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Why Are Women With Leadership Certification Not Pursuing School-Level Leadership Positions, Daphney Denise Ivery

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to understand why women with leadership certification do not seek formal administrative roles. More specifically, the study examined why women with leadership certification choose to pursue a program in administrative preparation; assessed the reasons certified women educators are not moving into formal administrative roles; and identified conditions and structural support systems that these women need in order to help them transition to formal administrative roles. In order to answer the study's major questions, the researcher employed a qualitative research approach with thematic analysis as a major strategy. The researcher then conducted an in-depth …

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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Portrait Of Former Professors In Special Collections Reading Room, Georgia Southern University, Zach S. Henderson Library

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• Portrait of Former Professors in Special Collections Reading Room

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University’s College of Health and Human Sciences uses baseball as teaching tool

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Statesboro City Council Abolishes Alcohol Control Board
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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Campus Combats Poverty
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Students In Transition: The Library Of Congress Classification System As Initiation, June B. Joyner

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Information Literacy Across Disciplines: Sociology, Modern Languages, Nursing, And Library Science, Leo Mundy, Elizabeth Combier, Michelle Byrne, Shawn Tonner

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Plagiarism The Construct, The Research, The Response, Donna Gunter

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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Go Ask The Freshmen: How Millenials Define Information Literacy And Their Own Skill Levels, Don Latham, Melissa Gross

Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy

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The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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Using Poetry To Improve Fluency And Comprehension In Third-Grade Students, Karen E. Newsome

Georgia Educational Researcher

This study examined the effects of repeated choral reading of poetry on fluency and comprehension of third-grade students (N = 76) in the southeastern United States. Student attitudes toward poetry were also measured. Students served in regular, remedial, and special education were taught reading using the school’s basal series for four weeks. Choral repeated reading of poetry was then added to the curriculum. The DIBELS ORF test, STAR reading assessment, and an attitude survey were used to assess student performance. Statistically significant gains were made during the poetry intervention in fluency (M = 18.78, p < .01) and comprehension (M = 0.33, p < .05). Slight improvements in students’ attitudes toward poetry were also observed.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Board of Regents Postpones Plan to Shut Down GIL Express
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The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• 'A Day for Southern' Racks up $1.4 Million
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Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern University honors two outstanding faculty members in College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
• Operation Move-In to give on-campus residents smooth start to year
• Georgia Southern University Welcomes New Faculty Members
• Georgia Southern University Holds Fall Convocation

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

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Power And Expertise: Student-Faculty Collaboration In Course Design And The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning, Richard J. Mihans Ii, Deborah T. Long, Peter Felten

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This essay describes the process of using a team of faculty and undergraduate students to redesign a university course, and outlines the research we conducted on student and faculty learning from the redesign process. We focus particular attention on power relations and issues of expertise, raising questions with implications for faculty who wish to engage students in similar course design projects, regardless of academic discipline, and who partner with undergraduates in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning research.

Navigating The Sotl Landscape: A Compass, Map And Some Tools For Getting Started, Mia O’Brien

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Since the scholarship of teaching and learning entails the design of, and evidence-based inquiry into, teaching, learning and pedagogical practice – faculty new to this field face the challenging task of mastering perspectives, processes and practices that can be disparate to their disciplinary foundations. This paper offers an introductory overview of some essential ideas that help shape the design and intention of SoTL activities, and provides guidelines for undertaking SoTL projects.

Oppression Of Obesity, Brad Johnson

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation study investigated the cultural influences and oppressive effects of obesity among 10 highly visible adults in contemporary USA media. The following research questions guided the study: (a) What are the influential cultural factors affecting the increase of obesity in the USA? (b) What are the oppressive effects of contemporary cultural biases perpetuated toward overweight/obese/fat people in the USA? Participant characteristics assumed to indicate the cultural factors of influence on the development of obesity as well as the lived experiences of oppression were identified through the analysis of participant responses to constructed interview questions. The following cultural studies tenets …

Computer Facilitated Reflective Practice In A Postgraduate Supervisor’S Feedback To Students, Kathy Ahern, Fiona Hawthorne

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Reflective practice has been adopted by many teachers, including dissertation advisors who provide 1:1 teaching of research students. This paper discusses issues arising from our use of qualitative data analysis software (QDAS) for reflective practice and provides an analysis of the thematic coding and word/pattern searches of feedback given to postgraduate research students. We subjected written feedback provided by one dissertation advisor to three different analyses: thematic, text-string and text-pattern search. We found that use of QDAS in a thematic analysis of feedback provides new insights by indicating areas of strength and areas for improvement. Text and pattern searches are …

The Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning: What Is It? A Personal View, Michael Prosser

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

The scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education is an idea and a practice that is relatively new and still in its early stages of development. What it means, how to engage in it, what are its expected outcomes, etc. are still issues of debate. In this short essay, I argue that the scholarship of teaching and learning should be about individual and groups of academic staff within disciplines engaged collegially in working to improve student learning within the disciplines. It is not research in the traditional sense, its focus should be on better understanding our student learning experiences …

Using Scholarly Research In Course Redesign: Teaching To Engage Students With Authentic Disciplinary Practices, Rachel G. Ragland

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This action research study describes a course redesign using scholarly research in two ways. Traditional disciplinary research was used to inform the design of the curriculum, and SoTL was used to measure the success of the course design in achieving its objectives for student learning. The objective of the course redesign was to better engage students in applying the authentic disciplinary practices of the field. Research was then conducted on the pedagogical process to determine the success of the new course design in achieving its objectives. The research project documented: how the authentic disciplinary practices were taught to students; student …

The Impact Of Grading On The Curve: A Simulation Analysis, George Kulick, Ronald Wright

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Grading on the curve is a common practice in higher education. While there are many critics of the practice it still finds wide spread acceptance particularly in science classes. Advocates believe that in large classes student ability is likely to be normally distributed. If test scores are also normally distributed instructors and students tend to believe that the test reasonably measures learning and that the grades are assigned fairly. Beyond an intuitive reaction, is there evidence that normally distributed test scores appropriately distinguish among student performance? Can we be sure that there is a significant correlation between test scores and …

The Bridge Course Design: Formative Assessment And Student-Centered Learning In Cross-Course Classrooms, John Davies, Casey Welch, Jace Hargis

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper reports on the effectiveness of an innovative course design that bridges classes from two different disciplines. The Bridge design creates assignments in two classes: a summary class and a panel class. The design encourages students to engage in teaching and interacting with their peers within and across disciplines, and provides instructors with unique opportunities for formative assessment. Relative to control groups, students in the summary class perceived greater opportunities to teach peers, participate in class discussions, think critically, and engage in collaborative learning. Students in the panel class showed gains in critical thinking. Both classes afforded multiple opportunities …

Superhero As Metaphor: Using Creative Pedagogies To Engage, Christie H. Burton

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Video case studies of realistic scenarios have long been used to illustrate course concepts and provide variety in the classroom. The growing popularity of superheroes in film suggests an openness to experience beyond the traditional fare. This qualitative study uses content analysis to explore how students’ understanding of ethics concepts changed over time after viewing a superhero film and writing with metaphor. A pre-test post-test design was used, where students in an undergraduate management course completed a writing assignment before and after experiencing the film. Results suggest that after students were exposed to the treatment, they had a deeper understanding …

Using Scholarship Of Teaching And Learning (Sotl) To Inquire Into Pre-Service Teachers’ Science Lesson Planning Considerations, Geeta Verma

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This paper shares my experiences with the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) framework in my university science methods course. Incorporating SoTL not only enabled me to inquire into my own teaching as a scholarly activity but also engaged my students in critical reflections. I used the principles and characteristics of SoTL to design this inquiry by; a) creating a new instructional framework for lesson planning; b) facilitating students’ reflections on their experiences with the new framework; and c) documenting and presenting this inquiry as a scholarly activity. Forty-eight pre service teachers (N = 48), 43 women and 5 men …

Adult Teaching Methods In China And Bloom’S Taxonomy, Victor Wang, Lesley Farmer

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Drawing from Bloom’s 1956 Taxonomy and Western theories on adult learning, the authors argue that adult teaching methods in China feature a teacher-centered, information-based and test-driven instructional format. An author-designed survey instrument called Lower-Order Thinking Skills and Higher-Order Thinking Skills (LOTSHOTS) was used to determine whether knowledge, comprehension and application drove adult teaching methods or analysis, synthesis and evaluation drove adult teaching methods in China. The results of the study showed that Chinese instructors of adults were used to teaching lower thinking skills associated with the first three levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, namely, knowledge, comprehension and application. The study proposes …

Book Review: The Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, And Responsiveness In The Classroom (2nd Edition) By Stephen D. Brookfield (Jossey-Bass, 2006), Ellen Cotter

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Excerpt: This second edition of Brookfield’s book covers a wide variety of topics relevant to the issue of effective teaching. A key addition is a chapter on online teaching, and material in other chapters has been updated as well. Brookfield presents numerous anecdotally- and research-based strategies for creating an effective classroom learning environment, including practical suggestions for facilitating classroom discussion, conducting formative evaluations of student learning, and grading class participation and essays. Many of Brookfield’s suggestions are also aimed at making the classroom environment rewarding for teachers; the aforementioned suggestions for grading class participation and essays are...