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Examining the Impact of Climate Change Film as an Educational Tool
Get PDFPurpose: The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of film in communicating issues related to climate change. While previous studies demonstrate an immediate effect of a film post-screening, this study also considered if a film can inspire long-term effects, and if supplemental educational information plays a role on participant understanding.
Design/methodology/approach: Using surveys, we assessed undergraduate students’ climate change responses pre-, immediately-post, and 9-weeks post watching the climate change documentary The Human Element (Prod. Earth Vision Institute, 2018). In the 9-week interim before the final survey, half of the participants received weekly information on climate change via a custom website, while the other half served as a control. Nonparametric statistical tests were completed in SPSS to determine significant changes across all three surveys.
Findings: Friedman tests and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks tests demonstrate statistically significant self-reported impacts on climate change responses such as of motivation, concern, and understanding immediately post-screening. At 9-weeks, 3 × 2 Mixed ANOVAs demonstrate that the group that received the website reported statistically significantly higher understanding than those in the control group. However, the website has no statistically significant effect on other responses like motivation and concern.
Originality/value: These results highlight the important power of film’s visual appeals in framing climate change. We also show that there is a long term effect of film on participant understanding. The study also prompts questions about current models of climate change education, which emphasize objective understanding, often without viable support structures to help students’ concern and motivation to act
Bangor Revisited: Bishop Benjamin Hoadly and Enlightenment Ecclesiology
Get PDFAs a Whig and a latitudinarian, Bishop Benjamin Hoadly of Bangor (1676-1761) was a persistent critic of any and all things Tory. His sermon “The Nature of the Kingdom, or Church, of Christ,” preached before King George I in 1717, touched upon the political and theological controversies that followed in the wake of the Glorious Revolution. It also forwarded a radical ecclesiological schema: effectively arguing that the Church of England lacked real moral authority, he advocated for its subsumption under the state’s own auspices. An analysis of Hoadly’s sermon, as well as his conduct throughout the ensuing Bangorian controversy, will demonstrate that the Enlightenment extremism ascribed to him by some of his contemporaries was a not altogether unfair characterization of his thought
Some Personal Coloring. Examining the Falsehoods of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain at Gettysburg
Get PDFAn examination of the myths of the Battle of Gettysburg relating to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the 20th Maine on Little Round Top. Examines the roots of several misconceptions relating to the fighting on Little Round Top on July 2, 1863
“When This Cruel War Is Over”: The Blurring of the Confederate Battlefront and Homefront During the Civil War
Get PDFThe line dividing the Confederate battlefront and homefront was always extremely blurred, and this blurring, though initially a source of strength, contributed significantly to the South losing the Civil War. While fighting the war, the Confederacy faced a terrible handicap which the Union did not: the vast majority of the war\u27s battles happened on its own soil. At first, this situation galvanized Southerners. But as the war dragged on, concern for their families as well as the very real costs of war—Confederate soldiers were nearly three times as likely to die as Union soldiers—encouraged a total of around 103,000 Confederates to desert. And the Yankee waging of total war intensified the effects of the divisive Southern class structure and of the collapse of Confederate patriotism, compounding the dejection of the South. This paper explores Confederate psychological suffering at home—as told through letters, songs, memoirs, and Union military court records—in order to understand the demoralizing effects of total war and how they led to Union victory
Exposing Racism Part II: Individual Racism
Get PDFA discussion of conscious or unconscious attitudes and acts based on the belief in white superiority. Panelists include Gettysburg College alumni Tikvah Nadia Womach ’08 and Jessica Baltazar ’08.
Jessica is a mother of three. She graduated from Gettysburg in 2007 and from Columbia University School of Social Work in 2013. Jessica is currently a Clinician for a non-profit organization where providing therapy to unaccompanied minors. She has been working in this specific area for six years and passionate about aiding children.
Tikvah (Nadia) Womack is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and an Expressive Arts Therapist. She received her Masters of Arts from Lesley University (Cambridge, MA) in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy. She has concentrated on cultural competence, trauma, and experience include a wide variety of mental health settings. Tikvah currently works at Jewish Community Services in Baltimore, MD. Outside of work, Tikvah enjoys spending time with her family, engaging with her community, and dancing
Exposing Racisms Part IV: Cultural Racism
No full textThis is the last in a four-part series, Exposing Racisms, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Engagement at Gettysburg College. Catrish Griffin ’09 presents on Cultural Racism
Best Practices: Accessibility & Equity for E-learning Content
Get PDFWhen creating digital objects for use in teaching, instructors have an opportunity to expand the usability of their materials by adding accessibility features. This session presents a broad definition of accessibility, explains why it is important for instructors to consider accessibility as they create digital teaching materials, and describes some strategies and best practices for adding accessibility to digital learning objects
Why Prison Dental Care Matters: Legal, Policy, and Practical Concerns
Get PDFEven when controlling for demographic characteristics, prisoners are far more likely than people in the general population to suffer from periodontal disease, to have unresolved oral health issues, to have decayed teeth, and/or to be missing teeth. Correlates of poor oral health, such as poor nutrition and smoking, are more prevalent among people of lower socioeconomic status, and this same population is at a higher risk than others for offending and incarceration. For some, prison is the only time in their adult lives when they will have seen a dentist. There are few free dental clinics in communities, regardless of economic climate, and there are almost none that serve adults. Dental care is expensive, and dental insurance is rarely provided to employees in lower income jobs. Therefore, many will enter correctional facilities having been financially precluded from seeking dental care even if they had wanted it. [excerpt
Black Female Artists Reclaiming Their Sexual Power
Get PDFThe emergence of hip hop in the 1980s and 90s is representative of the struggle that Black men and women face in modern society. As a result of a New York City housing crisis, crime, and poverty, hip hop arose as a coping mechanism, as many art forms do; hip hop provided a way for Black men to express their experiences and struggles. Hip hop has been used as a vehicle for self- expression, social views and political views among disadvantaged urban groups (White, 2013). However, it was and still is common for male hip hop artists to sexualize and demean women, specifically Black women, in their lyrics and portray them as sexual objects in their music videos. These concepts come from deeply rooted, Anglo patriarchal sentiments towards Black women, which has transformed into the treatment of Black women by Black men. The emergence of female hip hop artists has come with critique, as Black female artists work to portray themselves as agents of their own sexuality
