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Influence In An Age Of Terror: A Framework Of Response To Islamist Influence Operations, John Deniston

Global Tides

Adversarial influence operations perpetrated by Islamist terrorist networks confront the most foundational of America’s national defense capabilities: the will of the American people to fight. This assertion is predicated on four key determinations. First, Islamist terrorist networks use influence operations as an integral tool of global jihad. Second, these adversarial influence operations should be perceived as attacks and, subsequently, should demand response. Third, a wide array of US Government tools and institutions currently exists to counter this challenge. Fourth, precision-strike doctrine and cyber-attack response frameworks provide instructional examples of methods to create a coordinated US Government response to such influence …

The Modes And Tenses Of Legal Problem Solving, And What To Do About Them In Legal Education, Thomas D. Barton

California Western Law Review

No abstract provided.

Working With Families Affected By Divorce : A Resource Guide For Family Therapists, Anna Larsen

Honors Capstones

The present project is a resource manual that a family therapist can refer to in preparation for working with families affected by divorce. The manual is comprised of seven sections: (1) The Decision to Divorce, (2) Co-parenting, (3) Families with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, (4) Families with School-Age Children, (5) Families with Adolescents, (6) Domestic Violence, and (7) Legal Issues. Appendices include recommended activities for children, recommended books, and domestic violence screening questions for adults and children. Each section of this manual is based on current research published in professional journals and books recommended by the American Association of Marriage …

Neither Dyad Nor Triad: Children’S Relationship Interests Within Kinship Caregiving Families., Sacha M. Coupet

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

American Corporate Governance And Globalization., Steven A. Ramirez

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Models For Change: A Postmodern Initiative To Promote A Fair, Rational, And Effective Juvenile Justice System., Diane C. Geraghty

Faculty Publications & Other Works

No abstract provided.

Contributors, Jennifer Musial, Emily Van Der Meulen

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Information about contributors to articles in volume 7 issue 1 of Reconstruction.

Colonial Constructs And Legally Sanctioned Sexually Violent Consequences In R V. Edmondson, Nicholas Bonokoski

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

What kind of a system or process would portray a twelve-year-old girl from the Yellow Quill First Nation as a sexual threat to three twenty-something white men, who promising her a ride home, picked her up and got her drunk? The answer: The Canadian legal system. In R v Edmondson a twelve-year old Aboriginal girl, who was sexually assaulted by Dean Edmondson, Jeffrey Brown, and Jeffrey Kindrat from Tisdale Saskatchewan, was portrayed by the judge as a "sexual aggressor". This paper focuses on the trial of Dean Edmondson in which, according to Judge Kovatch, the girls "sexual aggression" led to …

Protecting The New Face Of Entrepreneurship: Online Appropriate Dispute Resolution And International Consumer-To-Consumer Online Transactions, Ivonnely Colón-Fung

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

No abstract provided.

Exile, Identity, And Artistic Creation: An Arts Based Phenomenological Study With Immigrant Women: A Dissertation, Vera Heller

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

This arts based phenomenological study with immigrant women explores the migratory and creative processes from the perspective of the Hero's archetype, viewed by Jung as a template for individuation. Its objective is to gain further insight into the contribution of art therapy to healing the fragmentation of identity inherent in the transition between two - often radically different - cultures.

A Program Evaluation Research Study On The Implementation Of The Mentors In Violence Prevention Program In A Public High School: A Dissertation, Nancy G. Beardall

Expressive Therapies Dissertations

The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) Program is the subject of this research study. MVP is a high school leadership and mentoring program that focuses on promoting gender respect and preventing harassment, sexual harassment and teen dating abuse in middle schools and high schools. This program evaluation study of the MVP program utilizes both quantitative and qualitative data. The findings suggest the MVP training supports the mentors in their ability to become active bystanders and leaders in this work, not only in the short term and while they are in the program, but over the long term, when they are …

Talk Among The Dragonflies And Dalmations: An Investigation Of Communicative Competence In A Pre-Kindergarten Classroom: A Dissertation, Lauren Foley Goldberg

Educational Studies Dissertations

A year-long ethnographic study of young children's language was conducted in a pre-kindergarten classroom. The investigation focused on the teachers' direct instruction and the children's emerging communicative competence in the rules and structure of group conversation. The class "Morning Meeting" was recorded once or twice a week for the entire year; a subset of these recordings formed the data set for the analysis. Of particular interest were communication behaviors that emphasized the growth of a sense of membership and community within the group as well as evidence that the children had learned conventions for turn-taking, topic maintenance, and solidarity.

The Right Of Way: Ethical Decision Making Of Selected Elementary School Principals: A Dissertation, Jennifer Dechiara

Educational Studies Dissertations

One of the central goals of current education reform in this country has been to equalize learning opportunities and outcomes for all groups of children, including and especially those groups previously marginalized. With federal education reform mandates of the early twenty-first century, the work of schools is rigidly evaluated on evidence of achievement - not simply evidence of good processes and intentions. This high-stakes demand for universal achievement has brought several ethical aspects of school leadership, including distribution of resources and equality of educational opportunity, sharply into focus. The subject of ethics in school administration has only recently been attended …

Justice-Learning: Service-Learning As Justice-Oriented Education, Dan W. Butin

Special Topics, General

"Justice-learning" lies at the intersection of service-learning and social justice education. Specifically, I argue for a distinctive form of community-based learning ("antifoundational service-learning") that fosters a justice-oriented framework ("anti-anti-social justice") that makes possible the questioning and disruption of unexamined and all too often oppressive binaries of how we view the struggle toward equity in education. The linkage of service-learning and social justice education in this manner offers a "weak overcoming" that strengthens experiential learning toward justice while avoiding the dilution and radicalization faced by both movements. I, thus, trace the linkages between service-learning and social justice education; explicate the potential …

The Development And Validation Of The Elementary School Ethical Climate Index, Kay Anne Keiser, Laura E. Schulte

Educational Leadership Faculty Publications

The purposes of this study were to develop and validate an instrument that measures the ethical climate of elementary schools. To create the Elementary School Ethical Climate Index (ESECI), we adapted the ethical climate index for middle and high schools. The ESECI assesses student and teacher interactions and relationships through the application of five ethical principles: respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice, and fidelity (Kitchener, 1984, 1985). To provide evidence of the ESECI’s reliability and validity we distributed the ESECI to the students and teachers/staff at one urban elementary school in a Midwestern city. There was a significant difference in …

We Know It's Service, But What Are They Learning? Preservice Teachers' Understandings Of Diversity, Courtney A. Bell, Brian R. Horn, Kevin C. Roxas

Diversity

A great deal of research on multiculturalism looks at different approaches to multicultural education and visions of multicultural teaching and learning. Though some research theorizes about how preservice teachers might learn about race or gender, there is very little work that helps teacher educators understand what learning about diversity more broadly, might look like. This study uses the conceptual framework developed by Paine to raise questions about and illuminate differences in the learning outcomes of preservice teachers who participated in two similar yet notably different service-learning experiences. Through examinations of writing tasks we find that teacher learning did indeed depend …

An American Mosaic: Service Learning Stories, Carol Lester, Gail Robinson

Higher Education

The goals of Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, supported by the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service and administered by the American Association of Community Colleges, are to build on established foundations to integrate service learning into the institutional climate of community colleges and to increase the number, quality, and sustainability of service learning programs in colleges nationwide.

Service learning combines community service with classroom instruction, focusing on critical, reflective thinking as well as personal and civic responsibility. Service learning programs involve students in activities that address local needs while developing …

Completions 2007-08, Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Completions

IPEDS Completions annual report contains the following information:

• Number of awards conferred by program, by level, and by race/ethnicity and gender of recipient
• Number of completers, separately by race/ethnicity, gender, age and level of award

Program, The Water Is Wide: The Art Of Boat Building, 2007, Studio At 620

Program Collection

No abstract provided.

The Princess And The Goblin And The Princess And Curdie, Colin Manlove

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

No abstract provided.

Thoreau’S Economy And George Macdonald’S Lilith: Walking Between Self-Reliance And Christian Submission, John Pennington

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

No abstract provided.

Things You Realize About Yourself While Sitting Next To A Nun On A Plane Home, Christine A. Davis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Gender Bias In The Technology Classroom: A Review Of Some Related Literature, Steven J. Muehleisen

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

This paper investigates the biases that may cause middle school through college age girls from continuing in a technology track. Secondary purposes were to find suggestions as to possible classroom modifications that are proven to encourage greater female participation in technology and to locate Government agencies, educational institutions and private industries that offer suppm1 for young girls interested in technology. The biases appeared to be due to a variety of outside influences such as the entertainment and advertising industry, family and the ways in which girls perceive the use of technology. Girls are constantly being shown how they should act, …

The Impact Of Learning Styles On Boy's Motivation And Its Effect On Reading Performance, Mayrola Rubio

Education Masters

The present research focused on the ways in which boys learning differently and why it is that boys are falling behind in school and how learning styles exhibited by classroom teachers impact the boys' motivation and overall learning performance in the classroom. The literature also focused on the different types of motivation that are exhibited by individuals. The purpose of this paper was to determine if teachers learning styles played a significant role on boys reading performance. The findings of this research showed no correlation between teachers' preferred learning style and boys overall reading motivation. However, teachers can use this …

A Study Of Culture And Conflict Management Styles Of Community College Employees, Jennifer A. Sheridan

Education Masters

This paper looks at the relationship of department culture and the conflict management styles that people possess. An explanation and the different components of culture are described by several researches. Conflict is also explained as well as the different types of conflict, and where conflict stems from. The study focused on three offices at a community college located in Upstate New York. Based on the offices belonging to different college divisions, the assumption was made that these offices would have different subcultures. The participants of the study work directly with students and often deal with confrontational situations. The goal of …

Retired Librarian Revises List Of Best Books On The Indians Of Georgia, Louise S. White

Georgia Library Quarterly

The article reports on the revisions made in the list of best books on the Indians of North America in Georgia at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. The list was compiled by retired librarian Louise S. White in collaboration with the members of the Georgia Library Media Association (GLMA).

Increasing Motivation In The Mathematics Classroom: An Epistemological Approach Through High Qauality Learning Opportunities, James Tiffin Jr.

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

This research consists of details pertaining to the epistemological beliefs of both students and teachers in the domain of mathematics. The findings indicate that the knowledge beliefs of a student directly impact their motivation in the classroom. The research further says that the classroom environment and the teacher are the most influential factors in generating and changing a student's beliefs. High quality teaching will be outlined as defined by the literature. This will be looked at from the perspective of generating availing epistemological beliefs and generating motivation. Further, research will be reported that details the value of learning opportunities inside …

Organizational Adoption Of Web-Enabled Services For Information Dissemination, Pamila Dembla, Prashant Palvia, Lloyd Brooks

Faculty Articles

Although communication, collaboration, and transaction processing are some of the important business functions facilitated by the web, timely dissemination of information is critical for ultimate customer satisfaction and potential profitability. The purpose of this study is to determine the affect that contextual factors such as IS maturity, organizational attributes, and environmental characteristics have on perceived usefulness and adoption of web-enabled services for information dissemination in organizations. The key focus of this article is "organizational adoption" as opposed to individual acceptance for which there have been numerous studies. A research model and eight hypotheses were developed based on past literature. Data …

Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2007, Wendy Greenberg, Joseph D. Chapline Jr., Ellen Cosgrove, Steven Christy

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Taking Our Place is a rousing success • Helfferich Gym gets a facelift • Alumni forum • Faculty notes • Ursinus is host to celebrated director • Renowned environmentalist is commencement speaker • Music notes • Ursinus in the news • Wrestlers pin CC championship • Students rally to Relay for Life • Building a team, on and off the field: Championship coach and working mom • Bomberger: Turned around and open for business • Homecoming 2006 • Class notes • Hermann F. Eilts in memoriam: An appreciation • Into …

On The Incorporation Of The Personality Factors Into Crowd Simulation, Sivakumar Jaganathan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recently, a considerable amount of research has been performed on simulating the collective behavior of pedestrians in the street or people finding their way inside a building or a room. Comprehensive reviews of the state of the art can be found in Schreckenberg and Deo (2002) and Batty, M., DeSyllas, J. and Duxbury, E. (2003). In all these simulation studies, one area that is lacking is accounting for the effects of human personalities on the outcome. As a result, there is a growing emphasis on researching the effects of human personalities and adding the results to the simulations to make …