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The Challenge Within : Diversity Training In Teacher Education
Get PDF214 leaves. Advisor: Dr. Eunice M. MeridethThe Problem. Because the population of the United States continues to change, and schools must adjust to meet the challenge of educating a diverse body of students, Teacher Education Programs must look within to identify what
characteristics of difference are addressed and how they are addressed to prepare pre-service teachers.
Procedure. A survey was electronically emailed to 50 teacher education faculty from three Midwestern Institutions. Frequency counts and percentage data was used to analyze the faculty sample and the instructional strategies used to address characteristics of difference. A Chi Square Goodness of Fit Test was utilized to analyze what instructional methods were used for each the characteristics of difference. Qualitative analysis of data was utilized to clarify and add depth to the findings of the study.
Findings. The teacher education faculty who responded to the survey are addressing many characteristics of difference. The number of faculty from individual programs would also indicate that characteristics of difference are not limited to only one diversity course in those programs. The majority of the
Teacher Education Faculty when addressing characteristics of difference avoided
instructional strategies that were student-focused, but reported teacher-led, "tell
and talk" instructional strategies most often.
Recommendation. Additional research is needed to identify specific strategies and activities for each of the characteristics of difference. Encouraging faculty to be reflective about their own worldview and how this impacts the
classroom, to participate in professional development opportunities and to work as a team to establish what characteristics of difference are actually being addressed will increase diversity awareness and strengthen the teacher education program. Pre-service teachers should have more field experience that
includes exposure to and interaction with diverse populations. Change occurs when pre-service teachers have experiences with diversity and the opportunity to reflect about values, beliefs, and their own personal experiences with the characteristics of difference
"Characterizing reactivity of benzyl esters in sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles"
No full textPurpose: To study the effect of changing structure of benzyl esters on its reactivity in sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles. Methods: Ester molecules with benzyl moiety were either purchased or synthesized. Alkyl groups of the esters were increased incrementally from one to six carbons, also, the location of the ester bond was shifted from the first carbon attached to the benzene ring as in benzyl acetate to three and six carbons awary from the benzene ring as in 3-Phenylpropylacetate and 6-Phenylhexylacetate. Hydrolysis reaction rate constants fro each compound were determined in borate buffer at pH 9 and in surfactant solutions at 40 degrees C. HPLC was used to separate reactants and products. Results: As the number of carbon atoms in the alkyl chain has increased, rate constant in buffer decreased according to an increase in the alkyl chain starting from methyl and ending with hexyl. In micelles, rate constants also decreased as the surfactant concentration increased, this effect can be attributed to an increase in partitioning of the ester molecules into micelles. Conclusion: Date suggests that benzyl acetate, propionate, butyrate, 3-phenylpropyl acetate and pentanoate are located inside the palisade layer of the micelles where water is present. In regard to the orientation of the ester molecules, comparing benzyl butyrate and 3-phenypropyl acetate rate constants in micelles, data suggests that hydrocarbon chains of both molecules were facing the surface of the micelle.Drake University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry
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No full textGreen Flamingo Advertising is composed of the following students: Lisa Diesing, Brent Jensen, Diane Johansen, Rayn Midtlyng, Nicole Bisco, David Bancroft, Bridget Helder, Ashlee Davis, Colin Sommers, Kate Corman, Chris Byrne, Nikki Perkins, Lauren Albracht, Amanda McKillip, Shana Beaudoin, Morgan Farl, Lisa Kinnard, Scott Richey, Ashley Nichols, Heather Meyer, Ashley Sinclair, Kristy Meyer, Kirsten Noecker, Megan Owens, Sara Orr, Bill Castonzo, April Godlewski, Kristin Underwood, Katie Goerne, Rachel Hollander, Kristin Headrick, Tena Hartwig, Michelle McCarthy, Matt Kappmeyer, Katy Moen, Sean Tracy, Alex Wainberg, and Jill Clarke. Faculty advisor: Dorothy Pisarski, Assistant Professor of Advertising, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.This journalism class project (JMC145: Advertising Campaign Strategies) shows the presentation by students from Drake University competing in the National Student Advertising Competition. Students from college A.A.F. chapters competed in creating an advertising and marketing campaign for the contest sponsor, Postal Vault Systems, Inc. The students were challenged to create an integrated marketing campaign emphasizing a unique product
"Origins of the Recent Wars of Choice—and Their Impact on U.S. Global Markets"
Get PDFDr. Ismael Hossein-zadeh teaches economics at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.In the first part of this study I will examine the economic implications and consequences of the recent external military adventures for U.S. global markets. After showing that such military adventures cannot be justified on the grounds of broader national economic interests, I will then examine the powerful special interests that are dangerously vested in
the business of war and are, therefore, responsible for the tendency to permanent war and militarism.(This paper was presented at the annual symposium of the Center for Global Trade and Development, Chapman University, CA, April 6-8, 2006.
"Protection of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae from UV-C light"
No full textExcessive exposure to sunlight can be harmful as the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays cause DNA damage. If this damage is not repaired in human cells, cancer and/or cell death can result. With the incidence of skin cancer growing at an increasing rate, there has been much research directed at finding more effective ways to protect against damage from the sun's harmful UV radiation. A number of commercially available products ranging from sunscreens to fabrics claim to protect humans from sunlight. The effects of UV radiation on cells and the mechanisms cells use to repair UV-induced DNA damage are hightlly conserved between yeast and humans. Therefore, yeast is an excellent model organism for the study of UV-induced DNA damage and DNA repair. The BIO12: General and Pre-professional Biology course includes an inquiry-based laboratory. During the genetics block of this lab, students use the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae, common baker's yeast, to compare the abilities of substances to protect yeast cells against ultraviolet (UV) light. Each team of students designs and conducts an experiment, collects and analyzes data, and formally presents data in a poster format.Drake University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology
"Assessing and comparing physical environments for nursing home residents: Using new tools for greater research specificity"
Get PDFMichael J. Miller is an Assistant Professor of Social and Administrative Sciences in Pharmacy (Pharmacy Practice) in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. He can be contacted at [email protected]: We developed and tested theoretically derived procedures to observe physical environments experienced by nursing home residents at three nested levels: their rooms, the nursing unit, and the overall facility. Illustrating with selected descriptive results, in this article we discuss the development of the approach. Design and Methods: On the basis of published literature, existing instruments, and expert opinion about environmental elements that might affect quality of life, we developed separate observational checklists for the room and bath environment, unit environment, and facility environment. We trained 40 interviewers without specialized design experience to high interrater reliability with the room-level assessment. We used the three checklists to assess 1,988 resident room and bath environments, 131 nursing units, and 40 facilities in five states. From the data elements, we developed quantitative indices to describe the facilities according to environmentally relevant constructs such as function-enhancing features, life-enriching features, resident environmental controls, and personalization. Results: We reliably gathered data on a large number of environmental items at three environmental levels. Environments varied within and across facilities, and we noted many environmental deficits potentially relevant to resident quality of life. Implications: This research permits resident-specific data collection on physical environments and resident-level research using hierarchical analysis to examine the effects of specific environmental constellations. We describe practice and research implications for this approach.Copyright 2006 by The Gerontological Society of America.This study was funded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under a master contract to the University of Minnesota
"Assessing trauma patient risk using non-invasive indicators"
No full textNon-invasive indicators of a trauma patient's risk of cardiovascular collapse are needed. Exhaled alveolar air (end-tidal air) and skin surface are available non-invasively and have physiologic reasons to relate to trauma patient risk. We investigated the combined relationships between end-tidal PCO2 and systemic blood flow and skin PCO2 and base deficit (an indicator of systemic metabolic insult).Drake University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
"Sweat may impair skin carbon dioxide (PCO2) dependent discrimination in trauma patients"
No full textAssessing internal bleeding from trauma is difficult. Non-invasive discriminationrs between the physiologic changes of exercise (or excitement) and injury could be useful, especially at locations with limited access to definitive medical care. In previous studies, we observed skin PCO2 parralleling or converging toward end-tidal PCO2 during exercise and diverging during blood loss. Since temperature affects skin blood flow, we investigated the effects of running at different temperatures on skin PCO2.Drake University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology
"Issues with hypotensive stabilization following hemorrhage"
No full textWe are investigating pharmacologic interruption of angiotensin II production (enalaprilat) combined with either 7.8% hypertonic saline dextran (HSD) or a hemoglobin based oxygen carrier (HBOC, Oxyglobin) as methods to improve blook dlows with minimal IV fluid during intentional, severe post-hemorrhage hypotension.Drake University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Microbiology.
Funded by: Iowa Methodist Medical Center, IA Space Grant, Central Iowa Veterans Administration Health System, Eagles
"A Framework for agent-based computational economics in economic geography"
Get PDFFaculty Advisor: David Skidmore, Professor Department of Politics and International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences Drake University. Student editorial board for the Spring 2006 issue include: Teresa Abbey, Brittany Buchholz, Brett Myrick and Jeff Scheiber.Economic geography is the study of how economic agents organize themselves in the economy. The name suggests that economists
and geographers have been working together to build models. However, this is contrary to the fact. A dissonance has arisen between
economists and geographers in the last decade. The source of the problem is methodological differences. The difference are vast
enough where it is difficult to merge the methodology of economists with those of a geographer. However, recent advancement in
agent--based computational economics (ACE) allows us to build a framework that meets the needs of economists and geographers.
This paper develops an ACE framework where economists and geographers can collaborate.Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal is sponsored by the Department of Economics, Department of History, Department of Politics and International Relations, Department of Psychology, Department of Culture and Society, and the International Relations Program, all within the College of Arts and Sciences at Drake University