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Fishermen at Baìa das Gatas
No full textFishmen tend to a small craft at Baìa das Gatas, a bay on the eastern shore of São Vicente that is shielded by a natural barrier. Surrounding the bay are semi- permanent fishing camps.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/1078/thumbnail.jp
Porto Grande From Mindelo Bay
No full textPorto Grande is photographed from the Bay of Mindelo in 1981. São Vicente has virtually no natural water supply and for years it\u27s only major natural resource was the excellent harbor created by the Bay of Mindelo. Despite the lack of resources, the construction of a desalinization plant in the late 20th century helped make Mindelo one of the countries largest cities and the cultural center of Cape Verde.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/baxter_gallery/1249/thumbnail.jp
Skärholmen: Million Programme Housing
No full textMillion Programme style housing in Skärholmen, a suburban district of south-west Stockholm, was built in Sweden during the 1960s as part of a nation wide effort to create one million new homes in a decade. While the project did achieve the goal of over one million new homes, it has been criticized for it’s unappealing aesthetic of massive concrete buildings, high crime rates, and racial and social segregation. Million Programme housing typically have high concentrations of immigrant residents.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1897/thumbnail.jp
Eye on Ethics: Viewing Social Work Through an International Lens
No full textIt is vitally important for social workers to view ethical issues through a sharply focused international lens. What constitutes an ethical challenge for social workers in one nation may not loom large elsewhere or may be managed very differently because of profoundly unique cultural norms and contexts
The Infamous ‘One Percenters’: A Review of the Criminality, Subculture, and Structure of Modern Biker Gangs
Get PDFOwing to the difficulty of conducting empirical research within sophisticated and highly organized criminal enterprises, modern biker gangs have long remained an enigma within law enforcement and academic circles. Despite their secrecy, with an army of an estimated 20,000 members and an unknown number of associates willing to do their bidding, these organizations are responsible for drug trafficking in the streets and within prisons, violence, theft, prostitution rings, and other dangerous criminal behavior both domestically and abroad. In order to address the dearth of readily available information regarding modern biker gangs, this paper serves as a review of the current literature. Utilizing the available research, this paper synthesizes and describes the literature regarding the subculture and values of biker gangs that separates them from traditional motorcycle clubs, the structure and criminality of biker gangs, and profiles of four of the largest modern biker gangs (the Hells Angels, the Bandidos, the Outlaws, and the Mongols). Policy implications to better track these groups are also discussed. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings and implications for future research
Commencement Program 2012
Get PDFThis commencement program is for baccalaureate and advanced degrees.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/commencement_programs/1133/thumbnail.jp
Deep, Deep, Deep Inside We\u27re All Friends: A Qualitative Study of How Young Girls Engage, Develop, Maintain, and Assess Relationships With Peers
Get PDFThis qualitative study examines the manner in which second grade girls engage, develop, maintain, and assess relationships with peers. Grounded theory methodology was employed to collect and analyze data. The study makes three claims: the institutional structure of the school impacted the development of friendships between and among second grade girls, the behavior patterns and common characteristics shared by seven and eight year old girls during the development of friendships were deliberate, and seven and eight year old girls used their common interests to include and exclude members in their group. Discussion of the third claim explores parallels between the behaviors practiced by the second grade girls in non-threatening manners and those behaviors used by their adolescent counterparts during female bullying
Fall 2012
Get PDFThe 10th issue of the library newsletter (fall, 2012)
Inside this Issue:
Front Page
--Director\u27s statement by Hedi BenAicha
--Our Name in Lights!
Our Staff (p.2)
--Welcome Kieran Ayton, Assistant Professor/Emerging Technologies Librarian by Ellen Morais
In their Own Words (p. 3)
--Anthony Loffredio, Student Intern, URI GSLIS
--Ashlee Fuller, RIC Senior, Communications Major
Technology (p. 4-5)
--iPads @ Your Library by Kieran Ayton
--The E-Column: Streaming Media by Judith Stokes
--Increasing Affordability with Digital Textbooks by Brendan Ryan
--What\u27s New With E-Books? by Carla Weiss
Library Collections (p. 6-7)
--The Sky is the Limit: Implementing the SkyRiver cataloging module in Adams Library by Kresten Jespersen
--New Digital Initiatives: The Baxter Collection by Kresten Jespersen
--In the Archives: Mary Weber, Mary Davey and Women at RIC by Marlene Lopes
Library Events and Exhibits (p. 8-9)
--What\u27s Happening @ Adams... We\u27re Celebrating Diversity All Month Long! Margaret Burroughs Collection Svetlana N. Sidorkina Art Exhhibit at Adams Library Library Lecture Series: Emily Danforth on The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Debra Thomson Library Lecture Series: Andres Ramirez on MetroLingualism: A (Not So) New Vision for 21st Century World Class Education by Carla Weiss
Book Reviews (p. 10-11)
--Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty (by John M. Barry) Reviewd by Tony Carlino
--The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (by Michelle Alexander) Reviewed by Judith Stokes
--HHhH (by Laurent Binet, trans. by Sam Taylor) Reviewed by Robert Foreman
Back Page (12)
--Recycling Program Expanded by Debra Thomson
--Friends of Adams Library Annual Membership Drive by Debra Thomso
The Dialectics of Teacher Change within a Community of Practice
Get PDFTeacher change is at the heart of school reform. The research on teacher change has been primarily focused on teacher change from an individualistic perspective and has identified three possible paths of teacher change: beliefs precede change, change precedes beliefs, or change is nonlinear and recursive. This study looked at teacher change within a middle school during a time the school was undergoing a district-driven change in student grouping practices.
The study was conducted during the 2009-2010 school year and included ten teachers of science, social studies, and English in a grade 6-8 middle school. A qualitative study approach was used and data was collected from individual interviews, field notes and classroom observations. Wenger’s (1998) Community of Practice model was used as a framework that allowed the data collected to be viewed from both an individual and community perspective.
Two levels of data analysis were completed. The first data review was conducted to assist in answering the questions that were identified at the outset of the study. The second review extended analysis and examined the dialectics of teacher change. Qualitative analysis conducted found that participants were more positive the longer they experienced the change in grouping practices, participants felt that the change in grouping practices benefited struggling learners, and participants relied on each other to understand and effectively assimilate to the changes in practices demanded by the grouping change. The examination of teacher change during this study also found that teacher change was recursive and non-linear. Williams Middle School was also confirmed to meet the criteria of a Community of Practice (Wenger, 1998). Additionally, Williams Middle School, at the time of the study exhibited the characteristics of a Community of Innovation (Coakes and Smith, 2007). Finally, an adaptation of Wenger’s (1998) Community of Practice model is offered to provide a possible framework to apply the model to schools
Charleston: Pink House on Chalmers St
No full textBuilt at the turn of the 18th century, Charleston, South Carolina’s Pink House gets its name from the coral Bermuda stone that was used to build it. Bermuda stone is unique in that it is soft and malleable, but when exposed to outside weather, it hardens and strengthens.
This pre-revolution tavern stands three stores tall, each story consisting of a single, square, 13 by 13 foot room. The third floor’s ceilings slant inward due to the roof. It has undergone a few restorations, including an addition of a wing on the southeast corner, and an office/library on the third floor.
The Pink House remains the oldest standing tavern in the South. Since it’s construction, it has been owned by many people who used it as a tavern, a publishing business, and now an art gallery.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1788/thumbnail.jp