The effectiveness of the teacher education program of secondary school teachers at the College of the Pacific

In recognition of this unprecedented challenge, does the curriculum of the teacher education program of secondary school teachers at the College of the Pacific meet the needs of its candidates? Does the secondary teacher education program adequately equip them to make their place in the secondary schools of today? Are they prepared academically and professionally? Are they prepared for community leadership? It is in an attempt to determine how completely the secondary teacher education program of College of the Pacific meets the needs of its graduates that the School of Education of the College of the Pacific has undertaken this study. Hence, this study will attempt to portray the effectiveness of the secondary teacher education program at the College of the Pacific in meeting the needs of its candidates academically, professionally, and in community leadership. In order to determine the effectiveness of this teacher education program, the study will analyze: (1) The education and professional status of the College of the Pacific secondary teacher education graduates.; (2) Guidance in the secondary teacher education program at the College of the Pacific.; (3) The academic education of the secondary teacher education program graduates of the College of the Pacific.; (4) The professional education of the secondary teacher education graduates of the College of the Pacific.; (5) The participation of the secondary teacher education graduates of the College of the Pacific in community activities in the community in which he teaches

CHROME: An Approach To Teaching The Concept Of Inter-Functional Cooperation In Services Organizations

When teaching a services course (e.g., Services Marketing) it is essential that students understand that marketing/management, operations and human resource management within the service organization be fully coordinated. One useful acronym used to remind students of this need is “CHROME”, standing for Communications, Human Resources, Operations, Marketing and Everyone. It is easy for students to remember and leads to a discussion of “CHROME”ing

Analysis of Financing Options for Transportation

This paper reviews and analyzes various innovative Financing tech­niques for highway and transit. With federal support diminishing and transportation needs growing, agencies are seeking new ways to meet this crisis. The techniques discussed fall into the four broad categories of: (1) charges on benefiting properties; (2) joint venture approaches; (3) user charges; and (4) marketing and merchandising approaches. Charges on benefiting properties recognize that there are specific beneficiaries who gain from transportation improvements and include: connector fees, negotiated investments, special benefit assessment, tax increment finan­cing and impact requirements. Joint ventures with the private sector recognize that it is mutually advantageous for public and private sectors to cooperate on transportation projects and include the techniques of land/air rights leasing, donations for capital improvements and cost shar­ing. User charges are intended as direct payments for services rendered and are classified as motor vehicle taxes and fees, tolls, commercial park­ing taxes and taxes on motor fuels. Marketing and merchandising ap­proaches include advertising and merchandising. None of the techniques are a panacea for transportation finance but where appropriate condi­tions exist, they can be effectively used to finance the growing transpor­tation needs of our natio

Primary Closure and Iliac Osteotomy in the Treatment of Exstrophy of the Bladder: A Case Report

Exstrophy of the bladder is a rare but serious congenital affliction. Untreated, exstrophy is associated with unacceptable morbidity and mortality. A case report is presented in which primary closure of the bladder and bilateral iliac osteotomy was successfully employed to gain anatomic correction of the bladder defect. However, the value of this surgical technique in restoring normal function of the lower urinary tract system is questionable

Message variables for effective advertising of corporate social responsibility initiatives: results of an experimental design

Stakeholders increasingly expect firms to consider their social and environmental impacts as well as their economic impacts, and address their corporate social responsibility (CSR). One stakeholder group, consumers, report they want to be informed of how firms do this, and use this information when purchasing. This paper reports on an investigation of two message variables believed necessary for effective advertising about CSR initiatives, social topic information and social impact specificity. We manipulated each of these variables at three levels for an unfamiliar retail bank brand engaging with the social issue of the arms trade. While social topic information was found to be non-significant in influencing the dependent variable, overall scepticism toward CSR claims, social impact specificity was found to have a significant link to message inhibition of scepticism cognitions. The findings are insightful for marketing communications managers tasked with effectively informing a key stakeholder audience, consumers, of a firm’s pro-social achievements

Conceptualising Resource Integration Process Effectiveness to Assist Australian SMEs to Co-create Value with Paid Cloud Technologies

This study postulates a conceptualisation for firm-level resource integration process effectiveness (FL-RIPE). The focal construct has remained abstract since 2012 without much scholarly attention. This article claims FL-RIPE as a potential antecedent of successful paid cloud adoption by SMEs in Australia and thereby, establishes the significance of investigating its conceptual domain. Through a systematic literature review of 39 journal articles, the study proposes a conceptualisation that depicts FL-RIPE as a function of three observable and measureable firm-level processes (i.e., internal and external coordination processes, organisational learning processes and organisational transformation processes). Several past studies have conceptualised resource integration process and its attributes. However, according to the researchers’ knowledge this is the first instance an attribute of resource integration process (FL-RIPE) is conceptualised in the firm-level. This article contributes to the practice by informing SMEs about the existence and the conceptual domain of the focal construct and its significance to successful paid cloud adoption

Building sustainability into services marketing: expanding decision-making from a mix to a matrix

In line with the AMA\u27s revised (2007) definition of marketing, which aligns with the societal marketing orientation by requiring that Marketing create value not just for individual consumers and organisations but also for society at large, this paper proposes a Sustainability Services Marketing (SSM) framework. At present, services marketing managers have little guidance on how to pursue sustainability and achieve sustainable development goals. The SSM addresses this gap in a systematic, holistic and transparent way by ensuring sustainability cascades through the strategic marketing planning process. The traditional services marketing mix is expanded to include partnership, and the eight elements are cross-referenced against the three pillars of the triple bottom line - Planet, People and Profit - to produce the Sustainability Services Marketing Matrix (SSMM). The model is described and illustrated with brief case examples, and implications for theory and practice, and potential directions for further research are discussed

Determining Parameters of Cool Giant Stars by Modeling Spectrophotometric and Interferometric Observations Using the SAtlas Program

Context: Optical interferometry is a powerful tool for observing the intensity structure and angular diameter of stars. When combined with spectroscopy and/or spectrophotometry, interferometry provides a powerful constraint for model stellar atmospheres. Aims: The purpose of this work is to test the robustness of the spherically symmetric version of the Atlas stellar atmosphere program, SAtlas, using interferometric and spectrophotometric observations. Methods: Cubes (three dimensional grids) of model stellar atmospheres, with dimensions of luminosity, mass, and radius, are computed to fit observations for three evolved giant stars, \psi Phoenicis, \gamma Sagittae, and \alpha Ceti. The best-fit parameters are compared with previous results. Results: The best-fit angular diameters and values of \chi^2 are consistent with predictions using Phoenix and plane-parallel Atlas models. The predicted effective temperatures, using SAtlas, are about 100 to 200 K lower, and the predicted luminosities are also lower due to the differences in effective temperatures. Conclusions: It is shown that the SAtlas program is a robust tool for computing models of extended stellar atmospheres that are consistent with observations. The best-fit parameters are consistent with predictions using Phoenix models, and the fit to the interferometric data for \psi Phe differs slightly, although both agree within the uncertainty of the interferometric observations.Comment: 5 pages, 6 figures, Accepted for publication in A&A as a Research Not

Differential correlation of suicide and homicide rates according to geographical areas: A study with population-level data

The current study investigated the relationship of suicide and homicide rates internationally. WHO database mortality data for 82 countries concerning suicide, homicides, and cancer and traffic accidents as controls were used. The analysis included Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis. Worldwide homicidal rates explained 55.42%, 43.86% and 41.7% of male and 22.0%, 22.14% and 13.25% of female suicides for 2000, 2005 and 2010 respectively. In Europe there was a positive correlation between male suicide rates and all homicide rates including homicide rates in both genders, in male victims, and in female victims. In America there is no significant correlation. In Asia there is a significant correlation of male suicidal rates only with homicide rates of female victims. We observed marked and interesting differences in the pattern of association between Europe and the Americas. Overall the current paper suggests that at least in some human populations, suicidality and homicidality share common etiopathogenetic substrates and could be triggered by the same internal or external events or might develop based on common genetic background. Empirically it has been suggested that suicide is related to higher living standards while murder is related to poor quality of life and lower living standards

Choosing to Learn: Exploring White Teachers' Paths of Critical Consciousness Development

Freire once wrote, “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world” (Freire, 2005, p.34). This dissertation argues that the aim of education should be the latter, and that in order to achieve that aim, we must employ a teaching force of critically conscious educators. Owing to the fact that approximately 80% of our current teaching force is White, and thereby occupy a dominant racial positionality within U.S. society, this study aimed to explore White teachers’ paths of critical consciousness development over their life courses. This study is grounded in Culturally Relevant Pedagogy (Ladson-Billings, 2009) as a conceptual framework, with particular attention to the construct and process of critical consciousness (Freire, 2005). Utilizing a qualitative descriptive design with a life history approach, three White teachers were purposively selected based on evidence of critically conscious thinking about education for deep case study. Each teacher participated in ten to fifteen hours of life-history interviews, utilizing a timeline-construction elicitation device. A cross-case thematic analysis resulted in five major themes: Motivators, Context, Influencers, Resources, and Mechanisms. Participants were driven to engage in the development of critical consciousness based on specific sources of motivation (Motivators). Throughout their paths, both broad contextual factors and localized environments (Context) played important roles in both supporting and undermining critical consciousness development. Specific people (Influencers) along their paths influenced critical consciousness development through their roles as More Radical Others. Both material (media, social media) and conceptual (words, language) Resources served as supports. Critical consciousness development was driven through variety of processes (Mechanisms), including observing, experiencing and resolving contradictions, experiencing marginalization or difference, taking action, engaging in conversation, and choosing to learn. Findings are discussed in relation to how they illuminate and expand a process model of critical consciousness. Implications for teacher education, teacher hiring, and teacher candidate selection are also discussed.Doctor of Philosoph