Understanding global politics
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file.
As taught in Autumn Semester 2009.
This module introduces global politics through the major theoretical, historical and empirical ways of seeing international relations. Different claims, about, for example, human nature, power, war, peace, the state, society, law and politics are offered by thinkers who exercise a major influence on our contemporary understanding. These claims contribute to different approaches t
Digital Library Object - Relevancy of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe in the post Cold-War era.
Link To Full Record
Strengthening the Prohibition of Torture: The Evolution of the UN Committee against Torture - Lunche
Luncheon Keynote Address by the Honorable Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "The Role of the U.S. in Strengthening the Prohibition Against Torture"
Third Annual Freedom of Information Day - Panel One: Big Freedom of Information Act Litigation Cases
A wide-ranging discussion of pending issues in major FOIA litigation by expert government and private-sector litigators.
The Labour leadership contest
In this podcast, Professor Philip Cowley, from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the announcement of former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s decision to stand down as leader of the Labour Party and British Prime Minister on 27th June 2007. Professor Cowley discusses the reasons behind Tony Blair’s announcement and the pressure he has faced from within his own party.
Professor Cowley goes on to discuss why Gordon Brown succeeded Tony Blair uncontested and the potential
Politics in 60 seconds. Passive revolution
Dr Adam Morton defines a polical concept in 60 seconds for those with a spare minute to learn something new. This videocast focuses on passive revolution as a political concept.
Warning: video does contain bloopers and out takes.
May 2010
Suitable for Undergraduate study and Community education
Dr Adam Morton, School of Politics and International Relations
Dr Adam Morton is a Senior Lecturer and Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) in the School of Politic
The Tory fight back?
Ms. May's podcast comes during the inaugural conference of the Centre for British Politics - Cameron's Conservatives, approaching government?
For more information visit:
Do the Tories have what it takes to replace Labour at No.10? Shadow Leader of the Commons Theresa May tells the UON Podcast why she thinks they do.
Elections: pre-match report
In this podcast Professor Steven Fielding weighs up the main parties and asks if they're fighting fit.
Professor Fielding is Director of the Centre for British Politics
A tense election period is looming with certain MPs refusing to pay back expenses and some already announcing that they intend to stand down.
Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Volume XV, Issue 3
CONTENTS:
Cover Illustration Description,
Calendar of Events,
The Old Testament Form-Critical Project Report,
Team of Scholars Deciphers Coptic Pages at Institute,
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour Awards Grant to lAC,
The Fall Public Lecture Series of the lAC: "Sex, Sin and Woman: The Social History of a Theological Idea," "Ancient Egyptian Ceremonial Masks," "In Quest of the Rhetorical Jesus," "The Alexandrian Library: The Beloved Pagans," and Nag Hammadi Revisited",
Texts and Mystery Religions
Auburn vs. Florida (1953)
"The X and Y teams of "Shug" Jordan gave the old grads something to yell about as they rolled over the Gators 16-7. Vince Dooley and Bobby Freeman engineered their units up and down the field all afternoon, as the statistics show. The X team scored in the first quarter after driving 46 yards with Charlie Hataway carrying for the last three. The Y team took over in the second quarter and drove 80 yards for its score. Bobby Freeman scored from 10 yards out and Joe Davis came in and split the uprig
The United States Air Force Academy: Founding a Proud Tradition
recounts the history of aviation and the military: aviation's entry into the military during World War I, Germany's use of air power early in World War II, Pearl Harbor, the Berlin Airlift, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and President Eisenhower's declaration that our first line of defense would be an air atomic strike force. The site examines the design of the Air Force Academy, authorized in 1954 after 30 years of struggle.
The federal government and slavery: following the money trail
This is a final draft of the article published by Cambridge University Press journal "Studies in American Political Development."
The Trumpets of Jericho.
This portrays two figures, blowing trumpets and a fragment of a wall falling apart.,This portrays two figures, blowing trumpets and a fragment of a wall falling apart.
An Observational Study Of Pre-Service Teachers’ Classroom Management Strategies
Employee attrition is disproportionately higher in the field of education, especially among novice teachers (Liu & Meyer, 2005). A recent survey of American teachers, conducted by MetLife (2005), found that 20% reported, “maintaining order and discipline in the classroom is the greatest challenge” (p. 5). The focus of this study was the problem of increased teacher attrition rates due to classroom management issues.
The participants in the study attended six classroom management workshops t
An adaptive feedback approach
for e-learning systems
The adaptive e-learning systems are a hot topic of
educational research. The approach presented is a
knowledge-based. There are several types of adaptation of an
e-learning system to the learner: content adaptation, interface
personalization, etc. This paper dials with a model for adaptation
of the learner assessment and the content of one learning system.
The model is based on Computer Adaptive Test Theory (CAT)
and organization of the learning domains. The learning objects
(LO) and the test it
The Effects of Semantic and Thematic Clustering on Learning English Vocabulary by Saudi Students
The present study aimed to compare the effects of semantic and thematic clustering on learning English vocabulary by Saudi students. It investigated whether thematic grouping or the use of meaningful context facilitates vocabulary learning. It was also conducted to shed light on how the use of context might be combined with clustering in order to facilitate learning.
The study consisted of two parts. In the first part, the quantitative stage, 160 participants studied four lists of English words
ROOTS AND WINGS: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES OF PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NATIVE TO THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF NORT
Many professional Appalachian women have built their careers in employment environments which expect the language of the academy—Standard American English (SAE). This expectation, along with societal beliefs that Appalachian English (AE), the native vernacular of these women, is an inferior language variety, has led many women to balance the two language varieties through bidialectism. This qualitative study explored the language attitudes of twelve professional Appalachian women, seeking a be
Gender Education and Training in Doctoral Level Psychology Programs: An Exploratory Investigation
This doctoral project was an exploratory investigation of the treatment of gender
in the education and training of doctoral level psychology graduate students. Fifty-one
doctoral level psychology programs, including Ph.D., Psy.D. and Ed.D. programs, were
placed into one of three groups based on their orientation, practitioner-oriented program
(P-OP), clinical research-oriented program (CR-OP), or combined orientation program
(CP). The programs were surveyed by the analysis of their respective we
JALPES 2010 Strasbourg : Remotiver les enseignants.
Thème : Première Journée de Pédagogie Médicale d’Alsace Lorraine (JALPES 2010)
Session : motivation et pédagogie en sciences de la santé.
Modérateur : François KOHLER (Professeur- CHU de Nancy – SPI-EAO) et Thierry POTTECHER (Professeur – service d’Anesthésie Hôpital de Hautepierre – Strasbourg).
Titre : JALPES 2010 Strasbourg : Remotiver les enseignants.
Auteur : Jean-François DENEF (UCLOUVAIN – Vice-recteur honoraire Sciences de la Santé)<
UW 360: October 2010
The stories begin with a study on the potentially disastrous results of building homes and businesses along flood-prone rivers, and what we can do to avoid catastrophe. Visit the renowned Lamborghini Lab, where researchers create lightning strikes and high-impact crashes in the quest to make safer vehicles. Meet a UW alum who helped bring local farmers’ markets to Seattle neighborhoods; and visit the new Center for Pediatric Dentistry, which provides dental care for young children in our area
