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Mary Magdalene on Film in Twenty-first Century: A Feminist Theological Critique
Get PDFSince the turn of the millennium, several films (and one popular TV series) featuring Mary Magdalene as a significant character, or even as the central character, have been produced. A few, specifically Son of God (2104), The Chosen (2017-), and Mary Magdalene (2019), gained a wide audience through some combination of theatrical release, television, and streaming services. Unlike earlier productions that unfailingly portrayed her conventionally as a penitent prostitute, these and other, less well-known films of recent decades have departed from this traditional Magdalene. This is no doubt due, among other things, to the influence of feminist theology and biblical studies, which since the 1980s, have definitively shown that there is no scriptural evidence that Mary Magdalene was either a prostitute, or in special need of repentance. Unfortunately, however, these productions tend to find another way to situate the Magdalene as abject relative to Jesus, and inevitably downplay the role of other women disciples in the Jesus movement. In addition, although most eschew the “penitent whore” stereotype, they tend to reiterate the “martyr/love story” narrative associated with prostitution in film
Healthcare Omaha, Ne
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This zine was a group project made in English 1150.
The full zine can be accessed in the additional files.https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/tellallthetruthspring2024/1006/thumbnail.jp
Experiences of Recent Nebraska STEM Teachers Who Have Left Teaching
Get PDFTeacher shortages in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields have long been a concern, yet contemporary challenges present a unique predicament. Despite historical recruitment successes, the persistence of this issue has led to temporary solutions that often fall short of addressing the root causes. Consequently, school districts resort to hiring individuals lacking proper certification or expertise, or relying on substitutes, to fill crucial STEM teaching positions. Student academic achievements can be impacted as effective STEM instruction demands not only a deep understanding of the subject matter content but also robust pedagogical practices. To shed light on the complexities surrounding teacher attrition in STEM education, this study employs a multiple-case study approach. Through coding semi-structured interviews, the experiences and perspectives of former STEM educators are examined, providing insights into the factors influencing their departure. By delineating these factors at the individual, local, and state levels, this research contributes to a nuanced understanding of STEM teacher attrition and offers implications for policy and practice
Latino Population in Nebraska: Main Characteristics
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Ethnic and Racial Identification of the Latino Population
Immigrant Ethnic and Racial identification of the Latino Population
Places of Birth of the Latino Populatio
Development of a Solution Concept Inventory for the High School Chemistry Classroom
Get PDFMany high school chemistry students struggle to learn the chemistry of solutions because they hold alternate conceptions—beliefs that differ from scientifically accepted ideas—related to the topics covered in a traditional solution unit. For this reason, high school chemistry teachers would benefit from the development of a Solution Concept Inventory (SCI)—a multiple-choice assessment that could be used in the high school classroom to identify student alternate conceptions on the concept of solutions. In this study, common solution-related alternate conceptions were identified, items for an SCI were developed, an analysis was performed to determine the quality of the items, and validity evidence based on test content was obtained. 14 items were developed for the SCI
Seeking Sanctuary: An Analysis of U Visa Policies in Omaha, Nebraska and Their Impact on Immigrant Communities
Get PDFSince 2000, immigrants have been eligible for U visa status if they are a victim of a particular crime and assist law enforcement in criminal investigations. However, challenges arise for numerous reasons with the I-918 Supplement B form, which must be signed by an agency certifier within law enforcement or an attorney’s office. This study examines the policies of six law enforcement agencies and attorney’s offices in the Omaha Metro Area through semi-structured interviews to understand their approach to U visas and the characteristics of successful applications. The study aims to uncover variations in agency procedures and understandings and the impact of certifying Form I-918 Supplement B has on immigrant populations in their jurisdictions. Analysis of qualitative and quantitative data collected elucidated the complexities of U visa certification processes and the reliance on the criminal justice system in certain immigration cases
Data Driven Instruction in Teaching Poetry Analysis to Advanced Placement Literature and Composition Seniors
Get PDFThe goal of the poetry unit was to enhance students’ written ability by analyzing a variety of poetic literature to answer advanced placements practice prompts. I used the following research-based instructional strategies: homework and practice, nonlinguistic representations, and cooperative learning. I used the following research-based assessment strategies: essay writing, Quizizz, exit ticket, and topic, evidence, and analysis responses. The standards that the unit addressed are: LA.12.RP.2 Analyze the development and interaction of literary elements such as characterization, setting, and plot, and how they contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole, LA.12.V.2 Interpret an author’s use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in grade-level literary and informational text and LA.12.V.2 Interpret an author’s use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in grade-level literary and informational text. The unit assessments prepared students for the advanced placement test. Overall, students demonstrated a deeper comprehension of poetry literary terms, as the average of accuracy increased from the pre-test, 75% to 87% in the post-test. Some limitations of the study include but are not limited to: Student attendance additionally, I was more lenient on the post-test Quizizz than the pre-test Quizizz
Capability Gaps in Allied Space Deterrence
Get PDFU.S. predominance in space power is undermined by two capability gaps: the transatlantic gap for interoperability and the authoritarian gap for defense against asymmetric threats
Exposure, Motivation, Context of Learning and L2 Spanish Rhotic Development
No full textThe Spanish sound system contains two rhotics: the alveolar tap [ɾ] and trill [r]. They are contrastive intervocalically, in complementary distribution in C._V context, and in free variation in V_.C contexts. Contrastingly, American English employs the voiced approximant [ɹ], which appears in word-initial, word-medial, and word-final positions. While American English does not use [r], it does employ [ɾ] as an allophone of /t/ and /d/. Due to the prominent differences in articulation between the American English and Spanish rhotic systems, L1English/L2Spanish learners (L1E/L2S) struggle to produce L2 Spanish rhotics.
Studies on L1E/L2S rhotic production demonstrate that [ɾ] is often produced more successfully than [r], with non-target-like productions attributed to L1 English influence. These studies also highlight that speaker experience plays an integral role in target-like production. This study addresses the role of experience, motivation, and context of learning in Spanish rhotic acquisition through a comparison of two L1E/L2S groups. The experimental group consists of six L1E/L2S enrolled in intermediate-level Spanish courses while also living in an on-campus, Spanish-themed language house, providing increased Spanish exposure. The control group consists of five L1E/L2S also enrolled in intermediate-level Spanish courses but not residing in the language house. After completing the LEAP-Q and a motivation questionnaire, participants were recorded at ten time points across an academic year producing a series of words containing a word-medial intervocalic (i.e., contrastive) rhotic, which were analyzed in Praat. Alveolar trills were analyzed for duration and number of occlusions, while alveolar taps were analyzed for duration and classified as approximate, perceptual, or true.
While the descriptive and inferential analysis of approximately 3000 tokens is nearing completion, preliminary general observations indicate that the control group exhibited minimal progress through the ten sessions, consistently showing evidence of English influence and the overgeneralization of [ɾ]. We predict that the experimental group will exhibit more target-like productions of the tap and trill over time and show faster improvement due to their increased exposure and a higher degree of motivation (as shown in questionnaire data). As such, a key takeaway from this work deals with the influence of (partial) domestic immersion settings
A Tale of Two Subjunctives: A diachronic and comparative analysis of the Future Subjunctive in Spanish and Portuguese
Get PDFThe future subjunctive is productive in Portuguese yet all but obsolete in Spanish, except for specific formulaic phrases (e.g., sea lo que fuere ‘anyway, regardless’). While theoretical and empirical treatments of the future subjunctive exist for each of Spanish ([1];[6]) and Portuguese ([2]; [5]; [7]; [8]) independently, to date there has been a dearth of comparative work that examines the future subjunctive across both languages.
Accordingly, this study investigates the trajectory of future subjunctive relative to its present subjunctive competitor in four clausal contexts (relative, conditional, temporal and other adverbial) proposed by Kania (2021) in both Spanish and Portuguese from the 15th to 18th centuries, to examine the diachronic divergence in this feature across these two Romance languages. All 29,110 attestations of future subjunctive in the aforementioned clausal contexts were collected from the Corpus Del Español and Corpus do Português ([3];[4]) and subsequently subjected to Chi-Squared testing in R.
Statistical findings revealed that the overall proportion of future subjunctive across clausal contexts varies significantly by language, with relative clauses evidencing the most future subjunctive in Spanish, whereas relative and conditional clauses more equally evidence the majority of future subjunctive usage in Portuguese (p
Overall, results suggest that the historical divergence in future subjunctive between Spanish and Portuguese was primarily conditioned by temporal clauses, with usage receding in the former language (being replaced with present subjunctive) and remaining vitalic in the latter. This finding corroborates Kania (2021), who proposed that a decline in future subjunctive in temporal clauses could be the catalyst for its overall demise, given the semantic and syntactic complexities ascribed to time (e.g. present vs. future subjunctive) ([1]). This study ultimately provides grounds for investigating the likely role of temporal clauses in the trajectory of future subjunctive in other Romance languages.
References
[1] Baranowski, E. (2008). Defining the Spanish future subjunctive. Hispania, 495-509
[2] Comrie, B., & Holmback, H. (1984). The future subjunctive in Portuguese: a problem in semantic theory. Lingua, 63(3-4), 213-253.
[3] Davies, M. (2021). Corpus del español. https://www.corpusdelespanol.org/hist-gen/
[4] Davies, M. (2021). Corpus do português. https://www.corpusdelespanol.org/hist-gen/
[5] Gravina, A. P., & Brizola, E. H. (2019). O estudo do futuro perifrástico e do futuro sintético com verbos hipotéticos no português brasileiro. Revista de Estudos da Linguagem, 27(3).
[6]Kania, S. (2021). The Use of the Future Subjunctive in Colonial Spanish Texts: Evidence of Vitality or Demise?. Languages, 6(4), 157.
[7] Vesterinen, R. (2017). The Portuguese future subjunctive: A dominion analysis. Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 15(1), 58-82.
[8] Wherritt, I. M. (1977). THE SUBJUNCTIVE IN BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE. The University of New Mexico