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Reflections Of Native American Teacher Education On Bear Ridge, Steven Locke

The Rural Educator

This study examines an elementary teacher education certification program delivered by a state university to Native American teacher aides on the reservation. Data were collected over two semesters using a Freirean critical theory framework to analyze the data and to explicate the problematic nature of Native American education. Analysis of the data indicated that the program reproduced Euro-American cultural values, was insensitive to Native American history or values, and did little to support individual teachers. Suggestions include the need for the program to acknowledge and address the historical cultural genocide that occurred in the education of Native Americans and the …

Recruiting And Interviewing Teachers In Rural School Districts: Protocol Or Potluck, Joe Nichols

The Rural Educator

Through administrator and teacher surveys and interviews, this study examined recruiting and interviewing practices of eighty-three rural school districts located in, and between, the rural Ozark Plateau and Mississippi River Delta. Survey results indicated that districts with smaller student populations were far less likely to have an identified protocol in place to recruit and interview teachers. In addition, the study found that critical issues such as student achievement and qualifications of teachers were not addressed during the recruiting or interviewing phases of the employment process. Finally, this research brought to light questionable interviewing practices leading the author to make recommendations …

The Appalachian Model Teaching Consortium: Preparing Teachers For Rural Appalachia, Alvin C. Proffit, R. Paul Sale, Ann E. Alexander, Ruth S. Andrews

The Rural Educator

The Appalachian Model Teacher Consortium is a partnership involving Radford University, Wytheville Community College, and the Grayson County (Virginia) School System. Its purpose is to prepare highly qualified teachers for rural southwest Virginia. The model was developed in response to the growing teacher shortage facing school districts in rural southwest Virginia. Poorer, more rural districts often have weaker tax bases that provide limited, and at times inadequate, financial support for their school districts. This lack of local resources often results in lower salaries and benefits when compared to many districts that compete for the shrinking pool of potential teachers. Additionally, …

Approaches And Methods In Language Teaching: An Investigative Look At A Total Physical Response In Chattanooga Area Classrooms, Alicia R. Hannah

Honors Theses

I was sitting on a leather couch at a local hangout trying to cram for a test in my Advanced Spanish Grammar class. In front of me, I had my textbook open to a picture of a crowded South American intersection and I was frantically trying to memorize a list of more than 100 Spanish vocabulary words related to automobiles. I had been studying Spanish since the eighth grade and was just amazed that 10 years later I was still having trouble internalizing certain words. I was talking aloud to myself, trying to remember the verb "to start the car." …

Rural Elementary Administrators’ Views Of High-Stakes Testing, Robert J. Egley, Brett D. Jones

The Rural Educator

This study examines how rural elementary school administrators perceive the effects of high-stakes testing in comparison to suburban and urban elementary administrators. High-stakes testing had a greater impact, both positively and negatively, on rural administrators than on their counterparts in suburban and urban schools. Specifically, the positive effects were that rural administrators were more motivated by the testing program to do a better job, found the test results more useful in assessing teachers, and found the test results more useful in meeting the academic needs of students. The negative effects were that rural administrators felt more pressure than urban administrators …

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, November 15, 2004, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• EPC Business
• Retention Survey
• Parking Report
• Cultural Activities Report
• PRPC Updates
• ASUSU Updates
• FSEC Substitutes
• Social Security Number Email
• Faculty Evaluation Committee
• Bookstore Committee
• Handbook Committee
• Department Teaching Excellence Award

Central Florida Future, Vol. 37 No. 27, November 15, 2004

Central Florida Future

Election breaks trends: Conservatism and moral values' rule minds of voters; Petition for life: Parents of dead children want to ban cell phones while driving.

Building A Case For The Unfamiliar Cause In Cause-Related Marketing: The Importance Of Cause Vested Interest, Charles G. O'Brien

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Marketing and advertising practitioners are currently matching up a brand with a cause and broadcasting the association to consumers in a practice called cause related marketing (CRM). Scholars are building a stream of academic research which seeks to understand the relationship between a brand and a cause (a.k.a., alliance) in relation to the final outcome of a CRM campaign. Ostensibly, both partners benefit from this alliance, although many CRM studies seek to understand how to optimize this relationship for each partner.

In professional practice and academic research both practitioners and researchers have focused on established, popular, well-known causes in consideration …

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 …

Murray Ledger And Times, November 15, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

The Free Press Vol.36 No.10, 11-15-2004, John Bronson

Free Press, The

USM creates new designated smoking areas - "Sorry, everybody. We tried." - In Brief - Ambassador Charles Dunbar addresses World Affairs Council of Maine - Behold the blog: the internet's role in Election 2004 - USM faculty senate votes down chancellor motion - USM community could use more student involvement - $100,000 donated to new Muskie building - News - Perspectives - Arts & Entertainment - Why this isn't a preview of the Bill Street Songbook - The pic is mightier than the sword - In honor of memory - Loathing on Campus - Dems and Greens run all over …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, November 14, 2004, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2004

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, November 14, 2004, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2004

No abstract provided.

Maurice Clarett And The Osu Scandals, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It has been an amazing fall season, not only for the Red Sox saga but also considering the eerie quiet on the college football scene. The usual run of assaults, petty thefts, sexual misconduct cases, drug charges, and weapons possession cases have been as rare as football victories for the University of Central Florida.

November 13, 2004 (Pages 6119-6228), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 34 (2004)

No abstract provided.

Coordination Variables And Consensus Building In Multiple Vehicle Systems, Tim Mclain

Faculty Publications

Much of the research focus in the cooperative control community has been on formation control problems. This focus may be due to the fact that the group control problem can be reduced to well-established single-agent control problems by employing a leader-follower type control strategy. For example, single-agent path planning and trajectory generation techniques can be employed for the leader, and conventional trajectory tracking strategies can be employed for the followers. Indeed, formation control problems are much like linear systems theory: we search where the light is the brightest. It can be argued that formation control problems are the simplest type …

Murray Ledger And Times, November 13, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

On The Green Vol. 35 No. 4 November 12, 2004, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

Benson Chamber Of Commerce: Business Barometer Survey Results, Benjamin Winchester, Neil Linscheid

Center for Small Towns

In 2004, the Center for Small Towns worked with the Benson Chamber of Commerce to develop and conduct a survey of Business owners. The goal of the survey was to help the Chamber better understand and respond to the business needs in the community.

The Gazette November 12, 2004, Langston University

LU Gazette, 2000-2009

The student newspaper for Langston University.

Spartan Daily, November 12, 2004, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 123, Issue 53

November 12, 2004, College Of Science Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

No abstract provided.

Parsing Concurrent Xml, Ionut E. Iacob, Alex Dekhtyar, Kazuyo Kaneko

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Concurrent markup hierarchies appear often in document-centric XML documents, as a result of different XML elements having overlapping scopes. They require significantly different approach to management and maintenance. Management of XML documents composed of concurrent markup has been mostly studied by the document processing community and has attracted attention of computer scientists only recently. In this paper we discuss the architecture of an XML parser for concurrent XML. This parser uses a GODDAG data structure in place of traditional DOM Tree to store concurrent markup on top of the document content and provides a DOM-like API that allows software developers …

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, November 12, 2004, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

Crusader, November, 12, 2004, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

V. 72, Issue 9, November 12, 2004

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

The Courier, Volume 38, Issue 7, November 12, 2004, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

College Ceilings Crumbling

Survey Illustrates Student Reactions

Women Unite At College Expo–Woman2Woman Expo Fundraiser, Shopping, Music, Entertainment

“Alabama Rain” Opens For November

People:

Trang Ta

Li-Young Lee

Christina Gildo

Kayla Halsall

Reporter - November 12th 2004, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Vol. 98 Issue 11 2004-11-12, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Murray State News, November 12, 2004, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.