Intermediate Students’ Experiences with an Arts‐ Based Unit: An Action Research

I conducted an action research study with intermediate‐level language and literature students, examining meaning making as adolescents engaged in a developmental writing and performance project. The study was guided by theory and research highlighting the valuable role of overt student reflection to improve engagement in learning. Data collection methods included interviews, teacher observations, reflective journals, and audio/videotaped performance. Data analysis was iterative throughout the study, using both within‐case and cross‐case sampling, but drawing heavily on self‐reports as authentic representations of meaning‐making. The findings suggest that learning through the arts provides a vehicle for students to become actively engaged in the construction of their own learning Keywords: arts learning, multiple intelligences, emotional engagement, aesthetics, classroom drama L’auteur a mené une recherche‐action auprès d’élèves suivant des cours de littérature et de langue de niveau intermédiaire, son objectif étant d’étudier le processus de création de sens chez des adolescents participant à un projet impliquant écriture et prestation. L’étude reposait sur des théories et des recherches mettant en relief le rôle clé des réflexions explicites des élèves dans l’amélioration de leur implication dans l’apprentissage. Plusieurs méthodes de collecte de données ont été utilisées: entrevues, observations des enseignants, journaux personnels et prestations enregistrées sur cassettes audio et bandes magnétoscopiques. Les données ont été analysées de façon répétée tout au long de la recherche à l’aide d’échantillons tirés de l’étude elle‐même que d’autres études de cas, mais surtout à partir des autoévaluations en tant que représentations authentiques du processus de création de sens. Les résultats donnent à penser que l’apprentissage à travers les arts fournit aux élèves un moyen de s’impliquer activement dans leur propre apprentissage. Mots clés : apprentissage par les arts, intelligence multiple, implication émotionnelle, esthétique, mise en scène didactique.

California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA): Narrowing CCPA Exemptions Will Ensure Greater Privacy Protections

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been touted as a “landmark” and one of the “strictest digital privacy laws in the United States.” Californians for Consumer Privacy first sponsored the CCPA in 2018 as a ballot initiative. Soon after, the CCPA was introduced into the California Assembly as AB 375 and signed into law later that same year. The CCPA went into effect on January 1, 2020, granting California residents rights regarding their personal information collected and sold by businesses. Privacy protections for California consumers will become even stronger once the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) goes into effect on January 1, 2023. The CPRA is an amendment to the CCPA that will expand the definition “businesses” subject to the law and introduce a new classification of protectable, personal information, among other changes. In spite of being hailed as a “landmark” and for its “strict” protections, CCPA’s limitations render it far less protective of individuals’ privacy and therefore dramatically less effective than its European counterpart, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Notably, rights granted under CCPA apply only to consumers against businesses, a narrow band of for-profit entities that excludes many small and medium-sized businesses, non-profits, universities, government agencies, and health institutions. Unlike CCPA, the General Data Protection Regulation applies generally, as the name suggests, which includes the very types of entities excluded by the CCPA

Reimagining Criminal Justice: Open Source Data Key to Addressing Mental Health Crises

A transparent, cross-functional approach to data sharing and analysis focused on reliability and completeness can help to improve San Francisco\u27s response to the mental health crisis, says Brennan Gamwell, a 2022 JD candidate at the Golden Gate University School of Law

The Purpose of Human Rights

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Agency workers in social care: management, experience and access to voice at work

This thesis focuses on three key areas of research interest: the way in which agency workers are managed, the impact of heterogeneity in agency work (particularly in relation to job security and the opportunity to act in response to problems at work) and the opportunity for representative voice. It offers insight in these areas that have, to date, been under-explored. The research examines two case studies, focusing on agency workers within the social care workforce. This primarily qualitative study has engaged with agency workers, managers and local and national union representatives using interviews as the main method of data collection. This study concludes that the management of agency workers is fragmented and that control is divided between agencies and user organisations. It contributes to a growing literature around agency workers, advancing the view that agency workers are diverse and heterogeneous. Variations between agency workers affect their perceptions of different types of job security, and have a significant influence on their opportunity to act in response to problems at work. This thesis reviews the legal position of agency workers and concludes that equal treatment legislation is likely to increase the ability of some agency workers to mobilise, but that the absence of protection from arbitrary dismissal is likely to limit the ability of many agency workers to act in response to problems at work. It reviews the engagement between agency workers and trade unions, finding workplace indifference and rejection coupled with political lobbying for greater legal protection, and that should such protection be enacted it is likely to provide a stimulus for unionisation

An investigation of squeeze-cast alloy 718

Alloy 718 billets produced by the squeeze-cast process have been evaluated for use as potential replacements for propulsion engine components which are normally produced from forgings. Alloy 718 billets were produced using various processing conditions. Structural characterizations were performed on 'as-cast' billets. As-cast billets were then homogenized and solution treated and aged according to conventional heat-treatment practices for this alloy. Mechanical property evaluations were performed on heat-treated billets. As-cast macrostructures and microstructures varied with squeeze-cast processing parameters. Mechanical properties varied with squeeze-cast processing parameters and heat treatments. One billet exhibited a defect free, refined microstructure, with mechanical properties approaching those of wrought alloy 718 bar, confirming the feasibility of squeeze-casting alloy 718. However, further process optimization is required, and further structural and mechanical property improvements are expected with process optimization

NASA-Wide Fastener Technical Interchange Meeting

This document summarizes the minutes of the second NASA-Wide Fastener Technical Interchange Meeting (TIM) held November 15-16, 1994, and compiles the viewgraph presentations at the TIM by NASA and contractor personnel. The information in this document may be of value to the NASA and contractor fastener engineering community in determining the fastener controls and initiatives that existed at the time of the TIM

Performance Characterization of Loctite (Registered Trademark) 242 and 271 Liquid Locking Compounds (LLCs) as a Secondary Locking Feature for International Space Station (ISS) Fasteners

Several International Space Station (ISS) hardware components use Loctite (and other polymer based liquid locking compounds (LLCs)) as a means of meeting the secondary (redundant) locking feature requirement for fasteners. The primary locking method is the fastener preload, with the application of the Loctite compound which when cured is intended to resist preload reduction. The reliability of these compounds has been questioned due to a number of failures during ground testing. The ISS Program Manager requested the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) to characterize and quantify sensitivities of Loctite being used as a secondary locking feature. The findings and recommendations provided in this investigation apply to the anaerobic LLCs Loctite 242 and 271. No other anaerobic LLCs were evaluated for this investigation. This document contains the findings and recommendations of the NESC investigatio