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91	On Making a Difference: How Photography and Narrative Produce the Short-Term Missions Experience Jennings, Joshua Kerby 01 January 2017 (has links) Short-term missions participants encounter difference in purportedly captivating ways. Current research, however, indicates the practice does not lead to long-lasting, positive change. Brian M. Howell (2012) argues the short-term missions experience is confined to the limitations of the short-term missions narrative. People who engage in short-term missions build assumptions, seek experiences, understand difference, and convey meaning, as a result of this narrative. The process of telling and retelling travel stories is integral to the short-term missions experience. Drawing upon literature on tourism, narrative, development, and photography, this study intends to evaluate the inefficacy of short-term missions through the stories which produce and are produced by photography. Through storytelling and photography from 21 short-term missions participants who have served in Ouanaminthe, Haiti, this project deconstructs the short-term missions narrative to understand, what is the relationship between the use of photography and the short-term missions experience? The results indicate a unique relationship between people, photography, and experiences within the framework of short-term missions. Short-Term Missions Photography Narrative Image Haiti Charity-Based Development Caribbean Languages and Societies Communication Technology and New Media Critical and Cultural Studies Journalism Studies Latin American Studies Leadership Studies Leisure Studies Mass Communication Organizational Communication Organization Development Photography Public Relations and Advertising Rhetoric Social and Cultural Anthropology Social Media Sociology of Religion Speech and Rhetorical Studies Tourism
92	Authentic Servant-Leadership Exemplified by Early Childhood Educator David Lawrence Jr.: A Case Study Correa-Cespedes, Blanca 31 March 2016 (has links) Advocacy and leadership style are essential concepts in education. This qualitative case study was undertaken to demonstrate how Robert K. Greenleaf’s servant-leadership framework could be a useful framework to adopt by educational leaders and child advocates. Servant-leadership identifies the needs of others as a primary goal of leadership. The study contributes to understanding the value of exemplary servant-leadership and advocacy in public education as demonstrated by David Lawrence Jr. The researcher addressed questions regarding how Lawrence embodies servant-leadership traits and explored how a servant-leader has been positively influencing early childhood public educational policy in Florida to benefit all children. There were 16 interviews conducted with individuals from four interest groups in Florida: business leaders, political leaders, local South Florida leaders and educational leaders. In addition, data were gathered by observing and interviewing Lawrence. His speeches and other archival documents were also analyzed. The findings illustrated the ten traits of the servant-leadership framework and identified five additional traits modeled by Lawrence that have contributed to his influence on public educational policy. A paradigm shift from authoritarian leadership to an authentic servant-leadership style that advocates for young children and promotes the importance of early childhood educational policy. The dichotomy examined throughout this research focused on servant-leadership and advocacy that is instrumental to make a difference in education as an educational leader navigates through political agendas. Lawrence leads a “Children’s Movement” in Florida that includes an ongoing bi-partisan individuals movement that has changed early childhood education in Florida. The findings of this investigation validate that servant-leadership framework could influence the transformation of public education. leadership servant-leadership authentic servant-leader early childhood education child advocate educational politics educational policy educational leaders exemplary leadership public education traits of exemplary leader Business Education Educational Leadership Human Resources Management Leadership Studies Nonprofit Administration and Management Organizational Behavior and Theory Organization Development Urban Education

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On Making a Difference: How Photography and Narrative Produce the Short-Term Missions Experience

Authentic Servant-Leadership Exemplified by Early Childhood Educator David Lawrence Jr.: A Case Study