Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons^™

Inside Unlv, Diane Russell, Mae Worthey-Flennoy, Cate Weeks, Gian Galassi

Inside UNLV

No abstract provided.

Confederate Operations In The Jackson Purchase: A History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

No abstract provided.

Going-Down Pairs Of Commutative Rings, R. Douglas Chatham

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

No abstract provided.

Homeschooling: An Overview, Deborah Abell

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

Even though homeschooling is not a new concept, it was a relatively small movement until 30 years ago. By the late 1990's, there were over a million students being homeschooled in the United States and the numbers seem to be growing quickly. Homeschooling has become a viable alternative to traditional education. No longer a peripheral movement, it now reflects the diversity of American society. Even though homeschooling is receiving increased attention in the popular press, there is a paucity of research on the subject (Knowles, 1988). This study is the first of its kind and reports the results of a …

The Athlete And Coach: Their Relationship And Its Meaning. Methodological Concerns And Research Process, John J. Peregoy, Artur Poczwardowski, James E. Barrott

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

No abstract provided.

Defending The Jackson Purchase: The History Of Camp Beauregard, Kentucky, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

The series of events that led to the creation of Camp Beauregard was initiated on September 3, 1861, as Confederate forces under Brigadier General Gideon Pillow entered Kentucky from Tennessee to secure the riverport cities of Hickman and Columbus. In response, Union forces under Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant crossed the Ohio River and seized Paducah on September 6. The following day Confederate Major General Leonidas Polk issued orders to organize troops into field brigades in preparation for a Union advance upon Columbus. For the next two weeks both sides began to build earthworks and position artillery to fortify their …

Ten Days At Camp Dent, Dieter C. Ullrich

Faculty Research at Morehead State University

The experiences of a prisoner detained at Camp Dent, a Union prison camp in Louisville, have been found in the faded pages of a long-forgotten diary. Five years ago, an alumnus of the University of Tennessee at Martin donated two diaries, several letters, and a cracked ambrotype of a relative, Private Van Buren Oldham, who fought in the Civil War. For over one hundred and thirty years the donor's family had kept these records in an old tin box, passing it on from generation to generation. In the spring of 1996 the great-grandson of Private Van Buren Oldham gave these …

The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 3, Fall 2002

The National Honors Report

Peaks & Valleys

Those Pesky Parents

1. "Parent to Parent" by P.K.Weston ... 1 Let those parents know what they need to know: inevitable changes in their sons and daughters; practical issues; the program's responsibilities in their children's education. Includes letter to parents & copy of the program outline with notes. Weston says to borrow freely.

2. "From Fred's Mother" ... 5 This letter has been reprinted several times to remind us what honors is all about. Fred's mother says "teach my son." Introduction by Freddye Davy, Hampton University. As always, thanks for sharing this letter, Freddye.

Those Irksome Issues …

The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No. 1, Spring 2002

The National Honors Report

THE THREE R’S & MORE

RECRUITING

1. "Selling People on Honors Education" by Lydia Daniel & Joan Digby … l A challenge to honors folks to promote the value of honors education on the local level. With a generic press release that can be adapted to fit particular honors programs' or honors colleges' needs. How to promote honors as well as a specific program or college. How to buy the new third edition of Peterson's Honors Programs and Colleges. From the co-chairs of the NCHC's External Relations Committee.

1. A. PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAMS

2. "A Summer of Excellence" by Gerald T. Szymanski …

The National Honors Report Vol. Xxiii, No.2 Summer 2002

The National Honors Report

What do they mean?

1. "Numbers, Mountains, and the Supersonic Fly" by Len Zane ... 1 Zane in his Presidential Address (San Francisco, 1996) told us about Mount Whitney, height 14496.811 feet-as Zane says, that's 14496 and 811 thousands of a foot. How do they know, he asks. How? He reminds us to be skeptical of the beguiling effect of numbers. Originally appeared in Winter 1997 issue.

2. "Number Theory" by Margaret Brown ... 6 What can we do with all the reports from NCHC committees, with all of the reports from the NCHC office?

What kind of numbers are …

From Cognitive Dissonance To Self-Motivated Learning, Edmund J. Hansen

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Motivation is a multi-level change process we need to help students embrace. It often starts with experiences of cognitive dissonance and culminates in the definition of one’s learning purpose.

The Multicultural Teaching Portfolio, Matt Kaplan

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay explores the rationale for building a multicultural portfolio and offers strategies for documenting and reflecting on multicultural teaching and learning.

Teachers Are Diverse, Too -- Respecting Each Other's Beliefs, Richard G. Tiberius

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Teachers hold beliefs about teaching and learning that influence their teaching strategies and their relationships with students. These beliefs may limit what teachers do but they need not limit their success.

College Teaching As An Educational Relationship, Douglas Reimondo Robertson

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

This essay offers a conceptualization of college teaching as an educational helping relationship that challenges faculty to integrate inherent conflicts in the teacher (helper) role.

Teachers And Scholars As Designers: The Art And Practice Of Instructional Design, Charles M. Spuches

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Instructional design theory and practice can help us meet increasing challenges, employ new knowledge and resources, and create optimal learning environments.

Reflections On The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Pat Hutchings

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Drawing on work by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, this essay explores emergent understandings of the scholarship of teaching and learning, faculty responses, and likely impact.

Imperatives For Reforming Pedagogy And Curriculum, Hitendra Pillay, Bob Elliott

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Traditional models of pedagogy and curriculum assume the world is stable and internally consistent and rational. A new pedagogy and curriculum model are proposed, which challenge these assumptions.

Diversity Begins At Home: Multiculturalism In State And Regional Studies, Barbara Lounsberry

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: Archives

Diversity studies can begin in our backyards. State and regional studies can connect faculty in new ways and reveal racial, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity – even in locales considered homogenous.