The purpose of this study was to evaluate the National Science Foundation-sponsored, constructivist-based course Higher Order Thinking Skills in Science for teachers of grades 5–16 in Arkansas in terms of its impact on post secondary teaching. The course was part of the Arkansas…
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After a series of reversals in its wars with European powers during the eighteenth century, the Ottoman Empire was forced to reevaluate its military technology and training. The realization that the West had outstripped the Muslim East in scientific and technological advancement…
This dissertation is an examination of some of the divergent forces influencing Islamic university student activists during a period of momentous societal transition. It is intended to provide a means for understanding the relationships between proponents of two overlapping soci…
In October 1992, the government of Ethiopia, backed by the IMF and the World Bank, implemented a structural adjustment and macroeconomic policy reform program. The objective of the program is to revitalize the economy by creating a market-oriented system. The dissertation invest…
2 Kings 18:4 describes reform measures taken by Hezekiah of Judah: he removed the high places, smashed the pillars, cut down the Asherah, and broke the bronze serpent Nehushtan in pieces. This study addresses the question of whether this reform was a historical event, as well as…
The current educational reform movement in the United States calls for increased centralization and standardization of curriculum. Interestingly, there is a concurrent important international debate on a more decentralized system of education delivery. The successful incorporati…
"Open Tables: Restaurants and Reform in Progressive Chicago" considers restaurants as contentious spaces where larger debates about gender, class, race and ethnicity, public health, and the role of the state were carried out between the end of the Civil War and the ratification …
In this dissertation, I analyze the development and dissemination of state-level policies to prohibit colleges from considering criminal history for purposes of admissions otherwise known as ban the box in higher education. This research engages with practical and instructive qu…
A conversation surrounding reform in American education has been in play for two centuries. In 1834, Bronson Alcott’s Temple School challenged traditional modes of education with his conversational approach in the classroom. His methods encouraged students to self-reflect on the…
The Progressive Era in America from 1870 to 1920 introduced unprecedented change in the way Americans lived, worked, and thought about themselves in relation to the rest of the world. New platforms of charitable benevolence, religious activism, and legislative reform were enacte…
Rebels haven’t always been sexy. In fact, throughout history “fighting the power” has often revealed the ugliest side of human nature. Of course, sometimes rebellion is necessary, even if it isn’t pretty, but it should never be considered lightly. So, under what circumstances is…
This study investigates the political sources of change in the regulatory authority for over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives that were brought about by the global financial crisis of 2008. OTC contracts have grown in popularity since the 1980s as firms in advanced market economies…
This thesis is basically concerned with the status of the 'regional development processes' under the system of 'medium-term national socio-economic development planning'. The evaluation of the regional dimension of the sectoralised approach to elaboration of the national plan in…
The problem this ethnographic study addresses is the relationship between various ways of understanding "difference" and particular conceptualizations of what might constitute just educational practices for students across lines of social demarcation. Thinking about differences …
Dans la foulée des politiques d’ajustement structurel (PAS), les autorités marocaines ont entrepris en 1985 de réformer le secteur éducatif, en visant entre autres, d'améliorer le processus d’allocation des ressources et d’augmenter les nouvelles inscriptions au niveau fondament…
Muslim family reform in Iraq has been the most difficult of Shari'ah laws to accomplish because of public resistance to change and fear of manipulation of the traditional laws as interpreted by the early scholars. The problems were compounded by tradition and custom which impose…
The purpose of this study was to explore the feelings, thoughts, behaviors and/or experiences of Saudi participants with regard to the major tenets of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory as it related to the Saudi context. The literature indicated that MI theory had raised the co…
This dissertation examines European involvement in the efforts of the Ottoman government to restructure the Orthodox Church and community ( millet) during the mid-nineteenth century. This is accomplished by placing squarely within the context of international diplomacy the progr…
In “Lucretia Mott: Theology is Reform's Foundation” I articulate the theology of Lucretia Coffin Mott, a nineteenth-century Quaker preacher who was one of the leaders in the abolitionist movement, and a founder of the woman's rights movement in the U.S. Although she has been stu…