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New Education Facility Opens in Portland, Ore.
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A community-wide celebration marked the opening of Faubion School + Concordia University, a 3 to PhD® community. The new education model and facility in NE Portland prepares the next generation of educators inside a public pre-K-8 school, taking into account the needs of the whole child – from prenatal care through “pursuing one’s highest dreams.
Three Tips for Concise Writing
No full textI\u27m just wrapping up the first unit of my legal writing class. During this time every year, I introduce my students to the 4 C\u27s-four characteristics that should be present in every legal document.\u27 Yes, every legal document should be clear, correct, complete, and concise.
In our class, we emphasize these principles repeatedly. All legal writers should strive to attain the 4 C\u27s. To that end, this month I offer some tips for concision. After all, I don\u27t know anyone who isn\u27t a little too wordy in the first draft.
Let\u27s look at three tips to remove wordiness that I have not previously covered: using possessives, omitting redundancy, and removing ostentatious, abstruse, and infrequently used words. [excerpt
Extinction Breeds Innovation: A History of the Oregon Zoo
No full textThis thesis is a study of the history of the Oregon Zoo, hereafter, Zoo, from the early 1800s to today. It places a particular emphasis on questions related to animal welfare and historical trends in human/animal relationships. Two research questions emerged in the study. First, how did this zoo go from a collection of living oddities to a standard to which other facilities are compared? And secondly, while the Zoo is exemplary, what challenges still linger regarding animal welfare? This thesis attempts to address these questions. It does so by exploring the general history of human/animal relationships. Then it delves deeper into four main eras of the Oregon Zoo’s development over the last 150 years. The Zoo was officially founded in 1888 thanks to the collection of local pharmacist Richard B. Knight. Over the course of the next few decades, through both World Wars, the Great Depression, and other major national events, the Zoo had many challenges but managed to survive and grow, but with the help of the community, it developed into a notable institution recognized far beyond Oregon. Between 1960 and 1989 concern about animal welfare and environmentalism increased globally, and the Oregon Zoo began to investigate various paths of research to improve the exhibits and the animals’ level of care. It was during this time that the Zoo shifted its focus from animal survival towards recreation and education for visitors. This was also when Packy the Elephant, one of the biggest attractions until 2016, was born. The years 1990-2016 were marked by various scandals and concerns about the true level of the animals’ care, including many criticisms of the Zoo’s elephant care. Despite these scandals, since 2001 the Zoo has been working on many conservation, education, and sustainable practices to 4 enhance animals survival, mostly in their natural habitats. In the past few years, the Oregon Zoo has created state-of-the-art exhibits and work tirelessly towards improving not only their zoo but the world
Advent 1 Series B 2017
No full textThis PDF comments on the Propers for the First Sunday of Advent, Series B and offers ideas for proclamation and preaching
The Experiences of At-Risk African American Males in an Online Credit Recovery Program
No full textThe purpose of this phenomenological study was to capture the essence of experience as at-risk African American males engaged in online credit recovery coursework. In specific, the research questions reviewed what supports were needed and what strategies were employed by research participants in order to be successful in the alternative learning environment. The ultimate goal was course completion. The reader is afforded the opportunity to view these experiences through the lens of the microsystem and macrosystem. These systems were a part of Bronfenbrenner’s (1989) Ecological Systems Theory. Critical Race Theory (Delgado & Stefancic, 2012) and the Self-Regulatory Theory (Zimmerman, 1989) were interconnected in the dominant Ecological Systems Theory for the reader to understand how these systems influenced the behavior of at-risk African American males.
In depth one-on-one interviews were conducted as the primary method of data collection. The interpretative phenomenological approach during data analysis yielded findings that revealed supportive environments were prevalent in the home, classroom, and school settings. These supportive environments were catalyst, coupled with research participants’ intrinsic motivation, for self-developed strategies and self-regulatory habits to be employed. Moreover, results revealed the at-risk African Americans males were resilient and strived to overcome previous obstacles that were once barriers to achievement
A Phenomenological Study on the Experiences of Middle-Class Parents Facilitating Homework
No full textThis study explored middle-class parents’ descriptions of their experience of the emotional “essence” of the conflicts that arose between themselves and their children as parents facilitated the homework process. This study on homework experiences sought to gain a deeper understanding and meaning experienced firsthand from the middle-class parents’ point of view. The use of phenomenological methods allowed for the deep and thick description necessary to uncover the essence of the middle-class parental perspectives on the parent-child emotional experience embedded in the homework process. The identified themes included creation of a homework routine, emotions of resistance and stress, and parental role construction. The emergent constituents were: paradox of parental role construction, tiers of stress, and desire for family harmony during homework time. The study revealed the following ramifications resulting from the relationships between emergent themes and constituents: the intersections between paradox of parental role construction and desire for family harmony, desire for family harmony and creation of a homework routine, creation of a homework routine and paradox of parental role construction and, finally, desire for family harmony and tiers of stress. These intersections manifested in the following: stress, resistance, confusion, and family tension, respectively. The significance of this study rests in its extension of current research on the experience of homework facilitation among working-class families with elementary-aged children by focusing on learning at home in the middle-class. It identified stress during this period as tiered, that middle-class parents would like training on their role during homework, and that middle-class parents had a cathartic stress-relieving experience when they were given an opportunity to share their “homework” experiences
Encountering the American School System Through the Eyes of First- and Second- Generation Vietnamese Immigrant Parents
No full textAs the immigrant population increases in the United States, it is important for American administrators and teachers to form effective partnerships with immigrant parents. With these partnerships, schools can encourage greater direct parental involvement from immigrant parents. Active parental involvement positively correlates with academic success; however, active parental involvement is not seen as much in Asian parents compared to other ethnic groups. Current literature shows lack of direct parental involvement in Asian parents due to barriers such as cultural differences, language, education level of parents, absence of knowledge about American schools, and school-based barriers; however, little is known about Vietnamese immigrant parents. This ethnographic study sets out to understand more about the concerns and challenges of first- and second- generation Vietnamese immigrant parents through the use of interviews and questionnaires. The analysis of the data identifies language and cultural differences as primary barriers to greater direct parental involvement from Vietnamese immigrant parents. First- and second- generation Vietnamese parents had different worries and experiences with the American school system; however, both highly valued education. First- generation parents worried about the social and academic aspects such as how their children would understand and fit in with their new teachers and friends that speak a different language. Second generation parents worried that American schools were not academically challenging their children. Understanding these concerns of parents would help teachers and administrators create effective strategies to increase parental involvement with this cultural group
Differences in Leadership Styles Between Genders: Outcomes and Effectiveness on Team Success
No full textThe overall research problem addressed in this study is the gender role expectations of leaders and the undervaluation of women leaders. It is important for organizations and followers to understand that women can be as or more effective than men leaders. The purpose of this research was to examine the different leadership styles between men and women that promoted the success of a team, guided by Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT), which holds that that people develop gender role expectations of others behavior based on a sex-based division of labor. The foundation of this study was leadership theory that includes that trait, behavior, and power can explain who some leaders succeed and other leaders fail. The study used a quantitative ex post facto research design, with data, including demographic descriptive data. The MLQ revealed the leaders leadership style. The Team Excellence and Collaborative Team Leader Questionnaire measured efficiency and success of the leader in completing the research activity. An independent-samples t-test was conducted to determine if there was a difference between genders with respect to leadership styles. The results of the t-test showed a significant difference in the leadership styles based on gender. The female leadership style tends to be transformational and the male leadership style is most likely transactional. An ANOVA was also used to determine if there was a difference among three leadership styles with respect to team success. The results of the ANOVA were statistically significant and indicated greater team success when the leadership was either transactional or transformational, than authoritative. There was no difference in team success between transformational-led and transactional-led teams
Teacher Transformation Through Story and Experience: A Narrative Study of Peer Observation, Critical Inquiry, Collaboration, and Trust
No full textProfessional development has long been out of the hands of those for whom it matters most—the teachers. The history of professional development from the founding of common schools to the bloom of accountability with the enactment of national policy, has long left the teacher out of the discussion. In addition, what teachers need to experience to undergo change for their classrooms has also been left out of the conversation. This dissertation was an exploration of the history of professional development as well as why it matters that teachers have meaningful and transformational professional development that enables them to change. From an exploration of Mezirow’s transformational theory to Bandura’s theory of social change, this dissertation examined change and applied that to teacher learning through professional development models. Narratives have long been used as a vehicle for teachers to tell their stories and by interviewing teachers about their experience with peer observation as the model for transformational professional development, this dissertation asserted that through trusting relationships, teachers can change and grow
Bridging the Gap: A Phenomenological Study of Interpersonal Relationships to Foster Campus Community Among Nontraditional College Students
No full textThis purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate if the interpersonal relationships among nontraditional college students with each other, faculty, and staff play a role in fostering a sense of campus community at a private career and technical education junior college. Furthermore, the connection between a sense of campus community and students feeling a sense of belonging, increase their self-esteem, and achieving self-actualization as Maslow defined it was explored. In addition, the students reporting feeling a sense of community at a private career and technical education junior college and its relationship to motivating students to attend classes and complete their programs was examined. The participants of the study were nontraditional college students. The primary method of data collection was semi-structured interviews. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was used to analyze the data. The data revealed four themes 1) emotional safety; 2) inclusion and acceptance; 3) someone who cares; and 4) personal growth. Each of the themes related to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (1943), the framework on which this study is based. The findings of this study indicated interpersonal relationships do play a role in fostering a sense of campus community. In addition, a sense of campus community did increase students feeling a sense of belonging, increase their self-esteem, and encouraged them to work towards achieving self-actualization. Lastly, students reported feeling a sense of community did motivate them to attend classes and complete their programs