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Review Of Edwidge Danticat's The Dew Breaker, Ronny Noor

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Mexican Elites And Language Policy In Tucson’S First Schools, Elise M. Dubord

Faculty Work

Educational institutions developed in Tucson, Arizona in the last quarter of the 19th Century during a critical time in cultural and political shifts of power between Anglo and Mexican elites in Southern Arizona. This paper examines unofficial language policies in both public and parochial schools in Tucson that reflect the accommodation of power between the two groups. The data used to reconstruct these de facto language policies comes from school documents, newspaper articles and advertisements, memoirs of teachers, politicians and others as well as historical accounts of the formation of Tucson’s first schools. Tollefson (1991) suggests that “language policy is …

Costume Design For Roosters By Milcha Sanchez-Scot, Theatre Uni, Spring Semester, 2003, Carmelita Tyson Guse

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study is to document the process of designing costumes for Theatre UNI's production of Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott. It serves to document the collaboration between director and designers that is necessary to produce a quality theatrical work. This work is a compilation of the research and creative process. Charts, lists, renderings, photographs, and a journal are included to show the progression of the process, in addition to pre-production research.

Roosters was performed in the Bertha Martin Theatre February 27-March 2 and March 6-9, 2003. The play chronicles a special day in the life of the Morales …

The Digital Media Lab At Bainbridge College, Neil L. Griffin

Graduate Research Papers

This project describes the development of an audio and video production facility at Bainbridge College, a small community college in Bainbridge, Georgia. The Digital Media Lab provides faculty, staff, and students with the ability to create audio and video resources for classroom use, research, training, and outreach.

The principal steps of this project were a literature review, a needs analysis, the equipment selection process, and implementation. The literature review included examples of how video is used in higher education, information about current trends in technology, and faculty development strategies. The needs analysis determined that the facility should support both analog …

The Introduction Of Interactive Multimedia Dvd To The Electronic Media Studies, Randal L. Lau

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this project is to show how technology is able to improve student achievement and increase student productivity. Finding new and exciting ways to integrate technology into today's classrooms is a challenge. The use of an interactive DVD will be introduced to the students in the Electronic Media Studies classes in the fall of 2003. The project was based upon the research reviewed and documented within this literature review. Students will no longer be listening to the instructor lecturing in front of the classroom, they will be actively involved in an interactive multimedia presentation, where they are free …

Graduate Recital In Piano Performance, April 2003, Anna A. Fateeva

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Anna Fateeva, pianist, presented her graduate piano recital at 6:00 p.m. on April 1, 2003 in Davis Hall of the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center in Cedar Falls, Iowa. This recital was presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance. Violinist Peter Ilyash assisted the recital. The program included works by Mozart, Debussy, Beethoven, and Chopin.

A Textual Analysis Of The Portrayal Of Parents In Young Adult Literature, Kathryn L. Reisetter Houck

Graduate Research Papers

This research examined the way in which parents are portrayed in young adult literature. Textual analysis was the methodology used to sort and code the 24 books that met the researcher's criteria, which were that books had to be published within the last decade and characters had to be from two-parent, intact families. By looking at the themes, the researcher attempted to interpret the information and draw inferences. The research yielded some surprising results as to how parents are portrayed. in the majority of young adult novels, parents are present at least to some degree. They are typically portrayed in …

Creating Chaos: Us' Policies In The Democratic Republic Of Congo, Kelly Shell

Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)

Since 1885, when the United States' government became the first to officially recognize King Leopold's claim to the Congo, the United States has continuously undermined the democratic attempts and economic prosperity of the Congolese population. Throughout the DRC's political history the United States has successfully used covert operations under the guise of the United Nations, clandestine CIA maneuvers, and/or the pretense of humanitarian relief to control American interests in the Great Lakes Region. Although other western nations have used their own means to advance their interests in the Congo, this paper will focus on the US' role in the Congo. …

Character Education Program : An Evaluation Description, Hou Chun Kuong

Graduate Research Papers

In today 's world, all children face great uncertainties in a complex and sometimes troubled society. These traits are not always readily apparent and easy to grasp or learn. Today, schools face the challenge of providing youth with the self-esteem, stamina, and support they need to survive, be successful, and develop into strong, competent, caring, and responsible citizens. To meet the challenge schools have either developed or adopted character education programs.

This paper focused on three elements common to most character education programs: (]) the school program must include parent and community outreach, planning and structure, school climate, curriculum, and …

Active Learning Techniques To Teach Spanish Vocabulary, Sara E. Janssen

Graduate Research Papers

The journal article, "Pictures, John Travolta moves, and Sign Language: Active Learning Techniques to Teach Spanish Vocabulary," discusses the experiences 8th grade Spanish students had while using three instructional practices for learning vocabulary. Active learning strategies are a popular method for educators, especially those at the middle level. Educators can get their students active in learning by doing many different things. Pictures, "silly signs," and sign language were used to engage my students in learning fourteen Spanish vocabulary words.

Three groups of Spanish exploratory classes were the subjects in this study. Each of the three groups received instruction using one …

Block Scheduling And Music Education: Building Time For Effective Education, Laura J. Horst

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Block scheduling is investigated in this study as a strategy of scheduling, specifically in the secondary vocal music program. There is a need to document the process of effective teaching in vocal music for extended teaching periods. Although there are certain agreed upon elements of successful music programs, much is unknown about teaching in the block format in vocal music. Nationally, music education programs are calling for an increased level of awareness in alternative scheduling, and therefore, teacher preparation programs have answered with various courses and integrated attempts to prepare preservice teachers as well as retrain experienced teachers to work …

From Realism To Minimalism And Back Again: A Comparison Of Anton Chekhov And Raymond Carver, Olga Olegovna Cherchesova

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

This thesis involves a comparison of two short story writers: Anton Chekhov and Raymond Carver. Anton Chekhov has been acknowledged as one of the most significant influences upon the American literature; in particular, he had a strong personal and professional influence on Raymond Carver. Examination of these authors' works traces the tradition of literary inheritance and the development of the short story genre itself in the twentieth century. This thesis explores the survival of Chekhovian narrative tradition in American postmodern short story as epitomized in the work of Raymond Carver.

Master’S Piano Recital, Lan-Yi Chen

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Lan-Yi Chen presented a graduate recital at 6 p.m. on April 17, 2003 in Davis Hall at the University of Northern Iowa School of Music. The recital was presented in partial fulfillment of the Master of Music Degree requirements in piano performance. The recital program consisted of pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, and Alberto Ginastera.

A Graduate Piano Recital, Jennifer Iverson

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

Jennifer Iverson, pianist, presented a graduate recital at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, April 18, 2003 in Davis Hall at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center on the University of Northern Iowa campus. The recital was given in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. The program included works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, Lili Boulanger, and Arnold Schonberg. The following paragraphs provide commentary on the programmed pieces.

A Question Of Sanity: Women And In/Sanity In Bessie Head’S A Question Of Power And Sylvia Plath’S The Bell Jar, Amanda Lynn Graeber

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The use of female mental illness in fiction has previously been characterized as a subversive act. Theorists such as Juliet Mitchell, Susan Gubar, and Sandra Gilbert have advocated the use of madness as a way of protesting patriarchal systems and language. Female madness in many cases has been viewed not only as a conscious choice, but as an option that is preferable to sanity. In their view, mental illness is an embodiment of a woman's rejection of the patriarchal order. I would suggest that mental illness is actually about powerlessness. The madwoman is placed in a space outside of normal …

Memorization Of Piano Music: Instrumental Sub-Context Alteration Within The Same Room Among Community College Students, William Wayne Backlin

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to determine if one change within a context would affect the memorization of a piano composition. Thirty-two subjects were randomly selected from a Midwestern community college piano department (N = 67). Subjects were 18-, 19-, 20- and 21-year-old adult piano students who were asked to memorize a 16 measure original piano composition written by the investigator. The initial memorization occurred in one piano studio upon a Steinway and Sons grand piano (Sub-context A) or upon a Kawai studio piano (Sub-context B). After the retention interval, subjects were asked to perform the memorized piano selection. …

Ballast Quarterly Review, V18n1, Autumn 2002, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Music At Northern Iowa, V21, Fall 2002, University Of Northern Iowa. School Of Music.

Rhythms: Music at the University of Northern Iowa

Contents:

Greetings from the Director
-- SRO for Jazz Band I's West Coast trip
-- Conducting professor published
-- New Jazz Band I CD
-- Promising Young Artists of the 21st Century
-- St. Petersburg exchange programs continue
-- Glee Club tours Europe
-- Scholarship Benefit Concert
-- Student Awards
-- New Faculty
-- Changes in the School of Music
-- A Very Good Year
-- Students First
-- Faculty Activities
-- Alumni News
-- Longtime professor retires from UNI
-- UNI says goodbye to director, mentor and friend
-- Emeritus Activities

The 29th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture: The "Dual Revolution" In Seventeenth-Century China: Materialization Of Social Taste And Commercialization Of Leisure And Literature In A Confucian State, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of History.

Carl L. Becker Memorial Lectures in History

Flier announcing a lecture presented September 25, 2002, by Chun-shu Chang, Professor of History, University of Michigan

Ballast Quarterly Review, V17n4, Summer 2002, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Ballast Quarterly Review, V17n3, Spring 2002, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Ballast Quarterly Review, V18n2, Winter 2002-03, Roy R. Behrens

Ballast Quarterly Review

A journal devoted to wit, the contents of which are intended to be insightful, amusing, or thought provoking.

Asian International Students' And Asian Americans' Counseling Characteristic Preferences And Impact Of Counselor Ethnicity, Robin L. Sandberg

Graduate Research Papers

The number of international students pursuing higher education in the United States continues to grow each year. While over 190 countries are represented, over half of the students are coming from Asian countries. According to a 2001 survey of international students studying in the United States, 55% of students come from Asian countries, with China, India, and Japan listed as the top three countries of origin. This paper will focus primarily on (1) the exploration of Asian international students' openness to United States counseling services offered on college campuses, (2) the counselor characteristic preferences of Asian international students, and ultimately …

The Rules, Lucy Ferriss

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Mérimée's "Carmen," The Short Story, And Image Structure, Allan H. Pasco

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The Placid Head Of The Nymph, Hope Coppinger

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Wherever You Are, Mary Jo Lobello Jerome

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