Teachers' attitudes toward linguistic variation can influence what students learn about language. Most research on attitudes toward dialects has focused on people's attitudes based on phonological variation and ethnographic reports. The problem to be addressed was that teachers'…
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This dissertation investigates spatial and temporal changes in land cover and plant species distributions on Cyprus in the past, present and future (1973-2070). Landsat image analysis supports inference of land cover changes following the political division of the island of Cypr…
This paper examines the relationship between Track I Diplomacy and Civil Society in Cyprus. Cyprus has been a divided island for over 45 years despite numerous attempts at reconciliation on the societal level and ongoing negotiations on the diplomatic level. It was the aim of th…
It is important to consider the effects of past conflicts on the current perceptions of the people of Cyprus and of the future generations. This thesis contends that the ongoing division of Cyprus along with the many unresolved issues regarding past conflicts have had a profound…
Introduction: Comorbidity between asthma and psychiatric disorders is reported to have a significant impact upon illness management factors such as asthma control, functional status, and utilization of medical services. Both anxiety sensitivity and psychological acceptance are a…
The analysis of human remains from the Bronze Age on Cyprus offers insights into underlying issues of social change and identity formation. Data collected from human remains from six sites throughout the southern half of Cyprus dating to the PreBA through the ProBA (2400--1100 B…
In earlier efforts by many researchers to explain the breakdown of peacemaking initiatives to settle the Cyprus question, the focus has been primarily on one or just a few initiatives. This dissertation takes a systematic and holistic approach to examining all 41 peacemaking ini…
The purpose of this study was to evaluate a new music education program in Cyprus. The program which was created by the author of this study, combined early childhood music education and children's literature. Nine lessons were created which included three original children stor…
This dissertation investigates narrative representations of traumatic recovery in contemporary poetry and prose by islanders from Cyprus, Puerto Rico, and Sri Lanka. These three islands are all to a great extent English-speaking, largely under-represented, and have suffered nati…
Cyprus has been divided by a border since 1974. The failure to recognize, acknowledge and understand the psychosocial aspect of the conflict during the reunification talks has been nothing but an obstruction on the way to end the division, as the conflict weighs heavily on the T…
In Cyprus, women's voices may not be heard by the leaders of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities. The study aims to investigate how the Cypriot women activists perceive the inclusiveness of the peace negotiation table and the importance of discussing women's victim…
The sphinx and the griffin were the two most frequently-represented mythical monsters in Cyprus in the Late Bronze Age. They are here placed in their oriental background, with emphasis on the importance of the Syro-Mesopotamian and Egyptian traditions, which reached Cyprus mainl…
Archaeological research of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia depicts socio-cultural developments and proto-urban villages, resulting from an intensifying agro-economy, emerging simultaneously during the first 5,000 years of the Holocene (11,000 to 6,000 bp). Kholetria-Ortos…
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current situation in Cyprus elementary classrooms regarding computer technology integration. The study examined how Cypriot elementary teachers use computers, and the factors that influence computer integration in their classroom prac…
This thesis presents an examination of the role of co-operatives in the economic development of pre-independent Cyprus and also in the economic reconstruction effort following the war events of 1974. The provision of credit is a key element of the contribution made by the co-ope…
Research in the humanities has traditionally taken the form of a publication in print, and humanities education has long been fueled by such publications. Despite the inertia generated by this long tradition, new technologies are rapidly gaining ground in humanistic disciplines.…
This work deals with the study of the ostracod faunas of six important sections in the Neogene succession of Cyprus. The studied sections cover the western and southern parts of the island. The study was carried out using samples collected by the M.Sc. students of the Micropalae…
Two studies were conducted for this project. The goal of the first study was to describe the structure of the experience of individuals who have returned home after their stay abroad. The goal of the second study was to describe the structure of the experience of individuals who…
The framework that characterizes this work is that of elementary teachers' learning and development. Specifically, the ways in which prospective and beginning teachers' develop pedagogical content knowledge for teaching science in light of current recommendations for reform emph…