Perceptions of Elementary School Parents, Principals, and School Resource Officers Regarding Visitor Management Systems and School Safety

Currently, three out of 10 parents fear for their students’ safety while attending classes within the public school setting (McCarthy, 2015). This study focused on two elements that directly affect safety within schools: visitor management and intruder prevention. To analyze each of these two elements, qualitative methodology was utilized through four focus groups to determine the perceptions of Elementary school administrators, parents, and school resource officers on school safety. After conducting multiple interviews, four common themes emerged. The first theme was monitoring access to school buildings. Participants asserted taking an active approach in this area would increase the overall safety of students. The second theme discussed by multiple participants was to take additional measures to make the entrances of school buildings secure. The third theme that emerged was the importance of the role of the school resource officer. The fourth and final theme that developed was the importance of training and communication for administrators, school resource officers, staff, students, parents, and community members. After facilitating focus groups and analyzing the data obtained, it became evident the measure of a safe school depends on two variables. These variables are (1) to create a safe building for students managed by procedures designed with student safety at the forefront and (2) to employ trained individuals with the purpose of generating a positive and secure atmosphere. The data collected in this study could prove useful to district administrators wishing to design a safe and secure learning environment for students

Towards a relational hermeneutic : an investigation in historical pragmatics with special reference to the appropriation of speech act theory in the biblical and theological hermeneutics of Anthony Thiselton

This thesis exploits recent research in the field of pragmatics and the emerging field of historical pragmatics to make the case for a relational hermeneutic that can facilitate an integrated approach with the concerns of theology as these arise within the grammar of the biblical texts. In the first part of the study the nature and status of language is shown to be central to the hermeneutic problematic. The interface of the philosophy of language with biblical and theological hermeneutics is investigated through critical discussion of Anthony Thiselton's appeal to speech act theory. It is argued that the trajectory in H. Paul Grice's philosophy of language is better able to elucidate the hermeneutic task. In particular, speech act theory struggles" account for the dialogical and conversational nature of discourse. In turn, this has serious consequences for Thiselton's attempt to integrate theology with his philosophical hermeneutics. It is argued that a theological account of language depends on priority being given to relational rather than institutional or even social considerations. In pali two a revised account of Brown and Levinson's theory of politeness is used as a basis for developing a relational hermeneutic. Consideration of Piene Bourdieu' s social anthropology and Erving Goffman's analysis of social interaction invite further revision in light of Pauline anthropology. This revised framework is better able to account for the logic of Paul's appeal to the cross and the participant role of the Spirit in I Cor. I: 18-2: 16. Specifically, description of the theological horizon in Paul's discourse is essential within the terms of a relational hermeneutic and no special pleadings need be made. Finally, the implications for pragmatics as well as for theological and biblical hermeneutics are noted.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Towards a relational hermeneutic : an investigation in historical pragmatics with special reference to the appropriation of speech act theory in the biblical and theological hermeneutics of Anthony Thiselton

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An Adaptive Hierarchical Model of the Ventral Visual Pathway Implemented on a Mobile Robot

The implementation of an adaptive visual system founded on the detection of spatio-temporal invariances is described. It is a layered system inspired by the hierarchical processing in the mammalian ventral visual pathway, and models retinal, early cortical and infero-temporal components. A representation of scenes in terms of slowly varying spatiotemporal signatures is discovered through maximising a measure of temporal predictability. This supports categorisation of the environment by a set of view cells (view-trained units or VTUs [1]) that demonstrate substantial invariance to transformations of viewpoint and scale

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