Nicholas Goetzfridt has over 30 years of experience in library science and Micronesian studies. He holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has worked as a professor, librarian, and editor. His research focuses on Pacific bibliographic studies and indigenous knowledge systems. He offers editing, writing, and research services based on his expertise.
Library, Museum, Archival & Historical Societies: Resources for Emerging Bili...Manhattan College
This presentation discusses ways in which English as a second language teachers can use resources from library, museum, archival & historical societies. Frequently, librarians, museum educators/librarians, archivists, and historical society coordinators & researchers provide outreach to schools and education programs. Explore these ideas! Perhaps, one will be suitable to use in your classroom!
A research validated article on how storytelling and publishing can create and construct bridges of understanding and demonstrate results leading to empowerment of recently arrived teens.
Cross-cultural Encounter in English-speaking Classes –A Case of Academic Cultures in Distance between
Taiwanese Students and Their Native English-speaking Teachers in Six Colleges of Technology in Central
Taiwan...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Chin-Ying Lin, Ya-Fen Lin and Sing-Yu Hu
An Ontology-Based Framework for Collecting E-Learning Resources ........................................................................ 27
Dr. Mohammed M. Alhawiti
Teletandem, Video-Recordings and UsageBased Tasks: Developing a Socially Situated Scenario for Learning .... 41
Paola Leone
Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Level Needs: An Empirical Study of Azerbaijani English Majors............... 51
Konul Hajiyeva
Learning Community Approach in the Primary Education: Learning about Bullying through a Foreign Language
................................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Isaak Papadopoulos, Liakouli Vasiliki and Kaleridou Styliani
The Reliability and Validity of the Chinese School Version of the Denison Organizational Culture ...................... 83
Xiaoju Duan, Xiangyun Du and Kai Yu
A School under Scrutiny: A Personal Account of the Impact of Inclusion on a Small Primary School in England 95
Dr Jonathan Glazzard
From Integration to Inclusive Education in England: Illuminating the Issues through a Life History Account .. 107
Dr Jonathan Glazzard
Effects of School Variables on the Assurance of Quality Learning Outcomes in Schools ......................................... 117
Gbemi Peter Moye
A professor’s reflection on the value of student reflections in a service-learning research project within a
university science course .................................................................................................................................................. 132
Amal Abu-Shakra
Standpoints towards Curriculum Change: Attitudes and Experiences of High School English Teachers Regarding
the New Literature Module of the English National Matriculation ............................................................................ 145
Sara Zamir, Ph.D, Shlomit Gilor and Rachel Sarah Ouaknine
Racism in Contemporary Educational Reality Parents’ Aspects ................................................................................. 166
Dr. Maria Vlachadi and Eleni Mainou
Multicultural Program Final Proposal ProjectLaKeisha Weber
Objective: Develop a project-based multicultural program that highlights African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Island cultures, ultimately increasing cross-cultural collaboration, knowledge, and respect.
Effective use of library by Pasifika- slanzarobfinlay
Presentation for SLANZA conference 2011, including :
knowing your students;
knowing education goals and issues for Pasifika students;
print and digital resources;
strategies that will engage;
Library environment
The Intercultural Being: Fostering Cross-Cultural Interactions in a Globalize...Amanda M. Bent
Today we live in a globalized world where we engage in cross-cultural dialogue on a daily basis. As a result of our participation in this growing multicultural environment, our cultural identities are being redefined, as we transcend borders, and broaden our connections to various communities, at home and abroad. While we have achieved new levels of peace and unity, it is evident that discrimination, prejudice, and bias still plague our society and impact our interactions with others.
In this presentation I will critically examine cross-cultural interactions that take place in the ESL classroom, discussing how we as teachers can shape our students into multilingually aware and interculturally competent world citizens.
Global Learning for Educators webinars are offered free twice monthly, September 2012 - May 2013. Please visit asiasociety.org/webinars for details and registration.
National History Day and The National Council for History Education present their approaches to internationalizing U.S. History. Both organizations are creating resources to be used by teachers to contextualize U.S. History – from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. We will discuss the approaches, the resources, and the implications for today’s teachers.
Presenters: Noralee Frankel, consultant with National History Day
Craig Perrier, High School Social Studies Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools
Respondent: Dale Steiner, professor of History, California State University, Chico
Library, Museum, Archival & Historical Societies: Resources for Emerging Bili...Manhattan College
This presentation discusses ways in which English as a second language teachers can use resources from library, museum, archival & historical societies. Frequently, librarians, museum educators/librarians, archivists, and historical society coordinators & researchers provide outreach to schools and education programs. Explore these ideas! Perhaps, one will be suitable to use in your classroom!
A research validated article on how storytelling and publishing can create and construct bridges of understanding and demonstrate results leading to empowerment of recently arrived teens.
Cross-cultural Encounter in English-speaking Classes –A Case of Academic Cultures in Distance between
Taiwanese Students and Their Native English-speaking Teachers in Six Colleges of Technology in Central
Taiwan...................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Chin-Ying Lin, Ya-Fen Lin and Sing-Yu Hu
An Ontology-Based Framework for Collecting E-Learning Resources ........................................................................ 27
Dr. Mohammed M. Alhawiti
Teletandem, Video-Recordings and UsageBased Tasks: Developing a Socially Situated Scenario for Learning .... 41
Paola Leone
Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Level Needs: An Empirical Study of Azerbaijani English Majors............... 51
Konul Hajiyeva
Learning Community Approach in the Primary Education: Learning about Bullying through a Foreign Language
................................................................................................................................................................................................. 66
Isaak Papadopoulos, Liakouli Vasiliki and Kaleridou Styliani
The Reliability and Validity of the Chinese School Version of the Denison Organizational Culture ...................... 83
Xiaoju Duan, Xiangyun Du and Kai Yu
A School under Scrutiny: A Personal Account of the Impact of Inclusion on a Small Primary School in England 95
Dr Jonathan Glazzard
From Integration to Inclusive Education in England: Illuminating the Issues through a Life History Account .. 107
Dr Jonathan Glazzard
Effects of School Variables on the Assurance of Quality Learning Outcomes in Schools ......................................... 117
Gbemi Peter Moye
A professor’s reflection on the value of student reflections in a service-learning research project within a
university science course .................................................................................................................................................. 132
Amal Abu-Shakra
Standpoints towards Curriculum Change: Attitudes and Experiences of High School English Teachers Regarding
the New Literature Module of the English National Matriculation ............................................................................ 145
Sara Zamir, Ph.D, Shlomit Gilor and Rachel Sarah Ouaknine
Racism in Contemporary Educational Reality Parents’ Aspects ................................................................................. 166
Dr. Maria Vlachadi and Eleni Mainou
Multicultural Program Final Proposal ProjectLaKeisha Weber
Objective: Develop a project-based multicultural program that highlights African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native American, and Hawaiian/Pacific Island cultures, ultimately increasing cross-cultural collaboration, knowledge, and respect.
Effective use of library by Pasifika- slanzarobfinlay
Presentation for SLANZA conference 2011, including :
knowing your students;
knowing education goals and issues for Pasifika students;
print and digital resources;
strategies that will engage;
Library environment
The Intercultural Being: Fostering Cross-Cultural Interactions in a Globalize...Amanda M. Bent
Today we live in a globalized world where we engage in cross-cultural dialogue on a daily basis. As a result of our participation in this growing multicultural environment, our cultural identities are being redefined, as we transcend borders, and broaden our connections to various communities, at home and abroad. While we have achieved new levels of peace and unity, it is evident that discrimination, prejudice, and bias still plague our society and impact our interactions with others.
In this presentation I will critically examine cross-cultural interactions that take place in the ESL classroom, discussing how we as teachers can shape our students into multilingually aware and interculturally competent world citizens.
Global Learning for Educators webinars are offered free twice monthly, September 2012 - May 2013. Please visit asiasociety.org/webinars for details and registration.
National History Day and The National Council for History Education present their approaches to internationalizing U.S. History. Both organizations are creating resources to be used by teachers to contextualize U.S. History – from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War. We will discuss the approaches, the resources, and the implications for today’s teachers.
Presenters: Noralee Frankel, consultant with National History Day
Craig Perrier, High School Social Studies Specialist, Fairfax County Public Schools
Respondent: Dale Steiner, professor of History, California State University, Chico
Tansi! welcome to INDG 2015. This term I’m opening up some aspects of the course to the public. So feel free to read along with whichever texts you can. I’ll post weekly versions of the course powerpoints, with links, discussion questions and summaries of the materials. Feel free to share your thoughts about (and/or artistic, audio-visual or other responses to) the week’s readings and concepts using the hashtag #INDG2015 on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. If I have the capacity throughout the term, I may also upload some other materials as we go. We’re so excited to have you join us in thinking through these important ideas.
Welcome to the public version of the course INDG 3015: Indigenous Ecological Ways of Knowing and the Academy, running through the Winter term at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. We are building on the success of the public version of INDG2015. Every week I will upload public versions of the course materials. You are welcome to join in and read along with whatever course texts you have the capacity to access throughout the term. You are welcome to share your reflections on the materials and concepts explored in the course using the hashtag #INDG3015 on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. I am so excited to have you join us as we explore Indigenous relationships to the environment
Each of us is given a great deal of work to do and a heavy burden lies in all of us from the day of our birth until the day we go back to the earth (Sirach)
How to embrace First Nations content in minerals education - Resources for E...Mining Matters
Resources used to prepare for Mining Matters Session " How to Embrace First Nations content in minerals education "
Grade 4 to 9
EECOM 2016 - Manitoba, International Peace Garden
1. Nicholas J. Goetzfridt, Ph.D.
Professor of Library Science and Micronesian Studies
University of Guam RFK Memorial Library
UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam 96923
ngoetzfr@gmail.com
Over 30 years’ experience in information organization and access in instructional, service, and academic
environments coupled with a strong research and publication record focused on information relevancy
and bibliographic enumerations of important social and cultural subjects. I offer quality editing, writing,
and research contributions that capitalize upon this extensive knowledge and experience.
Education
Ph.D., Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997. (Dissertation: “Tacking into
Context: The Roots of LSCA Public Library Services in Micronesia among the Oral Heritages and Changes of an
Ocean World.” University of Wisconsin Madison. December 1997.)
M.L.S. Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986.
M.A. English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1981.
B.A. English (Psychology minor), University of Minnesota Duluth, 1977.
Research interests include Pacific bibliographic studies, indigenous epistemologies and western impact,
Guam and Micronesia history, Pacific ethnomathematics, cross cultural studies of information and
knowledge, technology transfer, Pacific library history, communal and indigenous contexts, theory
development in information use.
Particularly interested in professional editing and writing opportunities.
Professional Experience
Professor of Library Science and Micronesian Studies and Collection Development Librarian, RFK Memorial
Library, University of Guam, August 1997 to June 2003 and August 2004 to present.
Regular reference and bibliographic instruction work throughout my tenure at the University of Guam.
Successfully spearheaded the updating of book collections to support all University programs. Cataloged unique
Micronesia and Guam related article and chapter titles to the Micronesian Resources Files, constituting an
approximately 40% increase in the current 3000 title holdings. Teamed with colleagues in project to deselect
underused titles and identifying others for bar coding and to acquire e-resources. Revised collection development
and acquisition policies.
Actively worked with other faculty on the conversion and updating of the library’s electronic public
access/integrated library systems - 2014-2016 - including selection of the library’s ETS system.
Cataloged backlogged materials on Guam and Micronesia culture, archaeology, and society, Richard F. Taitano
Micronesian Area Research Center, University of Guam, 2016.
Editor, Pacific Asia Inquiry, Issues 4 and 5 (2013 and 2014 - www.uog.edu/pai).
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2. Humanities Scholar and formerly Editor-in-Chief for Guampedia, Guam’s comprehensive online encyclopedia
project. (http://www.guampedia.com/). Initiated and spearheaded Guampedia’s development and intellectual content
and structure. Acquired grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities ($411,000) and the U.S.
Department of the Interior ($129,000) while a Board member of the Guam Humanities Council and as Guampedia
Editor-in-Chief, a position I served in for nine years.
Reference Librarian, University of Guam 1988 to present.
Provided reference services to students, faculty, and the general public. Regularly taught information literacy
classes to a range of courses to increase information literacy and access capacity to electronic and print resources.
Actively participated in learning assessments. Regularly evaluated and updated reference collection.
Visiting Fellow, East West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program and Visiting Colleague, Center for
Islands Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa. June 2003 – July 2004.
Acting Dean, RFK Memorial Library, University of Guam, 2000 to 2003.
Associate Dean, Acting, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Guam, August 1998 to August 1999.
Manager, Woodman Astronomical Library, University of Wisconsin Madison, Astronomy Department, May 1996
to June 1997.
Research Assistant, Dictionary of American Regional English Project, University of Wisconsin Madison, January
1985 to January 1986.
Lecturer - English (U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer), University of the South Pacific, Fiji, 1983 to 1985.
Lecturer – English, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 1981 to 1982.
Lecturer – English, Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1982.
Lecturer – English, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 1979 to 1981.
Publications
Internet Publications
Wrote numerous www.guampedia.com entries on Guam historical issues and figures including indigenous
navigation, whaling influences, various European adventures and Guam’s first Lieutenant Governor, William
Safford. Interpretative essays on Spanish administration of Guam, Spanish reaction to Chamorro health issues and
depopulation, Carolinians on Guam, and prominent Spanish military commander during the Chamorro/Spanish War,
José de Quiroga y Losada.
Pacific Strata. Journal of Mathematics and Culture, invited paper. Volume 10, Number 2, Forthcoming, 2016.
The Sovereignty of the Line: A Case for the Indigenous Swirl. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 6, Number 1, 2015.
Editor’s Note – Imperative Thoughts. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 5, Number 1, 2014, pp. 6-12.
Editor’s Note. Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013, pp. 6-12.
The Unsuspected Library: Pacific Epistemology and the Unquestioned Acceptance of an American Institution.
Pacific Asia Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013. pp. 66-83.
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3. The Instrument of the Book, the Instrument of the Internet: “Thinking” “Information” in Micronesia. Pacific Asia
Inquiry Volume 4, Number 1, 2013. pp. 109-120.
The Metaphysical Guåhan. In: The 2nd
Marianas History Conference E-publications. Volume Two: Art, Culture and
Sciences, pp. 211-218. Retrieved from: www.guampedia.com/2013-conference-papers.
Pacific Ethnomathematics: The Richness of Environment and Practice. Journal of Mathematics and Culture.
Volume 6, Number 2, March 2012. pp. 223-252.
A History of Guam’s Historiography: The Influence of ‘Isolation’ and ‘Discovery, 2011. Pacific Asia Inquiry
Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 2011. pp. 135-145.
Education and the Internet: On a Potential Road to Nowhere? Micronesian Journal of the Humanities and Social
Sciences 4(2), 2005. 148-152.
Books
Guåhan: A Bibliographic History. May 2011. University of Hawai’i Press. 630 pp.
Pacific Ethnomathematics: A Bibliographic Study. University of Hawai’i Press, 2008.
Micronesian Histories: An Analytical Bibliography and Guide to Interpretations. (With Karen Peacock) Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press. 2002.
Indigenous Literature of Oceania: A Survey of Criticism and Interpretation. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Indigenous Navigation and Voyaging in the Pacific. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992. (CHOICE Outstanding
Academic Book List.)
Micronesia 1975 1987: A Social Science Bibliography. Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Other Publications
Mathematics in Oceania. In: Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western
Cultures, 2nd
edition, 2008. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1420-1425.
’Life in the Round’ and American Libraries in Micronesia. In: Online Education for Lifelong Learning. Hershey, PA
and London: Information Science Publishing, 2007. 253-270.
Pacific Book Epistemologies. Against the Grain 16(5), 2004. 52-54.
Information to Communal Contexts. In: International Librarianship: Cooperation and Collaboration, Frances L.
Carroll and John F. Harvey, editors. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2001. 227-242.
Micronesia Library Service. In: Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, Allen Kent, Exeuctive Editor.
New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 2000. 217-229.
Indigenous Literatures: Micronesia. In: The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia, Brij V. Lal and Kate Fortune, editors.
Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 1999. 524-526.
Navigation in the Pacific. In: The Encyclopedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-
Western Cultures, 1997. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. 769-772.
Presentations on information and interpretative issues in Pacific epistemological contexts include:
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4. Lived experience and the Time for Literature in Pacific Spaces. Our Voices, Our Stories, Our Ocean, Pacific
Literature Conference, University of Guam, June, 2016.
The Reality of Imagination: Expanding Ethnomathematical Heritages in the Classroom. Culture & Learning Forum:
Enriching and Contextualizing Teaching and Learning in Pacific Island Settings to Improve Achievement. Guam,
October 19, 2012.
The Instrument of the Book, the Instrument of the Internet: “Thinking” “Information” in the Pacific. Pacific Islands
Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA), Guam, November 15, 2012.
The Illusions of Betrayal: Mudrooroo, Indigenousness and the Stage I Make. Modern Language Association (MLA)
Conference, Seattle. January 7, 2012.
Relevancy of Academic Publications in a Pacific Context. Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and
Museums (PIALA) 22nd
Annual Conference, Holiday Resort & Spa, November 13-16, 2012.
Reflections on a Dedication. Guåhan: A Bibliographic History Book Launch, University of Guam, November 29,
2011.
Pacific Ethnomathematics. Fourth International Conference on Ethnomathematics, Towson, Maryland July 2010.
Atolls and Mountains: The Environmental Foundations for Pacific Ethnomathematics. University of Guam 31st
Annual Research Conference, March 9, 2010.
A History of Guam’s Historiography. 18th
Pacific History Association Conference, December 2008, University of
the South Pacific.
Life in the Round and the History of Libraries in Micronesia. 17 Biennial Conference, Pacific History Association,
University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, December 2006.
Service
Member, Institutional Report Writing Team for WASC Accreditation – The Meaning and Integrity of Degrees,
2014-2016.
President, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2012-2015. (Three elected academic year terms.)
Accomplishments include encouraging, overseeing, and shepherding as Senate President final Senate passage and
administrative approval of a new General Education structure and program, participating in the creation and passage
of a University-wide Academic Master Plan, two online Master degree programs, leading Senate evaluation and
passage of numerous program self-study reviews, program changes and many course updates, deletions, and
additions. Other contributions included overseeing updates and changes to Senate Bylaws and Handbook,
participating in the University-wide “Good to Great” performance and change evaluation program (2014-2015), and
addressing faculty and administrators at the beginning of each semester (six presentation) on Faculty Senate goals
and accomplishments, Senate concerns, and my own perception of University issues.
Member, Good to Great Administrative Support Activities Evaluation Team, 2014-2015.
Vice President, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2011-2012.
Chair, Graduate Curricular Review Committee, University of Guam Faculty Senate 2008-2010.
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5. Served on practically all other University-wide Committees.
22nd
Pacific History Association Conference (May 2016) Planning Committee team member and Abstracts Editor,
2015- 2016.
Judge, Guam History Day – 2013-2016.
Consulting Editor, Oceania, The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources, M. P. Battin Editor, Oxford University Press,
2015.
Member, Writing Team: Degree Programs: Meaning, Quality and Integrity of Degrees, University of Guam Re-
Accreditation Report to The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 2014-2015.
Visiting Consultant, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), American Samoa Humanities Council site
evaluation, 2009.
Chair, Guam Humanities Council and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Council, August 2004 to 2006.
Member, Board of Directors, 1998 to 2007. Chair, Grants Review Committee, 1999 to 2004. Immediate Past Chair
member, Executive Committee, Guam Humanities Council, 2006 to 2007.
Senior Affiliate, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Hawai’i (PREL) 2005 -2014.
Chair, University of Guam Accreditation Steering Committee and Editor – Self Study Accreditation Report, 1992-
1994.
References available upon request.
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6. Served on practically all other University-wide Committees.
22nd
Pacific History Association Conference (May 2016) Planning Committee team member and Abstracts Editor,
2015- 2016.
Judge, Guam History Day – 2013-2016.
Consulting Editor, Oceania, The Ethics of Suicide: Historical Sources, M. P. Battin Editor, Oxford University Press,
2015.
Member, Writing Team: Degree Programs: Meaning, Quality and Integrity of Degrees, University of Guam Re-
Accreditation Report to The Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 2014-2015.
Visiting Consultant, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), American Samoa Humanities Council site
evaluation, 2009.
Chair, Guam Humanities Council and Chair of the Executive Committee of the Council, August 2004 to 2006.
Member, Board of Directors, 1998 to 2007. Chair, Grants Review Committee, 1999 to 2004. Immediate Past Chair
member, Executive Committee, Guam Humanities Council, 2006 to 2007.
Senior Affiliate, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Hawai’i (PREL) 2005 -2014.
Chair, University of Guam Accreditation Steering Committee and Editor – Self Study Accreditation Report, 1992-
1994.
References available upon request.
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