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 Pathways to Knowledge: A Lecture Series for Undergraduates
Fall 2000
Duty and Reluctance in Early Christian Worship
Ayse Tuzlak
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Religion
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It is not only modern people who occasionally complain about religious services. In ancient Greece and Rome, there was a rich vocabulary for discussing not only the beauty, but also the drudgery and expense of the rituals that religious people were expected to perform. One of the most interesting words in that ancient vocabulary is the Greek word "leitourgia," which gives us the modern word "liturgy." Greco-Roman liturgies were difficult and time-consuming tasks, and documents survive in which people express (in no uncertain terms!) their unwillingness to perform them.
This talk will invite students to reflect on the lives of ancient people who were not afraid to express their opinions about the burdens involved in worship... and yet remained devout and dedicated to their religious traditions. It is ironic that the freedom to complain about a religion can make people happier with that religion, but this dissertation argues exactly that.
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La Chulla Vida:
Men, Migration, and Transnational Fatherhood in the Changing Economy of the Ecuadorian Andes
Jason Pribilsky
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anthropology
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Past studies of migration have portrayed the movement of people moving from countries of origin to countries of settlement. More recent studies have emphasized patterns of transnational migration in which migrants adjust to the lack of steady and permanent economic opportunities in both the "sending" areas and the "receiving" areas by keeping options open in the two places.
This presentation reports on research into cultural aspects of transnational migration between the Ecuadorian Andes and the urban United States. Although this research examines general processes of this migration network, its effects on those who leave as well as those who stay, it focuses specifically on the lives of young male migrants in their roles as fathers, as they work to maintain distant relationships with their children.
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Computer Questioning Behavior among
First and Second Grade Students:
We would have the answers if only we knew the questions
Linda Euto
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation
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Technology in our schools has high priority. Using computers to enhance learning has been going on in the classrooms for the last thirty years, via computer-assisted instruction. Technology creates the opportunities for students to do meaningful work, to increase their knowledge base, to enhance their thinking and writing skills, and to be globally aware-- using sources of the "real world" outside of school.
This study examines the questioning behavior of first- and second-grade students while they work on computerized lessons in the classroom.
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