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Superintendents And The Micropolitics Of Innovation In Rural School Districts, Catherine Nunn Lawless

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

Research shows that public school districts that follow traditional means of instruction and assessment are insufficiently preparing students for success in the today’s global world. As a result, students are entering into higher education institutions and the workforce without the necessary skills to succeed in these 21^st century environments. Extant literature suggest that there is a broad consensus on this perspective in public and private sectors nationally and globally. Evidence shows that some school district superintendents and their respective school boards continue to focus on improving the current practices and student academic performance and assessment. Other instructional leaders recognize …

Concerning A Requirement That Staff Of The Legislative Council Prepare Demographic Notes On Certain Legislative Bills, And, In Connection Therewith, Making An Appropriation., Colorado General Assembly

Session Laws 2001-Present

No abstract provided.

Spheres Of Simultaneity In Adriana Lisboa’S Novel Hanói, Marguerite Itamar Harrison

Spanish and Portuguese: Faculty Publications

This essay has as its focus the interweaving of immigrant life stories and layers of human spaces in Adriana Lisboa’s novel Hanói (2013). Relying on Ana Martins Marques’ map-bending poems from Cartografias and on Doreen Massey’s geographical concepts of “multiple trajectories” and “spheres of dynamic simultaneity” articulated in For Space, I analyze the sense of place in the novel, as well as the presence of elements denoting belonging, displacement and un-belonging, especially from the point of view of the two main characters and their interconnecting, yet disparate, worlds.

Details Of Deformable Part Models For Automatically Georeferencing Historical Map Images, Nicholas Howe, Jerod Weinman, John Gouwar, Aabid Shamji

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Libraries are digitizing their collections of maps from all eras, generating increasingly large online collections of historical cartographic resources. Aligning such maps to a modern geographic coordinate system greatly increases their utility. This work presents a method for such automatic georeferencing, matching raster image content to GIS vector coordinate data. Given an approximate initial alignment that has already been projected from a spherical geographic coordinate system to a Cartesian map coordinate system, a probabilistic shape-matching scheme determines an optimized match between the GIS contours and ink in the binarized map image. Us- ing an evaluation set of 20 historical maps …

A Network Theory Approach To Global Legislative Action, Nadia Banteka

Scholarly Publications

No abstract provided.

A Region Recovers: Planning For Resilience After Superstorm Sandy, Donovan Finn, Divya Chandrasekhar, Yu Xiao

School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications

2012’s Superstorm Sandy had a devastating impact on the New York City metropolitan region, including the suburban Long Island coast and the New Jersey shore. Given the size, density, complexity, and diversity of the region, many approaches have been used to address post-storm recovery. Planning has been central to these efforts. Using in-depth interviews with recovery stakeholders, this analysis of the planning responses to Sandy illustrates what an emergent model of resilient recovery planning looks like and highlights the kinds of resources and approaches that help facilitate this approach. We argue that preexisting planning capacity, strong political leadership, and nongovernmental …

Exploring Teachers’ Integration Of Information Communication Technology (Ict) In Teaching Young Learners In Tanzania: A Case Study Of A Public Primary School In Temeke, Humphrey Frank Elias

Master of Education

The aim of this study was to explore how teachers integrate the use of ICT in teaching young learners (0 to 8 years) in Tanzania; a case study of one public primary school in Temeke Municipality. The study used a qualitative approach with a case study design of one primary school in Temeke municipal. The collection of data was through interviews, document analysis and observation. This study will be important to the teachers, the government, young leaners, and other stakeholders to take initiatives for improving teacher’s integration of ICT in teaching early years children. ICT Policy for Basic Education 0f …

Effects Of Invasive Trees On Native Floodplain Forest Vegetation & Breeding Bird, Jacob Myers

Sustainable RIVER

No abstract provided.

A Changed River's Effects On Native Turtle Distribution, Marshall Kim

Sustainable RIVER

No abstract provided.

Suspended Sediment Contributions Of Nebraska Tributaries Along The 59-Mile, Nathan Cardona

Sustainable RIVER

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Aquatic Insect-Derived Missouri River, Katy A. Mccarthy

Sustainable RIVER

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Multifunctional Landscapes Along The Missouri National Recreational River, Ann Mcgehrin

Sustainable RIVER

No abstract provided.

Development Of Global And International Studies In Social Sciences Courses With Community College Faculty At Parkland College, Isabel Scarborough Ph.D.

Global Studies Initiatives in Social Sciences 2018 - 2019

This report highlights the work accomplished in training a group of social science faculty in instructional design and participatory learning pedagogy to help them enhance and improve the global studies sections taught in their individual courses. The workshops and training imparted focused on helping these faculty incorporate current scholarship into their course materials from underrepresented world areas such as the European Union, Eastern Europe, Eurasia, and Russia. This project concluded with the addition of sample teaching materials and redesigned syllabi on global studies to Parkland College’s open access repository—SPARK. This collection of teaching resources—represented by sample assignments, rubrics, and faculty …

Developing Team Creativity: The Influence Of Psychological Safety And Relation-Oriented Shared Leadership, Soo Jeoung Han, Yunsoo Lee, Michael Beyerlein

Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning Faculty Publications and Presentations

This study examines the effects of a psychosocially safe environment and two types of shared leadership on project team creativity. We focused on specific dimensions of shared leadership to examine their association with creative outcomes. To measure the dimensions, we conducted a survey of 260 graduate and undergraduate students working in project teams at a large Southwestern university. We found that a psychologically safe environment enabled team members to perform task-oriented and relation-oriented tasks. However, only relation-oriented shared leadership positively influenced team creativity. Based on our findings, we provided research and practical implications, as well as study limitations and future …

Laïcité And The Discrimination Of Maghrebi Muslims In France (2019), Emi Montenegro

International Studies Undergraduate Honors Theses

This paper addresses the discriminatory features and applications of laïcité in France, specifically as they pertain to French Muslims of Maghrebi descent. It seeks to answer why Muslims are targeted by policies regarding laïcité and by what means. This is done by analyzing how laïcité has been used, at times, to include populations and at other times to exclude certain populations. By using a postcolonial theory as a guiding theoretical approach, this research addresses the power imbalance and biases present in discussions surrounding laïcité’s uses. This paper argues that the reasons for laïcité’s effectiveness in othering French Muslims of Maghrebi …

The Extension Newsletter, Issue 100, Winter 2019, Wright State University Retirees Association

The Extension Newsletter

An eight page newsletter from the Wright State University's Retirees Association.

Constructing The Pluriverse: Lessons Learned Thus Far, Bernd Reiter

School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Viewing The International Labour Organization’S Social Justice Praxis Through A Third World Approaches To International Law Lens: Some Preliminary Insights, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Titilayo Adebola, Basema Al-Alami

Articles & Book Chapters

The overarching objective of this paper is to shine a Third World

Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) torchlight on the ILO’s social

justice discourse and praxis to find out what can be seen, or seen in a new

light, or seen in a different way, when the TWAIL approach is adopted,

and to comment on the significance of our findings, if any. To this end,

the paper pursues two specific and intertwined goals, namely: (i) to analytically

tease out the similarities and differences between TWAIL’s avowedly

(global) social justice discourse and praxis and its ILO counterpart; and (ii)

to, in …

Bachelor Of Science-Secondary Social Studies Education With Esol Endorsement 2019-2020, Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Undergraduate Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Uta Cares Student Survey, Michelle Reed

UTA Libraries Staff Publications - Archive

Each semester, students enrolled in UTA courses supported by the UTA CARES Grant Program and by Mavs Open Press are surveyed about their experiences using open educational resources (OER) or other educational content available at no cost to students. The survey instrument was created by Michelle Reed and last revised in Spring 2020.

Is Ghana Ready To Attain Sustainable Development Goal (Sdg) Number 7?—A Comprehensive Assessment Of Its Renewable Energy Potential And Pitfalls, Michael Acheampong, Qiuyan Yu, Funda C. Ertem, Lucy E.D. Enomah, Shakhawat H. Tanim, Michael Eduful, Mehrdad Vaziri, Erick Ananga

School of Geosciences Student Publications

Ghana has declared support for the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number seven which most importantly target ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services. This target presents a formidable challenge to Ghana because the country still relies mainly on traditional biomass as its primary source of energy coupled with a chronically fragile hydropower sector. In this study, we assess Ghana’s potential in achieving sustainable goal number seven. Specifically, we comprehensively review the breakthroughs and impediments Ghana has experienced in its efforts towards improving its renewable energy potential. We note that while Ghana has made significant stride toward …

Teaching Against The Grain: A Conversation Between The Editors Of The Griffith Journal Of Law & Human Dignity And Peter Mclaren On The Importance Of Critical Pedagogy In Law School, Peter Mclaren

Education Faculty Articles and Research

This article is a dialogue between the Editors of the Griffith Journal of Law & Human Dignity and leading scholar Peter McLaren, speaking to the importance of critical pedagogy within education and law.

Understanding The Politics Of Knowledge And How It Unfolds In The United States: The Mexican American Studies Program, And The Ethnic Studies Ban In Tucson Az, Jorge Rodriguez

Education Faculty Articles and Research

The increasingly diverse demographics can no longer submit to the old paradigms and Eurocentric views behind westernized conceptions of learning and instruction (Grande, 2015). Scholars point to disengagement of marginalized communities of color from the schooling environment and express concerns over national curricula as being non-relevant to the historical and social-cultural realities of these communities in the United States (Ladson-Billings, 1995, 2009). Within this paradigm, notions of success are often measured by cognitive benchmarks like grades, GPA, graduation rates, and standardized test scores. By 2044, more than half of all Americans are projected to belong to a minority group, and, …

Gvsu Press Releases, 2019, Grand Valley State University

University Press Releases, 1961-Present

A compilation of press releases for the year 2019 submitted by University Communications (formerly News & Information Services) to news agencies concerning the people, places, and events related to Grand Valley State University.

Effect Of Harvest Method And Ammoniation Of Baled Corn Residue On Intake And Digestibility In Lambs, Ashley C. Conway, Tasha M. King, Melissa L. Jolly, J. C. Macdonald, Terry J. Klopfenstein, Mary E. Drewnoski

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

To determine the effect of harvest method and ammoniation on both in vivo and in vitro digestibility of corn residue, six corn residue treatments consisting of three different harvest methods either with or without anhydrous ammonia chemical treatment (5.5% of dry matter [DM]) were evaluated. The harvest methods included conventional rake-and-bale (CONV) and New Holland Cornrower with eight rows (8ROW) or two rows (2ROW) of corn stalks chopped into the windrow containing the tailings (leaf, husk, and upper stem) from eight rows of harvested corn (ammoniated bales of each harvest method resulted in treatments COVAM, 8RAM, and 2RAM). Nine crossbred …

Study On Technology And Learning, Jeremy Bramwell

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The purpose of this research thesis is to investigate technologies effects on learning. Specifically the researchers studied the usability of intelligent personal assistant-enabled devices for learning assistance. It is assumed that using technology in educational context helps both students and educators because there is a positive effect on engagement which increases learning curves. Although, this is not always the case. The present study yielded results that were not consistent with the assumption that using any type of technology as an aid for learning has a positive effect. Further research will seek to investigate other intelligent personal assistant devices for classroom …

2018-2019 Annual Student Assessment Report, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

Annual Student Assessment Report produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center

2016-2019 General Education Course Mapping To Gen. Ed. Goals, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Assessment Center Reports

General Education Course Mapping to Gen. Ed. Goals report produced by the SWOSU Assessment Center

Energy And Eminent Domain, James W. Coleman, Alexandra B. Klass

Minnesota Law Review, Vols. 1-106:1 (1917-2021)

No abstract provided.

Human Rights Conditions: What We Know And Why It Matters, David Weissbrodt, Patrick Finnegan

Minnesota Journal of International Law, Vols 1-28:1 (1992-2019)

No abstract provided.