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No full textWe are grateful for the opportunity to work on Mapping Politics, the peer-reviewed political science journal of Memorial University. This volume has excellent scholarship that will be exposed to a wider audience than ever.This issue marks the 7th year of Mapping Politics. Over the years, the journal has constantly enjoyed quality original submissions. This year, contributions range from political philosophy, public administration, voting behaviour, and contentious politics
Using video learning tools to increase student confidence and satisfaction in clinical interviews: A program evaluation
Get PDFIntercultural Understanding in the IB Curriculum
Get PDFThe following critique discusses the International Baccalaureate’s (IB) “Language A: Language and Literature” course curriculum, specifically focusing on the complexity of developing intercultural understanding through student centered teaching practices that are both culturally balanced and conscientious. The discussion also focuses on the benefits of the “Language and Literature” course in terms of validating multiple cultural discourses; it also addresses the dangers of employing culturally utopian and culturally passive approaches into the teaching and planning of this course. Keywords: Intercultural Understanding, Cultural Discourse, International Baccalaureat
Technology Adoption at the University of Botswana
Get PDFTechnology adoption in the Botswana higher education system has been a priority for many years. The implementation of these technologies has been spurred on by the educational policies developed in the country post-Independence. These policies promote technology as a way for all Batswana to access education. Since independence in 1966, a technology adoption and diffusion system has been proposed and introduced. Prior to 1966, Botswana was a British colony and education generally was a low priority with only some people having access. During the colonial period the number of students in schools often vastly outnumbered the teachers. After independence and with the new policy priority of Education For All (Letshabo, 2000), Botswana was faced with the need to train teachers quickly to meet the new expected student/teacher ratio. In addition, the government attempted to develop an infrastructure nation-wide to facilitate technology adoption and diffusion in all education systems including the university. However, despite the policies and the attempts to develop infrastructure, adoption of e-learning technologies, especially at the University of Botswana, has been slow. Historical and contextual factors are, in part, to blame. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on these historical and contextual circumstances both during the colonial period and after independence
Starving Out the Enemy: Withholding food aid as a tactic of war in South Sudan
Get PDFSouth Sudan has been at the heart of a relentless civil war for more than 30 years, but its ongoing violence has recently reached a level of unprecedented severity. As armed insurgents continue to clash with the government’s military forces, thousands of civilians have lost their lives and millions remain displaced. Earlier this year, the country experienced a devastating and widespread famine that threatened to starve more than 100,000 people. Even now, as the country recovers, more than 5 million remain critically food insecure. Food shortages are to be expected in cases of prolonged war – however, the situation in South Sudan is considered to be “man-made”. This paper seeks to examine how access to food is obstructed during cases of protracted conflict and discusses the role of corruption in this process. This paper concludes that wealthy elites are strategically profiting from South Sudan’s ongoing violence, and are, therefore, reluctant to negotiate a peace that will cost them their affluence. Withholding food aid is a tactic of war used to sustain conflict and must be recognized as a potential warning sign for future genocidal attacks
Progression to postgrad: Memorial University of Newfoundland's twist on the longitudinal integrated clerkship experience
Get PDFPhysician Leadership Certificate: Leadership training for medical students at Memorial University of Newfoundland
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The Effects of Singer Head Position on Listener Preferences and Perceptions of Vocal Timbre
Get PDFSome vocal pedagogy textbooks encourage singers to keep the head level with the ground (e.g., McKinney, 1994; Miller, 2004). However, other vocal pedagogy texts and articles recommend singers employ a slightly lowered head position (Davids & LaTour, 2012) or a slightly elevated head position (e.g., Austin, 2013). The purpose of this study was to determine the effect, if any, of 3 extreme alterations in the head position (lowered, neutral, elevated) of a classical female singer on long-term average spectra (LTAS) data and listener (N = 30) preferences and perceptions of vocal timbre. A singer participant performed a portion of an aria 2 times in each of the 3 different focal point conditions that required her to adjust her head position. Listener participants compared 14 pairs of recordings and completed a questionnaire that asked them to select the amount of difference they perceived in vocal timbre between the two recordings in each set and to select the recording they most preferred.Primary results indicated that (a) when the singer performed in an elevated head position, LTAS relative mean signal amplitude increased, and when the singer performed in a lowered head position, LTAS relative mean signal amplitude decreased with individual harmonic amplitude differences ranging from 0.51-4.18 dB; (b) listeners most often heard “a little difference” when comparing recordings of the singer performing her aria in different head positions, but some listeners erroneously heard a difference in two sets that compared the same recording; (c) listeners most preferred the vocal timbre of the singer in the first performance of the neutral head position condition (neutral 1) followed by neutral 2 and lowered 2, elevated 2, lowered 1, and elevated 1; and (d) listener preferences appeared to follow LTAS relative mean signal amplitude as listeners preferred the recording with the midmost relative mean signal amplitude compared to those recordings with the highest and lowest relative mean signal amplitudes