Communicating Campus Sexual Assault: A Mixed Methods Rhetorical Analysis

ABSTRACT

This article reports on a mixed methods rhetorical analysis of a data set of news reports on campus sexual assault. A macro-level qualitative analysis of narratives combined with micro-level quantitative content analysis of verb voice offers insight into how news media shapes perceptions of power, blame, and agency in reporting. These findings offer implications for how public actors discuss campus sexual assault and implications for the teaching and practice of research methods in technical communication.     

High-Caste Corinthians: Amateurism and the Bloodstock Industry 1945-75

This contribution considers a variety of aspects of the bloodstock breeding world during the three decades following World War Two, focusing in particular on the breeders of thoroughbred horses and the attitudes of those breeders towards their calling. It is argued that even at this late stage of its history, the persistence of the Corinthian amateur ideal, a dogged indifference to the realities of social and economic change, and a high degree of institutional social exclusiveness was in part responsible for the relative decline of what had been, in the inter-war years, the world's pre-eminent bloodstock industry.     

The Social,Political and Economic Contexts to the Evolution of Spanish Physical Educationalists (1874–1992)

This article studies the history of physical education teacher training centres in Spain from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century. It focuses on analysing the studies offered at these centres, which reflect how the training received by the teachers responsible for running physical education lessons in schools has evolved. The content of the different syllabuses has been influenced by the social, political and economic context of each historical era, and the courses have gradually raised their requirements, becoming equivalent to higher university studies.     

Talk about texts at the computer: using ICT to develop children's oral and literate abilities

This article describes the outcomes of recent research on children's talk while engaged in joint literacy activities in primary school (Year 5). The research is based on a conception of talk as a tool for ‘thinking together’, with computer software being treated as a resource for organising and focusing children's involvement in collaborative activities. The results are used to discuss the value of classroom talk and computer‐based activities for promoting children's literacy development.     

学力调查若干问题探析

自“日本学生学习能力降低了”这一问题提出以来,日本社会各界对实施学力调查的目的、方法等提出了质疑。基于真实性评价的观点,实施学力调查需要慎重考虑诸如学力模式、学力结构以及学力调查的社会环境等多种因素。通过比较分析可以看到,尽管“TIMSS2003”、“PISA2003”和“国研调查2003”三次学力调查所设计的学力模式有所不同,但都是为了更好地实现真实性评价目标进行的创新性尝试。究竟何种学力调查能更好地体现真实性评价,还需要在教育实践中进一步探索。     

Intercommunication among physics research groups in Latin America

Communication patterns among Latin American research groups in solid state physics are analyzed using the journal articles they published during a five year span. The patterns found may be symptomatic of the stage of development of the countries involved.     

No Hablo Inglés: Bilingualism and multiculturalism in preschool settings

The projected 5.2 million non-English-speaking preschoolers that will enter early childhood programs in the year 2000 require developmentally appropriate bilingual programs. This article discusses the role and components of both bilingualism and multiculturalism in preschool settings. It further indicates implications for the preparation of teachers and suggests strategies that administrators of preschool settings could utilize in meeting needs of bilingual communities.     

A biomechanical investigation of right-forward lunging step among badminton players

This study presents the kinematics and plantar pressure characteristics of eight elite national-level badminton athletes and eight recreational college-level badminton players while performing a right-forward lunge movement in a laboratory-simulated badminton court. The hypothesis was that recreational players would be significantly different from elite players in kinematics and plantar pressure measures. Vicon^® motion capture and Novel^® insole plantar pressure measurement were simultaneously taken to record the lower extremity kinematics and foot loading during stance. Recreational players showed significantly higher peak pressure in the lateral forefoot (P = 0.002) and force time integral in the lateral forefoot (P = 0.013) and other toes (P = 0.005). Elite athletes showed higher peak pressure in the medial forefoot (P = 0.003), hallux (P = 0.037) and force time integral in the medial forefoot (P = 0.009). The difference in landing techniques for the lunge step between elite athletes and recreational players was observed with peak ankle eversion (?38.2°±2.4° for athletes and ?11.1°±3.9° for players, P = 0.015); smaller knee range of motion in the coronal and transverse planes, with differences in peak knee adduction (28.9°±6.8° for athletes and 15.7°±6.2° for players, P = 0.031); peak knee internal rotation (20.3°±1.3° for athletes and 11.8°±3.2° for players, P = 0.029) and peak hip flexion (77.3°±4.1° for athletes and 91.3°±9.3° for players, P = 0.037).