Russell, Nicole M. (2011). Black Students and Mathematics Achievement: A Mixed-Method Analysis of In-School and Out-of-School Factors Shaping Student Success. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Washington. Achievement gap language has become associated with the observed disparities on a number of educational measures between the academic performances of Black and White students. This theoretical lens is problematic because it sends an unintended message that Black students are not worthy of study in their own right. Using a mixed-methodological approach, this study aimed to respond to the call of math educator Gutierrez (2008) who urges education researchers to \move away from gap gazing and toward more contextualized and intervention studies\ (p. 362). Chapter 2 offers a socio-historical perspective to illuminate the evidence of Blacks' limited access both to mathematics as a discipline of study and a career path. A gap in the literature on the history of math education of Blacks exists, thus Tolley's (2003) seminal study on the factors that influenced the study of math and science for European girls (1840s to 1950s) is used to generate hypotheses about what factors might contribute… [Direct]

Burkholder, Zoe (2011). Color in the Classroom: How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954. Oxford University Press Between the turn of the twentieth century and the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision in 1954, the way that American schools taught about "race" changed dramatically. This transformation was engineered by the nation's most prominent anthropologists, including Franz Boas, Ruth Benedict, and Margaret Mead, during World War II. Inspired by scientific racism in Nazi Germany, these activist scholars decided that the best way to fight racial prejudice was to teach what they saw as the truth about race in the institution that had the power to do the most good-American schools. Anthropologists created lesson plans, lectures, courses, and pamphlets designed to revise what they called "the "race" concept" in American education. They believed that if teachers presented race in scientific and egalitarian terms, conveying human diversity as learned habits of culture rather than innate characteristics, American citizens would become less racist. Although… [Direct]

Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Sandkuhler, Simone; Sheth, Bhavin R. (2009). Posterior Beta and Anterior Gamma Oscillations Predict Cognitive Insight. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, v21 n7 p1269-1279 Jul. Pioneering neuroimaging studies on insight have revealed neural correlates of the emotional \Aha!\ component of the insight process, but neural substrates of the cognitive component, such as problem restructuring (a key to transformative reasoning), remain a mystery. Here, multivariate electroencephalogram signals were recorded from human participants while they solved verbal puzzles that could create a small-scale experience of cognitive insight. Individuals responded as soon as they reached a solution and provided a rating of subjective insight. For unsolved puzzles, hints were provided after 60 to 90 sec. Spatio-temporal signatures of brain oscillations were analyzed using Morlet wavelet transform followed by exploratory parallel-factor analysis. A consistent reduction in beta power (15-25 Hz) was found over the parieto-occipital and centro-temporal electrode regions on all four conditions–(a) correct (vs. incorrect) solutions, (b) solutions without (vs. with) external hint, (c)… [Direct]

Brannon, Elizabeth M.; Libertus, Melissa E.; Pruitt, Laura B.; Woldorff, Marty G. (2009). Induced Alpha-Band Oscillations Reflect Ratio-Dependent Number Discrimination in the Infant Brain. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, v21 n12 p2398-2406 Dec. Behavioral studies show that infants are capable of discriminating the number of objects or events in their environment, while also suggesting that number discrimination in infancy may be ratio-dependent. However, due to limitations of the dependent measures used with infant behavioral studies, the evidence for ratio dependence falls short of the vast psychophysical datasets that have established ratio dependence, and thus, adherence to Weber's Law in adults and nonhuman animals. We addressed this issue in two experiments that presented 7-month-old infants with familiar and novel numerosities while electroencephalogram measures of their brain activity were recorded. These data provide convergent evidence that the brains of 7-month-old infants detected numerical novelty. Alpha-band and theta-band oscillations both differed for novel and familiar numerical values. Most importantly, spectral power in the alpha band over midline and right posterior scalp sites was modulated by the ratio… [Direct]

Heaney, Tom (2009). Pursuit of Social Justice in Situations of Conflict. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n123 p65-74 Fall. "Fairness" and "justice" are, according to Gallie (1964), essentially contested concepts–concepts for which there are common understandings in the abstract, but disagreements over the application of these concepts to specific instances. Contested terms are often critical in ethical dilemmas–those times when practitioners are faced with choices based on their interpretation of what is fair or what is just. The determination of what constitutes "social justice," what is fair or reasonable in human interactions, is always contextual and involves weighing the interests of self, others, and the social order. The concept of "order" is itself contested, representing social arrangements that benefit some more than others. It is in this situational quagmire that practitioners struggle for definitions of justice. As the author thinks of his experiences as an adult educator committed to issues of social justice and fairness, many examples come to mind… [Direct]

Rehling, Louise (1996). Human Factors in High-Tech Writing: Targeting the Right Tool for Professional Development. Business Communication Quarterly, v59 n3 p56-64 Sep. Presents a method, based on a human factors approach, for helping individuals choose training in a new text technology that suits them. Offers a self-assessment questionnaire ranking preferences among firms, industries, techniques, roles, purposes for writing; then matches those preferences to typical expectations for each of several new text technologies. (SR)…

Dodder, Richard A.; LoConto, David G. (1997). The Right to be Human: Deinstitutionalization and Wishes of People with Developmental Disabilities. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v32 n2 p77-84 Jun. People with developmental disabilities (n=781) living in institutional and community residential placements were asked what they would wish for if they had one wish. Results indicated individuals in state schools wished for more material goods and were more likely to want to move; wishes varied greatly by residential placement; and wish patterns may provide insight into the effects of deinstitutionalization. (CR)…

Roach, Bonnie L. (2007). Walking the Diversity Compliance Tightrope: Maintaining the Balance between Enforcement and Equity. Forum on Public Policy Online, v2007 n1 Win. Many federal laws, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, have enabled women and minorities access to the workplace. These same laws have mandated that employers prevent discrimination against women and minorities, yet when employers utilize various strategies for eliminating discrimination in the workplace, they have found themselves faced with litigation for their efforts. For example, human resource managers have been struggling with finding ways to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment and one solution has been to require their employees to sign no-fraternization agreements. Unfortunately, rather than solving the problem, the employer has compounded the problem since it is quite common for employers to punish female violators of the policy while no action is taken against male violators. This paper will examine some unique diversity compliance issues and problems that have arisen in the workplace and how human resource managers should respond to these situations…. [PDF]

Lawson, Tom E. (1981). Making HRD Impact. Training and Development Journal, v35 n3 p54-55,57-58,60-61 Mar. Clarifies three basic causes of the success of human resource development functions from an internal marketing perspective. They are functions actively rendering services in the right "client segments" of their organization; functions doing a few important tasks well; and doing those right things consistently. (CT)…

Chevalier, Roger (2001). Performance Consulting: Job Aids for Interacting with Clients. Performance Improvement, v40 n1 p28-31 Jan. Discussion of the human performance technology process focuses on interacting with clients. Describes a seven-step process that includes assessment; a performance consulting guide that explains the leadership process used in interacting with clients; and how to ask the right questions in the right order. (LRW)…

Levenson, Dorothy; Spillane, Robert (1974). The Rights Of Children. Teacher, 92, 4, 26-7,74, Dec 74. Article suggested that educators keep up to date on children's rights, both the legal and human ones. (Editor/RK)…

Wu, Ding-chu; Zeng, Wen-jie (2006). On "The More National, the More International" in a Perspective of Educational Research. Frontiers of Education in China, v1 n3 p391-401 Sep. The proposition of "the more national, the more international", when applied to education, is not absolutely right. Given education, educational research and the modernization of educational research, these can be more international only when their essence represents, reflects or implies the trend of human education and educational research. Otherwise, it would not be the case…. [Direct]

N'Diaye, Karim; Pourtois, Gilles; Seeck, Margitta; Spinelli, Laurent; Vocat, Roland; Vuilleumier, Patrik (2010). Errors Recruit both Cognitive and Emotional Monitoring Systems: Simultaneous Intracranial Recordings in the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Gyrus and Amygdala Combined with fMRI. Neuropsychologia, v48 n4 p1144-1159 Mar. We studied error monitoring in a human patient with unique implantation of depth electrodes in both the left dorsal cingulate gyrus and medial temporal lobe prior to surgery. The patient performed a speeded go/nogo task and made a substantial number of commission errors (false alarms). As predicted, intracranial Local Field Potentials (iLFPs) in dorsal anterior cingulate indexed the detection of errors, showing an early differential activity around motor execution for false alarms, relative to correct responses (either hits or correct inhibitions). More surprisingly, we found that the left amygdala also participated to error monitoring (although no emotional stimuli were used), but with a very different neurophysiological profile as compared with the dorsal cingulate cortex. Amygdala iLFPs showed a precise and reproducible temporal unfolding, characterized by an early monophasic response for correct hits around motor execution, which was delayed by approximately 300 ms for errors… [Direct]

Alavi, Khadijah; Sail, Rahim M. (2010). Social Skills and Social Values Training for Future K-Workers. Journal of European Industrial Training, v34 n3 p226-258. Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to determine the extent of acquisition of knowledge on social skills and social values by trainers of institutes and coaches of industries in training of trainers (ToT) programmes. It has been ascertained that social skills and social values can and must be taught to apprentices to enhance their employability skills as well as to remove any barriers for upward mobility in their careers. Design/methodology/approach: A four-day ToT-cum-workshop was organized using "hands-on" experiential outdoor learning activities with lots of interactions, discussions and reflections between participants and participants, and between participants and facilitators. A retrospective post- then-pre-evaluation design was employed to determine the amount of knowledge acquired by the participants using a four point Likert-type statements. Using the "Handbook of Social Skills and Social Values" as a guide, eight core social skills and eight core… [Direct]

Kewin, James (2010). Generation Crunch. Adults Learning, v21 n6 p13 Feb. The graduate class of 2009 is entering a particularly challenging labour market. The Association of Graduate Recruiters reported in July that graduate vacancies had plummeted by a quarter and that an average of 48 applicants were competing for each available job. The class of 2009 is also the first to have paid up to 3,225 British Pounds in top-up fees for each year of study. It is not surprising that recent graduates have been described by some in the media as "Generation Crunch". The Government's response has been to unveil a package of measures including the Graduate Talent Pool internship programme and funding to support 10,000 internships in small and micro businesses in partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses. While these measures are to be welcomed, ultimately, the fate of Generation Crunch will be determined by the demand for their services from employers. It is essential that government interventions aimed at stimulating the demand for "Generation… [Direct]

Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Kommers, Piet, Ed. (2014). Proceedings of the International Conferences on Education Technologies (ICEduTech) and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE) (New Tapei City, Taiwan, December 10-12, 2014). International Association for Development of the Information Society These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and school leaders. Scientists, professionals and institutional leaders are invited to be informed by experts, sharpen the understanding of what education needs and how to achieve it. Topics for the ICEduTech Conference include: (1) Education in Context: Education in the Network Society, Educational Games, Social Media in Education, Home Schooling, Students' Rights, Parents' Rights, Teachers' Rights, Student-Safe Searching, School Violence, Education and Tolerance for Peace and Education in Developing Countries; (2) Education as Professional Field: Teacher Education, Teachers' Professional Development, Teachers' Workload, Teacher Support for… [PDF]

Hawke, Angela, Ed. (2015). Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children. UNICEF This report delves into a rich new body of data and analysis from the Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children (OOSCI), which confirms that the task of achieving education for all is far from over. The government-backed national studies carried out under the Initiative have marshalled a wide range of data sources for innovative analyses, revealing crucial information on the magnitude of the problem, and on who the out-of-school children are and where they live. The studies have used the data as a cornerstone to identify context-appropriate policies to overcome the specific barriers to education in their country. For many countries, participation in the Global Initiative has provided an unparalleled opportunity to bring together experts in statistics and policy to shine a light on excluded children, who remain largely voiceless and invisible in government interventions. This report draws on this experience to reveal–and attempt to fill–crucial gaps on data, analysis and policy,… [PDF]

Gottlieb, Gilbert (1991). Epigenetic Systems View of Human Development. Developmental Psychology, v27 n1 p33-34 Jan. Discusses the history of the hierarchical epigenetic systems view as applied to human development and offers examples of its implementation. Notes the agreement by many authors that the multilevel systems view is the right model for developmental psychology in both human and animal studies. (BC)…

BILLINGS, THOMAS A. (1966). EDUCATION'S STAKE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, A PERSONAL TESTIMONIAL AND PLAN TO COLLEAGUES. AS A MAJOR SOCIAL INSTITUTION THE SCHOOLS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCEPTING THE \MONUMENTAL\ CHALLENGES POSED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. IN RECENT YEARS TRENDS WITHIN THE WHITE ESTABLISHMENT HAVE UNDERMINED HUMAN DIGNITY AND EQUALITY. FOR EXAMPLE, ESTABLISHMENT-CONTROLLED ENFORCEMENT OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL HAS MADE IT ONLY A SYMBOL OF WHAT IS HOPED FOR IN ACTUALITY. AMERICAN EDUCATION MUST PROVIDE CITIZENS WITH KNOWLEDGE AS THE NECESSARY PRECONDITION FOR A DIGNIFIED HUMAN EXISTENCE. THIS ARTICLE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE \PHI DELTA KAPPAN,\ VOLUME 47, NUMBER 9, MAY 1966. (NH)… [PDF]

Haapanen, Randy; Hardyck, Curtis (1979). Educating Both Halves of the Brain: Educational Breakthrough or Neuromythology?. Journal of School Psychology, v17 n3 p219-29 Fall. Evidence gathered from commissurotomy (split-brain) patients and right-hemisphere/left-hemisphere studies on normal intact humans is reviewed and evaluated. Concludes that right-left hemisphere differences reported in normal subjects are small and that there is no scientific basis for any reorganization of curricular, teaching, or testing programs. (Author)…

Weinberg, Meyer (1994). Diversity without Equality = Oppression. Multicultural Education, v1 n4 p13-16 Spr. This historical review of the civil rights movement from the 1950s to the present suggests that a strong tie exists between the civil rights movement and multicultural education. Multicultural education is teaching and learning about the equal human worth of distinctive groups of people in ordinary social life. (SLD)…

Siegel, Lawrence (2002). The Argument for a Constitutional Right to Communication and Language. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, v7 n3 p258-66 Sum. This article argues that the need for and right to communication and language is fundamental to the human condition. It contends that given the historic difficulties children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing face, a constitutional right to communication is both necessary and legally sound. Relevant case law is reviewed. (Contains references.) (CR)…

Ayers, William (2009). Teaching in and for Democracy. Kappa Delta Pi Record, v46 n1 p30-33 Fall. Education in a democracy is geared toward and powered by a particularly precious and fragile ideal, which can be simply stated: every human being is of infinite and incalculable value; each a unique intellectual, emotional, physical, spiritual, moral, and creative force; each person is born free and equal in dignity and rights; each endowed with reason and conscience; each deserving, then, a community and a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood, recognition, and respect. This core value must express itself explicitly and implicitly in education as in every other aspect of associative living. The democratic injunction has big implications for curriculum and teaching as well–for what is taught and how. Democratic teaching, or teaching for social justice, encourages students to develop the capacity to name the world for themselves, to identify the obstacles to their full humanity, and to act courageously on whatever the known demands. This is not an add-on to \regular teaching\ or some… [Direct]

Harpham, Geoffrey Galt (2009). The Humanities' Value. Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n28 pB6 Mar. Why should society support the humanities when so many people are suffering from the effects of the economic crisis? What claim do the humanities, or scholarship generally, have on increasingly limited resources? Shouldn't such pursuits be considered luxuries at a time when people should be focusing on essentials? The alleviation of human suffering, the restoration of opportunity, and the resurrection of confidence must be people's top priorities. But the present crisis must not be the horizon of their thinking; their most immediate concerns cannot be their only concerns. While they are struggling through the morass of the present, they must retain both their memory, which sustains them, and their imagination, which must light the way forward. Memory and imagination place people in the general domain of the humanities. And that leads to the author's main argument: The humanities are, if not the top priority right now, at least one of the areas that must be recognized as crucial, and… [Direct]

Hilton, Margaret (2008). Protecting Student Records and Facilitating Education Research: A Workshop Summary. National Academies Press Designed to protect the privacy of individual student test scores, grades, and other education records, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 places limits the access of educational researches, and slows research not only in education but also in related fields, such as child welfare and health. Recent trends have converged to greatly increase the supply of data on student performance in public schools. Education policies now emphasize education standards and testing to measure progress toward those standards, as well as rigorous education research. At the same time, private firms and public agencies, including schools, have replaced most paper records with electronic data systems. Although these databases represent a rich source of longitudinal data, researchers' access to the individually identifiable data they contain is limited by the privacy protections of FERPA. To explore possibilities for data access and confidentiality in compliance with FERPA and… [Direct]

Amann, Wolfgang, Ed.; Dierksmeier, Claus, Ed.; Pirson, Michael, Ed.; Spitzeck, Heiko, Ed.; Von Kimakowitz, Ernst, Ed. (2011). Business Schools under Fire: Humanistic Management Education as the Way Forward. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan In a time of instability trust in managers is low. Management education is being scrutinized for its impact on society and business schools have been considered as "silent partners in corporate crime." This book outlines how business schools can get out of the line of fire by presenting the cornerstones of a humanistic business education. This book begins with "Humanistic Management Education," by W. Amann, M. Pirson, H. Spitzeck, C. Dierksmeier, E.von Kimakowitz & S. Khan. Part I, Issues with the Current Management Education, contains the following: (1) Reorienting Management Education: From the Homo Oeconomicus to Human Dignity (C. Dierksmeier); (2) What is Business Organizing For? The Role of Business in Society Over Time (M. Pirson); and (3) Insights on human Functioning as a Basis for Humanistic Management Education (S. Weisweiler, C. Peus, A. Nikitopoulos & D. Frey). Part II, Ways Forward, contains the following: (4) Insights from the W. Edwards… [Direct]

Koelbl, James J. (1991). AIDS at the Medical College of Georgia–A Study in Institutional Ethics. Journal of Dental Education, v55 n4 p235-37 Apr. The article addresses issues arising when a dental student is positive for the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or has AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Considered are the student's right to confidentiality, the duty to warn, the patient's right to informed consent, guidelines of the American Dental Association, possible alternatives to patient care, and licensure issues. (DB)…

Chng, Chwee Lye; Wong, Frank Y. (1998). Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual (GLB) Children: Implications for Early Childhood Development Professionals. Early Child Development and Care, v147 p71-82 Aug. Argues that all children have the right to a safe environment in which to learn, and the right to achieve their full human potential, no matter what their sexual orientation. Highlights needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual students in schools. Examines challenges in personnel, curriculum, policies, and parental involvement facing early-child-development professionals working with these children. (JPB)…

(1981). Social Studies Objectives, K-12. Six objectives which form the framework of a K-12 social studies program of Department of Defense Dependents Schools are outlined. The objectives are to evaluate the relationship between human beings and their social, natural, and man-made environment; analyze the origins and interrelationships of beliefs, values, and behavior patterns; solve problems; develop the human relations skills necessary to communicate and work with people; develop a positive self-concept and move toward self-actualization; and develop a commitment to the right of self-determination for all human beings and a willingness to secure and preserve those rights. Separate sections of the document detail components of each objective and list corresponding instructional objectives. Charts denote the suggested grade level at which instruction begins and the grade level at which proficiency can begin. (KC)… [PDF]

Clarke-Midura, Jody, Ed.; Mayrath, Michael C., Ed.; Robinson, Daniel H., Ed.; Schraw, Gregory, Ed. (2012). Technology-Based Assessments for 21st Century Skills: Theoretical and Practical Implications from Modern Research. Current Perspectives on Cognition, Learning and Instruction. IAP – Information Age Publishing, Inc. Creative problem solving, collaboration, and technology fluency are core skills requisite of any nation's workforce that strives to be competitive in the 21st Century. Teaching these types of skills is an economic imperative, and assessment is a fundamental component of any pedagogical program. Yet, measurement of these skills is complex due to the interacting factors associated with higher order thinking and multifaceted communication. Advances in assessment theory, educational psychology, and technology create an opportunity to innovate new methods of measuring students' 21st Century Skills with validity, reliability, and scalability. In this book, leading scholars from multiple disciplines present their latest research on how to best measure complex knowledge, skills, and abilities using technology-based assessments. All authors discuss theoretical and practical implications from their research and outline their visions for the future of technology-based assessments. This book… [Direct] [Direct]