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Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2024
Student translators at the College of Language Sciences take a Media and Political Translation course in which they translate the latest news stories, media and political texts and terminology. This study proposes a model for integrating Gaza-Israeli war terminology and texts in translation instruction to familiarize the students with terminology…
Descriptors: War, Translation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Carvalho, Edward J., Ed.; Downing, David B. – Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Academic freedom has been a principle that undergirds the university since 1915. Beyond this, it also protects a spirit of free inquiry essential to a democratic society. But in the post-9/11 present, the basic principles of academic freedom have been deeply challenged. There have been many startling instances where the rhetoric of national…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Universities, College Faculty, Politics of Education
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Tonso, William R. – Academic Questions, 2004
William R. Tonso has chosen an issue that he knows something about to examine how sociology textbooks address controversy. Appealing for gun control is fashionable, but it is at odds with a fondness that ordinary Americans have for their firearms--one that is supported by a growing body of research on deterrence to crime. There are two sides to…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Weapons, Textbooks, Gun Control