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Gpsa Council Meeting, 10/1/2005, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

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Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: October 2005, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - October 2005

Europe: A Civilization On The Edge, Peter O'Brien

Political Science Faculty Research

Our European culture is one that has staked its all on the universal and the danger menacing it is that of perishing by the universal.

Jean Baudrillard¹

Rémi Brague rejects common charges of Eurocentrisim leveled against Western civilization. He prefers to characterize the West as "eccentric," meaning off center. He equates Western civilization with Europe and understands it as that civilization which grew out of the western half of the Roman Empire and with time differentiated itself from Byzantine and Islamic civilizations (themselves successors to the Roman heritage). He labels Europe eccentric because it stands (physically and figuratively) on …

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter, Fall 2005-Winter 2006

Mid-Atlantic Ethics Committee Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Relationship Between Traditional Grammar Terminology And Metacognitive Application Of Grammar Concepts, Annalisa M. Buerke

Master of Education Program Theses

This literature review revisits the debate of whether grammar instruction can improve adherence to written English conventions. However, the paper focuses on the role of traditional definitions rather than on delivery methods. Two questions guide this paper: I. Do traditional terms and definitions hinder students' understanding of grammar concepts? 2. How can teachers define grammar terms in a clearer, more accurate manner? The paper uses prominent grammarians such as C. Weaver, R. Noguchi and M. Kolin and provides a history of methodology, noting researchers' observations of traditional terms and definitions. The paper concludes that secondary teachers can supplement traditional definitions …

Le Sujet Et Les Je(Ux) De Discours Dans L'Oeuvre De Brian Friel, Noel Fitzpatrick

Other resources

No abstract provided.

Pro Musica Newsletter, Fall 2005, Bowling Green State University. College Of Musical Arts

Pro Musica Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Afterschool Matters Spring 2006, National Institute On Out-Of-School Time

Afterschool Matters

From Promise to Participation: Afterschool Programs through the Lens of Socio-Cultural Learning Theory
By Meredith I. Honig and Morva A. McDonald
Studies of the effects of afterschool programs on student learning have yielded equivocal findings. This paper argues that such findings stem from weak conceptualizations of the relationship between afterschool programming and learning. The authors use socio-cultural learning theory to reveal specific dimensions of afterschool programs that have positive impact on learning, drawing on almost 200 documents from the afterschool literature to substantiate and elaborate these dimensions. Findings illuminate why afterschool programs that provide "more school after school" significantly limit …

Information Please, 2005-10, University Library

Information Please

Newsletter published by the library at Governors State University between 1998-2011.

Report On The Ncc's Japanese Publishers And Vendors Roundtable, Journal Of East Asian Libraries

Journal of East Asian Libraries

No abstract provided.

History And Society: Fact, Fiction And Reform In The Serbian Education System, Valerie Ullrich

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

History instruction is a means of disseminating political and cultural “truth” in societies all over the world. History occupies only a small space in the educational schemes that socialize and politicize children to their societies, but it could be argued that it plays a disproportionate role in these processes. In societies with contentious historical records and/or histories of conflict, it is particularly important to examine the role that history instruction does in fact play, as it can have positive or disastrous consequences over the long term. Serbian society provides one example of the potential effects of incomplete, politically influenced historical …

The “Extreme Makeover” Effect Of Law School: Students Being Transformed By Stories, Cassandra Sharp

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

The relationship between law and popular culture has caused great interest among scholars over the years. It is a field that invites the merging of disciplinary boundaries and allows for plurality in the ways that law can be viewed. This paper seeks to view this relationship from the vantage point of the first-year law student and to explore the representation and transformation of meaning about law and lawyering within the social and academic context of law school. Situated within the expanding scholarship on law and popular culture, this paper examines how the image of the lawyer is constructed and interpreted …

The Failure Of The International Laws Of War And The Role Of Art And Story-Telling As A Self-Help Remedy For Restorative Justice, Susan Tiefenbrun

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

This Article asks several questions that seem particularly relevant in view of the current state of war that our peace-loving society is engaged in today. What is the role of the laws and customs of war if the warriors don't play by the rules? What is the role of art and music during and after the commission of atrocities? Can art prevent further atrocities, assuage victims of catastrophic events, inspire the collective conscience of perpetrators, and protect victims from the reality of pain caused by war and the violations of the international laws of armed combat? Can a book or …

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 2005, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Gender Based Violence In Jordan: Domestic Violence And Honor Crimes, Danielle M. Becknell

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper analyzes the social, psychological, religious, and legal interactions of gender-based violence that manifest themselves within the Jordanian society in various ways. Honor crimes are the ultimate manifestation of this phenomenon in this culture, and as such cannot be separated from the society, gender-relations, or violence against women. Interviews with specialist within the field allow for a more in depth exploration of the topic.

Reviews, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales. Edited by Marguerite Gordon.
Review by Jessica Tiffin.

The Robber with a Witch's Head: More Stories from the Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Collected by Laura Gonzenbach. Edited and translated by Jack Zipes.
Review by Francesca Maria Corrao.

The Kalevala and the World's Traditional Epics. Studia Fennica Folkloristica. Edited by Lauri Honko.
Review by Galit Hasan-Rokem.

Animal Motifs in Asian Art: An Illustrated Guide to Their Meanings and Aesthetics. By Katherine M. Ball.
Review by Stephen Canham.

The Tale of Bluebeard in German Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present. …

Index, Marvels & Tales Editors

Marvels & Tales

No abstract provided.

The Western Scholar, Editors

WKU Scholar

No abstract provided.

Teach To Love, Steven Kepnes

Journal of Scriptural Reasoning

No abstract provided.

Scriptural Reasoning: The Dynamic That Informed Paul's Theologizing, Kathy Ehrensperger

Journal of Scriptural Reasoning

No abstract provided.

Making Value Visible: Excellence In Campus-Community Partnerships In The Arts, Humanities, And Design, Cynthia Koch

Imagining America

This study sets forth what practitioners themselves believe to be the characteristics of excellence in campus-community partnerships in the arts, humanities, and design. It presents the fruits of a research project of modest scale. But in so doing it reveals something large: a flourishing world of work populated by faculty artists and scholars; staff members of nonprofit organizations and public cultural institutions; and creative citizens working through robust networks. Attentive to the texture and tones of practioners' voices, the report responds to people who are clearly hungry to address questions about excellence.

Making Value Visible opens a window on the …

Exploring The Education Profile And Pipeline For Latinos In New York State, Anthony De Jesús, Daniel W. Vasquez

Policy Documents

Using various education and census databases 1this policy brief explores the Latino education pipeline in New York State and, where possible, uses disaggregated data to analyze the changes in educational enrollment, attainment, and achievement for Latinos between 1990 and 2000. The education pipeline represents the distribution of Latinos enrolled in pre-school through graduate and professional school in New York State as well as the education attainment levels of the adult population over 25 years of age. Disaggregated data provide the best picture of the educational situation of various Latino subgroups as they relate to each other and other racial/ethnic populations …

The Texas Caver, Volume 51, No. 4, October 2005, Mark Alman

The Texas Caver

Contents: Some thoughts about 50 years of Texas caving - The first 16 Caver covers - Some thoughts about the Texas Caver - History of the Texas Caver in chart form - What a cross-section of Texas cavers think about the past - Caver trucks - TSA officers in chart form - Texas caving conventions in chart form - NSS conventions in Texas - Two Texas conventions compared - Texas caving groups through the years - Texas caving projects and Texas Caver Reunions - Texas long and deep caves: 1950s compared to 2010 - Photo gallery: Texas caving seen from …

Children With Diabetes: Are State Statutes Needed To Protect Students' Rights, Christopher W. Goddard

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Trials And Tribulations: As Found In The Journals Of Samuel Kirkland, Christine Sternberg Patrick

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

By day I edit the papers of George Washington, one of those increasingly popular dead white men. But on nights and weekends I spend my time with Samuel Kirkland, a not-so-popular dead white man whom I would classify as above-average. I was first introduced to Kirkland in the 1980s, and shortly thereafter I made him the topic of my dissertation. Although some might describe him as a "dour Presbyterian," I find him fascinating.

By now I am sure that most readers are wondering, who is Samuel Kirkland? and, why is he above-average? So let me briefly answer these questions before …

Frame-Shifting In Humor And Irony, L. David Ritchie

Communication Faculty Publications and Presentations

Coulson's (2001) analysis of humor as "frame-shifting" is extended to irony and compared to other current theories of humor and irony, including Giora's (2003) graded salience model. It is argued that the effects of humor and irony often depend on a subversive relationship between the initial and alternative frames, which adds to both cognitive and social meaning; understanding these effects requires consideration of the expansion of common ground (Clark, 1996) and relevance effects (Sperber & Wilson, 1986) triggered by the shift from a culturally licensed to a subversive frame. Reanalysis of several examples from recent studies in the light of …

Editor's Note, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Europe: A Civilization On The Edge, Peter O'Brien

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Inspiration For A Different Eden: Chinese Gardening Ideas In England In The Early Modern Period, Yu Liu

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

Review Of "Finding The Middle Ground: Krestovskii, Tur, And The Power Of Ambivalence In Nineteenth-Century Russian Women's Prose" By J.M. Gheith, Sibelan E.S. Forrester

Russian Faculty Works

No abstract provided.