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Saptawuryandari, Nurweni. "Cerita Pendek Anak Dalam Majalah Bobo Tahun 1980‐an Sebagai Bacaan Pendidikan Karakter." ATAVISME 17, no. 2 (2014): 254–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.24257/atavisme.v17i2.14.254-263.
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This article aims to describe the national character values in children short stories in Bobo magazine. As a children magazine, Bobo always publishes children short stories in every issue. Data of this research is twenty-four children short stories in Bobo magazine published by Gramedia in 1983’s. The data was collected through librarian study. The method used is the descriptive-qualitative one which explains the writings based on the content. The result shows that children short stories in Bobo magazine contain national character values. Those values contain moral teaching. The short stories were written by adults. They describe lives, responsibility, religion, self-service, discipline, hard working and love of the environment. This article aims to describe the national character values in children short stories in Bobo magazine. As a children magazine, Bobo always publishes children short stories in every issue. Data of this research is twenty-four children short stories in Bobo magazine published by Gramedia in 1983’s. The data was collected through librarian study. The method used is the descriptive-qualitative one which explains the writings based on the content. The result shows that children short stories in Bobo magazine contain national character values. Those values contain moral teaching. The short stories were written by adults. They describe lives, responsibility, religion, self-service, discipline, hard working and love of environment.
 
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 Tulisan ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan nilai-nilai karakter bangsa yang terdapat dalam cerita pendek anak-anak di majalah Bobo. Sebagai majalah anak-anak, Bobo dalam setiap terbitannya selalu memuat cerita pendek anak-anak yang mengandung unsur dulce et utile. Data penelitian ini adalah dua puluh empat cerita pendek anak-anak dalam majalah Bobo terbitan Gramedia tahun 1983. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan studi pustaka. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif kualitatif yang memaparkan tulisan berdasarkan isi karya sastra. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa cerita pendek anak-anak yang ada di majalah Bobo mengandung nilai-nilai karakter bangsa yang berkaitan dengan pendidikan moral dan budi pekerti. Cerita yang ditulis orang dewasa itu menggambarkan masalah kehidupan dan mengandung nilai karakter jujur, tanggung jawab, religius, mandiri, disiplin, kerja keras, dan cinta lingkungan.
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Ali Abdullah Al-Momani, Hassan. "The Conflict between Traditions and Freedom in “Remember Vaughan Monroe” and “Not Like Today”." English Language and Literature Studies 2, no. 4 (2012): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ells.v2n4p106.
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<p>This study sheds light on the conflict between adherence to Arab traditions and the aspiration to live a freer American life that most Arab American young adults suffer from. The research focuses on two Arab American young adult short stories by Evelyn Shakir’s “Remember Vaughan Monroe” and “Not Like Today” which reflect the tension between tradition and freedom for the young adult protagonists who are obliged by their parents to live an Arab traditional life and who like to live their American life without restrictions. The study concludes that Arab American young adult protagonists get confused at the end of the stories because of their inability to compromise between their Arab traditions and their willingness to live the American freedom they want.</p>
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Lorenz, Danielle. "Review of Dunn, Disabling Characters: Representations of Disability in Young Adult Literature." Canadian Journal of Disability Studies 6, no. 1 (2017): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v6i1.338.
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Designed as a book for educators that challenges how dis/abilities are portrayed in novels and short stories, Patricia A. Dunn’s Disabling Characters: Representations of Disability in Young Adult Literature offers an assessment of 14 stories for youth, some of which have been incorporated into middle and high school English curricula for over the past 30 years. Though this book is particularly useful for teachers, it also provides an accessible entry into the academic discipline of Disability Studies.
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Majul, Mary Ann Marcelino. "SEXUALITY, CLASS AND FAMILY IN CHILDREN’S SHORT STORIES AFTER EDSA II." Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) 2, no. 2 (2017): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol2iss2pp15-28.
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This study examines how nine children’s stories which won awards in the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature in the English category portray and shape children’s view of themselves, their peers, family, community and the world. Using Marxism, Gender, Race and Ethnic Studies as its theoretical framework, the study reveals that the stories underscore the differences in gender roles, institutionalize the school and community as sites for learning and hegemony, contextualize decision making and ethnic identity and expose the vulnerability of women and children as reserved labor force. Furthermore, the child heroes are active participants in their respective social circles and are often enjoined to carry out adult responsibilities such as taking care of a sibling and saving a community. This paper concludes that children’s literature, specifically stories, have powerful influences in shaping the child’s conceptions of his or her sexuality, class consciousness and multiple roles as member of the family, community, and the state.Keywords: Children’s literature, family, gender roles, Post-Edsa II, sexualityCite as: Majul, M.A.M. (2017). Sexuality, class and family in children’s short stories after Edsa II. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 2(2), 15-28.
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Wiley, W. Brett. "Invocation as Self-Change." Religion and the Arts 24, no. 4 (2020): 399–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685292-02404003.
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Abstract George Saunders, who was raised in the Catholic Church and became a Tibetan Buddhist as an adult, incorporates prayer into many of his short stories. Using Catholic and Buddhist definitions and conceptions of prayer, this essay examines prayers in three short stories—“Offloading for Mrs. Schwartz,” “My Flamboyant Grandson,” and “Tenth of December”—and argues that, though Saunders incorporates prayer that formally and content-wise appears Christian, the instances ultimately reflect a Buddhist idea of prayer as a means of self-change and as a practice that affirms the enlightenment of the person praying.
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De Juan, Luis. "Roald Dahl’s look at the British Empire through his two short stories “Poison” and “Man from the South”." Journal of English Studies 15 (November 28, 2017): 53. http://dx.doi.org/10.18172/jes.3266.
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The aim of this paper is to analyze two of Roald Dahl’s short stories, “Poison” and “Man from the South”, beyond the classical approach to Dahl’s fiction. If Dahl’s adult fiction is most often read in terms of its extraordinary plots, as well as its macabre nature and unexpected endings, my intention is to look into both stories in the light of postcolonial studies. Not only is this approach justified on account of the setting where the stories take place, India and Jamaica, once part of the British Empire; the pertinence of such a reading is underlined by the presence of a number of elements that are commonly found in colonial travel narratives and which therefore place Dahl’s stories in relation with a very different literary tradition, colonial literature.
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Haryanti, Novi Diah. "POLA NARASI PADA ANTOLOGI CERPEN TARIAN SALJU KARABAN." Dialektika: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia 6, no. 1 (2019): 95–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/dialektika.v6i1.12767.
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Abstract: This study aims to look at narrative patterns in the collection of short stories "Karaban Snow Dance" (TSK). From the fifteen short stories, the researchers took five main stories, namely the Karaban Snow Dance (Tarian Salju Karaban), The Fall of a Leaf (Gugurnya Sehelai Daun), Canting Kinanti Song (Tembang Canting Kinanti), Jagoan Men Arrived (Lelaki Jagoan Tiba), and Origami Pigeon (Merpati Origami). Of the five short stories, environmental themes and honesty appear most often. The place setting depicted shows the environment that is close to the author or according to the author's origin. The main characters in the four short stories are children, only one short story Male Hero Tiban (Lelaki Jagoan Tiban/LJK) who uses adult takoh as the main character. The child leaders in LJK only appear in the past stories of the main characters. The five short stories do not show a picture of whole parents (father and mother). The warm relationship between mother and child appears clearly, in contrast to the father-child relationship that is almost negligent. The five short stories also represent how children become heroes for their family, friends, and environment.Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat pola narasi pada kumpulan cerpen Tarian Salju Karaban (TSK). Dari limabelas cerpen yang ada, peneliti mengambil lima cerpen utama yakni “Tarian Salju Karaban”, “Gugurnya Sehelai Daun”, “Tembang Canting Kinanti”, “Lelaki Jagoan Tiba”, dan “Merpati Origami”. Kelima cerpen menampilkan tema lingkungan dan kejujuran. Latar tempat yang digambarkan memperlihatkan lingkuangan yang dekat dengan penulis atau sesuai dengan asal usul penulis. Tokoh utama dalam keempat cerpen tersebut ialah anak-anak, hanya satu cerpen “Lelaki Jagoan Tiban” (LJK) yang menggunakan takoh dewasa sebagai tokoh utama. Tokoh anak dalam LJK hanya muncul dalam cerita masa lalu tokoh utama. Kelima cerpen tersebut tidak memperlihatkan gambaran orangtua utuh (ayah dan ibu). Relasi yang hangat antara ibu dan anak muncul dengan jelas, berbeda dengan relasi bapak-anak yang nyaris alpa. Kelima cerpen tersebut juga merepresentasikan bagaimana anak-anak menjadi pahlawan bagi keluarga, sahabat, dan lingkungannya.
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Osman, Sharifah Aishah. "Addressing Rape Culture through Folktale Adaptation in Malaysian Young Adult Literature." Girlhood Studies 14, no. 1 (2021): 117–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2021.140110.
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Rape culture is a provocative topic in Malaysia; the public discourse on it is plagued by gender stereotyping, sexism, misogyny, and rape myths. Recent literary works aimed at Malaysian adolescent girls have interrogated rape culture more pointedly as a means of addressing gender-based violence through activism and education. In this article, I discuss two short stories, “The Girl on the Mountain” and “Gamble” as retellings of Malaysian legends and feminist responses to the normalization and perpetuation of rape culture in this society. Through the emphasis on female agency, consent, and gender equality, these two stories reflect the subversive power of Malaysian young adult literature in dismantling rape culture, while affirming the significance of the folktale as an empowering tool for community engagement and feminist activism.
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Chandio, Fozia, Zia Ahmed, and Akbar Sajid. "Theme of Isolation and Child versus Adult Feelings: Stylistic Analysis of Alice Munro’s Short Story “The Eye”." Review of Education, Administration & LAW 3, no. 3 (2020): 485–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.47067/real.v3i3.94.
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Analysis of the stylistics features of any author has been very interesting technique to explore themes depicted by him/her. This paper examines a short story of Alice Munro titled ‘The Eye’, from stylistic perspective. ‘The Eye’ is the opening tale of the set of four stories, in a style of memoir that is titled as ‘Finale’. This set of four stories appears in her collection of short stories titled “Dear Life” (2012. ) The paper presents the stylistics analysis of the story keeping the stylistic approach in focus suggested by Leech and Short in Style in Style in Fiction (2007). The story is analyzed stylistically in terms of character and characterization, point of view and speech, thought and writing presentation. Stylistic study of any text effectively provides comprehension of the base of the text particularly and its evaluation generally (Peer 2008). In order to carry this out, the method of textual analysis of Qualitative research approach is conducted. The end of the analysis is to have a turnout of a deeper comprehension of the relationship between style and literary aesthetics in ‘The Eye’ by studying the stylistic patterns behind Munro’s narrative, in order to find out her creative approach. Paul Simpson maintains, “Stylistics serves to inquire into the language of the text and on a broader level to investigate creativity in the use of language (2004:3). The endeavor made in the paper explores that Munro has an ambivalent and complicated technique of presentation, both structurally and thematically. Here, the argument is that the stylistic analysis of the story reveals that Munro has high artistic approach towards the short story; she narrates the fiction with such an ambiguous approach that it welcomes more than one interpretations of the story.
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Hain, Richard D. W. "Hospices and palliative care for children: converging stories." British Medical Bulletin 130, no. 1 (2019): 81–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bmb/ldz012.
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Abstract Introduction Children’s hospices offer support to children and their families according to a model that is quite different from adult hospices and has evolved in parallel with specialist paediatric palliative medicine services. Sources of data Published research, Together for Short Lives. Areas of agreement The services hospices offer are highly valued by families. Areas of controversy It is not always clear that hospices can be described as ‘specialist’, which can make it difficult for hospices to negotiate appropriate commissioning arrangements with the statutory sector. Growing points Children’s palliative care generally is poorly developed compared with the adult specialty, and local providers should work with hospices to help redress the inequity that children face in accessing specialist palliative care. Areas timely for developing research If hospices are to continue to be important providers of palliative care in children they must develop robust and fair relationships with local healthcare providers. That would be facilitated by development of a funding formula for children that properly acknowledges the part hospices already play in palliative care.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Adult short stories"
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Lee, Li-Feng. "The responses of Taiwanese adolescent girls to selected American short stories for young adults." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1173205682.
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Kim, Christine. "Munui (문의): Modern Adaptations of Korean Folk and Fairy Tales". Scholarship @ Claremont, 2018. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/1911.
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Mboniswa, Lebogang Moselyn. "Gender identity in Setswana short stories for young adults : Mmualebe by R.M. Malope / Lebogang Moselyn Mboniswa." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/14622.
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In this mini-dissertation, the main aim is to investigate and to describe the representation of gender identity in the four short stories in Mmualebe (A.M. Malope). It also implies developing a critique of the representation of gender identity in the four short stories of Mmualebe; comparing traditionalism and modernity with regard to the representation of gender identity; describing possible responses of the implied readers (male and female) with regard to reception aesthetics and developmental psychology; and to supply the variants and constants regarding the representation of gender identity in the four short stories of Mmualebe. In developing a critique of the representation of gender identity, some important literary techniques are used. Through these techniques, the role of the conflict between traditionalism and modernity regarding the representation of gender identity is determined. In general, it is evident that all theories used in this study, when integrated, can help with the development of a positive gender identity. Men and women need to be made aware of gender equality and equity and at the same time not to abuse their gender rights.<br>Thesis (M.A. (African Languages))--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2003
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Walsh, Ryan Winegardner Mark. "The secret lives of adults stories /." 2003. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-11132003-011411.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Florida State University, 2003.<br>Advisor: Mark Winegardner, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of English. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Feb. 25, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.
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Babíčková, Karolína. "Obraz dospívání a rané dospělosti v současném románu a povídkách pro mládež a mladé dospělé Ivy Procházkové, Gudrun Pausewangové a Claudie Ruschové (komparace vybraných děl české a německé literatury)." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-346105.
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The master thesis focuses on the literary analysis and comparison of four books for young adults written by different authors. Two of the compared works are novels Eulengesang and Carolina: Ein knapper Lebenslauf by Iva Procházková, originally a Czech author and representative of a so called migrant literature. The thesis deals also with the novel Die Wolke by Gudrun Pausewang and the short story collection Meine freie deutsche Jugend written by Claudia Rusch. The main aim of the thesis is to compare and interpret the portayal of adolescence in the chosen works. Special attention is confined to the types of characters and situations they encounter, motivation for their behaviour and last but not least, to the motives. The opening chapters present historical overview of the Czech and German young adult literature. The thesis also includes a chapter on adolescence from the scientific perspective of developmental psychology. In the conclusion, the master thesis contrasts the chosen literary works in pairs: Eulengesang with Die Wolke and Carolina: Ein knapper Lebenslauf with Meine freie deutsche Jugend.
Books on the topic "Adult short stories"
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1962-, Scott Susan, and Henry O. 1862-1910, eds. New Yorkers: Short stories. Oxford University Press, 2008.
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1962-, Scott Susan, and Henry O. 1862-1910, eds. New Yorkers: Short stories. Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Beagle, Peter S. Once upon a curse: Stories and fairy tales for adult readers. Dragonwell Publishing, 2012.
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Lyon, George Ella. Choices: Stories for adult new readers. University Press of Kentucky, 1989.
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Knickerbocker, Joan L., and James A. Rycik. "Poetry, Short Stories, and Drama: The Other Literature." In Literature for Young Adults. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351067683-9.
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Miller, Camden, and Alex Bitterman. "Commemorating Historically Significant Gay Places Across the United States." In The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66073-4_15.
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AbstractThe stories of gay spaces across the United States are largely unrecorded, undocumented, and are not centrally collected or archived beyond informal reports and oral histories. Evidence demonstrates that the preservation of historic sites allows for future generations to benefit from intangibles related to community and identity. However, the LGBTQ+ community has been unable to gain benefits that place-based, historic sites can provide, due to an inability to commemorate spaces that have shaped LGBTQ+ history in significant ways. This chapter explores the disparities between the preservation and commemoration of significant LGBTQ+ spaces and the amount of funding distributed to these sites. As of 2016, LGBTQ+ sites comprised only 0.08 percent of the 2,500 U.S. National Historic Landmarks and 0.005 percent of the more than 90,000 places listed in the National Register of Historic Places. This representation is well short of the share of American adults that identify as LGBTQ+ , which in 2017 was approximately five percent of the United States population. In 2010 the Administration of President Barack Obama launched the LGBTQ Heritage Initiative under the National Historic Landmarks Program. This effort underscored a broader commitment to include historically underrepresented groups, including LGBTQ+ individuals. As a result, LGBTQ+ communities became eligible to receive funding for projects through the Underrepresented Community Grant Program. An analysis of the distribution of Underrepresented Community Grant Program funds revealed that the LGBTQ+ community receives considerably less funding compared to other underrepresented communities. The findings from this study suggest that there is still a significant amount of work that remains to be done to integrate LGBTQ+ histories into historic preservation programs that exist at various levels of programming (local, state, and federal).
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Gracey, James. "Introduction." In The Company of Wolves. Liverpool University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781911325314.003.0001.
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This chapter focuses on The Company of Wolves, as a dark fantasy film about the horrors of the adult world and of adult sexuality glimpsed through the dreams of an adolescent girl. It analyses how The Company of Wolves amalgamates aspects of horror, the Female Gothic, fairy tales, werewolf films and coming-of-age parables. It also illustrates how The Company of Wolves is drenched in atmosphere and an eerily sensual malaise that boasts striking imagery immersed in fairy-tale motifs and startling Freudian symbolism. The chapter mentions Neil Jordan as the director of The Company of Wolves, his second film and his first foray into the realms of Gothic horror. It cites several short stories from Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber from 1979 as the basis for The Company of Wolves.
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"James Still." In Writing Appalachia, edited by Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd. University Press of Kentucky, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813178790.003.0034.
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Many people are surprised to learn that James Still was not a native of eastern Kentucky but of central Alabama, for his name has become synonymous with Appalachian literature. Many of his short stories and poems as well as his novel River of Earth (1940) are set in Knott County, Kentucky, where he worked at the Hindman School and lived for almost all of his adult life. Still’s work delves deeply into the lives of people and communities in one corner of Appalachia but simultaneously speaks to experiences in rural places and small towns everywhere. His writing also explores nature and the individual’s relationship to it....
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"Poetry, Short Stories, and Drama." In Literature for Young Adults. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315211558-9.
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Kish, Maria H. Z. "Overview of Using Vignettes to Develop Higher Order Thinking and Academic Achievement in Adult Learners in an Online Learning Environment." In Advances in Information and Communication Technology Education. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-922-9.ch011.
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A challenge in teaching and providing any type of instruction in the online learning environment is to ensure that participants are engaged in the process and find meaning in their learning. This case study investigated the use of vignettes as a teaching strategy and learning activity of the Generative Learning Model in a hybrid online course. Vignettes are short and realistic stories that may help bridge participants’ previous experiences to applying course material in relevant situations. The Generative Learning Model, consisting of five main components: attention, motivation, knowledge, generation, and metacognition (Wittrock, 2000), was incorporated when requiring students to answer teacher-generated vignettes and to generate their own vignettes. Two outcomes were anticipated using vignettes within the Generative Learning Model in a hybrid online course: 1) enhancement of academic achievement and 2) higher order thinking . This study considered data from student work collected from the Instructional Techniques Course, GITED 631, taught in the Graduate School of Education at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the fall of 2003. Eight participants responded to teacher-generated vignettes, created diagrams and rubrics, created their own vignettes, and recorded their observations concerning vignettes in reflective learning logs. The adult online learners in this study professionally focused on teaching children and adults. This study’s participants all professionally focused on teaching children and adults. The research findings indicate that the use of teacher-generated vignettes can increase academic achievement, and that learner-generated vignettes can help students achieve higher order thinking. This article also discusses the methods that have been used to teach adult learners how to respond to and create vignettes for their own teaching and presentation purposes.
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"Robert Morgan." In Writing Appalachia, edited by Katherine Ledford and Theresa Lloyd. University Press of Kentucky, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5810/kentucky/9780813178790.003.0047.
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Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, Robert Morgan grew up on his family’s farm and wrote his first short story in the sixth grade at the prompting of a teacher. During college, after a professor said reading one of Morgan’s stories moved him to tears, Morgan transferred from North Carolina State University, where he was studying mathematics and engineering, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, majoring in English. He began encouraging young writers himself when he accepted a teaching position at Cornell University in 1971. Since then, Morgan has made his academic home at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, on the northern edge of Appalachia, but his creative home is the southern mountains of his boyhood and young adult years....
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Nisly, L. Lamar. "“Everything Worth Doing Hurts Like Hell”: The Rough South of Tim Gautreaux." In Rough South, Rural South. University Press of Mississippi, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496802330.003.0011.
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This chapter discusses the work of of Tim Gautreaux. Born in 1947, Gautreaux grew up in Morgan City, Louisiana, which during his childhood was “an oil-patch town with kind of a Wild West flavor” and a large collection of barrooms and churches. His experiences in Morgan City, along with the stories he heard from his father, a tugboat captain, and his grandfather, a steamboat engineer, led him to identify that world as his “territory as a writer.” Although he moved away from it as an adult, choosing to become a college professor, Gautreaux's appreciation and understanding of the grittier side of his upbringing remain evident. Most of Gautreaux's fiction fits within the general Rough South designation. Among his works are two short story collections, Same Place, Same Things (1996) and Welding with Children (1999). His first novel, The Next Step in the Dance, appeared in 1998. Gautreaux's more recent novels include The Clearing (2003) and The Missing (2009).
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"Adult Art." In Every True Pleasure, edited by Allan Gurganus. University of North Carolina Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469646800.003.0004.
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In Adult Art, a short story by Allan Gurganus, a closeted gay Superintendent of Schools-who has what he calls an added tenderness-bonds with Barker, a shy newcomer in town, over their mutual love of the Adult Art Film and Book store. The evening unfolds as they watch an adult film together in Barker's house, stirring up old memories, imaginings of the future, and secret intimacy.
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Boeri, Miriam. "Introduction." In Hurt. University of California Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520293465.003.0001.
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This chapter introduces readers to the narrative style used throughout the book with a glimpse of Ted, a baby boomer who used drugs and alcohol to address his pain. It also introduces the “maturing out” theory of drug use, which predicted that most people who used drugs would stop by age thirty-five. The generation born between 1945 and 1964, the baby boomers, did not follow previous patterns of maturing out of drugs. Instead, older adults who actively used illegal drugs increased in numbers and rates. Examining the historical and social context is critical for a comprehensive understanding of the causes of this phenomenon. Boeri uses engaging stories and thick descriptions to provide insight on socioeconomic influences that produced the War on Drugs and mass incarceration of drug users. This chapter includes Boeri’s standpoint position and a brief description of the methodology she used in her ethnographic study of older drug users, from which the stories in this book are drawn. It ends with a short description of the book’s organization and how the chapters are woven into a tapestry that depicts a suffering population in a devastated landscape.