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A Phenomenological Study Of University Faculty Experiences With Disruptive Undergraduate Students In A Face-To-Face Classroom Or Laboratory Setting, Anne Marie Gillespie

Dissertations

Behavioral review teams on university campuses have become the standard since the shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University. An institutional assumption is that faculty members will make referrals to these specialized teams when encountering disruptive students within their classrooms. Unknown is what actions faculty members actually take when faced with disruptive students in the classroom. This phenomenological study captures the experiences of faculty members with disruptive undergraduate students in face-to-face university classroom or laboratories.

All of the participants in the study described experiences with disruptive undergraduate students. Three female and three male faculty members, split evenly between tenured/tenure …

The British Women’S Land Army: Gender, Identity, And Landscapes, Hilary M.K. Anderson

Masters Theses

The land girls who comprised the Women’s Land Army in Great Britain during the Second World War challenged cultural assumptions regarding gender and femininity. Through their work in agriculture, social anxieties were provoked regarding proper notions of femininity and separate spheres, which left these women in conflicting positions as they carved a spot for themselves in a war torn society. In order to carry out their work in the Women’s Land Army, land girls operated at the convergence of private and public spheres in a conjoined space. Living and operating in this conjoined space enabled them to blur the ideological …

The Pagan Pudicitia Of Early Christian Roman Women, Iris Rebecca Petty

Masters Theses

Accessing the everyday experiences of late antique non-elite Roman women in the Latin west is limited by sources and issues of authorship. Interdisciplinary scholarship, however, has opened up new avenues in recent years through which these women’s experiences may be studied. When literary-historical questions are asked of these sources’ authors, audiences, motives and intents, the answers provide insight into the roles women and femininity played in early Christianity. By examining an array of late antique Roman representations of good classical women, a unique continuity is seen in the transition from pagan to Christian Rome. The Latin patristic writers capitalized on …

July 15, 2014: 2015-16 Hench Post-Dissertation Fellowship, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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The Laureate, 13th Edition (2014)

The Laureate

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The Sun Baked Quad, Elyse Hogan

The Laureate

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Thoughts Of Zuzu, C. Charles Bley

The Laureate

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Slenderman, Laura Ely

The Laureate

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Impact Of International Collaborative Project On Cultural Competence Among Occupational Therapy Students, Divya Sood, Danila Cepa, Sebestina Anita Dsouza, Shovan Saha, Ruby Aikat, Alicia Tuuk

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapy (OT) educators recognize a need to ensure that OT students are culturally competent. The researchers developed the International Collaborative Project on Cultural Competence (ICPCC) to help students understand the impact of cultural context on client care. Entry-level MOT students from a university in the US (N = 18) collaborated with BOT students (N = 4) and advanced MOT students (N = 9) from two universities in India using an online course management system WebCT. The study explored the impact of the ICPCC on OT students’ cultural competence and discusses students’ perceptions of culture on the OT process. The …

The Impact Of Fear Of Falling On Functional Independence Among Older Adults Receiving Home Health Services, Katherine A. Lawson, Eugenia Catalina Gonzalez

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

Background: Falls are the fifth leading cause of death for adults aged 65 years and older. Several intrinsic and extrinsic fall risk factors have been identified, butthere is less understanding of the impact of a fear of falling on falls. Seventy percent of recent fallers and 40% percent of non-fallers report a fear of falling. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the correlation between a fear of falling and a history of falls, as well as the impact on the functional independence of community-dwelling older adults receiving home health services.

Methods: The participants completed the …

Editor's Note, Caitlin Popa

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

The Laureate, 9th Edition (2010)

The Laureate

The Laureate’s mission is to provide undergraduate students at Western Michigan University a place in which to publish their works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other creative works. The Laureate strives to be a professional and engaging journal that appeals to all.

Fort St. Joseph Post - Summer 2014, Department Of Anthropology

Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project

Vol 5, No. 1 Table of Contents:

• Letter from the Project Director
• Field Season Summary
• Public Outreach
• Ongoing Research
• Project History and Highlights
• Alumni Updates
• Recent Outcomes
• Connecting the Past to the Present
• Conference Information

College Of Arts And Sciences E-News Issue 15: July 2014, College Of Arts And Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences news

• WMU to receive $4 million to boost autism research and training
• Dr. Keith Hearit named new CAS associate dean
• Twenty-two CAS faculty celebrated during Board of Trustees luncheon
• Sean Laraway '03 wins Teaching Excellence Award from San Jose State University
• Bob Hercules '79 producing and co-directoring documentary on Maya Angelou
• Koty Neelis '11 goes viral with her top ten lists
• PhD student, Becky Straples named editor of The Hilltop Review
• Mallinson Institute for Science Education international students share their experiences

Communicator Vol. 12, No. 1, Western Michigan University

Communicator: School of Communication Newsletter

In this issue:

• New Alumni Academy inductees announced

• Student collaborations in video media

• Faculty accomplishments and accolades

Coaching Teachers Of English Language Learners, Alma D. Rodríguez, Michele H. Abrego, Renee Rubin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The following qualitative study examined how Reading First Literacy Coaches refined their literacy coaching to meet the cultural and linguistic needs of Hispanic English language learners (ELLs) in 30 elementary schools located along the US Mexico Border. Data were gathered from the coaches through written surveys and a focus group. Findings from the coaches’ practices identified three themes: 1) Coaches understood bilingual programs and the theory underlying such instruction; 2) Coaches supported teachers of ELLs by sharing their knowledge and experiences about ELLs; and 3) Coaches faced challenges in meeting the needs of teachers of Hispanic ELLs. This study is …

Editors' Letter To Readers

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

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Reading Horizons Vol. 53 No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

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Text Complexity: The Importance Of Building The Right Staircase, Aimee L. Papola-Ellis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

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Strings, Bill Bradley

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

The Laureate, 4th Edition (2005)

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

The Laureate, 5th Edition (2006)

The Laureate

The Laureate’s mission is to allow undergraduate students at Western Michigan University a place in which to publish their works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other creative works. The Laureate strives to be a professional and engaging journal that appeals to all.

Chicken Curry, Nicholas Mui Ker Lik

The Laureate

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Cold Trial, Jason Morton

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

I Y Yo, Salvador Sánchez

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

Grandmother, Anne Hawkinson

The Laureate

No abstract provided.

The Laureate, 1st Edition (2002)

The Laureate

The Laureate's mission is to allow undergraduate students at Western Michigan University a place in which to publish their works of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and other creative works. The Laureate strives to be a professional and engaging journal that appeals to all.

Western News, June 19, 2014, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New trustee named to governing board; Zhang Center earns certification as 'green' building; Snyder announces Kellogg Foundation's Woodrow Wilson Fellows; On Campus with Jennifer Halseth.

Western News, June 5, 2014, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Grant focuses on STEM instruction reform; WMU receives national Climate Leadership Award; Sessions set to explain employee, dependent enrollment benefits; On Campus with Brenda Hamlyn.

June 5, 2014: Anthony Ellis Scholarly Speakers Series, 2014-2015, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

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