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Under The Dome - September 1992, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Cover.....p. 1
Hats Off to the Students! .....p. 2
Exhibit Serves as Classroom.....p. 2
Digging up the Past October 15-25 at the S.C. State Fair.....p. 2
Faculty Art Show December 6, 1992-January 31, 1993.....p. 3
A New Focus for McKissick's Folk Arts Program.....p. 4
Welcome to Lesley Williams.....p. 4
Traditional Performers at State Fair.....p. 5
Folk Arts Program Receives Major NEH Grant to Research Southern Craft Revival.....p. 5
Finding Gold: The History of Gold Mining in the Southern Piedmont.....p. 6
From Films to Folktales: Fall Fun at McKissick.....p. 8
Helping Hands Are Needed!.....p. 8
South Carolina Archaeology Week.....p. 8 …

A Descriptive Analysis And Academic Genealogy Of Major Contributors To Jtpe In The 1980s, Murrary F. Mitchell

Faculty Publications

Information about whose knowledge is accepted as important is valuable in understanding how a profession evolves. The term elders describes the individuals who control invisible networks of prestige and who determine what information is accepted for publication in professional journals. These published works stand as the foundation for the knowledge base of a discipline. The purpose of this article was to identify the elders in physical education teacher education (PETE) and to trace their academic genealogy. Elders were defined as major contributors to the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education from 1981 through 1989. The articles published by these subjects …

Scholarly Behaviors Of Physical Education Methods Teacher Educators In Ohio, Murrary F. Mitchell

Faculty Publications

This study focused on the behavior of a proportional, stratified random sample of 40 physical education methods teacher educators (PEMTEs) in the state of Ohio, or more specifically, on the professional implications of their scholarly behaviors. The focal questions addressed were (a) how do PEMTEs meet their responsibility to stay current in their professional areas, and (b) what are the professional implications of these efforts? Four specific behaviors were examined as evidence of scholarly behaviors: (a) reading professional journals, (b) writing for publication, (c) attendance at professional conferences, and (d) active involvement in research. Findings were then contrasted to findings …

Under The Dome - April 1992, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Cover.....p. 1
Sigmund Abeles Retrospective.....p. 2
33rd Springs Traveling Art Show.....p. 2
20th Century Political Campaigns.....p. 3
Paper Pleasures.....p. 3
The Winners of 1992 S.C. Folk Heritage Awards.....p. 4
NEA Supports Grant Request.....p. 5
Concert Honors Heritage Award Winners.....p. 5
Recent Acquisitions.....p. 6
The Mildred Cahan Award Goes to Warren Smith!.....p. 8
Not the Sounds of Silence.....p. 8
Abbeville Theater Weekend.....p. 9
Santa Elena.....p. 9
Council Will Guide Museum into the 21st Century!.....p. 9
Spring Teacher Workshop a Success!.....p. 10
"Altogether an extraordinary conference...".....p. 10
McKissick Mornings '92 is Coming!.....p. 10
Calendar.....p. 11
General Information.....p. 12

Under The Dome - January 1992, Mckissick Museum--University Of South Carolina

Under the Dome, McKissick Museum Newsletter

Contents:

Cover.....p. 1
The Campbell Collection: Two Centuries of Soup Tureens.....p. 2
Sigmund Abeles.....p. 3
Advisory Council Established.....p. 4
Search Your Attic!.....p. 4
New Information Brochure.....p. 4
1991 Apprenticeship Grant Recipients Named.....p. 5
Before Freedom Came: African-American Life in the Antebellum South.....p. 6
Spring Workshops.....p. 8
Summer Will Soon Be Upon Us!.....p. 8
Teacher Workshop Offerings.....p. 8
McKissick Receives IMS Conservation Project Support Grant.....p. 9
Camden.....p. 10
Historic Garden Week in Virginia.....p. 10
McKissick Museum Frequent Travelers.....p. 10
Calendar.....p. 11
General Information.....p. 12

The Influence Of Content Development On The Effectiveness Of Instruction, Judith E. Rink, Karen E. French, Peter H. Werner, Susan Lynn, Amy Mays

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect on student learning of different ways of structuring student practice of complex motor skills. Previous research indicated that students who practiced the volleyball set and serve with a four-step progression learned more than students who practiced only the final test for the same number of practice trials; the effect of motivation and practice focused on specific learning cues was unclear. The present study investigated the specific role of progression, refinement, and motivation in learning the volleyball set and serve. Ninth-grade students were randomly assigned to one of five groups: (a) …