An Exploration Of Job Satisfaction Levels, Pathways Into Education, And Recruiting Behaviors Of Teachers In Indiana,
2017
Indiana State University
An Exploration Of Job Satisfaction Levels, Pathways Into Education, And Recruiting Behaviors Of Teachers In Indiana, Tricia Johnson
All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Teacher retention and recruitment has been studied from many different perspectives, but there is limited research on the issue from the perspectives of current teachers. The purpose of this quantitative study was to gather data to fill a gap in the research concerning teacher recruiting behaviors by asking teachers if they were likely to encourage different categories of people (friend or relative, community member, current student, other students, recent high school graduate, and their own child) to enter the field of education as a profession. Analysis of the data from 2,083 current Indiana teachers found multiple statistically significant differences in …
Young Adult Literature And Empathy In Appalachian Adolescents,
2017
East Tennessee State University
Young Adult Literature And Empathy In Appalachian Adolescents, Kelsey R. Kiser
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Based on recent research concluding that fiction can increase empathy, this project examines how multicultural young adult literature may encourage empathy in Appalachian adolescents. Empathy encourages prosocial behaviors, but evidence suggests that young adults’ ability to empathize has declined in recent decades. In addition, Appalachia in particular is still a relatively homogenous region as it is majority white, protestant Christian, and heteronormative. Because of this, young adults in Appalachia may encounter few diverse perspectives in real life; multicultural young adult literature can provide diverse perspectives with which teenagers can empathize in a region where they might not have similar opportunities …
Thinking Before You Act: A Constructive Logic Approach To Crafting Performance-For- Development Narrative,
2017
East Tennessee State University
Thinking Before You Act: A Constructive Logic Approach To Crafting Performance-For- Development Narrative, Angela Duggins
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The intent of this thesis was to test the feasibility of constructing performance-for-development narrative using a constructive logic approach. I created an equation which expressed the sum of non-human-elements as the sum of a narrative with each element serving as a variable. I used a review of persuasion literature to provide insight into the selection and manipulation of each variable. I provided my family as a hypothetical example and used my knowledge of their preferences and communication styles in conjunction with the literature and the equation to craft a narrative which might increase pro-school attitudes in other families like my …
With Great Power: Examining The Representation And Empowerment Of Women In Dc And Marvel Comics,
2017
East Tennessee State University
With Great Power: Examining The Representation And Empowerment Of Women In Dc And Marvel Comics, Kylee Kilbourne
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Throughout history, comic books and the media they inspire have reflected modern society as it changes and grows. But women’s roles in comics have often been diminished as they become victims, damsels in distress, and sidekicks. This thesis explores the problems that female characters often face in comic books, but it also shows the positive representation that new creators have introduced over the years. This project is a genealogy, in which the development of the empowered superwoman is traced in modern age comic books. This discussion includes the characters of Kamala Khan, Harley Quinn, Gwen Stacy, and Barbara Gordon and …
Asking The Tough Questions: Teaching Literature And Nonfiction Through Critical Literacy To Recapture Our Voices, Agency, And Mission,
2017
University of Central Florida
Asking The Tough Questions: Teaching Literature And Nonfiction Through Critical Literacy To Recapture Our Voices, Agency, And Mission, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond
Conference Presentations
Exploding the Myth of Mental Illness
Disrupting Notions Of Stigma While Empowering Voices: Examining Language Identity, Mental Illness, And Disability Through Young Adult Literature,
2017
University of Central Florida
Disrupting Notions Of Stigma While Empowering Voices: Examining Language Identity, Mental Illness, And Disability Through Young Adult Literature, Elsie L. Olan, Wendy Farkas, Kia Jane Richmond
Conference Presentations
Presenter Two will share new research on young adult literature which features characters with mental illness. She will describe strategies for using texts such as Your Voice is All I Hear (2015), Thirteen Reasons Why (2007), and The Impossible Knife of Memory (2014) to analyze and critique representations of mental illness in young adult literature. Drawing on research by Koss & Teale (2009) and Richmond (2014), this presenter will help session attendees interrogate “the power of language choices” and “become empowered to confront the stigma associated with mental illness and confront bullying” (p. 24).
Young Adult Literature: The Reality On The Page,
2017
Southeastern University - Lakeland
Young Adult Literature: The Reality On The Page, Chelsea Elmore
Selected Honors Theses
The genre of young adult literature has grown from a didactic category made of problem novels and taboo themes into a mimetic vision of modern life by way of dystopian fiction. In my thesis, I will discuss the ways in which young adult literature has changed over time and what those changes will mean for its readers and its future as a genre. The first section will analyze three groundbreaking novels that have disrupted the previously established didactic mindset of young adult literature. The publication of such novels (The Catcher in the Rye, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret …
Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea,
2017
The University of Southern Mississippi
Mind Over Magic: Repetition-Compulsion, Power Instinct, And Apprehension In Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard Of Earthsea, Phillip Snyder
The Catalyst
This paper analyzes what the actions of Ged, the protagonist in Ursula K. Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea, say about fear and its master and how these actions add to our understanding of Sigmund Freud’s concepts of repetition-compulsion, Power Instinct, and Apprehension.
“Things That Were, And Things That Are, And Things That Yet May Be”: The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscript Collection At Marquette University,
2017
Marquette University
“Things That Were, And Things That Are, And Things That Yet May Be”: The J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscript Collection At Marquette University, William M. Fliss
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
A talk on the Tolkien Archive at Marquette University’s Rayner Memorial Library in Milwaukee, Wisconsin—its origins, usefulness, and current reorganization project.
Into The Wild Woods: On The Significance Of Trees And Forests In Fantasy Fiction,
2017
University of Białystok (Poland)
Into The Wild Woods: On The Significance Of Trees And Forests In Fantasy Fiction, Weronika Łaszkiewicz
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Surveys trees and forests in fantasy literature, paying particular attention to works by Charles de Lint and Robert Holdstock and their evocations of the sacred, the numinous, and the mythologically potent through arboreal imagery.
‘Morning Stars Of A Setting World’: Alain De Lille’S De Planctu Naturæ And Tolkien’S Legendarium As Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia.,
2017
University of Vermont
‘Morning Stars Of A Setting World’: Alain De Lille’S De Planctu Naturæ And Tolkien’S Legendarium As Neo-Platonic Mythopoeia., Christopher Vaccaro
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Examines a possible source of the imagery associated with Tolkien’s representations of divine and queenly women in Alain de Lille’s De Planctu Naturæ, or Complaint of Nature. De Lille was a 12th century theologian and poet associated with the Chartres school, and an influence on Chaucer.
"Countries Of The Mind": The Mundane, The Fantastic, And Reality In The Landscapes Of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood And Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series,
2017
Kansas State University
"Countries Of The Mind": The Mundane, The Fantastic, And Reality In The Landscapes Of Diana Wynne Jones's Hexwood And Garth Nix's Old Kingdom Series, Brittani Ivan
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
The landscape, in a piece of mythopoeic fiction, is more than a backdrop to the action- It is the story itself rendered static. The way each author arranges their landscape thus reflects their conception of continuities, discontinuities, and imbalances of power and reality between the mundane and the fantastic. I argue that by applying the postcolonial theories of Mary Louise Pratt, Michel de Certeau, and Homi Bhaba to the fantastic landscapes that are mapped or left unmapped by Diana Wynne Jones in Hexwood and Garth Nix in his Old Kingdom Series, it is revealed that the ideological divide between the …
Maleldil And Reader Response In C.S. Lewis’S Out Of The Silent Planet,
2017
Western Oregon University
Maleldil And Reader Response In C.S. Lewis’S Out Of The Silent Planet, Thomas Rand
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
On Lewis’s coinage of the name Maleldil and its linguistic implications.
Laughter In Middle-Earth: Humour In And Around The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Maureen F. Mann,
2017
Rutgers University
Laughter In Middle-Earth: Humour In And Around The Works Of J.R.R. Tolkien. Eds. Thomas Honegger And Maureen F. Mann, Janet Brennan Croft
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
The Invention Of Angela Carter: A Biography By Edmund Gordon,
2017
University of Arizona
The Invention Of Angela Carter: A Biography By Edmund Gordon, Dennis Wilson Wise
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Memories Of Clyde Kilby (Note),
2017
(retired) Illinois Central College in East Peoria
Memories Of Clyde Kilby (Note), Mike Foster
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Foster recounts an early interview with Clyde Kilby, founder of the Wade Collection at Wheaton University and friend of several of the Inklings.
The Fantastic Of The Fin De Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica And Zdenĕk Beran,
2017
Independent Scholar
The Fantastic Of The Fin De Siècle. Eds. Irina Grubica And Zdenĕk Beran, Douglas A. Anderson
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note),
2017
independent scholar
Hugo Dyson: An Update (Note), David Bratman
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Updates Bratman’s 1997 essay on Inkling Dyson in Mythlore #82.
Beren And Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated By Alan Lee,
2017
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Beren And Lúthien. J.R.R. Tolkien. Ed. Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated By Alan Lee, Kate Neville
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections From Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler And Harry Potter For Nerds Ii: Essays For Fans, Academics, And Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn Mcdaniel And Travis Prinzi,
2017
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
The Ravenclaw Chronicles: Reflections From Edinboro. Ed. Corbin Fowler And Harry Potter For Nerds Ii: Essays For Fans, Academics, And Lit Geeks. Eds. Kathryn Mcdaniel And Travis Prinzi, Jennifer W. Spirko
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
No abstract provided.
