The response to an ESL population boom in the Beaufort County, South Carolina school system: A case study

The purpose of this case study was to examine the why the English language learners (ELLs) in the Beaufort County, South Carolina school system have been so successful. This school system has recently experienced a boom in its ESL student population, and this population has performed very well on standardized tests. This study used critical theory as its theoretical framework and examined why the students have been successful rather than marginalized in Beaufort County schools. This phenomenon was investigated using semi-structured interviews with the ESOL Coordinator for Beaufort County, 4 ESL-lead teachers, and 6 mainstream teachers.^ Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with Sarah Owen, the Beaufort County ESOL, Gifted and Talented, and World Languages coordinator. Based on the results of her interview, 4 themes emerged that were used for the semi-structured interviews with ESOL and mainstream teachers. The interviews centered on the themes of ESL policy, ESL leadership, and teacher training. The ESL and mainstream teacher interviews also revealed several subthemes that included teacher attitude, why Beaufort County has been successful with the ELLs, and the teachers' recommendations for other schools systems trying to successfully accommodate a large ESL student population in mainstream classrooms. ^ The findings from the teachers' interviews revealed that additional training for the teachers without ESL experience helped them become comfortable instructing ELLs. This training should be conducted by the ESOL teachers for those without ESOL certification or endorsement. As the teachers had more training, they had better attitudes about teaching ESOL students in their classes. Finally, those who utilized the additional ESOL training and ESOL accommodations saw better student achievement in their classes.^ Based on the finding of this study, the researcher proposed a model for other school systems to follow in order to replicate the success of Beaufort County's ELLs. The implications of this study focus on other schools systems and why ELLs are not obtaining the same level of success as those in Beaufort County's schools. Finally, recommendations for further research are provided.^

The Response to an ESL Population Boom in the Beaufort County, South Carolina School System: A Case Study

The purpose of this case study was to examine the why the English language learners (ELLs) in the Beaufort County, South Carolina school system have been so successful. This school system has recently experienced a boom in its ESL student population, and this population has performed very well on standardized tests. This study used critical theory as its theoretical framework and examined why the students have been successful rather than marginalized in Beaufort County schools. This phenomenon was investigated using semi-structured interviews with the ESOL Coordinator for Beaufort County, 4 ESL-lead teachers, and 6 mainstream teachers. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with Sarah Owen, the Beaufort County ESOL, Gifted and Talented, and World Languages coordinator. Based on the results of her interview, 4 themes emerged that were used for the semi-structured interviews with ESOL and mainstream teachers. The interviews centered on the themes of ESL policy, ESL leadership, and teacher training. The ESL and mainstream teacher interviews also revealed several subthemes that included teacher attitude, why Beaufort County has been successful with the ELLs, and the teachers’ recommendations for other schools systems trying to successfully accommodate a large ESL student population in mainstream classrooms. The findings from the teachers’ interviews revealed that additional training for the teachers without ESL experience helped them become comfortable instructing ELLs. This training should be conducted by the ESOL teachers for those without ESOL certification or endorsement. As the teachers had more training, they had better attitudes about teaching ESOL students in their classes. Finally, those who utilized the additional ESOL training and ESOL accommodations saw better student achievement in their classes. Based on the finding of this study, the researcher proposed a model for other school systems to follow in order to replicate the success of Beaufort County’s ELLs. The implications of this study focus on other schools systems and why ELLs are not obtaining the same level of success as those in Beaufort County’s schools. Finally, recommendations for further research are provided.

Le boom pétrolier et le syndrome hollandais au Cameroun: Symptômes et canaux de transmissions

Modèle d’équilibre général calculable

Animal Farm, Baby Boom and Crackberry Addicts

[Excerpt] In this chapter, we draw from both popular media and research support, along with anecdotal examples drawn from conversations accumulated as part of our own prior studies. Our goal is to present reminders that working hours are a personal life choice, even with external demands, but a choice that is influenced by elements of the individual’s working situation. The implications of a choice for long working hours are shown through use of two past “hard working” icons from popular media, one from the 1940s and one from the 1980s. Discussion continues into current time with an overview highlighting advances in technology that provide expanded work opportunities but, also, exacerbate tendencies toward work addiction.

Testimonios autobiográficos de mujeres indígenas en el ámbito hispanoamericano

Programa de doctorado: Literatura y teoría de la literatura. La fecha de publicación es la fecha de lectura

Mining and Energy Boom, Dutch Disease and Informality in Colombia: a DSGE Approach

The paper develops a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) model, which assesses the macroeconomic and labor market effects derived from simulating a positive shock to the stochastic component of the mining-energy sector productivity. Calibrating the model for the Colombian economy, this shock generates a whole increase in formal wages and a raise in tax revenues, expanding total consumption of the household members. These facts increase non-tradable goods prices relative to tradable goods prices, then real exchange rate decreases (appreciation) and occurs a displacement of productive resources from the tradable (manufacturing) sector to the non-tradable sector, followed by an increase in formal GDP and formal job gains. This situation makes the formal sector to absorb workers from the informal sector through the non-tradable formal subsector, which causes informal GDP to go down. As a consequence, in the net consumption falls for informal workers, which leads some members of the household not to offer their labor force in the informal sector but instead they prefer to keep unemployed. Therefore, the final result on the labor market is a decrease in the number of informal workers, of which a part are in the formal sector and the rest are unemployed.

Modelo de lectura del constitucionalismo provincial hispanoamericano. Origen del constitucionalismo antioqueño

Este libro está compuesto de tres apartados. El primero intenta explicar el fenómeno de toma del poder por parte de las juntas criollas neogranadinas, fundado en tres sentimientos muy generalizados en ese entonces: el pesimismo, fruto de la invasión napoleónica, el miedo especialmente a una guerra de castas y el inconformismo con la Administración virreinal. De esta manera se empezará una reflexión sobre el vacío de poder generado en toda la monarquía con ocasión de los hechos de Sayona, los cuales, sumados a una compleja red de causas de las que se dará cuenta, dan lugar a un proceso de gestación de juntas de gobierno tanto en la metrópoli como en América, llevando el primero al constitucionalismo gaditano y el segundo al hiperconstitucionalismo (provincial, nacional e, incluso, hispanoamericano). El segundo capítulo, titulado "Eran momentos de júbilo", expresa ese ánimo presente en los criollos que suscribieron o apoyaron la Constitución antioqueña de 1812. En este capítulo se hará un análisis de la Constitución que marcó el inicio del constitucionalismo antioqueño, para lo cual se trabajará en la mención de las principales instituciones que contempla, las diferencias y similitudes con la Constitución de Cádiz, con el fin de dilucidar si existe o no una estrecha relación entre ambas y, por último, el análisis del concepto de "nación-pueblo católico" presente en la Constitución antioqueña, que pone en evidencia la mixtura de instituciones e interpretaciones de nuevo y viejo régimen. El tercer apartado, hará una breve descripción de los hechos ocurridos entre 1812 y 1815 que marcan, de un lado, el primer proceso constitucionalista neogranadino, y del otro el surgimiento, por las sospechas generadas en torno a la posibilidad de continuar con el programa independentista -a la vez que federal de la Constitución de 1815, que pocos meses tuvo de vigencia formal puesto que se produjo la reconquista española.

Boom cars

En este artículo se discutitrá el problema de contaminación ambiental por ruido producida por los Boom Cars, automóviles equipados con equipos de audio externos.

BOOM AGRICOLA NA AMAZONIA BRASILEIRA E AS MUDANÇAS ESTRUTURAIS EM ANDAMENTO

Objetivo desta comunicação é apontar as mudanças estruturais em curso na Amazônia no contexto de crescimento agrícola, capitaneado pela produção de soja e carne, em que Amazônia atualmente se insere. Entre a ultima e atual década ocorreu importantes transformações na agricultura brasileira, e, na Amazônia. Essas mudanças não se restringem apenas aos aspectos da produção, elas se espraia em outras direções, com destaque para as questões estruturais,acarretando problemas de ordem diversa, particularmente para aqueles excluídos da globalização do comercio de commodities.Neste sentido,inúmeros aspectos chamam atenção: a redução drástica dos não-proprietários (51%), e do trabalho infantil. Alem disso registra-se também um alto numero de minifúndios (278mil); a preferência pela pecuária (46% das terras ) e o reforço do biônimo latifúndio x minifúndio em áreas da agricultura industrial.

Metacommunity Versus Biogeography: A Case Study Of Two Groups Of Neotropical Vegetation-dwelling Arthropods.

Biogeography and metacommunity ecology provide two different perspectives on species diversity. Both are spatial in nature but their spatial scales do not necessarily match. With recent boom of metacommunity studies, we see an increasing need for clear discrimination of spatial scales relevant for both perspectives. This discrimination is a necessary prerequisite for improved understanding of ecological phenomena across scales. Here we provide a case study to illustrate some spatial scale-dependent concepts in recent metacommunity studies and identify potential pitfalls. We presented here the diversity patterns of Neotropical lepidopterans and spiders viewed both from metacommunity and biogeographical perspectives. Specifically, we investigated how the relative importance of niche- and dispersal-based processes for community assembly change at two spatial scales: metacommunity scale, i.e. within a locality, and biogeographical scale, i.e. among localities widely scattered along a macroclimatic gradient. As expected, niche-based processes dominated the community assembly at metacommunity scale, while dispersal-based processes played a major role at biogeographical scale for both taxonomical groups. However, we also observed small but significant spatial effects at metacommunity scale and environmental effects at biogeographical scale. We also observed differences in diversity patterns between the two taxonomical groups corresponding to differences in their dispersal modes. Our results thus support the idea of continuity of processes interactively shaping diversity patterns across scales and emphasize the necessity of integration of metacommunity and biogeographical perspectives.

Evaluation of DNA extraction protocols for Brucella abortus pcr detection in aborted fetuses or calves born from cows experimentally infected with strain 2308

The objective of the present study was to improve the detection of B. abortus by PCR in organs of aborted fetuses from infected cows, an important mechanism to find infected herds on the eradication phase of the program. So, different DNA extraction protocols were compared, focusing the PCR detection of B. abortus in clinical samples collected from aborted fetuses or calves born from cows challenged with the 2308 B. abortus strain. Therefore, two gold standard groups were built based on classical bacteriology, formed from: 32 lungs (17 positives), 26 spleens (11 positives), 23 livers (8 positives) and 22 bronchial lymph nodes (7 positives). All samples were submitted to three DNA extraction protocols, followed by the same amplification process with the primers B4 and B5. From the accumulated results for organ, the proportion of positives for the lungs was higher than the livers (p=0.04) or bronchial lymph nodes (p=0.004) and equal to the spleens (p=0.18). From the accumulated results for DNA extraction protocol, the proportion of positives for the Boom protocol was bigger than the PK (p<0.0001) and GT (p=0.0004). There was no difference between the PK and GT protocols (p=0.5). Some positive samples from the classical bacteriology were negative to the PCR and viceversa. Therefore, the best strategy for B. abortus detection in the organs of aborted fetuses or calves born from infected cows is the use, in parallel, of isolation by classical bacteriology and the PCR, with the DNA extraction performed by the Boom protocol.