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Showing 1 to 20 of 74 for “"controversial issues"”.
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Controversial Issues in United States History Classrooms: Teachers' Perspectives
… level United States History teachers approached controversial issues in their standards-based, high-stakes testing classrooms. Controversial issues consisted of multiple points of view, were socially constructed, and had the potential to challenge belief systems. The audience and their perception …
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Understanding misinformation on Twitter in the context of controversial issues
… affect public trust in online information. These issues are even more challenging when the issue under discussion is a controversial topic. In this thesis, four main controversial topics are studied, each of which comes from a different domain. This variation of domains can give a broad view of …
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Attitudes of Secondary Social Studies and English Teachers Toward the Classroom Examination and Treatment of Controversial Issues
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 72106 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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Controversial issues in science education for functional scientific literacy: A case study of an implemented curriculum in Cyprus Science classrooms
… based practice about the implementation of controversial issues in the science curriculum and relate it to the discussion about conceptual frameworks that situate controversial issues in science education. Since no tools were available from the science education research area to fulfil the …
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Controversy and counternarrative in the social studies
… why social studies teachers chose to teach controversial issues and counternarratives in their classroom in an era where doing so is dangerous for teachers and their job security, and how they go about doing so in their classrooms. The theoretical framework of this study encompassed the …
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The Fairness Doctrine in Its Historical Context: A Symbolic Approach
… broadcast licensees to seek out and cover controversial issues of public importance and to present such coverage fairly. In practice, this has meant that broadcast licensees have had to grant response time for opposing points of view whenever they have raised controversial issues of public …
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Die representasie van omstrede kwessies in kontemporêre Afrikaanse jeugverhale
There are certain issues - such as violence, sexuality, politics and religion - which are problematic but have to be dealt with in society. In this dissertation types of controversial issues present in recent Afrikaans youth literature, the portrayal of those issues, and the ways in which solutions …
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Risking “good trouble” : an examination of novice middle school social studies teachers’ readiness and approaches to teaching LGBTQIA+ history
… forces which prevent teachers from teaching controversial issues and LGBTQIA+ history. While the literature has much to say regarding teachers’ views on teaching controversial issues more broadly, there is a need to investigate teachers’ attitudes, perceptions and methods pertaining to the …
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Citizenship Education and Identity: A comparative study across different schools in Northern Ireland and Israel
… both societies, citizenship education addresses issues that are deemed controversial, such as the recent or ongoing conflict, citizenship, racism, and sectarianism. The theoretical framework brings together (neo) Marxist, post-colonialist, and critical pedagogical approaches to citizenship …
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Collective debate
… and thereby reduce polarization of opinion over controversial issues. However a lot of online debate is hostile and further dividing -we need tools that facilitate meaningful back and forth discussion. For my thesis work I created such a tool in the form of an artificial agent that engages users …
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The Tension Between Opportunity and Outcome: The University of Michigan's Supreme Court Cases on Affirmative Action and the Implications of Cultural Expectations
… justifications when attempting to resolve public issues. It is essential therefore, that organizations not only understand but also cater to and adapt to the variety of cultural expectations and interpretations that may guide their various stakeholder publics when creating messages about …
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Singing for Blaine and for Logan! Republican Songs as Campaign Literature in the 1884 Presidential Race
… to alienate voters by taking a strong stand on controversial issues. Although the campaign has often been called one of the dirtiest in American history, this negativity is not reflected in the majority of the songs.
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A narrative account of the leadership of Superintendent Cobel from 1989-1993
… the superintendent successfully deal with the controversial issues of (a) site-based management, and (b) tracking. And fourth, was the superintendent's interaction with subordinates effective?
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Code Switching in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
<p>One of the most controversial issues in foreign language teaching and learning over many years has been the role of the students’ L1 in L2 target language education. While a monolingual approach prohibited the use of the target language in L2 classroom, researchers have reexamined the issues …
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COMMUNICATING ARTIFACTS: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MUSEUMS COMMUNICATE ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY DURING TIMES OF CONTROVERSY AND FINANCIAL STRAIN
… must find ways to successfully communicate such controversial issues in order to preserve their identity and continue to delight and educate visitors.
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COMMUNICATING ARTIFACTS: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW MUSEUMS COMMUNICATE ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY DURING TIMES OF CONTROVERSY AND FINANCIAL STRAIN
… must find ways to successfully communicate such controversial issues in order to preserve their identity and continue to delight and educate visitors.
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Insurance in the Islamic Legal System : A Comparative Study of Insurance and Risk from a Tort and Contract Law Perspective.
… inspired by a desire to tackle one of the most controversial issues in Islamic legal studies. Several edicts have concluded that insurance is incompatible with Islamic ethos and legal precept, but the mere official recitation of these edicts, from time to time, did nothing to reinforce the …
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The Tweet Delete of Congress: Congress and Deleted Posts on Twitter
… against their constituents' views, or contain controversial issues, in order to ensure public support and avoid backlash.</p>
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