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People Don't Want To Call It Your Baby: Stigma And Identity In Misscarriage Narratives, Jennifer Fairchild, Arrington M. Dec 2013

People Don't Want To Call It Your Baby: Stigma And Identity In Misscarriage Narratives, Jennifer Fairchild, Arrington M.

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Studying Prenatal Loss From The Inside And The Outside: The Stories We Create Through Shared Lived Experiences, Jennifer Fairchild, Michael Arrington Dec 2013

Studying Prenatal Loss From The Inside And The Outside: The Stories We Create Through Shared Lived Experiences, Jennifer Fairchild, Michael Arrington

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Surviving Academe In Tight Budget Times: Teaching And Keeping Abreast Of New Technology With Limited Resources, Jennifer Fairchild, Deborah Givens, Kathy Keltner-Previs Sep 2013

Surviving Academe In Tight Budget Times: Teaching And Keeping Abreast Of New Technology With Limited Resources, Jennifer Fairchild, Deborah Givens, Kathy Keltner-Previs

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Constructivist Learning In A Technology-Rich Classromm: The Role Of Involvement, Cooperation, And Connectedness, Jennifer Fairchild, Eric Meiners, Jayne Violette Apr 2013

Constructivist Learning In A Technology-Rich Classromm: The Role Of Involvement, Cooperation, And Connectedness, Jennifer Fairchild, Eric Meiners, Jayne Violette

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

Top Papers in Instructional Development


Going Out On A Limb: The Implementation Of The L.E.A.F. Model Of Teaching And Learning, J. Violette, C. Daniel, E. Meiners, Jennifer Fairchild Dec 2012

Going Out On A Limb: The Implementation Of The L.E.A.F. Model Of Teaching And Learning, J. Violette, C. Daniel, E. Meiners, Jennifer Fairchild

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

Faculty and professional staff members engaged in the development, implementation, and practice of the L.E.A.F. Model of Teaching and Learning at Eastern Kentucky University in the campus’ Incubator Classroom are working to define the qualities of “the ideal classroom” with the goal of addressing optimum and innovative student learning experiences. The L.E.A.F. Model, an acronym coined by Sweet & Blythe (2010), represents what is theoretically the “Learning Environment for Academia’s Future,” weaving together current research from education, instructional design, instructional communication, technology, and pedagogy to challenge outdated compartmentalized thinking about what it means to be a teacher in the 21st …


Instructional Sensemaking In A Technology-Rich Learning Environment: A Dialectical Approach, Jennifer Fairchild, Eric Meiners, Jayne Violette Nov 2012

Instructional Sensemaking In A Technology-Rich Learning Environment: A Dialectical Approach, Jennifer Fairchild, Eric Meiners, Jayne Violette

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Depictions Of Husbands In Miscarriage Accounts, Jennifer Fairchild, Michael Arrington Dec 2011

Depictions Of Husbands In Miscarriage Accounts, Jennifer Fairchild, Michael Arrington

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

Little research has employed social support literature to investigate the support needs of women coping with the loss of a child—or the potential of partners to fulfill those needs. The researchers gathered miscarriage narratives through interviews with 24 women and analyzed the depictions of supportive and unsupportive responses from husbands. Narrators perceived partners either as ideal support sources or as clueless to enact support.


A Guide For New Public Speaking Teachers (For Instructors), 5th Edition, Jennifer Fairchild Dec 2011

A Guide For New Public Speaking Teachers (For Instructors), 5th Edition, Jennifer Fairchild

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

Prepared by Calvin L. Troup, Duquesne University and Jayne L. Violette, Eastern Kentucky University, this guide helps new teachers prepare for and teach the introductory public speaking course effectively. It covers such topics as preparing for the term, planning and structuring your course, evaluating speeches, utilizing the textbook, integrating technology into the classroom, and much more.


What Might Have Been: The Communication Of Social Support And Women's Post-Miscarriage Narrative Reconstruction, Jennifer Fairchild Dec 2008

What Might Have Been: The Communication Of Social Support And Women's Post-Miscarriage Narrative Reconstruction, Jennifer Fairchild

Jennifer Fairchild Ph.D.

This dissertation explores the ways in which miscarriage survivors construct their stories of pregnancy and the subsequent miscarriage. Although some research has examined illness narratives, women's miscarriage narratives have not received enough attention. An examination of miscarriage narratives is warranted because miscarriage has significant physical and psychosocial implications-effects that are often related to stigma and threats to individual identity. Narrative can be utilized to cope with the stigma of miscarriage, challenges to the woman's identity after a miscarriage, and altered relationships after the fact. Researchers have devoted considerable energy to considering the ways that serious illness alters people and necessitates …