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Marietta Pennsylvania Historic District & The Susquehanna National Heritage Area Designation ArcGIS Story Map
Get PDFIn the spring semester 2019, Honors students enrolled in Professor Jean-Paul Benowitz’s course, Honors History 201 Elizabethtown History: Campus and Community, engaged in a Community Based Learning project, a collaboration between Elizabethtown College and RiverStewards, Inc., conducting research to contribute to the Susquehanna Heritage, Inc.’s nomination of the Susquehanna Riverlands as a National Heritage Area. A National Heritage Area designation will give the Susquehanna State Heritage Area access to federal funding and assistance from the National Park Service. The students conducted NHPA Section 106 Reviews of historically significant properties in the Marietta Historic District and the Chickies Historic District. The students published their findings online through an ArcGIS map. The students presented their findings at Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) at Elizabethtown College on Tuesday 16 April 2019 and at Marietta Day on Saturday 11 May 2019 in Marietta. One of the students in the class, Kyle C. Cappucci, expanded the project for Summer Scholarship, Creative Arts, and Research Projects (SCARP) in the summer of 2019. Cappucci broadened the Community Based Learning project to include Marietta Restoration Associates, Inc.; RiverStewards, Inc.; Rivertownes PA USA, Inc.; and Susquehanna Heritage, Inc. Cappucci expanded the scope of the map beyond historical significance to illustrate the contemporary significance of Marietta. Cappucci presented his scholarship to the Marietta Borough Council meeting on Tuesday 9 July 2019 and to the general public at the Marietta Community House on Wednesday 17 July 2019. His presentations entitled: “Putting Historic Marietta on The Map: This Place Matters!” illustrated how the scholarship by the Honors students at Elizabethtown College can bring positive attention to the Marietta Historic District, the Chickies Historic District, and the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail. To this end, Cappucci suggested the Marietta Restoration Associates, Inc. take the lead in launching a historic preservation awareness campaign created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, called “This Place Matters!
The Gap in Professional Development : What Types of Professional Development Opportunities are Available to Teachers on Technology Integration and Do these Opportunities Incorporate Best Practices on Teacher In-Service Training and Support?
Get PDFIn the 21st century, technology is consistently changing and has become ever-present in education. A teacher’s knowledge of technology is imperative to their pedagogy in order to encourage student-centered learning and provide meaningful and engaging experiences to the students. Technology knowledge on its own will not improve classroom learning. Preparation must be present so that the teachers can support student learning with technological enhancements. Many studies have shown that technology professional development opportunities for teachers are ill suited to produce adequate understanding that can assist teachers in becoming intelligent users of technology. With the rapid expansion of technology, teachers must be prepared to effectively integrate technology in the Early Childhood Education classroom to enhance their pedagogy. The current study examined the professional development practices in PK-12 districts related to classroom technology integration and included interviews with the technology personnel from three local districts in urban, rural, and suburban areas. Results indicated that the three districts recognize the importance of preparing teachers to integrate technology and they have made strides to close the gap in technology professional development
Composition primer: An educator’s guide to teaching foundational composition skills for music therapy
No full textThe purpose of this article is to outline foundational techniques and strategies that music therapy educators can use to teach students to compose music for clinical practice. The overarching goals are to highlight the importance of therapeutic design and rational, and the intentional use of musical form and function to address clinical goals and objectives. The techniques described can be implemented in the classroom, with the goal of supporting students to transfer these skills to fieldwork and internship experiences
Competency based assessment in dynamics
No full textThis paper examines the effectiveness and limitations of implementing a competency-based grading system in Engineering Dynamics. Rather than assessing the students on how well they performed the many skills studied (traditional grading system) students were assessed on how many skills they can do well (competency or mastery-based grading). To earn a passing grade in the competency-based grading system, students demonstrated proficiency on two foundational skills for dynamic analysis. Proficiency required solving a problem in a test environment, assessed as correct or containing only trivial errors. In our curriculum, prerequisites are met with a grade of C- or higher. To earn this grade, students must have further demonstrated competency in two additional skills, determined as required for continued advanced study in dynamics. Students could demonstrate proficiency on additional skills to earn higher grades. Each skill increased the final letter grade by 1/3 of a grade. Comparisons were made using the rate at which students demonstrated proficiency. Competency-based offerings of the course were compared to a similar group of students assessed with a more traditional grading system (2014 offering). In the competency-based courses, \u3e93% of the students demonstrated proficiency on the required skills, compared to 43% in the traditional offerings (Chi-Squared p\u3c0.01). Several aspects of course design can help foster the successful use of the competency-based system of assessment. A structure where the additional skills are not co-dependent for developing competency allows the course to have no more than two independent groups of students. A physical classroom environment conducive to managing parallel groups working on different sets of skills fosters effective use of class time. Students move at different rates, so the instructor must create frequent opportunities to demonstrate competencies
Religious experience, hindu pluralism, and hope: Anubhava in the tradition of sri ramakrishna
No full textThe pluralistic turn in modern Hindu thought corresponds with the rise of an emphasis on direct experience of divine realities in this tradition. Both pluralism and a focus on experience have precedents in premodern Hindu traditions, but have become especially prominent in modern Hinduism. The paradigmatic example in the modern period of a religious subject embarking upon a pluralistic quest for direct experience of ultimate reality as mediated through multiple religious traditions is the nineteenth century Bengali sage, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa (1836-1886), whose most famous disciple, Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) played a prominent role in the promotion of the idea of Hinduism as largely defined by a religious pluralism paired with an emphasis on direct experience. The focus in the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda on Brahman as a universal reality available, at least in principle, to being experienced by anyone, and interpreted using the categories of the experiencing subject′s religion or culture, gives rise to a corresponding pluralism: A move towards seeing many religions and philosophies as conducive to the experience of a shared ultimate reality. This paper will analyze the theme of experience in the thought of these two figures, and other figures who are representative of this broad trend in modern Hindu thought, as well as in conversation with recent academic philosophers and theorists of religious experience, John Hick and William Alston. It will also argue that aspects of Hinduism, such as pluralism and an emphasis on direct experience, that are often termed as ′Neo-Vedantic′ or ′Neo-Hindu′ are not simply modern constructs, as these terms seem to suggest, but are reflective of much older trends in Hindu thought that become central themes in the thought of key Hindu figures in the modern period. Finally, it shall be argued that a pluralistic approach to the diversity of religions, and of worldviews more generally, is to be commended as an approach more conducive to human survival than the current global proliferation of ethno-nationalisms
Contradictions, dilemmas, and actors in Brazil’s Abertura, 1979–1985
No full textPolitical parties in Brazil have been weak historically in performing the classic functions of interest aggregation and translating voter preferences into public policy. Brazil’s international credit flagged, and it was no longer possible after 1980 to stave off recession through foreign borrowing. During 1980 and into 1981, however, Joao Figueiredo’s initially strong popularity was challenged by less inhibited political activity, the death of imaginative Minister of Justice Petronio Portela, anti-abertura violence from the right, the restrictive effects of the foreign debt, and mounting economic recession. A constant sense of impending major shifts and growing complexity dampened the national spirit of self-confidence, raised the political stakes, soured the president’s mood, and accentuated the inherent problematical contradictions and dilemmas of abertura that plagued the rest of Figueiredo’s administration. Few expected major recriminations at the conclusion of abertura, but there was no certainty regarding what investigations and enforcement policies the next government might undertake, spurred by public opinion and a critical press
Un libro para mí/A Book for Me: Spanish/English Bilingual Literature in Early Childhood Education
No full textWith the increase of immigration in the United States, the Spanish speaking population is rapidly growing (Daly, 2018). According to the United States Census Bureau (2015), the Hispanic population of 55 million makes up 17% of the total population and is projected to grow to 119 million by 2060. Approximately 23.5% of the 55 million are elementary and high school students (United States Census Bureau, 2015). With this, there is a strong necessity to address both the needs of Spanish speaking students and preparing non-speaking Spanish students to effectively communicate in the real word
Diversity in Children\u27s Literature
Get PDFTeachers have the opportunity to make small, yet important decisions to incorporate materials and methods in their current classrooms to support students who are underrepresented, and to minimize the disconnect between the changing student population and the teacher population. While there are programs, websites, and statements about these materials, one of the easiest implementations for current teachers is through the books in classroom libraries. In 1990, Rudine Sims Bishop described books to be windows, mirrors, and sliding glass doors for young people. Children need to see themselves reflected in books like a mirror. On the other hand, children need books to act as windows into the world around them—to see experiences different than their own. Research shows the importance of the inclusion of books that represent different cultures and experiences in classroom libraries. Early Childhood Education major, Kendra Fix, uses this research to curate a list of quality children’s literature selections and publish podcasts outlining ways to incorporate the books in the classroom. The results of this research, and collection of children’s literature, are being implemented in an early childhood center in Elizabethtown, PA. The project provides a resource for educators to curate and implement diverse literature in their own classroom using research-based criteria
Just Google It: Keywords, Digital Marketing, and the Professional Writer
Get PDFA modern world is a digital one. People now search as much as they socialize on the Internet, and every day millions of people are asking Google questions. Subsequently, Google promptly provides myriads of answers. My year-long Honors in the Discipline research project analyzes a staple of the digital era: the Google search engine. My research combines my Data Analytics and Mathematics minors with my English-Professional Writing major to bridge the gaps between my humanities and mathematical interests. From its origin to its current state and all the cookies in between, I uncover the Google Search Engine and the power it has over the current technological climate. One seemingly simple algorithm has significantly changed the way the world retrieves and perceives information. SEO. Google Analytics. Keywords. Content. Social Media. Blogs. This modern terminology makes up most of the job descriptions professional writing students will encounter in their searches for post-graduation employment. Therefore, my project serves as an independent exploration into an emerging professional field. My research describes the Google Analytics certification process, Google’s PageRank algorithm, and hands-on exploration of the two through a fall internship experience. Thus, this research project serves as my exploration into this shifting industry. Through a combination of my linguistic and mathematical interests with my professional goals, I hope to creatively contribute to both the humanities and the sciences, while inspiring other students and professionals to do so as well
Society\u27s Changing Values: A Cultural Perspective on the Sexualizing of Male Villains and Antiheroes in Film and Television
Get PDFThis paper analyzes the relationship between recent cultural changes in Western society and the growing popularity of sexy anti-heroes and villains in film and television. The first section discusses the way society’s concepts of villainy have changed since the birth of film-making thanks to changing moral and religious values. I then use four characters: Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean, Loki from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Lucifer from the FOX and Netflix series Lucifer, and Damon Salvatore from The Vampire Diaries to explore how television and film industries use attractive actors and sexualize immoral behavior to make such characters attractive to audiences. Based on these analyses, I argue that the explosion of sexualized antiheroes in modern film and television is a product of our own human desires for freedom from the confines of social standards, which we can embrace more fully than ever before thanks to society’s growing secularity and detachment from traditional Puritan values