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The Role Of Local History In The Curriculum At A Rural, Southeastern Community College, Sandra Lee Walker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Local history knowledge informs citizens of the political, social, economic, and cultural aspects of their communities. Community colleges are uniquely situated to address citizens' educational needs because of their historic mission to serve local people. The problem at a rural college located in a southeastern region of the United States was the perception of a lack of local history in the curriculum. Dewey, Schon, Brookfield, and Mezirow's perspectives on reflection guided this case study. Two research questions focused on how faculty and staff at the college perceived the role of local history and its relationship to the curriculum and how …

Currency Wars: The Need For International Solutions, Alexandra Esmel

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

No abstract provided.

Abu-Rish Edits Site Featuring Many Lenses On Arab World, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Writers, Readers, And The Sharing Of Consciousness: Five Nepali Novels, Michael Hutt

HIMALAYA, the Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies

In his seminal book Literature, Popular Culture and Society, Leo Lowenthal argues that studies of the representation of society, state, or economy in the literature of a particular country or time contribute to our knowledge of ‘the kind of perception which a specific social group—writers—has of specific social phenomena’ and therefore to our knowledge of the ‘history and sociology of shared consciousness’ (1961: 143). This discussion will focus on five Nepali novels published between 2005 and 2010, i.e. during the final months of the internal conflict between the CPN (Maoist) and the monarchical state, and the period of political transition …

The Pacifican April 12, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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The Pacifican December 4, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 10, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: New Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences -- Lambda Alpha Omega, a criminal justice based fraternity, joins campus -- New Director of physician's assistant program -- 4th annual campus-wide turkey drive held on campus -- Pros and cons of living at the Marriott hotel -- Chemistry department receives first phase of it's renovations -- SHU football loses to Fordham again in playoffs -- SHU football receiver sets school all time record in receiving a touchdown -- Ray Rice reinstated to NFL

The Dili Report: National Landscape, Current Challenges And Opportunities For Growth, Institute For Societal Leadership, Lai Cheng Lim

Institute of Societal Leadership Research Collection

Timor-Leste, Asia’s newest nation, is located in Southeast Asia, on the southernmost edge of the Indonesian archipelago. The country was colonised by the Portuguese for over 450 years, occupied by the Indonesians for 24 years and administered by the United Nations for two and a half years. As a nation, Timor-Leste has had a very traumatic birth.

Jean-Luc Godard And Francois Truffaut: The Influence Of Hollywood, Modernization And Radical Politics On Their Films And Friendship, Caroline Glenn

All Theses

During the late 1950's the French film industry's hard-won financial stability during the Occupation and liberation years had all but disappeared. Combined with the dwindling, unpredictable nature of French audiences, the multi-star, literary adaptation dramas French studios produced were no longer reliable. In response to these dilemmas a transformation took place in French cinema. Known as the nouvelle vague (or French New Wave), the movement was largely, but not completely, a reaction to France's declining film industry. The nation as a whole was undergoing significant change and growth during the 1950s. From the Algerian conflict, the Fourth Republic's collapse and …

Department Of History News, Georgia Southern University

History: News & Publications

• History News for November 2014

The Pacifican November 20, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Sacred Heart football defeats Bryant taking home NEC trophy for second year in a row -- Students compete in New York College Fed Challenge, a competition between universities about economic forecasting -- Drugs, sexting, and partying seen in younger children with high school students partying like college kids -- 5th annual turkey drive sets high goals -- Sacred Heart welcomes new birthing simulator -- Choir hosts concert against bullying -- Both men's and woman's basketball start off their seasons with victories

The Pacifican November 13, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 8, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: On Aug. 22, rising junior Kaitlyn Doohry was struck by a motor vehicle while walking to campus. In honor of Doohry, the H.W. Wilson Foundation has given Sacred Heart $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship in her memory (photos) --The career center is revamping its social media sites as a way to better inform students of the services they can offer --Pete Davidson, the newest featured player on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) was at SHU on Nov. 3 for a stand-up comedy performance held in the University Commons --This year, through the Volunteer office around 90 students will …

Teaching About Propaganda: An Examination Of The Historical Roots Of Media Literacy, Renee Hobbs, Sandra Mcgee

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Contemporary propaganda is ubiquitous in our culture today as public relations and marketing efforts have become core dimensions of the contemporary communication system, affecting all forms of personal, social and public expression. To examine the origins of teaching and learning about propaganda, we examine some instructional materials produced in the 1930s by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA), which popularized an early form of media literacy that promoted critical analysis in responding to propaganda in mass communication, including in radio, film and newspapers. They developed study guides and distributed them widely, popularizing concepts from classical rhetoric and expressing them in …

Cinekyd: Exploring The Origins Of Youth Media Production, Renee Hobbs, David Cooper Moore

Journal of Media Literacy Education

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Introduction To Media Literacy History, Sarah Bordac

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Why is it important for us to consider the history of media literacy? Beyond forging connections of the past to the present, exploring the history of the field can deepen intellectual curiosity and understanding for those who work in media literacy education, ignite interest in others, and drive investigation into understanding the relationships of the facets and fundamentals of media literacy from past to present and into the future. The theme of leadership emerges from questions such as: How do people build programs? How does information get disseminated? What were the challenges? Who were the learners? Who were the teachers? …

Why History Matters For Media Literacy Education, Michael Robbgrieco

Journal of Media Literacy Education

The ways people have publicly discussed and written about media literacy in the past have great bearing on how citizens, educators and learners are able to think about and practice their own media literacy. Our concepts of media literacy have evolved over time in response to changing contexts of media studies and educational discourses as well as changes in communication technologies, media industries, politics, and popular culture. My research on the history of Media&Values magazine 1977-1993, made possible by the Elizabeth Thoman Media Literacy Archive, illustrates how tracing developments of media literacy concepts over time can give us much needed …

The Pacifican November 6, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 7, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include:Pioneer rower Jaclyn Smith wins Gold at the Head of the Charles Regatta --President Barack Obama visits Bridgeport --Kappa Phi sorority is going national and will be called Delta Zeta --Perspectives: Are we addicted to social media? --Campus Vote Project: website’s whose mission is to help college students work with administrators and local election officials to make the process of voting easier and overcome barriers students face voting --Athlete pre-game rituals --Digging Through the Directory: Dr. Steven Michels --Art Gallery exhibition: “102 Hours” and “6,115 Minutes.” - “An iconographic storytelling of the Boston Marathon bombing and the days that …

University Of Denver John Evans Study Report, Richard Clemmer-Smith, George E. Tinker, Alan Gilbert, Nancy D. Wadsworth, David Fridtjof Halaas, Billy J. Stratton, Steven Fisher

John Evans Study Report

"Universities are dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge. They are conservators of humanity's past. They cherish their own pasts, honoring forbears with statues and portraits and in the names of buildings. To study or teach at a [university] is to be a member of a community that exists across time, a participant in a procession that began centuries ago and that will continue long after we are gone. If an institution professing these principles cannot squarely face its own history, it is hard to imagine how any other institution, let alone our nation, might do so."

-Report …

The Promise Of The Digital Humanities And The Contested Nature Of Digital Scholarship, William G. Thomas Iii

Department of History: Faculty Publications

This essay examines the contested qualities of digital scholarship and why, paradoxically, the twenty-year surge in the digital humanities--from 1993 to 2013--has produced relatively little interpretive or argumentative scholarship. In this first phase of the digital humanities, scholars produced innovative and sophisticated hybrid works of scholarship, blending archives, tools, commentaries, data collections, and visualizations. For the most part in the disciplines, however, few of these works have been reviewed or critiqued. Because the disciplines expect interpretation, argument, and criticism, it could be argued that digital humanists have not produced enough digital interpretive scholarship and what we have produced has not …

Deal Leaves Court Issues Unresolved, Bruce Ledewitz

Ledewitz Papers

Published scholarship collected from academic journals, law reviews, newspaper publications & online periodicals

Coercing Justice? Exploring The "Aspirations And Practice" Of Law As A Tool In Struggles Against Social Inequalities, Karen Schucher

PhD Dissertations

This dissertation examines the role of law as a tool in struggles against social inequalities, by tracing the history of Ontario’s human rights legislation and enforcement from the enactment of fair practices statutes in the 1950s through the restructuring of the enforcement regime in 2006. Ontario was the first Canadian province to pass anti-discrimination legislation and to establish a human rights commission enforcement process. This legislation and the commission enforcement process were the models for all other Canadian jurisdictions.

The dissertation approaches the role of law through the framework of tensions between the “aspirations” and the “practices” of law. On …

The Pacifican October 30, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: Family weekend 2014 --Spectrum Exclusive: Interview with New York Yankees analyst Jack Curry, who talked to students in Rob Coloney’s sports broadcasting class --On Oct. 11, Professor Ralph Lim, SHU's associate professor of finance, made a guest appearance on an episode of Saturday Night Live (SNL) --Professor Marie Hulme, an English professor at SHU, has received national recognition in the prestigious Hackney Literary Awards, receiving third place for her short story “Special Romantics" --Digging Through the Directory: Dr. Richard Grigg --SHU's Wellness Center has launched the school’s new Virtual Women’s Center (VWC), an online resource for students and …

The Pacifican October 23, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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Case Study Two: Jewish Time Jump: New York, Owen Gottlieb

Articles

Gottlieb presents an early case study of his mobile augmented reality game Jewish Time Jump: New York design on the ARIS platform for the iPhone and iPad (iOS). The game is set on-location in Washington Square Park in New York city. Players in 5th-7th grade take on the role of time-traveling reporters, landing on site on the eve of the Uprising of 20,000, the largest women-led strike in U.S. History. Based on their GPS location they receive media from over 100 years in the past, interactive with digital characters as they work to gather a story for the fictional Jewish …

Spectrum, Volume 33, Issue 5, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: "Women Can Have It All" series: Stacy Schieffelin, the founder and CEO of ybf(your best friend) beauty --“Go Play!” Parks Passport Program: Sacred Heart partners with Bridgeport Parks and Recreation to promote physical activity --SHU is launching a new master’s in finance and investment management degree starting fall 2015 --Perspectives: The ebola outbreak, by Ally D'Amico --Student blogger of the week: Julia Kennedy, “Rising Girlboss,” a website geared toward providing women with lifestyle tips and entertainment --How well do you know the SHU shield? --The Little Theater Presents “Almost, Maine” --Illustrations by Senior Art & Design major Maribel …

The Pacifican October 16, 2014, University Of The Pacific

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