Abstract Federal legislation and educational programs such as No Child Left Behind (2001) and Race to the Top (2009) identify school leaders as one of the major catalysts to improving academic achievement. Increasing accountability demands call for replacement of the principal when adequate gains in student achievement are not met, yet research indicates that it takes at least five years to affect change (Fullan, 2006). Why then would any principal remain in an appointment as principal in a chronically low-performing school? New principals generally stay no more than five to ten years in any one position (Dancy, 2007; NAESP, 1998). In several states, the average tenure rate for a new principal is just 4.5 years (Fuller, 2009). One of the key reasons principals leave is the stress related to the job responsibilities (Groff, 2001; National Association of Elementary School Principals, 2007; Ponder & Crow, 2005). Moreover, principal vacancies are expected to increase vastly within the next three to five years as more than a third of our nation’s teachers and school leaders are ready for retirement(U. S. Department of Education, 2010. With looming principal shortages, regular job turnover, and threat of replacement for current principals, who will lead the nation’s lowest-performing schools and what are the characteristics of those who intentionally seek to do so? The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of four factors associated with Krumboltz’s (1996) social learning theory of career decision making-- (1) personal characteristics, (2) work environment, (3) learning experience, and (4) task skills – on principals’ intent to stay or leave the profession of principalship when employed in a low-performing school. This study used data from 135 school administrators throughout the state of Louisiana who currently serve in schools considered “failing” by state standards in order to answer the following general questions: To what extent do the four factors of Krumboltz’s social learning theory of career decision making (personal characteristics, environment, formal learning experiences and task skills) combine to predict principals’ intent to stay in the role of principal in a low-performing school in Louisiana? What is the relative contribution of each of these factors in predicting principals’ intent to stay? A quantitative, correlational survey design was used to assess the factors that influence principals’ intent to leave or stay in the position of principal in low-performing schools throughout Louisiana. A modified version of the Principal Shortage Survey utilized in a previous study to analyze the principal shortage in Massachusetts (2006) was used. The surveys were administered electronically. Multiple regression was used to analyze results, using SPSS version 19.0. In general, the study supported Krumboltz’s theory, with district training a significant predictor of principal’s intent to stay. Principals who perceived their professional development as most effective were more likely to indicate a desire to remain in the principalship. Implications for accountability, principal training, and leadership in low-performing schools are discussed.

abstract: There are a significant number of musical compositions for violin by composers who used folk songs and dances of various cultures in their music, including works by George Enescu, Béla Bartók and György Ligeti. Less known are pieces that draw on the plethora of melodies and rhythms from Turkey. The purpose of this paper is to help performers become more familiar with two such compositions: Fazil Say's Sonata for Violin and Piano and Cleopatra for Solo Violin. Fazil Say (b. 1970) is considered to be a significant, contemporary Turkish composer. Both of the works discussed in this document simulate traditional "Eastern" instruments, such as the kemenҫe, the baðlama, the kanun and the ud. Additionally, both pieces use themes from folk melodies of Turkey, Turkish dance rhythms and Arabian scales, all framed within traditional structural techniques, such as ostinato bass and the fughetta. Both the Sonata for Violin and Piano and Cleopatra are enormously expressive and musically interesting works, demanding virtuosity and a wide technical range. Although this document does not purport to be a full theoretical analysis, by providing biographical information, analytical descriptions, notes regarding interpretation, and suggestions to assist performers in overcoming technical obstacles, the writer hopes to inspire other violinists to consider learning and performing these works. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2013

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Redesenham-se artes de dizer em um papel xerocado, artes que se traduzem em traços, rabiscos, versos, gritos, modos de fazer. Fanzine é assim, mais do que uma revista de papel sulfite, um espaço recortado, colado para produção de saberes ou, se preferir, uma revista independente na tela do computador. Este trabalho, portanto, propõe um mergulho entre a linha do underground e da pedagogia de criação de fanzines em sala de aula. Compreender os usos e as artes de dizer significa entender historicamente o que as publicações não-oficiais representam para a contemporaneidade. Desta forma, a lógica dos fanzines é bem mais do que trafegar em um circuito alternativo, define-se por si só como uma forma independente de fazer uso de uma expressão. Assim, o fazer fanzine como filofanzine de vida é um exemplo de que esta forma de expressão ultrapassa as paredes institucionais. / Redraw the Arts qhen we talk about a xerox paper, Arts represented in lines, scratchs, lines, shouts, ways to do. Fanzine is this way, more than a magazine made in white paper, a marked space, glued for knowledge productions or, if you want, an independent magazine in a computer screen. This work sugest a diving through the underground line and the creations of fanzines in school room pedagogy. Understand it use and the Art of say means historically understand that the non-official publications means to the present time. This way, the fanzines logical is more than go through an alternative scene, defines itself as a independent way to use an expression. Then, do fanzine as filofanzine way of life show that this form of expression tresspass the institutional walls.

FREITAS, Erasmo de Oliveira. Modalidade no gênero webcomentário do jornal O Povo: efeitos de sentido e relação com o mídium digital. 2012. 133f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Letras Vernáculas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2012. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-06-10T14:31:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_dis_eofreitas.pdf: 1863403 bytes, checksum: 21855fa8ebcf8514bbf2224c024ea99f (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-06-10T14:40:52Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_dis_eofreitas.pdf: 1863403 bytes, checksum: 21855fa8ebcf8514bbf2224c024ea99f (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-10T14:40:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2012_dis_eofreitas.pdf: 1863403 bytes, checksum: 21855fa8ebcf8514bbf2224c024ea99f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / This paper aims to articulate a general description of epistemic and deontic modal marks the production of meaning effects on speech genre webcomentário. The research part of the paucity of studies pertaining to gender and webcomentário mainly research about modalization in virtual continuum of language. The central problem of research focuses on investigating what is the main type of modality and which brands most commonly used modes of expression as argumentative-persuasive strategies found by the readers of The People webnewspaper (www.opovo.br) to produce the communicative purposes of criticism, complaint, compliment or suggestion. For this, we use corpora: a corpus of textual samples consisting of 155 webcomentários published between June and December 2011 and January-March 2012, belonging to five specific topics: Politics, Economics, Culture, Sports and Urban Violence, and a corpus modalizadoras of occurrences of expressions in their respective contexts, in webcomentários, totaling 200 events. The events were analyzed with a view nine categories: i) type of modality, ii) communicative purpose, iii) issue, iv) modes of expression of deontic and epistemic modalities, v) values deônticos, vi) font deontic, vii) type of target deontic, viii) epistemic value and ix) epistemic nature. The survey results indicate that the subject policy achieved the highest number of webcomentários (79.5%) and the epistemic modality showed higher number of events (55%), including the assertion irrealis predominated (60%), followed by realis (36.4%). Regarding the deontic modality (45%), presented as the predominant value deontic permission (51.2%), followed by requirement (46.6%). In this sense, "modalizing" meant "relativize" a genre in the democratic and interactive. The research indicates that there is a direct relationship between the effects of meaning intended by the subject enunciator with modal choice of brands and which modality will be adopted for the construction of argumentation. It seems therefore that, as subjects Bakhtin, the enunciators are aware of their linguistic choices, even if they do not describe the act of writing metalinguistically digital webcomentários. / Este trabalho tem o objetivo geral de articular a descrição das marcas modais deônticas e epistêmicas à produção de efeitos de sentidos no gênero discursivo webcomentário. A pesquisa parte da escassez de estudos concernentes ao gênero webcomentário e principalmente de pesquisas acerca da modalização no continuum virtual de linguagem. O problema central da pesquisa se concentra em investigar qual é o principal tipo de modalidade e quais as marcas de expressão modais mais usadas como estratégias argumentativo-persuasivas encontradas pelos leitores do webjornal O Povo (www.opovo.br) para produzirem os propósitos comunicativos de crítica, denúncia, elogio e sugestão. Para tanto, usamos os corpora: um corpus de amostras textuais constituído por 155 webcomentários publicados entre junho e dezembro de 2011 e janeiro a março de 2012, pertencentes a cinco temas específicos: Política, Economia, Cultura, Esportes e Violência Urbana, e um corpus de ocorrências de expressões modalizadoras em seus respectivos contextos, nos webcomentários, totalizando 200 ocorrências. As ocorrências foram analisadas tendo em vista nove categorias: i) tipo de modalidade, ii) propósito comunicativo, iii) tema, iv) modos de expressão das modalidades deôntica e epistêmica, v) valores deônticos, vi) tipo de fonte deôntica, vii) tipo de alvo deôntico, viii) valor epistêmico e ix) natureza epistêmica. Os resultados da pesquisa indicam que o tema Política alcançou o maior número de webcomentários (79,5%) e que a modalidade epistêmica apresentou maior número de manifestações (55%), entre as quais predominou a asserção irrealis (60%), seguida da realis (36,4%). Já em relação à modalidade deôntica (45%), apresentou como valor deôntico predominante a permissão (51,2%), seguido de obrigação (46,6%). Nesse sentido, “modalizar” significou “relativizar” em um gênero de natureza democrática e interativa. A pesquisa indica que há relação direta entre os efeitos de sentido pretendidos pelo sujeito enunciador com a escolha das marcas modais e de qual modalidade será adotada para a construção da argumentação. Parece-nos, portanto, que, como sujeitos bakhtinianos, os enunciadores são conscientes de suas escolhas linguísticas, mesmo que não as descreva metalinguisticamente no ato da redação digital dos webcomentários.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Redesenham-se artes de dizer em um papel xerocado, artes que se traduzem em traços, rabiscos, versos, gritos, modos de fazer. Fanzine é assim, mais do que uma revista de papel sulfite, um espaço recortado, colado para produção de saberes ou, se preferir, uma revista independente na tela do computador. Este trabalho, portanto, propõe um mergulho entre a linha do underground e da pedagogia de criação de fanzines em sala de aula. Compreender os usos e as artes de dizer significa entender historicamente o que as publicações não-oficiais representam para a contemporaneidade. Desta forma, a lógica dos fanzines é bem mais do que trafegar em um circuito alternativo, define-se por si só como uma forma independente de fazer uso de uma expressão. Assim, o fazer fanzine como filofanzine de vida é um exemplo de que esta forma de expressão ultrapassa as paredes institucionais. / Redraw the Arts qhen we talk about a xerox paper, Arts represented in lines, scratchs, lines, shouts, ways to do. Fanzine is this way, more than a magazine made in white paper, a marked space, glued for knowledge productions or, if you want, an independent magazine in a computer screen. This work sugest a diving through the underground line and the creations of fanzines in school room pedagogy. Understand it use and the Art of say means historically understand that the non-official publications means to the present time. This way, the fanzines logical is more than go through an alternative scene, defines itself as a independent way to use an expression. Then, do fanzine as filofanzine way of life show that this form of expression tresspass the institutional walls.

abstract: This study investigated the effects of different types of play-embedded instruction on preschoolers' vocabulary learning during a vocabulary intervention known as Say-Tell-Do-Play (STDP). The goal of this study was to determine whether or not two types of play - Story Drama and a Vocabulary Matching Game - enhanced the effectiveness of the STDP strategy. To investigate this goal, the researcher implemented the STDP instructional routine for 17 children with three different picture books and their corresponding play activities and a control condition (Drawing) in a counterbalanced order. Descriptive statistics were utilized to understand the effects of these different play activities on the children's receptive and expressive vocabulary learning. Findings showed that the STDP vocabulary instructional strategy had a much larger impact on children's receptive vocabulary than on expressive vocabulary learning. The play activities did not seem to make much difference in the learning of receptive and expressive vocabulary. The results indicated that the STDP strategy is an effective way to teach receptive vocabulary. There was a lack of evidence that the different types of play significantly affected children's vocabulary learning. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2012

This study evaluated the Say It Straight™ (SIS) Training Program for its ability to improve straightforward communication, increase self-esteem, increase an individual's overall perception of group and family belonging or cohesiveness within a residential treatment setting and decrease an individual's perceived level of anomie. Effectiveness of SIS training was evaluated with paired sample t-tests (2-tailed) on six objective questionnaires given before and after training. Participation in the study was voluntary. Of the 39 patients in residence, 26 participated in SIS training, (23 attended over 80% of the sessions and 3 attended over 50%). Three were excluded from the study due to developmental or dementia-related diagnoses, 3 chose not to participate, 5 were discharged routinely prior to completion and were not post-tested; and 2 were discharged against medical advice during the training. It is interesting to notice that on the average there are about 5 discharges against medical advice per month at the facility, but during the five weeks of SIS there were only 2. Self-reports of empowering behaviors, quality of family and group life and self-esteem showed highly significant increases following SIS. Self-reports of disempowering behaviors (placating, passive-aggressive, blaming, irrelevant, intellectualizing) showed highly significant decreases following SIS and anomie showed a significant decrease. All p values are results from 2-tailed t-tests for paired observations. Subjective reports regarding training effectiveness were also very positive. Recommendations include: 1) follow-up and compare SIS trained Sante alumni and non-SIS trained Sante alumni for recidivism rate and participation in recovery oriented group activities; 2) develop a tool for measuring anomie specifically related to treatment settings as a construct versus a single variable, and 3) develop a tool for measuring group cohesiveness specifically related to treatment settings as a construct versus a single variable.