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Evaluating democracy: The 1946 U.S. education mission to Germany

Date: 2005-06-01

Creator: Charles Dorn

Access: Open access

Following World War II, a group of American educators was assigned the task of evaluating the U.S. military government's program for reconstructing Germany's educational system. Although issuing a generally positive report, this education mission identified a number of persistent tensions that ultimately undermined America's efforts to rehabilitate and reform German schooling. As with the American occupation of Germany during the postwar era, current U.S. foreign policy directives include establishing educational institutions in the "broader Middle East" as a primary mechanism for inculcating democratic values and ideals. Determining America's success with these efforts, especially in ideologically conservative nations, poses a significant challenge to evaluators. Through an analysis of the 1946 Report of the United States Education Mission to Germany, this article presents a historical case study of the stumbling blocks, failings, and successes of one attempt to evaluate efforts in infusing democratic values into educational institutions in a fallen totalitarian state. © 2005 American Evaluation Association.


The draw-a-computational-creativity-researcher test (DACCRT): Exploring stereotypic images and descriptions of computational creativity

Date: 2019-01-01

Creator: Sarah Harmon, Katie McDonough

Access: Open access

Prior work investigating student perceptions of scientists has revealed commonly-held beliefs, stereotypes, and even connections to career choices. We adapt the “Draw-A-Scientist” instrument to examine how undergraduates depict computational creativity researchers and the field of computational creativity as a whole. Our results indicate that there are significant differences when students are asked to draw or describe a computer scientist versus a computational creativity researcher. Whether the student is an upper-level or introductory computer science student appears to also influence responses.


Catalogue of the Bowdoin Drawings

Date: 1881-01-01

Creator: Frederick Winslow

Access: Open access

Catalogue from the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.


"COVID-19 Portfolio" by Meg Janes (Class of 2020)

Date: 2020-01-01

Creator: Meg Janes

Access: Open access

Portfolio entries about exercising, online shopping, advertisements, and social media, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author is class of 2022. GSWS 2261 / CINE 2261


“I Never Saw as Good a Nature Show Before”: Walt Disney, Environmental Education, and the True-Life Adventures

Date: 2022-01-01

Creator: Charles Dorn

Access: Open access

Alongside Walt Disney’s animated movies, television programming, and theme parks, scholars have examined The Walt Disney Studios’ True-Life Adventures series of live-action nature documentary films for their impact on popular culture. Historians, however, have mostly overlooked the significance of the True-Life Adventures for student learning about the natural world. Amending this historiographical shortcoming, this essay examines Disney’s innovative approach to wildlife filmmaking, describes viewers’ reactions to the True-Life Adventures’ educational qualities, and investigates the Studios’ efforts to use the films to enter the education market. The study breaks new ground by analyzing seldom accessed documents preserved in theWalt Disney Archives both to reveal how students, teachers, and college and university faculty responded to the films and to examine the extension of the nature documentaries through related media.


Bowdoin Orient, v. 53, no. 25

Date: 1924-02-06

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Bowdoin Orient, v. 54, no. 12

Date: 1924-10-15

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Bowdoin Orient, v. 55, no. 25

Date: 1926-02-24

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Bowdoin Orient, v. 56, no. 2

Date: 1926-04-15

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Bowdoin Orient, v. 55, no. 29-30

Date: 1926-03-24

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