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Inclusive Teaching Methods Across The Curriculum: Academic Resource And Law Teachers Tie A Knot At The Aals, Fran Ansley

Scholarly Works

In September 1996, Laurie Zimet, Director of the Academic Support Program at the University of California at Hastings College of the Law, proposed to the rest of us – four law professors and two other academic support teachers – that we plan the Academic Support Section presentation at the 1997 Association of American Law Schools Annual Conference. Our panel topic, “Inclusive Teaching Methods Across the Curriculum,” would draw deeply from our common passion for the subject and from our diverse experiences in innovative pedagogy. But could seven of us, three of us speaking one dialect of legal education (academic support …

The Cowl - V.62 - N.2 - Summer 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 62, Number 2 - Summer 1997. 4 pages.

Impact Of A Supervisor's Use Of Compliance Gaining Strategies On Perceptions Of The Supervisor's Communication Competence., Matthew J. Witzke

Student Work

This research is an attempt to explore the relationship between the use of compliance gaining strategies and communication competence. In four video taped scenarios involving a supervisor using-a positive or negative compliance gaining strategy on a subordinate, a total of 98 respondents answered a questionnaire that included the Rater of Alter Competence (RAC) and demographic questions. The results of this study supported the notion that those who use positive compliance gaining strategies will be perceived to have a higher level of communication competence than those who use negative compliance gaining strategies. It is also noted that the age, gender, job …

Sexual Harassment Myths In Newspaper Editorials: Myth Breakers?, Judy Bokorney

Student Work

Sexual harassment is an issue that currently appears in the media on a daily basis. As the cultivation and agenda setting/priming theories argued, the media have the power to shape audiences’ behaviors, realities, beliefs, morals, and myths about issues like sexual harassment. The media can indicate to audiences what issues to think about and what issues are more important than others. Newspaper editorials have the same power to influence readers along with the opportunity to offer opinion or argument on issues. There are many myths about sexual harassment that the American society embraces, and newspaper editorials may combat or perpetuate …

The Cowl - V.62 - N.1 - May 1, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 62, Number 1 - May 1, 1997. 32 pages.

Treatment Of Native Americans By The Frontier Press 1868-1891, An Omaha, Nebraska Study, Hugh Reilly

Student Work

This thesis focuses on the coverage of seven watershed events in Native American history by four Omaha, Nebraska newspapers. Covering the years between 1868 and 1891, the thesis looks at the use of stereotypes by the newspapers as well as the overall quality of the reporting in terms of balance, accuracy, judgement and prediction.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.25 - Apr 24, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 25 - Apr 24, 1997. 24 pages.

The Social Construction Of Unique Caring Relationships: Metaphors And Descriptors Of Aids And Mutuality In Buddy Dyads, Renee Maday

Communication

This study explores how acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is socially constructed in buddy dyads as revealed by the written metaphors and descriptors supplied by cultural members through a survey instrument. A buddy dyad consists of a volunteer caregiver and a person with AIDS (PWA). The metaphors and descriptors that the buddies recounted provide an understanding of these special relationships and the social construction of AIDS in this uniquely affected population.

Analysis revealed that AIDS is most often constructed as integral to community and activism in the AIDS Culture. The buddy relationship is most often constructed as a friendship rather …

The Cowl - V.61 - N.24 - Apr 17, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 24 - Apr 17, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.21 - Apr 10, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 21 - Apr 10, 1997. 28 pages.

Sex Role Stereotyping In Children's Story Books, Joan A. Bucy

Student Work

This study assess male and female sex-role stereotyping in children's storybooks. Ten Caldecott and 10 Golden Sower Book selections from 1986 to 1995 are examined for the number of female and male lead characters; occupations, gender roles and personality traits of the main characters; the realism of character roles and storylines; and the contributions that the main character made to society. The analyst indicates that there are fewer female than male characters in the story books, that lead characters are often shown in traditional occupations and gender roles, and that female lead characters are generally shown in exotic roles and …

The Cowl - V.61 -N.20 - Mar 20, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 20 - Mar 20, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.19 - Mar 13, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 19 - Mar 13, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.18 - Mar 6, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 18 - Mar 6, 1997. 24 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.17 - Feb 27, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 17 - Feb 27, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.16 - Feb 12, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 16 - Feb 12, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.15 - Feb 6, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 15 - Feb 6, 1997. 28 pages.

The Cowl - V.61 - N.14 - Jan 30, 1997

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 61, Number 14 - Jan 30, 1997. 28 pages.

Executive Leadership Concepts For Higher Education, Brian Satterlee

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Several key concepts shed light on the traits and processes of leadership in educational settings. First, the term leadership can be understood as the act of persuading others to set aside individual concerns and pursue a common goal, with communication representing a key ability of leaders. The communication Model provides a useful, open systems approach to analyzing the effectiveness of leader-constituent communications. In the model, the inputs of source and receiver are converted by the process of message and channel into an effective or ineffective communication process. They systemic approach to the study of leadership maintains that inputs are resources …

Writing For Their Lives, John Strassburger

Publications

This is the second in a series of occasional papers about the challenges confronting students and what Ursinus is doing to help them enter adult life.

Authentic Writing And Assessment: Facilitating The Learning Process Of Children's Writing, Pamela Lea Cleland-Broyles

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Using Comprehensive Critical Writing Curriculum On Skills Assessment Test Performance In High School Students, Barbara Ann Brown

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

Interpersonal Christian Prayer And Communication, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

Nationwide statistical polling during the past 40 years have indicated that prayer is a frequent and important activity for a majority of Americans. Yet communication scholars have yet to theoretically consider the relationship between prayer and communication. This investigation compared and contrasted a particular type of prayer, Interpersonal Christ¦·n Prayer (ICP), with a particular type of communication context, Interpersonal Communication (IC). Results suggested that ICP and IC share common ground in their dyadic nature, intentionality, and in specific communication processes, and that they differ in the nature of the relational being one is communicating with, the locus of initial intent …

Nf97-320 Daily Activities For Family Time Together, Herbert G. Lingren

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact has suggestions for family activities and outings.

Nf97-319 What Kids Really Need Are Adults Who C.A.R.E., Pat Steffens, Susan Williams

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

This NebFact discusses a positive approach to youth development.

Teknologi Komunikasi Baru : Impak Terhadap Pengembangan Produk Budaya., H. Zanuddin

Pre-2000

No abstract provided.

Conflict Is Optional, Difference Is Not : Toward A Difference-Based Approach To Interpersonal Communication, James Arthur Gieseking Jr

Dissertations and Theses

An examination of the discussion of conflict in general, interpersonal and small group communication texts indicates that the conceptualization of conflict theory in the U.S. is increasingly dependent upon three theoretical pillars: the qualities of ubiquity, utility and necessity. A critical, deconstructive analysis of these operational characteristics in relation to the actual human experience of conflict reveals that they are more appropriately associated with the essential condition of difference, rather than conflict, and the concepts of conflict and difference are generally conflated in U.S. communication texts. The synergistic interaction of a variety of specific cultural constructs can be seen as …

Improved Communication Skills Through Customized Training Programs: An Applied Study Of Organizational Development, Angela Autumn Betke

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

As developmental training programs grow in organization life, customized training programs including observation, collaboration with management, data gathering, research of materials to be used, and evaluation become necessary. Using these, and other methods of research, consultants are able to develop programs which focus directly on the specific needs of an independent organization and its employees; This research evaluated internal organizational communication problems "by facilitating discovery and examination of the underlying symbolic structures, constraints, and opportunities of organizational life" (Kreps, 1983; Schein, 1987; 1969). The data gathered was "generated by organizational communication research to provide insight into organizational phenomena and redirect …

Family Planning In Developing Countries: A Study In Communication Strategies, Carolyn Babcock

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines communication strategies used in the promulgation of family planning in developing countries. The types of information, education and communication are studied. The case study of the telenovela focuses on an application of communication theory to promote social change.

Expectation States Theory And The Principle Of Judicial Neutrality : The Impact Of Judicial Communication On Juror Verdicts, Paul E. Vanyo

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.