The current trauma literature lacks adequate differentiation between the effects of sexual versus non-sexual trauma on stimuli responses as well as analyses of the college campus as a uniquely challenging environment for rape survivors. In the first study, 66 adults (22 with sexual trauma experience, 22 with non-sexual trauma experience, and 22 with no significant trauma experience) will be exposed to vignettes with threat-generalized, rape-related or neutral stimuli and their arousal rates in response to these cues will be recorded using Galvanic Skin Response and Heart Rate. It is expected that individuals who have experienced sexual assault will show more arousal in response to the rape-related stimuli than the threat-generalized stimuli. In the second study, 44 college age females who have been sexually assaulted (22 living on a college campus, 22 living off of a college campus) will be exposed to the same vignette conditions as in the first study. These women will also be asked to rate their daily/weekly exposure to certain situations or objects representative of the college environment. It is expected that individuals with a higher exposure to rape culture score will be more aroused by the rape-related stimuli. Mowrer’s two-factor theory of learning (1956) along with the shame (Feldner et al., 2010) accompanying sexual trauma suggests that sexually assaulted individuals will exhibit higher levels of arousal to the rape-related stimuli rather than the threat-generalized stimuli, as other trauma victims might.

Esta tese tem por objetivo investigar a gestão do conhecimento na sociedade do presente momento histórico, como um dos produtos esperados da universidade O conhecimento tem uma função crucial na produção de recursos econômicos. O conhecimento alimenta a sociedade como um todo desde que foram instalados o desenvolvimento e a preocupação com a qualidade como ordem lógica de produção. O conhecimento é uma questão estudada desde o início da sociedade como meio de compreensão do mundo; mas hoje o conhecimento tem sido abordado como instrumento econômico e freqüentemente tem sido confundido com informação. A gestão do conhecimento tem sido um dos principais alvos da missão das universidades na sociedade. Estas tornaram-se na principal referência para a produção e desenvolvimento do conhecimento. Desde o início da era das telecomunicações, esse papel tradicional das universidades começou a ser compartilhado com outras instituições, como as empresas, as consultorias e os institutos privados de pesquisa. No início do século XXI, surgiram dúvidas sobre o papel e o poder das universidades na produção de conhecimento, tal como exigidos pela produção econômica. Desde então, a gestão do conhecimento tem sido disputada entre as universidades e aquelas instituições. Essa disputa levanta muitas questões tais como \"se as universidades ainda estariam liderando esse processo?\" \"Se não, quem o estaria liderando?\" \"Neste caso, qual tem sido o lugar das universidades em relação às demandas de conhecimento por parte da sociedade?\" E finalmente \"Qual é o relacionamento das universidades com aquelas instituições com as quais ela compartilha a produção de conhecimento?\" Para responder a essas questões foram programados dois caminhos para serem integrados como o conteúdo desta tese. O primeiro consistiu na análise ampla das exigências de gestão do conhecimento por parte da sociedade e do papel e das realizações das universidades frente essa demanda de gestão; e o segundo consistiu em um levantamento empírico da opinião de especialistas em gestão do conhecimento sobre o papel ideal e o papel desempenhado pelas universidades na realização de sua missão. Especialistas foram entrevistados e suas respostas submetidas à análise de conteúdo, através de dois métodos, o programa NUD*IST 6 e a metodologia tradicional das ciências sociais para esse fim. Os resultados revelaram que as universidades, de fato, compartilham a produção de conhecimento com outras instituições e que têm sido incapazes de liderar esse processo na sociedade atual, embora elas não estejam à margem dessa atividade. Elas não lideram, mas ainda mantém influência significativa na produção e gestão do conhecimento. / The present study aims at investigating knowledge management in the present day society as one of the outcomes expected from universities. Knowledge plays a crucial role as society\'s economic input. Knowledge fuels society as a whole since the fast technological development and the concern with quality turned into the new logical order of production. Knowledge is an issue studied from the beginning of society for the sake of the understanding of the world but today it has been approached as an economy instrument and quite often misunderstood as information. Its management has been one of the main targets in the mission of the universities. The latter have turned into the main reference concerning the production and development of knowledge. Since the beginning of the telecommunication era, that traditional role of the universities started to be shared with other institutions such as enterprises, consultancies and private organizations dedicated to the production of applied research. In the beginning of the XXI century doubts came up about the role and power of the universities to provide knowledge as required by the economic production. Knowledge management has been disputed by universities and those institutions. That dispute raises many questions such as \"whether universities are leading that process?\" \"If they are not, who is leading it?\" \"In that case what is the role of the universities in relation to the demands of society for knowledge?\" And finally, \"what are the relationships between universities and those organizations which share with them the production of knowledge?\" In order to provide answers to these questions, two paths were designed and integrated as the content of this thesis. First, a broad analysis of both the requirements of knowledge management and the doings of universities were carried out; and secondly an empirical survey of the opinion of some experts in knowledge management about the ideal and the performed roles of the universities to accomplish that mission. The experts were interviewed and their answers were subjected to content analysis both through the NUD*IST 6 and the traditional methods used in social sciences. The results revealed that the universities are indeed sharing the production of knowledge but have been unable to lead that process in the present day society although they are not aside of that track. They do not lead but have significant influence in it.

The problem with which this study is concerned is the methodology that is used to assess the relationship between student perceptions of the college environment and student attrition. The population of the study was 329 students from a metropolitan community college who took the Student Opinion Survey, a publication of the American College Testing Service. Data on course withdrawals and non-return in a subsequent long semester were collected for the student population. The data results were analyzed statistically using analyses of variance, Pearson product moment correlation, multiple regression analysis using step-wise procedures, and factor analysis. Data were considered statistically significant at the .05 level in relation to seven hypotheses on combinations of variables that include areas of student satisfaction with the college environment, student background data, course withdrawal, and non-return in a subsequent long semester.

D.Ed. (Educational Psychology) / The creatively gifted individual is generally regarded as a valuable natural resource. Some of the solutions to the threats that endanger the future of mankind, are possibly lodged in the abilities of the creatively gifted. These individuals, however, often experience social isolation because of their ability to question the status quo. The creatively gifted student at university is the focus of this investigation in which an attempt has been made to ascertain how the creatively gifted individual experiences university culture. This was done with a view to describing ideographically how students perceive their university culture. In Chapter I the problem and objectives were presented. The research question of this study pertains to the nature of creatively gifted students' experience of university culture. The rationale for the study is the fact that creatively gifted students often fail to be accommodated in an educational environment, both socially, personally and with regard to their academic activities. The objective of the study was to investigate the creatively gifted student's experience of the university environment. The latter refers to the social, personal and academic milieu. The aim of the investigation was to contribute to theory by highlighting the theoretical dimensions of the problem. It was also the objective of the study to use the interpreted data as a basis for recommendations to accommodate the creatively gifted student in the university environment. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 a literature review was conducted. Chapter 2 dealt with the concept creativity and its interrelatedness with concepts such as giftedness and intelligence. Creativity is often confused with intelligence while they are both different aspects of giftedness. The concepts experience and university culture were also clarified. The creatively gifted personality was the focus of Chapter 3. The creatively gifted often display characteristics which may alienate them from society. In Chapter 4 the interaction between the creatively gifted individual and the environment was discussed. The environment can either encourage or demotivate the individual's creativity. Although the creatively gifted often resists the environment, they need assistance and support from the environment to actualize their creative potential. The design and method of research was formulated in Chapter 5. A case study design was selected for this study. The rationale for choosing this method of research was discussed. Issues such as validity, reliability and generalizability were also addressed. To identify the students with whom the case studies were conducted, certain procedures were followed. The study was structured in 4 phases in which quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were combined. In phase 1 the Torrance test of creative thinking (Figural, Form A) was administered to 400 first-year students at the Rand Afrikaans University. By means of a stratified sample 12 students were selected for phase 2 of this study. This group was constituted of 4 highly creative students, 4 students who obtained average scores for creativity and 4 students who performed poorly on the creativity test. In phase 3 a focus group interview was conducted with these students. The data obtained from this interview were analyzed according to qualitative research methodological procedures. The two creatively gifted students were identified with whom the double case study was conducted in phase 4 of the research. In Chapter 6 the data obtained from the double case study was reported and displayed. Examples were given from each procedural stage of the research process in order to establish a "chain of evidence". Patterns of each student's experience of the university environment were isolated. In Chapter 7 the final patterns obtained from the analysis of the data were interpreted against the theoretical background of previous chapters. The patterns for these students correlated well. The conclusion was reached that creatively gifted students could experience isolation within their environment which has a negative effect on their social and academic functioning. They might experience the isolation partly because of distinct characteristics of the creatively gifted individual and also because of the university structure in which they function. It was also concluded that the creatively gifted individuals in the study have the ability to adapt to the milieu although it demands much from them on an emotional level. Both testees have sound faith in their own abilities. Recommendations were made for the practical accommodation of these students as well as for possible further research. It is the wish of the author that this research should serve as an inspiration for researchers in this fundamental and crucial aspect of human functioning.

One purpose of this study was to identify the social adjustment problems experienced by Nigerian students in land-grant universities in the United States. A second purpose was to predict the severity of these problems with age, sex, marital status, English language proficiency, ownership of transportation, academic status, previous international experience, duration of stay in the United States, and the source of financial support. A questionnaire of 28 items was sent to a sample of 500 Nigerian students in land-grant universities in the United States. Out of these 500, a usable return of 337 (67.4%) was realized. A factor analysis was applied to these 26 items, 8nd six factors were extracted (feelings of discrimination, feelings of belonging, establishing relationships, feelings of adequacy, feelings of loneliness, and absence of home news). The mean, standard deviation, and rank for each item were calculated. In addition regression equations were calculated in studying the relationship between the severity of the problems and students' demographic descriptions. Major findings were: 1. Out of the 28 problems identified in the questionnaire, there were seventeen problems which elicited high concern and eleven areas which elicited low concern. 2. Students with less English language proficiency, with no transportation, with longer duration of stay in the United States, and undergraduates tended to identify discrimination as a greater problem. 3. Those with less English language proficiency, those with no transportation, females, and those that are married or single living without a spouse or intimate friend tended to identify feelings of belonging as a greater problem. 4. Students with less English language proficiency, with no transportation, females, self-supported students, those with longer duration of stay in the United States, and undergraduates tended to identify feelings of adequacy as a greater problem. 5. Students with less English language proficiency, with no transportation, with longer duration of stay in the United States, younger, and self-supported students tended to identify establishing relationships as a greater problem. 6. The younger, undergraduates, females, and married or single students living without a spouse or intimate friend tended to identify feelings of loneliness as a greater problem. 7. The older, self-supported students, undergraduates, and those with longer duration of stay in the United States tended to identify absence of news from home as a greater problem. / Ed. D.

The growing Haitian population in the United States is directly affecting all institutions of higher education As institutions continue to diversify across the country, HBCUs are also responding to this trend According to Ricard and Brown (2008), HBCUs are changing in order to keep up with the growing demand of institutional diversity, and they recognize that having a diversified student body will make the institutions more competitive Although their historic mission focuses on educating Black students, there remains a gap in the literature on HBCUs on one of the largest Black groups in the United States: the Haitian immigrant In the literature, the Haitian population constitutes approximately 15% of the total US foreign-born population, and 15% of the total Black immigrant population in the US, behind Jamaicans at 18%, respectively Moreover, Haitians make up the fourth largest immigrant population from the Caribbean behind Cubans, Dominicans, and Jamaicans (Anderson, 2015) However, these numbers do not include the hundreds of thousands of Haitians who fled the Country after the devastating earthquake of 2010 nor the thousands of undocumented Haitian immigrants currently living in the US This qualitative phenomenological study sought to explore the college choice process of ten Haitian students who chose to attend a highly selective HBCU located in the Northeast region of the United States Moreover, this study sought to explore how these ten Haitian students developed a sense of belonging to the HBCU campus The primary methods for data collection included semi-structured one-on-one interviews, a demographic questionnaire, and artifact analysis Using the theoretical frameworks of Chapman’s (1981) Model of College Choice and Sense of Belonging, this study discovered the factors that influence Haitian students’ decision to attend a highly selective HBCU centers around family Moreover, this study discovered that Haitian students at a highly selective HBCU described their sense of belonging through various forms of relationships / Includes bibliography / Dissertation (PhD)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016 / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Oregon State University, 2004. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-174). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Esta dissertação, cuja linha de pesquisa tem como tema educação, epistemologia e linguagem, objetivou orientar a análise, a indicação e o desenvolvimento de textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância. O problema de pesquisa se propôs a responder de que modo os pressupostos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo são aplicados num texto didático dessa natureza. O apoio teórico se deu pelo interacionismo sociodiscursivo, de Bronckart, pelos princípios da educação a distância e pelo interacionismo social, de Vygotsky. A justificativa está no fato de o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos em leitura e produção de textos ser uma necessidade nos cursos superiores face às demandas características do ambiente acadêmico. Além disso, aliar uma corrente teórica em linguística à discussão recente em educação a distância mostra-se cientificamente relevante. O método escolhido foi o analítico, com foco na análise textual. Foram analisados dois textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância quanto à aplicação do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância. Os critérios de análise formaram um conjunto hierárquico, cujo topo está na linguagem e na epistemologia. Do critério de linguagem partem os critérios de dialogismo, paralinguagem e discurso didático. Da epistemologia surgem os pressupostos sociointeracionistas. A partir desses pressupostos, foram propostos os princípios da educação a distância. Ambos conjuntos culminam no interacionismo sociodiscursivo. A estrutura da dissertação se organiza da seguinte forma: após a introdução, o primeiro capítulo apresenta a matriz teórica, o interacionismo sociodiscursivo, bem como as contribuições do interacionismo social, de Vygotsky, e da teoria do discurso, de Bakhtin. No segundo capítulo, os princípios da educação a distância são apresentados, com foco nos princípios da autonomia, da interação e da flexibilidade espaciotemporal. Já o terceiro capítulo contextualiza as duas propostas de textos didáticos, assim como as analisa a partir do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância e discute possibilidades para sua indicação e desenvolvimento. Por fim, apresenta-se a conclusão. Os resultados permitiram uma proposição inicial de elementos de interesse a textos didáticos dessa natureza, os quais são agrupados em dois eixos: linguagem e epistemologia. No eixo da linguagem, estão o diálogo permanente com o estudante, os recursos paralinguísticos e a estrutura didática da obra. Já, no eixo da epistemologia, a consideração aos princípios da educação a distância se reflete nas atividades propostas, no uso de ferramentas de tecnologia e na ênfase à autonomia do estudante. Além disso, a aplicação dos conceitos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo permite compreender o texto como unidade de produção de linguagem e, por conseguinte, afinar-se a conceitos fundamentais da teoria. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-02T17:31:34Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Chiapinotto.pdf: 677023 bytes, checksum: 5d7aed4de996f68a647bbabf984e2aa9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-02T17:31:34Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Chiapinotto.pdf: 677023 bytes, checksum: 5d7aed4de996f68a647bbabf984e2aa9 (MD5) / This dissertation, whose line of research is addressing education, epistemology and language, aimed to guide the analysis, the indication and the development of textbooks for reading and writing texts for higher distance education. The problem of research aims to answer how the assumptions of sociodiscursive interactionism are implemented in a textbook of this nature. Theoretical support is given by sociodiscursive interactionism from Bronckart, the principles of distance education and the social interactionism, from Vygotsky. The reason is the fact that the development of knowledge in reading and writing texts is a necessity in higher education because of the demands of academic environment characteristics. Moreover, allying a theory in linguistics to a recent discussion in distance education is scientifically relevant. The method was the analytical, focused on textual analysis. We analyzed two textbooks on reading and writing for higher distance education about the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education. The analysis criteria formed a hierarchy, whose top is in language and epistemology. The criteria dialogism, paralanguage and didactic discourse come from the criterion language. Sociointeractionist assumptions come from epistemology. The principles of distance education have been proposed from these assumptions. Both sets culminate in sociodiscursive interactionism. The structure of the dissertation is organized as follows: after the introduction, first chapter introduces the theoretical framework, sociodiscursive interactionism as well as the contributions of Vygotsky social interactionism, and the Bakhtin discourse theory. In the second chapter, the principles of distance education are presented, with focus on the principles of autonomy, interaction and spatial-temporal flexibility. The third chapter contextualizes the two proposals of textbooks, as well as analyzes it from the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education, and discusses possibilities for the appointment and development of these texts. Finally, we present the conclusion. The results showed an initial proposition of interesting elements for textbooks, which are grouped into two areas: language and epistemology. The language presents continuous dialogue with the student, the didactic resources and the structure of the work. In the axis of epistemology, the consideration to the principles of distance education is reflected in the proposed activities, the use of technology tools and the emphasis on the autonomy of the student. Moreover, the application of the concepts of sociodiscursive interactionism allows understanding the text as a unit of production of language and, therefore, refining the basic concepts of the theory.

Esta dissertação, cuja linha de pesquisa tem como tema educação, epistemologia e linguagem, objetivou orientar a análise, a indicação e o desenvolvimento de textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância. O problema de pesquisa se propôs a responder de que modo os pressupostos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo são aplicados num texto didático dessa natureza. O apoio teórico se deu pelo interacionismo sociodiscursivo, de Bronckart, pelos princípios da educação a distância e pelo interacionismo social, de Vygotsky. A justificativa está no fato de o desenvolvimento de conhecimentos em leitura e produção de textos ser uma necessidade nos cursos superiores face às demandas características do ambiente acadêmico. Além disso, aliar uma corrente teórica em linguística à discussão recente em educação a distância mostra-se cientificamente relevante. O método escolhido foi o analítico, com foco na análise textual. Foram analisados dois textos didáticos de leitura e produção de textos para a educação superior a distância quanto à aplicação do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância. Os critérios de análise formaram um conjunto hierárquico, cujo topo está na linguagem e na epistemologia. Do critério de linguagem partem os critérios de dialogismo, paralinguagem e discurso didático. Da epistemologia surgem os pressupostos sociointeracionistas. A partir desses pressupostos, foram propostos os princípios da educação a distância. Ambos conjuntos culminam no interacionismo sociodiscursivo. A estrutura da dissertação se organiza da seguinte forma: após a introdução, o primeiro capítulo apresenta a matriz teórica, o interacionismo sociodiscursivo, bem como as contribuições do interacionismo social, de Vygotsky, e da teoria do discurso, de Bakhtin. No segundo capítulo, os princípios da educação a distância são apresentados, com foco nos princípios da autonomia, da interação e da flexibilidade espaciotemporal. Já o terceiro capítulo contextualiza as duas propostas de textos didáticos, assim como as analisa a partir do interacionismo sociodiscursivo e dos princípios da educação a distância e discute possibilidades para sua indicação e desenvolvimento. Por fim, apresenta-se a conclusão. Os resultados permitiram uma proposição inicial de elementos de interesse a textos didáticos dessa natureza, os quais são agrupados em dois eixos: linguagem e epistemologia. No eixo da linguagem, estão o diálogo permanente com o estudante, os recursos paralinguísticos e a estrutura didática da obra. Já, no eixo da epistemologia, a consideração aos princípios da educação a distância se reflete nas atividades propostas, no uso de ferramentas de tecnologia e na ênfase à autonomia do estudante. Além disso, a aplicação dos conceitos do interacionismo sociodiscursivo permite compreender o texto como unidade de produção de linguagem e, por conseguinte, afinar-se a conceitos fundamentais da teoria. / This dissertation, whose line of research is addressing education, epistemology and language, aimed to guide the analysis, the indication and the development of textbooks for reading and writing texts for higher distance education. The problem of research aims to answer how the assumptions of sociodiscursive interactionism are implemented in a textbook of this nature. Theoretical support is given by sociodiscursive interactionism from Bronckart, the principles of distance education and the social interactionism, from Vygotsky. The reason is the fact that the development of knowledge in reading and writing texts is a necessity in higher education because of the demands of academic environment characteristics. Moreover, allying a theory in linguistics to a recent discussion in distance education is scientifically relevant. The method was the analytical, focused on textual analysis. We analyzed two textbooks on reading and writing for higher distance education about the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education. The analysis criteria formed a hierarchy, whose top is in language and epistemology. The criteria dialogism, paralanguage and didactic discourse come from the criterion language. Sociointeractionist assumptions come from epistemology. The principles of distance education have been proposed from these assumptions. Both sets culminate in sociodiscursive interactionism. The structure of the dissertation is organized as follows: after the introduction, first chapter introduces the theoretical framework, sociodiscursive interactionism as well as the contributions of Vygotsky social interactionism, and the Bakhtin discourse theory. In the second chapter, the principles of distance education are presented, with focus on the principles of autonomy, interaction and spatial-temporal flexibility. The third chapter contextualizes the two proposals of textbooks, as well as analyzes it from the sociodiscursive interactionism and the principles of distance education, and discusses possibilities for the appointment and development of these texts. Finally, we present the conclusion. The results showed an initial proposition of interesting elements for textbooks, which are grouped into two areas: language and epistemology. The language presents continuous dialogue with the student, the didactic resources and the structure of the work. In the axis of epistemology, the consideration to the principles of distance education is reflected in the proposed activities, the use of technology tools and the emphasis on the autonomy of the student. Moreover, the application of the concepts of sociodiscursive interactionism allows understanding the text as a unit of production of language and, therefore, refining the basic concepts of the theory.

This study explored the effects of emotional intelligence (EI) training on emerging staff and student leaders’ EI quotient (EQ) score. The dissertation was designed to provide training incorporating EI concepts for emerging leaders who were considering enhancing their EI skills. Currently, the EI theory is not prevalent in leadership development training curricula in either academia or corporate settings (Freedman, 2010; Gliebe, 2012; Moore, 2012). EI is a form of social intelligence that allows an individual to discern, maintain, and control his or her own and others’ emotional reactions (Mayer & Salovey, 1998). EI is measurable in the form of a quotient number known as an EQ. Previous research (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2013; Mittal & Sindhu, 2012; Suciu, Gherhes, & Petcu, 2010) indicated a positive correlation between individuals with high EQ and their success rates as great leaders and motivators. Researchers (Deepa, 2013; Khosrovi, Manafi, Hojabri, Aghapour, & Gheshmi, 2011; Love, 2014) who conducted studies on the topic of EI revealed that, once the learner is exposed to EI training, then his or her EQ increased thus the learner had the ability to develop as an effective manager of his or her and other’s emotions, behavior, and reaction. The researcher developed an EI training based on Bar-On’s (2006) EI theory to help the participants learn more about using EI to influence positively how they managed their emotions, lives, and other’s emotions and how they made decisions. The methods that were incorporated in the training were self-paced video recordings and activities. The study included 30 participants (control group =15 participants and trained group = 15 participants) who first completed Bar-On’s (2005) Emotional Quotient Inventory assessment to measure their EQ scores (pretest) and then a reassessment (posttest). The scores were computer generated by Bar-On’s (2005) Emotional Quotient Inventory, which provided 1 total EQ score, 5 composite scores, and 15 subscale scores for all the participants. All the participants’ scores were calculated by using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and descriptive statistics tools to test the effects of the EI training. The 15 trained participants completed a computer-generated 4-question feedback survey that was e-mailed to them. The EQ scores were examined and compared to each other: trained versus untrained. The results showed that the trained grouped had an incremental increase in their EQ score. The increase was not statistically significant except in the area of self-awareness. Self- awareness is a subscale that encompasses the importance of the participants’ ability to identify their emotions and feelings, discover their origin, and use it to form positive outcomes (Goleman, Boyatzis, & McKee, 2013).