De digitale Schrijfhulp Nederlands : een procesgeoriënteerde schrijfhulp ter bevordering van schrijfvaardigheid in het hoger onderwijs

Een colloquium over universitair taalvaardigheidsonderwijs Universiteit Leiden, 4 juli 2014, the complete issue can be found at http://hdl.handle.net/1887/37680Wetensch. publicatieFaculteit der Geesteswetenschappe

Rachel Carson and nature as resource, object and spirit : identification, consubstantiality, and multiple stakeholders in the environmental rhetoric of the conservation in action series.

This project examines the Conservation in Action series, twelve texts produced by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) from 1947-1957 and developed and written by Rachel Carson and other agency employees. She developed the series to publicize the refuge service and conservation work, and I specifically focus on the first two booklets in the series, Chincoteague: A National Wildlife Refuge and Parker River: A National Wildlife Refuge, which argue the need for waterfowl sanctuaries. I analyze the texts as early examples of government environmental rhetoric produced by Carson, author of Silent Spring. For the analysis I use four lenses: Killingsworth and Palmer\u27s environmental perspectives, Herndl and Brown\u27s environmental discourse categories, Aristotelian proofs, and Carson\u27s subject positions as government employee, scientist, and naturalist. My analysis suggests that Carson\u27s construction of arguments and evidence in these texts illustrates the potential for environmental discourse to 1) contain appeals for both specific and wide audiences, 2) incorporate multiple ways of talking about the environment, and 3) address the needs of many stakeholders. Adding to Carson scholarship and critiques of modem environmental discourse, I specifically argue that using a combination of ethos, logos, and pathos is rhetorically powerful and that current environmental discourse must incorporate emotional appeals not depending only on jeremiad, apocalyptic, or overly emotional language. Chapter 1 reviews current environmental rhetoric scholarship, analyses of governmental environmental texts, and critiques of environmental discourse; it also explores environmental communication models, Burke\u27s theory of identification and consubstantiality, and current Carson scholarship. Chapter 2 explains background information about the USFWS, Carson, her involvement with the agency, and the creation and content of the CIA series. Chapter 3 analyzes how Carson constructs nature through the discourse of resource and of science and incorporates ethical and logical proofs, specifically arguing Carson\u27s use of the language of commerce and the language of conservation science. Chapter 4 analyzes Carson\u27s construction of nature as spirit and her use of multiple pathetic appeals in her call for conservation support. Chapter 5 briefly examines two recent examples of environmental discourse in light of the project\u27s discussion

ELLA DELORIA: A DAKOTA WOMAN’S JOURNEY BETWEEN AN OLD WORLD AND A NEW

The subject of this thesis is a Yankton Dakota Sioux woman named Ella Cara Deloria who lived from 1889 to 1972. The intent of this thesis is to use her own construct of an educated Indigenous woman to examine her personal and professional life as a middle figure between a world of Dakota traditionalism and a modern academic arena during an era of intellectual curiosity about Native Americans. She flowed between these worlds to become a distinguished author and accomplished Dakota woman who built bridges of understanding between cultures. Ella initially set out to follow the patriarchs in her family by adopting Christianity and pursuing a formal education, yet her gender enabled her to learn from her female ancestors as well, and to convey the traditional stories of her people, the Sioux. When she arrived at Columbia University, she intended to become a teacher. However, surrounded by an environment of intellectuals studying Native Americans, Ella grew alarmed by what she considered discrepancies and inaccuracies in the production of literature on Native Americans, the Sioux in particular. She decided to devote her life to create an understanding between cultures. It was through the academic world of anthropology that she found a medium to develop her unique vocation. Known for such works as Speaking of Indians and Waterlily, Ella used her writing skills to serve as a cultural mediator between her people and the rest of the world. Advisor: Margaret Jacob

Professional Learning Community as an Impetus for my Development into a Teacher Leader: An Autoethnographic Study

Recently, the notion of educational leadership has expanded from school administrators to instructional coaches, department chairs, and teacher leaders. This expansion is the result of the 1980s education reform initiatives with which the concept of teacher professional development has evolved into building professional learning communities (PLCs). The PLCs play multiple roles by providing: (a) sources for ongoing instructional support; (b) forums for collaboration and reflection; and (c) platforms for developing leadership skills among teachers. Many studies emphasize the need for teacher leaders (TLs) to lead these communities. However, little is known about the reciprocal role of these communities in the development of TLs. This study, which is a highly personalized account of my reflections, analyses, and interpretation, chronicles my experience of leading an online PLC of mathematics teachers. The purpose of this study is twofold: developing self-understanding which leads to self-transformation, and constructing a cultural understanding of how a TL develops in her role. Using an insider’s vantage point, I provide a retrospective analysis of the factors and processes that influenced my role as the lead teacher of an online PLC and evolved me into a TL outside the online context. The main research question that guides this study is “If and how did my experience of leading an online professional learning community of mathematics teachers contribute to my development into a teacher leader?” To examine my development, I used Kegan\u27s (1980) framework of adult development based on constructive developmental theory. The study employed autoethnography, a recently emerging research methodology in which the researcher is the main character and the researcher’s experiences are the data. The method I used to analyze my autoethnographic data is qualitative content analysis. Using the themes emerged from the literature and Kegan’s developmental framework; I examined the factors that contributed in my development into a TL. The results showed that the online PLC played an important role in my development by providing support/mentoring, access to resources, and a positive environment open to experimentation. The study is unique in its approach of using developmental theory and autoethnography to enhance self-understanding and highlight the intricacies and nuances of teacher leadership

Scientific Research, Writing, and Dissemination (Part 4/4): Dissemination of Scholarly Publications

Dissemination, of research-findings, is usually-seen, as the-culmination-stage, of the-entire research- process, and, hence, this-article closes the-tetrology on Scientific Research, Writing, and Dissemination. The-study was designed to-survey and analyze dissemination-awareness, patterns, and preferences, on scholarly-journal-publications, by-Engineering-faculty. The-study utilized a-survey, interviews and a-document-analysis. The-major-study-findings exposed 82% of the-respondents, who-stated that:  (1) they usually-disseminate their-research in Open-Access(OA) Journals, which are both; print & e-format; (2) they-usually-publish in-International-Journals; and (3) OA can be-beneficial, as it gives wider dissemination of research-works. 73% usually-publish in specialty-journal(s), while 64%-in publishing house(s) or platforms, with many-journals. 55% and 36% of the-respondents indicated that U.S.A. and UK is the-most-prestigious-country, for-them, to-publish, respectively. 55% also-stated, that works, in OA-journals, are not properly-peer-reviewed. To-give a-broader-perspective, the-synopsis of the-publishing process, alongside with the-dissemination-channels (Traditional-print-journals and ‘The Cost of Knowledge’ campaign; OA-Journals, including Predatory-journals; Institutional Repository (IR); Social-networks; and Conference-presentations) and other-relevant-issues, such-as: Future-prospects of the-dissemination; Credibility and ranking, of scientific-journals; Publication-Ethics in-scientific publishing; Choosing an-appropriate-journal; Submission of a-manuscript, for-review; and Increasing citation-rates of a-publication, were-presented. Moreover, constructive-criticism, on the-current-practices, in the-local context was-articulated, next-to relevant-recommendations, to-improve the-situation (at the-level of: government, university, school, and individual-faculty). In-addition, two-areas for further-research, was identified. This-paper reflects the-personal and independent-opinions of the-author and does-not-mirror the-positions, on the-subject-matter, of the-affiliated-school, or university. The-author trusts this-publication is very-tangible, as-well-as, timely; it-is, therefore, expected to-attract great-deal of attention, from different-researchers, regardless of their-discipline, stage of career-development, experience in-publishing, country, and type of their-institution, among-others. Keywords: academic ranking of journals, questioner, citation, outlet, journal selection, journal publication, publishing, manuscript submission

SWAN – Scientific Writing AssistaNt A Tool for Helping Scholars to Write Reader-Friendly Manuscripts

Difficulty of reading scholarly papers is significantly reduced by reader-friendly writing principles. Writing reader-friendly text, however, is challenging due to difficulty in recognizing problems in one’s own writing. To help scholars identify and correct potential writing problems, we introduce SWAN (Scientific Writing AssistaNt) tool. SWAN is a rule-based system that gives feedback based on various quality metrics based on years of experience from scientific writing classes including 960 scientists of various backgrounds: life sciences, engineering sciences and economics. According to our first experiences, users have perceived SWAN as helpful in identifying problematic sections in text and increasing overall clarity of manuscripts.

The Global Benefits of Open Research

The 2018 MPDI Writing Prize invited early stage researchers who are not native English speakers to write on the subject of "the global benefits of open research". Six prizes were awarded, however there were many more entries. This book collates many of those entries and contains inspiring, thought-provoking and original viewpoints of open science through the eyes of those conducting research on a daily basi

Training in scientific writing and open access publishing: the NECOBELAC project experience in Europe and Latin America

This document reflects the activity of the NECOBELAC project with special reference to the training strategy intended to improve scientific writing and create awareness on Open Access (OA) publishing models. The acronym NECOBELAC stands for Network of COllaboration between Europe and Latin American Caribbean countries. The project was funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development in the area “Science in Society” for the years 2009-2012, and was coordinated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the National Institute of Health in Italy. NECOBELAC represents a consolidation initiative in support of OA dissemination practices of scientific output in public health. The report is divided into two parts, the first one describes the project strategy and results achieved, the second one regards the NECOBELAC topic maps that were utilized as training tools in scientific writing and OA publishing

Training in scientific writing and open access publishing: the NECOBELAC project experience in Europe and Latin America

This document reflects the activity of the NECOBELAC project with special reference to the training strategy intended to improve scientific writing and create awareness on Open Access (OA) publishing models. The acronym NECOBELAC stands for Network of COllaboration between Europe and Latin American Caribbean countries. The project was funded by the European Commission within the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development in the area “Science in Society” for the years 2009-2012, and was coordinated by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the National Institute of Health in Italy. NECOBELAC represents a consolidation initiative in support of OA dissemination practices of scientific output in public health. The report is divided into two parts, the first one describes the project strategy and results achieved, the second one regards the NECOBELAC topic maps that were utilized as training tools in scientific writing and OA publishing