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Harrington Explores News Coverage On Race And Racial Issues, March 12, 2004, Holly Kickliter

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

Harrington visited campus to describe perceptions of race in journalism and media outlets.

The Literacy Practices Of Working Class White Women, Jody Ann Fernandez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

It is an accepted construct that literacy proficiency is vital to economic success in America. As well, research has shown that home literacy use, especially parental practices, is instrumental in the children's acquisition of literacy skills, and later, proficiency with school literacy tasks. While literacy research abounds regarding family literacy practice, especially that of low-income mothers and children, rarely is the concept of class specifically addressed as separate from race.

The purpose of this study was to investigate and describe the reported home literacy practices of nine white working class women residing in a neighborhood in the Southeastern United States. …

Teachers' Perceptions Of Constructivism As An Organizational Change Model: A Case Study, Leanna Stohr Isaacson

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research described and analyzed a single-site case study of an elementary school of 930 pupils, pre-kindergarten through grade five. The six and one-half-year longitudinal study examined teacher's perceptions of both constructivism as an educational organizational change model and of developing a constructivist philosophy in an entire elementary school. The study examined the background and steps that evolved throughout the reform process.

Specific constructs most frequently appearing in the literature relating to developing an organization were studied: (a) philosophical foundations, (b) change, (c) perception, (d) leadership, (e) teachers as leaders and (f) affect. Research on teachers' perspectives examined key elements …

Comparison Of Academic Development In Catholic Versus Non-Catholic Private Secondary Schools, Mikyong Minsun Kim, Margaret Placier

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

Utilizing hierarchical linear models, this study of 144 private schools (72 Catholic and 72 non-Catholic schools) drawn from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 discovered that Catholic school students scored lower in reading than students at non-Catholic private schools.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 12/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Comparison of academic development in Catholic versus non-Catholic private secondary schools / Mikyong Minsun Kim [and] Margaret Placier.

The Role Of Operational Research In Counterterrorism, Randy Borum, Robert Fein, Bryan Vossekuil, Michael Gelles, Scott Shumate

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Psychology Of Terrorism, Randy Borum

Mental Health Law & Policy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Full Issue, Bird Observer

Bird Observer

No abstract provided.

Designing Educational Opportunities For The Hazards Manager Of The 21st Century: Workshop Report October 22-24, 2003, Deborah S. K. Thomas, Dennis S. Mileti

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.

Status Of The Black Bear In South-Central Florida, David S. Maehr, James N. Layne, Thomas S. Hoctor, Michael A. Orlando

Florida Field Naturalist

No abstract provided.

Excerpts Of Directory, University Of South Florida, 2004-2005, University Of South Florida

Excerpts of University Directories

Excerpts from the 2004-2005 University of South Florida directory. The pages include numbers for the St. Petersburg campus.

Who Is An Environmentalist? The Polysemy Of Environmentalist Terms And Correlated Environmental Actions, Danielle Tesch, Willett Kempton

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Conducting and interpreting an interview is more problematic when informants use a word that has multiple meanings and interpretations. In this case, the problematic word, “environmentalist,” labeled several socially-defined identities that were central to the study. The analysis is based on interviews with 156 members of 20 diverse environmental groups (and two comparison groups) in the Eastern United States, including their views on environmentalists, their history with the movement, their self-identification as an environmentalist, and their environmental actions. From these data, principles of classification and naming are used to distinguish the multiple meanings of the identity “environmentalist.” We found that …

Mr. Woody, Jeffrey Shuster

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

Short story that won honorable mention in 2004 Bayboro Fiction Contest hosted by the Society for Advancement of Poynter Library.

Accent On Learning, 2004-2005, University Of South Florida

USF Catalogs (Accent on Learning)

No abstract provided.

Screenshots, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, 2004, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

Screenshots of information about the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Report, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg College Of Arts And Sciences Degree Programs, 2004, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

SACS Historical Forms and Applications

A report from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg about academic programs within the College of Arts and Sciences.

Sfra Review, January/February/March 2004, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The January/February/March 2004 issue of the SFRA Review.

Ay 2003/2004 Sec Roster, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 2003/2004 Awards List, Elizabeth Bird

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Educational Policy Reform And Its Impact On Equity Work In Ontario: Global Challenges And Local Possibilities, Goli M. Rezai-Rashti

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

In this article I discuss the effects of global policy discourses on the educational restructuring of the work of equity workers in Ontario, Canada. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/51 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational policy reform and its impact on equity work in Ontario : global challenges and local possibilities / Goli M. Rezai-Rashti.

Mediating The Model: Women's Microenterprise And Microcredit In Tobago, West Indies, Cheryl A. Levine

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

From the perspectives of economic anthropology, feminist anthropology, and feminist theory, this applied anthropological study is an evaluation of a popular international development model targeting poor women. Based on the celebrated Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, the so-called "microcredit" model is designed as a poverty alleviation strategy to provide small loans to poor women in rural settings and is designed to facilitate microenterprise development. Due to the popularity of the microcredit model with the international development community, it is being replicated in different settings. Through an analysis of microenterprise development among Afro-Caribbean women, this study presents the argument that successful application …

"Insolent And Contemptuous Carriages": Re-Conceptualizing Illegitimacy In Colonial British America, John Watkins

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This Master's thesis investigates one particular aspect of sexuality in colonial Anglo America--the products of non-marital intercourse. Earlier historical research emphasized the importance of economic considerations in the creation of bastardy laws and the prosecution and punishment for violators of these statutes. Undoubtedly, financial anxieties were a major concern in out-of-wedlock births, but they were only one concern of many. Class, race, and gender dynamics were prominent in colonists' conceptualization of illegitimacy and largely defined who was at risk for having an "insolent and contemptuous carriage" and the resulting punishment for the debauched act. Elite, white officials made women, servants, …

Film In The Classroom: Toward A More Effective Pedagogy, Jonathan Godwin

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The postmodern critique has effectively called on anthropologists to reevaluate ethnographic authority when representing others. However, what is often found lacking in this criticism is an exploration of the ways in which audiences interpret anthropological knowledge. One crucial area that can be easily researched is audience reception of film in introductory anthropology classes. As professors of anthropology increasingly rely on film for illustrating anthropological concepts, we must have an understanding of how this medium is interpreted by student audiences. Film's ability to convey complex information without additional contextualization has yet to be substantiated and previous research has indicated that visual …

Using The Ablls With English Language Learners: Implications For Students And Teachers, Lorie G. Schultz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

English language learners are traditionally behind in academics such as reading, math and science. Hispanics, who make up the vast majority of English language learners, tend to not enroll in pre-school or higher education, have higher dropout rates and as adults earn less than whites. Common instructional strategies used in public schools are not meeting the needs of these students. The field of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) has typically offered a wide variety of poorly defined teaching strategies that are not based on empirical research. Within public schools, assessment tends to serve the purpose of …

Application Packet, Usf Phi Beta Kappa Preliminary Application, October 30, 2003, University Of South Florida

USF University Archives and Documents

An application packet for the University of South Florida to shelter a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. Included is a cover letter from Sara Deats, a signed application form by Sara Deats and Judy Genshaft, and a report with statistics about the University of South Florida including the following sections: General; Students, Enrollment, Admission, and Financial Aid; Faculty; Curriculum; Campus Programs; Library and Technological Resources; Financial Information; Campus Facilities; and Athletics.

Report, Designing Educational Opportunities For The Hazards Manager Of The 21st Century, October 22-24, 2003, Deborah S.K. Thomas, Dennis S. Mileti

Natural Hazards Center Collection

"As emergency/hazards management has professionalized, the need for higher education opportunities is ever-increasing. In order to address issues surrounding higher education opportunities for emergency/hazards managers, this workshop was convened on October 22-24, 2003, by the Natural Hazard Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Colorado at Denver in partnership with the FEMA Higher Education Project with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Fifty-five leaders from the hazards community addressed issues surrounding educational needs."

Systems Of Practice: How Leaders Use Artifacts To Create Professional Community In Schools, Richard R. Halverson

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

This article explores how local school leaders construct the conditions for professional community in their schools. This paper argues that professional community is a special form of social capital that results, in part, from the design and implementation of facilitating structural networks by instructional leaders in schools. The structural aspects of a school community can be conceived as a system of practice, that is, a network of structures, tasks and traditions that create and facilitate complex webs of practice in organizations.

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/37 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Systems of practice : how leaders use artifacts to create professional community in schools / Richard R. Halverson.

University Copyright Policies For Online Coures: An Evaluative Resource Tool For Unbundling Rights Of Use, Control, And Revenue, Tamara A. Patzer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Who cares about who owns online courses? Nobody, because that is not what the issue is really about. Ownership is an emotional issue, but controlling the rights of a copyrightable work is tangible and logical. The important question to answer is not who owns online courses, but who controls the rights of any copyrightable work. For universities and faculty members, getting over the emotional issues and down to the foundation of what is truly at stake is of major concern. While it is nearly impossible to create qualitative guidelines for copyright policies and/or contracts, it is eminently possible to examine …