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The Other End Of The Kaleidoscope: Configuring Circles Of Teaching And Learning, Eudora Watson, Jennifer Mitchell, Victoria Levitt

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

To reflect on and participate in reconsideration of convention in academic discourse, this essay presents three voices in three genres.

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The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

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Now & Then (Volume 23, Issue 02, 2007), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 23, Issue 02, published in 2007. The theme of this issue is Wildness. This issue considers the idea of wildness in Appalachian life, nature, and imagination. Through stories of animals, landscapes, and unconventional personalities, contributors reflect on the unpredictable forces that shape both the natural world and human experience, from encounters with wolves, crows, bears, and elusive mountain creatures to memories of rebellious musicians, herbal traditions, and youthful mischief. Essays, fiction, and poetry together explore wildness as both a literal presence in the region's environment and a symbolic expression of independence, mystery, …

Reviews, Kabi Hartman, Caleb Corkery, Joel Kline, Terri Pullen Guezzar

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Reviews

Kabi Hartman. Writing With, Through and Beyond the Text: An Ecology of Language. (Rebecca Luce-Kapler, 2004)

Caleb Corkery. African American Literacies Unleashed: Vernacular English and the Composition Classroom. (Arnetha F. Ball and Ted Lardner, 2005)

Joel Kline . Race, Rhetoric, and Technology: Searching for Higher Ground. (Adam J. Banks, 2006)

Terri Pullen Guezzar. Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools? (Kathy Emery and Susan Ohanian, 2004)

Mixed Media September 22, 2006, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The September 22, 2006 issue includes articles on departmental isolation at RISD, a Balls winning streak, visiting artist Laurie Rosenwald, a profile of a ceramics student, a planned public art piece for Boston's South Station, and ethnic hair products, along with student creative work, event notices, and other announcements.

Reading At Risk, Mark Y. Herring

Dacus Library Faculty Publications

Reading may be in jeopardy as we advance along the information superhighway. Is literacy to be technology's first roadkill?

On February 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. The February 2006 issue is the publication's first issue and features essays on the theme of space. Essays are on a variety of topics within this theme, including commentaries on RISD and explorations of student work.

Muffin January 2006, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Muffin was a newsletter produced in the early aughts by RISD’s Queer Student Union as a student guide to queer culture. The January 2006 issue is the first since the February-March issue from 2004. It was revived by the Straight and Gay Alliance and features a "gay timeline," articles on freshman lesbians, female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary "Mark" Read, lesbians who look straight, why straight people are needed in RISD's Straight and Gay Alliance, a Jewish student's struggle to reconcile his homosexuality with his faith, and cheap and corny date ideas, along with a book review of "Women's Barracks" …

Jaepl, Vol. 12, Winter 2006-2007, Kristie S. Fleckenstein, Linda T. Calendrillo

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Essays

Lynn Z. Bloom and Carla Hill. High Stakes Gambling in the Master Class

High Stakes Gambling in the Master Class explores some of the unarticulated intangibles in a relationship between Master Teacher and Honors Student (who collaborated in writing this essay), calculated to produce a distinguished honors thesis, sometimes out of thin air, gambling, playing the hunches that will allow a gleam in the eye to metamorphose into gold on the page.

Judith Beth Cohen. The Missing Body—Yoga and Higher Education.

Using her own yoga practice as a basis, this author argues for more bodily involvement in learning …

Writing Aphrodite: Imagining A Rhetoric Of Desire For A Feminist Writing Course, Hildy Miller

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reaching back to the post-Jungian goddess feminism of decades past, this essay shows how the mythical figure Aphrodite can serve as an image for an alternative rhetoric of desire in a contemporary feminist writing class.

Mcluhan’S Warning, Frye’S Strategy, Emerson’S Dream, Rich Murphy

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

McLuhan's Warning, Frye's Strategy, Emerson's Dream argues the vital function of literary writing in the academy. The essay maps a road from the warnings of catastrophe by Marshall McLuhan to Emerson's dream of all American citizens being poets through the writing strategies of Northrop Frye. It is argued that what one learns through literary writing is especially important during the crises that are ongoing in the West.

Reviews, Mary Pettice, Kerrie R. H. Farkas, Edward Sullivan, Brad Lucas

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Reviews

Mary Pettice. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. (Ed. Anne Frances Wysocki, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc, 2004).

Kerrie R. H. Farkas. Writing at the End of the World . (Richard Miller, 2005).

Edward Sullivan. Field Notes on the Compassionate Life: A Search for the Soul of Kindness. (Marc Ian Barasch, 2005).

Brad Lucas. (Re)Writing Craft: Composition, Creative Writing, and the Future of English Studies. (Tim Mayers, 2005).

Connecting, Helen Walker, Darina Garcia, Ryan Skinnell, Lee Roecher, Louise Morgan

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Helen Walker. Connecting.

Danina Garcia —Message from a Student Writer.

Libby Falk Jones—Anger in the Teaching Life

Ryan Skinnell —Connections of a First-Year Teacher

Lee Roecher —Guiding the Passion.

Louise Morgan —Emails to Blow Off Steam

High Stakes Gambling In The Master Class, Lynn Z. Bloom, Carla Hill

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

High Stakes Gambling in the Master Class explores some of the unarticulated intangibles in a relationship between Master Teacher and Honors Student (who collaborated in writing this essay), calculated to produce a distinguished honors thesis, sometimes out of thin air, gambling, playing the hunches that will allow a gleam in the eye to metamorphose into gold on the page.

Bodies In The Classroom: Integrating Physical Literacy, Carolina Mancuso

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This essay, based on research in Masters level classrooms for education students enrolled in a Graduate Literacy Program, addresses issues of mind-body-spirit teaching and learning..

“Lashing Out At ‘Intellectuals’”: Facing Fear On Both Sides Of The Desk, Stephanie Paterson

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

The author identifies stages in working through a personal attack in a student's composition. Turning toward conflict in a teacher researcher stance is a creative, self-renewing way to conduct the ongoing (often unexplored) intellectual-emotional work of writing teachers.

Uniting Creativity And Research: A Holistic Approach To Learning, Susan A. Schiller

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

The academy needs to move closer to a holistic form of education, one that values creativity and research equally.

Back Matter

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Front Matter

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Leaping into Uncertainty: Teaching and Learning beyond Logic and Reason

In 1846, Soren Kierkegaard set forth the limits of logical systems and objective truth, neither of which can shed light on the important questions of life. “In logical systems,” the nineteenth century Danish philosophy argues, “nothing may be incorporated that has a relationship to existence, that is not indifferent to existence” (141) because a logical system is purely speculative. Existence is an actuality, a doing. Logical systems cannot account for the necessary leap in life between almost doing something—thinking about doing something (and Kierkegaard’s example is taking the …

Now & Then (Volume 22, Issue 02, 2006), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 22, Issue 02, published in 2006. The theme of this issue is Celebrating Appalachian Institutions. This issue features the organizations, traditions, and individuals that have shaped Appalachian civic and cultural life. Articles examine a wide range of institutions, front he Crossnore School, the Southern Appalachian Labor School, and the Tennessee Valley Authority to the Appalachian League of minor league baseball, the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly, and the Barter Theatre, alongside reflections on figures such as author Wilma Dykeman and Senator Robert Byrd. Through Essays, poetry, and features on music, food, and community …

Now & Then (Volume 22, Issue 01, 2006), Center Of Excellence For Appalachian Studies And Services, East Tennessee State University

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine

Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine, Volume 22, Issue 01, published in 2006. The theme of this issue is Family Matters. This issue reflects on the many meanings of family in Appalachian life, from kinship and heritage to community ties that extend beyond blood. Through stories of multigenerational families, remembered neighbors, musicians, miners, and newcomers finding their place in mountain communities, contributors reflect on how identity and belonging are shaped by relationships, memory, and shared history. Essays and features, from tributes to figures like Janette Carter to reflections on land, tradition, and the Sago mining tragedy, highlight the enduring …

The Missing Body–Yoga And Higher Education, Judith Beth Cohen

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Using her own yoga practice as a basis, this author argues for more bodily involvement in learning and offers several exercises she has used to accomplish this.

Graduate Bulletin, 2006-2007 (2006), Minnesota State University Moorhead

Graduate Bulletins (Catalogs)

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Mixed Media November 30, 2005, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The November 30, 2005 issue includes articles on issues with Portfolio Cafe, whether the "RISD Bubble" still exists, an increased number of Asian students at RISD, future goals for the Illustration department, career advice from a recent RISD graduate, a faculty member's favorite things at the RISD Museum, and the Cable Car Cinema, along with the comics "Campfire Building" by Steve Weed, "My Experience with Health Services" by Melissa Meyer, "I Get These Great Ideas" by Melissa Meyer, "Damn Animation" by Ian Topple, student creative work, event notices, and other …

Fantasy Writing Theory And Practice, Kristi Hager

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Ua68/6/1 Cherry Hall Bulletin, Wku English

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the English Department. This issue highlights the Robert Penn Warren Centennial, Kentucky Writers Conference and Book Fest, faculty achievements and student activities.

Mixed Media March 30, 2005, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The March 30, 2005 issue includes articles on a dispute between South Korea and Japan over the island Dokdo/Takeshima, a faculty member's steamer trunk and experience traveling, RISD's approach to solar energy, the Korean War, all-nighters at RISD, a Mixed Media tour of the RISD President's house, The Silk Road Project residency at RISD, film reviews, and senior shows, along with the comic "Scorpio" by Andrew Kaiko, student creative work, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media January 30, 2005, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The January 30, 2005 issue includes articles on a class on the art of the music video, a student trip to Boston, a manifesto of "badism," a student's accident while swimming, a student accident while sledding, restaurant reviews, film reviews, and an inerview with comic writer and illustrator Dan Clowes, along with the comic "Scorpio" by Andrew Kaiko, student creative work, event notices, and other announcements.

Over State Lines: Somewhere Between, Melodie Past

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Caudill College of Humanities at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Melodie Past on January 20, 2005.

Integrating Writing Within The Foreign Language Classroom: Shifting Dynamics, Not The Task, Patricia Ann Evans

MA TESOL Collection

This classroom based research project considers the following questions: Why should my foreign language students write? From Pedagogy to Purpose; what happens when students use technology with their writing; what transitions take place with regard to the role as teacher when integrating writing into the Spanish language classroom? This project follows the shift from writing , disconnected activities to writing. How a student-centered writing process and technology support the shift away from the perception that good writing is voiceless and mechanical. It traces the shift from learning to write to writing to learn. The project studies the shift that occurs …