College of Education and Professional Studies
Eastern Illinois University

Volume 41, Number 1, Winter 2012

Table of Contents

Dean's Note ...............................................................................................................2
Diane H. Jackman

Manuscript Guidelines ..............................................................................................2

Articles

Are You Voting Today? Student Participation in Self-Government Elections......3
Jennifer M. Miles, Michael T. Miller, and Daniel P. Nadler

Identifying Cyberbullying, Connection with Students: The Promising
Possibilities of Teacher-Student Social Networking.............................................16
Mark Schmitz, Molly Sigler Hoffman, and J. H. Bickford, III

Together as Better: Strategies that Invite Convergent Culture into the
Classroom via Mobile Devices................................................................................31
Donna Cox, Hannah Gerber, Melinda Miller, Helen Berg, Joan Williams,
Nancy Votteler, Dixie Carwile, and Maggie McGuire

Teaching Diversity Issues to Preservice Teachers in Rural Settings...................44
Jeffrey B. Kritzer and Jane Ziebarth-Bovill

Book Reviews

Professional Development Schools: Researching Lessons from the Field.........57
Carrie Dale

 

William L. Perry, President

Blair M. Lord, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Editorial Board:
Diane H. Jackman, Dean
Kathlene Shank, Special Education
Brenda M. Wilson, Communications Disorders & Sciences
Gloria Leitschuh, Counseling & Student Development
Mahyar Izadi, Technology
Kiran Padmaraju, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education
Stephen Lucas, Secondary Education and Foundations
Joy Russell, Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle Level Education
Jim Kestner, Student Teaching
John Dively, Educational Leadership
Pat Fewell, Professor Emeritus
Michael Hoadley, Professor Emeritus

Editor:	Diane H. Jackman
Managing Editor:	Peggy A. Brown

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