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When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative And Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method, Erin Ryan, Xin Shuai, Yuan Ye, You Ran, Li Haomei

Nebraska Law Review

This Article presents a case study of adapting the Socratic method to teach critical-thinking skills underemphasized in Chinese universities and group competency skills underemphasized at U.S. institutions. As we propose it here, Multilevel Socratic teaching integrates various levels of individual, small group, and full-class critical inquiry, offering distinct pedagogical benefits in Eastern and Western cultural contexts where they separately fall short. After exploring foundational cultural differences underlying the two educational approaches, this Article reviews the goals, methods, successes, and challenges we encountered in the development of an adapted “Multilevel Socratic” method, concluding with recommendations for further application in both contexts. …

Volume 33, Issue 2, Spring 2013, Editorial Matter

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Cover, masthead, table of contents, News and Notes, and advertisements

Review Of Working People In Alberta: A History Edited By Alvin Finkel., Tom Langford

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Working People in Alberta can be divided into three main parts. Two relatively short chapters comprise the first part, summarizing what is known about the working lives of Aboriginals in what we now call Alberta prior to contact with Europeans, and the experiences of workers during the period of the fur trade and early European settlement. The second part is the bulk of the book: six chapters presenting a detailed chronological history from 1885 to 2010 that melds labor history, social history, and political economy. Two additional chapters, comprising the third part, highlight important themes (namely “Women and Labour” and …

Volume 33, Issue 3, Summer 2013, Editorial Matter

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Cover, masthead, table of contents, News and Notes, and advertisements

Review Of Life’S Journey—Zuya: Oral Teachings From Rosebud By Albert White Hat Sr. Compiled And Edited By John Cunningham, Tink Tinker

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Old-style, mainline anthropologists will probably not like this book. It is certainly not old-style anthropology. It is much, much more important than that. That White Hat fails to cite any of the pertinent literature on Lakotas is much beside the point; indeed, he indicates clearly that he does not much care for all of that literature as a means for finding meaning in Lakota life. White Hat is Siċangú Lakota and writes from deep within the Siċangú Lakota traditional knowledge. That is the importance of this book. Others have also written from within the Lakota world, even interpreters or so-called …

Foundations Of Excellence Final Report, Office Of The Provost

UNM HLC 2018-19 Assurance Argument Evidence

The final report of the "Foundations of Excellence" initiative taken up by the university in the 2012-13 academic year to address problems and solutions to first year experiences of students. The "primary outcome of this project was an evidence-based action plan for institutional change and improvement" (i), which entailed considerations of academic advisement, new student orientation, and assessment.

Adaptive Co-Management Thresholds: Understanding Protected Areas Policy As Normative Conflict, Johnathan Liljeblad

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

Website: 2013 Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium, Colby College

Undergraduate Research Symposium (UGRS)

Colby College Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013 Website

Contents:

Keynote Speaker

Schedule - Wednesday

Schedule - Thursday

Schedule - Friday

Poster Program

Associated Sessions

Abstracts

Honors Program

Participating Departments/Programs

A Check-In On Privacy After United States V. Jones: Current Fourth Amendment Jurisprudence In The Context Of Location-Based Applications And Services, Kathryn Nobuko Horwath

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

This note will discuss whether current Fourth Amendment jurisprudence adequately protects user location information obtained from location-based services ("LBS"), and if not, what changes can be made to ensure our right to privacy in this digital information. In Part I, the concept of LBS and a technical description of how it works is discussed. Part II summarizes the Supreme Court's recent decision in United States v. Jones on warrantless prolonged use of a GPS tracking device and will outline the Fourth Amendment jurisprudence underpinning the Court's logic. Part III delivers an in-depth description of federal statutory law that applies to …

Population Briefs, Vol. 19, No. 1, Population Council

Population Briefs

This special issue of Population Briefs focuses on 60 years of groundbreaking Population Council research.

IN THIS ISSUE: Advancing long-acting reversible contraception | Shaping policy and practice: The Council's peer-reviewed journals | Bringing to light the hazards of smoking when using the Pill | Improving quality of care in family planning | Using research to improve programs | Developing microbicides to combat HIV transmission | Broadening the response to population momentum | Charting a positive future for girls in developing countries | Identifying the HIV risk and sexual health needs of men who have sex with men in Africa | …

Global Kentucky (Winter 2013), University Of Kentucky International Center

Global Kentucky

No abstract provided.

"Anything Can Happen:" Interpreting The 'End' Of War, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Articles

Reviewing Thomas U. Berger, War Guilt, and World Politics After World War II (2012), Larry May, After War Ends: A Philosophical Perspective (2012), and Kimberly Theidon, Intimate Enemies: Violence and Reconciliation in Peru (2012).

Situating Women In Counterterrorism Discourses: Undulating Masculinities And Liminal Femininities, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Articles

The preoccupation with the challenges posed by violent actors has long existed for many states, whether such actors are characterized as terrorists or insurgents, nonstate or paramilitary actors. The events of September 11, 2001, brought a new urgency and vibrancy to state action in the realm of counterterrorism, illustrated by both the response of national legal systems as well as more concerted efforts to achieve multilateral and multilevel counterterrorism reactions on the international plane.1 From a feminist perspective, it is notable that terrorism and counterterrorism have long been of marginal interest to mainstream feminist legal theorizing.2 This is partly because …

2013 Bibliography, Gloria Falcão Dodd

Marian Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

It’S Not About The Clothes: Branding Strategies Of American Heritage Brands Brooks Brothers And Ralph Lauren, Sarah Templeton

Major Papers by TMD Master of Science Students

No abstract provided.

A Case Of The Red Pants Mondays: The Connection Between Fandom, Tumblr, And Consumption, Megan E. Desouza

Major Papers by TMD Master of Science Students

Social media networks allow for the interaction of individuals from across the globe based on mutual social connections or shared interests. These networks are of particular benefit to the propagation of fandoms. The unique search capacity of Tumblr enables the identification of fellow fans, a forum in which to engage easily in shared fandom creation, commodity consumption, and activities such as cos-play and role-play. Fandom consumption can manifest in both material and aesthetic, or cultural, forms. This paper presents the fandom of the BBC's series Sherlock as a case study of the connections between social media, fandom, and consumption. The …

The Empire Writes Back: Environmental Racism & Indigenous Projects, Gary Egger

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The production of research is integral for gaining the knowledge and understanding to interpret the phenomena that occurs in everyday life. Historically, both research and knowledge have been under the control of the West while at the same time marginalizing minority groups. Attempts by members of minority groups to participate in producing knowledge has been ignored, discredited, and met with resistance by powerful dominant groups. Standpoint theory, from the perspective of Sandra Harding, supports the notion of strong objectivity, or the idea that the standpoint of oppressed and/or marginalized peoples is necessary to create a more objective understanding of the …

Home Gardens As Transported Landscapes: Ethnobotanical Encounters With Southeast Asian- American Horticulturists, Lauren A. Munim

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

This research examines the belief systems, knowledge base and practice of Southeast Asian-Americans residing on the West Coast of Florida. The importance of traditional ecological knowledge in the cultivation of home gardens as relocated venues for cultural preservation of migrant horticulturalists is illustrated. Data collection methods include: participant observations, semi-structured interviews, geospatial mapping, and identification of key food and medicinal plant species. Home gardens serve as reconstructed landscapes for immigrant populations by stimulating cultural preservation of plants used in traditional healing, thus space providing a venue for the intergenerational transfer of traditional knowledge. Transported landscapes require traditional ecological knowledge regarding …

Children's Values And Attitudes About The Wild Vicuña (Vicugna Vicugna) In Andean Argentina, Ana Celeste Wawrzyk, Bibiana Vilá

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) are South American camelids whose valuable fleece led to their overexploitation and near extinction in the 1960s. Since then, conservation measures enabled the wild population to rebound, and vicuñas are now viewed as strategic resources for the development of Andean communities. Perceptions of wild vicuñas are changing owed to a transition from strict conservation to managed harvest of fleece from live-shorn animals. Understanding the values and attitudes of human populations toward wildlife is important in the frameworks for developing conservation and sustainable management plans. Attitudes of children are an overlooked area of focus in this field. We …

Shocks And Bribri Agriculture Past And Present, Paula Posas

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

The Bribri have a multifaceted agricultural system relatively high in agrobiodiversity in one of the most biodiverse regions on earth, the forests of Southern Costa Rica. Their agriculture and resource use patterns appear to have evolved over many centuries, informed by traditional ecological knowledge and cultural beliefs about the natural world. Tracing the history of Bribri agriculture from the oldest available documents from the first European contact offers evidence of centuries of crop cultivation, while review of the past century’s records shows socio-economic and natural shocks as key drivers of agricultural change rather than population growth or market pressures. Bribri …

Environmental Problems And The Grand Old Theory Of 'Human Nature', Helen Kopnina

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

While the notion of ‘human nature’ has been devaluated from the status of ‘grand theory’ to a marginal anthropological debate, I argue that it deserves to be resurrected in order to comprehend some of the explanatory gaps inherent in other theories. Industrialization signifies a turning point in human history, which in combination with certain ‘universal’ human traits led to recent environmental problems. Such universals include, but are not limited to, the propensity for technological innovation, the desire to elevate one’s status, and preoccupation with social justice.

Alternative Food Systems At Ground Level: The Fairbanks Community Garden, Alison M. Meadow

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

Alternative food system initiatives are often advocated as ways to meet goals of food security, environmental security, and community well-being. This paper presents data on one form of alternative food system initiative, a community garden, specifically regarding current and potential contributions to food security and social integration. Related to these goals, the most successful aspects of the community garden are provision of space and equipment to people who lacked these resources, as well as the creation of opportunities for a diverse cross-section of the community to develop personal relationships.

Landscape, Paysage, Landschaft, Táj: The Cultural Background Of Landscape Perceptions In England, France, Germany, And Hungary, Dóra Drexler

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

This research explores the historic cultural backgrounds of landscape perceptions in England, France, Germany, and Hungary, which use the words landscape, paysage, Landschaft, and táj, respectively. The German and Hungarian landscape words can be traced back to the early 19th century landscape perceptions of the counter-Enlightenment and the national Romanticism. The English and French landscape words focus on the visual-aesthetic experience of nature and correlate with the late 18th, early 19th century interpretations of landscape as a symbol of the liberal British state and the democratic French state.

Gardening As Ethnographic Research: Volunteering As A Means For Community Access, Andrew Flachs

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

This paper shows the ways that ethnographers can develop a more effective qualitative understanding of community gardens by volunteering as gardeners. It explains how volunteering helps gain access to different facets of the garden community. Ultimately, it shows that volunteering can provide an anthropological perspective on the idea, prevalent in the literature, that many people join community gardens only for the economic benefits.

Remapping Bolivia: Resources, Territory, And Indigeneity In A Plurinational State, Maryann Cairns

Journal of Ecological Anthropology

No abstract provided.

Contributors

Intertext

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Bringing Sustainability Programs To Usfsp., Anna Lewis, Karin Braunsberger, Leon Hardy, Richard Ferner, David O'Neill, Sharon Joy Kleitsch, Frederick Bennett, Daphne Lambright, Debra T. Sinclair, Aaron Wasserman, Catherine Wonders, Kevin Blossfeld, Lauren Reilly, Usfsp Sustainability Work Group

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

What Does It Mean To Work In A System That Fails You And Your Kids? : A Beginning Teacher’S Journey Through The Chicago Public Schools, Charles Vanover

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

This ethnodramatic performance session expands (Feldman, 2005; Saldaña, 2002, 2011; Snyder-Young, 2010) data taken from four narrative interviews shared by a first year teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. The session is constructed to evoke the teacher’s personal experience and bring to life the structures of power that shape her work (Denzin, 2001; Jacob, Stone, & Roderick, 2004; Kazubowski-Houston, 2010; Lipman, 2006; Roderick & Nagaoka, 2005; Vanover & Saldaña, 2005). No claims are made as the result of the performance; no judgments are rendered; no agendas are served. The session is designed to bring audience members together to ask deeper …

Autobiographies In Preservice Teacher Education: A Snapshot Tool As A Building Block To Culturally Responsive Pedagogy., Annmarie Alberton Gunn, Susan V. Bennett, Linda S. Evans, Barbara J. Peterson, James L. Welsh

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"My Name Is Alejandro!" The Importance Of Children's Names To Cultural Identity And Early Literacy Development, Annmarie Alberton Gunn, Alejandro E. Brice, Barbara J. Peterson

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.