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The Importance Of Parent-Teacher Communication And Collaboration And How To Enhance Them For Various Types Of Families, Madeleine O'Neil

Senior Honors Projects

An educator is defined as someone who provides instruction to others. What this definition does not include is how the role of a teacher or educator goes far beyond merely providing instructions and teaching others. In order to be effective, teachers must learn how to adequately communicate and collaborate with their students, other education professionals, and families. Especially in the education field, teachers must learn how to communicate and collaborate with each student’s family to help create positive, productive, and beneficial professional relationships.

Communication should be ongoing and should be carried out in a manner that works for both the …

Promoting The Healthy Development Of All Adolescents Through An Equity Lens: Continuing Education For Secondary-Level Educators, Isabella Simone

Senior Honors Projects

American schools, as an institution, have a mission to educate society’s youth in a way that is characterized by, and promotes, equity regarding educational access, opportunities, and outcomes. Doing so promises to support the individual growth and development of all students. Unfortunately, high school students face challenges regarding healthy development — academic, social, and identity-based — during the transition from childhood to adulthood. These challenges include navigating their identity development, achieving academic success, managing school and family demands, and planning for their futures. Barriers to the successful achievement of these challenges include risk factors associated with family relationships, financial standing, …

Means Of Menstruation, Hannah Eddleston

Senior Honors Projects

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Honest Sex Education Advocacy, Kyleigh Richard

Senior Honors Projects

It is imperative that children and teens receive honest and well researched information when they are being taught sex education, particularly so they learn to care about their sexual health and protect their own bodies.

In order to learn where there are gaps or insufficiencies in this sex education in the state of Rhode Island, twenty superintendents from public schools across the state were contacted by email and phone and asked to share their curriculum and resources. Of the eight that supplied their school curriculums, I found three points I felt were deficient in sex education: (1) human anatomy is …

Charter School Performance In Rhode Island, Lena Vye

Senior Honors Projects

In the last few decades, there has been considerable debate over whether or not charter schools are beneficial to the American education system. Charter schools are given government funding, but they have independence from the established educational system. Charter school supporters argue that increased autonomy and innovation in teaching, as well as competition between schools, improves the quality of education. Opponents of charter schools argue that charter schools are not more effective than public schools. However, the research is mixed: some studies suggest charter schools perform better, some suggest they perform similarly, and some suggest that they perform worse than …

Women In Science: A Course, Krystyna Krupinski

Senior Honors Projects

Ask any student to name five women who have made advancements in scientific fields and most likely they will not be able to name more than two. With a lack of courses highlighting women scientists’ achievements, this lack of knowledge is hardly surprising I am addressing this issue in my work. Through the researching of scientific advancements made by women, I have proposed a method to teach students about these scientists so names like Johnson, Franklin, and Curie become as commonplace as Einstein, Hawking, and Bohr. Frequently in science classes in middle schools and high schools, the focus is only …

Nasty People: An Illustrated Guide To Understanding Sex, Sophia Weaver

Senior Honors Projects

Sex made me and it probably made you too, but for many of us sex remains a mystery for our entire lives. I see sexual images every day, but I rarely hear it discussed openly or factually. This is problematic. If most people are having sex and most people have a lot of misinformation about it, STDs, unwanted pregnancies and even sexual assaults are much more likely. Research suggests that increased (and well developed) sex ed. can reduce all of the possible negative outcomes of sexual misinformation. My observations of everyday life and my research in academia have given me …

2016-05 Library Impact Statement For Edc 302 Jumpstart Seminar, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 302 JumpStart Seminar. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Susan Brand.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 662 Writing For Presentation, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 662 Writing for Presentation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Corinne McKamey.

2015-09 Library Impact Statement For Edc 429 Storytelling In A Global Society, Joanna Burkhardt

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 429 Storytelling in a Global Society. This course was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Susan Brand.

2015-09 Library Impact Statement For Edc 429 Storytelling In A Global Society, Joanna Burkhardt

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 429 Storytelling in a Global Society. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Joanna Burkhardt. Requesting faculty: Susan Brand.

2015-08 Library Impact Statement For Edc 302x Seminar For Jumpstart, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 302X Seminar for Jumpstart. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Susan Brand.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 684 The Analysis Of Data: A Hands-On Approach, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 684 The Analysis of Data: A Hands-On Approach. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Janet Johnson and Julie Horwitz.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 685 Survey Design, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 685 Survey Design. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Janet Johnson and Julie Coiro.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 682 Discourse Analysis In Education Research, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 682 Discourse Analysis in Education Research. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Gerri August.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 684 Analysis Of Data: A Hands-On Approach, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 684 Analysis of Data: a Hands-On Approach. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: JanetJohnson and Julie Horwitz.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 682 Discourse Analysis In Education Research, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 682 Discourse Analysis in Education Research. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Gerri August.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 685 Survey Design, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 685 Survey Design. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Janet Johnson and Julie Coiro.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 662 Writing For Presentation, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 662 Writing for presentation. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Corinne McKamey.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 661 Language And Thinking In Schools, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 661 Language and Thinking in Schools. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Pat Cordiero

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 670 Theory Construction, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 670 Theory Construction. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: C. David Brell.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 681 Culture And Discourse In Education, Mona Niedbala

Collection Development Reports and Documents

Library Impact Statement in response to new course proposal for EDC 681 Culture and Discourse in Education. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Gerri August.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 661 Language And Thinking In Schools, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 661 Language and Thinking in Schools. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Pat Cordiero.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 681 Culture And Discourse In Education, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course proposal for EDC 681 Culture and Discourse. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: Geri August.

2015-02 Library Impact Statement For Edc 670 Theory Construction, Mona Niedbala

Library Impact Statements

Library Impact Statement submitted in response to new course request for EDC 670 Theory Construction. This class was supported with no need for additional resources. Responding library faculty: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty: C. David Brell.

The “Green Eating” Project: A Pilot Intervention To Promote Sustainable And Healthy Eating In College Students, Kelleigh E. Eastman

Senior Honors Projects

The “Green Eating” Project: A Pilot Intervention to Promote Sustainable and Healthy Eating in College Students

Kelleigh Eastman

Sponsor: Geoffrey Greene, Nutrition and Dietetics

A topic of interest that is growing in the general population is the idea of being sustainable, or “green”, and there is a rising awareness in sustainable practices involving food and the environment. Some of the “green” eating behaviors identified through my research included eating a plant-based (i.e. vegetarian or semi-vegetarian) diet, eating locally grown foods, eating organically grown foods, and eating foods that are labeled fair-trade. Frequently, these “green” eating behaviors are healthful eating behaviors …

Digital Community Voices Committee Initial Agenda, Joseph A. Santiago, Dana F. Neugent

Digital Community Voices Committee

The overarching goal of this committee is to encourage dialogue around diversity education while encouraging a digital media literacy skillset. This committee will serve as a hub for different departments, associations, and individuals representing a wide spectrum of populations within the URI community and will serve to manage the program in a collegial manner. The Digital Community Voices Committee will utilize writing, the production of multimedia content, and educational digital media products (E-books, TV shorts, podcasts, DVDs, and streaming videos) that showcase diversity, inclusion and community of the URI community. The target audience for the program will be the URI …

Education & Awareness For The Uri Community For Lgbtiqq Issues Minutes 2-17-11, Joseph A. Santiago, Erin E. West

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

This document contains the minutes of Education & Awareness for the URI Community for LGBTIQQ Issues meeting on February, 17th 2011.

Education & Awareness For The Uri Community For Lgbtiqq Issues January 2011, Joseph A. Santiago, Riley Davis, Anne Marie Vaccaro, Karen De Bruin, Andrew Winters, Erin West

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

This document contains the minutes of Education & Awareness for the URI Community for LGBTIQQ Issues meeting on January 20, 2011.

Teaching English In The Dominican Republic, Cassandra Craig

Senior Honors Projects

As thousands of immigrants and refugees are entering the U.S., and our school systems, each year, English as a second language (ESL) classes are becoming more and more necessary. As a future ESL teacher, it is crucial that I am aware of the wide variety of school environments from which they are coming. My curiosity brought me to Altamira, Dominican Republic, where I was able to experience first hand the school environment of my potential future students. Altamira is a small town located a half hour outside of Santiago, Dominican Republic. There, I was fortunate to stay with an extremely …