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Culturally Sustaining Social Studies: Practical Applications To A High School Elective Course, Emily Thomas

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

Scholars including Delpit, Ladson-Billings, Chandler, Paris and Alim remind us that schools must be a place where students’ cultures are validated, centered, and sustained. Social studies classrooms are optimally positioned to allow students to explore issues around race, class, gender, and other forms of (in)justice. Yet while many social studies teachers wish to teach in alignment with the theory of culturally sustaining pedagogy, powerful factors make its tenets difficult to enact in the classroom. This project embedded culturally sustaining pedagogy into curriculum design for a high school Environmental History elective. Using Tomlinson and McTighe’s (2006) Understanding by Design + Differentiated …

Enhancing Communicative Competence Of Adult Korean Efls, Ikran Ali

School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects

The objective of this extended literature review was to answer the questions: What obstacles may hinder adult Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) students from improving their communicative competence? and What are strategies to enhance English communicative competence of adult Korean EFLs? This study provides an in-depth look into research on the topic of Korean adults learning English as a foreign language. Many adult Korean EFL students have studied English from a young age but still face many difficulties when attempting to communicate with native English speakers. The literature suggests three major strategies teachers can use to assist students …

اتجاهات أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية في الجامعات الفلسطينية نحو تعريب التعليم العالي, Yahya Allaham

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى الوقوف على اتجاهات أعضاء الهيئة التدريسية بالجامعات الفلسطينية نحو تعريب التعليم، وإلى تحديد العلاقة بين بعض المتغيرات، كالكلية والدراسة في الجامعات الأجنية، وبين الاتجاهات نحو التعريب. تكونت عينة الدراسة من (65) أستاذاً من كليتي (الطب والعلوم) في جامعة الأزهر والجامعة الإسلامية في فلسطين.

اعتمدت الدراسة استبانة لقياس اتجاهات الأساتذة، حيث قام الباحث بتصميمها، وقد اشتملت على (35) فقرة موزعة على أربعة محاور، ولمعالجة البيانات إحصائياً استخدم الباحث الحزمة الإحصائية(spss) كما انتهجت الدراسة المنهجين؛ الوصفي التحليلي، والتحليلي الأنثروبولوجي.

كشفت الدراسة أن (70%) من الأساتذة قد وافقوا على فقرات المحور الأول للاستبانة، وهذا يؤكد وجود درجة مرتفعة …

قراءة نقدية للكتابة التاريخية حول حواضر وقصور إقليم صحراء المغرب الإسلامي, جمال عناق استاذ مساعد

Journal of Al-Azhar University – Gaza (Humanities)

الملخص:

ظلت معظم الدراسات لموضوع تاريخ وتراث الصحراء في العصر الوسيط مقتصرة على المعطيات العامة الوارد ذكرها في المصادر التاريخية، ولم تلق الحظوة اللائقة وبنفس الكيفية من الباحثين الذين تناولوا مثلا آثار وتاريخ الصحراء في العصر القديم خاصة وأن خارطة المواقع والمدن في الشمال الإفريقي في العهد الروماني تكاد تكون مكتملة، فيما ظل عدد كبير من المدن والمنازل الوارد ذكرها في كتب المسالك والرحلة العربية مجهولة الموقع والموضع.

وإذا كان المؤرخون قد اعتادوا اللجوء إلى المصادر الأجنبية لاستقاء بعض ما ورد فيها من أخبار المنطقة قبل الفتح الإسلامي، وخصوصاً بعض الكتابات القرطاجية أو الرومانية، فإن الصحراء ظلت خارج دائرة أضواء …

The Content Of The Language Professional-Gnostic Training Of An English Teacher, Erkin Ergashevich Hamdamov

Bulletin of Gulistan State University

This article is devoted to the research on the linguistic professional-gnostic training of English teachers and its content. Researchers' views on the term "educational content" are compared. The article offers suggestions on how to make changes to the curriculum. The results of the experiment are also described.

The Influence Of Gender Approaches On Education Efficiency, G. Eshchanova

Irrigation and Melioration

The given article covers the influence of gender approaches on education efficiency on the basis of statistical and scientific data, and the need to rely on the basis of the necessary knowledge for the ecologically sustainable development of women's knowledge, competence and entrepreneurship are shown. The educational process based on Gender differences and equality contributes significantly to the development of society.

Artistic Leadership In Minnesota Community Theater, Darlene Olson

Doctorate in Education

Minnesota artistic directors working in community theater benefit the communities they serve. The purpose of this narrative research and case study was to understand how the artistic director furthers equity and diversity in their leadership roles. Artistic directors see their practice as transforming and supporting diversity. The artistic directors' voice and viewpoints were from their own contextual situation and experiences in the field of education, leadership, and theater arts practice. The primary unit of this interpretative study was the community theater sites, its context, and the artistic directors' leadership experience. The semi-structured interviews were scheduled via Zoom during the 2020-2021 …

3d Data Acquisition, Visualization, And Archiving Of Selected Lithics From The Caldwell Collection Of North African Stone Points, Michael J. Bennett

UConn Library Presentations

Presentation made on June 30, 2021 to UConn Library staff as part of a library strategic framework implementation working group final report. The overall aim of the project was to lead an interdisciplinary, cross-campus working group made up of faculty from the Anthropology Department, and staff from the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, Office of the State Archaeologist, and the UConn Library. More specifically, the project's goal was to run 10 - 20 stone artifacts from the State Museum's Caldwell Collection through a newly developed, highly refined 3D digitization workflow that would produce 3D assets for eventual online classroom …

Outer Mongolia Resistance Movement To Chinese Rule 1691-1758, Fatima Jassim Graduates Mahdi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

The drama of the long drawn-out struggle between the Manchu and Mongols in Outer Mongolia, after their formal submission to the Emperor K’ang Hsi at the Convention of Dolonnor in 1691. as the Mongolian resistance movement was directed mainly against the Manchu and Chinese commercial interests in Outer Mongolia, and the resistance movement continued until 1858. When the Manchu managed to permanently eliminate the symbols of resistance such as Prince Amursana and the Chingünjav

Yakety Sacs: Laryngeal Air Sac Usage In Great Apes, Chelsea Trenbeath

Master of Science in Integrative Biology Theses

Except for humans, extant great apes have evolutionarily conserved lateral ventricular air sacs extending from laryngeal saccules. Humans are the only species of Hominidae that lack this anatomical feature attached to the primary vocal apparatus. As we are the only species that produces spoken language, this association has led to the hypothesis that the loss of lateral ventricular air sacs was necessary for the evolution of spoken language. However, why these sacs are conserved in all other hominids remains unclear. Computer modeling has indicated that air sacs may increase resonance properties, but there are no data from great apes indicating …

Ensuring Equitable Access: Theory And Methodology On Future Grant Application Design For The City Of Bloomington's John M. Scott Health Care Commission, Zachary Fabos

Student Research – Stevenson Center

This research utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze perception and opinion of the City of Bloomington’s John M. Scott Health Care Commission’s grants program and its application process among recipient agencies and other participants. Data, gathered through surveys and semi-structured interviews, in 2020 and 2021, between representatives of each agency and the researcher are meant to inform the development of new approaches encouraging a wider reach of the Commission’s grants program in McLean County, Illinois. Questioning the theoretical purpose of merit, bureaucracy, and performance in an application process, this research aims to create a more accessible program for agencies …

Diaspora By Design: The Systematic Displacement Of Tampa's African-American Populace, 1925-1974, Shannon D. Bruffett

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Diaspora by Design: The Systematic Displacement of Tampa’s African-American Populace, 1925-1974 is a political and economic history that maps the transformation of the city’s urban landscape through a variety of federal programs. It examines the the ways that Tampa city leaders employed a variety of federal programs, and funding, to shape the economic, social, and cultural environment of Tampa’s Black population over the course of five decades.

Prevalence Of Root Canal Configuration Of Mandibular Second Molar Using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography In A Sample Of Iraqi Patients, Hiwa S. Khidir, Saud J. Dizayee, Sangar H. Ali

Polytechnic Journal

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to find out the prevalence of C-shaped canals configurations in mandibular 2nd molar and to investigate the gender prevalence. Materials and Methods: Asample of 1200 patients’ cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans were screened and evaluated by a maxillofacial radiologist assessed the axial, sagittal, and coronal sections. Inclusion criteria applied to 801 patients (452 females and 349 male) aged 14–75 years were included in this study with total of 1567 mandibular 2nd molar was evaluated. Inclusion criteria: Available CBCT images of mandibular posterior teeth with at least one mandibular 2nd molar in the …

Death In Haruki Murakami’S Novels: Shadow, Soul, And Sex, Le Thi Diem Hang

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

From medieval to modern and postmodern times, thoughts about death have been among the most important subjects in literature. Among writers who have discussed death, Haruki Murakami addressed not only the notions of death and life after death but also the nature of death through existence. His point of view becomes metaphysical reflections. Through cultural semiotics, psychoanalysis, and existential theory, I show that death is associated with mythical thought and the hybrid between Japanese cultural tradition and Western existentialism. In Murakami’s novels, death represents Mono no aware and the beauty of melancholy presage. Life after death is associated with shadow, …

Lived Experience Of Buddhist Spiritual Caregivers From The Gilanadhamma Volunteer Group, Paveesuda Nutsathapana

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

No abstract provided.

Hsu Student Eli Vigil's Last Couple Semesters In College During Covid-19, Forrest Bailey Estes, Eli Vigil

Humboldt in the Time of COVID - Digital Archive

In this interview Eli Vigil, a 4th-year student at Humboldt State University talks about their experience as a student at HSU during the COVID-19 pandemic. They explain that while the pandemic did have a negative effect on their schooling it was a time that they felt helped them take a break in their fast-paced lifestyle. They felt as though they were given new opportunities that benefited them in ways they weren't expecting. However they talk about how they feel they missed out on the college experience due to Covid-19.

The Effects Of A Shared Vision Of Teacher Leadership On Classroom Teachers’ Instruction, Tiffany L. Bockelmann

The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning

Many models of instructional teacher leadership exist in schools with various outcomes for teachers. The aim of this illustrative case study was to understand systemic alignment in a formal teacher leadership system and how this alignment impacted instructional change. This dissertation was framed by three research questions: 1) How do the rationales of teachers, teacher leaders, and administrators regarding teacher leadership in their school align? 2) How does the coherence of a system of leadership impact classroom teachers’ abilities to engage with formal teacher leaders? 3) How does the coherence of a system of leadership impact classroom teachers’ abilities to …

Nomadic Culture, A Mirror For Current Grassland Policy—A Case Of Grassland Of Inner Mongolia Of China, Nianyong Han

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Anthropology Professor Gets Humanities Grant To Research Book Project, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

Kristin Gee Hickman receives National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipends grant

The Impact Of Emergency Response Trainees During The Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone, 2014-2016, Abbey Whitcomb

Undergraduate Honors Theses

This research aimed to address the impact of non-health trainees as a part of the emergency health response during the Ebola outbreak within Sierra Leone. The non-health trainees, including sanitation workers within health settings, ambulance drivers, burial teams, prison officers, community engagement staff, border officers, traditional birth assistants, etc. was contrasted with individuals receiving clinical and patient-care training. The data were taken from weekly situation reports published by the Internal Organization for Migration in 2015. Using a negative binomial model, we sought to determine the incidence rate ratio of weekly cases and deaths as a result of new trainees. Trainees …

Redefining The Object Of Semiotic Studies, Yiqiang Jin

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

Semiotics has long suffered a severe identity crisis, displaying confusions on four relationships. The crisis stems partly from our failure to distinguish three pairs of relata and partly from our poor understanding of the nature of an academic discipline. Semiotics is, first of all, a discipline. Like other academic fields, it should have a sound object of study and aim at an adequate theory. An excursion into psychology and the philosophy of science can reveal to us the necessary constituents of a proper object of study and of a good theory. Looking back, the history of semiotics has brought up …

“The Clementine Collective”: A Corner Store Intervention Of Clementine Fruits In A High Need Neighborhood In Staten Island, New York, Heather Butts

Faculty of Health Care & Public Administration Publications

Individuals living in underserved neighborhoods face significant barriers to getting fresh produce. It has been extensively researched that providing individuals with fresh fruits and vegetables can have a positive physical and mental impact on the lives of individuals in underserved neighborhoods and the lives of their families. Unfortunately, individuals who reside in such neighborhoods are often viewed as not being motivated to consume fresh fruits and vegetables, even where barriers to eating such foods are removed. This study aims to determine whether, in the COVID-19 era, individuals in underserved neighborhoods would consume fresh fruits if presented with them in an …

Curran Searches For Clues To Human Dispersal Into Europe Along The Danube River, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Racializing Discourses: An Exploration Of Moreno Subject Formation In Oaxaca, Mexico, Juan Salvador Sepulveda-Figuereo

Dissertations and Theses

Processes of Black racialization in Mestizo Latin America open a space to expose how subjectivities emerge and change while in tension with broader national ideas and transnational discourses. Morenos, typically dark skin individuals of African descent, inhabit the boundaries of mestizaje, Mexico's national racial ideology which emphasizes indigenous and Spanish ancestry. As a result, regional narratives subject morenos to racialization processes that align with the historical erasure of people of African descent, effectively excluding morenos from the nation. Nevertheless, morenos incorporate themselves into the regional and national narratives through various mechanisms and (re)formulations of established discourses.

I propose a …

Front Matter, Kanya Wattanagun

Journal of Letters

No abstract provided.

Negotiating With Anthropocentrism : A Case Study Of The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Kittikan Hararak

Journal of Letters

Anthropocentrism is a concept in that humans use their own criteria to judge other animals’ values and give them meaning. This concept appears in many theories and philosophies that try to formulate a clear distinction between humans and other animals. However, presently, this human-animal distinction is under question, for there are many arguments asserting that humanity cannot clearly distinguish itself from other animals. Recognizing this, animal studies attempts to destabilize the boundaries between humans and animals. Although the procedures of this field of study have been presented by many critics, there is one core procedure which focuses on the human-animal …

A Study On Creation Myths Of The Yi Nationality, Pan Lei, Kanokporn Numtong

Journal of Letters

This study compares the similarities and differences between the Yi nationality’s creation myths recorded in the four epics, and analyzes the causes for these similarities and differences in order to understand the Yi mythological view of cosmology, nature, and human beings. Results show that: 1) The main gods in Yi mythology created heaven, earth, and natural things through magic or things in nature, which reflected the lifestyle and natural environment of the Yi at that time; 2) There are both male and female god in Yi mythology, so we can infer that the creation myths were produced in both matriarchal …

How Culture And Storytelling Can Influence Urban Development: An Ethnographic Look At The Community-Driven Revitalization Of Newtown In Sarasota, Florida, Michala Head

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

When Americans think of Florida, tourist attractions often trail the initial thoughts of alligator sand chaos. Disneyworld and its neighboring parks are set up for optimal experience and consumption, the thought of a trip South along the coast for a sweltering beach day, sipping on a frozen drink in January sings to Midwesterners. For residents of these seaside cities, such as Sarasota, the experiences of the space are much more complex. Within the broader contexts of the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd and a global pandemic that impacted America’s marginalized populations disproportionally, …

Mss0394. Shelby County, Tennessee, Collection Finding Aid

Special Collections Finding Aids

The collection comprises various documents which include correspondence, legal documents, accounts, plans, broadsides and other ephemera relating to Shelby County, Tennessee, mostly from the nineteenth century.

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Mongolian O‐Boo Culture And Biodiversity Conservation In Arbas Mountain, Ordos Plateau, Manliang, Surguga, Shan Chen, Xinshi Zhang

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.