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An Empathetic Approach to Physical Education Teacher Education
Get PDFBased on the theory that a more student-centered approach in physical education classes might encourage more students to engage in lifelong physical activity and, thereby, lead a healthier life, this study was undertaken to determine the effect of a semester-long empathy-focused educational intervention on empathy levels in 59 college-level students studying in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) Programs at three East-coast universities. ANCOVA results revealed statistically significant findings in Higher Order empathy levels in the experimental groups, and analysis of essays written for the study also suggested a change in experimental group subjects\u27 personal view of PE toward an empathetic approach
Reflections on Sudanese Languages of War and Peace
Get PDFThis pap er started as a casual reflection and was not especially scholarly in style, mainly following the 2009 Sudan Studies Association conference theme of war and peace.(1) It just sought to explore some linguistic concepts of war and peace in some Sudanese languages for which I had dictionaries at hand. I had no a priori views or hypotheses and was motivated mainly by my curiosity into Sudanese linguistics. As this survey has evolved, patterns emerged about these concepts that nudged me to look more at the context and etymology . The result is incomplete, but hopefully heuristic . A basic anthropological thought, known as the Whorf-Sapir hypothesis, suggests that if you do not have a word for something you can\u27t think of it, or conceptualize it or act upon up it. While this idealist philosophy should be criticized on some epistemological, historical and material grounds it is this topic that is explored in some of the very many languages of war, peace , mediation and conflict resolution in the much conflicted Sudan.(2
Program Development to Educate Nurses Regarding Pressure Ulcer Detection and Documentation
Get PDFPressure ulcers continue to be a major health care problem in terms of pain, quality of life, and loss of function for patients entering the acute care system. The ability of nursing professionals to identify, treat, and clearly document pressure ulcers present on admission (PO A) is a safety indicator distinguishing good_ hospitals from Centers of Excellence. Competence of the nurses at the point of entry is critical to perform an accurate skin assessment. Timely identification, objective measurement, treatment, and documentation of pressure ulcers require that nurses have adequate knowledge of this complex, multi-factorial condition. The purpose of this project was to increase Emergency Department nurses\u27 knowledge about pressure ulcer risks, staging, and wound description for documentation purposes. Benner\u27s (1986) research, based on the Dreyfus and Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition, was used as a framework to explore the impact of an educational program on nurses• knowledge levels to advance clinical practice and awareness of practice standards. Findings, recommendations, and implications for nursing practice are presented and discussed
Literacy Coaching
Get PDFExamines the experience of four elementary level classroom teachers and one coach as they engaged in a year-long literacy coaching program. Analysis of coach/teacher interactions highlights the role of reflective thought in teacher learning and positions reflective thought as a foundational premise of teacher learning. In addition, as a result of the discovery process inherent in the grounded theory design, finds that teachers\u27 goal setting influenced movement along a gradual release of responsibility (GRR) continuum of adult learning
Roundtable on teaching Work as an interdisciplinary first-year college seminar
Get PDFThis past year’s theme, “Work,” (2009-2010) asked students to interrogate the cultural construction of work from the early industrial revolution to our current economic moment, and to question how the new economy, as it develops, shapes the future conditions of work. Over the course of the year, we considered a number of overarching themes as we attempted to theorize “work” and its place in culture. For instance, we looked at terms we use to describe work (labor, career, job), personal and collective identities associated with work (unions; corporate culture; social and economic class positions; race, gender and ethnic identities), representations of work (photography, film, maps, music, literature), and theoretical interpretations of work (alienation from systems of production, gift economies)
Providence Spanish Origin Population -1980
No full textProvidence population of Spanish origin by Census Tracts, 1980 Spanish Origin Population: 9,071 (5.8% of Providence) Key: white - less than 100 horizontal lines - 100-500 hatched - 500-1,000 black - more than 1,000https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1081/thumbnail.jp
When Repetition Isn’t the Best Practice Strategy: Effects of Blocked and Random Practice Schedules
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of blocked and random practice schedules on the performance accuracy, speed, temporal evenness, and attitude of beginning band students in a group instructional setting. The research assumptions were based on the contextual interference hypothesis, which predicts that a blocked practice order (low contextual interference) leads to superior performance immediately following practice but that a random practice order (high contextual interference) supports superior performance at delayed retention testing. Beginning clarinet students (N = 41) completed three practice sessions and one retention testing session, performing three seven-pitch exercises. At the end of practice, no significant differences were found between blocked and random practice groups for accuracy, speed, or temporal evenness. At retention, the random group performed significantly faster than the blocked group, F(1, 38) = 24.953, p \u3c .001, η2 = .92, and the blocked group performed significantly slower than it did at the end of practice (p \u3c .001). No significant differences were found between groups for transfer tasks or for attitude toward practice
Effects of Practice Schedule on Wind Instrument Performance: A Preliminary Application of a Motor Learning Principle
Get PDFThe effects of three practice schedules on beginning instrumental achievement were explored. A total of 19 seventh-grade clarinet and saxophone students completed one 18-minute practice session using either a blocked schedule causing a low level of cognitive (contextual) interference, a hybrid schedule causing a moderate level of interference, or a serial schedule causing a high level of interference. No main effects were found at immediate acquisition testing or 24-hr delayed retention testing for technical accuracy, attitude toward practice, or musicality. A significant practice Condition × Trial interaction was found for musicality. The discussion examines the discrepancy between technical and musical achievement. Recommendations are given for future research applying motor learning principles to instrumental music contexts
Play Along with the Authors: Half-Life 2, BioShock, and Video Game Narrative
Get PDFApplies narrative analysis to two story-based video games, Half-Life 2 and BioShock, arguing that such games combine traditional narrative elements in innovative ways. Includes discussion of narratology, ludology, and game narrative theory
Map - Providence neighborhoods and highways
No full textMap depicting Providence neighborhoods, state and federal highways, major streets, and train trackshttps://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1034/thumbnail.jp