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An Inquiry Into The Pedagogical Implications Of Dewey’S Ecological Thinking, Simon Jorgenson

Occasional Paper Series

My primary purpose is to (re)examine Dewey in the context of contemporary conceptions of ecology and environmental education. With this in mind, I will focus primarily on what Dewey has to say about the natural world, beginning with his general philosophy and moving through several of his educational works.

Caroline Pratt: Progressive Pedagogy In Statu Nascendi, Jeroen Staring

Occasional Paper Series

This article explores two themes in the life of Caroline Pratt, founder of the Play School, later the City and Country School. These themes, central to Harriet Cuffaro’s values as a teacher and scholar, are Pratt’s early progressive pedagogy, developed during experimental shopwork between 1901 and 1908; and her theories on play and toys, developed while observing children play with her Do-With Toys and Unit Blocks between 1908 and 1914. Focusing on her early and previously unexplored writings, this article illustrates how Caroline Pratt developed a coherent theory of innovative progressive pedagogy.

Creating Cultural Capital: Cultural Entrepreneurship In Theory, Pedagogy And Practice, Olaf Kuhlke Ed., Annick Schramme Ed., René Kooyman Ed., A. Erin Bass, Ivana Milosevec, Dale Eesley

Faculty Books and Monographs

Editor: Olaf Kuhlke, Annick Schramme, and René Kooyman

Chapter, Examining and reconciling identity issues among artist-entrepreneurs, co-authored by A. Erin Bass, UNO faculty member.

In recent years, the global creative economy has experienced unprecedented growth. Considerable research has been conducted to determine what exactly the creative economy is, what occupations are grouped together as such, and how it is to be measured. Organizations on various scales, from the United Nations to local governments, have released ‘creative’ or ‘cultural’ economy reports, developed policies for creative urban renewal, and directed attention to creative placemaking – the purposeful infusion of creative activity into …

Teaching: Natural Or Cultural?, David F. Lancy

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

In this chapter I argue that teaching, as we now understand the term, is historically and cross-culturally very rare. It appears to be unnecessary to transmit culture or to socialize children. Children are, on the other hand, primed by evolution to be avid observers, imitators, players and helpers—roles that reveal the profoundly autonomous and self-directed nature of culture acquisition (Lancy in press a). And yet, teaching is ubiquitous throughout the modern world—at least among the middle to upper class segment of the population. This ubiquity has led numerous scholars to argue for the universality and uniqueness of teaching as a …

Ohio Hosts Global Cities Past And Present Symposium July 2628, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Behold, She Stands At The Door: Reentry, Black Women And The Black Church, Kathryn V. Stanley

Journal of Prison Education and Reentry (2014-2023)

This paper examines the African American church’s response to the special problems of African American women who reenter the community post-incarceration. The first portion of the paper examines the impact of criminal justice policies on women of color and the attending problems of reentry which resulted. It then surveys the black church’s response to returning citizens, especially women. It concludes by proposing shifts in perspectives and theologies which create barriers to successful reintegration into the community at large, and the church in particular. The intended audience is individuals and faith communities who seek to work effectively with returning women.

Science, Scientists, And Local Weather: Understanding Mass Perceptions Of Global Warming, Wanyun Shao, James C. Garand, Barry D. Keim, Lawrence C. Hamilton

Sociology

Objective: To explore the effects of long-term climate trends and short-term weather fluctuations, evaluations of scientists and science, political predispositions, religious affiliation, the information environment, and demographic attributes on individuals’ views about whether global warming exists and, if so, whether it is a result of natural cycles or human activity.

Methods: We use data from the 2009 Pew General Public Science Survey, along with data on long- and short-term patterns of temperature and precipitation in individuals’ home communities.

Results: We find that long-term trends in summer temperatures influence perceptions of global warming. Individuals who reside in communities with long-term warming …

Proceedings 26th Polar Libraries Colloquy Mapping Change: Chitduug Gha Nen' Ch'etnetl'edz, Daria O. Carle, Marvin Falk, Bev Ager, Stéfano Biondo, Joë Bouchard, Marcel Brannemann, Sandy Campbell, Andrew Gray, Gloria Hicks, Laura J. Kissel, Ulyana Koratkova, Peter Lund, Shannon C. Vossepoel, Ali Shiri, Dinesh Rathi, Cathy Cockney, Sharon Farnel, Elaine Maloney, Robyn Stobbs, Susanna Parikka, Shelly Sommer, Sharon Tahirkheli, Maribeth S. Murray, Steve Liang, James P. Badger, Bindu Panikkar, Byron Chu, Sandy Campell, Heidi Mccann

Articles

Published July 2023 by the University of Alaska Anchorage, UAA/APU Consortium Library, and edited by Daria O. Carle. Copyright in individual papers is held by the contributors. A digital copy of this publication can be found at https://polarlibraries.org/colloquy-proceedings/ and in ScholarWorks, the University of Alaska’s Institutional Repository, https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/. A copy of the 2016 Colloquy program is also available at https://polarlibraries.org/colloquy-proceedings/. Further information on the Polar Libraries Colloquy, including details of membership and upcoming conferences, is available at https://polarlibraries.org

Nsse16 Student Comments (Uno), National Survey Of Student Engagement

NSSE

The final page of the NSSE survey asked students to respond to the following question in an open text box:

"If you have any additional comments or feedback that you'd like to share on the quality of your educational experience, please type them below."

Access And Barriers To Services For Dependent And Non-Dependent Commercially Sexually Exploited Children In Florida, Brianna O'Steen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

“Human trafficking” has become part of the everyday lexicon in the United States and globally over the last fifteen years. The issue has made its way into political platforms, scholarly work, church congregations, and international aid agendas. Florida is currently recognized as third in the nation for number of cases of human trafficking. This thesis employs ethnographic interviews and observations to understand one portion of Florida’s human trafficking problem referred to as domestic minor sex trafficking. This type of trafficking affects mostly teenage girls from marginalized populations, such as those that have experienced the child welfare system, homelessness, and impoverished …

Thompson Participates In Tsunami Relief Forum In Japan, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Beyond Academic Twitter: Social Media And The Evolution Of Scholarly Publication, Leila Walker

Publications and Research

This articles examines how ongoing developments in social media have intersect with academic publishing practices. It is part of a series addressing the issue of scholarly and academic recognition of digital work. The goal is to investigate how digital work is regarded and produced in today’s academy.

Reducing Marginalization Of Fishermen Through Participatory Action Research In The Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe, Bernard Manyena, Andrew E. Collins, Frank Mudimba, Danisa Mudimba

International Journal of African Development

Equitable sharing of fishing resources has been the major source of tension between Zambezi Valley communities and the Zimbabwe government authorities since the 1950s following the Kariba Dam-induced resettlement. Using participatory action research, it was found that the fishing license system and criminalization of fishermen were the major sources of tension between fishermen and government authorities. Engaging with government authorities to address these tensions, fishermen were recognized as partners in the fishing industry. The conclusion was that enhancing community agencies through participatory action research would be fundamental towards creating socially just and equitable arrangements that could emancipate marginalized communities from …

International Journal Of African Development, Vol. 3, Issue 2

International Journal of African Development

Complete issue of International Journal of African Development, Volume 3, Issue 2 - Spring 2016.

Intensive Care Nurse Managers' Perspectives Of Nurse-Patient Communication In Botswana, Kefalotse Sylvia Dithole

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Purpose: The purpose of this presentation is to share with nurses and nurse managers of general wards and intensive care units how nurse managers in Botswana perceive nurse-patient communication with ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: A qualitative research design using individual in-depth interviews and field notes was conducted with 10 purposively selected nurse managers from two ICUs. Participants took part in 20 - 30 minutes audiotaped interviews which consisted of questions that probed their perceptions of nurse-patient communication in the ICU. Data from interviews …

Risk-Taking Behaviors That Place Women At Risk For Hiv Across Cultures, Beverly Mae Fray

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Saturday, July 23, 2016 and Sunday, July 24, 2016:

The purposeof this poster presentation is to raise awareness among conference attendees that culture intersects with sexual practices all over the world, regardless of language. Second, it attempts to demonstrate that in the majority of cultures across the globe, gender, socioeconomic power dynamics, and social hierarchical structures invariably place women at higher risk for HIV and other STIs when compared to men. Culture and Risk-taking Behaviors among Women: A thorough review of the nursing, public health, anthropology and psychology literature revealed that culture plays a significant and complex …

Co-Construction Of Consent And Counseling During Provider Initiated Counseling And Testing (Pitc) In Nairobi Kenya, Eunice Wambui Ndirangu, Catrin M. Evans, Kristian Pollock

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Monday, July 25, 2016:

Purpose: The global policy focus of today's HIV efforts and strategies is to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide care, treatment and support. A key component of this strategy is to increase individual HIV status awareness through expansion of HIV testing and counselling (HTC). However, the numbers tested still remain and evidence suggests that there are significant missed opportunities for HIV testing in clinical settings. One key strategy to expand HTC in clinical settings has been to implement a policy of 'provider initiated counselling and testing' (PITC) in which all patients accessing …

Community-Based Health Programs: Struggles For Health, Education, And Social Care, Erlinda Castro Palaganas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:

This presentation aims to share lessons and insights, pieces of evidence on what works and what does not work in community health development work. For almost four decades, I have been part of community-based health programs (CBHPs) in the Northern part of the Philippines, taking on the struggle for health, education and social care. This presentation will focus on my stories from the field arising from my involvement with CBHPs, as these grew painstakingly through the years, ushering in hope for social change. Since 1973, non-governmental CBHPs have been part of the Philippine …

Checking The Pulse Of Cultural Competency: A Comparison Of Pa Magnet And Non-Magnet Facilities, Rita K. Adeniran, Monica J. Harmon

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The top purposes of the Cultural Competence Education and Awareness Survey (CCEAS) of Pennsylvania registered nurses are to ascertain the differences in the attitudes, knowledge and behaviors related to the cultural competency of registered nurses in magnet and non-magnet facilities in the state of Pennsylvania. In essence, the survey examined registered nurses' level of desire and interest to provide culturally competent care; the sources and availability of education and training to support cultural competency; and the extent to which cultural competency is being practiced by registered nurses in both magnet and non-magnet facilities.

A Review Of Primary Care Providers' Attitudes Toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, And Questioning People, Mollie E. Aleshire, Jennifer Hatcher, Kristin Ashford

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Session presented on Sunday, July 24, 2016:

Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals experience health disparities at higher rates than their heterosexual counterparts, and some of these health disparities may be directly attributed to delays in seeking health care (Clift & Kirby, 2012; Institute of Medicine, 2011; Kates, 2015). Understanding health care providers' attitudes related to LGBTQ people is an essential part of the foundational knowledge necessary to guide future interventions to address these inequalities (Abdessamad, Yudin, Tarasoff, Radford, & Ross, 2013; Daniel & Butkus, 2015; Institute of Medicine, 2011; Smith & Mathews, 2007). Nurse practitioners and …

The Alestle - Vol. 69. No. 4 - 07/13/2016, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 69 No. 4

When Winter Causes Loss: Surviving A Decade Of Pain, Sharon Vanice Bealer

Theses and Dissertations

I struggled with pain and depression for approximately ten years after my mother’s death from cervical cancer at age forty-three. I felt anxious, hopeless, and pessimistic, along with guilt, shame, and overall worthlessness. I endured these maladies for almost ten years—until Bethany, Ingrid, Liza, and Pam helped me to overcome them through experiential role modeling and loving kindness. While all the stories in this book are true, names and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of the people involved. In some cases, events have been compressed and occasionally embroidered. Some parts have also been changed to varying …

Innovation Mining: A Framework For Identifying Components Worth Innovating In A System, Srikanth Peyyeti

Theses

With advancement in technology and increased breadth of requirements of customers, organizations have to deliver innovative products in a quick and efficient way to remain competitive. While there are many theories and approaches to innovation in products, few of them are quantitative in nature. Furthermore, most product development starts from an existing system. Thus, a starting assumption in this work is that a system architecture and design already exists. The main goals of this research are to develop a framework that identifies innovation opportunities within an existing product and to develop a quantitative approach for the identification of those opportunities. …

Footprints Reveal Direct Evidence Of Group Behavior And Locomotion In Homo Erectus, K. G. Hatala, N T. Roach, K R. Ostrofsky, R. E. Wunderlich, H. L. Dingwall, Brian Villmoare, D. J. Green, J. W.K. Harris, D. R. Braun, B. G. Richmond

Anthropology Faculty Research

Bipedalism is a defining feature of the human lineage. Despite evidence that walking on two feet dates back 6-7 Ma, reconstructing hominin gait evolution is complicated by a sparse fossil record and challenges in inferring biomechanical patterns from isolated and fragmentary bones. Similarly, patterns of social behavior that distinguish modern humans from other living primates likely played significant roles in our evolution, but it is exceedingly difficult to understand the social behaviors of fossil hominins directly from fossil data. Footprints preserve direct records of gait biomechanics and behavior but they have been rare in the early human fossil record. Here …

New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill Of Rights Act: Perceptions Of High School Administrators On Implementing The Law, Christopher C. Irving

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

The purpose of this study was to examine the 2011 New Jersey Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act (NJAB) and its perceived impact on urban school districts. Through a series of interviews with 16 participants from three urban school districts in New Jersey, the researcher sought to examine if those charged with implementing the NJAB have deemed the law and its requirements effective. The interviews were conducted with NJAB- mandated Anti-Bullying Specialists for each of the schools that participated in the study. The Anti-Bullying Specialists are the staff members in each school who are responsible for the implementation of the NJAB, …

Emerging Environmental Justice Issues In Nuclear Power And Radioactive Contamination, Dean Kyne, Bob Bolin

Sociology Faculty Publications

Nuclear hazards, linked to both U.S. weapons programs and civilian nuclear power, pose substantial environment justice issues. Nuclear power plant (NPP) reactors produce low-level ionizing radiation, high level nuclear waste, and are subject to catastrophic contamination events. Justice concerns include plant locations and the large potentially exposed populations, as well as issues in siting, nuclear safety, and barriers to public participation. Other justice issues relate to extensive contamination in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, and the mining and processing industries that have supported it. To approach the topic, first we discuss distributional justice issues of NPP sites in the U.S. …

Wifredo Lam, The Shango Priestess, And The Femme Cheval, Paula Sato

Journal of International Women's Studies

This article examines Afro-Cuban painter Wifredo Lam and his iconic construction of Afro-Cuban identity. From the vantage point of a literary scholar rather than art historian, and in keeping with Lam’s description of his paintings as “poetry,” I read his artwork as terse lines of verse, rich in metaphors. Although Lam is regarded as the painter of Negritude, commonly understood as a male-centered movement, he distinguishes himself from his contemporaries by incorporating in his brand of Negritude two female figures as metaphors of the power to decolonize the mind. One of those figures is his Afro-Cuban godmother, Mantonica Wilson. Healer, …

The Politics Of Natural Knowing: Contraceptive Plant Properties In The Caribbean, Rachel O’Donnell

Journal of International Women's Studies

This paper considers the eighteenth-century ‘voyages of discovery’ to the Americas within the framework of colonial history and the development of modern scientific practice and method. It uses a feminist methodological approach toward concepts of natural knowledge and knowledge production. The essay looks specifically at knowledges of particular plants from the Caribbean and their properties, focusing on one plant still used for fertility throughout the region. I investigate the centrality of Caribbean natural knowledge to the development of differing historical perspectives on nature as well as the relationship between the development of European botanical sciences and natural knowledge in the …

Social Erotics: The Fluidity Of Love, Desire And Friendship For Same-Sex Loving Women In Trinidad, Krystal Ghisyawan

Journal of International Women's Studies

Love takes many forms and can serve different functions in a person’s life. Some forms, such as romantic love, familial love, and love within friendship, while sometimes distinct, at other times cannot be separated. This paper discusses love and friendship for same-sex loving women in Trinidad, exploring this mutability of love, the functions of love and intimacy in these women’s lives, the role of social media and social circles for finding love, all while considering the notion that love amongst same-sex loving women is an act of resistance. Forty same-sex loving women were individually interviewed, and this paper is written …

Interview With Patricia Mohammed: The Status Of Indo-Caribbean Women: From Indenture To The Contemporary Period, Lomarsh Roopnarine

Journal of International Women's Studies

The following interview with Patricia Mohammed discusses the status of Indo-Caribbean women from indenture to the contemporary period. The interview seeks to understand why Indo-Caribbean women have been marginalized in the general historiography of the Caribbean and how the status of Indo-Caribbean has evolved in a predominantly patriarchal Caribbean plantation system. Some central questions in the interview are as follows: Are women better off in the Caribbean than their ancestral home in India. Are they still subjected to patriarchal trends in the home and at the work place, or any other place in the Caribbean? If they are, what sort …