Women of Color in Academic Dance: An Evaluation of How America and Oklahoma’s History of Racial Injustice towards Black and First American People Correlates to the Experiences of Black and First American Female Identifying Students Majoring in Dance at Oklahoma Higher Education Institutions

In this paper, I discuss the difficulties faced by female-identifying dance students of color in Oklahoma higher-education. Due to the lack of educational training provided by higher-education dance programs, critical accessibility and an and share some of my own critical reflections on how educators have the ability to create an accessible and equitable experience within studio classroom settings. Speaking from the position of a researcher who belongs to the thesis demographic, my decade-long investigation into the experience of female-identifying Black and First American dance students within higher education dance programs highlights and uncovers traumas experienced by dance students within institutions in Oklahoma

Leisure time activities and attitudes of seventy-six delinquent boys

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The Relationship Among Selected Personality, Identity Status, and Academic Achievement Factors Among Black Adolescents

Problem. The academic performance of Blacks has been documented as being much below that of other racial and ethnic groups (Castenell, 1984; Jordan, 1981; Lee, 1985; Mboya, 1986; Mickelson, 1990; Herrnstein & Murray, 1994; White, 1984). This study attempted to determine the relationships among personality, the development of identity status, and academic achievement among Black adolescents. -- Method. A total of 136 Black adolescent students (64 males and 72 females) was used in this study. They were in the age range of 13 to 18 years and were members of classes from integrated middle, junior high, and high schools. The Black Identity Scale (BIS) and the High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) were group-administered in one sitting and the California Achievement Test (CAT) was group-administered separately in another sitting. The data were analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis and canonical correlation analysis. -- Results. 1. The overall academic achievement of Black adolescents was related significantly to abstract thinking, affirmation of the values and worth of their Blackness and origins, and being self-oriented as opposed to grouporiented, warm, sensitive, emotionally stable, and vigorous. Those who are more group-oriented rather than self-oriented tend to do well in comprehension and language expression and less well in language mechanics. 2. There was no relationship found between affinity and achievement. This is in contrast to Muhammad\u27s (1991) finding of a negative relationship between affinity and achievement. From my findings, it appeared that the degree to which adolescents accept themselves as Black persons and accept Black people in general is not related to achievement. 3. Higher identity scores tend to be related to greater boldness, sensitivity, and vigor. The higher affinity scores were related to greater warmth, less abstract thinking, and greater vigor. The higher Extended-self scores were related to greater dominance, sensitivity, and vigor. The lower depreciation scores were related to greater boldness. The depreciation factor on the Black Identity Scale was found to have very little relationship with any of the other variables in the study. -- Conclusions. The major significant relationships found in the study were those involving personality. Personality variables were significantly related to both achievement and identity. There were, however, few significant relationships between identity and achievement

The Role of Faculty Families in Nurturing Spiritual Surrogacy on the Maplewood Academy Campus

Problem. The lack of a disciple-making plan and irregular leadership training for members in the South Flint Seventh-day Adventist Church resulted in undeveloped and ill-equipped members operating in a reactive and survival mode leading to frustration and leader “burn outs.” Method. The Discipleship Master Plan was developed and implemented in the South Flint Seventh-day Adventist Church in Burton, Michigan, which consisted of two major formats: (1) Four Levels of Discipleship Training, and (2) a Discipleship Master Plan Infrastructure. The four levels of discipleship focus on the development of all members. This training took place primarily during Sabbath afternoons and worship service sermon series. The Discipleship Master Plan Infrastructure is designed for leaders and developing new leaders and lay ministers. It consists of (1) Leadership Team I, (2) Church Teams, (3) Home Bible Fellowship Groups, and (4) Leadership Team II. Results. The Discipleship Master Plan survey revealed the spiritual growth of members more than doubled and in some areas tripled after the training. Members spent more time with God in prayer and reading the Bible, involved in small groups, engaged in soulwinning ministries, and received training and leadership mentoring. The Decadal Growth Rate was 90.28 percent for the seven years from 1998-2005. Conclusions. The Discipleship Master Plan proved to be an effective training disciple-making model for the South Flint Seventh-day Adventist Church. This resource, when implemented, has the potential of helping churches become a strong disciple-making church