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An edition of the Conduct of Life based on the six extant manuscripts with full commentary, complementary critical and codicological analysis, notes and introduction
An edition of the Conduct of Life based on the six extant manuscripts with full commentary, complementary critical and codicological analysis, notes and introduction. The Conduct of Life, also known as the Poema Morale, is a verse-sermon that has been largely ignored by literary histories, and …
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The devil's poor and the invisible city charity, order and agency in early modern England
… examines the discourses and practices of charity and poor relief in early modern England in order to characterize changing views of the relation between the individual and the basis of social order. The first part proposes a genealogy of idleness, drawing on Weber's analysis of …
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Preparing students for life after college: A mixed-methods analysis
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Praise and Blame: The Rhetorical Impact of Nineteenth-Century Conduct Manuals
The following is an exploration of the use of epideictic rhetoric strategies in nineteenth-century conduct manuals, Sarah Stickney Ellis’s <i>The Women of England: Their Social Duties and Domestic Habits</i>, and Harriet Martineau’s <i>Household Education</i>. In examining the rhetoric of the …
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Student attitudes towards codes of conduct and their impact on behavior
The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of students towards a code of conduct and their impact on behavior. The study took place during the Fall/Spring 2010-11 academic year at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. The subjects of the study were students who had previously been …
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Academic Dishonesty: Attitudes and Behaviors of Fundamentalist Christian College Students
… Christian colleges; (2) the attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating; (3) attitudes of fundamentalist Christian college students toward cheating among their peers; (4) the kinds of cheating practices of fundamentalist Christian college students; (5) the …
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An analysis of Kohlbergian moral development in relationship to biblical factors of morality in seminary students
… moral development (KMD) and biblical factors of morality in seminary students was explored through an analysis of demographic variables and the Defining Issues Test 2 . A history of moral thought was developed to show the gradual, but certain, shift from an objective view of truth to a …
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Comparison of opinions of pupils in mining and agricultural communities toward home and social problems
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Academic dishonesty: a study in the magnitude of and justifications for academic dishonesty among college undergraduate and graduate students
<p>The purpose of this investigation was to examine the degree to which college undergraduate and graduate students cheat as well as to examine if the justifications for cheating differed amongst these groups. Cheating behavior scores and justifications for engaging in academically dishonest …
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The Days Beyond Recall
… Recall</em> is a dissertation project comprised of two parts. Part One consists of a creative submission titled, <em>The Days Beyond Recall</em>. The book is about a character, Amelia, who returns to the region where she was born to confront the discrepancy between the person she aspired to be, …
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The book as looking glass : improving works for and about children in early modern England
… England. The author aims to show how profoundly death was implicated in the development of thought about children's reading as well as in the emergence of a literature for children in the early modem period. The first chapter discusses the negative reaction to the growing phenomenon of …
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Women's bodies in dramatic confrontations with patriarchal logic : the representation of violence against the female body in contemporary drama by women
In this study, I examine the dramatization of violence against the female body in contemporary drama by women and the purpose behind their representational approaches. I concentrate on the representation of three types that I consider inclusive of other minor forms of violence: the political, the …
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When Oppressed Women Attack: Female-Enacted Violence Through Minority American Female Playwrights' Works
As an Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, theatrical violence is something that has always captivated me. When a female combat instructor once told me that even though I throw a great punch I will never be able to use it because women are always on the receiving end of …
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A comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of selected pastors' personality profiles and their conflict management styles. As pastors understand their personalities, this will decrease conflict within themselves and with church members. This research presents three theological presuppositions. …
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Alcohol use and unsafe sex practices among students (17-25 year olds) at the University of the Western Cape
Young people have high rates of risk-taking, including alcohol use/abuse and high risk sex. The main purpose of this study was to gain insight into the drinking patterns and sexual behaviour of young UWC students. The aim was to investigate the relationship between alcohol use and unsafe sex …
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Show me you care
… impact it has on student behavior is one aspect of caring that has been overlooked, especially at the secondary level. This study's main focus was to investigate if modeling caring behavior can correct negative student behavior, such as being disruptive in class, and reinforce caring behavior …
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