University of Illinois - Springfield

College of Education and Human Services

e-Journal of Faculty and Student Research

                FALL 2007

Volume 1 NUMBER 1

Table of Contents

Statement of Purpose

 A Word from the Chair 

Instructions for Authors

Submission Guidelines

Faculty Presentations

Faculty Publications

Faculty Abstracts:

Bogle L, Cook V, and Day S.  Charting the course of improvement:  using hybrid programs to enhance pedagogy for the preparation of school leaders.  The National Council of Professors of Educational Administration 2007 Yearbook.

Student Papers:

Barrett, J.  "Cross-     curricular vocabulary instruction utilizing brain based treatment"

Bennett, B.  "A case study:  diabetes and alcohol abuse"

Moses, C.  "Fat America"

Weinert, K.  "Duchene Muscular distrophy"

Williams, N.  "Childhood bipolar disorder"

Student Papers coming to the next edition:

Brown, C.  "Violence in prostitution"

Litt, R.  "Teratogens and their affects on a fetus"

Schaffer, M.  "The biological factors in postpartum depression and pharmacological treatments"

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Faculty Publications

 

 

 Educational Leadership

Cook, Vickie              “Growing Enrollments and Creating Sustainable Partnerships”. League for Innovation in the Community College, Learning Abstracts.

 

Noe, Margaret           “Challenges and Opportunities for Leadership in Illinois Higher Education”. Response to 2005 David Dobbs Henry Lecture by Constantine Curris, published by University of Illinois Press.

 

                                    “Your Prescription for a Safe, Effective Student Medication Program”. Illinois Principals Association, Building Leadership, A Practitioners Bulletin.

 

                                    “Primer on Employment Rights”. Published in the conference Proceedings from the 10th Annual Southern Illinois University School of Law Conference, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL.

 

 

Phillips, William        “Proposed Legislation Realigns Reorganizing”. Illinois School Board Journal

 

                                    “New Contracting Pays You to Save”.

                                    Illinois School Board Journal

 

                                    “So Just What Is Collective Bargaining?”.

                                    Illinois School Board Journal

 

                                    “Consolidation Proposal: Expert Analysis”.

                                    Published online by the State Schools News Service.

 

Teacher Education

               Herring, Jennifer       “Seven best practices of ten effective teacher 

                                               technologists”.  Published in the conference  

                                               Proceedings of the Texas Computer Education 

                                               Association Research Symposium, Austin, Texas.

 

“An Investigation into the Current Practices of Effective Teacher Technologists on the use of Computers in the Classroom in an Urban Academy School and a Private Academy School”. Published in the conference Proceedings of the Fourth Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.

 

Wilson, Cindy            “Using Poetry to Teach the Holocaust” with B. Kahn. North Carolina Middle School Journal.

 

                                    “Getting Started with School-University Partnerships” with B. Kahn. Journal of Philosophy and History of Education.

 

            Human Services

Peck, Carolyn            “Partnership Brings an Opportunity for Dialogue about Family Caregiving”. Generations Connect.

 

                                    Book Review: Transitions in Dying and Bereavement: A Psychosocial Guide for Hospice and Palliative Care by M. Carnes, M. Thompson, and W. Wainwright in Educational Gerontology.

 

                                    Book Review: Handbook of Geriatric Assessment by J. Gallo, H. Bogner, T. Fulmer, and G. J. Paveza in Educational Gerontology.

  

         Social Work

Livingston, Larry      “Smoking Cessation Strategies for Clients with Mental Illness/Intellectual Disabilities”. Published in the conference Proceedings from the 24th Annual National Association for the Dually Diagnosed Conference, “Physical and Mental Wellness: Promising Practices”, Atlanta, GA.

 

Mills, Sandra             Monthly Column on Legislation and Social Policy in the Social Work Networker.