English 102 - Spring 2009

This study investigates how the length of meditation history affects various factors including, learning motivation, learning outcome and classroom climate. This study investigated the correlation between the amount of meditation experience and the learner's perception of learning outcome and classroom climate.

This article is about how mindfulness meditation is increasingly recognized as a health promotion practice. It also discusses how it is being integrated into colleges in order to enhance learning. The author also believes that these trends provide the opportunity to develop an experimental curriculum to teach this that would emphasize accessibility across economic, religious, and ethnic groups.

The is article discusses what some think would be a better model for reading than presented in the No Child Left Behind Act. This new model combines three former reading models (cognitive model, stage model, and the Pracek Model) to help teachers with developing readers. This model is supposedly superior despite its complexity because of its broad reach and practical purposes. This article does not really define what it wrong with the No Child Left Behind Act, but instead presents a model that might be more beneficial to children learning how to read.

This describes using meditation practices and postmodern practices as a tool to promote a sense of collaboration and mutual responsibility for learning. It outlines a method through which the students and the instructor aims to become equal partners, and move from inexpert listeners to expert colleagues.

This article examined the effect of Mindfulness based stress reduction courses that were offered in drug units in six Massachusetts prisons. The study found that there were improvements in hostility, self-esteem, and mood disturbance

This article is about how the Harry Potter books have encouraged young people, especially boys to want to read.The books reach out to both boys and girls and make an intersting read for all ages. They have changed the way young people see reading.

This article is about bringing virtual technology in the classroom. Making young kids technologicly literate. By bringing more learning aids through thechnology to make the young people more literate

This article is about children growing up in a world of technology. The way technology effectcs growing readers and their learning abilities. It also touches on how it changes the way they perceive reading.

This article addresses children when growing up and how they for opinions about women and men and their bias. Young children often see their mothers doing house work and their father work, so they assume the men play the dominate role in society from a young age. They often believe "males dominate and females complicate". From a young age, this attitude is installed in children This research will benefit my paper because it correlates with how the media perceives women on television and provides an explanation for the stereotype of childcare worker, homemaker and teacher. It shows how women develop a role in society and the media from a very young age. The media continues to perceive them this way because the media was taught this is the role genders play.

This article discusses the most recent presidential election and gender bias words used in the media against Hilary Clinton. In many cases she was referred to as "bitch". People often focus on her negative influence and the fact she is a women in the media instead of the positive things she has done. This is very much an opinion piece but shows a different side of the argument. I can use this in my paper to show how gender bias literacy can be used in the media to help persuade voters to vote a certain way. This also shows how by discriminating by race can take away from the positive qualities because the media is to focused on the sex of the person. I can use this example to prove this.

This article does not address media coverage of politics but addresses media coverage of women and men in television shows. Women are often portrayed doing jobs such as childcare, nurse, household chores, and teachers while men are seen as doctors, lawyers, and the dominators of the family. Although this is changing, it still plays a significant role in most television shows. Women do not only struggle with gender roles on television but often male writers dominate female writers in the film industry. By using a different example of literacy in my paper, it will show how women are betrayed in the media besides political media. This is important to use as support for my main points in the paper. I can relate gender bias both in politics and in television to show people how this is just not happening in one area of the public media.

This article focus is on women and the 2000 Senate election. This focus on campaign strategies and the media women use when running for a position. Women usually take up more of the electoral voting then men. Women take up 55% percent of all elections and are more likely to be persuaded by campaign strategies because they often make their choice about who they are going to vote for more quickly than men. To attract women votes, candidates for a position often focus on education, health care and childcare. This article will be valuable to my research because it shows what candidates focus on in the media and campaigning when looking at women. It also shows that candidates pay more attention to women when campaigning earlier in their career. It also will help in explaining why candidates emphasize part of their campaign on certain issues to target women.

This article addresses men and women in political coverage and the media. When women make decision about who to vote for, they rely more on their close relatives and friends, while men rely more on the media and other coverage. Men, especially when younger pay more attention to the media and read the news paper for political information versus women. The researches conducts a survey in which it shows women are tended to be more democratic than men so this can affect the way they choose to vote. This article will be useful to my research because it shows how men and women use different forms of literacy to vote. This is an outside perspective and it allows a researcher to see the other side of the voting process. This article also proves the point women tend to be more democratic, which can mean if a women is running as a Republican, they are less likely to attract women voters.

This article addresses how the media pays more attention to an election when there is more diversity in the race, gender being one of them. If a female is running against a male more attention is likely to be displayed about the election. This specific article addresses women running for Mayor and the different media coverage they receive. It also talks about women running for senate and how they often have negative press coverage. Coverage of women politicians is different than those of men. Geographically, women are not covered (media) the same in every state and this also effects if a women has a chance at winning. This article will help me greatly in my paper because it research specific elections and shows results from many different polls. Since it addresses different races, such as Senator and Mayors and their races, I can use this information for an example to show people how women are not covered the same in media coverage during a political election. I can also use this article to show how when a women is running against a man, there is different emphasis on certain issues.

Semali describes literacy and the teaching of literacy. Semali states that many people are subconsciously gender bias because of things they see. For example, in advertising, a women cleaning the house instead of a man may help support a more gender bias role. Every part of the media has some sort of bias if it does not seem obvious or relevant. This article is relevant to my research because although it is not directly related to politics, it shows how the media can influence people easily. The media is the key reason why a politician wins an election. If the media can control gender bias, then it is more likely to affect other people. The media can control how people are perceived and in this case, men and women.

Rubin describes how sexism is more socially acceptable that racism in our society. Rubin states it plays a bigger role in politics than most people believe. This also discusses how John McCain addressed Hilary Clinton when asked "How do we beat the bitch?" and he responded. This article also addresses Barack Obama and his stance on sexism and racism. This article would be useful in my paper because it describes a good example of how sexism can be used in a presidential election and the difference between sexism and racism. Although it does not relate directly to literacy, it does relate directly to politics and the views of sexism in the previous elections and with media. I can use this for a solid example and explanation against women.

This article gives Oprah the name "queen of commercial endorsment." It talks about some of the different endorsements Oprah has made and how succesful they ended up. Not only does she do this with books but people also. I found this article intresting because it talked about how Oprah decided on her own what to talk about and which product, books, people, etc. to discuss. She gets no incentive or money from these writers or product makers. This could be a good explanation for why she is so succesful. People like to know that the recomendations they are getting are with good intentions not only becaus the person is getting paid. People really appreciate that in endorsments.

This article discusses the use of the popular drug ecstasy and its prevelances in popular music lyrics. It studies the use of "ex" by youths across America and the trends seen throughout the music industry with lyrics regarding drugs.

This article focuses on the use of drugs, particularly cocaine, in the rap and hip hop industry. It speaks about the slang used and different artist's use of the drug game in writing their rhymes.