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- Caring for self for nursing leaders: Climbing to the mountain peak.
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- Brown, Cynthia J., Florida Atlantic University, Chase, Susan
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The nursing leader's challenging position in today's work environment may lead to an experience of stress, over-commitment, and overdoing. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the meaning of caring for self by registered nurse leaders who had participated in a caring for self project in a community hospital setting. This group of 10 nursing leaders had participated in a caring for self project and had experience in nursing ranging from 18 to 32 years. One year after...
Show moreThe nursing leader's challenging position in today's work environment may lead to an experience of stress, over-commitment, and overdoing. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to examine the meaning of caring for self by registered nurse leaders who had participated in a caring for self project in a community hospital setting. This group of 10 nursing leaders had participated in a caring for self project and had experience in nursing ranging from 18 to 32 years. One year after taking part in the caring for self project the 10 nursing leaders participated in individual taped interviews to explore the meaning of caring for self. Hermeneutic phenomenology (van Manen, 1990) was the method used for the interpretation of this research study. The depth of the lived experience of caring for self was described by each nursing leader. A metaphor of climbing a mountain to the peak of wisdom, being on the path and staying on the path regarding care of self, came from the words of the participants. In their words, the leaders communicate four common themes: Reflections on the Journey, Why Care for Self on the Journey, How to Care for Self on the Journey, and the Wisdom Learned Along the Path. Based on their reflections, recommendations include implementing creative ways to encourage care of self are for the hospital environment and educational methods to reinforce care of self for nurse leaders in the educational curriculum. A focus on care of self described by the leaders in this study may improve personal health, add to personal growth, assist in communication skills, allow for role modeling care of self to others, support setting priorities and boundaries, contribute to flexibility, and promote a work-life balance. These qualities would assist in creating a positive work environment and may influence the retention of nurses and contribute to recruiting new nursing leaders. Caring for self by nursing leaders is an important way for caring nursing theory to be brought to the practice setting. By role modeling a work-life balance nursing leaders bring the circle of caring out to others, beginning with care of self.
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- 2006
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12202
- Subject Headings
- Nursing--United States--Psychological aspects, Nurses--Conduct of life, Nursing--Philosophy, Self-efficacy, Burn out (Psychology)--Prevention, Stress management
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- Event type and individual differences in children's false-memory creation.
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- Brown, Rhonda Douglas, Florida Atlantic University, Bjorklund, David F.
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This series of experiments was designed to address two major questions concerning children's false-memory creation: (1) Are events that involve physical harm content more difficult to implant than events that do not involve physical harm content? and (2) Are individuals with particular cognitive and personality attributes more likely to create false-memories than others? In Experiment 1, 27 first-graders were presented with descriptions of two fictitious events (1 physical harm, 1 no physical...
Show moreThis series of experiments was designed to address two major questions concerning children's false-memory creation: (1) Are events that involve physical harm content more difficult to implant than events that do not involve physical harm content? and (2) Are individuals with particular cognitive and personality attributes more likely to create false-memories than others? In Experiment 1, 27 first-graders were presented with descriptions of two fictitious events (1 physical harm, 1 no physical harm) and two true events (1 physical harm, 1 no physical harm). Furthermore, individual differences in image descriptions, inhibition, verbal intelligence, working memory capacity and teacher ratings of cognitive and personality attributes were assessed. Results indicated that children generated more detailed accounts for fictitious events that did not involve physical harm in comparison to those that did. Furthermore, individual differences in image descriptions, verbal intelligence and teacher ratings of creativity, extroversion and risk taking were found. For Experiment 2, one-half of participants were presented with descriptions of two fictitious and two true events that involved physical harm content. The other one-half of participants were presented with descriptions of two fictitious and 2 true events that did not involve physical harm content. Furthermore, all children were told that two of the events (1 fictitious, 1 true) happened when they were very young and that the other two events (1 fictitious, 1 true) happened during the previous year. Individual differences in picture memory, inhibition and creativity were also assessed. The analyses failed to yield significant differences for event type or age of event occurrence. However, individual differences in creativity were related to children's false reports.
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- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12579
- Subject Headings
- False memory syndrome, Memory in children
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- Document (PDF)
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- PRINCIPLES OF SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT: STATE OF THE PRACTICE IN FLORIDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
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- ESLER, MARY BROWN., Florida Atlantic University, Wells, Jack G.
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The problem examined in this study was to determine the extent to which elementary school principals were exhibiting a commitment toward the practices of school-based management. The research of the literature reflected a paucity of evidence related to the implementation of school-based management. Florida schools have been directed toward school-based management as a result of a legislative mandate in an effort to bring about accountability at the local school level. The literature reflected...
Show moreThe problem examined in this study was to determine the extent to which elementary school principals were exhibiting a commitment toward the practices of school-based management. The research of the literature reflected a paucity of evidence related to the implementation of school-based management. Florida schools have been directed toward school-based management as a result of a legislative mandate in an effort to bring about accountability at the local school level. The literature reflected a void in revealing the state of the practice in elementary schools. The sample population of this study consisted of 311 Florida elementary school principals selected at random from those listed in the Florida Education Directory 1980-81. Two hundred forty-two of those responded, forming the survey sample. The survey instrument was developed by the Planning, Research and Evaluation Department of the State of Florida, Department of Education, in 1976. The areas covered by the survey included instruction, support services, parental involvement, management and finance. The conclusions were as follows: (1) About half of the elementary school principals were practicing school-based management. (2) Principals made the majority of decisions at the school level. (3) There was no significant difference in implementation of school-based management practices and geographical location. (4) Principals made the majority of management decisions compared to district level personnel and shared decision-making. (5) Parent Advisory Councils participated at a moderate level in all schools. (6) There was no evidence to suggest that implementation of school-based management was a function of (a) chronological age, (b) gender, (c) recency of Administration/Supervision certification, or (d) years of experience as a principal.
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- 1981
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11783
- Subject Headings
- Elementary school principals--Florida, Elementary school administration--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
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- A Q methodology study: Perceptions of selected financial aid directors, financial aid recipients, and information technologists toward the use of technology in the delivery of financial aid services in higher education.
- Creator
- Brown, Stephanie Gail, Florida Atlantic University, Urich, Ted R.
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this exploratory study was to characterize commonalties in perceptions among financial aid directors, financial aid recipients, and information technologists toward the use of technology in the delivery of financial aid services in higher education. A Q methodology was the investigative technique utilized. The Q sort statements developed were administered to 20 financial aid directors, 20 financial aid recipients, and 20 information technologists specializing in financial aid...
Show moreThe purpose of this exploratory study was to characterize commonalties in perceptions among financial aid directors, financial aid recipients, and information technologists toward the use of technology in the delivery of financial aid services in higher education. A Q methodology was the investigative technique utilized. The Q sort statements developed were administered to 20 financial aid directors, 20 financial aid recipients, and 20 information technologists specializing in financial aid systems located at 20 colleges and universities throughout the United States. Factor analysis of the data gathered by the Q sort instrument provided three significant factors or types of people. The perceptions of these groups toward the delivery of financial aid services in higher education were varied. Financial aid directors were identified as humantechies. The humantechies believe that people are the key to providing good service and that technology should function as a tool of support for improving services. In doing so, technology should serve financial aid administrators so that they can efficiently service students and their families. Financial aid recipients were identified as neotechies. The neotechies have grown up with technology and feel that people and computers should work in tandem in order to provide good service. The neotechies understand and accept the complementary nature of the human, technological, and regulatory aspects of financial aid. Information technologists were identified as advotechies . The advotechies take an extreme position regarding the extent and the level to which technology should be implemented in financial aid offices. The advotechies feel strongly that financial aid offices should include technology whenever and wherever possible.
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- 2002
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11990
- Subject Headings
- Student financial aid administration, Student aid--Information technology, Q technique
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Recovering Eden: The photographer in the garden.
- Creator
- Bentley-Kemp, Lynne Austin., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Susan Love
- Abstract/Description
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This dissertation explores the intersection of Paradise, art making, concepts of beauty and the social conventions that influence artists. My exploration occurs within the landscape genre, specifically the landscape photograph. For the purpose of contextualizing this analysis the dissertation is designed as an illustrated book where word and image occupy places of equal importance. Photographs are used as primary source material in this investigation. The work of six accomplished American...
Show moreThis dissertation explores the intersection of Paradise, art making, concepts of beauty and the social conventions that influence artists. My exploration occurs within the landscape genre, specifically the landscape photograph. For the purpose of contextualizing this analysis the dissertation is designed as an illustrated book where word and image occupy places of equal importance. Photographs are used as primary source material in this investigation. The work of six accomplished American photographers has been selected so that a lineage may become apparent in the portrayal of a pictorial vision of Eden. All the photographers chosen for the project made/make art that is centered on the paradisiacal landscape, an ideal that is interpreted by each individual photographer according to their gender, socio-political influences, personal spirituality and cultural orientation. The review begins in the 1860's with the work of Carleton Watkins, one of the first photographers of the western American landscape and continues with Timothy O'Sullivan. The review will segue into Modernism with Ansel Adams and Laura Gilpin and ends in latter part of the 20th century with two contemporary American photographers, Linda Connor and Marilyn Bridges. This particular analysis is structured upon a universal image of paradise as a garden and how that image has become culturally imprinted upon humans. The visual manifestations of Eden seen in nineteenth and twentieth century painting and photography are constructed throughout history. They represent use of art as means towards creating utopias. With this impulse to escape or change the status quo I have examined the connection of the appreciation of beauty to ethical transformation.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12038
- Subject Headings
- Landscape photography--United States, Eden in art, Photographers--United States
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- Document (PDF)
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- A comparison of Broward County, Florida high school and community college teachers' perceptions of reference skills.
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- Divine, Elizabeth Mack., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Robert G.
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The purpose of this study was to examine and identify the reference skills taught at the high school level and compare these skills with the reference skills community college professors expect their students to have on entry to the community college. A survey instrument was designed listing reference skills needed to utilize library resources, to interpret, to locate information, and to write the information. High school and community college teachers scored each skill as to the degree each...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine and identify the reference skills taught at the high school level and compare these skills with the reference skills community college professors expect their students to have on entry to the community college. A survey instrument was designed listing reference skills needed to utilize library resources, to interpret, to locate information, and to write the information. High school and community college teachers scored each skill as to the degree each skill is needed for academic enhancement and the degree each skill is taught to or exhibited by students. Independent variables were years taught, age, sex, content area, and the schools represented by the respondents. A correlation analysis was used to determine if there was a significant relationship between the scores of respondents and to the number of years they had taught. A t-test was performed on the variables of institution, area of instruction, and sex. An analysis of variance was performed on the variable of age. Results of the test showed that high school and community college teachers were in agreement as to the degree students need reference skills for academic enhancement. They were not in agreement as to the degree reference skills are taught at the high school level and exhibited by students at the community college level. The age, the sex, the number of years taught, and the area of instruction of the teacher did not produce a difference at the.05 level of significance.
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- 1990
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12264
- Subject Headings
- High school students--Florida--Broward County, Library orientation for high school students, Community college students--Florida--Broward County
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- Document (PDF)
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- The stories of America: In search of national values in family memorate.
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- Neile, Caren Schnur., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Susan Love
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This study examines American cultural values through the lens of family storytelling. It addresses: (a) the role of family stories in the transmission of cultural values, (b) the existence of shared American cultural archetypes, motifs and themes, (c) the existence of shared national values, and (d) the role of storytelling in promoting peace. Since September 11, 2001, American leaders and journalists have repeatedly emphasized the distinction between the American Weltanschauung and that of...
Show moreThis study examines American cultural values through the lens of family storytelling. It addresses: (a) the role of family stories in the transmission of cultural values, (b) the existence of shared American cultural archetypes, motifs and themes, (c) the existence of shared national values, and (d) the role of storytelling in promoting peace. Since September 11, 2001, American leaders and journalists have repeatedly emphasized the distinction between the American Weltanschauung and that of the terrorists and their supporters, particularly with regard to an orientation to life and death, and tradition and progress. As dynamic folklore, family stories are the ideal instruments with which to tease out deep-rooted values. Stories are rich repositories of cultural schemas, the bricolage of information and attitudes that form our identities. They are also replete with symbols that reflect shared, unconscious understandings. Unlike many other cultural products, moreover, family stories are relatively unaffected by government or corporate agendas. What is more, they typically resonate with Americans. For this study, I examined 54 family stories collected from 12 native-born informants of diverse backgrounds according to four modes of analysis: archetypes; motifs; themes and subjects. The analyses revealed that the primary relevant archetypes, motifs, themes and subjects present in these stories are unlucky accidents/survivors; tricksters/heroes; death/rebirth, and family feuds. National values that emerged from the stories tend to reflect many of the values that are historically attributed to Americans, including an emphasis on achievement, individualism, and, in particular, progress. In addition, the stories reveal a certain tension between past- and future orientation in American culture. Finally, storytelling both reflects and comprises the social drama characterized by Turner as breach/crisis/redress/integration that leads to communitas. This study attempts to help promote communitas by demonstrating how we can begin to connect with others through the common values found in our stories.
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- 2003
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FADT12023
- Subject Headings
- Storytelling--United States, Family--United States, Values, Interpersonal relations
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- COASTAL SYSTEM VARIABILITY OF THE BEACH-NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT FROM NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES.
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- Brown, Nicholas, Briggs, Tiffany Roberts, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Geosciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
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The coastal system provides habitat, storm protection, and economic value. In particular, Florida’s beaches are subject to chronic coastal erosion resulting from natural and anthropogenic influences. The most common mitigation response is the nature-based solution of beach nourishment. While this method is widely considered effective, quantifying changes from the dredge and placement on the physical environment is critical to ensure best management practices. The first step in addressing the...
Show moreThe coastal system provides habitat, storm protection, and economic value. In particular, Florida’s beaches are subject to chronic coastal erosion resulting from natural and anthropogenic influences. The most common mitigation response is the nature-based solution of beach nourishment. While this method is widely considered effective, quantifying changes from the dredge and placement on the physical environment is critical to ensure best management practices. The first step in addressing the need to identify gaps in knowledge relating to natural and human-induced changes to the continental shelf, a comprehensive literature review of the US East and Gulf coast continental shelves was conducted identifying needs for more expansive sand searches, a greater understanding of storm impacts on shelf morphodynamics, planning for long-term use of offshore sediment sources, and the impact of dredging on habitats. This study then evaluated the northern Palm Beach County beaches adjacent to the Jupiter Inlet over multiple years to understand the effects of natural and human influence on the morphology and sedimentology of the beach-nearshore environment. Beach sediment was coarser near the Inlet and finer downdrift (south). Seasonal changes in the nearshore from storms decreased the grain size and eroded beaches, whereas nourishment increased grain size and expanded beach width. Influences of physical characteristics of the beach-nearshore environment on the ecosystem were examined based on two important marine species: loggerhead sea turtles and blacktip sharks. No adverse impacts from restoration activities were found on loggerhead reproductive success. However, the active 2020 hurricane season resulted in lower reproductive success metrics. The blacktip shark migration coincides with the typical nourishment construction window. High turbidity in the nearshore was documented in association with multiple nourishment events during the two-year study. The blacktip sharks were quantified in the nearshore south of the nourishment; however, whether the turbidity was influencing the shark aggregates or habitat preference remains unknown. These results support numerous benefits of beach nourishment but suggest further research is needed to evaluate how project construction may impact nearshore fauna. The findings of this study are important for coastal managers who may consider reviewing best management practices of the beach-nearshore system.
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- 2022
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013982
- Subject Headings
- Coastal zone management, Beach nourishment, Coastal zone management--Florida
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- THE RELATIONSHIP OF GENE EXPRESSION, STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH DURING PREGNANCY.
- Creator
- Brennen, Marlene Brown, Tappen, Ruth, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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The purpose of this study was to explore differences in perceived stress, glucocorticoid receptor (GR), and the expression of histone acetylation (HAT) of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) gene between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White women in their 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Black women are 2–3 times more likely to experience preterm birth (PTB) and maternal mortality than White women (Hoyert, 2022; Martin et al., 2019). Researchers have reported chronic stress associated...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to explore differences in perceived stress, glucocorticoid receptor (GR), and the expression of histone acetylation (HAT) of the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) gene between non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic White women in their 2nd trimester of pregnancy. Black women are 2–3 times more likely to experience preterm birth (PTB) and maternal mortality than White women (Hoyert, 2022; Martin et al., 2019). Researchers have reported chronic stress associated with factors such as experiencing discrimination, financial hardship, and abuse may induce dysregulation of the stress hormones (Kramer et al., 2013; Shapiro-Mendoza et al., 2016). Likewise, the stress hormones glucocorticoid and CRH dysregulation have been linked to early labor, preeclampsia, and maternal death (Kramer et al., 2013; Shapiro-Mendoza et al., 2016; Yu et al., 2013). Additionally, social status, gender, education, and income are recognized as social determinants of health. This study used an observational, cross-sectional design to analyze the differences in perceived stress, depression, GR, and HAT of the CRH gene between a group of Black and White pregnant women in their 2nd trimester of pregnancy. This study analyzed perceived stress, depression, and peripheral blood monocytes cells (PMBC) using secondary, deidentified data from pregnant women. The Perceived Stress Scale was used to measure stress, the profile in Mood Depression Scale measured depression, a chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to quantitative Polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis was used to measure GR and HAT of the CRH gene. The data were analyzed using correlation and analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to examine relationships and the differences between groups.
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- 2023
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014286
- Subject Headings
- Social Determinants of Health, Gene expression, Pregnancy--Health aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Talking in Circles: A Mixed Methods Study of School-wide Restorative Practices in Two Urban Middle Schools.
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- Brown, Martha A., Burnaford, Gail, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Curriculum, Culture, and Educational Inquiry
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This mixed methods, multisite case study examined the relational ecology of two urban middle schools that had adopted school-wide restorative practices (SWRPs) and the changes that occurred as a result of the reform initiative. The study was conducted in two Title I middle schools in the Oakland Unified School District in California. A positive relational ecology existed in these two urban middle schools, and this ecology was built on the interacting and interrelated themes of relational...
Show moreThis mixed methods, multisite case study examined the relational ecology of two urban middle schools that had adopted school-wide restorative practices (SWRPs) and the changes that occurred as a result of the reform initiative. The study was conducted in two Title I middle schools in the Oakland Unified School District in California. A positive relational ecology existed in these two urban middle schools, and this ecology was built on the interacting and interrelated themes of relational trust, being heard, a relational-based, student-centered culture, and a commitment to the principles of social justice. The positive relational ecology created a strong foundation upon which change could occur at the organizational, individual, and pedagogical levels. Various structures within the schools, including circles, instructional leadership teams, student councils, and peer mediation, created space for teachers and students to be heard and empowered, which subsequently facilitated change and growth for many administrators, teachers, and students. High turnover, lack of initial and ongoing training, and the development of quasi- or non-restorative processes jeopardized program fidelity. Findings revealed that in these restorative schools, relational ecology and change were inseparable, and that they moved and influenced each other. A positive relational ecology created an environment that enabled leaders and staff to feel safe as they embarked upon the journey of change. Changes in the ways that members of the school communities related to each other on a daily basis provided additional motivation to continue the change effort, and these changes then strengthened the relational ecologies. Findings of this study are significant and have implications for schools and school districts, policy makers, and teacher and leader education programs. Future research should include longitudinal, mixed methods studies that assess the school culture before and after implementing SWRPs, as well as experimental or quasi-experimental designs that compare restorative and non-restorative schools. Such studies may provide more empirical evidence that links healthy relational ecologies to student achievement, less teacher turnover, decreased conflict, and healthier communities, thereby strengthening the case for rejecting punitive and discriminatory zero tolerance school discipline policies and adopting restorative justice in education instead.
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- 2015
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004483, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004483
- Subject Headings
- Alternative education, Communication and education., Crisis management, Experiential learning, Motivation in education, Oppression (Psychology), Psychology, Applied, Restorative justice, Therapeutic jurisprudence, Transformative learning
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- AN OVERVIEW OF SEVERAL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF PAULO FREIRE WITHIN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1967--1987.
- Creator
- BRAATEN, JENNIFER LOU, Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Robert G.
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This study presents an overview of several implementations within North America of the philosophy and/or pedagogy of Paulo Freire from the time period 1967-1987. It concentrates on the usage of Freire within several specific areas of adult, secondary, or higher educational settings. It includes categories of Freire practitioners ranging from those who use the total Freire concept to those who have modified, adapted or operationalized it. Because Freire's philosophy comes out of a unique...
Show moreThis study presents an overview of several implementations within North America of the philosophy and/or pedagogy of Paulo Freire from the time period 1967-1987. It concentrates on the usage of Freire within several specific areas of adult, secondary, or higher educational settings. It includes categories of Freire practitioners ranging from those who use the total Freire concept to those who have modified, adapted or operationalized it. Because Freire's philosophy comes out of a unique social, historical context within Brazil, the social, historical context of American education and its attendant philosophical debate from the 1960's-1980's is briefly reviewed. The appropriateness of considering Freire as an individual who presents a "language of possibility" within any changing societal context is presented. Freire's biographical background and the sources of his philosophy are described in brief. An overview of his major anthropological/educational constructs is given. His pedagogy and literacy design are summarized, and the developmental nature of his ideas is stressed. General implementations of Freire within North America are included and several individuals or institutions that have had some long-term use of Freire are listed. Their comments and descriptions of implementation are reviewed. The material includes published and unpublished sources as well as information obtained from a 1987 questionnaire sent by the author to a representative sample of those using the ideas of Freire. Evaluations and assessments of such Freire-inspired programs are registered. Practitioner evaluations are given priority over general critique, but a sampling of both is included. Several focus upon the positive responses of learners to this approach, while others classify specific problems encountered when implementation within the North American context is attempted. The resource base includes existing sources (books, published reviews) from 1967-1987 and primary sources (survey results and individual interviews). General reflections about the use of Freire within North America during 1967-1987 are offered. Some future projections are included. Recommendations include continued study of Paulo Freire, circulation of "network" names, increased critical assessment, and some "updating" of the Freire model to include new areas of brain research and other learning models. It is assumed that North Americans will continue to actively engage in critical dialogue with Freire philosophy while maintaining a sensitivity to their own cultural and historical context.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1987
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11903
- Subject Headings
- Freire, Paulo,--1921-1997
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effect of short term isokinetic training on limb velocity.
- Creator
- Brown, Lee Edward, Florida Atlantic University, Whitehurst, Michael, Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia
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Strength increases following short-term bouts of isokinetic training have been demonstrated in the past without regard to limb velocity adaptations. This has been attributed to increased neuromotoric efficiency, rather than peripheral muscular hypertrophy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a short-term isokinetic training regimen on limb velocity. Sixty subjects volunteered to participate and were randomly assigned to one of three groups; control (10 males, 10 females)...
Show moreStrength increases following short-term bouts of isokinetic training have been demonstrated in the past without regard to limb velocity adaptations. This has been attributed to increased neuromotoric efficiency, rather than peripheral muscular hypertrophy. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a short-term isokinetic training regimen on limb velocity. Sixty subjects volunteered to participate and were randomly assigned to one of three groups; control (10 males, 10 females), slow (10 males, 10 females) and fast (10 males, 10 females). Each group was pre-tested by performing five repetitions of concentric/concentric knee extension/flexion movements at 60 and 240 d/s on a Kin-Com isokinetic dynamometer. The slow (60 d/s) and fast (240 d/s) groups then completed two days of training (separated by 48--72 hours) consisting of three sets of eight repetitions while the control group did not train. All groups were post-tested at 7--9 days after the pre-test. Data were collected from the middle three repetitions at 1000 Hz and separated into three velocity ROM phases of acceleration (ACCROM), load range (LR) and deceleration (DCCROM) along with peak force. Four univariate (ACCROM, LR, DCCROM & Force) four-way (2 velocities x 2 genders x 2 times x 3 groups) mixed factorial ANOVA's were performed to analyze the data. Results demonstrated significant decreases in ACCROM and increases in LR between pre and post-tests for the slow group at the slow velocity (ACCROM-1.25 +/- .04 deg vs 1.08 +/- .03 deg; LR-74.80 +/- .11 deg vs 75.35 +/- .09 deg) and for the fast group at the fast velocity (ACCROM-14.24 +/- .33 deg vs 13.59 +/- .29 deg; LR-39.73 +/- .32 deg vs 40.59 +/- .25 deg). Force and DCCROM exhibited no significant differences between testing days for any group. These results collectively point to short-term isokinetic training resulting in velocity specific increased limb velocity. These acute improvements may be explained as the result of neural adaptations, such as increased motor unit recruitment or firing rate, rather than hypertrophic responses due to the relatively short duration of the training stimulus. Furthermore, these accelerative increases produce a more rapid rate of force development which may be important in activities necessitating explosive movement, including sporting events requiring power.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2000
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12641
- Subject Headings
- Exercise--Physiological aspects, Isokinetic exercise
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Fault-tolerant distributed shared memories.
- Creator
- Brown, Larry., Florida Atlantic University, Wu, Jie, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Abstract/Description
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Distributed shared memory (DSM) implements a shared-memory programming interface on message-passing hardware. The shared-memory programming paradigm offers several advantages over the message-passing paradigm. DSM is recognized as an important technology for massively parallel computing. However, as the number of processors in a system increases, the probability of a failure increases. To be widely useful, the DSM must be able to tolerate failures. This dissertation presents a method of...
Show moreDistributed shared memory (DSM) implements a shared-memory programming interface on message-passing hardware. The shared-memory programming paradigm offers several advantages over the message-passing paradigm. DSM is recognized as an important technology for massively parallel computing. However, as the number of processors in a system increases, the probability of a failure increases. To be widely useful, the DSM must be able to tolerate failures. This dissertation presents a method of implementing fault-tolerant DSM (FTDSM) that is based on the idea of a snooper. The snooper monitors DSM protocol messages and keeps a backup of the current state of the DSM. The snooper can respond on behalf of failed processors. The snooper-based FTDSM is an improvement over existing FTDSMs because it is based on the efficient dynamic distributed manager DSM algorithm, does not require the repair of a failed processor in access the DSM, and does not query all nodes to rebuild the state of the DSM. Three snooper-based FTDSM systems are developed. The single-snooper (SS) FTDSM has one snooper and is restricted to a broadcast network. Additional snoopers are added in the multiple-snooper (MS) FTDSM to improve performance. Two-phase commit (2PC) protocols are developed to coordinate the activities of the snoopers, and a special data structure is used to store causality information to reduce the amount of snooper activity. Snooping is integrated with each processor in the integrated snooper (IS) FTDSM. The IS FTDSM is scalable because it is not restricted to a broadcast network. The concept of dynamic snooping is introduced for the IS FTDSM and several snooper migration algorithms are studied. Several recovery algorithms are developed to allow failed processors to rejoin the system. The properties of data structures used to locate owners and snoopers are studied and used to prove that the system can tolerate any single fault. A flexible method of integrating application-level recovery with the FTDSM is presented, and a reliability analysis is conducted using a Markov-chain modeling tool to show that the snooper-based FTDSM is a cost effective way to improve the reliability of DSM.
Show less - Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12349
- Subject Headings
- Fault-tolerant computing, Electronic data processing--Distributed processing, Parallel processing (Electronic computers), Computer networks
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Soil of misfortune: Education, poverty, and race in a rural south Florida community.
- Creator
- Gonzalez, Juan Carlos., Florida Atlantic University, Kirsch, Max H.
- Abstract/Description
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This dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty...
Show moreThis dissertation addresses the structural components of education in the United States and how they have hindered the ability of a community's black and brown children to obtain the knowledge and resources needed to succeed and adapt to the changing circumstances of their region and beyond. It will do so through a case study of a small community in the American South, where the failure of education to provide access to the American dream has been clearly demonstrated in persistent poverty and lack of opportunity available to its residents. Belle Glade, Florida is a rural community centrally located within the Everglades Agricultural Area. Fifty years after the historic 1954 Brown vs. Board decision, which outlawed school segregation and the separate but equal claims of Plessy vs. Ferguson, little has changed in this poor rural community. This study shows that this community, rather than representing an isolated case, is reflective of many small non-metro communities of the American South. Though integration initially intended to balance the great disparity that existed between the schools for black children and schools for white children in regards to facilities, materials, and curriculum, in Belle Glade and throughout the South those same disparities still exist today. This study argues that current state education policies, modeled after the federal government's "No Child Left Behind Plan," are a veneer for a separate and unequal educational policy and practice in the state of Florida. It seeks to explore and document why this has occurred, and place this case study within the larger context of structural inequalities on the local, national and global levels. How is it that the "freest nation in the world" with the largest gross national product has yet to fulfill its most fundamental promise to this community---equal opportunity and access to quality education? Thus, this dissertation asks why regardless of the policies, plans, curricula and tests the district and state adopt, at times with the best of intentions, nothing seems to improve the conditions of these black citizens? More importantly, when these issues are addressed, who speaks, under what conditions and for whom?
Show less - Date Issued
- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12161
- Subject Headings
- Social capital (Sociology)--United States, Segregation in education--Florida--Belle Glade, African Americans--Education--History--20th century, Educational change--Florida--Belle Glade, Race relations in school management--Florida, Discrimination in education--Florida
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The church's flight into the wilderness : an address on the times. : Containing some very interesting and important observations on Scripture prophecies: shewing, that sundry of them plainly relate to Great-Britain, and the American colonies ; and are fulfilling in the present day. : Delivered on a public occasion, January 17, 1776.
- Creator
- Sherwood, Samuel 1730-1783, Loudon, Samuel 1727? 1813
- Abstract/Description
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Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ (G4 blank). Dedicated to John Hancock. Introduction dated: April 1, 1776. "Appendix. By another hand": pages [51]-54. Page numeral "6" not printed, only square brackets. Engraved head- and tail-pieces. FAU Libraries' copy edges untrimmed; side stiched with brown cord.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwsb4f23
- Subject Headings
- American Revolution (1775-1783), Bible -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800, Bible -- Revelation, XII, 14-17 -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800, Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800, Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 18th century, United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- History -- Religious aspects -- Sources -- Early works to 1800, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Prophecies -- Early works to 1800
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Uncle Sam's Almanac for the Year 1889.
- Abstract/Description
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Cover title. Front cover illustrated with Uncle Sam holding "This is my almanac. Uncle Sam" sign, seated on a chair that is turned around and in the background are Independence Hall and the capitol building; signed by "C.H."With seasonal illustrations and maxims for each month; woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac; and a view of Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Eclipses of the year 1889 -- Wake of the battle....
Show moreCover title. Front cover illustrated with Uncle Sam holding "This is my almanac. Uncle Sam" sign, seated on a chair that is turned around and in the background are Independence Hall and the capitol building; signed by "C.H."With seasonal illustrations and maxims for each month; woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac; and a view of Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Eclipses of the year 1889 -- Wake of the battle. Sufferings of the Confederate wounded described by eyewitness -- Points of interest regarding the American flag -- Fighting in the wilderness -- Lincoln's tomb -- Yankee Doodle. The story of its composition at Albany in 1755 -- Names of battles. Double naming of battle-fields by north and souther soldiers -- John Brown's grave / Kate Field -- How Jackson entertained -- Trick of grand army men -- Our friend Columbus. Barcelona and the discovery of America -- Anecdotes of Butler -- Webster's 7 of March [1850] speech -- Mr. Lincoln's ingenuity -- Presidents wives -- The fears of the [founding] fathers -- How a colonel received promotion -- End of the trade dollars -- Expiration of Jackson's term -- Famous men's graves -- Pennsylvania Court calendar -- Delaware court calendar -- Fitz John Porter's style.
Show less - PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwab2f16
- Subject Headings
- Almanacs, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- Uncle Sam's Almanac for the Year 1895.
- Abstract/Description
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Cover title. Front cover illustrated with Uncle Sam holding "This is my almanac. Uncle Sam" sign, seated on a chair that is turned around and in the background are Independence Hall and the capitol building; signed by "C.H." With seasonal illustrations and maxims for each month; woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac; and a view of Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Eclipses of the year 1895 -- Something about...
Show moreCover title. Front cover illustrated with Uncle Sam holding "This is my almanac. Uncle Sam" sign, seated on a chair that is turned around and in the background are Independence Hall and the capitol building; signed by "C.H." With seasonal illustrations and maxims for each month; woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac; and a view of Memorial Hall, Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Eclipses of the year 1895 -- Something about government clerks at Washington -- A soldier foretells his death just before the battle -- Nicknames of cities and states -- Some interesting facts about the Seminoles of Florida -- Death of General Phil Kearney -- Odd things about cents -- Areas of coal fields -- General Fitzhugh Lee -- Lincoln's view of slavery -- John Brown's raid -- Washington Monument -- The postal card's birthday -- Was a Yankee trick -- In government employ-- the women clerks of Washington -- Railroad statistics -- A thrilling recital -- All born in 1809 -- Christmas events that nations have made -- Benedict Arnold's last years -- Officers' outfits are expensive and change is costly -- She first suggested Decoration Day [Memorial Day] -- Women as voters -- The national cemeteries -- Changes in the Gulf of Mexico -- Uncle Sam's money makers.
Show less - PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwab2f17
- Subject Headings
- Almanacs, American -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Format
- E-book
- Title
- A King for the South.
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/3356878
- Subject Headings
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Union., United States --History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Pictorial Works., United States –History –Civil War, 1861-1865 –Art and the war., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Antiquities--Pictorial works.
- Format
- Image (JPEG2000)
- Title
- Comparative ultrastructure of lipid storage sites in female Euchaeta marina and Pleuromamma xiphias (Copepoda: Calanoida).
- Creator
- Blades-Eckelbarger, Pamela I., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1991
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333172
- Subject Headings
- Copepoda, Calanoida, Pleuromamma xiphias, Ultrastructure (Biology), Lipids
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Agglutinins from marine macroalgae of the southeastern United States.
- Creator
- Bird, Kimon T., Chiles, Thomas C., Longley, Ross E., Kendrick, A. F., Kinkema, M. D., Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
- Date Issued
- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333208
- Subject Headings
- Agglutinins, Marine algae, Lectins, Mitogens, Lymphocytes
- Format
- Document (PDF)
