Reactions to the formative evaluation policy of Horizon School Division by former County of Warner educators

v, 105 leaves ; 28 cm. --With amalgamation of school districts in 1994, the southern part of the former County of Warner School Division joined with the Taber School Division to form the Horizon School Division. Policies from the two divisions were combined through the work of a policy committee. One of the most significant policies was the Horizon School Division Formative Evaluation Policy. This policy marked a dramatic change for those educators from the old County of Warner. Evaluation had been often feared and seen as punitive. This study examined the reactions of 11 former County of Warner educators to the new policy. Interviews were conducted and the results analyzed, both by examining specific questions and by examining themes that arose across the questions. The themes that arose were as follows: 1. There is still much fear amongst teachers regarding evaluation. The Horizon Formative Evaluation Policy has done much to lessen that fear. 2. Teachers are dissatisfied with incomplete or insufficient evaluation. 3. The policy promotes the treatment of teachers as professionals. Teachers are able to choose areas of perceived need and tend to focus on their students. 4. Teachers and administrators have concerns that not all involved with the policy will take it seriously and fulfil its expectations with appropriate effort. 5. Development of trust between teachers and administrators and amongst teachers themselves is essential for the policy to succeed. 6. Teachers appreciate that the policy allows the individual teacher to focus on his or her whole person and not just on their classroom situation. The key issue involved for the policy to succeed is the development and maintenence of trust amongst the educators using the policy. New administrators and teachers must be trained effectively in the use of the policy. The Horizon Formative Evaluation Policy has been received favorably for the most part by former County of Warner educators. With continued development of the necessary trust, it is expected that the policy will be a successful one

Mapping Ma'ohi Communities in Diaspora: History, Identity, and Heiva in Hawai‘i

M.A. University of Hawaii at Manoa 2016.Includes bibliographical references.This thesis contributes to archival and contemporary research for Mā’ohi migration and culture in diaspora, and introduces Mā’ohi diasporic communities in Hawaiʻi. Long standing relationships between Kanaka Mā’ohi and Maoli have helped to create these diasporic communities. By using historical traces of significant Mā’ohi mobilities, the thesis argues that Mā’ohi have been actively engaging with and expanding the boundaries of Te Ao Mā’ohi. Intertwined in this argument is the claim that Mā’ohi identity which is now rooted in Hawaiʻi, is playing out differently in diasporic contexts than in homelands. As a result of historical flows, mobilities, and convergences, Mā’ohi communities have replicated cultural festivals such as the Heiva in diaspora with striking results. This thesis concludes that using the Heiva as a contemporary site of the phenomena in action brings the historical diaspora of Mā’ohi into focus

Negotiating parenting practices: the arguments and justifications of Finnish couples

This article was made available online on 3. kesäkuuta 2020 as a Fast Track article with title: "Negotiating parenting practices: the arguments and justifications of Finnish couples"

Effects of the invasive leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) on plant community structure are altered by management history

Invasive species threaten biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, often causing changes in plant community composition and, thus, the functional traits of that community. Quantifying changes in traits can help us understand invasive species impacts on communities; however, both the invader and the plant community may be responding to the same environmental drivers. In North America, leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula L.) is a problematic invader that reduces plant diversity and forage production for livestock. Its documented effects on plant communities differ amongst studies, however, potentially due to differences in productivity or land management. To identify the potential effects of leafy spurge on plant communities, we quantified leafy spurge abundance, plant species richness, forage production, functional group composition and community weighted mean traits, intensively at a single site and extensively across ten sites differing in management. We then tested how leafy spurge abundance related to these variables as a function of site management activities. Leafy spurge abundance was consistently associated with fewer plant species, reduced forage production and more invasive grass. Community-weighted specific root length also consistently increased with leafy spurge abundance, suggesting that belowground competition may be important in determining co-existence with leafy spurge. Other changes were dependent on management. Native forbs were excluded as leafy spurge became more abundant, but only in grazed sites as these species were already absent from ungrazed sites. Taller plants better persisted in dense leafy spurge patches, but only in grazed sites, consistent with either facilitation of taller species via associational defences or competitive exclusion of shorter species in ungrazed sites and dense leafy spurge patches. These results show that, despite some emergent properties of invasion, management context can alter invasion impacts by causing changes in the plant community and its interactions with the invader

Protecting ITER walls: fast ion power loads in 3D magnetic field

The fusion alpha and beam ion with steady-state power loads in all four main operating scenarios of ITER have been evaluated by the ASCOT code. For this purpose, high-fidelity magnetic backgrounds were reconstructed, taking into account even the internal structure of the ferritic inserts and tritium breeding modules (TBM). The beam ions were found to be almost perfectly confined in all scenarios, and only the so-called hybrid scenario featured alpha loads reaching 0.5 MW due to its more triangular plasma. The TBMs were not found to jeopardize the alpha confinement, nor cause any hot spots. Including plasma response did not bring dramatic changes to the load. The ELM control coils (ECC) were simulated in the baseline scenario and found to seriously deteriorate even the beam confinement. However, the edge perturbation in this case is so large that the sources have to be re-evaluated with plasma profiles that take into account the ECC perturbation

Volume 5 of Teaching Oceania Series, Islands of French Speaking Oceania

International audienceAccès au texte intégral : https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/6472

Islands of French Speaking Oceania

International audienceAccès au texte intégral : https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/6472