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Using Art to Explore the English Language
No full textThis workshop seeks to explore the learned association between language and imagery and how it can be a means of empowerment for students looking to develop fluency in the English language classroom. The presenter will demonstrate several classroom activities that utilize the visual arts in English language learning
Being critical? Well, in my classroom...
No full textThis presentation will address the following questions: What is the role of criticism in the language classroom? What does it mean for teachers to be critical? For students? Are there limits to how critical one can be? How are those limits de- fined and by whom?
Soy esencialmente muy Boliviana, me identifico con su diver- sidad y el valor de mi pueblo. Pero además soy paceña, chucuta, come chuño, pico verde, enamorada del Illimani, criada con helado de canela, y Stronguista de corazón. He compartido con mis alumnos el idioma inglés por toda una vida, y espero tener otra más para seguir haciéndolo
Organizing for Women and Children: Advocating for the ‘Reach Every Mother and Child’ Campaign
Get PDFEvery day families are left without mothers and children. Not only does this affect the family but it can have ramifications on the community. There is a link between the wellbeing of moms and that of their children, yet we lose thousands of women to maternal complications each year. Moreover, each day, thousands of children die before reaching their fifth birthday. The most tragic part is that most of these deaths are preventable. While these deaths have been halved in the last 15 years, there is still a lot of work to be done. There have been several initiatives which focus on reducing the under-five and maternal mortality rate, including those of the United Nations: first the Millennium Development Goals and now the Sustainable Development Goals.
RESULTS, an organization that fights poverty, teamed up with a diverse group of 12 organizations with the purpose of addressing two of the worst aspects of impoverishment: global maternal and under-five deaths. With the launch of the ‘Reach Every Mother and Child’ campaign, the coalition added to an international movement to end child and maternal mortality. Although the campaign has done a good job of increasing issue awareness and getting support for the bill it created, its choice in policy does not truly address the key causes of maternal and child mortality, poverty. This capstone paper will introduce and analyze the campaign, RESULTS’ strategy, and my contributions to the campaign. As an Organizing and Advocacy Intern for RESULTS, my duties included increasing awareness and securing co-sponsorship for the bill proposed by the campaign. In my efforts to fulfill these responsibilities, I created several pieces of media, wrote letters to members of Congress and had an outreach event. After evaluating my contributions and RESULTS’ campaigning, I will share insights I gleaned from my experience
Are They Matching Up? An Analysis of Study Abroad Outcomes and the Vocational Needs of a Southern Appalachian Area
Get PDFWith an increased amount of people seeking higher education, it has become vital to connect education to career in American colleges and universities. To better understand the value of education abroad, international educators must make this connection clear. This research examines student outcomes from Maryville College’s (MC) study abroad programs and compares them with human resource needs, with special attention given to the local job market in the surrounding area. A case study approach was used to gather data from MC study abroad returnees, local HR professionals, and national sources to understand where student outcomes are or are not lining up with vocation-based competencies. Data was collected through surveys, interviews, and other resources in order to understand the knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) that MC returnees took from having studied abroad, as well as competencies desired by local and national employers. Significant themes were compared to determine where there is cross over. Overall, there are some similarities between employer and student KSAs. But in general, competencies that students gained differ from employer needs. However, with slight alterations, several student outcomes could be applied for vocational purposes. In short, there is an opportunity for MC students to use study abroad as a way to gain KSAs needed for career purposes. Four steps are suggested for MC to begin creating stronger connections between study abroad programming and career preparation
A Personalized Approach to International Student Orientation at Saginaw Valley State University
Get PDFThe design for an International Student Orientation outlined in this Course-Linked Capstone (CLC) has been created for use by the Office of International and Advanced Studies at Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) in Saginaw, Michigan. A need for a redesign of this program arose when the institution increased its international student intake by about 300 students in a year\u27s time. The new five-day program exists to prepare newly-arrived international students for the academic and cultural aspects of attending a higher education institution in the United States. It will also provide them with a taste of campus and student life that are largely included within the U.S. college experience. Following a needs assessment that was heavily based on student evaluations of past international orientation programs, one could easily see that the current international student orientation needed to be rebuilt to better personalize the orientation experience, while more effectively conveying essential information for the future success of each student at SVSU. The entirety of this design focuses around Kolb\u27s Experiential Learning Theory while incorporating aspects of nonwestern learning perspectives. Special attention is placed on the intentionality of each activity or event, and the logistics of the orientation are clearly outlined. A comprehensive assessment and evaluation process is included for the purpose of gathering feedback to ensure that future orientations remain relevant to the students for which they are designed to serve
First-Year Experience: International Students
Get PDFInternational students come from various backgrounds, academic ability, English fluency, and knowledge of American and academic culture. Through a series of student surveys and interviews with both students and international education professionals, this capstone attempts to meet the need that international students are expressing at Worcester State University (WSU). One way international educators can attempt to fill this gap is through building a First-Year Experience (FYE) program that is uniquely for international students. The FYE will start as a series of workshops called International Student & Scholar Workshop Series. The workshops will cover the areas students said they were lacking in support, which include finding on-campus jobs, applying for scholarships, getting social support, and having more resources to comfortably integrate into WSU’s community. The second component of the FYE is the Student Social Hour hosted by the International Programs Office. The social hours are important because international students expressed difficulty meeting other international and American students. Social hour sessions will be geared towards helping students improve their English skills, inviting different clubs and organizations on campus to come mingle with international students, and other related activities. This part of the program is designed to help bridge the gap international students feel when trying to make American friends and find a niche in Worcester State’s community. The foundation for a future First-Year Experience program will address the explicit needs of international students at WSU and utilize on-campus resources
Language as a Marker of Cultural Identity for TCKs
No full textThe presenter will make conference participants aware of the linguistic and cultural conflicts that Adult Third Culture Kids experience in educational systems. Together we will come to understand the self-identity conflicts experienced by ATCKs, the hybrid identification process of blended accent, and mode of pronunciation as an adaptive strategy
The Case for State-Led Trade Policies in Economic and Human Development
Get PDFThis paper aims to examine the difference in effectiveness on development of least developed countries (LDCs) such as Uganda that opposing trade positions have. Specifically, the paper will look at development state economic policies versus neoliberal policies in both regional and global trade to determine how they both effect development as defined by the Human Development Paradigm and the Neoliberal (Economic) Paradigm.
Research for this paper came from a practicum-based internship with Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute Uganda (SEATINI). The internship provided guidance for independent research and allowed for participant observation. Information was also gathered through interviews with various organizations and government ministries.
This paper found that development state-led economic policies in global trade benefit LDCs such as Uganda most as it prevents exploitation of their markets by developed economies and promotes inclusive growth rather than exacerbating wealth inequality. However, in regional trade free market policies work best as the East African region stands to gain as a whole. Currently, East Africa’s intra-regional trade is weak and everyone stands to benefit from increased trade. Furthermore, exploitation of markets will not occur due to countries being of similar economic size (excluding Egypt and South Africa) and limitations on productive capacity. To reach the full potential of these policies, however, will require strong capacity building in both negotiating and trading. This will require a return to the outstanding issues of the Doha Development Agenda in negotiations at the WTO. Ultimately, the paper finds the Africa rising narrative to be true if strong policy and good governance is attained
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species and their Consequences for Arctic Fox Populations of Western Iceland
Get PDFIsland arctic fox populations are considered to carry the future wellbeing of the global population. Iceland has an island population with two arctic fox eco-types: western/coastal and eastern/inland. The western fox population is protected by the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve; no such protection exists for the eastern fox population. Food sources in both regions differ from each other and vary from summer to winter, but reliable and ample winter time food sources are the most critical for fox population’s survival. A literature review on arctic foxes and their prey species in the face of climate change is important for understanding possible future scenarios for Iceland’s arctic fox populations. Bird species comprise over one-third of the western arctic fox’s diet in wintertime. Of these, the rock ptarmigan and guillemots (Brünnich’s and Common) alone make up over 50% of the bird species consumed. This narrative review aims first to synthesize studies on how these three avian species will likely react to climate change and second to analyze those reactions’ implications for the future wellbeing of the western Icelandic arctic fox. This study finds overall negative effects of climate change on the bird species and implied negative impacts on the western Icelandic arctic fox population, and thus suggests protection of both Icelandic arctic fox eco-types for the sustainability of the Icelandic population as a whole
Investigating effects of climate change on glaciers and proglacial landscapes in southeast Iceland: Fluvioglacial Behavior of Sólheimajökull and Seljavallajökull
Get PDFThe Seljavallajökull glacier, part of the Eyjafjallajökull glacier system, and Sólheimajökull, part of the Mýrdalsjökull glacier system, are two glaciers that extend into valleys in the southeast part of Iceland. Due to climate warming, both of these glaciers are part of a melting ice cap. They are located nearby to one another, and Sólheimajökull has been extensively studied for its outwash plain sedimentology, retreat history, pro-glacial geomorphology and has been steadily monitored by the Glaciological Society of Iceland. Seljavallajökull has also been monitored by this group, but it has not been studied for sediment profiles and landscape chronology as Sólheimajökull has. The goal of this paper is to synthesize information on fluvioglacial dynamics and glacial retreat in Iceland to better understand future outcomes of climate change in correlation with local sedimentology in glacial outwash zones. This will describe what kind of geomorphological outcomes and risks are possible in a presently warming global climate in glacial and volcanic environments. Using the wealth of data existing for Sólheimajökull as well as field observations at Seljavallajökull, this localized study will provide measured examples of patterns and behaviors of retreating glaciers, and will possibly provide evidence of the kind of sediment depositing and fluvial events that happen due to melting glacial ice. A hypothesis for sedimentary studies of these outwash zones is that their sediment profiles will have layered sediments, perhaps of similar types between the two glacial sites, with interruptions and differences based on local fluvioglacial events, volcanic history, and retreating sediment outwash. Since there has been more recent flooding at Sólheimajökull, there will be more disruption in sediment layers. Both glaciers are retreating, and this paper aims to thoroughly describe and catalog sediment outputs, glacial processes, and climate responses that occur in Iceland and at a larger scale in a warming climate