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A Review of The Song Poet
Get PDFThe Song Poet is a collection of Kwv txhiaj (Hmong songs) by Kao Kalia Yang and her father Bee Yang. The songs were the senior Yang’s way of honoring Hmong traditions and history. The collection symbolized his careful selection of language to communicate softly with family, even during the war. His nurturing words accompanied his family’s survival through those difficult moments. However, at one point in his life, the songs refused to unfold, disrupting the happy chapters. To honor her father’s legacy, Kao Kalia Yang completed his songs in The Song Poet. The album begins with a note on Bee Yang’s life story with multiple identities in Laos (his homeland), Thailand, and America. To beautifully raise his seven children amid adversity, he utilized his gift of oral language to mold adversity into beauty obfuscating the boundary between reality and fantasy. His Hmong songs shielded his children against life’s unfortunate moments and protected them against trauma. In this memoir, the four perspectives are interwoven into coherent song tracks
High Tunnel Broccoli Cultivar Evaluations
Get PDFBroccoli is a potentially profitable crop for high tunnel production. Updated information on yield and quality of new cultivars is important for producers making planting decisions. This evaluation of 11 cultivars was conducted within a high tunnel in Fall 2023
Towards a Posthumanist Sociomaterial Conceptualization of Intercultural Rhetoric
Get PDFIntercultural rhetoric has a human-centered view of culture and considers humans’ ethnicities, beliefs, and social practices as crucial components of rhetorical traditions. Conceptualizing a posthumanist sociomaterial approach to intercultural rhetoric, this article suggests that writing across cultures can be viewed as rhetorical transition between two sociomaterial networks with non-human, as well as human, factors. It explains that posthuman intercultural rhetoric can turn into a field where researchers study political, economic, and administrative networks in which texts are funded, constructed, regulated, disseminated, sold, bought, and cited. This area of writing studies would be interested in how rhetoric is constructed and used as a power differential in historical, political, and economic interactions and conflicts. This perception of intercultural rhetoric has important pedagogical implications. Through this lens, educators can see that the genres that their students are often asked to engage with have been constructed to help the administration of a hegemonic political and economic system and that mastering dominant rhetorical practices often has little to do with student success or empowerment
Integration of Advanced Qualification Program into Aviation Education
Get PDFThe Federal Aviation Administration places aviation safety as a top priority, continuously striving to improve safety standards within the National Airspace System. In 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration introduced the Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) as an alternative methodology for pilot training and evaluation. This study explores the impact of AQP-centered aviation education on student performance, particularly in the context of learning advanced jet transport systems. The AQP model, based on aligning training with operational aviation requirements, emphasizes cognitive skill training and evaluation. Theoretical foundations underpinning this study include Karp’s integrated aviation learning model, which seamlessly integrates various instructional approaches, fostering comprehensive knowledge and proficiency. The research employs one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to compare student performance in AQP-centered, traditional classroom, and blended aviation education. Results reveal that AQP-centered education consistently produces the highest student performance. The study’s findings emphasize the potential benefits of integrating the AQP into aviation higher education programs. Future research should expand these investigations to encompass diverse aviation degree programs and student perceptions, fostering the continuous enhancement of aviation education and safety standards
“My Dog Needs a Job”: Identifying the Motivations of Therapy Animal Volunteers
Get PDFVolunteers provide billions of hours in free labor annually and are essential for the success of many organizations. Understanding who volunteers as well as the motivating factors that attract and retain volunteers is critical. This study explored the motivations of therapy animal volunteers (TAVs) identifying commonality with general volunteerism as well as unique motivators. Respondents were 748 TAVs with Pet Partners who completed an online survey. The Volunteer Functions Inventory (VFI) was used to allow comparisons to prior research. Supplemental items specific to animal handler motivation were added to the 30 VFI items. Additionally, participants responded to an open-ended question regarding their motivations to volunteer. In agreement with the published research, the strongest motivators on the original VFI scale were Values, Enhancement, and Understanding. Supplemental items specific to one’s pet were rated higher than any of the six VFI functions. Responses to the open-ended question were coded into the six VFI functions but also revealed unique motivations related to the volunteer’s animal. “Pet Benefits Others” was cited most frequently and “Opportunity to Work with Pet” was the third strongest open-ended theme after Values. Like other volunteers, TAVs are strongly motivated by Values; however, additional motivators regarding unique attributes or relationships with one’s animal are also strong or stronger. Some gender and age differences were observed in VFI ratings and rankings, providing confirmation of the published literature. Respondents were mostly female, White, older, and highly educated, agreeing with the demographics of mainstream volunteers and animal handlers