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2019 Celebration Of Scholarship, Creativity, And Engagement, Beth Heldebrandt, Todd Bruns, Seth Yeakel, Matthew Eifrid

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Scholarship, creativity, innovation, and the many forms of collaborative engagement that shape faculty life and student learning are central to the mission of Eastern Illinois University. For that reason, our faculty, department chairs, college deans, the Provost, and the entire campus community celebrate the achievements and outstanding contributions of our colleagues and students to their disciplines and professions every year. And, as the following pages illustrate, faculty engaged in continuing scholarly and creative activities that have provided outstanding mentoring experiences for our undergraduate and graduate students.

In addition to recognizing faculty performances, shows, publications, grants and other professional efforts, the …

Classroom Culture In The Social Studies Classroom: The Abilities Of Preservice Teachers, Sarah J. Kaka

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The purpose of this study was to explore how secondary students interpret the classroom culture that preservice social studies teachers create during their student teaching semester. This question was answered by examining results of a survey of secondary social studies students that allowed them to evaluate the classroom culture their social studies preservice teacher created. A Student Perception Survey was used for the study, which loaded four main indicators of classroom culture. Through descriptive statistical analysis of the survey results, this study found that secondary social studies students believed their preservice teachers were most adept at creating a student-centered classroom, …

The History Curriculum And Inculcation Of National Consciousness In History Students In Ghana, Charles Adabo Oppong

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

Abstract

National consciousness plays an important role in socio-economic and political developments in many nations. Mostly, national consciousness promotes national unity, sustainable development, peace, respect for diversity, patriotism, and others. Undoubtedly, most of the variables mentioned are acquired through the study of national history. This study stems from the motivation to find out whether the Ghanaian senior high school history curriculum addresses the canons identified as variables of national consciousness. The study, therefore, aimed at examining the content of the Ghanaian history syllabus, as a curriculum document, whether it inculcates national consciousness or otherwise. 125 Form Three history students in …

Analyzing Source Preferences In Student Writing When Integrating Diverse Texts, Lauren Covington

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This article examines the sources cited by sixth grade who had been exposed to multiple sources pertaining to a historical topic. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students exhibited a preference for specific types of sources when constructing and demonstrating knowledge about historic events, figures, or a specific time period. A total of 46 students participated in the study which extended over eight class periods of approximately 50 minutes each. During these class periods students constructed knowledge about historical figure, Rosa Parks, and the events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Students were presented with a variety of …

Embracing The Past: Transatlantic Slave Trade In Ghana And The Holocaust In Germany, Anitha Oforiwah Adu-Boahen, Justina Akansor

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The history of the transatlantic slave trade and the holocaust is a history of different cultures, which explains the diverse and growing efforts to remember these phenomena. This paper compared how the transatlantic slave trade and holocaust are embraced through memory culture, specifically looking at monuments available in Germany and Ghana to represent them, how they are taught in schools and whether they are being discussed. To do this various holocaust and slave trade sites were visited within Ghana and Germany to illicit how these monuments help people to learn about, and embrace these events. Interview guide and focus group …

Elementary Students Socially Construct Their Own Historically-Grounded Wordless Picture Books, Deborah Wooten, Jeremiah Clabough, Emily Blackstock

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

The C3 Framework by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) has placed an emphasis on elementary social studies teachers strengthening their students’ content-area literacy skills. One tool that can be paired with primary sources to accomplish this goal is wordless picture books. In this article, we discuss a one week project where a fourth grade teacher used primary sources and wordless picture books to explore the Fugitive Slave Act of the 19^th century. This one week project culminated in groups creating their own historically-grounded wordless picture book. The steps and resources needed to implement this one week …

Inquiry: Susan B. Anthony And Frederick Douglass, Janie Hubbard

The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies

This article describes an inquiry lesson, recommended for grades 4-6, which explores Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass’ 45 year relationship as allies, fighting for equal rights for African Americans and women during the 1800's. The lesson uses the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Notable Trade Book for Young People award winner, Friends for Freedom: The Story of Susan B. Anthony & Frederick Douglass. Highlighted in the story line are the abolitionist movement, U.S. Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Susan’s famous 1872 arrest for voting, and the 13^th, 15^th, and 19^th Amendments to the …

Forevereiu (Summer 2019), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association

ForeverEIU 2019

EIU Creates Path for Alumni Zookeepers; etc.

Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Lisa Allen

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Adjunct Faculty: Why and How We Should Help Them

Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Sandra Darkey

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Structural/Organizational Determinants of Variations in Women Attaining the Full Professorship at Research Universities

Research Panel: Variation In Women Attaining Full Professorships At Research Universities And Non-Tenured Faculty Systems In The Us And Abroad, Martin Finkelstein, Yiannis Floropoulos

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Employing Part-Time and Temporary Academic Staff: A Comparative Perspective

Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Karly Safar

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Panel: Organizing Outside The Law, Hailey Huget

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Circumventing the NLRB in Grad Organizing: Georgetown and Gage

Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Student Survey of Teaching

Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Panel: Peer-Based Faculty Evaluation V. Student Evaluation Of Teaching, Leah Akins, Laura Murphy

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Maintaining peer-based faculty evaluation: a case study involving student surveys of teaching

Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Beth Margolis

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Natasha Baker

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Panel: Legal Issues In Higher Education: Annual Review Of Court And Administrative Developments (Cle), Aaron Nisenson

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Research Panel: Faculty Compensation In Public Higher Education, Stephen Katsinas

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Examining the Employment Profile of Institutions Under the Mission-Driven Classification System and the Impact of Collective Bargaining

Panel: The Adjunct Faculty Experience: Is What We "Know" Correct?, Paul Yakoboski

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Adjunct faculty: Who they are and what is their experience?

Panel: Transformational Bargaining: How The Lecturers' Union At The University Of Michigan Built Sufficient Power To Dramatically Improve Member Compensation, Kirsten Herold, Ian Robinson

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.

Panel: Community Colleges, Collective Bargaining, And "Right To Work", Martin Balinsky

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Tallahassee Community College - Creating a New Chapter in a "Right to Work" State

Panel: Finding All Sides Of The Truth: Investigating And Handling Employee Discipline (Cle)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Just Cause Discipline for Social Networking in the New Gilded Age: Will the Law Look the Other Way? (William Herbert and Alicia McNally)

Panel: Finding All Sides Of The Truth: Investigating And Handling Employee Discipline (Cle)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Toward a Theory of "Just Cause" in Employee Discipline Cases (Roger Abrams & Dennis Nolan)

Panel: Finding All Sides Of The Truth: Investigating And Handling Employee Discipline (Cle)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Labor Case Scenario 3: Investigating and Handling Cases Involving Discipline

Panel: Finding All Sides Of The Truth: Investigating And Handling Employee Discipline (Cle)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Labor Case Scenario 2

Panel: Finding All Sides Of The Truth: Investigating And Handling Employee Discipline (Cle)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

Labor Case Scenario 1

Panel: Title Ix Revisited

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

SUNY Chancellor Comment on Title IX Proposed Regulations

Panel: Title Ix Revisited

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

CUNY Comment on DOE Regulations