event would work by having the volunteers take rounds on the campus numerous times daily, equipped with many $5, $10, and $20 certificates. The volunteers would have specific routes to follow that walked by many different trash cans on the campus. If the volunteers spotted someone throwing away their trash at random, they would then hand out a certificate to that person for 5, 10, or 20 dollars. That person would then be able to come to our group and claim their cash reward for throwing away trash and making our campus a cleaner place! (1)
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Teaching English In The Dominican Republic, Cassandra Craig
Teaching English In The Dominican Republic, Cassandra Craig
Senior Honors Projects
As thousands of immigrants and refugees are entering the U.S., and our school systems, each year, English as a second language (ESL) classes are becoming more and more necessary. As a future ESL teacher, it is crucial that I am aware of the wide variety of school environments from which they are coming. My curiosity brought me to Altamira, Dominican Republic, where I was able to experience first hand the school environment of my potential future students. Altamira is a small town located a half hour outside of Santiago, Dominican Republic. There, I was fortunate to stay with an extremely …
Living Proof: The Decline In Northeast Arts Education - And What Can Be Done About It., Chris Comer
Living Proof: The Decline In Northeast Arts Education - And What Can Be Done About It., Chris Comer
Senior Honors Projects
All my life, I have been raised and tempered by the public schooling systems of the Northeastern states. As I near the completion of my undergraduate studies, I can look back at all my years of education and see how my personality and skill-sets were forged into what they are today. Now, in the age of the No Child Left Behind Act, and in the middle of a war overseas, public schools nationwide and here in the Northeast are finding it increasingly difficult to produce the test results and proof of knowledge that is being asked of them. This mismatch …
Students Sharing Feelings Of Grief: An Elementary Curriculum On Loss, Kristen Gloumakoff
Students Sharing Feelings Of Grief: An Elementary Curriculum On Loss, Kristen Gloumakoff
Senior Honors Projects
“It is only natural that we and our children find many things that are hard to talk about. But anything human is mentionable and anything mentionable is manageable.The mentioning can be difficult, and the managing too, but both can be done if we’re surrounded by love and trust.” ~Fred Rogers This quote could be talking about many different things that parents find difficult to talk to their children about, such as smoking, drinking, drugs, divorce, and sex. I was introduced to this quote as a one about parents talking to their children about death. Death is a part of life, …
International Development Education, Adam Crawley
International Development Education, Adam Crawley
Senior Honors Projects
Global warming, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation are perhaps three of the most daunting security challenges being faced by the United States today. How to meet these threats is the subject of endless political debate in our society, yet too often the root causes of these threats are overlooked. While the Western world is certainly responsible for the majority of emissions that contribute to global warming, it will not be long until developing nations, led by industrial powers such as China, begin to take on a more significant role in contributing to this problem. Similarly, it is these same developing nations …
Environmental Stewardship On The Uri Campus, Joseph A. Santiago, Lauri Leach, Michela O’Rourke, Rachel Toppi
Environmental Stewardship On The Uri Campus, Joseph A. Santiago, Lauri Leach, Michela O’Rourke, Rachel Toppi
Student Affairs Digital Community Development
This poster campaign and report was an effort to get environmental stewardship to be more of a part of the student government at URI. It was used to raise awareness and link people's actions to theory so that future work could be built off this and assessed for its effectiveness.
The Rhode Map To Success: The Exploratory Student’S Guide To Choosing An Undergraduate Major, Kaitlin O'Hara
The Rhode Map To Success: The Exploratory Student’S Guide To Choosing An Undergraduate Major, Kaitlin O'Hara
Senior Honors Projects
Entering college without a major has become more prevalent over the past decade. Colleges and universities are opening their arms to the undecided, providing them with extensive resources and assistance to help direct them to a major and, ultimately, a career. The University of Rhode Island has admitted an increasing number of undeclared incoming freshmen over the past few years. This fall semester, approximately fifteen percent of freshman class did not declare a major prior to starting classes. This percentage of students represents a very special group at the University College. The undecided academic advisors at the University College developed …
University Of Rhode Island Neasc Self-Study 2007. Standard Seven: Library And Other Information Resources
Collection Development Reports and Documents
Self-Study report by the University of Rhode Island, prepared in fall 2006 for the 2006/07 accreditation visit of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Included here is Standard Seven: Library and Other Information Resources.
This standard was prepared by Standard Seven Committee Chair Karen M. Ramsay, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Technical Services in the University Libraries. Also on the Standard Seven Committee were: Lisa DiPippo, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science & Statistics; Karol Leuzarder, Senior Tech Programmer, TOPS; Mary MacDonald, Associate Professor, University Libraries; David Eifler, Graduate Student; Jim Loy, Professor, Anthropology; …