Baillet, Sylvain; Bristow, Davina; Dehaene-Lambertz, Ghislaine; Gliga, Teodora; Mangin, Jean-Francois; Mattout, Jeremie; Soares, Catherine (2009). Hearing Faces: How the Infant Brain Matches the Face It Sees with the Speech It Hears. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, v21 n5 p905-921 May. Speech is not a purely auditory signal. From around 2 months of age, infants are able to correctly match the vowel they hear with the appropriate articulating face. However, there is no behavioral evidence of integrated audiovisual perception until 4 months of age, at the earliest, when an illusory percept can be created by the fusion of the auditory stimulus and of the facial cues (McGurk effect). To understand how infants initially match the articulatory movements they see with the sounds they hear, we recorded high-density ERPs in response to auditory vowels that followed a congruent or incongruent silently articulating face in 10-week-old infants. In a first experiment, we determined that auditory-visual integration occurs during the early stages of perception as in adults. The mismatch response was similar in timing and in topography whether the preceding vowels were presented visually or aurally. In the second experiment, we studied audiovisual integration in the linguistic… [Direct]

(2006). International Rules for Precollege Science Research: Guidelines for Science and Engineering Fairs, 2006-2007. Science Service This publication presents changes and modifications for 2006-2007 to the \International Rules for Precollege Science Research: Guidelines for Science and Engineering Fairs.\ It is written to guide fair directors, teachers, scientists, parents, and adult volunteers as they pursue their work of encouraging students to explore and investigate their world through hands-on research. Change categories include: (1) General; (2) Hazardous Chemicals, Activities or Devices; (3) Human Subjects; (4) Form Changes. In addition to providing the rules of competition, these rules and guidelines for conducting research were developed with the intent to do the following: (1) protect the rights and welfare of the student researcher and human subjects; (2) protect the health and well-being of vertebrate animal subjects; (3) follow federal regulations governing research; (4) offer guidance to affiliated fairs; (5) use safe laboratory practices; and (6) address environmental concerns…. [PDF] [Direct]

Oktay, Ayla; Ramazan, Oya; Sakin, Ahmet (2010). The Relationship between Preschool Teachers' Professional Ethical Behavior Perceptions, Moral Judgment Levels and Attitudes to Teaching. Gifted Education International, v26 n1 p6-14. Morality is the stance and attitude that makes a social human being; the display of behaviors such as praise, criticism, tolerance and intolerance, confirmation and rejection; the taking of sides by stating what one finds good or bad, right or wrong, instead of staying indifferent to what other people say and do (Pieper, 1999). Moral development needs to be taught at schools from the personality-shaping years of preschool so as to raise individuals with a strong sense of morality. Teachers are as important as families in children's moral development. Although parents may play a crucial role in child development within the family environment, once children start school, teachers take the primary importance in children's lives. As pointed out by Dewey (1995), telling preschool children to behave morally has very little contribution towards the development of moral behavior. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that teachers involved in morality education act as models for children by…

Bell, Chip R. (1976). The Trainer As Machiavelli. Training and Development Journal, 30, 4, 38-40,42, Apr 76. The article views power as a potential tool for human resource development (HRD) practitioners and focuses on personal power (the ability to influence others) rather than on role power (the right to influence others). Manipulation is discussed as a way to exercise personal power. (Author/BP)…

(1979). Two Perspectives: The Women's Movement and Ethnicity. Multiculturalism, v2 n3 p3-4. One perspective argues that, despite family and human crises, traditions, practices, and roles that limit the rights of women must be challenged. The second perspective maintains that the women's movement is detrimental to most ethnocultural groups and that family solidarity and accepted traditions are more important. (EB)…

Hankins, George. (1987). The Paradox of Expertise. Engineering Education, v77 n5 p302-05 Feb. Describes the novice-to-expert model of human learning and compares it to the recent advances in the areas of artificial intelligence and expert systems. Discusses some of the characteristics of experts, proposing connections between them with expert systems and theories of left-right brain functions. (TW)…

Young-Ing, Greg (1988). A Comparison between Administration of First Nations Education in Canada and Peru: Divestments, Losses and Lacks. Canadian Journal of Native Education, v15 n3 p24-38. Points out similarities in the histories of Canadian and Peruvian government policies on the formal schooling of Native peoples. Discusses the divestment of Native cultural capital, loss of human potential, and lack of recognition of a fundamental Aboriginal right in both countries. Contains 20 references. (SV)…

(1991). Oversight Hearing: Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education. Hearing on Reviewing the Activities of the Office of Civil Rights, Department of Education, before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate. One Hundred Second Congress, First Session (May 17, 1991). This document contains the record of a hearing designed to review the policies of the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education toward minority school children, with a particular focus on the practice of ability grouping and the labeling of children as "slow" or "dumb" by placing them in particular classrooms. The document includes the prepared statements of Senator Paul Simon (presiding), Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator Brock Adams, Michael L. Williams (Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education), and Franklin Frazier (Director of Education and Employment Issues, Human Resources Division, U.S. General Accounting Office). The document also contains an index of documents in the Office of Civil Rights Codification System (as of April 3, 1991), communications directed to Senator Simon and others concerning the problems at issue, and questions and answers between Senator Simon, Michael Williams, and Franklin Frazier. (DB)… [PDF]

Lillard, Angeline (2006). Dissociations, Developmental Psychology, and Pedagogical Design. Child Development, v77 n6 p1563-1567 Nov-Dec. Although dissociations in children's responses are sometimes about \getting it right\ for an experimenter, they might also often reflect differences between conscious and subconscious processing that are not geared to correct performance. Research with adults also reveals many cases of dissociation, and adults can more easily be subjected to neuroimaging methods that might help shed light on dissociation. Finally, much of the research on dissociations shows that human cognition is optimized in some contexts over others. School environments often correspond to less optimizing contexts. Research on dissociation could be used to inform pedagogical design…. [Direct]

Radtke, Jean, Ed. (2001). Succession Planning: Building a Successful Organization in a Dynamic Environment. Report from the Study Group, Institute on Rehabilitation Issues (27th, Washington, DC, May 2001). This book is a guide designed for rehabilitation agencies to plan for staff retirements and other turnover. It examines the process of succession planning, necessary tools, resources, and positioning the organization for future success. Chapters have the following titles: (1) "Succession Planning in a Dynamic Environment"; (2) "Succession Planning in Vocational Rehabilitation"; (3) "Organizational and Strategic Planning for Human Resources"; (4) "Developing a Human Resources Strategic Plan"; (5) "Building Organizational Capacities through Current and Future Staff"; (6) "Building the Capacity of Individuals: Having the Right Person in the Right Place at the Right Time"; and (7) "Effective Practices: They ARE Doing It!" The final chapter offers a summary and eight recommendations. These include: survey employees to gain a better understanding of organizational climate; develop an organizational succession plan that… [PDF]

Dahlberg, E. John, Jr., Ed.; And Others (1981). Proceedings of a Symposium. Education and Contemporary America. (2nd, Boise, Idaho, October 8-10, 1981). The manuscripts in this publication present a variety of insights into the function of education in contemporary America, the responsibilities of educators, and the future of educational institutions as they adapt to changing social conditions. Viewpoints are expressed on the following subjects: (1) the role of education in clarifying the relationship of the individual to the basic meaning of citizenship; (2) multicultural education, global awareness, peace studies, and human survival; (3) literacy and freedom in a democratic society; (4) a developmental curriculum model for citizenship education; (5) the educational implications of recent research on the human brain; (6) the cognitive models of the left and right hemispheres of the brain and achieving a balance between their functions; (7) implications of right brain research on curriculum development; (8) the purpose and value of the concepts of right- and left-brain learning; (9) political, organizational, social, economic, and…

List, Karen (1983). Five Years of Right of Publicity: The Aftermath of "Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard.". The right of publicity is based on an individual's right to be free from the appropriation of his or her name or likeness by another for the other's financial benefit. As the courts' conception of the right of publicity was exapnding, so was the development of newsworthiness as a defense for media defendants. In "Zacchini v. Scripps-Howard," a case dealing with a human cannonball's entire performance being shown on a television news show against his express wishes, the Supreme Court ruled that Zacchini's act was protected under a right of publicity. Critics of the decision predicted chilling effects on future news coverage. Since that decision, courts have faced right of publicity cases with several elements–descendibility (property rights that descend to heirs), literary considerations, unfair competition, commercial purposes, harm to reputation, and consent–closely intertwined. Because these cases involve a delicate balancing process beween the media's right to inform… [PDF]

(1985). Children, Families, and Public Schools: Building Community Alliances for Learning. The National Education Association's Annual Conference on Human and Civil Rights in Education (23rd, February 22-24, 1985). NEA Report. This conference addressed the problems of children whose circumstances limit their ability to learn, their access to equal educational opportunity, and their basic civil rights, and the role of National Education Association (NEA) members and their communities in solving these problems. The keynote address by Blandina Cardenas Ramirez, excerpted here, considered how education employees can address the needs of children whose education has been hampered by discrimination. Summaries of the following seminar sessions are provided: (1) the effects of hunger on children's learning; (2) child abuse and neglect; (3) overcoming racial, cultural, and economic alienation; (4) missing children, runaways, teenage suicides, and pregnant students; (5) children left alone: latchkey problems; (6) drug and alcohol abuse; (7) special needs of children; (8) overcoming the school obstacle course: testing, screening, and tracking; (9) maintaining cultural identity in school integration; (10) bringing… [PDF]

Bennett, Dean; And Others (1984). Education for the Human Habitat. Nature Study, v37 n3-4 p40-41 Mar. Highlights a workshop exploring the objectives and activities of the Human Habitat Study, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to the maintenance of a healthful and healing global environment. Workshop activities focused on left/right brain inventory, a rationale for curricula, and a strategy for developing instructional programs. (BC)…

Lally, John J.; Makarushka, Julia L. (1974). Medical Schools, Clinical Research, and Ethical Leadership. Journal of Medical Education, 49, 5, 411-418, May 74. Recent discussion of the ethical problems of biomedical human experimentation has drawn attention to the responsibility of the medical schools for training new clinical investigators and for safeguarding the rights and welfare of the subjects of clinical research conducted in the medical schools and their affiliated hospitals. (Author)…

Martin, Edward C.; Sandler, Martin W. (1971). Rejuvenating the Teaching of United States History. Social Education, 35, 7, 708-739, Nov 71. Questions and activities using still pictures, audio materials, simulations and games, popular arts, literature in the new social studies projects are given. Combinations of the right kind of media around fundamental human issues may help students get meaningful answers to the questions posed in the history classroom. (VW)…

Butler, Margaret; Kraus, Rebecca (2001). Funding Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: 2000 and Beyond. This study assessed the federal civil rights enforcement budget since fiscal year (FY) 1994, analyzing the effects of recent civil rights legislation and executive orders on workload levels and staff demands. It describes and analyzes the budget requests of the Clinton administration from FY 1994 to FY 2001 and the funding levels appropriated by Congress in response to Clinton's requests. Results demonstrate that since the Commission's 1995 report, the nation's enforcement of civil rights laws continues to be threatened by unequal and uneven funding and staffing for federal civil rights agencies. Inadequate funding and staff levels persist in each of the agencies, even though enforcement responsibilities of the agencies have grown substantially. The six chapters present data on: (1) "Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education"; (2) "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"; (3) "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, U.S. Department… [PDF]

Gil, David G. (1991). Children and Work: Rights to Become Creative and Productive. School Psychology Review, v20 n3 p389-400. Adverse consequences of contemporary modes of work, child rearing, and schooling for human and child development and the quality of life; the potential of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child to relieve some of these consequences; and ways educators can improve child development are reviewed. (SLD)…

Fitch, Brian D., Ed.; Normore, Anthony H., Ed. (2012). Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool. Educational Leadership for Social Justice. IAP – Information Age Publishing, Inc. Education-Based Incarceration and Recidivism: The Ultimate Social Justice Crime Fighting Tool takes a penetrating look at the needs and challenges of society's disenfranchised jail populations. It is incumbent to encourage public awareness of the causes that underlie the destructive cycles plaguing these populations, including the abuse and neglect that cycle through generations. When effectively addressed through education the economic burden on society is lightened and an advocacy to increase understanding engenders a humane response. When connecting education-based incarceration to leadership and social justice, several issues come to mind, beginning with the universal understanding that definitions of social justice are based on a variety of factors, like political orientation, religious background, and political and social philosophy. An increased body of researchers in educational leadership, ethics, law, sociology, corrections, law enforcement, criminal justice, and public… [Direct]

Hitzing, Wade; Kozlowski, Ronald E. (1984). Future of Institutional Services in Ohio: Do We Need to Plan for Institutional Services? Position Paper No. 1. The first of five papers written by the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Planning Council's Deinstitutionalization Task Force Project, this document focuses on the role of institutional services. Following a brief summary of planning principles (least restrictive alternative, right to services, normalization, equal justice, respect for human dignity, and developmental orientation), the document reviews planning processes and strategies. Each of 10 potential system barriers (prior fiscal investment, employee rights, parent concerns, public attitudes, community resources, funding resources, legal concerns, coordination/management, individual rights, and community program capacity) is addressed in terms of consequences, solution strategies, and conclusions. Recommendations include increased funding to expand local services, cost-sharing between state and local community, and increased planning efforts geared to developing integrated community-based services. (CL)… [PDF]

Santiago, Deborah, Comp. (2009). What Works for Latino Students in Higher Education: 2009 Compendium–Profiles of Selected Programs. Examples of iExcelencia!. Excelencia in Education (NJ1) By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already exceeded in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. However, today, only seven percent of Latinos ages 18 to 24 have an associate's degree or higher compared to 9 percent of African Americans, 16 percent of white, and 25 percent of Asians of the same age cohort. Given the importance of college degree completion for U.S. society and economic competitiveness, meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students. As public attention is focused on achievement gaps in education, educators and policymakers search for what they can do to improve education outcomes for Latino students. Finding the right solutions can be difficult. "Excelencia" in Education responds to this challenge by linking research, policy, and practice that supports higher educational achievement for Latino students. Premier in this effort is… [PDF]

Baeyens, Frank; Beckers, Tom; De Ceulaer, Annick; Hermans, Dirk; Kerkhof, Ineke; Vansteenwegen, Debora (2005). Extinction and Renewal of Pavlovian Modulation in Human Sequential Feature Positive Discrimination Learning. Learning & Memory, v12 n2 p178-192 Mar. Using a conditioned suppression task, we investigated extinction and renewal of Pavlovian modulation in human sequential Feature Positive (FP) discrimination learning. In Experiment 1, in context a participants were first trained on two FP discriminations, X[right arrow]A+/A- and Y[right arrow]B+/B-. Extinction treatment was administered in the acquisition context a (\aaa\ group) or in a new context b (\aba\ group), and comprised X[right arrow]A- extinction and Y- control trials. Discriminative X[right arrow]A/A responding was lost in both groups when tested in the extinction context, but partially recovered in the \aba\ and not in the \aaa\ group when tested in the acquisition context, suggesting extinction and renewal of extinguished modulation. The same was observed for the Y[right arrow]B/B control pair, however, questioning whether the loss of discriminative X[right arrow]A/A responding represented genuine extinction of modulation. In Experiment 2, including only \aba\ groups,… [Direct]

De Kerckhove, Derrick (1986). Alphabetic Literacy and Brain Processes. Visible Language, v20 n3 p274-93 Sum. Hypothesizes that writing systems affect cognitive strategies at a deeper level of human information-processing than is generally accepted in present day psychology. Discusses why almost all varieties of alphabets, syllabaries, and consonantal systems have been written to the left while vocalic systems have been written to the right. (JD)…

Trainer, F. E. (1983). Ethical Objectivism-Subjectivism: A Neglected Dimension in the Study of Moral Thought. Journal of Moral Education, v12 n3 p192-207 Oct. The debate between objectivists, who see right and wrong as fixed, and the subjectivists, who see moral positions as the result of human needs and desires, is often neglected in studying moral development and the goals of moral education. Surveys involving 2300 respondents show the importance of this dichotomy. (IS)…

Woods, Thomas S. (1982). Procedures and Policies for Regulating Field-Based Behavioral Technology. Behavioral Disorders, v8 n1 p32-40 Nov. This paper addresses efforts to monitor and control the applications of behavioral technology in human services. A brief review of accountability from a behavioral perspective is followed by viewpoints on the rights of clients subject to behavioral interventions. Three state/provincial efforts at creating policy and guidelines are examined. (Author/CL)…

Kinsbourne, Marcel (1982). Hemispheric Specialization and the Growth of Human Understanding. American Psychologist, v37 n4 p411-20 Apr. Connectionistic notions of hemispheric specialization and use are incompatible with the network organization of the human brain. Although brain organization has correspondence with phenomena at more complex levels of analysis, the correspondence is not categorical in nature, as has been claimed by the left-brain/right-brain theorists. (Author/GC)…

Friedman, Alinda; Polson, Martha Campbell (1981). Hemispheres as Independent Resource Systems: Limited-Capacity Processing and Cerebral Specialization. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, v7 n5 p1031-58 Oct. A framework for understanding how cerebral specialization of function contributes to the flexibility of human information processing is presented. The left and right hemispheres together form a system of two mutually inaccessible and finite pools of resources which cannot be made available in different amounts at any given time. (Author/RD)…

Hendryx, Stephen W. (1980). In Defense of the Homosexual Teacher. Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, v56 n4 p74-84 Fall. Educators can strengthen students' commitment to the value of human dignity by openly affirming the homosexual teacher's right to teach. Common myths concerning homosexuality are explored and a history of homosexuality in education is given. Cultural, religious, psychological, and physiological points of view on the question of homosexuality are examined. (JN)…

Sheats, Paul H.; Smith, Lynda T. (1976). A Period of Divergent Influences, 1941-1950. NUEA Spectator, 40, 24, 16-8, Jun 76. World War II dramatically increased the scope of higher education/university extension. Two other forces creating educational change were the GI Bill of Rights (1944) and the President's Commission on Higher Education (1947). New directions included postgraduate professional training, labor education, human relations training, interagency coordination, and community development. (EA)…

Battin, Patricia; Sitts, Maxine K. (1989). Institutions Have Moral Responsibility to Preserve Great Book Collections. Educational Record, v70 n2 p54-55 Spr. The ethics of book preservation are the same ethics held by institutions of higher learning: equitable access to information; protection of individual rights to privacy in using those resources; development of collections that are unbiased records of diverse viewpoints; and preservation of the human record with all its variety. (MLW)…