Lenoir-Rhyne Academic Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Traces: An Oral History of Lenoir-Rhyne College
(1977)Excerpted from the Introduction: "This oral history study of Lenoir-Rhyne College’s past was the result of a number of fortunate circumstances. First, the History Department, after joining the North Carolina Institute of ... -
A Statement of the History and Present Financial Conditions of the College
(1903-08-05)This is W.P. Cline's brief, hand-written, financial account of the beginnings of Highland/Lenoir College up to 1903 or so. It also includes a history of its predecessor, Highland Academy. The papers are in an archives ... -
The History of the Founding of Lenoir College
(1907-11)This is a handwritten manuscript written by Robert Anderson Yoder, entitled "The History of the Founding of Lenoir College." R.A. Yoder is one of the four founders of Lenoir College and its first president (1891-1901). ... -
Utilizing English and Spanish Multimodal Low Literacy Diabetes Self-Management Education to Improve Diabetes Knowledge: A Quality Improvement Project in a Low-Cost Clinic
(2022-12)Background: Health literacy is a vital competence when working toward successful management of Type II Diabetes (T2D). The ability to understand, assess, and apply health information in order to make judgements and ... -
"The Greatest Eloquence": James Cathcart and the Power of Words in Eighteenth-Century Barbary
(Commonplace: The Journal of Early American Life, 2022-08)Young American seaman James Cathcart was captured by Algerian corsairs and held captive for eleven years. During that time, he rose through the slave hierarchy to a position of relative comfort and prosperity, moves ... -
A Qualitative Case Study Exploring How Faculty Incorporate Equity in a Practice-Based Teacher Preparation Program
(2022)There is a huge shift in teacher education to make it more practice-focused while also incorporating equity which has been elevated as a result of the pandemic. As teacher preparation programs evolve to prepare teachers ... -
Catalogue of Lenoir College, Hickory, North Carolina. 1891-1892.
(1892)This college catalogue is one of the earliest--and possibly the very earliest--catalogue for what is now known as Lenoir-Rhyne University (founded 1891). It names the trustees, faculty, and students at "Lenoir College" and ... -
Lenoir-Rhyne Bands: Ninety Years of Distinction
([The Author], 2012)"Lenoir-Rhyne Bands" is a history of music programs at Lenoir-Rhyne University from the days of the first ensemble, the Oakview Orchestra (1907-1908), to the time of publication (2012). Source: Rudisill Library Special ... -
A Hero of the Mexican Revolution: An Examination of the Character of Pancho Villa (1878-1923) Until 1914
(2022-05-03)The 1910 Presidential Election in Mexico kept the incumbent President, Porfirio Díaz, in power, and sparked a revolution that lasted for roughly ten years (1910-1920). His policies were largely unpopular, and he was disliked ... -
Engaging Students With College-Level Texts
(2010)This is a presentation provided at the Appalachian College Association Summit in October of 2010 in Abingdon, Virginia. A version of it was presented in 2006 to teachers at the NC Dept. of Juvenile Justice, Corrections in ... -
How Nurture Groups Can Facilitate Inclusive Practice in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Theory Map for Enriching the University Students' Learning Experience
(2018-05)Nurture groups originated in East London, in the 1960s. The first nurture groups provided education for multicultural migrant children, whose schools and parents were under enormous stress. Today, there are more than 1000 ... -
How Transatlantic Workshops and Field Trips Can Make German-American University-Partnerships an Active Learning Space.
(2014-05)Ten-day workshops and field trips had a key role in the partnership between a university of applied sciences in East Germany and a small private liberal arts college in North Carolina. This case study evaluates activities ... -
Dissertation: Growth of a Teacher Garden: A Research Evaluation Study of the Creative Options Partnership in Education (COPE).
(2004)This qualitative single case study examined a school-university partnership program known as the Creative Options Partnership in Education (COPE). The purpose of the study was to understand the emergent qualities of the ... -
Spaces of Commoning, in Berlin and Other Cities, and Their Potential for the Building of Sustainable Social Communities and Educational Cultures
(2019-04)As educators, we strive for accessible, just and inclusive educational options for all children and youth, including those from vulnerable social strata. We reflect the processes inside of educational institutions, and ... -
Bringing the Student's Life into the Classroom? Genesis, Scientific Status and Development of the »Lifeworld-oriented Didactics« for Children and Youth with Emotional, Social, and Behavioral Needs
(2019-08)The model »Lifeworld-oriented Didactics« (in German: »Lebensweltorientierte Didaktik«) has been developed by Joachim Broecher, through his own educational practice as a classroom teacher during the 1990s while teaching in ... -
Pioneers of German-Polish inclusive exchange: Jaczewski’s and Kluge’s Europeanization in education despite the Iron Curtain
(2021-03)Historical and autobiographical approaches are combined with interviews to analyze the case of the Europa-Kontakt in pre-1989 Poland and West Germany within the framework of Europeanization. The international education ... -
Throwing out a Net over Berlin via Airbnb Bookings: Educators in Search of the Metropole’s Creative Potential
(Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2001)The paper’s first section presents the goal of the documented research: to connect the creative cities discourse with the development of innovative educational cultures, with a spotlight on the city of Berlin. One particular ... -
The Role of Critical, Enabling and Empowering Pedagogies in the Field of Emotional and Social Learning in Schools
(2020-03)Many systematic assessments and interventions dominate the field of emotional and social learning in schools. These include behavior-orientation, evidence based practices, and school-wide models based on a response-to-intervention ... -
A Comparison of Recruitment Outcomes Using an Alternate Clinical Trial Recruitment Script for Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes (LIFT)
(2022-05)Background Despite noble advancements in clinical research recruitment. Ethnic minorities continue to be disproportionately represented. Identifying variables that contribute to increased participation in such trials can ... -
Assessing Social Determinants of Health to Improve the Quality of Life in the Adult Day Care Health Center Participants
(2022-05-05)The purpose of this quality improvement mixed methods design is to provide facilitators at an adult urban daycare health center with a toolkit to screen clients for SDOH and QOL among the adult clients ages 18 years and ...