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New Learning Foundations For Building Water Knowledge Bridges, Jeff Camkin, Susana Neto

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Five regional meetings promoted by UNESCO in 2009 addressed the growing need for transdisciplinary approaches, holistic vision, incorporation of non-formal knowledge and views, effective participation and bottom-up action for identification of water problems and solutions. There is, however, a general context of tension and competition between specializations within different disciplines, and without specialization it is difficult to obtain formal and academic recognition. This paper presents insights into new co-learning methodologies centred in the experience of participants, inspired by and adapting the pedagogic approach developed by Paulo Freire, to the context of water management educational needs. This innovative approach has been …

An "Igert" Model For Interdisciplinary Doctoral Education In Water-Related Science And Policy, Nicholas Pinter, Sara Baer, Lizette Chevalier, Rhonda Kowalchuk, Christopher Lant, Matt Whiles

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Most doctoral programs in the U.S. remain “stove-piped” in traditional single-discipline fields, while scientific progress increasingly occurs at the boundaries between multiple disciplines. In response, the U.S. National Science Foundation has been funding projects in Integrative Graduate Education, Research, and Training (IGERT) to train a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists. The IGERT Ph.D. program in “Watershed Science and Policy” at Southern Illinois University (SIU) builds each year's student class as a diverse “cadre” who work intensively together on one hot-button river basin. The structure of these projects, and other program elements, are reviewed here along with successes and challenges to …

Environmental Aquatic Resource Sensing: Basic Sciences, Business Education, And Outreach, Laura G. Leff, Darren L. Bade, Jonathan Scaffidi, Craig E. Williamson, Chris Woolverton

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Freshwater resources are critical features of the landscape and are threatened by many phenomena (e.g., eutrophication, invasive species, climate change, acid rain). The importance of fresh waters requires that scientists continually improve their tactics and technologies for broader understanding. Increasing use of automated sensors to collect environmental data creates a need for training of environmental scientists. In this paper, we present case studies based on a doctoral training program. For each case study presented, the goals and overall recommendations for adaptation to other programs are discussed. Case studies were selected based on recommendations of external evaluators of the program, the …

Past Issues Of The Journal Of Contemporary Water Research And Education

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

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Participatory Learning And Popular Education Strategies For Water Education, Bruce Missingham

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

This paper presents some experiences of bringing critical pedagogy and participatory learning approaches into postgraduate university classrooms in teaching about water and sustainable development. Employing critical pedagogy and participatory approaches offer ways of escaping conventional lecture and tutorial approaches to pedagogy in university, strategies for incorporating and sharing student knowledge and experience, engaging students in the production of theory and knowledge (and not just their consumption), and problem-posing approaches that encourage critical thinking and creativity. First I discuss the need to break away from conventional university teaching approaches and the usefulness of critical pedagogy and participatory perspectives that seek education …

Identity In A Changing West, Elizabeth Parnell, Dr. Richard H. Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As suburbanization sweeps across the United States, creating a more homogeneous society, historians and geographers are interested in knowing the impact this is having and will have in the future on the “sense of place” that distinguishes small towns. Particularly in the state of Utah, questions have been raised about the future of the original settlements known as “Mormon villages”. Will suburban sprawl and city zoning ordinances result in the destruction of the distinctive architecture, organization and character of these communities, replacing their distinctiveness with faceless suburbia? Historic preservation is designed to protect specified historic structures and places of importance …

New Learning Foundations For Building Water Knowledge Bridges, Jeff Camkin, Susana Neto

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

Five regional meetings promoted by UNESCO in 2009 addressed the growing need for transdisciplinary approaches, holistic vision, incorporation of non-formal knowledge and views, effective participation and bottom-up action for identification of water problems and solutions. There is, however, a general context of tension and competition between specializations within different disciplines, and without specialization it is difficult to obtain formal and academic recognition. This paper presents insights into new co-learning methodologies centred in the experience of participants, inspired by and adapting the pedagogic approach developed by Paulo Freire, to the context of water management educational needs. This innovative approach has been …

Cross-Boundary Peer Learning In The Mekong: A Case Of Field-Based Education In Natural Resources Management, Xing Lyu, Philip Hirsch, Ham Kimkong, Kanokwan Manorom, Tubtim Tubtim

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

This article analyzes the process and output of a cross-boundary peer learning exercise about policy and implementation on natural resource management in the Mekong. The exercise involved university students and academics from Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Australia. The pedagogic approach taken was student-centred learning, whereby students learned with and from their fellow students, and about their peers' perspectives in other Mekong countries on similar issues. The article consists of four parts. The first part introduces the exercise and discusses conceptual frameworks including cross-cultural learning, peer-based learning, and experiential learning. The second part describes the Mekong Learning Initiative research exchange program, …

Past Issues Of The Journal Of Contemporary Water Research And Education

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Cross-Boundary Peer Learning In The Mekong: A Case Of Field-Based Education In Natural Resources Management, Xing Lyu, Philip Hirsch, Ham Kimkong, Kanokwan Manorom, Tubtim Tubtim

Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education

This article analyzes the process and output of a cross-boundary peer learning exercise about policy and implementation on natural resource management in the Mekong. The exercise involved university students and academics from Cambodia, China, Thailand, and Australia. The pedagogic approach taken was student-centred learning, whereby students learned with and from their fellow students, and about their peers' perspectives in other Mekong countries on similar issues. The article consists of four parts. The first part introduces the exercise and discusses conceptual frameworks including cross-cultural learning, peer-based learning, and experiential learning. The second part describes the Mekong Learning Initiative research exchange program, …

Common Book Author Visit Highlights Spring Programming, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2014

• Common Book author William Kamkwamba will visit campus on April 3 at 11 a.m. in Richardson Ballroom.
• All events are free and have cultural event status.

The Daily Egyptian, January 28, 2014, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2014

No abstract provided.

Messenger Talks To Meteorology Grad Student About The Cold, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Human And Helicobacter Pylori Coevolution Shapes The Risk Of Gastric Disease, Nuri Kodaman, Alvaro Pazos, Barbara G. Schneider, M. Blanca Piazuelo, Robertino Mera, Rafal S. Sobota

Dartmouth Scholarship

Helicobacter pylori is the principal cause of gastric cancer, the second leading cause of cancer mortality worldwide. However, H. pylori prevalence generally does not predict cancer incidence. To determine whether coevolution between host and pathogen influences disease risk, we examined the association between the severity of gastric lesions and patterns of genomic variation in matched human and H. pylori samples. Patients were recruited from two geographically distinct Colombian populations with significantly different incidences of gastric cancer, but virtually identical prevalence of H. pylori infection. All H. pylori isolates contained the genetic signatures of multiple ancestries, with an ancestral African cluster …

Exploring Strange, New Worlds: Travellers And Foreigners In Medieval Iberian Literature, Lauren Taranu

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This dissertation examines written travel accounts produced by Castilian and Andalusi authors and voyagers from twelfth- to fifteenth-century Iberia. The guiding research questions revolve around how journeyers encountered, reacted to, and reported on foreign peoples, lands, and customs as they left behind their homes and travelled throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. From their liminal position as persons displaced from their home societies and separated from the ideology and social relations of their native lands, travellers offer a new perspective on a web of connections that permeated a dynamic, responsive, and interconnected medieval world.

Chapter One examines the travel accounts of …

January 27th 2014, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

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Transformative Education: Culture-Based Pedagogies In Urban, Predominately Black American Elementary Schools, Robin Harden-Daniels

Theses and Dissertations

Problems facing Black American students in underfunded urban schools continue to threaten the viability of public education for this and other nontraditional student populations. These problems, along with the growing diversity of American children, prompt a reexamination of extant data on the practices associated with the effective teaching of Black American students. This meta-ethnography illuminates the findings of four case studies and then explores their implications for teaching. By looking through the lens of critical race theory, this study explores how effective teachers use culture-based instruction to better engage Black American students in the process of learning. Findings identify core …

H-Diplo Roundtable On Paul Thomas Chamberlin. The Global Offensive: The United States, The Palestine Liberation Organization And The Making Of The Post-Cold War Order, Douglas Little, Jeffrey James Byrne, Craig Daigle, William B. Quandt, Brad Simpson, Paul Chamberlin

History Faculty Publications

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Increasing Awareness And Skills Regarding Ukrainian Family History, Daniel Blomberg, Thom Edlund

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The former Russian Empire is one of the most challenging places to do family history research in the world. One of the reasons is related to the fact that the records used to locate genealogical data depend on political and ecclesiastical boundaries. For example, a Christian man living in a village without a church will be baptized, married and buried in a village different from his hometown. Thus, it is not only necessary to know one’s ancestor’s place(s) of residence, but the place(s) where he or she was civilly registered, attended religious services, was married, etc. Due to the colorful …

“…And So We Went Toward Rome (Acts 28:14):” Tracing The Final Journey Of The Apostle Paul, Matthew J. Grey, Dr. Richard Neitzel Holzapfel

Journal of Undergraduate Research

After traveling the Mediterranean world for 30 years as a missionary for Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul embarked on his final journey from the port of Caesarea in ancient Judaea. Eventually his company would sail toward Italy, land in the harbor at Puteoli (just north of modern Naples), and from there travel the road to Rome. Traditionally, it was in Rome where he would spend the final years of his life “preaching the kingdom of God (Acts 28:31)” and eventually be martyred for the cause of Christ. Interestingly enough, the scriptural account in Acts 28 offers less than five verses …

The Role Of Religion In Post-Soviet Russia, Jennifer Christenson, Richard H. Jackson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

My research during the last year can be divided into four general categories: the history and state of the Russian Orthodox Church today; the current geography, or spatial distributions, of religions in Russia; non-traditional religions in Russia; and finally, Russia’s 1997 religion bill On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations. I chose these particular areas of focus because they will assist me in making final conclusions about the role of religion in post-Soviet Russia as I study and live in Russia during the Fall 1998 Semester. This paper will summarize my findings in each area and then explain what I …

Significance Of Introduced Bias In The Utah Colleges Exit Poll, Sherstin Merx, Dr. Scott Grimshaw

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Since 1982, Brigham Young University Departments of Statistics and Political Science have sponsored the Utah Colleges Exit Poll (UCEP) as both a research tool and as an experience in applied statistics. However, in designing the poll, UCEP routinely deals with administrative and geographic issues that make the task more difficult. For example, just collecting the necessary information from all 29 Utah counties requires the full attention of a designated “Public Relations” committee. Geography is another problem for UCEP. Certain counties are so remote that it is difficult and expensive to include them in the sample.

Faculty Senate Bill Fsb-2014-01-27-01a: University Curriculum Committee, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Bills, Motions & Resolutions (Archived)

Faculty Senate Bill FSB-2014-01-27-01a: University Curriculum Committee

January 27, 2014 Aasu Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

January 27, 2014 AASU Faculty Senate Agenda

Bargaining Market Equity Adjustments By Rank And Discipline, Jonathan P. Blitz, Jeffrey F. Cross

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Faculty contract negotiations generally include wages, hours, and other conditions of employment as well as mutually agreed non-mandatory subjects of bargaining. Negotiators typically address wages in terms of across-the-board increases, promotion in rank, merit increases, and one-time signing bonuses. Less typically, faculty salary negotiations include various forms of equity adjustments and salary increases linked to the underlying market and social forces and to salary compression that may, or may not, be related to these forces. The authors describe how they negotiated differential discipline-specific target salaries based in part on College and University Personnel Association faculty salary data.

Reading Pedagogy In Today's Classroom, Maria Beeman-Rygalski

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate the phenomenon of successful primary classroom teachers' instruction, in the area of reading pedagogy. All children who are capable of reading must be taught how to read; such is the essential responsibility of American schooling. Moats (1999) describes reading as the most basic, yet critical responsibility of schooling. Haycock (1998), Marzano (2003), and Nye, Konstantopulos, and Hedges (2004) determined that the influence of an effective teacher has the biggest impact on student achievement, independent of anything else that happens in school. There is little research linking evidence of teacher perceptions, knowledge …

The Daily Egyptian, January 23, 2014, Daily Egyptian Staff

January 2014

No abstract provided.

Monitor’S Final Consumer Relief Report Regarding Defendants Residential Capital, Llc, Ally Financial, Inc., And Gmac Mortgage, Llc, United States Of America, Et Al. V. Bank Of America Corp., Et Al.

National Mortgage Settlements Digital Archive

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Psychological, Political, And Economic Factors Resulting In Romania’S Tragic Alliances During The Second World War, Matthew J. Thorne, Dr. Valerie Hudson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

If the purpose of science is to better understand our world, eliminate suffering, and generally make it a more inhabitable place, then lessons on how to avoid war, entangling alliances, and unwanted political ideologies may make Political Science the most important of all the sub sciences. Political Science is difficult because it presents limited possibilities for empirical testing and proofs; political scientists are left to do case studies instead of regressions, and psychological profiles instead of experiments. The importance of such work though can be easily seen when looking at the tragic tears of war, conquest, and subjugation in histories …

The Politics Of Religious Pluralism In Palestine: Measuring Democracy Through The Eyes Of Palestinian Christians, Matthew D. Whitton, Dr. Chad Emmett

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Despite recent events, the last ten years has represented an unparalleled opportunity for Palestinians and Israelis to resolve their many differences at the negotiating table. With the signing of the 1993 Oslo Accords, Palestinians received for the first time a level of autonomy that many hope will eventually accumulate in the establishment of an independent Palestinian State. The Palestinian Authority (PA) became the governing body of the Palestinians during an interim period designed to test the Palestinian leadership’s resolve to democracy and Israel’s security.