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- AN EGALITARIAN HONORS PROGRAM: THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF RURAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
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- McMillan, Barbara Ferguson, Rogers, Mary F., Pilcher, Janet, Nichols, Joyce, University of West Florida
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This qualitative research study examined the lived experiences of students at a community college that has implemented an open-enrollment honors program. I surveyed high achievers who opted not to participate as well as a variety of students who had enrolled so that I could explore issues of self-efficacy in students' enrollment decisions. In addition, to understand the meaning of the program to its participants I conducted two in-depth interviews with program participants, facilitated a...
Show moreThis qualitative research study examined the lived experiences of students at a community college that has implemented an open-enrollment honors program. I surveyed high achievers who opted not to participate as well as a variety of students who had enrolled so that I could explore issues of self-efficacy in students' enrollment decisions. In addition, to understand the meaning of the program to its participants I conducted two in-depth interviews with program participants, facilitated a focus group with honors graduates, and recorded direct observations of the program in its first two years of operation. The narratives and other data generated during this study suggest that students enjoy the program and believe it is beneficial to them, which may increase engagement. In addition, it seems that because many students have not defined themselves as capable of success in an honors program, they may lack the self-efficacy required for voluntary enrollment. Their comments imply that individual encouragement from an instructor who provides accurate information about the "no-risk aspects of the program increases the likelihood that a student will participate.
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- 2008
- Identifier
- WFE0000125, uwf:60792
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- METACOGNITIVE AND LEARNING STRATEGIES USED BY ADULT NOVICE WEB-BASED STUDENTS.
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- Hemmye, Carol Lynn, Rasmussen, Karen L., Northrup, Pamela T., Rogers, Mary F., Williams, Marcia, University of West Florida
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Metacognitive and learning strategy acquisition by novice Web-based students during the course of a single semester was investigated in this case study of 6 female adult novice Web students. The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory were used as pre and posttests with additional data collected via interviews and think-aloud protocols. The results suggest that female adult novice Web students enter Web classes with basic metacognitive and learning...
Show moreMetacognitive and learning strategy acquisition by novice Web-based students during the course of a single semester was investigated in this case study of 6 female adult novice Web students. The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory and Metacognitive Awareness Inventory were used as pre and posttests with additional data collected via interviews and think-aloud protocols. The results suggest that female adult novice Web students enter Web classes with basic metacognitive and learning strategies and, with the exception of time management strategies, acquire additional strategies as the semester progresses, even in the absence of interventions.
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- 2004
- Identifier
- WFE0000034, uwf:60768
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- Document (PDF)
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- MILITARY WIDOWS AGING TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY.
- Author
- Small, Frankie Anne, Rogers, Mary F., Friedrich, Douglas, Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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Utilizing the individuals story as a method to impart practical knowledge through their lived experiences is often undervalued and overlooked. The story allows for giving voice to and inclusion of those that are often unheard in society. Currently, statistics show a high percentage of women outliving their male spouses for a considerable part of their adult life-span. Viewing from a feminist communitarianism lens, this study explores the potential women's communities might hold for widows...
Show moreUtilizing the individuals story as a method to impart practical knowledge through their lived experiences is often undervalued and overlooked. The story allows for giving voice to and inclusion of those that are often unheard in society. Currently, statistics show a high percentage of women outliving their male spouses for a considerable part of their adult life-span. Viewing from a feminist communitarianism lens, this study explores the potential women's communities might hold for widows facing life alone, as they utilize and embrace their symbolic shared past community and the care imparted along the way. This multiple case study, venturing into the life-world of four military widows, illustrates how each widow is able to maintain her own individual identity while living and interacting with others in community. Their stocks of knowledge from across their life span tell a history of social life as well as individual life (Handel, 2000). In this study, I explore each widow's life in community as a child, as a military spouse, and as a widow aging in community. I focus on a grass roots effort which is initiated by a process of civic renewal through social learning and civic engagement. A community emerges where social capital is built and sustained through care efforts over decades because of the value the active duty military community holds and expresses for its othermothers - The Enlisted Widow.
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- 2008
- Identifier
- WFE0000161, uwf:60776
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- Document (PDF)
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- NOTHING CAN STOP THE U.S. AIR FORCE: EXPLORING CULTURAL REPRODUCTION AMONG MEMBERS OF A DOMINANT ELITE IN AN AMERICAN PUBLIC INSTITUTION.
- Author
- Welshans, James Samuel, Rogers, Mary F., Largue, Eula M., Polk, Dwight W., University of West Florida
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Like each of Americas military services, the United States Air Forces senior leadership is a mix of Senior Executive Service civilians and uniformed General Officers. Unique among this group, United States Air Force senior operational level warfighting leaders serve in operational level command assignments, supporting United States Joint Force Commanders worldwide. In this study I define senior operational level warfighting leaders as an elite group among United States Air Force personnel...
Show moreLike each of Americas military services, the United States Air Forces senior leadership is a mix of Senior Executive Service civilians and uniformed General Officers. Unique among this group, United States Air Force senior operational level warfighting leaders serve in operational level command assignments, supporting United States Joint Force Commanders worldwide. In this study I define senior operational level warfighting leaders as an elite group among United States Air Force personnel and examine that groups cultural reproduction. Framing my analytical context, I explore the literature on military culture, elites, leadership, and technology. Using content analysis and social network analysis research methods, I examine publicly accessible career biographies and selected speeches among 69 United States Air Force senior operational level warfighting leaders, serving from 1999-2006. I collected and stored biographical data elements in a single comprehensive data base. Tailored sorting and retrieval functions facilitated data analysis and triangulation as multiple lines of inquiry revealed complementary findings. I analyze institutional constructs, concluding that undergraduate and graduate education specializations and professional military education contribute to senior operational level warfighting leaders cultural reproduction. Near-identical career patterns, such as accelerated promotions and prestigious operational pilot assignments, also reinforce this tendency. Social network relationships, most notably mentor-protégé relationships, add to cultural reproduction. Working as senior officers executive assistants exemplifies most senior operational level warfighting leaders careers. I highlight extensive social networks that reinforce the cultural reproduction theme, focusing on United States Air Force Chiefs of Staff. Senior operational level warfighting leaders modes of expression range from uniform wear choices to methods of addressing superiors and subordinates. In this context, I find cultural reproduction tendencies among senior operational level warfighting leaders speeches and rhetoric, strategic communications programs, and professional reading lists. United States Air Force senior operational level warfighting leaders constitute a definable and powerful group of individuals who actively shape the services culture while simultaneously perpetuating their own. This groups cohesion was instrumental in creating todays United States Air Force. But this same solidarity may predispose them toward a unified, collective worldview that tends to misinterpret complex issues that dominate operational warfighting in the twenty-first century.
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- 2008
- Identifier
- WFE0000128, uwf:60815
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- Document (PDF)
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- TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS: NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.
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- Gantt, Anita Masha, Rogers, Mary F., Ferguson, Fernaundra L., Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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The broad purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of teachers who participate in the National Board Certification process. My individual interviews with the 4 teachers touched on many of their experiences. The 3 matters that emerged as paramount included professional relationships, teaching practices, and professional development. Focus groups were used with a different set of participants to supplement the individual interviews in order to provide multiple perspectives....
Show moreThe broad purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of teachers who participate in the National Board Certification process. My individual interviews with the 4 teachers touched on many of their experiences. The 3 matters that emerged as paramount included professional relationships, teaching practices, and professional development. Focus groups were used with a different set of participants to supplement the individual interviews in order to provide multiple perspectives. Four topics predominated. These topics included feelings of an elevation of status or validation, improved teaching practices, enhanced relationships with colleagues, and rich learning experiences. Improved teaching practices and enhanced professional relationships were topics that emerged from both the individual interviews and the focus groups.
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- 2006
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- WFE0000037, uwf:60731
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- Document (PDF)
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- THE STRUGGLE FOR EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT: A CASE STUDY OF THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE NEUROSURGEON.
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- Nicholson, Marilyn Redmon, Rogers, Mary F., Ferguson, Fernaundra L., Largue, Robin, Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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This qualitative case study examines the lived experiences of Dr. Alexa Canady, the first African American female neurosurgeon. A feminist perspective provides the theoretical framework for looking at the gendered systems of power in a male-dominated profession. The purpose of this study was to identify challenges Dr. Canady encountered related to race, gender, and class in her educational and professional achievements and the strategies she used to overcome them. Data were derived from...
Show moreThis qualitative case study examines the lived experiences of Dr. Alexa Canady, the first African American female neurosurgeon. A feminist perspective provides the theoretical framework for looking at the gendered systems of power in a male-dominated profession. The purpose of this study was to identify challenges Dr. Canady encountered related to race, gender, and class in her educational and professional achievements and the strategies she used to overcome them. Data were derived from document analysis and 12 in-depth interviews, 9 with Dr. Canady and 3 with other participants. In order to understand this unique case, both power and privilege in Dr. Canady’s life were explored.
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- 2005
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- WFE0000053, uwf:60723
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- Document (PDF)
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- VOICES OF ANOREXIA.
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- Boles, Sheryl Whitman, Rogers, Mary F., Pilcher, Janet K., Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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This qualitative research study explored the lived experiences of women struggling with anorexia nervosa. Three women diagnosed with anorexia (DSM-IVTR criteria) participated in three in-depth interviews, and five women participated in two focus groups to discuss the movie The Devil Wears Prada. One group included women who have eating disorders while the other included only women who do not. I also surveyed some of the broad trends in popular culture with reference to body sizes, shapes, and...
Show moreThis qualitative research study explored the lived experiences of women struggling with anorexia nervosa. Three women diagnosed with anorexia (DSM-IVTR criteria) participated in three in-depth interviews, and five women participated in two focus groups to discuss the movie The Devil Wears Prada. One group included women who have eating disorders while the other included only women who do not. I also surveyed some of the broad trends in popular culture with reference to body sizes, shapes, and appearance in general. The data generated during this study suggest that women of all ages are vulnerable to the development of eating disorders. This vulnerability may be tied to a woman?s lack of voice or her childhood experiences and perceptions, as well as to the push for perfection dramatized through various media and centered on one standard of beauty: thinness.
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- 2008
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- WFE0000133, uwf:60796
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- Document (PDF)
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- WOMENS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE: AN EPISTEMOLOGY OF FOOD PREPARATION AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.
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- Hoover, Katherine McKibben, Rogers, Mary F., Blanchard, Dallas A., Nichols, Joyce C., University of West Florida
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Common, day-to-day events and mundane interactions often have no history but leave a practical knowledge legacy. Knowledge construction is about creating meaning through social interactions. Food preparation is a medium through which women provide for the social construction of knowledge. This comparative case study involving the lived experiences of six women from the rural South who grew up during the Great Depression illustrates how knowledge is socially constructed in everyday life...
Show moreCommon, day-to-day events and mundane interactions often have no history but leave a practical knowledge legacy. Knowledge construction is about creating meaning through social interactions. Food preparation is a medium through which women provide for the social construction of knowledge. This comparative case study involving the lived experiences of six women from the rural South who grew up during the Great Depression illustrates how knowledge is socially constructed in everyday life leaving a legacy for future generations.
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- 2008
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- WFE0000120, uwf:60820
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- Document (PDF)