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Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/64 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Closing the racial achievement gap : the role of reforming instructional practices / Harold Wenglinsky.

The Effects Of Militant Press On Nigeria's Democratic Evolution, Oluwaniran Malaolu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This is an in-depth study of the Nigerian press, the ubiquitous behemoth which called itself the "defender" of Nigeria's national independence and the last "hope" of the common man. It's a bold attempt to critically examine its antecedents, its evolution or development especially the historical, political, technological and socio-economic events that had impacted its growth, its world views and ideologies. It's a thorough assessment of the press' influence on Nigeria's socio-economic and political development, as well as the suitability of its tactics and posturing toward attaining its set goals of economic and political emancipation of Nigerians. Most importantly, this study …

Colombian Immigrant Children In The United States: Representations Of Food And The Process Of Creolization, María Claudia Duque-Páramo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation research is to study the experience of adjustment of Colombian immigrant children to living in the U.S. In order to understand the changes they have experienced as immigrants, the research focuses on the ways in which they talk about the food they eat hereand on the foods they ate in Colombia. Because of the symbolic importance of food in the construction of ethnic and personal identities, a study of how the children talk about food illuminates the process of blending elements from the immigrant culture with those of the U.S.

Based on the symbolic interactionism …

Sports And The American Sacred: What Are The Limits Of Civil Religion?, Frank Ferreri

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines whether American civil religion, in its enactment in daily American life, is cosmological. That is, it questions whether the sacred behind American civil religion is present in the physical-material realm and not in a transcendental principle or being. It is interested in why, seemingly, what is sacred in American culture is always what is happening here and now. This is evidenced by and manifested in multiple vehicles of the sacred in American culture. These vehicles include a range of institutions from economics to politics to religion to education. They also include entities such as the mass media, …

The Stress Response, Psychoeducational Interventions And Assisted Reproduction Technology Treatment Outcomes: A Meta-Analytic Review, Karen Rose Mumford

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The psychological impacts of infertility have been well documented in the literature, providing evidence to support that at least some women who confront infertility are at risk for heightened distress and depressive symptoms. In response to this accumulated evidence, it has been argued that psychoeducational interventions may provide an important component to the treatment of infertility. While several theoretical models postulate the effects of stress on infertility treatment outcomes, results of these investigations have led to conflicting conclusions. However, a synthesis of the accumulated data examining the effects of stress on ART treatment outcomes was nonexistent until the conduct of …

Papers Of Gabriel Cazares : A Collection Guide, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Special Collections And University Archives., James Anthony Schnur, Gabriel Cazares 1920-2006, Susan Hickok 1947-2008, Barbara Maratos, Florida State Commission On Hispanic Affairs.

Special Collections and University Archives Legacy Finding Aids: All Items

In September 2003, Gabriel Cazares—former mayor of Clearwater and member of the Pinellas County commission—donated personal archives related to his service as a member of the Florida State Commission on Hispanic Affairs and his general leadership on Hispanic issues. A native of Alpine, Texas, Gabriel Cazares was born on 31 January 1920. He enlisted in the California National Guard in 1938, and entered the United States Army Air Corps in 1941. He served in the European theatre of operations during the Second World War, and later participated in the Berlin Airlift, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. This collection …

"Studying Up" In Tampa Bay: Globalization And Business Elites, Jennifer Laurel Avery

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents results of research I conducted during Spring 2003 through an internship with a private economic development organization (called here the TBEDO) that markets the strategically branded, seven-county region know as Tampa Bay domestically and internationally. This internship provided me with the means to conduct research about Tampa Bay's international economy and explore the elusive topic of globalization. It provided me with networking opportunities needed to "study up" on business elites and to understand what their international development agendas are, how they accomplish these objectives, whether they subscribe to the belief that the world has undergone a qualitative …

The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences In High-Income And Low-Income Schools, Susan Moore Johnson, Susan M. Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu, Morgaen L. Donaldson

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

In this article, the authors consider three sources of support for new teachers—hiring practices, relationships with colleagues, and curriculum—all found in earlier research to influence new teachers’ satisfaction with their work, their sense of success with students, and their eventual retention in their job. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/61 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Support gap : new teachers, Äô early experiences in high-income and low-income schools / Susan Moore Johnson, Susan M. Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu [and] Morgaen L. Donaldson.

Women Animal Foster Care Workers: An Ecofeminist Critique, Denise L. Roemer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

As with other forms of animal rights activism, animal foster care also appears to be dominated by women. In this paper I explore the role of animal foster care in, and its implications for, a Patriarchal society based on hierarchical dualisms. I argue that through their work as animal foster care workers and adoption facilitators these women do create positions of power for themselves, but that those positions remain subordinated to, and in some ways embrace, existing structural power relations--Patriarchy. More specifically, I argue that by constructing and assuming a social role that includes a culturally accepted power differential--the human-animal …

School Size, Achievement, And Achievement Gaps, Bradley J. Mcmillen

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

In order to examine the relationship between school size and achievement, a study was conducted using longitudinal achievement data from North Carolina for three separate cohorts of public school students (one elementary, one middle and one high school).

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/58 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

School size, achievement, and achievement gaps / Bradley J. McMillen.

Making Research Matter More, Ben Levin

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Interest in strengthening the impact and value of education research has been growing around the world. Here I outline a view of the nature of “impact” and point to instances where research has had a positive impact in education, but always within a larger social and political framework. A three element “model” of research impact is developed and used as the basis to assess current situations and to suggest steps that could be taken to support a fuller contribution to education and learning from research.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/56 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Making research matter more / Ben Levin.

Accountability In A Postdesegregation Era: The Continuing Significance Of Racial Segregation, Kathryn M. Borman, Tamela Eitle, Deanna Michael, David J. Eitle, Reginald Lee, Larry Johnson, Deirdre Cobb-Roberts, Sherman Dorn, Barbara Shircliffe

Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications

In the wake of both the end of court-ordered school desegregation and the growing popularity of accountability as a mechanism to maximize student achievement, the authors explore the association between racial segregation and the percentage of students passing high-stakes tests in Florida's schools. Results suggest that segregation matters in predicting school-level performance on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test after control for other known andpurportedpredictors of standardized testperformance. Also, these results suggest that neither recent efforts by the state of Florida to equalize the funding of education nor current efforts involving high-stakes testing will close the Black-White achievement gap without consideration …

Music Education For The 21st Century: Epistemology And Ontology As Bases For Student Aesthetic Education, José Luis Aróstegui, Robert Stake, Helen Simons

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

We seek to understand why persons develop their musical preferences by identifying with a particular cultural group and social background. This identification is greatly shaped by experience in their environment. Resources employed for this identification are mostly different from those employed in schools to foster academic knowledge. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/54 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Music education for the 21st century : epistemology and ontology as bases for student aesthetic education / José Luis Aróstegui, Robert Stake [and] Helen Simons.

Effects Of High-School Size On Student Outcomes: Response To Howley And Howley, Valerie E. Lee

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

I take issue with several points in the Howleys' reanalysis of "High School Size: Which Works Best and for Whom?" (Lee & Smith, 1997).

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/53 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Effects of high-school size on student outcomes : response to howley and howley / Valerie E. Lee.

Identifying Teacher, School And District Characteristics Associated With Elementary Teachers' Use Of Technology: A Multilevel Perspective, Laura M. O'Dwyer, Michael Russell, Damian J. Bebell

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

... Previous research examining technology use has focused on teacher characteristics and has neglected to explore the potentially alterable, organizational characteristics that may be affecting the adoption and use of technology in the classroom. In light of this argument and using survey data collected from 1490 elementary classroom teachers in 96 schools in 22 Massachusetts districts, this research examines how technology is being used by elementary school teachers, and examines the school and district organizational characteristics that are associated with increased use of technology as a teaching and learning tool.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/48 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Identifying teacher, school and district characteristics associated with elementary teachers, Äô use of technology : a multilevel perspective / Laura M. O, ÄôDwyer, Michael Russell [and] Damian J. Bebell.

Gramsci: La Tradición Crítica Y El Estudio Social De La Educación, Daniel Suárez

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

In this essay, I review two of the most significant contributions of Antonio Gramsci to a sociological analysis of schooling.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/44 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Gramsci : la tradición crítica y el estudio social de la educación / Daniel Suárez.

Democratic Education Across School Types: Evidence For The U.S. From Nhes99, Clive R. Belfield

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This article reports on the differences in democratic education across school types, using the US National Household Education Survey (NHES) of 1999. We replicate the estimation approach of Campbell (1998) and find a strongly positive effect from attendance at Catholic school or private independent schools on community service participation, civic skills, civic confidence, political knowledge and political tolerance. The results are reasonably robust to alternative specifications. We consider the implications of these results for policy.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/43 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Democratic education across school types : evidence for the U.S. from NHES99 / Clive R. Belfield.

Differential Adolescent Delinquency Tolerance And The Effect Of Race And Gender, Evaristus Obinyan

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The study was designed to examine the attitudes of adolescents towards the tolerance of delinquent behavior. It was postulated that there would be a differential in the tolerance of delinquent behavior by juveniles from different age, gender, and racial groups. It was hypothesized that different groups would score higher or lower on select measures or dimensions (definition, reporting, controlling, preventing, correcting) of delinquency tolerance, and that their level of tolerance of delinquency might prove useful in explaining participation in delinquency.

The focus of the study was on identification of differential attitudes of various subgroups towards the violations of norms relating …

Co-Education And Gender: The End Of The Experiment?, Ian Clark

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This article has two inseparable aims: (a) to analyze the relative merits of single-sex and co-educational constructs on self-concept, academic performance and academic engagement; (b) to investigate the manner in which each type of schooling interacts with the individual student; student “peers,” close family, and teachers.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/41 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Co-education and gender : the end of the experiment? / Ian Clark.

Commencement Convocation Program, Tampa Campus, August 7, 2004, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

King O'Neal Scholars - April Lynnette Slack and Cassandra Lynn Ernst; Outstanding Senior - Jason Polk; Distinguished Citizen Award - Chloe J. Coney

The Weekly Challenger, July 29, 2004, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The July 29, 2004, issue of The Weekly Challenger.