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Trespassing And Transgressing: Opening The Door And Outing My Practice, Susan R. Adams Feb 2015

Trespassing And Transgressing: Opening The Door And Outing My Practice, Susan R. Adams

Susan Adams

Dr. Susan Adams' contribution to:Boster, D. & Valerio, M. (Eds.) What teaching means. Omaha, NE: Rogue Faculty Press, pp. 195-198.

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Ellsworth, Jeanne And Ames, Lynda J. (Eds.) (1998). Critical Perspectives On Project Head Start: Revisioning The Hope And Challenge. New York: State University Of New York Press, Teresa Eagle Jan 2015

Ellsworth, Jeanne And Ames, Lynda J. (Eds.) (1998). Critical Perspectives On Project Head Start: Revisioning The Hope And Challenge. New York: State University Of New York Press, Teresa Eagle

Teresa R. Eagle

With more than three decades of implementation of this popular War on Poverty effort, the editors of this critical collection readily admit that an extensive body of research and evaluation already exists regarding Project Head Start. However, Ellsworth and Ames also indicate that the majority of this research has tended to focus on outcomes, "most often measuring and charting quantifiable changes in children." (p. ix) This collection of writings, by contrast, takes a more qualitative approach to analyzing the strengths and failings of one of the most popular governmental efforts in recent history. Comprised of fourteen chapters, the book draws …

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Analyzing The Visual Discourse Of Charter Schools In The News, Abe Feuerstein Dec 2014

Analyzing The Visual Discourse Of Charter Schools In The News, Abe Feuerstein

Abe Feuerstein

This study examines a number of political cartoons focused on various aspects of charter school reform. These images illustrate the ways in which political cartoons are able to tap into dominant cultural beliefs in order to call attention to particular issues often from a critical perspective. The paper unpacks the meaning embedded in these cartoons through the use of tools borrowed from both the study of semiotics and the field of visual rhetoric. With regard to semiotics, the study focuses on identifying the signs and symbols embedded within the images. With respect to visual rhetoric, the study focuses on the …

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Resentment And Forgiveness In Higher Education, Michael Pritchard, Elaine Englehardt, K.D. Taylor Dec 2014

Resentment And Forgiveness In Higher Education, Michael Pritchard, Elaine Englehardt, K.D. Taylor

Michael Pritchard

No abstract available

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The Social Learning Agenda - Briefing Paper - For All Party Parliamentary Group For Children, Sam Frankel, John Fowler Dec 2014

The Social Learning Agenda - Briefing Paper - For All Party Parliamentary Group For Children, Sam Frankel, John Fowler

Sam Frankel

The Social Learning Agenda invites schools to invest in children as social learners through 5 key areas of attention, ethos, community, lead, speak and act. This briefing paper outlines the agenda and reflects briefly on some of its impact so far.

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A Place For Dialogue, Scott Kelley Dec 2014

A Place For Dialogue, Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

Pope Francis, through his recent encyclical on the environment and his upcoming remarks to the United Nations, offers Catholic higher education the opportunity to reflect on its mission. - See more at: http://www.accunet.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3800#sthash.95ltCmnu.dpuf

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Retrenchment In Higher Education: Public Perceptions And Marketing Implications, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, Jamie Waltz, Jordan Mcknight Dec 2014

Retrenchment In Higher Education: Public Perceptions And Marketing Implications, Oscar T. Mcknight, Ronald Paugh, Jamie Waltz, Jordan Mcknight

Oscar T McKnight Ph.D.

Many institutions in higher education are actively engaged in the retrenchment process in order to achieve financial stability. This research examined public perceptions of retrenchment by conducting a series of modified Delphi groups. Results suggest a public awareness and belief that retrenchment will not impact academic or experiential quality. Presented is REDUCE - a retrenchment strategy for university administrators and marketing professionals.

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