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Review Of Home Bound: Growing Up With A Disability In America. Cass Irvin. Reviewed By Elizabeth Lightfoot., Elizabeth Lightfoot
Review Of Home Bound: Growing Up With A Disability In America. Cass Irvin. Reviewed By Elizabeth Lightfoot., Elizabeth Lightfoot
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book review of Cass Irvin, Home Bound: Growing Up with a Disability in America. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2004. $59.50 hardcover, $19.95 papercover.
Partnering For Change: Unions And Community Groups Build Coalitions For Economic Justice. David B. Reynolds (Ed.).
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book note for David B. Reynolds (Ed.), Partnering for Change: Unions and Community Groups Build Coalitions for Economic Justice. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2004. $66.95 hardcover, $24.95 papercover.
The Welfare Experiments: Politics And Policy Evaluation. Robin H. Rogers-Dillon.
The Welfare Experiments: Politics And Policy Evaluation. Robin H. Rogers-Dillon.
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Book note for Robin H. Rogers-Dillon, The Welfare Experiments: Politics and Policy Evaluation. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2004. $55.00 hardcover, $21.95 papercover.
Official Indiscretions: Considering Sex Bargains With Government Informants, Susan S. Kuo
Official Indiscretions: Considering Sex Bargains With Government Informants, Susan S. Kuo
Faculty Publications
This article addresses an alarming new investigatory practice employed by law enforcement officials: requiring arrestees to carry out sexual tasks as confidential informants. Requiring arrestee informants to engage in sexual activities in exchange for a reduction or possible elimination of criminal penalties they might otherwise incur raises constitutional concerns. Informants can and do accept a variety of investigative assignments. But, as this article shows by drawing on sociological research, sex tasks differ fundamentally from more conventional informant undertakings. The importance of this distinction is that while adult individuals undoubtedly can provide consent to sexual matters, the validity of such consent …
Action Research For Female Science Teacher Development: Case Pakistan, Harcharan Pardhan
Action Research For Female Science Teacher Development: Case Pakistan, Harcharan Pardhan
Institute for Educational Development, Karachi
No abstract provided.
Rural Nebraska: Looking Back At A Decade Of Change And Progress, Rebecca J. Vogt, Randolph L. Cantrell, Bruce B. Johnson, Alan J. Tomkins
Rural Nebraska: Looking Back At A Decade Of Change And Progress, Rebecca J. Vogt, Randolph L. Cantrell, Bruce B. Johnson, Alan J. Tomkins
Publications from the Center for Applied Rural Innovation (CARI)
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Nebraska Rural Poll, rural Nebraskans were asked about changes they may have experienced during the past ten years. Where have they lived during the past decade? In what types of business activities have they been involved? Have they received any education or training during that time period? What has been their experience with the Internet?
This report details 2,851 responses to the 2005 Nebraska Rural Poll, the tenth annual effort to understand rural Nebraskans’ perceptions. Respondents were asked a series of questions about changes they have experienced during the past ten years. For …
06-01-2005 Telecourses Being Offered This Summer At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
06-01-2005 Telecourses Being Offered This Summer At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University
THE BARK ARCHIVE 2005
Several telecourses are being offered to students during the 2005 summer semester at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre.
Farmworkers In The Desert: An Anthropological Study Of A Village In Reclaimed Desert Land In Egypt, Kazuaki Takemura
Farmworkers In The Desert: An Anthropological Study Of A Village In Reclaimed Desert Land In Egypt, Kazuaki Takemura
Archived Theses and Dissertations
This is an anthropological study of farmworkers living in reclaimed desert land in Egypt. Since the start in the early-1950s, desert land reclamation has been a governmental enterprise to increase cultivable land in order to keep pace with the rapid population growth. From the mid-1970s, reclaimed desert areas started to be distributed to various groups of people. "Peasants, "university graduates", "public company employees", and recently "evicted tenants" received small plots of land from the government, and became small-scale farmers. The government has considered them as the main components of such "new land" projects. Likewise, development programs and research institutions in …
Religious Participation As Cultural Capital Development: Sector Differences In Chicago’S Jewish Schools, Adam Gamoran, Matthew Boxer
Religious Participation As Cultural Capital Development: Sector Differences In Chicago’S Jewish Schools, Adam Gamoran, Matthew Boxer
Journal of Catholic Education
This paper uses the case of Jewish schools in Chicago to explore the role of religious schools in the development of cultural capital among youth. The author focus on three sectors of Jewish Schools (Orthodox day schools, non-Orthodox day schools, and non-Orthodox supplementary schools) as contexts for learning and expressing Jewish practices, affiliations, and beliefs, which are understood to be markers of cultural capital for the Jewish community. Survey results from 834 students in grades 7-12 revealed that family and school environments are independently associated with cultural capital development. Generally, the contributions of families are more prominent than the impact …
Implementation Of An Action Research Course Program For Science Teachers: A Case For Turkey, Mehmet Küçük, Salih Çepni
Implementation Of An Action Research Course Program For Science Teachers: A Case For Turkey, Mehmet Küçük, Salih Çepni
The Qualitative Report
The purpose of this study was to introduce an AR approach to a group of science teachers during an in-service AR course program and learn its contributions to their professional development. Data were gathered through an AR project by working with a group of eight science teachers throughout a four-week period. In the content of the course, knowledge on educational research was given to teachers and then the participants were encouraged to conduct small-scale AR projects. During this process, it was found that project teachers willingly participated in all the meetings, embracing the views of doing research based on their …
Through The Lens Of Postmodernism: Uniqueness Of The Anorectic Families, Zenobia C.Y. Chan, Joyce L.C. Ma
Through The Lens Of Postmodernism: Uniqueness Of The Anorectic Families, Zenobia C.Y. Chan, Joyce L.C. Ma
The Qualitative Report
This paper challenges the monolithic assumption of the anorectic families in Hong Kong by blindly adopting the western theoretical framework of family therapy. It is problematic that family therapy lacks indigenous culture-specific knowledge and ignores the voices of these multi-categories of families. It is inappropriate to conceptualize these families as being similar and to stereotype them as experiencing particular difficulties. In order to bridge the homogeneity and address the multiplicity of these families, the paper examines both the ideologies of postmodernism and the process of confession that can enrich the understanding of anorectic families and advance family practice. The paper …
Human Nature And Research Paradigms: Theory Meets Physical Therapy Practice, Margaret M. Plack
Human Nature And Research Paradigms: Theory Meets Physical Therapy Practice, Margaret M. Plack
The Qualitative Report
Human nature is a very complex phenomenon. In physical therapy this complexity is enhanced by the need to understand the intersection between the art and science of human behavior and patient care. A paradigm is a set of basic beliefs that represent a worldview, defines the nature of the world and the individuals place in it, and helps to determine criteria used to select and define research inquiry. A paradigm guides scientific inquiry, not only in the manner in which an investigation is performed, but also in how the investigator defines truth and reality and how the investigator comes to …
Research As Improvisation: Dancing Among Perspectives, Glenda-Mae Greene, Shirley Freed
Research As Improvisation: Dancing Among Perspectives, Glenda-Mae Greene, Shirley Freed
The Qualitative Report
This article captures the way research methods were intertwined with core identities to understand the success development of Caribbean-Canadian women. It highlights the importance of researchers experimenting with a blend of perspectives to fit their problem as well as their identity. Viewing the research process through the eyes of the researcher and her dissertation chair, issues of validity and collaboration emerge. Ultimately both authors listen to family voices as they dance among research perspectives.
Maps And Meaning: Reading The Map Of The Holy Land, Noga Collins-Kreiner
Maps And Meaning: Reading The Map Of The Holy Land, Noga Collins-Kreiner
The Qualitative Report
The research methods of hermeneutics and semiotics were used to analyze maps of the Holy Land. The main conclusion of this study is how those methods could help us to read and understand maps. Other issues of concern are which religious elements actually appear and their form of representation in the range of maps. Narratives identified on the various maps were the holy Christian narrative- which proved the most dominant, the Jewish narrative and the Muslim narrative that was rarely found in the maps, even in those with a Palestinian narrative. A ubiquitous finding was disregarded for political issues, although …
An Evening Of Grounded Theory: Teaching Process Through Demonstration And Simulation, Frances Huels
An Evening Of Grounded Theory: Teaching Process Through Demonstration And Simulation, Frances Huels
The Qualitative Report
Grounded theory can be effectively introduced in a survey course through a combination of lecture/demonstration and simulation. The class session presented here illustrates a way to introduce graduate students to the process of grounded theory and gain hands-on experience through simulation. The lesson utilizes concepts that the students are familiar with, allowing them to focus on the research process, and encourages internalization of concepts through immediate application.
Transformation Of Rural Teachers Earning Graduate Degrees, Susan A. Santo
Transformation Of Rural Teachers Earning Graduate Degrees, Susan A. Santo
The Qualitative Report
This study tells the stories of four successful graduate students within a cohort of learners who were earning graduate degrees in technology for education and training by distance. The students were practicing teachers in the Dakota Interactive Academic Link (DIAL) consortium. Courses were offered by the University of South Dakota, using videoconferencing through the statewide Digital Distance Network (DDN) and WebCT asynchronous discussions. Mezirows 1991 theory of transformative learning suggests that adult learners may experience a transformational experience. Results showed that the four study participants experienced major changes in their way of thinking about learning and themselves. Conducting longitudinal studies …
Using Hermeneutics As A Qualitative Research Approach In Professional Practice, Margo Paterson, Joy Higgs
Using Hermeneutics As A Qualitative Research Approach In Professional Practice, Margo Paterson, Joy Higgs
The Qualitative Report
This paper is targeted primarily at doctoral students and others considering hermeneutics as a research strategy. Research using hermeneutics was carried out with occupational therapy educators and clinicians in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the UK. A total of 53 participants engaged in focus groups and individual interviews over a one-year. The paper explores hermeneutics as a credible, rigorous and creative strategy to address aspects of professional practice that similarly need to be flexible, adaptable to particular needs, and justifiable in the contexts of evidence-based as well as client-centred practice. The hermeneutic study produced A Model of Professional Practice Judgment …
Rational Choice And Rat Choice: Some Thoughts On The Relationship Among Rationality, Markets, And Human Beings, Edward L. Rubin
Rational Choice And Rat Choice: Some Thoughts On The Relationship Among Rationality, Markets, And Human Beings, Edward L. Rubin
Chicago-Kent Law Review
For about 2,500 years, the term rationality has been used in the Western world to describe the application of human reason to a wide range of problems or issues. In the past thirty years, however, the term has been appropriated by microeconomists and microeconomically-oriented social scientists to mean something quite different—the application of instrumental rationality to the particular problem of material self-interest maximization. This Article will attempt to recapture the original meaning of the term rationality, and explain the place of the microeconomic model within it. Using Weber's distinction between instrumental rationality and values rationality, it will argue that all …
The Legal Function Of Ritual, Geoffrey P. Miller
The Legal Function Of Ritual, Geoffrey P. Miller
Chicago-Kent Law Review
This Article offers a theory of ritual as social control. It argues that an important function of rituals is to align personal identities with social roles. The celebratory aspect of rituals reflects the sense of felicity that accompanies the successful alignment of identity and role. Violence in ritual reflects the fact that the alignment of identity and role is compulsory and often imposes significant costs on personal autonomy. Within the framework of this theory, rituals can be classed into three general types: rituals of reformation (e.g., marriage, initiation, and installation) help align identity and role; rituals of renewal (e.g., religious …
Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 2, Issue 6, University Of Texas At Arlington Library
Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 2, Issue 6, University Of Texas At Arlington Library
Connections: Library News for Library Staff
The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.
Children’S Cultural Capital And Teachers’ Assessments Of Effort And Ability: The Influence Of School Sector, Susan A. Dumais
Children’S Cultural Capital And Teachers’ Assessments Of Effort And Ability: The Influence Of School Sector, Susan A. Dumais
Journal of Catholic Education
Bourdieu (1973) theorized that differences in social background correspond to differences in possession of cultural resources (cultural capital), as well as the orientation to those resources (habitus). Additionally, Bourdieu argued that struggles for power occur in different settings (fields). His essay reviews Bourdieu’s main ideas and describes how they may apply to the American educational system. In particular, two setting are considered; public elementary schools and Catholic elementary schools. Based in analyses using data form the Early Childhood, Longitudinal Study (ECLS), Catholic school kindergartners are more likely to participate in arts activities, and their parents are more likely to be …
Stimulant Abuse In Ohio And The Rural South, Robert G. Carlson
Stimulant Abuse In Ohio And The Rural South, Robert G. Carlson
Population and Public Health Sciences Faculty Publications
This paper summarizes the methods and findings from two NIDA-supported studies of methamphetamine (MA) abuse in rural Ohio, Kentucky, and Arkansas, conducted by researchers at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and the University of Kentucky. In addition, patterns of MA abuse among young adult MDMA/ecstasy users in urban central Ohio are described. Finally, preliminary findings from the Ohio Substance Abuse Monitoring Network on trends in methamphetamine abuse in Dayton, Ohio, are presented.
Main Hall To Main Street, June 2005, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations
Main Hall To Main Street, June 2005, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations
Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010
This is volume 11, number 6 of Main Hall to Main Street.
The Persistence Of Adult Undergraduates On A Traditionally Oriented University Campus, Wendy Samuels
The Persistence Of Adult Undergraduates On A Traditionally Oriented University Campus, Wendy Samuels
Dissertations
This phenomenological study describes the social and academic experiences of successful non-traditional students on the main campus of a traditionally oriented residential university and how these experiences promote or impede their persistence to graduation. The study determined what role family support, faculty support, institutional policy and services, and the classroom environment have in persistence of adult undergraduates. The methodology employed open ended individual interviews based on an interview outline. Participants in the study were all students within two traditional semesters of graduation, andthe sampling procedures were purposeful, yielding a fairly diverse pool of 15 participants. Trustworthiness of the data was …
2005-2007 Wright State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Wright State University
2005-2007 Wright State University Undergraduate Course Catalog, Wright State University
Browse All Course Catalogs
This is a Wright State University undergraduate course catalog from 2005-2007.
A Combined 140 Years: 2005 Class Of Retirees Compiled Remarkable Record Of Service To Furman: Block A Consummate Historian, Lecturer, William J. Lavery
A Combined 140 Years: 2005 Class Of Retirees Compiled Remarkable Record Of Service To Furman: Block A Consummate Historian, Lecturer, William J. Lavery
Furman Magazine
No abstract provided.
A Combined 140 Years: 2005 Class Of Retirees Compiled Remarkable Record Of Service To Furman: Harris A Tireless Model Of True Professionalism, Lesley Quast
Furman Magazine
No abstract provided.
Echo Responses, Furman University
Echo Responses, Furman University
Furman Magazine
Article on controversial literary magazine spurs reader interest
Automatically Discovering The Number Of Clusters In Web Page Datasets, Zhongmei Yao
Automatically Discovering The Number Of Clusters In Web Page Datasets, Zhongmei Yao
Computer Science Faculty Publications
Clustering is well-suited for Web mining by automatically organizing Web pages into categories, each of which contains Web pages having similar contents. However, one problem in clustering is the lack of general methods to automatically determine the number of categories or clusters. For the Web domain in particular, currently there is no such method suitable for Web page clustering. In an attempt to address this problem, we discover a constant factor that characterizes the Web domain, based on which we propose a new method for automatically determining the number of clusters in Web page data sets. We discover that the …
2004-2005 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.
2004-2005 Profile, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.
Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive
2004-2005 issue of Profile Magazine.