Through their eyes: Israeli-Arab students speak up through participatory documentary photography projects

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 458-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rawia Hayik
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Documentary Photography ◽  
Teacher Researcher ◽  
Arab Students ◽  
Literacy Theory ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
Do So

‘PhotoVoice’ is a participatory documentary photography tool that empowers youth with little money, power, or status by providing them with opportunities to voice their critique and act for enhancing their realities. Grounded in critical literacy theory, this research tool has the potential to raise students’ awareness to problematic issues in their surroundings and enable them to highlight such issues to the wider community. This article describes the journey I embarked upon as a teacher-researcher with my college students to apply such a tool in the Israeli-Arab classroom. After engaging a group of third year future English teachers in PhotoVoice projects, students’ PhotoVoices were collected and analysed to explore what issues students addressed and the ways they used to do so. A description of the topics that students chose to highlight and the language used for demanding change is followed by students’ as well as my reflections on the process.

scholarly journals Critical Literacy: A Universal Tool to Empower English Teachers and Learners

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Adaninggar Septi Subekti
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
English Teachers ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Language Class ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The World ◽  
Language And Education ◽  
Do So

Language teachers should not only facilitate learners to learn the language but also facilitate them to realize that every day’s discourses, including language and education, are socially constructed. This is where critical literacy (CL) plays its role as a frame through which teachers can actively and autonomously participate in the world around them and facilitate learners to be able to do so through learning instructions. CL functions as a universal tool, like bricoleur, one can use to see numerous social phenomena from a critical stance. It is a different way, lens, or teaching framework, believing that one should question every day’s discourses instead of just accepting them as they are, with the ultimate goal of promoting social justice. Hence, this paper explains the importance of CL in empowering both teachers and learners, how it works to serve this purpose, and some practical strategies of its implementation in a language class.

Exploring the perceptions of passers-by through the participatory documentary photography tool PhotoVoice

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rawia Hayik
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Documentary Photography ◽  
Linguistic Landscape ◽  
Innovative Research ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Linguistic Reality ◽  
Guiding Questions

Abstract Research in the linguistic landscape (LL) field underscores the need for investigating the passers-by’s perspectives. To explore how the passers-by perceive LLs, researchers often use questionnaires or interviews. This article suggests the use of an innovative research tool named PhotoVoice (Wang, Burris & Xiang, 1996), to shed light on the perception of signs by Israeli-Arab college students in their ideologically-laden area. After familiarizing the students with PhotoVoice and guiding questions for examining LLs, they were asked to capture photos of signs within their localities, analyze the messages embedded within, and write commentaries voicing their reflections. Thus, students themselves became both the data collectors and the analyzers. One of the highlighted categories was the absence of Arabic from commercial signs produced by Arab business owners. Students’ “PhotoVoices” within this category reflected not only the linguistic reality of the commercial signs within Arab localities, but also the ways such space was experienced by them as local inhabitants. Such findings demonstrate how, through PhotoVoice, LLs can become a stimulus for profound cognitive and emotional reflections of passers-by toward the LL.

It Is Your Decision to Date Interracially: The Influence of Family Approval on the Likelihood of Interracial/Interethnic Dating

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2199413
Author(s):  
Byron Miller ◽  
Savanah Catalina ◽  
Sara Rocks ◽  
Kathryn Tillman
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Interracial Romance ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Do So

Although attitudes toward interracial romantic relationships (IRRs) have generally improved over the years, many Americans still disapprove of their family members being in IRRs. Prior studies have examined correlates of individual-level attitudes about interracial romance, but less is known about whether family members’ attitudes are directly associated with young people’s decisions to date interracially. Using data collected from 790 romantically involved college students at two large public four-year universities, we find that young adults who believe their siblings, parents, and grandparents approve of IRRs have greater odds of dating interracially. Compared to Whites, Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be interracially involved but their decision to do so is much less dependent on the approval of their parents and grandparents. We also find young adults are more likely to date interracially if they have five or more relatives with IRR experience themselves. The findings and their implications are discussed.

Role of perceived social support in depressive and somatic symptoms experienced by Bedouin Arab and Jewish Israeli undergraduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Abu-Kaf ◽  
Golan Shahar ◽  
Gal Noyman-Veksler ◽  
Beatriz Priel
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
College Students ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Somatic Symptoms ◽  
Somatic Complaints ◽  
Arab Students

Elevated levels of depressive and somatic symptoms have been documented among college students. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of Bedouin Arab students studying at institutions of higher education in southern Israel. To date, research on coping and mental health problems among students who are members of this ethnic minority has been limited. This study examined the role of three aspects of perceived social support – availability, satisfaction, and the ability to get emotional support – in predicting depressive and somatic symptoms among Jewish Israeli and Bedouin Arab college students. A total of 89 Bedouin and 101 Jewish first-year students participated in this study, which involved two assessment waves 12 to 14 months apart. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, somatic complaints, three aspects of perceived social support, and demographics. At Time 1, Bedouin students exhibited higher levels of depressive and somatic symptoms and lower levels of all three aspects of social support. Regression analyses showed that level of emotional support was a prospective predictor of somatization at Time 2. Moreover, when levels of emotional support were low, ethnic group predicted depression at Time 2; emotional support predicted depression only among Bedouin Arabs. The present study highlights the importance of the use of emotional support in predicting somatic complaints and depressive symptoms specifically among Bedouin Arab students. Clinical implications on intervention programs for ethnic minority students will be discussed.

Problems of Personality

1931 ◽  
Vol 114 (11) ◽  
pp. 248-249
Author(s):  
Garry Cleveland Myers
Keyword(s):  
Speak Up ◽  
Do So

“She shouts at him to ‘speak up’ or ‘talk louder.’ He tries to do so, but has been so frightened by the curt demand that after uttering a few words he reverts to speaking still more indistinctly and inaudibly.”

scholarly journals Metadiscourse Markers in Master Thesis Abstracts of American and Iraqi English Theses

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kawther Abdual Ameer Hussein ◽  
Jinan Ahmed Khalil ◽  
Nawal Fadhil Abbas
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Native American ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Master Thesis ◽  
Interactive Resources ◽  
Do So

The present study is intended to critically examine metadiscourse markers in 24 master thesis abstracts. Twelve of them are written by non-native Iraqi female students and the rest by native American female students. To do so, the researchers have set two aims: examining the types and subtypes of metadiscourse markers in terms of nativity and major and comparing the usages of metadiscourse markers’ types and subtypes in terms of nativity. To achieve the present aims, Hyland’s model (2005) is adopted. It aids in classifying the types and subtypes of metadiscourse markers in both data. The findings show that the Iraqi and American researchers use the interactive resources more than the interactional ones but the American researchers are capable of engaging their readers since their use of the interactional markers is higher than their counterparts. The field has no effect on the use of metadiscourse markers. There is diversity in the usage of the interactive resources in Iraqi data. Accordingly, the researchers recommend metadiscourse markers to be added to M.A courses as part of abstract writing exercise and the instructors of fourth-year college students to include metadiscourse markers in the writing of their research papers for coherence and clarity.

Silence is not Golden: Motivating Employee Voice through Inclusive Leadership

2020 ◽  
pp. 109634802096369
Author(s):  
Phillip M. Jolly ◽  
Lindsey Lee
Keyword(s):  
Basic Needs ◽  
Need Satisfaction ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Leader Behaviors ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
What Works ◽  
Direct Knowledge ◽  
Speak Up ◽  
Satisfaction Theory ◽  
Do So

Given the dynamic nature of the hospitality industry, firms must continuously improve to remain viable. Many innovations and improvements in service are driven by the experiences of employees on the front lines of service delivery, who have direct knowledge of what works and what does not in the day-to-day operation of a hospitality business. Unfortunately, research indicates that employees are not likely to speak up with opinions, ideas, and suggestions, behavior known as employee voice, unless they have some motivation to do so. Drawing on basic need satisfaction theory, we hypothesized and found that inclusive leader behaviors are associated with the satisfaction of followers’ basic needs for relatedness and competence. In turn, the satisfaction of these basic needs was associated with increases in employee self-reported voice behavior. Our findings provide important insights into the kinds of leader behaviors that may drive employee voice.

Quantification of Adverb Intensifiers for Use in Ratings of Acceptability, Adequacy, and Relative Goodness

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (24) ◽  
pp. 1944-1948
Author(s):  
Stephen J. Krsacok ◽  
William F. Moroney
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Scale Development ◽  
College Females ◽  
Raw Data ◽  
College Males ◽  
College Population ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
Using Data ◽  
A Current ◽  
Do So

Survey designers often assume the existence of an underlying linear continuum with equal intervals between anchors when they create a scale. However, this is not necessarily the case when labels, such as “somewhat acceptable,” “completely acceptable”, etc. are assigned to these intervals. This study examines numeric ratings assigned by college students to adverb intensifiers. Numeric ratings (from −5 to + 5) were collected from college males (n=54), college females (n=54) for positive and negative adverb-intensifiers of acceptability (n=50), adequacy (n=50), and relative goodness (n=41). Minimal differences were noted in mean ratings, variability, and order of the ratings assigned by males and females. Three different scale development strategies were utilized to develop 54 adverb intensifier scales with intervals of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 11 descriptors for acceptability, adequacy, and relative goodness. Survey designers are invited to use these scales or the raw data to develop their own scales. Those who do so will have the advantage of using data based on a current college population.

Good Pitch Memory Is Widespread

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Glenn Schellenberg ◽  
Sandra E. Trehub
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Musical Training ◽  
Television Programs ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Pitch Level ◽  
Poor Memory ◽  
Do So

Here we show that good pitch memory is widespread among adults with no musical training. We tested unselected college students on their memory for the pitch level of instrumental soundtracks from familiar television programs. Participants heard 5-s excerpts either at the original pitch level or shifted upward or downward by 1 or 2 semitones. They successfully identified the original pitch levels. Other participants who heard comparable excerpts from unfamiliar recordings could not do so. These findings reveal that ordinary listeners retain fine-grained information about pitch level over extended periods. Adults' reportedly poor memory for pitch is likely to be a by-product of their inability to name isolated pitches.

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