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Shared Landscapes, Contested Borders: Locating Disciplinarity In An Ma Program Revision, Whitney Douglas, Heidi Estrem, Kelly Myers, Dawn Shepherd

English Literature Faculty Publications and Presentations

It is not unusual to consider a discipline spatially as a "space defined or touched by a particular characteristic or force" (Wardle and Downs, this collection, emphasis added). This conceptualization makes visible the metaphor at play here: territories are demarcated and differentiated from neighboring environments by borders that can be more or less visible. In this chapter, we use our experience as faculty members invested in a substantive revision of an MA program revision to explore how that process of delineation opens up new questions about disciplinarity. We sought to create a generous curricular space within an MA degree, …

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 2018-2019, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• General Information
• Colleges
• Course Descriptions (by prefix)

2018-2019 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2018-2019 issue of the Common Data.

Assistive Technology Guidelines For Higher Education Disability Support Staff, Brenda Delee

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

With the changing laws and effective integration of assistive technology into the classroom environment, students can have the provision of multiple means to complete their work with greater independence. In post secondary education, any student who discloses a sensory, cognitive, or physical disability is eligible to request and receive assistive technology and other services. When used correctly, assistive technology can help students with reading, writing, math, and communication skills. With a possible influx of students, disability support staff must be prepared and willing to meet the needs and address issues relating to students with disabilities. If their needs are not …

African American And First-Generation Students’ Perceptions Of And Experiences With An Academic Cohort, Kim Barnes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Underrepresented student populations are faced with numerous barriers and are often overlooked on many college campuses. The aim of this research was to better understand academic cohorts and if they help reduce some of the barriers faced by African American and first-generation students which can ultimately affect retention and persistence to graduation. In order to gather this information, interviews and surveys were conducted with students once enrolled in the foundations for academic success track (Fastrack) program at the University of Mississippi. Results from the interviews and surveys indicate that while the Fastrack program seemed to support successful social transitions for …

Reflector Magazine, Georgia Southern University, Student Media

Reflector Magazine

• A Transylvanian lost in Statesboro: Meet "Rocky Horror" director Megan Bowen
• Remembering Birdhaus. A DIY Music Venue
• The Roots of Southern: GS in the 1950's
• Holiday Recipes
• From Thailand to New York to Statesboro: Kamolwan Kawpunna's Journey
• Southern Limelight: Student Features
• Financial Struggles Among College Students
• Thrift Fashion
• Mental Health at Georgia Southern
• Fitness Tips & Tricks

Impact Of A Practicum In Education Course Designed To Recruit Stem Majors Into A Teacher Education Program, Rebecca A. Spencer

Theses and Dissertations

Research suggests that the most efficient way of improving students’ performance, in mathematics and science, is by recruiting and retaining highly qualified mathematics and science teachers. This study augments the body of research aimed at the recruitment of STEM majors to the field of education. The purpose of this study was to determine how a practicum course, developed to recruit freshman and sophomore STEM majors into a teacher preparation program, impacted participants' perceptions of teaching as a profession. The impact of this course, which utilized a reflective cycle framework for evaluating participants’ reflections as the foundation of the program, was …

Educational Partnership In Action: Insights From Western Australia, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante, Daniel Doh, Isaiah Awidi

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

Governments and educational institutions are increasingly recognising the importance of collaboration and partnerships with stakeholders in achieving good educational outcomes for students and communities. In Australia, the need for such partnerships influenced the establishment of the Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program in 2003 to ensure that Australians from low socio-economic status backgrounds who can study at university can access the opportunity. In this paper, we discuss the positive outcomes of a partnership arrangement between Edith Cowan University and the Organisation of African Communities of Western Australia on an educational outreach programme to inspire African communities in Perth to pursue …

The New Oru: Empowered For The 21st Century, Neil Eskelin

Books

"The miraculous turnaround story of how Oral Roberts University went from multiple crises and nearly closing to success in growth, governance and globalization."

Common Data Set 2017, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

Common Data Sets

Common Data Set (2017-2018) for the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Completions 2018-19, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

Welcome to the IPEDS Completions survey component. The Completions component is one of several IPEDS components that is conducted during the Fall data collection period. It collects the number of degrees and certificates awarded by field of study, level of award, race/ethnicity, and gender. The reporting period for the Completions component is during the 12-month time period beginning July 1 of the previous calendar year and ending June 30 of the current calendar year; therefore, for this year’s Completions component, the reporting period is between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. The Completions component is also collecting the number …

Annual Report Of Research And Creative Productions By Faculty And Staff, January To December, 2018, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2018.

Engineering Identity Development: A Review Of Higher Education Literature, Sarah L. Rodriguez, Charles Lu, Morgan Bartlett

Faculty Publications

The purpose of this systematic literature review was to appraise and synthesize the current scholarship pertaining to engineering identity development within the higher education context and create recommendations for future scholarship within engineering education. A review of the literature concluded that research on engineering identity development has increased over the past ten years, has been conducted primarily with qualitative methods, and has been primarily limited to academic communities focused on mathematics, science, and engineering education. In addition, current scholarship reflected that most of the work in this area has focused on the learning contexts and experiences of women and underrepresented …

Catalog 2018-2019, University Of North Florida

UNF Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Practices, Beliefs, And Perceptions Of Effective Science Teachers In Elementary Schools Serving Low Socioeconomic Communities, Edwin Wheeler Emmer

Theses and Dissertations

Students who come from low socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds are more likely to manifest a science achievement gap when compared to their high SES peers as a result of the myriad of factors that have the potential to influence student performance, including limited access to resources, fewer life experiences, health care concerns, fewer extracurricular opportunities, etc. (Crook & Evans, 2014; Duke, 2000; Ladd, 2012; Sirin, 2005). This achievement gap can be exacerbated in the elementary setting where many teachers do not feel comfortable teaching science as a result of a lack of science content knowledge and limited experience teaching inquiry-based …

Investigating The Causes And Cures For Unclear Scholarly Writing, Marlene Ingrid Mahony

Doctoral Dissertations

This qualitative dissertation investigated possible causes and cures for unclear scholarly writing. For this study, a stipulative definition of unclear scholarly writing, or “academese,” is that the language tends to be vague and verbose. The problem, according to the included literature, is that people who use or accept vague language have less academic, social, professional, and civic power. Academese, some say, can detach readers and that can accordingly diminish collective exchange. Because higher education is meant to share knowledge, promote agency, and prepare students to communicate powerfully within and beyond the university, this study researched the causes and cures of …

Development Of An International Curriculum Model In Education Management For Vietnam Higher Education Institutions, Thi My Ngoc Nguyen

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The purposes of this research are (1) to investigate the current state and the need for internationalization of curriculum of Master Degree in Education Management for Vietnam higher education institutions (2) to analyze good practices for the internationalization of curriculum of Master Degree in Education Management in international universities, (3) to develop an international curriculum management model for Vietnam higher education institutions. The samples include (1) seven policy makers at national and institutional level (2) five administrators at faculty level (3) 67 faculty members, and (4) 217 students from five Vietnamese higher education institutions offering Master Degree in Education Management. …

การพัฒนาตัวบ่งชี้สมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ, กัลญา โอภาสเสถียร

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การวิจัยครั้งนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์คือ (1) เพื่อพัฒนาตัวบ่งชี้ แบบวัดสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ และตรวจสอบความสอดคล้องของโมเดลตัวบ่งชี้ที่พัฒนาขึ้นกับข้อมูลเชิงประจักษ์ (2) เพื่อศึกษาสภาพปัจจุบันของสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ (3) เพื่อนำเสนอแนวทางการพัฒนาสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ ตัวอย่างวิจัยคือ อาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติมหาวิทยาลัยรัฐบาลและในกำกับจำนวน 289 คนซึ่งได้มาจากการสุ่มแบบหลายขั้นตอน เครื่องมือในการวิจัยได้แก่ แบบสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญ แบบวัดสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติที่ผู้วิจัยสร้างขึ้น แบบสัมภาษณ์กึ่งโครงสร้าง และแบบประเมินแนวทางการพัฒนาสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ วิเคราะห์ข้อมูลด้วยการวิเคราะห์เนื้อหา สถิติเชิงบรรยาย สถิติเชิงอ้างอิงโดยใช้การทดสอบที และการวิเคราะห์องค์ประกอบเชิงยืนยัน ด้วยโปรแกรมคอมพิวเตอร์สำเร็จรูป ผลการวิจัยสรุปได้ดังนี้
1) สมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติ ประกอบด้วย 3 องค์ประกอบ 7 ตัวบ่งชี้ ได้แก่ องค์ประกอบด้านความรู้ในการสื่อสารและความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรม ประกอบด้วย 2 ตัวบ่งชี้คือ ความรู้ความเข้าใจในการสื่อสารระหว่างวัฒนธรรม และความรู้ความเข้าใจในความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษา องค์ประกอบด้านทัศนคติต่อความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรม ประกอบด้วย 3 ตัวบ่งชี้คือ ความตระหนักในความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษา การเปิดใจยอมรับความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษา และการใฝ่รู้ในความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรมของนักศึกษา องค์ประกอบด้านการปฏิสัมพันธ์และการสอนระหว่างวัฒนธรรม ประกอบด้วย 2 ตัวบ่งชี้คือ การปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอาจารย์กับนักศึกษาที่มีความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรม และการสอนนักศึกษาที่มีความหลากหลายทางวัฒนธรรม ส่วนแบบวัดสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติที่พัฒนาขึ้นมีเนื้อหาครอบคลุมทั้ง 3 องค์ประกอบ จำนวน 43 ข้อคำถามโดยมีลักษณะเป็นแบบมาตรวัดประเมินค่า 5 ระดับซึ่งได้รับการประเมินจากผู้เชี่ยวชาญว่ามีความตรงเชิงเนื้อหา (IOC = .71 - 1.00) และมีความเที่ยงของแบบวัดแต่ละองค์ประกอบระหว่าง 0.822 - 0.939 โดยมีค่าความเที่ยงทั้งฉบับเท่ากับ 0.947 และโมเดลตัวบ่งชี้สมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมของอาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติที่พัฒนาขึ้นมีความสอดคล้องกับข้อมูลเชิงประจักษ์ ( 2 = 3.48, df = 6, P-value = 0.747, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 0.98, SRMR = 0.012, RMSEA = 0.000 และ CN = 1400.28 )
2) อาจารย์หลักสูตรนานาชาติที่เป็นกลุ่มตัวอย่างมีระดับสมรรถนะระหว่างวัฒนธรรมทุกด้านอยู่ในระดับมาก …

Edps 951: Academic And Behavior Assessment--A Peer Review Of Teaching Benchmark Portfolio, Scott A. Napolitano

UNL Faculty Course Portfolios

No abstract provided.

Developing A Resilience-Thinking Leadership Mindset Scale, Lloyd Duman

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a resilience-thinking leadership mindset construct and scale. Although literature exists on developing resilience and relational leadership theories, very little research and literature address a resilience-thinking mindset as a leadership strategy. This study represents an initial step in filling this gap. This research project was the initial phase toward the development of a resilience-thinking leadership mindset (RTLM) scale. I used a mixed-methods approach which was divided into three stages. Stage 1 involved the development of the scale items and assessment of both face and content validity to revise the original scale. Stage 2 …

In-Service Teachers’ Training: The Case Of University Teachers In Yangon, Myanmar, Mark B. Ulla

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

Research studies show a number of significant contributions of professional development programs towards teachers’ teaching skills. This paper explores the views of eight (8) university lecturers in a university in Yangon, Myanmar with regards to the teacher capacity building and language enhancement training program they attended from 2014-2016. The interview data, which were subjected to qualitative content analysis were taken from the participants’ personal knowledge and experience of the teacher training program. The data were read many times, coded, and assigned to different themes. Findings revealed two themes; appreciation and hardships. Although teacher participants were glad to be part of …

Creating Multicultural Music Opportunities In Teacher Education: Sharing Diversity Through Songs, Dawn Joseph, Rohan Nethsinghe, Alberto Cabedo Mas

Australian Journal of Teacher Education

This paper contributes to the knowledge base for preparing pre-service teachers (PSTs) for contemporary multicultural classrooms. To do so, we refer to our ongoing project “See, Listen and Share: Exploring intercultural music education in a transnational experience” across three Higher Education sites (Australia and Spain). Drawing on our narrative, and PSTs’ questionnaire data, using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis to analyze and code the PST data, we report on our initial experience and findings across the three sites and cultural contexts. Generalisations to other institutions cannot be made. We discuss what was taught and how it was taught in our three settings, …

Fact Sheet, Yale University Office Of Institutional Research

Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.

From Big Ag To Campus Cafeterias: Intersections Of Food-Supply Networks As Technical Communication Pedagogy, Jessie Lynn Richards, Joshua Lenart, David Sumner, Douglas Christensen

Faculty Publications

This article presents a pedagogical approach to teaching technical and professional writing with an eye toward cultivating awareness and generating informed research among undergraduate students about food production and its various, intricate networks between Big Ag and campus cafeterias. Our pedagogy, influenced by interdisciplinary content, is designed to teach students to differentiate between food processes—such as production versus distribution and consumption—by viewing these networks as communicative practices rather than as inevitable chains or simple functions of one another. Our approach encourages students to locate and analyze differences between interdependent, but seemingly disparate pathways and to make visible communicative intersections that …

Jiann-Ping Hsu College Of Public Health Magazine, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• A Message from the Dean
• Leadership
• Center Forges Partnership with EMS
• Perspective
• Faculty-Led Study Abroad Program
• Research Spotlight
• Sustainability at Its Finest
• Student Spotlight
• Alumni Spotlight

An Online Training To Prepare Occupational Therapy Students To Work With Clients With Limited English Proficiency And Interpreters, Elizabeth A. Harrison, Mansha Mirza

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

Effective communication between occupational therapists (OTs) and their clients is key to quality, client-centered services. Most OTs can expect to work with clients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP). Language barriers may negatively impact client safety and client satisfaction. Working with language interpreters is a key means for OTs to best serve clients with LEP; however, few OT curricula provide adequate training in working with interpreters. This paper presents a new, innovative online training for preparing OT students to work with clients with LEP and interpreters. The brief online training used informational slides, video role plays and written case studies to …

Teacher Identity Construction In A Tesol Graduate Certificate Of Education In Western Australia, Arman Abednia

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This research project explored the potential of a second language teacher education course for fostering teacher identity negotiation. It was found that classroom conversations provided a rich space for teacher identity negotiation; however, no substantial changes were observed in most aspects of their identities during the course, except for a growth in a few teachers’ selfconfidence. The implications are that conducting teacher education in an interactive manner is highly beneficial, but deeper engagement with practice of teaching is recommended. These insights should facilitate positive outcomes for teacher education programs.

University Honors Program Newsletter, Honors Program, Georgia Southern University

Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Digging into the Collection
• Alumni Update: Alex Allmond Joins Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Balancing Student and Parent Life

Effect Of Experience Facilitating Problem-Based Learning (Pbl) On Physician Assistant Student Outcomes, Susan Hawkins, Anthony Goreczny, Nicole E. Brown

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Abstract

Purpose: The impact of prior problem-based learning (PBL) facilitation experience (measured by length of time facilitating) on student learning and student outcomes is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate relationships of facilitator experience in problem-based learning on student outcomes. This study utilized both modified essay questions (MEQ) in the form of patient management assessments and multiple choice question (MCQ) assessments to evaluate different aspects of student acquisition and application of knowledge. Method: This study examined scores from six multiple choice question examinations and six patient management assessments (PMA), one each from six 5-week units …

The Formation And Promulgation Of Institutional Ethos By New University Presidents, Charles F. Ziglar

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

New university presidents face many challenges when leading an institution, and it seems a daunting professional effort to prepare for the contextual problems they will face (Alexander, 2014; Siegel, 2011). Recent episodes dealing with presidential tensions at universities illustrate the difficult issues new presidents face when entering an institution. Birnbaum (1992) stated that new university presidents are most effective when they seek to offer an interpretation of institutional life using language, symbolism, and ritual. Research by Trachtenberg, Kauvar, and Bogue (2013) and Vyas (2013) noted that understanding the ethos of an institution is essential for effective presidential leadership. This research …