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This study examined an institution that is in the process of developing programs and organizations to meet the new challenges faced by higher education. It reviewed the evolution of a new, boundary-spanning organization at a major research university from the perspective of the persons involved. The study looked at the experiences of the people within the organization, at how these experiences reflect a growing professional culture, and at the lessons to be learned by others in similar situations. Cross-sectional ethnographic data were gathered through observations of meetings, interviews, and content analysis of internal documents. Analysis found the data clustered around the following themes: (1) role ambiguity, (2) image management, (3) cultural differences between the study group and other campus units, (4) composition of the study group, and (5) external community service roles. Findings suggest that administrators and faculty will have to: spend considerable time managing constituencies; attend to how people communicate; avoid judging new organizations by conventional standards; and learn to be comfortable with ambiguity. The paper calls for a new language to address the emerging boundary-spanning organizational cultures. (Contains 18 references.) (CH)

This paper reports a study in a technology-assisted Chinese teaching context where one major teaching objective is to encourage international students to participate in speech contests with the theme of 'Tell China, Tell Your Stories'. Results showed that through four weeks' preparation, all the students had a more robust method for presentation delivery and video making than before the project. Moreover, meeting conventional presentation standards was not only an issue of 'language learning', but also an issue of identity construction and negotiation. Finally, all participants had constructed positive ecocultural identities which encouraged respect for individuals, collaborative working, and a sustainable society. [For the complete volume, "Intelligent CALL, Granular Systems and Learner Data: Short Papers from EUROCALL 2022 (30th, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 17-19, 2022)," see ED624779.]

This book consists of nine papers presented at the 1973 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. The theme of the conference was "The Foreign Language Teacher: Present and Future Tense." Following an introduction by Lorraine Strasheim, these papers are presented: (1) "The Teacher as Catalyst: Motivation in the Classroom," by Edward D. Allen; (2) "The Teacher as Co-Learner: Interest-Centered Materials," by Frank M. Grittner; (3) "The Teacher as Quality Control: Program Options," by Helen P. Warriner; (4) "Making the Foreign Language Program Visible to the Public: The Language Festival," by Gertrud Meyer; (5) "Grammar and the American Foreign Language Teacher," by Albert Valdman; (6) "Culture: An Individualized Instruction Option," by Robert C. Lafayette; (7)"Gaining Better Student Support for the Foreign Language Program," by Constance K. Knop; (8) "The Language Teacher and the Amateur Language Student," by Carl Zuegler; and (9) "Exploratory Courses for the Middle and Junior High School," by Judith C. Morrow. (CFM)

This book consists of ten papers presented at the 1976 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Three major trends in foreign language instruction were identified as themes for the conference: (1) the growing emphasis on developing communication skills in the language learning experience; (2) the concern for the individual student's attitudes, values, and needs in developing interpersonal relationships and communication in the classroom; and (3) the interest in intercultural and ethnic communication. The following papers are included in this volume: (1) "Between People - A Mystery of Language," by Charles T. Brown; (2) "A Relevant Curriculum: Linguistic Competence + Communicative Competence = Proficiency," by Sidney N. J. Zelson; (3) "Communicative Competence: Even for the Non-Major," by Patricia B. Westphal; (4) "Integrating Culture and Communication in the College Foreign Language Class," by Constance Knop, Carol Herron, and Valorie Wyman; (5) "Testing Communicative Competence," by Walter H. Bartz; (6) "Strategies for Increasing Cross-Cultural Awareness," by Sidney L. Hahn; (7) "Clue Searching: An Aid to Comprehension," by Jay Paul Minn; (8) "A Practical Approach to the Teaching of Foreign Languages in the Adult Education Classroom," by Dana Carton; (9) "Languages for Travel: A Foreign Language Alternative," by Max M. Novitz; and (10) "Environmental Education and Foreign Languages," by David E. Cox. (CFM)

This book consists of eleven papers presented at the 1975 Central States Conference. The principal objective of the conference was to examine the trend for human relations, ethnic studies, and bilingual-bicultural education in American education and the new interest in languages not usually taught in the past. The papers include: (1) "We're All Ethnics: Hyphenated Americans, Professional Ethnics, and Ethnics by Attraction," by Lorraine A. Strasheim; (2) "The Analysis of Language and Familiar Cultures," by Nelson Brooks; (3) "Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom," by Geneva Smitherman; (4) "Analyzing French Culture and Interpreting Some of its Manifestations," by Jacqueline C. Elliot; (5) "Analyzing Hispanic Culture: Some Implications for Teaching," by Yvonne de Wright; (6) "A Look at Americans of German Descent," by La Vern J. Rippley; (7) "Newspapers and Magazines in the Second Language Classroom," by Helen L. Jorstad; (8) "Evaluating Cultural Learnings," by Robert C. Lafayette and Renate Schulz; (9) "Sexism in French Language Textbooks," by Betty Schmitz; (10) "Preparing Teachers for Cultural Pluralism," by Margaret Shryer; and (11) "Study-Travel Abroad," by Sue Reynolds. (CFM)

These papers were presented at a series of conferences on language and cultural differences organized by the Texas Education Agency to help school administrators deal with bilingual education, racial integration, and implementation of court orders. The papers address five areas of concern: the concept and definition of culture, culture and the arts, culture and educational aptitude, culture and language, and culture and social institutions. The following papers are included: (1) Confluence of Texan Cultures in Curriculum Planning by Melvin P. Sikes, (2) What Do We Mean by Culture and What Does This Have to Do with the Schools? by Roger Abrahams. (3) Culture and Communication: Clashes in the Classroom by Manuel Pacheco, (4) What is Dialect? by Lois Jean Hart, (5) Culture and Communication: Clashes in the Classroom by Gustavo Gonzalez, (6) Roles of the Schools Toward Cultural Groups by Earl Jones, (7) The Trichroism of the Arts by Hugo D. Marple, (8) Children's Folklore by Richard Bauman, (9) Culture and Educational Aptitude by E. W. Rand, (10) Culture and Educational Testing by Earl Jones, and (11) The Uses of Biculturalism by Chester Christian. (CHK)

The nine papers in this booklet were presented at three sessions of the IFLA General Conference. The text of the first paper, "Presidential Address at the Opening of the IFLA Council and General Conference: Moscow 1991" (Hans-Peter Geh, President of IFLA), is provided in English, German, and Russian. The text of the second paper, "Libraries and Culture," (N. N. Gubenko, Minister of Culture of the USSR) is provided in English, French, and Russian. Six of the seven remaining papers, which include four reports on IFLA's professional activities, are presented in English: (1) "IFLA Core Programme for Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). Medium Term Programme 1992-1997" (Graham P. Cornish); (2) "The Medium-Term Programme 1992-1997 of the UBCIM Core Programme" (Marie-France Plassard); (3) "Medium Term Programme 1992-1997. Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications Core Programme" (Leigh Swain); (4) "The Medium Term Programme 1992-1997 of IFLA's Core Programme for the Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World--ALP" (Birgitta Bergdahl); (5) "Chinese Libraries for the Promotion of International Cultural Exchange and Cooperation" (Li-Yi-Ti, China); and (6) "National Identity and International Knowledge: The Library's Bridging Role" (Alan E. Smith, New Zealand). The final paper, "Aculturacion y Bibliotecas: Analisis y Propuestas de Actuacion" (J. Fuentes Romero, Spain), is presented in Spanish. (MAB)

This proceedings documents an international workshop that focused on the research linking indigenous knowledge and indigenous learning with rural intervention programs. Research into indigenous knowledge and indigenous learning could lead to an improvement in rural intervention programs by building upon the knowledge and skills indigenous to rural communities. Individual presentations were on the following topics: (1) indigenous technological knowledge (ITK) in Malaysia relating to agriculture, fishing, forest resource exploitation, architecture, handicrafts, and indigenous medicine; (2) indigenous knowledge in Thailand and the need for ITK research and a close liaison between development workers, researchers, and politicians to safeguard relevance and applicability of research results; (3) the state of research on indigenous knowledge and indigenous learning in the Philippines; (4) research on indigenous knowledge and skills in Indonesia; (5) methodology of research on indigenous learning systems; (6) the application of research to assist intervention agencies; and (7) examples of research applications from coastal zone resources. This document includes summaries of the conference sessions and group discussions and a list of conference participants. (LP)

The "International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. It contains the following papers: (1) Teacher Perceptions of Authentic Pedagogy: A Case Study of Professional Development in an African American High School's Government Class (Christopher Andrew Brkich); (2) Characteristics of Effective Secondary Level History Teachers (Brad Burenheide); (3) Teaching Secondary Social Studies in Inner-City Schools (Chris Busey); (4) Using the 2008 Election to Teach Political and Social Concepts (Chris Busey and Stewart Waters); (5) Culturally Responsible Teaching: A Pedagogical Approach for the Social Studies Classroom (Brandon M. Butler and Alexander Cuenca); (6) The Battle for Stalingrad: An Interactive Approach towards Learning about World War Two (Jeff Byford); (7) Are We Ready for Another Curriculum Revolution? Evaluating the Strength and Weaknesses of the New Social Studies Projects (Jeffrey Byford, Eddie Thompson, and Cody Lawson); (8) Whitewashed: Social Studies and Raceless Pedagogies (Prentice T. Chandler); (9) Social Studies Professors Theorizing: Insights from Two Decades of Deliberation and Collaboration (Richard H. Chant and Jeffrey Cornett); (10) Revisiting Political Socialization in Secondary Education: A Study of Government Classes in Three Demographically Diverse Schools during the 2008 Presidential Election (Wayne Journell); (11) Heritage Language Learners and the Social Sciences (Christopher John Kazanjian); (12) Global Citizenship Education in the Classroom: A Collaborative Canadian Study (Marianne Larsen); (13) Thematic World History: A Defense and Field Report (Christopher Dean Lee); (14) Utilizing a Personality Template in Differentiating Potential Teaching Styles of Pre-Service Teachers (Sean M. Lennon and Jeff Byford); (15) Who's Responsible for Citizenship Education? Views from Pre-service Educators (Leisa A. Martin); (16) SHOW & TELL: Choosing Appropriate Scaffolding Techniques to Make Social Studies Concepts Comprehensible to English Language Learners (Joyce Nutta and Carine Strebel); (17) Integrating Technology into Teaching Social Studies Methods Course: A Classroom Example (James Oigara); (18) You Tube as a Learning Tool (Russell Owens and Barbara Fralinger); (19) A Case for Infusing Content on Students with Disabilities into Social Studies Teacher Preparation Programs (Kimberly Pawling); (20) Universal Design for Learning in the Social Studies Classroom (Kimberly Pawling); (21) Thinking Critically or Thinking or Thinking Historically: Which Objective do we choose in Secondary History Classrooms? (Anthony Pellegrino); (22) Got History? An Examination of Attitudes, Content Knowledge, and Perceptions Related to Historical Fiction in a Children's Literature Pre-service Course (Sherron Killingsworth Roberts, Vicky Zygouris-Coe, and Patricia Crawford); (23) Enhancing History Instruction with Online Auctions (Kirk Robinson and Scott M. Waring); (24) Utilizing Film to Teach Social Issues (William B. Russell III); (25) Images of the Holocaust: Using Holocaust Art to Promote Higher Order Thinking Skills (William B. Russell III and Stewart Waters); (26) Talkin' the Talk and Walkin' the Walk: The NCSS Position Statements Regarding Controversial Issues Instruction (Kimberlee Sharp); (27) Cross-Border Education: A Basis for Wider Cross-Cultural Communication between Thailand and Cambodia (Sunida Siwapathomchai); (28) Identifying Culturally Responsive Practices in Classrooms Serving Haitian and Haitian American Students (Martha Scott Lue Stewart, Kevin Meehan, and Rosalyn Howard); (29) An International Model: Preparing Pre-Service Teachers for Cultural Diversity (Brenda S. Thompson); (30) Making the Most of Existing Technology in the Elementary and Middle Grades Social Studies Classroom (Scott M. Waring and Amy J. Good); (31) U.S. Monuments and Memorials: Incorporating the Art of Remembering into the Social Studies Curriculum (Stewart Waters); (32) Promoting Global Citizenship by Analyzing Social Issues and Human Rights Violations of the WWII Era (Stewart Waters and William B. Russell III); (33) Using Digital Storytelling for Vocabulary Instruction (Susan Wegmann); and (34) Film, Arts and Culture as Community Outreach Tools: Perspectives from Singapore (Victor Yu). (Individual papers contain references.)

This document contains reports and papers from a conference focusing on the political dimension of mathematics education. The program was organized around four large themes: (1) "Mathematics Education and Culture" based on 13 papers; (2) "Society and Institutionalized Mathematics Education" based on 41 papers; (3) "Educational Institutions and the Individual Learner" based on 32 papers dealing with classroom learning practices; and (4) "Mathematics Education in the Global Village," which summarized five hearings that were focused on the accountability of the international mathematics education community. (YP)

Selected papers from the 1985 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages include: "Research in Creativity and Its Application in the Classroom"; "Teaching Language Through Comprehension"; "The Testing of Proficiency in Listening Comprehension: Guidelines for Teaching"; "Who Should Be Asking the Questions in the Second Language Classroom?"; "Foreign Language for the Gifted: Extending Cognitive Dimensions"; "Memory Hooks and Other Mnemonic Devices: A Brief Overview for Language Teachers"; "Teaching Geography to First-Year Students: Lesson Plans Using More than Maps"; "Increasing the Functional Culture Content of the Foreign Language Class"; "Contemporary Culture: A Model for Teaching a Culture's Heritage"; "Foreign Languages for Business: Career or Culture?";"From Grave Rubbings to Maximilian's Journey"; "Tools for Creating Foreign Language CAI"; "Maximizing Consumer Video"; "Let's Have a Foreign Language Festival...A Big One!"; "Immersion Weekends: The Next Best Thing to Being There"; "Central Indiana's Foreign Language Collaborative: A NEH Experiment"; and "The French Language Teaching Assistant Program: Pedagogical Techniques and Administrative Problems." (MSE)

Research in learning technologies has often focused on the affordances of single technologies such as pcs, smartphones or interactive whiteboards. However, in most learning environments technologies do not stand alone but are embedded in activity structures and webs of materials that make up the learning activity. This is specifically relevant when the object of study is mobile learning, where devices are flexible and follow the learner in his/her shifting learning activities and needs. This paper focuses on the ways in which iPads as learning technologies become involved in sociomaterial practices that are emergent and improvisational and how this contributes to educational change. The paper proposes that the introduction of tablets into classrooms will enroll devices in networks of learning that establish new and significant relationships between learning technologies such as iPads, whiteboards, pcs as well as books, pens and paper. These relationships challenge the idea that iPads can act as isolated and unique actors in educational development. The paper focuses on the ways in which teachers negotiate material cultures in schooling when iPads are involved in learning, i.e. how they become central actors in linking, translating and creating trajectories between the artefacts of learning. I study these processes from three perspectives that I identify as respectively capturing, bricolaging and building knowledge. [For full proceedings, see ED557189.]

This paper establishes a rationale and preliminary model for the examination of the "holy men and women" narratives in contemporary democratic education. The overarching assumption is that education is the primary institution for reclaiming historical narratives and creating new ones about individuals whose lives can serve as deeply satisfying examples for postmodern society. The report asserts that within the diverse strands of both Eastern and Western cultures there are rich traditions that exult heroes and heroines for their achievements as spiritual and moral beings, rather than the rich and famous in business, sports, or entertainment fields. The paper focuses on those spiritually extraordinary individuals who are purported to have existed and whose lives are chronicled in narrative accounts. The common bond they share is the exceptional effort exerted in their lives to attain unity with the Deity and for their lives to manifest the consequences of that union. (EH)

This paper focuses on three activities for elementary students to develop the concept of diversity of peoples within the United States. Students are asked in each activity to select elements representative of their geographic area in the United States, while noting the differences within the common elements. A short booklist of titles about selected Native Americans and Hispanic Americans is included. (EH)

This paper explores Max Weber's study of the origins of the secularization of the Puritan work ethic and examines the hybridized category of secular science expert. The hybrid construct provides an opening for the critical analysis of the concrete activity of development from two perspectives, the structural and the individual. The individual perspective is the subject of the paper. Sections of the paper include: (1) "The Idea of Expert and the Context of Development: The Global Tour of Ascetic Rationality"; (2) "The Expert and the Assignment Context: The Voyage from Secular Mechanics to Cargo of Values"; (3) "The Possibility of Transformative Development: Ethics Regained"; (4) "From 'Accidental Expert' to Reflective Ethics"; (5) "The Ethical Education of the Expert: From Consultant to What?" and (6) "Ascetic Rationality Revisited: The Expert Re-educated." Contains a chart on the self-reflection model and 49 references. (EH)

This document consists of workshop materials used during a paper/poster session at the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) summer conference. Presenters modeled the use of case literature as a tool for teaching about culturally responsible pedagogy and effective instruction. The cases were developed from observations of and interviews with middle school teachers in a large metropolitan school district. The cases modeled a tenet of research findings on culturally responsible pedagogy: an active learning model in natural environments fostering cooperation and interdependence encourages development of self-esteem and maximizes learning for students regardless of differences related to culture and ethnicity, social status, gender, religion, home environment, genetic and biological factors, cognitive skills, learning styles, or personal experiences. Through role playing, participants were actively involved in analyzing case vignettes. The materials include a page of background information on culturally responsible pedagogy and two cases consisting of outlines, student opinions, a Hispanic teacher's journal, and pages of references. (AMH)

Contemporary studies in the field of education cannot afford to neglect the ever present interrelationships between power and politics, economics and consumption, representation and identity. In studying a recent cultural phenomenon in government schools, it became clear that a methodological tool that made sense of these interlinked processes was required. The Circuit of Culture (the Circuit) was refined as a tool of cultural analysis by British cultural theorists in the late 1990s. This paper will provide a brief history of the Circuit, some of its applications and critique, and an overview of the way the Circuit has been utilised to explore a topical cultural phenomenon involving the commodification of international student programs in Australian government schools (Leve, 2011). This study draws on the Circuit to open the way for an exploration of the multiple interrelated processes involved in the construction and management of an education commodity. The Circuit emphasizes the moments of production, representation, consumption, regulation and identity, and the interrelated articulations of these moments. It is found to be a useful and flexible tool for exploring the contemporary significance of, and possibilities for, the increasingly complex multiple modes and relationships of each of these significant moments in the construction and maintenance of an education commodity. (Contains 2 figures and 7 endnotes.)

The profession of high performance sports coaching is a complex process focused on performance improvement with the goal of producing international sporting success. Rising demand for top-level coaches has been matched with the increasing amount of resources allocated to producing world-class performances. This includes creating and sustaining a culture of learning and competition. For a foreign coach, the culture of an adopted country can differ dramatically from that in their homeland. This discussion explores the challenges and opportunities an expatriate coach may experience in an effort to succeed in an adopted nation at the highest level of competition. [For the full proceedings, see ED581791.]

The 29th Annual Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA) Conference was held November 21 through November 26, 2019 and the primary venue was the Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Library, University of Guam in Mangilao, U.S. Territory of Guam. This volume includes a listing of 2018-2019 PIALA Officers and Board members, conference schedule, official group photo, and acknowledgement of sponsors and contributors. Presentations include: (1) Opening Remarks November 21, 2019 (Erlinda C. Naputi, PIALA President); (2) How to Accomplish Your Publishing Goals: The Value of Publishing Locally (Victoria Lola Leon Guerrero); (3) Exploring the CHamoru Community's OCAP (Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession) of Health Research (Lisa Linda Natividad and Chelsea Fama); (4) Cultural Field Trip: Valley of the Latte Adventure Park, November 22, 2019; (5) Northern Marianas Islands Oral History Project (Perry J. C. Pangelinan and Rlene Santos Steffy); (6) The Effectiveness of Classification System and Subject Headings: Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) Guam and Micronesia Collection (Wai Yi Ma); (7) Yap Traditional Custom: Some Parts of Our Culture Are Worth Preserving, But Some Are Not (Stella Yafneg); (8) Using the Patron to Improve Leadership (Jenny Helieisar); (9) Travel Report: American Library Association Annual Conference and Exhibition (Melissa Gentapanan); (10) Highlights of Joeten-Kiyu Public Library (Ray Deleon Guerrero Jr. and Celina Foreman); (11) Preserving and Cataloguing the Joachim deBrum Collection (Carol Curtis and Solynn Bajo); (12) Entity Report: KLA (Kosrae State FSM); (13) Entity Report: LAMP (Pohnpei State FSM); (14) Entity Report: MILA (Republic of the Marshall Islands); (15) Entity Report: PAL (Republic of Palau); (16) Entity Report: GLA (U.S. Territory of Guam); (17) Hawai'i Library Association Report (Karen Peacock Memorial Scholar) (Jefrey L. Libao); (18) Palau National Non-Communicable Disease (NCD); Palau Association of Libraries (PAL) Grant Project (Imengel Mad and Mary Arius); (19) Karen Peacock Memorial Scholarship (Roland San Nicholas); (20) 5 Ws and One H question {FSM-ALAM} (Atarino Helieisar); (21) ILS and Guam Public School Libraries (Krishnan Seerengan); (22) 29th PIALA Annual General Membership Meeting Report (Michael Williams); (23) PIALA Treasurer's 2019 Report Summary (Jefry Libao); (24) Understanding Audio for Modern Libraries (Ryan Shook); (25) Looking beyond the Pretty Flowers (Simeon Palomo); (26) State of Information Literacy at the University of Guam (Roland A. San Nicolas); (27) Closing Remarks at end of Conference November 26, 2019 (Erlinda C. Naputi); and (28) PIALA President Closing Dinner Remarks (Erlinda C. Naputi). Also included in these proceedings are: photos from the closing dinner; and abstracts from presenter registration form for presentations not in these proceedings. The following are appended: (1) Chronology of PIALA Conferences; (2) Minutes of PIALA Executive Board Meeting - November 25, 2019; (3) Recipients of the Karen Peacock Memorial Scholarship; (4) PIALA website announcement; (5) Call for Papers; (6) Presentation Form; (7) Letter of Invitation; (8) Registration Form; (9) Announcement Letter to GDOE; (10) Name Tag Template; (11) GLA Conference Report to PIALA Board (March 15, 2020); (12) Press Release: Guam Public Library commemoration of 70 Years of Service November 26, 2019; (13) Murals at the Agana Public Library; (14) Photo: Conference participants attending the Commemorative Ceremony of the 70th Anniversary of Library Services on the island of Guam. November 26, 2019; (15) Press Release: Guam Public Library System's Archival Center; (16) Postponement of 30th Annual PIALA Conference and 2020 Karen Peacock Memorial Scholarship Opportunity By PIALA President Erlinda C. Naputi May 26 2020; (17) In Loving Memory: Dr Yvonne Chandler; (18) Season's Greetings card and PIALA face mask, sent to members by PIALA President Erlinda Naputi, December 2020; (19) New PIALA Official Letterhead; and (20) PIALA listserv Message History. [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines.]

Multicultural education in the 1990s goes beyond the histories of particular ethnic and cultural groups to examine the context of oppression itself. The historical foundations of this modern conception of multicultural education are exemplified in the lives of African American women, whose stories are largely untold. Aspects of current theory and practice in curriculum transformation and multicultural education have roots in the activities of African American women. This paper discusses the life and contributions of Mary McLeod Bethune as an example of the interconnections among feminism, education, and social activism in early 20th century American life. (Author/EH)

This study investigated whether college students' self-efficacy, level of learning strategy use, academic burnout, and school support predict course satisfaction and learning persistence. To this end, self-efficacy, level of learning strategy use, academic burnout, and school support were used as prediction variables, and course satisfaction and learning persistence were used as criterion variables. Subjects were 178 students registered for online and mobile "Culture and Art History" courses in the 2012 second quarter of K cyber university. They participated in an online survey. Multiple regression analysis revealed that self-efficacy and level of learning strategy use positively predicted course satisfaction and learning persistence, and academic burnout negatively predicted course satisfaction and learning persistence. However, school support did not predict either course satisfaction or learning persistence. Accordingly, we suggest that raising self-efficacy and level of learning strategy use, and reducing academic burnout in the learning environment will improve course satisfaction and learning persistence of cyber learners. [For the complete proceedings, see ED557171.]

To curb unauthorized downloading, the major film, music, and software corporations have developed public education campaigns aimed at children, extolling the virtues of copyright and the immorality of piracy. Some were designed to be shown among movie trailers in theaters, others are made available online; some are delivered to schools as curricular materials to be incorporated into K-12 classrooms. Through an examination of the materials themselves and through interviews with their designers, this presentation examines not only their characterization of copyright law, but their implicit claims about how, why, an by whom culture is produced, circulated, and consumed. These campaigns traffic in and perpetuate an industry-centric idea of what copyright is for, how technology is meant to be used, and why culture is important, helping to structure the dynamics of cultural participation. Amid these assumptions, comfortable roles are offered to young users of new media -- particular that of "consumer" rather than "user" or "citizen" -- roles that are far from neutral in the current debates about cultural policy, and work against the tide of emerging forms of creativity and collaboration. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NEAIR (North East Association for Institutional Research) 2011 Conference Proceedings is a compilation of papers presented at the Boston, Massachusetts conference. Papers in this document include: (1) Are Students Dropping Out or Dragging Out the College Experience? The Roles of Socioeconomic Status and Academic Background (Leslie S. Stratton and James N. Wetzel); The "Art and Science" of Developing Institutional Peers: Methods of Exploring and Determining Peer Institutions (Joanna Musial-Demurat and Bruce Szelest); (3) Benchmarking for Student Learning Outcomes Using Case Examples (Thomas P. Judd, Christopher Pondish, and Charles Secolsky); (4) Course Withdrawal, Course Repetition, and Time to Degree: Implications for Campus Policy (Carol VanZile-Tamsen); (5) Developing a Culture of Assessment in Student Affairs: Components, Actions, and Processes (Michael N. Christakis); (6) Measuring All Students: An Alternative Method for Retention and Completion Rates (Jason Bryer and Lisa Daniels); (7) Predictive Modeling of Achievement of Post-Baccalaureate Outcomes (Thomas McGuinness); (8) Tracking Student Retention with Updating Information (Robert T Gutman). (Individual papers contain appendices and references.)

This paper presents a conceptualization that interprets the processes of policymaking, institution building, and change planning as aspects of the same generic phenomenon of cultural action. Central to this conceptualization is a view of power that explains the dynamics of these related processes while it demonstrates their integral unity. The sole intent of the policymaking process is asserted to be the directing and harnessing of social power for social outcomes. (Author/WM)

This section presents several management consulting conference paper abstracts. The abstracts include "Education and Experience as Antecedents of the Performance of Management Consultants," that analyzes human capital in terms of education and experience; "Being Human: The Real Challenge for the 21st Century," about relationships within business; and "Designing and Processing a Socio-Economic Management Control," which discusses social performance of management control.

This section presents several conference paper abstracts on management consulting. The paper 'Futurogenic Management' gives methodologies and product examples. Three methodologies are necessary. First is to develop abilities to free oneself from established wisdom and procedures. Second, to understand heterogenistic interaction as the necessary source of creativity; and third, to facilitate interaction among heterogeneous specialists who cannot interact under the present organizational system. The paper 'Comparing Psychotherapists' and Change Agents' Approaches to Change' explores the most prominent clusters of theories for changing organizations and changing people. Managers and management consultants make use of the first set of theories while psychotherapists use the latter. The study 'The Influence of Management Consultants on Client Firm Market Value: Evidence From the U.S. and U.K.' draws from the Knowledge-based View to help explain how management consultants might influence client firm financial performance. The main purpose of the paper 'The Discursive Construction of the Manager as a Legitimate Client of Consulting Services' reflects the exploration of the discursive space in which the use of management consulting services is constructed as a legitimate managerial activity.

The 23 conference papers in this proceedings include: (1) "Global Awareness Society International: Retrospectives and Prospectives" (Chang Shub Roh); (2) "Technology Transfer in Developing Countries: The Case of Turkey (1989-1994)" (Huseyin Ates; Asim Sen); (3) "Indigenous People, Environmental Protection and Globalization" (Edward D. Barker); (4) "Children['s] Literature: A Tool to Implement Multicultural Education" (Wei Wei Cai); (5) "Technology Transfer in Human Services: The Case of Basic Ecclesial Communities" (John G. Cosgrove); (6) "Adaptation of Traditional HR Rocesses for Total Quality Environments" (Robert D. Costigan); (7) "Some Language Concepts We Could (Should) Do Without" (Maverick M. Harris); (8) "Global Competition & TQM" (Selim S. Ilter); (9) "The Thorny Road of Confucian Religion Mission to the West" (Thomas Hosuck Kang); (10) "Developing Strategies for Accelerated Economic Growth and Global Awareness for Caribbean Countries" (Stanley J. Lawson; Jay Nathan); (11) "The Reinvention of U.S. Public Personnel Administration: International Implications and Impacts" (William M. Leavitt); (12) "Functions of Forms of Address in Intercultural Communication" (Anna Lubecka); (13) "Administrative Governmental Reform: An International Comparative Analysis" (Berhanu Mengistu; Keith R. Reynolds); (14) "Peacespeak: A Framework for Using Language for Peace" (Sylvia S. Mulling); (15) "Is National Health Insurance Needed" (Robert Obutelewicz); (16) "Students' Stereotypes of Non-Western Cultures and the Effects on Global Awareness" (Egerton Osunde; Neil Brown); (17)"Total Quality Management Training Implementation: A Cross-Cultural Perspective" (Wolfgang Pindur; Sandra E. Rogers; Sherry M. Burlingame); (18) "The Dynamic Impact of Union Density on Labor Productivity Across Economics" (Rod D. Raehsler); (19) "Macro Factors for Determining Total Quality" (Asim Sen); (20) "Perspectives in Global Education" (Madhav P. Sharma; Stephen A. Pavlak); (21) "Welfare Reform and America's Children" (Dale L. Sultzbaugh); and (22) "Accessible Mental Health Services for Pre-School Families in Rural America" (Judith A. M. Sultzbaugh. Some papers contain references. (EH)

Communications scholars need to become aware of how the field of cultural studies enlarges and enriches the field of the study of culture and communications. Cultural theorists need to become more aware of how the cultural artifacts are mediated by a system of production and reception and pay more attention to communications research. Cultural studies should include analyses of the production of culture and the ways that dominant systems of production structure and inhibit specific forms, content, and effects in cultural studies. On the other hand, there are reductionist and scientistic communications research approaches to culture and communication that would benefit from broadening their vistas and utilizing the methods of cultural studies. An integrated approach is needed to combine the study of cultural production, analysis of cultural texts, and inquiry into their reception. A productive dialogue between cultural theorists and communications scholars could help overcome the bifurcation in the field that is now causing unnecessary conflict and tensions. Intense focus on the nature and functions of culture and communications can help produce better social theories and the study of culture and communications in turn could benefit from the application of social theories to its subject matter. (Fifteen notes are included. Contains 30 references.) (RS)

The article presents several conference paper abstracts on social issues in management. "Constructing Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Industry Associations," discusses the nature of trade associations and the role they play in society. "Path Dependence in Firm-Stakeholder Relations," focuses on social responsibility by businesses. "Exploring Recent Business Scandals and Entrepreneurial Antecedents: Ethical Leadership Implications," investigates the relationship between scandals and entrepreneurship.

This section presents organization and management theory conference paper abstracts. "Factors That Impact Sales Person's Performance in Virtual Environments" aims to understand the effects of sales persons' location on their sales quota achievement. "Can Progress Be Resistant to Bad Institutions? The Case of ICT" shows that cross-country differences in the use of information and communication technologies are to a considerable extent due to differences in the investment climate. "Chance, Choice, & Inevitability in Strategy," discusses strategic choice.

This article presents several abstracts of studies about organization development and change. In the paper titled "Towards a Holistic Theoretical Framework for the Unfolding of Planned Change," develops a framework for the unfolding of planned change efforts using as empirical field of investigation longitudinal case studies from Greek public organizations that currently are undergoing radical change. "A Construct Validation of a New Job Insecurity Measure (JIM): The Emerging Role of Management" explores the dimensionality of job insecurity. "Responding to a Changing Environment: Adapting Human and Social Capital to Impact Performance," that investigates how a firm responds to a changing environment using a resource-based perspective.

This section presents several abstracts of research about organizational communication. The progress of the past seven years of field study research on work group effectiveness was examined in the paper titled "Work Team Effectiveness Field Research: Progress and Prospects." An analysis of thirty-six empirical studies reveals that work team field research is proceeding primarily along dimensions of interdependence, autonomy, diversity and conflict. In the paper "Temporal Effects of Relational Stocks on Technology-Enabled Group Performance," the authors extend existing group development models by employing a complementary stock perspective. Results suggest more complex implications of utilizing technology than previously observed delays in relational development that accompanies technology use.

This section presents several management education and development conference paper abstracts. They include, "The Effect of Instructional Delivery Method on Student Achievement," regarding the educational value of undergraduate human resource management classes, "A Personal and Experimental Reflection on Teaching and Learning wtih the Consultant Learning Method," about an analysis of undergraduate and graduate management courses, and "What it Means to Supervise: A Phenomenographic Study of Doctorial Student Supervision," discussing what doctoral supervisors look for in their management students.

This guide covers the Canadian Maritime provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. The first in a series prepared for geographers and those interested in travel, this guide is written by local geographers or others with special expertise on the area and provides insights and a feeling for place that textbooks often miss. This guide introduces a region outside the geographical experience of most people in the United States and of many Canadians. The complexities, joys, and challenges of this multicultural region are presented for further exploration. Part 1, "An Overview of the Region," includes: (1) "Introduction"; (2) "First People"; (3) "The Maritimes in Canadian History"; (4) "The Environment of the Maritimes"; (5) "Physical Geography"; and (6)"Environmental Problems." Part 2, "The Regions of the Maritimes," includes: (1) "Acadia"; (2) "'Acadian' or 'Maritimer': A Question of Identity and Geography" (Samuel Arsenault); (3) "Editor's Postscript"; (4) "Prince Edward Island"; (5) "Prince Edward Island: Garden of the Gulf--The Million Acre Farm" (Peter Ennals; Frank Driscoll); (6) "Halifax"; (7) "Halifax and Its Region" (Hugh Milward); (8) "The Annapolis Valley"; (9) "Down the Length of the Annapolis Valley" (James E. Taylor); (10) "Nova Scotia's South Shore"; (11) "Touring the South Shore" (Elaine F. Bosowski); (12) "Cape Breton Island"; (13) "Cape Breton Island and the Five Themes of Geography" (Stephen Hornsby); (14) "Selected References"; and (15) "Contributors." Part 3 lists field trip itineraries for the region. Maps, charts, and drawings accompany the text. Contains 33 references and a list of contributors). (EH)

This section presents several abstracts on issues surrounding critical management, including studies on lip sewing and woomera, messy texts and conceptual activism in organization theory, and factors that influence operating performance through the use of gainsharing plans.

This section presents various conference paper abstracts on organizational communication and information systems, including a study of the processes that lead to success or failure in teams with functional heterogeneity, an investigation of conflict, its antecedents and its effect that fester longer and resist resolutions, and an evaluation of how community organizing dimensions may impact product and service innovation and commercialization.

This article presents abstracts of studies on international management. The paper "Regional Strategies for Service Sector Multinationals," examined the intra-regional sales of all 49 multinational enterprises (MNE) in the retail sector. Data is not available for most other service sector MNEs, especially in insurance and banking. Only one of these 49 retail MNEs is global, defined as operating with at least 20 percent of its sales in each part of the triad. The paper "Market Equilibrium, Cartel or Lack of Strategy? Entry Level Compensation in Japanese Firms," examined the determinants of base pay for entry level college graduates in Japanese firms. In a sense, Japanese firms' compensation strategy for college hiring is to behave as a cartel and to minimize wage competition. The paper "A Comparative Analysis of Indian and Chinese Negotiating Behavior," highlighted the similarities and differences between Indian and the Chinese negotiating behavior. While a lot has been written about the Chinese approach to negotiations the literature on Indian negotiating behavior is relatively sparse. This paper attempts to fill this gap in the literature by providing a comparative contrast of the negotiating styles in these countries. The starting premise of the paper is that institutional environments affect the ease with which value is created, sustained or amplified over time.

This section presents several conference paper abstracts on management education and development. The paper 'Film in Teaching: Copyright Issues' presents guidelines and observations for legal use in different situations, based on the Copyright Law of the United States. The paper 'Testing the Applicability of Learning Theories to Web-based MBA Courses' attempts to help address this literature gap by reporting on a study of objectivist, collaborative, and cognitive constructivist learning theories in a sample of courses conducted from Summer 2000 through Summer 2002. The results of this study indicate that while characteristics associated with objectivist and cognitive constructivist learning theory explain significant variance in perceived learning and delivery medium satisfaction, students reported significantly higher scores for those variables in courses where collaborative constructivist learning techniques were the dominant instruction mode. The paper 'Creating Critical Mass in Russian Management: Managers' Perceptions of What Remains to be Done' reports on the self-identified training and education needs of a select cadre of Russian managers. The paper also examines the challenges facing their firms, the skills needed to overcome them, and whether the methods identified by the managers for improving their skills will actually be able to deliver them.

This article presents several conference paper abstracts on managerial and organizational cognition. The study 'Knowledge Creation and New Entry' describes examples of experiential and experimental learning behaviors associated with a learning orientation and reveals a positive relationship between those learning behaviors and organizational absorptive capacity, which is in turn associated with enhanced collective efficacy, and the shared belief in the firm's capability to pursue new entry. The paper 'Breaking Away: An Empirical Examination of How Organizational Identity Changes During a Spin-Off' reports on an empirical case study of the processes involved in one organization's identity change during their spin-off from a parent organization. Key findings from the emergent model include the critical role played by a state of identity ambiguity that emerged from image discrepancies and changes in the organization's social referents. The paper 'The Investigation of Collective Cognition in Teams Through a Social Network Approach' investigates how learning network structures influence forms of collective cognition, cognitive overlap and cognitive complexity in teams through effecting different patterns of social influence.

This article presents several conference paper abstracts about organization and management theory. The conference paper entitled "Multiple Logics in the Decision-Making Process," by Sergio Janczak, is a qualitative empirical study that reveals the multiple logics which managers, in undertaking projects, used to influence other employees. This paper seeks to contribute to the literature decision-making process by exploring further the often ignored area of middle management's processes. In addition, as an exploratory approach this paper aims to reveal the factors that influence such processes. The design of this qualitative study includes the identification of a sample of 59 projects undertook by 39 middle managers in 35 complex multidivisional organizations in Canada. The conference paper entitled "The Ecology of Strategic Positioning: Mutualism, Competition, and Inertia," by Stanislav D. Dobrev, Tai-Young Kim, and Glenn R. Carroll develops an ecological theory of the strategic positioning of all firms in an organizational population across its evolution. Drawing on established ecological theories and notions of strategic positioning from the management literature, we contend that processes of mutualism, competition, and inertia shape the propensity of firms to move in the market space.

This section presents abstracts of several conference papers on organization development and change. The research 'Creating an Adaptive Organizational Culture' discusses the key factors following an organizational culture change activity. The study 'Change & Financial Performance' focuses on the longitudinal dynamic linkage between radical change, ideological embeddedness, demographic depletion and financial performance in a macro organizational setting: Israeli kibbutzim. The paper 'Managing Improvisation Within the Management of Change: Some Lessons From UK Financial Services' considers data collected within a study of project-managed change in the financial services sector in Great Britain. The study 'Change Sans Tears: Understanding Change Processes for Frontline Employees in Service Organizations,' proposes a theoretically grounded model of continuous change processes that emphasizes three aspects, first, antecedents of continuous change located in unit and organizational management efforts to respond to market and institutional forces by maintaining a balance between economic and service goals; secondly, multifaceted modeling of change processes by including the inter-relationships among perception of change, role ambiguity and depersonalization tendencies; and last, change outcomes including performance and psychological wellbeing.

This article presents several conference paper abstracts on management. In the paper titled 'Interrelatedness and Value Creation in Firm-Stakeholder Networks,' the authors attempt to raise the practical dilemmas of having an agent provocateur or a stakeholder within the firm's network. The paper titled 'Stakeholder Influence Strategies in the Canadian Forest Products Industry' draws upon the stakeholder literature to propose and test hypotheses regarding managerial perceptions about the different types of strategies that organizational stakeholders adopt to influence the sustainability practices of individual firms in the industry. The authors of the paper proposed that resource interdependence and type of stake would determine whether the influence employed by individual stakeholders was direct or indirect via other stakeholders. The paper 'Communication Philanthropy. Multiple Representations to Multiple Stakeholders' examines the accounts given by 100 large firms in the UK for their involvement with the arts. It finds support for strategic philanthropy, but that the strategic intent may be more about meeting a form of social contract or securing a licence to operate. It also adds to the literature by combining the corporate philanthropy and social accounting literatures.

This section presents conference paper abstracts on technology and innovation management. An empirical study of organizational cognition in semiconductor manufacturing and process development presents evidence that learning in high technology industries can be leveraged. Prolonged, sustained investments in learning at a relatively constant level may generate highly non-linear surges in performance, but performance deteriorates as market windows close. A model of capability reconfiguration is developed in order to explain the responses of incumbents to technological change. Substitution, evolution and transformation are identified as three mechanisms of capability reconfiguration that entail different costs. The choice of reconfiguration mechanism is linked not only to the nature of technological change but also to the attributes of capabilities. The geographic concentration and co-location of university research and industrial research and development in three technological areas, such as medical imaging, neural networks, and signal processing are examined. Another paper examined the relationship between interdivisional knowledge transfer and organizational innovativeness in the context of the diversed firm.

The issues of development, culture, education, policy, and strategy denote a global approach and raise questions regarding the contribution of education to cultural development. The misunderstood concept of development emerged from the 1960s decolonization and remains further away from the social reality in which international organizations work. Development can be perceived as a broad-ranging process involving the homogeneous interplay of economic, social, and cultural factors. Culture is principle in forming the material, the organization, and the production of symbols and thus needs a multi-dimensional approach. Education requires a global approach with the greatest possible social support and adequate teaching. A frame for educational policy suggests how to construct the cultural side: (1) a scientific culture at the peak; (2) a social culture at the base; and (3) an appropriate linguistic overlay. The strategy to achieve education contributing to cultural development requires national (intra-cultural) coordination, local (intercultural) coordination, and international (cross-cultural) coordination. Problems include the many aspects of development, various cultures and beliefs, the objectives of education, school culture, communication technologies, language culture, and scientific research. (CK)

This document defines education as the process of the integrated development of an individual that takes place throughout life, and aims at one's complete fulfillment in the intellectual, spiritual, moral, emotional, physical, and other domains. Culture is defined as the complex of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual, and emotional features that characterize a society or social group. Because of the convergence in the two definitions, one can understand how education can contribute to cultural development, enriching culture, and making it available to everyone. Culture is conditioned by man's national and social environment, and therefore one finds a great diversity of culture in the region of Asia and the Pacific. Many countries in the region have a rich cultural heritage having been the seat of once great kingdoms and empires that left impressive cultural monuments. The Asia Pacific region includes the great religions of the world such as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, and Shintoism. People's ethical, moral, and cultural values are anchored on these religions. Through education, religion based values have developed to suit the changing demands of different societies arising from modernization. Education has played both a moderating and awakening role in the face of the unprecedented development of science and technology leading to industrialization and modernization. Because industrialization was imported, it carries with it the cultural baggage of the countries of origin, which are often not in harmony with local sociocultural values. Tensions arise in such relationships as: (1) man, nature; (2) man, fellow man; (3) man, self; and (4) man, God. Each of these relationships is discussed. (DK)

This document is a brief presentation of the relation among education, culture, and development in the Latin American and Caribbean countries that focuses on two major aspects: (1) the new development strategies currently being implemented in the region, and (2) the educational actions being undertaken as an answer to the new challenges posed by the new development strategies. The Latin American and Caribbean countries have initiated a significant process of change within their social and economic development's strategies. These new trends recognize that traditional strategies of development were based on three main factors: (1) the income of natural resources; (2) the external debt; and (3) the internal financial imbalance associated with high inflation taxes. Within this framework, Latin America's peculiarity lies on the fact that some countries attained economic growth while others achieved somewhat minimal equity levels, yet none fulfilled both the expected objectives of the development process simultaneously: growth and equity. Within the context of a development pattern based on the aforementioned factors, education's performance was only slightly connected with the demands of economic growth (due to the minimal use of technical progress as a production factor) and with the political or social integration requirements (because incorporation of the population in their capacity as citizens was weak and recurrently influenced by lengthy periods of authoritarianism and political exclusion). Curriculum innovations include decentralization, extension of participation to those outside the system, and new teaching methods. Obstacles to educational improvement are language differences and objections to conceiving the intercultural dimension as including the entire school population. (Author/DK)

Recent legislation on adult basic education (ABE) in the Netherlands has two important aims: to offer one uniform organizational financial structure and to improve educational quality. ABE institutes have concentrated on restructuring the organization and merging the precursors. The change in structure is supported by a change in organizational culture with a focus on substance and innovation. A review of the social construction and reconstruction of school culture distinguishes at least three domains: the functioning of the principal; the nature and degree of goal consensus; and the nature of professional relations in the team. A study examined current practices in 17 institutes for ABE. The research instruments used were indepth interviews, document analysis, and observations. The new principal was found to play a crucial role in bringing together the precursors and in introducing and implementing curricular innovations. Some principals had a "second" leader in the form of dual management. The nature of the courses offered by the institute had an impact on goal consensus. Most institutes offered a broad range of courses for various target groups. Problems in fostering professional cooperation were lack of contact among teachers and failure to involve teachers in policy matters and issues concerning course content. (16 references) (YLB)

The examination of school organization from a cultural perspective focuses on value orientation and commitment in elementary and secondary schools, and relates the predicted cultural differences to specific organizational and demographic attributes. A cluster-sampling procedure first selected schools as the unit of analysis, and then selected teachers from each school. A survey of teachers from 53 elementary schools and 51 high schools yielded a 83.6 percent response rate. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and multiple regression were the primary methods of data analysis. The findings suggest that differences in organizational culture exist between elementary and high schools, and that such differences are not a function of demographic or organizational variables. A second finding indicates that the higher the level of normative value orientation, the higher the level of teacher organizational commitment. Normative controls therefore generate higher levels of teacher commitment. Finally, the results failed to confirm any relationship between personal characteristics of teachers and differences in organizational culture. This suggests that school culture exists independently of individual traits. The implications for administrative practice are that different school cultures require different administrative practices. (43 references) (LMI)

This section presents abstracts of conference papers about managerial and organizational decision making. Some of the abstracts include "Emotional Intelligence and Communication Perceptions During Conflict and Decision Making," focusing on how business intelligence helps organizational effectiveness, "Knowledge Sharing and Team Effectiveness in Challenging Organizational Environments," about how management teams benefit from external knowledge, and "A Small World After All? Network Perceptions Versus Reality," that discusses how social networks can affect an organization.

This section presents abstracts of papers related to business policy and strategy, including "Competition, Learning, or Legitimacy: Understanding the Adoption of Websites by Consumer Magazines," about corporate earnings restatements; "A Road to Directorship: How Corporate Executives Secure Positions on Other Firm's Boards," about the role of outside directors; and "A Selection that Cannot Stand the Test: Succession Context and New CEO Dismissal," about executive succession.