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German-Austrian Statement, Jacques B. Doukhan Dec 2004

German-Austrian Statement, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Operation Elijah, Jacques B. Doukhan Dec 2004

Operation Elijah, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Judaism And Adventism: Similarities And Differences, Jacques B. Doukhan Dec 2004

Judaism And Adventism: Similarities And Differences, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Recent Books, Jacques B. Doukhan Dec 2004

Recent Books, Jacques B. Doukhan

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Qualitative Evaluation Of Emotional Intelligence In-Service Program For Secondary School Teachers, Seval Fer Dec 2004

Qualitative Evaluation Of Emotional Intelligence In-Service Program For Secondary School Teachers, Seval Fer

The Qualitative Report

This paper is an attempt to evaluate the Emotional Intelligence (EQ) In-Service Program on the basis of experiences of 20 secondary school teachers who attended the program in a private school in Turkey. A phenomenological approach, with a focus group method was used. The first objective of this study was to evaluate EQ program on the basis of teachers’ experiences. The second was to explore the teachers’ perceptions about the implications of EQ skills in classroom situations. The results were discussed in terms of the evaluation of the EQ program and its implications for learning and teaching activities in the …

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A Qualitative Look At Leisure Benefits For Taiwanese Nursing Students, Shwu-Ching Hsieh, Angela Spaulding, Mark Riney Dec 2004

A Qualitative Look At Leisure Benefits For Taiwanese Nursing Students, Shwu-Ching Hsieh, Angela Spaulding, Mark Riney

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this study was to determine attitudes of first year nursing students toward leisure participation at the Jen-Te Junior College of Medicine Nursing and Management in Miao-Li, Taiwan. The three research questions used for this study were: What types of leisure activities do first year nursing students at Jen-Te Junior College participate in?, what are the attitudes of first year nursing students at Jen-Te Junior College toward leisure?, and what is the relationship between leisure attitudes and leisure participation of first year nursing students in Jen-Te Junior College? The grounded theory method was used to generate the research …

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Threats And Aggression Directed At Soccer Referees: An Empirical Phenomenological Psychological Study, Margareta Friman, Claes Nyberg, Torsten Norlander Dec 2004

Threats And Aggression Directed At Soccer Referees: An Empirical Phenomenological Psychological Study, Margareta Friman, Claes Nyberg, Torsten Norlander

The Qualitative Report

A descriptive qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews involving seven provincial Soccer Association referees was carried out in order to find out how referees experience threats and aggression directed to soccer referees. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological method (EPP-method) was used. The analysis resulted in thirty categories which were summarized in six themes. The main themes described the perceived causes of threat, reactions to threat, how the referees manage stressful situations, and their motives to referee.

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Perceptions On School-Based English Teacher Education: A Qualitative Study, Leyla Tercanlioglu Dec 2004

Perceptions On School-Based English Teacher Education: A Qualitative Study, Leyla Tercanlioglu

The Qualitative Report

The National Education Development Project (NEDP) is one of the most important attempts to improve the quality of teacher education in Turkey. NEDP focused on the development of practice in pre-service secondary school language teacher education in Turkey. NEDP supported this research to explore student, mentor, teacher educator, and mentor trainer opinions and experiences in depth and understand the actual implementation of school-based teacher education at schools. Individual interviews were conducted in a British University to explore participants' perceptions. This paper will discuss each issue which emerged from the data separately to highlight the issues that appeared important.

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Beyond Abstraction: Philosophy As A Practical Qualitative Research Method, Eric Sheffield Dec 2004

Beyond Abstraction: Philosophy As A Practical Qualitative Research Method, Eric Sheffield

The Qualitative Report

In this paper, I take up a discussion of what philosophic method is, and why it should be viewed as an important qualitative research method. After clarifying the nature of philosophic method within the larger framework of social practices, I argue that philosophy is important to both practice and research, and I suggest that philosophers work in concert with other qualitative researchers. I argue that recently (relatively speaking) philosophy has been viewed with some understandable disdain among both practitioners and researchers as an enjoyable but abstract (and therefore useless) social practice. That perception can be fixed but only if philosophical …

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You Were Hired To Teach! Ideological Struggle,Education, And Teacher Burnout At The New Prison For Women, Randall L. Wright Dec 2004

You Were Hired To Teach! Ideological Struggle,Education, And Teacher Burnout At The New Prison For Women, Randall L. Wright

The Qualitative Report

Critical theorists consider schools as sites of ideological struggle. The following is an account of Suzettes (pseudonym) attempts to define the educational practices in a women’s prison according to the democratic principles suggested in the Task Force Report on Federally Sentenced Women: Creating Choices, (Correctional Service of Canada, 1990). This report led to the construction of five new prisons for women across Canada. Suzettes case illustrates how ideological struggles are experienced personally, and how they contribute to her burnout disillusionment and resignation. Habermass critical research program and his concept of system and lifeworld undergirds this interpretation of this teachers resistance …

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Phd Students Perceptions Of The Relationship Between Philosophy And Research: A Qualitative Investigation, Joan Efinger, Nancy Maldonado, Geri Mcardle Dec 2004

Phd Students Perceptions Of The Relationship Between Philosophy And Research: A Qualitative Investigation, Joan Efinger, Nancy Maldonado, Geri Mcardle

The Qualitative Report

This study explored, described, and discovered meaning in the lived experiences of PhD students regarding two courses: Philosophy of Science and Qualitative Methods. The philosophical underpinning was constructivism. The phenomenological methodology employed a structured questionnaire to collect data. It involved mailed computer disks with questions. Twenty of 43 students returned the disks. Content analysis and QSR N6 software were employed in data analysis. Findings included three broad areas: Thinking about Thinking, The Ah-Ha of Me and Thee, and The Never-Ending Journey of Darkness to Light. Philosophy of Science appears to have value for students in every aspect of their lives. …

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Summary Of Nevada Power Co. V. Eighth Judicial District Court Of Nevada, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. 97, Sally L. Galati Dec 2004

Summary Of Nevada Power Co. V. Eighth Judicial District Court Of Nevada, 120 Nev. Adv. Op. 97, Sally L. Galati

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Petitioner Nevada Power Company (NPC) filed a writ petition challenging the district court’s jurisdiction over a class action complaint against NPC that alleged deceptive and unfair trade practices, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and breach of contract. The two issues facing the Nevada Supreme Court were (1) whether the district court had subjectmatter jurisdiction to entertain a complaint against a public utility for the above causes of action; and (2) if the district court did have jurisdiction over those claims, did the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUC) have primary jurisdiction such that the district …

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Trade Integration And Political Turbulence : Environmental Policy Consequences., Per G. Fredriksson, Muthukumara Mani Dec 2004

Trade Integration And Political Turbulence : Environmental Policy Consequences., Per G. Fredriksson, Muthukumara Mani

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

This paper contributes to the unresolved issue regarding the effect of economic integration on environmental policymaking. In particular, we discuss the joint impact of trade openness and political stability on environmental policymaking. Our theory predicts that the effect of trade integration on environmental policy is conditional on the degree of political stability. Trade integration affects the stringency of environmental policies due to changes in industry bribery behavior, and the effect is conditional on the degree of political stability. The empirical findings support the theory and are robust to alternative specifications. The stringency enhancing effect on environmental policy of trade integration …

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Structural Conformation And Leaching From In Vitro Aged And Retrieved Invisalign Appliances, Susan Schuster, George Eliades, Spiros Zinelis, Theodore Eliades, T. Gerard Bradley Dec 2004

Structural Conformation And Leaching From In Vitro Aged And Retrieved Invisalign Appliances, Susan Schuster, George Eliades, Spiros Zinelis, Theodore Eliades, T. Gerard Bradley

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

The objectives of this study were to investigate the structure of Invisalign appliances (Align Technology, Santa Clara, Calif) after intraoral exposure, and to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize the substances leached from the aligners after accelerated in vitro aging. Samples of Invisalign appliances were randomly selected from 10 patients before intraoral placement and after retrieval, and the prepared specimens were subjected to (1) bright-field optical reflection microscopy to study the surface morphology; (2) Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy to characterize the in vivo changes in molecular composition induced on appliance surfaces, (3) scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis to identify …

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Using Nvivo To Analyze Qualitative Classroom Data On Constructivist Learning Environments, Betul C. Ozkan Dec 2004

Using Nvivo To Analyze Qualitative Classroom Data On Constructivist Learning Environments, Betul C. Ozkan

The Qualitative Report

This article describes how a qualitative data analysis package, NVivo, was used in a study of authentic and constructivist learning and teaching in the classroom. The paper starts with a summary of the research study in which NVivo was used to analyze the data and overviews the methodology that was adopted in this study. It, then, describes how NVivo was used in the analysis of observational (video) data, interviews and field notes.

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The Relationship Between Health Professionals And The Elderly Patient Facing Drug Prescription: A Qualitative Approach, Fernando Lefevre, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Ana Maria Cavalcanti Lefevre, Lia Lusitana Cardozo De Castro, Aracy Witt De Pinho Spínola Dec 2004

The Relationship Between Health Professionals And The Elderly Patient Facing Drug Prescription: A Qualitative Approach, Fernando Lefevre, Jorge Juarez Vieira Teixeira, Ana Maria Cavalcanti Lefevre, Lia Lusitana Cardozo De Castro, Aracy Witt De Pinho Spínola

The Qualitative Report

Aiming at identifying the relationship between the elderly patient facing drug prescription and health professionals, an exploratory and descriptive study of a qualitative cut was carried out using semi-structured interviews. To this end, the Collective Subject Discourse analysis technique was employed. Thirty elderly patients living in the urban area of Maring (Paran State, Brazil) were sampled. They were interviewed from February 25 to March 22, 1998 and selected from the Co-participatory pharmacy database of the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Universidade Estadual de Maring . The finding supplied eleven central Collective Subject ideas, with different discourses. The rich material provided …

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Smith Lever 3(D) Extension Evaluation And Outcome Reporting--A Scorecard To Assist Federal Program Leaders, Bill Hoffman, Barbara Grabowski Dec 2004

Smith Lever 3(D) Extension Evaluation And Outcome Reporting--A Scorecard To Assist Federal Program Leaders, Bill Hoffman, Barbara Grabowski

Journal of Extension

The Government Performance Results Act requires that federal agencies and programs set goals and measure outcomes (USGAO, 1996); however, program managers find it difficult to make the transition from measuring program outputs to developing outcome-related measures (USGAO, 1997). The Hoffman EEOR Scorecard was developed to help federal Smith Lever 3(d) program leaders with this problem by blending the LOGIC Evaluation Model with the utilization of Extension evaluation and outcome reporting (EEOR) ideal practices. The utility of this question-based scorecard for all Smith Lever 3(d) programs is exemplified through its use with the CSREES Extension Integrated Pest Management Implementation Program.

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Moving Towards Ecologically Based Pest Management: A Case Study Using Perimeter Trap Cropping Dec 2004

Moving Towards Ecologically Based Pest Management: A Case Study Using Perimeter Trap Cropping

Journal of Extension

Despite almost a half-century of IPM research and Extension efforts, pesticide usage continues to rise. Scientists and policy-makers have criticized IPM for a continued dependency on chemical solutions. They argue that long-term solutions will only be found by restructuring the crop system to incorporate preventative ecological measures that keep organisms from reaching pest status. Extension and IPM risk losing credibility on environmental issues concerning pesticides and risk losing funding to organizations that are willing to develop ecologically based pest management solutions. Perimeter trap cropping is presented as one example of an ecologically based solution.

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Agent Performance And Customer Satisfaction, Bryan D. Terry, Glenn D. Israel Dec 2004

Agent Performance And Customer Satisfaction, Bryan D. Terry, Glenn D. Israel

Journal of Extension

To fulfill its mission, Extension must develop programs that are relevant and high quality, and improve the lives of clients. Customer satisfaction surveys are used in Florida to collect data about these attributes. It is also important to understand how employee performance affects customer satisfaction. Our findings show that customer satisfaction was not significantly influenced by agent performance and that Florida Cooperative Extension benefits from the experience of its workforce. Given the importance of customer satisfaction as Extension's performance measure for the Florida Legislature, we suggest that administrators should emphasize customer satisfaction as a major factor in employee performance scores.

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Improving County-Based Science Programs: Bringing Out The Science Teacher In Your Volunteer Leaders, Martin H. Smith, Cheryl L. Meehan, Richard P. Enfield, Jeanette L. George Dec 2004

Improving County-Based Science Programs: Bringing Out The Science Teacher In Your Volunteer Leaders, Martin H. Smith, Cheryl L. Meehan, Richard P. Enfield, Jeanette L. George

Journal of Extension

4-H programs can play an important role in increasing children's exposure to, and interest in, science. To be effective, however, specialized training for volunteer leaders is needed. A method of training adult volunteer leaders to train 4-H teens to be cross-age teachers of an inquiry-based science program was designed and evaluated. Key components of this method were specific scaffolding strategies, including modeling, coaching, effective questioning, promoting group interactions, and encouraging independent investigation and thinking. Data from focus group interviews and quantitative measures showed improvement at all levels of project involvement: Adult volunteer leaders, 4-H teens, and participating 4-H youth.

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Evaluating A Domestic Violence Task Force: Methods To Strengthen A Community Collaboration, Michele R. Cranwell, Jane M. Kolodinsky, Kym Anderson, Frederick E. Schmidt Dec 2004

Evaluating A Domestic Violence Task Force: Methods To Strengthen A Community Collaboration, Michele R. Cranwell, Jane M. Kolodinsky, Kym Anderson, Frederick E. Schmidt

Journal of Extension

A domestic violence collaborative was surveyed to evaluate and make recommendations for strengthening membership, structure, and cohesiveness. The article presents the evaluation methods, key findings, recommendations, and the outcome of their implementation. Areas identified for improvement include: membership diversification, membership-driven agenda, improved sub-committees, and increased community involvement through outreach. A revised meeting format, agenda setting strategy, sub-committee parameters, and the addition of quarterly meetings were recommended and implemented. This model received positive feedback as a method to strengthen collaboratives. The case study demonstrates how evaluation research can be linked to practice to make real improvements to a community collaborative.

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Association Of Natural Resource Extension Professionals Membership Survey: Results And Implications, Ben Jackson, Bill Hubbard, Mindy Habecker, Mike Kroenke Dec 2004

Association Of Natural Resource Extension Professionals Membership Survey: Results And Implications, Ben Jackson, Bill Hubbard, Mindy Habecker, Mike Kroenke

Journal of Extension

A survey of the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professional (ANREP) members indicated two primary reasons for joining: the need to belong to a professional Extension association focusing on natural resources and the opportunity to network with other professionals in this issue area. Three issues members wanted addressed were: training and professional development opportunities, identification of national natural resource issues and strategies to address them, and interstate collaboration. Most respondents were satisfied with what ANREP had done since they became members. Other Extension organizations could adopt this survey methodology as a means to involve their members in their strategic planning …

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Survey Of Extension Professionals' Skill Levels Needed To Practice Public Issues Education, Loretta Singletary, Marilyn Smith, George Hill, Patrick Corcoran Dec 2004

Survey Of Extension Professionals' Skill Levels Needed To Practice Public Issues Education, Loretta Singletary, Marilyn Smith, George Hill, Patrick Corcoran

Journal of Extension

The study discussed here examines Extension professionals' perceived skills to practice Public Issues Education. Extension professionals who responded rated their skills moderately, regardless of years of experience. This is true for all experience levels, with each level of experience having certain skill strengths that might benefit others. Those designing Public Issues Education trainings and curriculum for Extension professionals should not presume that tenure or experience in Extension guarantees high skill levels to effectively practice Public issues Education. Further assessments are needed to determine more precisely what skills and what skill levels are to be included in future trainings.

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Leadership Training For Transforming The Community: A Participatory Approach, Nii O. Tackie, Henry J. Findlay, Ntam Baharanyi, Atheal Pierce Dec 2004

Leadership Training For Transforming The Community: A Participatory Approach, Nii O. Tackie, Henry J. Findlay, Ntam Baharanyi, Atheal Pierce

Journal of Extension

The study described here examined the effects of the leadership training workshops on selected residents in Clayton, a rural Alabama city. Data were obtained from 40 participants by a survey questionnaire administered 6 months after the workshops. The results showed that the workshops were well received and that many participants are using the information gained for community development. The participatory approach to training has sound philosophical and practical implications for effective community development. When participants are involved in identifying their needs and are included in planning of the training process, they are more likely to receive and use information provided.

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Gardening In The Zone: A Collaborative Effort Between Iowa State University Extension And Mass Media Outlets, Ann Marie Vanderzanden, Cynthia Haynes Dec 2004

Gardening In The Zone: A Collaborative Effort Between Iowa State University Extension And Mass Media Outlets, Ann Marie Vanderzanden, Cynthia Haynes

Journal of Extension

A collaborative project among the Iowa State University Extension Service, a regional gardening magazine, and regional television stations has resulted in a new avenue to deliver educational programming related to horticulture. Gardening in the Zone is a series of 26 2-minute segments that are broadcast weekly from April through September during the evening news. These segments provide research-based information to a large audience that traditional Extension programming methods might not otherwise reach. It also provides a new venue through which to disseminate the Web address for the ISU Extension Web site with links to a number of educational publications.

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The Pendleton Community Garden Project--More Than Just Planting Seeds, Alice Voltund, Patricia Dawson, Mary Corp Dec 2004

The Pendleton Community Garden Project--More Than Just Planting Seeds, Alice Voltund, Patricia Dawson, Mary Corp

Journal of Extension

The Pendleton Community Garden Project is more than just planting seeds. It is about planting ideas, growing skills, and nurturing leadership and self-esteem in participants. Extension Family and Community Development, 4-H, and Agriculture faculty provided leadership in bringing together 22 local agencies to work with at-risk youth and senior volunteers. Thirty-five at-risk youth and over 100 seniors and community volunteers turned a vacant lot into a community garden that supplied fresh produce to local food bank recipients and homebound seniors. Both seniors and youth benefited from this intergenerational partnership, thus strengthening Extension's leadership role in forging partnerships for sustainable communities.

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Getting The "Yes" To Sponsorships, Robin Galloway Dec 2004

Getting The "Yes" To Sponsorships, Robin Galloway

Journal of Extension

Extension programs and events can be expensive to operate. This article covers innovative ideas to attract business sponsors. Learn how to find decision-makers, create successful requests for funding, and satisfy sponsors before, during, and after events. Effectively marketing Extension programs as a desirable commodity to businesses is an academic and practical endeavor. Businesses need to advertise to attract customers. Most retail stores receive cooperative advertising funds from their suppliers. The implication is that businesses can leverage their dollars by sponsoring your events. By understanding managers' motivations, the outcome will be "yes" when you ask for a sponsorship.

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Active Assessment For Haccp Training: Integrating Pedagogical Reasoning With Primary Trait Analysis, Y Martin Lo, Kazuko Fukuskima, Thomas E. Rippen, Susan L. Gdovin Dec 2004

Active Assessment For Haccp Training: Integrating Pedagogical Reasoning With Primary Trait Analysis, Y Martin Lo, Kazuko Fukuskima, Thomas E. Rippen, Susan L. Gdovin

Journal of Extension

An active assessment mechanism based on Primary Trait Analysis (PTA) and the six aspects of a pedagogical reasoning model was developed to leverage the effectiveness of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) training. By integrating critical thinking into the design of problem scenarios, students are expected to go through five different levels of learning, starting with comprehending science content and available resources, transforming the information for accomplishing the task, and implementing into the target process and ending with evaluating and reflecting on various outcomes of the situation. Students are thereby are expected to develop new comprehension of the topics.

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Development Of A Task Force To Provide Education And Leadership To An Emerging Industry, Jeff Fisher, L Tony Nye, David Mangione Dec 2004

Development Of A Task Force To Provide Education And Leadership To An Emerging Industry, Jeff Fisher, L Tony Nye, David Mangione

Journal of Extension

The Ohio Meat Goat Task Force is a model for engaging resources and building leadership capacity to generate income and enhance sustainability of farm businesses. The collaboration of multi-disciplinary faculty, producers, allied industry, ethnic cultures, and various agencies combines expertise and leadership with applied experience to foster entrepreneurship. Grants have been secured to research ethnic market preferences, processing infrastructure and capacity, and economically viable production systems. Education provides farm businesses capacity to build leadership, share knowledge, and network resources to capture value-added marketing opportunities.

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3d Visualization In Community-Based Planning, I-Shian Suen, Timothy O. Borich Dec 2004

3d Visualization In Community-Based Planning, I-Shian Suen, Timothy O. Borich

Journal of Extension

A new wave of recently developed Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software provides for higher levels of analysis, modeling, and visualization for community development and planning. Beyond the typical 2D static map produced through most GIS software, more recent developments allow for much more detailed 3D visual graphics. CommunityViz allows for predictive modeling, data integration, and 3D visualization. It is the utility of this last capability that is examined in an Extension pilot program in an Iowa community. Based upon this application, the potential of this type of software for Extension education is discussed.

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