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Can Protozoa Prove the Beginning of the World?
Get PDFProtozoa are magnificent creatures. They exhibit all of the functions intrinsic to living organisms: irritability, metabolism, growth and reproduction. Within these functions, there are numerous examples of mutations that occur in order for organisms to adapt to their given environments. Irritability is demonstrated in protozoa by their use of pseudopodia, flagella, or cilia for motility; it has been shown that such locomotors exhibit diversity while maintaining similar protein and chemical structures that appear to be a result of evolutionary processes. Metabolism in protozoa is similar to that of larger animals, but their diet is unique. They primarily feast upon bacteria, which have begun mutating to evade easy ingestion and digestion by protozoa, therefore increasing their survival rate and making it necessary for protozoa to adapt. Reproduction naturally follows growth in protozoa, and these processes are quite unique from larger life forms, leading scientists and evolutionists to hypothesize that the cenancestor that is pivotal in their case was a sexual being. Mutations that take place through sexual or asexual reproduction, when repeated over several generations, can eventually lead to a new species, which is the main doctrine in the theory of evolution. Creationist arguments that attempt to dissuade believers in theistic evolution rely heavily on the account in Genesis 1, but have no empirical evidence from the study of protozoa for their theory. On the other hand, numerous studies related to protozoa have been devoted to the proof of evolution. To summarize all of this, the study of protozoa, in its current state, may lead one to the reasonable conclusion that evolution was the process by which God formed the world
NOVICE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THEIR PREPAREDNESS TO TEACH STUDENTS EXPERIENCING TRAUMA: A MIXED METHODS STUDY
Get PDFThe purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore how graduates of traditional teacher preparation programs perceived their preparedness to teach students experiencing trauma stemming from adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). The study focused on the perceptions of novice teachers working in Title 1 schools across two school districts in Central Florida. The quantitative research portion of the study involved an online survey addressing the impact of teacher preparation program coursework and clinical experiences on the teachers’ perceptions of preparedness. Qualitative data was gathered from semi-structured interviews after the survey to give voice to the novice teachers’ perceptions of preparedness. Study findings yielded implications relevant to the critical need for the inclusion of SEL competencies and trauma-informed teaching practices in teacher preparation programs. A clear need exists for leadership and faculty in traditional teacher preparation programs to purposefully transform university coursework and clinical experiences and ensure program outcomes include aspects of trauma-informed care
BETTER STEWARDS, BETTER GIVERS: WHAT FINANCIAL BEHAVIORS RELATE TO GIVING BY CHRISTIANS IN CHURCHES, PARACHURCH MINISTRIES, AND THEIR ALMA MATER?
Get PDFThe subject of Christian stewardship including financial behavior continues to receive heightened attention due to low giving rates in the ecclesial community and within faith-based academia. The purpose of this correlation study was to examine associations between the most frequently exercised financial management behaviors and giving by Christian devotees. The study identified and explained degrees of relationships among selected financial behaviors of giving, by percentage and amount, by participants to churches, parachurch ministries, and alma maters. A new theory of giving behaviors was introduced to analyze relationships between the giving and financial behaviors of participants who identified as Christian and self-identified as givers. The results from the feasibility study on giving behavior subscales to churches and alma maters reveal high internal consistency. Twelve of the 30 formulated hypotheses were supported. The findings reveal that prudence in some individual financial behaviors and overall financial stewardship behavior are highly relational in a statistically significant fashion to giving a percentage and amount to churches with parachurch ministries. The findings also demonstrate a highly associative nature between selected financial behaviors and overall financial stewardship behavior with giving behavior to churches. Savings and investment financial behavior was most pronounced with giving behavior to alma maters
FAMILY FUEL: THE CHURCH PARTNERING WITH PARENTS IN THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
Get PDFAmerican culture is shifting responsibilities away from parents and onto professionals, such as teachers and coaches for the informing and developing of their children. Is this applicable in the church setting, where parents drop off their kids to let the children’s ministry pastors spiritually influence their child? Through the corroboration of theology and social science, it is seen that the impact of children’s pastors is incomparable to the spiritual and emotional influence that parents give to their children. With the enjoin of Deuteronomy 6, churches today are equipping families to become the church so that there is a reciprocated relationship of the church as the family and the family as the church
TEACHER DEVELOPMENT IN PROMISING SCHOOL TURNAROUND EFFORTS
Get PDFThe study was developed to examine the teacher development efforts utilized by leaders of lowperforming schools that had shown promising gains in student achievement. A researchercreated quantitative survey sent to school leaders in one state was utilized to analyze the perceived use and effectiveness of various teacher development efforts in supporting student achievement gains at their schools. Overall, the results showed school leaders focused heavily on teacher development to support their school turnaround efforts and that teacher development was effective in improving student achievement. Classroom walk-throughs were found to be an integral strategy in school turnaround and the results also indicated teacher collaboration and teacher coaching as positive strategies as well. Teacher evaluation was found to have no perceived value in teacher development and may have a negative impact
U.S. Navy Pilot Competence: An Exploratory Study of Flight Simulation Training Versus Actual Aircraft Training
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between US Navy T-45C flight simulation training time, actual aircraft training time, and intermediate and advanced jet pilot competence as measured by the Naval Standard Score (NSS). Examining the relationships between US Navy T-45C flight simulation time and actual aircraft flight time may provide further information on flight simulation training versus actual aircraft training to aviation authorities, flight instructors, the military aviation community, the commercial aviation community, and academia. The study was non-experimental, correlational, causal-comparative with an emphasis upon the establishment of mathematic and predictive relationships using archival data from the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) Training Information System’s (TIMS) database. CNATRA aircraft hours, flight simulation hours, and NSS scores of intermediate and advanced flight students from 2015 to 2017 were analyzed and compared. Actual aircraft time was found to be a significant predictor of NSS scores for both intermediate and advanced pilot trainees. Implications of the study include recommendations for future research and strategies to improve flight simulation in pilot training