STEREOTYPE THREAT: AN OVERVIEW EXCERPTS AND ADAPTATIONS FROM REDUCING STEREOTYPE THREAT.ORG By Steve Stroessner and Catherine Good Reprinted and adapted with permission. Adapted by R. Rhys Over 300 experiments on stereotype threat have been published in peer-reviewed journals. Learn more at http://www.reducingstereotypethreat.org/ Consequences of stereotype threat can contribute to educational and social inequality of some groups including ethnic minorities in academic environments and
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Southern Folk Music and Race Relations Abstract Introduction The growth of the American folk music reservoir is a process that counterparts the historical and cultural development of American society. In the formation of this reservoir‚ two major streams‚ British‚ African‚ and several smaller branches‚ e.g.‚ German‚ French‚ Cajun Mexican‚ etc.‚ flowed together over a two-century period (Malone‚ 1979:4). Alan Lomax‚ one of folk music ’s leading historians‚ has detected that the merging
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R.‚ and McCalman‚ J Robison‚ Jennifer. Overcoming the Fear of Change. Gallup Management Journal Online‚ Van de Ven‚ Andrew and Sun Kangyong. (2003). Breakdowns in Implementing Models of Organization Change.Academy of Mangement Perspectives. Andrew Frye‚ I. H. (2010‚ July 2010). Aon Drops After $4.9 Billion Agreement to Buy Hewitt. Retrieved February 16‚ 2011‚ from BusinessWeek: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-12/aon-drops-after-4-9-billion-agreement-to-buy-hewitt.html Bachochin‚ R Change-Management-Coach
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Culinary tourism a growing focus For New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE — Boosters of New Mexico’s tourism industry are increasingly focusing on the state’s kitchens and restaurants as attractions that’ll draw more visitors and their dollars to the state. Tourism Secretary Monique Jacobson estimates that New Mexico’s spending to promote culinary tourism will reach $100‚000 during the current fiscal year‚ the Albuquerque Journal reported online Sunday. “It’s something we don’t want to [just] let happen
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Journal of Transcultural Nursing Editor Marilyn “Marty” Douglas‚ DNSc‚ RN‚ FAAN Assistant Clinical Professor University of California‚ San Francisco Associate Editors Joyceen S. Boyle‚ PhD‚ RN‚ CTN‚ FAAN Professor‚ School of Nursing Medical College of Georgia Dula Pacquiao‚ EdD‚ RN‚ CTN Professor and Director‚ Transcultural Nursing Institute and Graduate Program Kean University‚ New Jersey Margaret McKenna‚ PhD‚ RN‚ MPH‚ MN CEO‚ Cultural Consultation Services Seattle‚ Washington Carmen J. Portillo
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On "The Red Wheelbarrow" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATION: "The Red Wheelbarrow" Lines 1-2 The opening lines set the tone for the rest of the poem. Since the poem is composed of one sentence broken up at various intervals‚ it is truthful to say that "so much depends upon" each line of the poem. This is so because the form of the poem is also its meaning. This may seem confusing‚ but by the end of the poem the image of the
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THE CRISIS OF MODERNITY: CULTURE‚ NATURE‚ AND THE MODERNIST YEARNING FOR AUTHENTICITY Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde einer Doktorin der Philosophie vorgelegt der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Basel und der Faculté des Lettres‚ Langues et Sciences Humaines der Universität Orléans von Ann-Catherine Nabholz von Zürich Basel 2007 i Genehmigt von der Philosophisch-Historischen Fakultät der Universität Basel‚ auf Antrag von Prof. Dr. Hartwig Isernhagen (Universität Basel)
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor (Thomas C. Foster) Notes Introduction Archetypes: Faustian deal with the devil (i.e. trade soul for something he/she wants) Spring (i.e. youth‚ promise‚ rebirth‚ renewal‚ fertility) Comedic traits: tragic downfall is threatened but avoided hero wrestles with his/her own demons and comes out victorious What do I look for in literature? - A set of patterns - Interpretive options (readers draw their own conclusions but must be able to support it) - Details ALL
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LITERARY CRITICISM LITERATURE • What is literature? Literate/ literacy - able to read/write Origin- from Latin “litteratura” (letter) • literature with the small ‘l’ Literature - piece of writing/printed information on a particular subject • literature with the big ‘L’ Literature - pieces of writing that are valued as works of art eg. Novels‚ plays‚ poems (contrast to technical books/ scientific/ academic writings) • Literary - connected with literature
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TIMOTHY J. BIBLARZ JUDITH STACEY University of Southern California New York University* How Does the Gender of Parents Matter? Claims that children need both a mother and father presume that women and men parent differently in ways crucial to development but generally rely on studies that conflate gender with other family structure variables. We analyze findings from studies with designs that mitigate these problems by comparing 2-parent families with same or different sex coparents and single-mother
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