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Bob Williams Oral History
No full textBob Williams was a faculty member in the American University in Cairo’s English Language Institute (ELI) and then Department of Applied Linguistics in the 2000s and 2010s. He relates his experience as a singer-songwriter-guitarist in the 1960s and 1970s in Berlin and elsewhere, prior to pursuing graduate work in linguistics in the 1980s and 1990s. He outlines his early teaching career and explains how he joined AUC in 2003. Williams describes the English Language Institute’s structure, facilities, and directors, and discusses its Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) graduate program. He also covers the move after 2013 of the ELI’s undergraduate programs and faculty to the new Academy of Liberal Arts, and his initiative for the TESOL program and graduate faculty of ELI to merge with elements of AUC’s Arabic Language Institute into a new Department of Applied Linguistics. Williams speaks about developments during his time at AUC like the move to the new campus and the 2012 student strike over tuition. He addresses issues like decreasing foreign faculty numbers, diminishing faculty benefits, the influence of university finances in academic decisions, and offers a critique of AUC’s academic administration. His own research is mentioned, including study of endangered languages spoken by African refugees in Cairo, as well as his role in the Nile TESOL organization. Williams also tells of living in Maadi and how the neighborhood changed in his time there, and recounts his musical pursuits in Cairo
Letter, Bob Williams to James Franklin Buchanan, January 16, 1961
No full textIn this letter, dated February 16, 1961, Mississippi State University Alumni Association secretary Bob Williams writes to congratulate him on the honor bestowed upon him. The letter is written on Mississippi State University Alumni Association letterhead.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-james-franklin-buchanan/1436/thumbnail.jp
Bob Williams Book Launch: Using Power Well
No full textBob Williams is a former British Columbia cabinet minister who played a key role in establishing the Agricultural Land Reserve and Insurance Corporation of British Columbia during BC\u27s first NDP government in the 1970s. More recently, Williams was influential in building the Vancity Credit Union into the leading co-operative financial institution in Western Canada
Bob Williams
No full textRobert (Bob) Williams is pictured his senior year at Uintah High School. Bob was born to Roland and Hilda Williams on February 3, 1930. He married Beverly Fisher after school. He served in the Army in Germany. Bob was a prominent businessman in the Vernal area and was a civic leader of the community. He died April 18, 2013
Williams, Bob
No full textWilliams, posed in basketball uniform. (Verso: Activities. / Sports. / Basketball. / U.A. Team Players, 1949-50. / Williams, Bob [engr. instr.].)1. Basketball, 1949-50
Oral history interview with Bob Williams and Donald Fowler
No full textBob Williams and Donald Fowler attended Oklahoma A&M College (OAMC) in the 1940s. They discussed their involvement with OAMC sports working as trainers and recalled experiences as members of the football team. They also shared what life was like on campus in the 1940s as well as some of their favorite memories associated with OAMC.The O-STATE Stories Oral History collection is comprised of interviews which chronicle the rich history, heritage, and traditions of Oklahoma State University
Bob Dick: In the Pursuit of Change and Understanding
No full textAs Bob WILLIAMS interviews Bob DICK by email, he asks about important events and people in Bob DICK's life and the influence they have had. Bob DICK identifies people, challenge and participation as themes. From them he draws lessons about action research, his most used research methodology. Bob DICK identifies teachers, colleagues and mentors who have acted as role models for him and who have helped to increase his confidence in himself, his willingness to work at the boundaries of his knowledge, and his use of participative methods. He reports that it is when he is working at the margins of his skills and experience that his learning and productivity are often greatest. He comments on the reasons for his commitment to participative approaches to research. Together Bob WILLIAMS and Bob DICK discuss the direction of current action research and the role of the Internet. They reach two key conclusions about the important features of action research. One is that relationships are central to the action aspects of action research. Good relationships allow people to feel involved in the research and develop a sense of ownership. The other conclusion is that the research aspect of action research is driven by reflection and the key to reflection is exploring difference. Disagreements and disconfirming evidence most effectively point to emerging theory and deeper understanding. Other conclusions they reach are about the importance of the early stages of research, the need for flexibility and responsiveness to the research situation, and the desirability of treating action research as both science and performing art.
URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs040334
Bob Dick: In the Pursuit of Change and Understanding
No full textBob WILLIAMS befragt Bob DICK im Rahmen eines E-Mail-Interview nach wichtigen Ereignissen und Personen in dessen Leben und nach deren Einfluss auf seine persönliche und professionelle Entwicklung. DICK benennt Lehrer(innen), Kolleg(inn)en und Mentor(inn)en, die für ihn "Rollenmodelle" waren und ihm wesentlich dazu verhalfen, das Vertrauen in die eigene Person und Arbeit ebenso zu verbessern wie seine Bereitschaft, sich auch an die Grenzen seines Wissen zu begeben und in seinen Forschungen partizipative Methoden einzusetzen. Für Bob DICK sind Lernprozesse immer dann am ergiebigsten bzw. die Produktivität ist dann am höchsten, wenn er sich an die Ränder seiner Fertigkeiten und Erfahrungen begibt. In dem Interview gewährt er einen Einblick in die Gründe für seine Bindung an action research/partizipative Forschungsansätze. Bob WILLIAMS und Bob DICK diskutieren gemeinsam den aktuellen Stand von Action Research und die Rolle, die das Internet hierbei spielt. Sie kommen zu zwei zentralen Komponenten von action research: In den handlungsbezogenen Aspekten von action research ("action") kommt Beziehungen eine hervorgehobene Rolle zu – gute Beziehungen helfen, dass die an der Forschung beteiligten Personen sich dieser verpflichtet fühlen bzw. die Forschung als ihre eigene erkennen. Die zweite Komponente – der forschungsbezogene Anteil von action research ("research") – muss durch Reflexion geleitet sein, der Schlüssel zu Reflexion ist wiederum die Einsicht in Unterschiedlichkeit: Es sind gerade Nicht-Übereinstimmung und Nicht-Bestätigung, die die Theorieentwicklung und ein tieferes Verständnis voranbringen. Bedeutungsvoll seien des weiteren vor allem die frühen Phasen der Forschung, die Erfordernis, Forschungssituationen flexibel und verantwortlich zu begegnen und der gemeinsame Wunsch, action research zugleich als Wissenschaft und als Kunst anzuerkennen und zu betreiben.As Bob WILLIAMS interviews Bob DICK by email, he asks about important events and people in Bob DICK's life and the influence they have had. Bob DICK identifies people, challenge and participation as themes. From them he draws lessons about action research, his most used research methodology. Bob DICK identifies teachers, colleagues and mentors who have acted as role models for him and who have helped to increase his confidence in himself, his willingness to work at the boundaries of his knowledge, and his use of participative methods. He reports that it is when he is working at the margins of his skills and experience that his learning and productivity are often greatest. He comments on the reasons for his commitment to participative approaches to research. Together Bob WILLIAMS and Bob DICK discuss the direction of current action research and the role of the Internet. They reach two key conclusions about the important features of action research. One is that relationships are central to the action aspects of action research. Good relationships allow people to feel involved in the research and develop a sense of ownership. The other conclusion is that the research aspect of action research is driven by reflection and the key to reflection is exploring difference. Disagreements and disconfirming evidence most effectively point to emerging theory and deeper understanding. Other conclusions they reach are about the importance of the early stages of research, the need for flexibility and responsiveness to the research situation, and the desirability of treating action research as both science and performing art.Cuando Bob WILLIAMS entrevista a Bob DICK por correo electrónico, le pregunta acerca de los eventos importantes y de la gente que ha influido en su vida. Bob DICK identifica gente, retos y participación como temas. De ellos deriva lecciones acerca de la investigación acción, la metodología de investigación más utilizada por él. Bob DICK identifica los maestros, colegas y mentores que le han servido como modelos y lo han ayudado a elevar su confianza en si mismo, su voluntad para trabajar en los límites de su conocimiento y su uso de los métodos participativos. Dice que cuando está trabajando en el límite de sus habilidades y experiencia es cuando más aprende y más produce. Comenta acerca de las razones de su compromiso con los enfoques participativos en la investigación. Bob WILLIAMS y él discuten el curso de la investigación acción actual y el papel de Internet. Elaboran dos conclusiones claves acerca de las características importantes de la investigación acción. Una, que las relaciones son centrales a los rasgos de acción de la investigación acción. Las buenas relaciones permiten que la gente se sienta involucrada en la investigación y desarrollen un sentido de pertenencia. Otra, que el rasgo de investigación en la investigación acción es impulsado por la reflexión y que la clave de la reflexión es explorar la diferencia. Los desacuerdos y la evidencia no confirmatoria conducen más efectivamente a la emergencia de la teoría y a un entendimiento más profundo. Otras conclusiones son sobre la importancia de las primeras etapas de la investigación, la necesidad de flexibilidad y capacidad de respuesta a la situación de la investigación y lo atractivo de tratar a la investigación acción como ciencia y como arte
Bob Williams
No full textBob Williams is shown standing outside the Alumni Building.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/ua-photo-collection/5860/thumbnail.jp
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