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Group Rights: A Defense, David Ingram Jan 2011

Group Rights: A Defense, David Ingram

Philosophy: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Human rights belong to individuals in virtue of their common humanity. Yet it is an important question whether human rights entail or comport with the possession of what I call group-specific rights (sometimes referred to as collective rights), or rights that individuals possess only because they belong to a particular group. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) says they do. Article 15 asserts the right to nationality, or citizenship. Unless one believes that the only citizenship compatible with a universal human rights regime is cosmopolitan citizenship in a world state – a conception of citizenship that is not countenanced …

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Some Girls Play With Trains: Negotiating Gender In A Preschool Classroom, Laura Zellerbach Jan 2011

Some Girls Play With Trains: Negotiating Gender In A Preschool Classroom, Laura Zellerbach

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This study examines children's understanding of gender roles within a classroom of three and four-year-olds. Discussions of gender in the classroom were recorded and transcribed over a four month period. In January, children were presented with "The Boys and Girls Book, " a book that discussed gender norms in the language of "Some girls play with trains/ Some boys play with trains." Common themes emerged, including gender-typed play, hair and clothing as signifiers of gender, marketing and material goods as related to gender roles, and the use of conventional and unconventional gender stereotypes. These children's changing understandings and rationales concerning …

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South African Charter Of Religious Rights And Freedoms, I Benson Jan 2011

South African Charter Of Religious Rights And Freedoms, I Benson

Law Papers and Journal Articles

The creation, under Section 234 of the Constitution of South Africa (1996) of a South African Charter of Religious Rights and Freedoms, signed by every major religious group in South African as well as representatives of leading South African Constitutional Commissions and others is a development of some importance and potential world significance. It will be, once passed into law, the first Charter created under this section. The civil society initial phase of discussions, consultations, meetings and drafting and re-drafting led to the public signing ceremony at the University of Johannesburg on 21 October 2010. The next phase moves to …

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Exploring The Principal's Role In High Poverty Schools With High Literacy Achievement, Jill E. Jay Jan 2011

Exploring The Principal's Role In High Poverty Schools With High Literacy Achievement, Jill E. Jay

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore educational aspects which help explain high early-literacy acquisition in high-poverty elementary schools. Through this qualitative study, the perceptions of key staff members, including the principal, in four high achieving, high-poverty schools were explored in three areas: 1) contributing aspects of highlevel, early-literacy achievement in their particular school setting; 2) role of the principal in a high-poverty school that attains a high level of early-literacy achievement; and 3) how high early-literacy achievement occurred in their particular school setting. The schools in the study were located in multiple states that the researcher had …

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You're Supposed To Care: Faculty Motivations To Incorporate Service Learning Into Community College Classrooms, Carol A. Katowitz Jan 2011

You're Supposed To Care: Faculty Motivations To Incorporate Service Learning Into Community College Classrooms, Carol A. Katowitz

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the motivations that cause some faculty in community colleges to embrace and actively pursue service learning pedagogy in their classrooms. It also identified the catalysts that move faculty to action in implementing this approach to instruction. The qualitative phenomenological case study approach was used to hear the stories of eight faculty members representing different areas of discipline in eight different campus locations in a Midwestern statewide community college system. Four primary themes and two sub-themes were identified through this study. The primary themes were (a) pedagogical connections to previous school experiences and …

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Why Don't They Get It?: Academic Intelligence And The Under-Prepared Student As 'Other', Deborah Zalesne, David Nadvorney Jan 2011

Why Don't They Get It?: Academic Intelligence And The Under-Prepared Student As 'Other', Deborah Zalesne, David Nadvorney

Publications and Research

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The Failure Of Consent: Re-Conceptualizing Rape As Sexual Abuse Of Power, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael Jan 2011

The Failure Of Consent: Re-Conceptualizing Rape As Sexual Abuse Of Power, Michal Buchhandler-Raphael

Faculty Scholarship

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Irish Clergy And The Deist Controversy: Two Episodes In The Early British Enlightenment, Scott Breuninger Jan 2011

Irish Clergy And The Deist Controversy: Two Episodes In The Early British Enlightenment, Scott Breuninger

Religion in the Age of Enlightenment

D uring the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an important question facing Anglican divines was the relationship between reason and religion. Initiated by the publication of John Toland's Christianity Not Mysterious (1696), the controversy concerning deism raged across both sides of the Irish Sea and called into question the sanctity of revealed religion, forcing believers to articulate more "rational" defenses of Christianity. Closely associated with the problematic origins of the "English Enlightenment;' Toland's provocative tract valorized reason in matters of religion and drew heavily upon the ideas of natural philosophy. Although viciously attacked for its heretical tenets, Toland's position …

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Enemy Of The People: The Need For Congress To Pass The Clean Water Restoration Act, Cathryn Henn Jan 2011

Enemy Of The People: The Need For Congress To Pass The Clean Water Restoration Act, Cathryn Henn

Florida A & M University Law Review

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The Obstacles To The Integration Of Muslims In Germany And France: How Muslims And The States Impair The Smooth Transition From Immigrant To Citizen, Yael R. Cohen Jan 2011

The Obstacles To The Integration Of Muslims In Germany And France: How Muslims And The States Impair The Smooth Transition From Immigrant To Citizen, Yael R. Cohen

Masters Theses

The place of Islam has been an ongoing debate for decades and still remains unresolved. Since the inception of the guest worker program initiated by European countries following the devastation of WWII, particularly France and Germany, Europe’s largest economies, the unanticipated occurred; what was conceived to be a temporary imported labor force which would eventually return home, turned into permanent settlement. For France, the labor pool emanated from colonial holdings predominantly from Maghreb, North Africa. Germany had no such labor source, but had a long ongoing relationship with Turkey which dated back to the Ottoman Empire. The entrance of this …

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Emerging Trends In Digital Citizenship In Pre-Service Teacher Practice, Gayle Yvonne Thieman Jan 2011

Emerging Trends In Digital Citizenship In Pre-Service Teacher Practice, Gayle Yvonne Thieman

Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

The article examines how technology and emerging digital trends are affecting civic participation and ways teachers can put strategies and techniques into practice and increase civic engagement.

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The Codex Of Tlaxcala: Indigenous Petitions And The Discourse Of Heterarchy, Jeanne L. Gillespie Jan 2011

The Codex Of Tlaxcala: Indigenous Petitions And The Discourse Of Heterarchy, Jeanne L. Gillespie

Hipertexto

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A Picture Of Eight Turtles: The Child’S Understanding Of Cardinality And Numerosity, Emily Slusser, B Sarnecka Jan 2011

A Picture Of Eight Turtles: The Child’S Understanding Of Cardinality And Numerosity, Emily Slusser, B Sarnecka

Faculty Publications

An essential part of understanding number words (e.g., eight) is understanding that all number words refer to the dimension of experience we call numerosity. Knowledge of this general principle may be separable from knowledge of individual number word meanings. That is, children may learn the meanings of at least a few individual number words before realizing that all number words refer to numerosity. Alternatively, knowledge of this general principle may form relatively early and proceed to guide and constrain the acquisition of individual number word meanings. The current article describes two experiments in which 116 children (2½- to 4-year-olds) were …

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Promoting International Digital Government Research Collaboration: An Experiment In Community Building, Sharon S. Dawes, Natalie Helbig, Meghan E. Cook Jan 2011

Promoting International Digital Government Research Collaboration: An Experiment In Community Building, Sharon S. Dawes, Natalie Helbig, Meghan E. Cook

Center for Technology in Government

Proceedings of the 12th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (dg.o 2011), Sun, 12 Jun 2011.Global issues present many opportunities for digital government (DG) researchers to form long-lasting relationships that lead to shared research agendas focused on questions of international importance. The practical feasibility of international DG research partnerships is of interest for both investigators and funders. This paper reports the evaluation of an experiment to create sustainable international digital government research collaborations by providing legitimacy and modest funding within a minimal set of structural and management requirements. Participants rated the experience as highly positive, contributing substantially to their …

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Kjv In The Usa: The Impact Of The King James Bible In The Usa, Brian C. Wilson Jan 2011

Kjv In The Usa: The Impact Of The King James Bible In The Usa, Brian C. Wilson

Comparative Religion Publications

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Sustaining Team Leadership In Recovery At Magnolia Baptist Church In Riverside, California, Richard Perez Jan 2011

Sustaining Team Leadership In Recovery At Magnolia Baptist Church In Riverside, California, Richard Perez

Doctor of Ministry

No abstract provided.

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The Path Between Sebastian's Hospitals: Fostering Reconciliation After A Tragedy, Jonathan R. Cohen Jan 2011

The Path Between Sebastian's Hospitals: Fostering Reconciliation After A Tragedy, Jonathan R. Cohen

Barry Law Review

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Aware: Analyzing The Impact Of An Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Curriculum Using Sixth Grade Students In Colorado, Alex Kornelius Monroe Jan 2011

Aware: Analyzing The Impact Of An Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Curriculum Using Sixth Grade Students In Colorado, Alex Kornelius Monroe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Human trafficking is an international problem that penetrates every society on the globe. Trafficking in children for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, and domestic servitude occurs in every state of the United States. Education is key in preventing human trafficking and American students lack proper knowledge of the issue. This study seeks to bridge this shortcoming through the creation and implementation of a holistic anti-trafficking advocacy curriculum that not only informs and motivates students and educators toward advocacy, but also meets Colorado state academic standards. Case studies using sixth grade students in Denver show the impact that …

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Academic Calendar | Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Spring [Full Spring Semester Session] | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University Jan 2011

Academic Calendar | Graduate Schedule Of Classes For 2012, Spring [Full Spring Semester Session] | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

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Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2011, Fall [Full Fall Semester Session] | Class Schedule | Academic Calendar, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University Jan 2011

Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2011, Fall [Full Fall Semester Session] | Class Schedule | Academic Calendar, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

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Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2011, Summer [Summer Ii - D Session] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University Jan 2011

Undergraduate Schedule Of Classes For 2011, Summer [Summer Ii - D Session] | Academic Calendar | Class Schedule, Office Of The Registrar, Stony Brook University

Calendars

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Common Data Set, 2011-2012, Office Of Institutional Research, Bridgewater State University Jan 2011

Common Data Set, 2011-2012, Office Of Institutional Research, Bridgewater State University

Common Data Sets

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Police Mistakes Of Law, Wayne A. Logan Jan 2011

Police Mistakes Of Law, Wayne A. Logan

Scholarly Publications

This Article addresses something that most Americans would consider a constitutional impossibility: police officers stopping or arresting individuals for lawful behavior and courts deeming such seizures reasonable for Fourth Amendment purposes, thereby precluding application of the exclusionary rule. Today, however, an increasing number of courts condone seizures based on what they consider “reasonable” police mistakes of law, typically concerning petty offenses, and permit evidence secured as a result to support prosecutions for unrelated, more serious offenses (usually relating to guns or drugs). The Article surveys the important rule-of-law, separation-of-powers, and legislative-accountability reasons supporting continued judicial adherence to the historic no-excuse …

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Fighting Back: Indigenous Mobilization In The Ecuadorian, Peruvian And Brazilian Amazon, Emily Culver Jan 2011

Fighting Back: Indigenous Mobilization In The Ecuadorian, Peruvian And Brazilian Amazon, Emily Culver

Latin American and Latino Studies Honors Papers

Progress, as defined by this thesis, is the continuing placement of profits over human beings. The pursuit of progress in Latin America has its roots in the colonial age when elites created a hierarchical system that served only their own interest and marginalized other members of their populations. Progress is particularly negative for indigenous people in the Amazonian region who find themselves giving up their land, resources and in turn their traditional lifestyles for the benefits of outsiders.

This framework has manifested itself in several examples: oil exploration and exploitation in Ecuador and Peru, rubber in Brazil and later hydroelectric …

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A Historiography Of Chastity In The Marriage Of Edith Of Wessex And Edward The Confessor, Maren Hagman Jan 2011

A Historiography Of Chastity In The Marriage Of Edith Of Wessex And Edward The Confessor, Maren Hagman

History Honors Projects

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The Turn To Legal Interpretation In Latin America, Jorge L. Esquirol Jan 2011

The Turn To Legal Interpretation In Latin America, Jorge L. Esquirol

Faculty Publications

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One Adolescent's Construction Of Native Identity In School: "Speaking With Dance And Not In Words And Writing", Amy Wilson-Lopez, M. D. Boatright Jan 2011

One Adolescent's Construction Of Native Identity In School: "Speaking With Dance And Not In Words And Writing", Amy Wilson-Lopez, M. D. Boatright

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

This case study describes how one eighth-grade student, Jon, asserted Native identities in texts as he attended a middle school in the western United States. Jon--a self-described Native American, Navajo, and Paiute with verified Native ancestry--sought to share what he called his Native culture with others in his school wherein he was the only Native American, despite his perception that schools have historically suppressed this culture. To study how the texts that Jon designed in school may have afforded and constrained the expression of Native identities, the authors collected three types of data over the course of eight months: (a) …

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Talent Diversity In China: A Garden Of Learning Opportunities, Sylvia Van De Bunt-Kokhuis Jan 2011

Talent Diversity In China: A Garden Of Learning Opportunities, Sylvia Van De Bunt-Kokhuis

International Journal of Servant-Leadership

In this article servant-leadership is highlighted in relation to nurturing the diversity of talents. Nurturing talent diversity means developing multiple competencies in individuals and in teams. Servant-leadership is a philosophy and practice of leadership, where leaders achieve results for their organizations by giving priority to the needs of those they serve. Servant-leaders are key in enhancing the full talent potential of people. Exploring and building talent competences is a life-long process in learning communities such as the home, the school, and the corporate workplace. China's fascination with Multiple Intelligences theory (Ml) can be traced back to the historical influence of, …

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Lenition, Naomi Gurevich Jan 2011

Lenition, Naomi Gurevich

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

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Review Of Evelyn Fox Keller's The Mirage Of A Space Between Nature And Nurture, Steven J. Scher Jan 2011

Review Of Evelyn Fox Keller's The Mirage Of A Space Between Nature And Nurture, Steven J. Scher

Faculty Research and Creative Activity

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