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Introspections From The Margins Of Race And Gender, Doris A. Flowers, Ming-Yeh Lee, Vanessa Sheared, Colleen Aalsburg Wiessner

Adult Education Research Conference

Race, as most social scientist would argue, is socially constructed, and from that premise there are those who would argue that since it is socially constructed, it isn’t real and therefore why do we even talk about it. However rather than going with that premise, we would argue that given that it is socially constructed, the fact that we are social beings and that we have been socialized to recognize the color of another’s skin, then it matters, and we need to talk about it.

All-American Apple Pie Or Chocolate Sundae: A Cyber-Environment For Adult Education, Mark Federman, Marilyn Laiken

Adult Education Research Conference

Conventional cyber-education environments do not actualize adult education principles. A design that implements Grace’s (1998) Theory of Adult Learning Community is demonstrated.

December 7, 2007 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

SWOSU Faculty Senate December 7, 2007 Approved Minutes

20071207: Multicultural Affairs, Dr. Betty Cleckley Files, 1974-2007, Multicultural Affairs

Guides to University Archives

These items include materials from the department of Intercultural Affairs (formally Multicultural Affairs) at Marshall University from 1974-2007. Items were received in 2007 and include notable materials from Dr. Betty Cleckley during some of her time as director. Please download the finding aid for a full list of contents.

The Challenges Of Educating The Adults Of The Middle East And North Africa, Sandra Ratcliff Daffron

Adult Education Research Conference

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a diverse region with 7.7% of the world's population and 4.3% of the world's GDP (Abed & Davoodi, 2003). The region has approximately 75% of the world's oil supply. In spite of the oil exports, the 21 Arab countries, Afghanistan, Iran, and 2 territories of the region have some of the highest rates of unemployment and poverty in the world. The region also has a significantly large and growing population of children under 14. Couple this with serious environmental issues and there are critical consequences for the future. To avoid these consequences, …

2007-12-06, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes of December 5, 2007 meeting.

Caught In The Low-Skills Training Trap, Jane Cruikhank

Adult Education Research Conference

With the 1998 signing of the Canada-Saskatchewan Labour Market Development Agreement, the federal government devolved EI training to the province. This roundtable session looks at the type of training being delivered and raises some issues that currently are being explored.

Senate Meeting, December 5, 2007, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Chapman Economic Forecast Sees Recession In 2008, Chapman University Media Relations

Chapman Press Releases 2003-2011

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting regarding plus/minus grading, oasis, dormitory renovations and legislation.

Keepers Of The Metaphorical Gate: The Role Of Journal Editors, Edward Taylor, Tom Nesbit, David Boud, Miriam Zukas, Mike Osborne, Mary Alfred, Paulette Issac Savage, Bob Hill, Peter Jarvis

Adult Education Research Conference

Academic journals are central to a discipline’s professionalism and are the principal means of communication. The purpose of this symposium is explore the nature academic journals, their purposes and what they reveal about the field from the perspective of nine editors whose primary mission is to cover the broad field of adult education.

Meeting Agenda, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Agenda for December 4, 2007 meeting.

Seconds, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Seconds newsletter.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

40 Years From Education As The Practice Of Freedom: New Perspectives On Paulo Freire From Latin America, Maria Luisa De Aguiar Amorim, Fleipe De J. Perez Cruz, Rolando Pinto Contreras, John D. Holst, Maria Alicia Vetter, Robert E. Bahruth

Adult Education Research Conference

The year 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the original publication in Portuguese of Paulo Freire’s first book, Education as the Practice of Freedom. In honor of this anniversary, this symposium brings together Latin American pedagogues to discuss the development and continued relevance of Freire’s work.

Is There An University Policy Or Board Of Regents Policy On Excused Absences, Particularly For Athletes In Sanctioned/Approved Events?, Lanell Van Landingham

Faculty Senate Index

No abstract provided.

Symposium: Critical Perspectives On Practitioner Research, Mary Hamilton, Yvon Appleby, Sondra Cuban, Alisa Belzer, Maria Kambouri

Adult Education Research Conference

This symposium explores the ambiguities and tensions involved in carrying out practitioner research within specific funding and institutional contexts. It argues that more explicit recognition of these challenges is needed to realize the potential of PR.

Should Teachers Become Leaders?, Shamsah R. Dhanani

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Activist-Students: Radical Adult Education From Community To Campus – And Back Again, Donna Chovanec, Lee Ellis, Natasha Goudar, Evelyn Hamdon, Zenobia Jamal, Colin Piquette

Adult Education Research Conference

A panel of activist-students, each in a different phase of their academic study of adult education, use their own experiences to examine critical questions about the relationship between theory and practice in radical adult education.

The Effect Of A Required Character Education And Class-Wide Peer Tutoring Program On 5th-Grade Students’ Reading And Writing Performance, Anthony P. Dancer

Student Work

The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of a required school year long Character Education and Class-Wide Peer Tutoring program (CE+CWPT) for students who scored at or below proficiency in one, two, or three of their reading fluency, reading comprehension, or writing assessments at the beginning of their 5th-grade school year. The study analyzed performance on criterion referenced tests, performance on norm-referenced tests, behavioral referrals, and attendance to determine what relationship, if any, exists between levels of achievement amongst students participating in a required CE+CWPT program. Following a year of program participation, 5th-grade students with one or …

Leadership-Influenced Practices That Impact Classroom Instruction Related To Writing: A Case Study Of A Successful Elementary School, Barb Johnson

Dissertations

This research studied the practices of educators at an ethnically diverse suburban elementary school which had demonstrated success in the area of student writing, even among at-risk students. The overall research goal was to examine to what extent and how leadership-related practices impacted classroom instruction in a manner that helped produce successful writing scores. A case study approach was used to explore four key leadership-related practices (supervision, curriculum, professional development, and knowledgeable leaders) and their impact on classroom literacy-based instructional strategies.

The study participants included two leaders and fourteen teachers from a single elementary school located in a metropolitan Michigan …

Developing Research And Scholarship At Aku-Ied: Possibilities And Challenges, Anjum Halai

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Preferred Coaching Behaviors Of Male And Female Basketball Players: Gender And Level Of Competition, Ryan Kettler

Graduate Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate similarities and differences in coaching preferences among male and female basketball players based on gender and level of competition. Participants were 20 male and female basketball programs (2 NCAA Division I Teams, 4 High School Teams, and 4 Middle School Teams). The ages of the players ranged between 12 -24 years of age, with males and females having a comparable age distribution. The instrument used to collect data was the revised Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) athlete preference version (Zhang & Jensen, 1997). The results of the statistical analyses using a two …

Learning: A Processural Outcome Of Human Activity, Chang Gook Youn, Ian Baptiste

Adult Education Research Conference

Via a critical appropriation of ideas from cultural historical activity theory (CHAT), this paper addresses three shortcomings in adult learning theories: insufficient guidance regarding how to systematically analyze learning that occurs in everyday life; 2) absence of mechanisms for overcoming subject-object dualism; and 3) insufficient analytic consideration for collective subjects.

Autobiography As Counter-Narrative: An Empirical Study Of How Race Enters And Structures The Stories Of Our Lives, Wendy B. Yanow

Adult Education Research Conference

Using Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a lens through which to examine learning autobiography, and counter-storytelling as a method of CRT, this study offers a view of the world from the perspective of adult students’ racialized experiences.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Faculty Senate Meeting, November 29, 2007, Marshall University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 83, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Archives Records

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

An Exploration Of How The Confucian Notion Of Scholar-Official Has Impacted Chinese People’S View On Careers, Jie Xiong

Adult Education Research Conference

This paper reveals that scholar-official has impacted Chinese people’s view on careers by the imperial examination system for a long history. Tensions between higher education expansion and college student employment, the meaning of scholar-official and the imperial examinations, and the implication for developing tertiary vocational education in China are discussed.

Meeting Minutes, Wku Student Government Association

Student Government Association

Meeting to discuss holiday dinner, Colby Holt, finals week oasis and legislation.