(1995). Creating Caring and Ethical Communities in Rural, Small Schools. Rural, Small Schools Network Information Exchange: Number 18, Spring 1995. This packet includes reprints of articles concerning the development of a caring and ethical rural school community. The four sections of the packet overview theories and rationale for developing a caring classroom, successful programs in ethical schools and classrooms, leadership and decision making for building a caring and ethical school community, and resources for creating a caring and ethical school community. Articles include: (1) "Getting Started in Schools" (Nel Noddings); (2) "Building an Ethical School: A Theory for Practice in Educational Leadership" (Robert J. Starratt); (3) "Citizenship Education for a Pluralistic Democratic Society" (James A. Banks); (4) "Children and Peace: An Opportunity for Inquiry" (JoAnn Harvey); (5) "Raising Students' Social Consciousness in South Hadley, Massachusetts" (Anita Page); (6) "Today's Kids Care about Social Action" (Barbara A. Lewis); (7) "A Democracy of Third… [PDF]

Moore, Kristina M., Ed.; And Others (1995). Making Sense of Federal Employment and Training Policy for Youth and Adults. Volume II: Expert Recommendations To Create a Comprehensive and Unified System. This document contains 27 essays and 5 policy statements regarding creation of a comprehensive and unified federal employment and training policy for youth and adults. The following essays are included: \In Search of the American Way\ (Wills); \Rethink the Demand Side\ (Smith); \The Federal Government as a Change Agent\ (Nathan); \Making Sense of Federal Job Training Policy\ (Spring); \Why Consolidation?\ (Twomey); \Creating a National Human Resources Development System\ (McGuire); \Future Directions for Employment & Training Policy\ (Ganzglass); \Let's Build a System, Finally\ (Butler); \Reinventing Federal Training Programs\ (Carnevale); \Advancing America's Workforce\ (Sofranac); \A Stitch in Time…Designing a Seamless Delivery System\ (Pines); \A Labor Look at Job Training in 1995\ (Roberts); \Youth Perspectives: Voices from the San Francisco Youth Coalition\ (Eagleson, Bacher, Quizon); \Job Training Reform, Youth Development & Youth Corps\ (Moore); \Approaching a New Era of… [PDF]

(1995). APPA: Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers Educational Conference and Annual Meeting Proceedings (82nd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 16-18, 1995). The 23 papers presented in this Proceedings are grouped into four categories: business management; facilities planning, design, and construction; human resource management; and energy and environment. Papers are: (1) \A Business Approach to the Facility Function\ (Alan B. Abramson); (2) \Management by Strategic Planning\ (Jerry C. Black); (3) \Physical Plant: Competing in the 21st Century\ (R. J. Carter); (4) \Rightsourcing Your Facility Services\ (James B. Clayton); (5) \A Rental Model for University Space\ (Robert Grant and Alan Neilson); (6) \Strategic Planning as a Tool for Improved Facilities Management\ (Donald L. Mackel and Rodney Rose); (7) \Reengineering Caretaking at the University of Toronto\ (Jim Stanley); (8) \Preserving 'In-House' Physical Plants\ (James O. Roberts); (9) \Integrated Building Commissioning Case Study: University of Washington Chemistry Building\ (Richard B. Casault); (10) \HVAC System Commissioning\ (Rebecca Thatcher Ellis, James J. Sebesta); (11)…

Simmons, John S., Ed. (1994). Censorship: A Threat to Reading, Learning, Thinking. Pointing out that censorship is undermining the goals of education and plaguing all areas of the curriculum, this collection of essays considers many areas in which students' right to read is being infringed. The collection offers thought-provoking perspectives on the methods used by protesters to remove books and materials from classrooms and libraries and outlines the rationales behind censors' motivations. The purpose is to help elementary and secondary teachers, administrators, and media specialists learn how to write rationales for textbooks and literature selections, and to help concerned citizens discover ways to take action against censors. The essays are (1) "Dimensions of Critical Reading: Focus on Censorship Elements" (J. S. Simmons); (2) "Critical Literacy versus Censorship across the Curriculum" (J. A. Whitson); (3) "Tactics Used to Remove Books and Courses from Schools" (E. B. Jenkinson); (4) "Censorship and the 'New Age'" (R. J….

McCracken, Janet Brown, Ed. (1986). Reducing Stress in Young Children's Lives. Few adults deliberately set out to cause children stress or to teach them how to deal with it, yet adults do just that with every word, action, and reaction. This book collects work in the field of human development on how adults can help children learn to cope with stress. Each of the 30 chapters previously appeared in "Young Children," the professional journal of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The chapters are grouped into such topics as coping with expected challenges, strengthening contemporary families, making sure that adults do not contribute to children's stress, and a review of stress research. The chapter titles include: (1) "Lobster on the Sidewalk: Understanding and Helping Children with Fears" (Hyson); (2) "Living with He-Man: Managing Superhero Fantasy Play" (Kostelnik and others); (3) "Sex Education with Young Children" (Koblinsky and others); (4) "Preparing Young Children for…

Darwin, Clayton M. (1995). "Now, This Is a True Story.". This paper presents a cultural/historical interpretation of "The Education of Little Tree," a children's book by the late Forrest Carter. The 1976 book, which sold over 700,000 copies and was widely used in classrooms to present Native American values and lifestyles, is the story of an orphaned boy named Little Tree, raised by his Cherokee grandparents in the Tennessee mountains during the Depression. Because the book's cover carried the subtitle "A True Story by Forrest Carter," critics charge that the author presented the book as an autobiography and true representation of Native American culture. In 1991, Forrest Carter was exposed as the late Asa Earl Carter, a Ku Klux Klan terrorist and right-wing radio announcer. The revelations caused an upheaval among readers and proponents of Carter's work. This paper suggests that Carter's representation of the book as a "true story" simply reflects a cultural tradition of storytelling in the South and that… [PDF]

Phillips, Amy L., Ed. (1996). Playing for Keeps: Supporting Children's Play. Topics in Early Childhood Education, Volume 2. Changes in our world have made it more difficult for children to find protected, exciting places to play and interesting, satisfactory things to play with. This edited volume, resulting from the collaboration of Bank Street College (New York, New York), Erikson Institute (Chicago, Illinois), Pacific Oaks College (Pasadena, California), and Wheelock College (Boston, Massachusetts), focuses on children's play and how their play and learning may be supported in early childhood settings. Section 1 examines play education research and suggests methods for training professionals to facilitate play. Chapters are: (1) "Play in Early Childhood Development and Education: Issues and Questions" (Joan B. McLane and Others); (2) "The Value of Play as Perceived by Wheelock College Freshmen" (Edgar Klugman); (3) "The Meaning of Play: Perspectives from Pacific Oaks College," (Mary Beth Lakin); (4) "Reflections on Play: Learning from Student Teacher…

Joubert, Dian, Ed.; Mouton, Johann, Ed. (1990). Knowledge and Method in the Human Sciences. HSRC Series in Methodology. Issues and themes in the contemporary social sciences are explored in a collection of papers by South African scholars. Thirty-five papers are organized by 10 themes. The first theme, metatheory in the social sciences, includes: "Beyond Relativism in the Natural and Social Sciences" (M. Hesse); and "A Critique of Bhaskar's Transformational Model of Social Activity" (R. Miller). The second theme, which covers recent trends in specific disciplines, includes: "Recent Trends in Psychological Methodology" (P. du Preez). The third theme, interpretation and rationality, includes: "Linguistic Models and Hermeneutics Methods: Rethinking Dilthey through Gadamer and Ricoeur" (T. Louw). The fourth theme, morality and ethics in the practice of social research, includes: "State Censorship, Research in the Human Sciences and Library Resources in South Africa" (C. Merrett). The fifth theme, cultural and media studies, includes: "Paradigms in…

Reynolds, Maynard C., Ed.; And Others (1982). Foundations of Teacher Preparation: Responses to Public Law 94-142. Papers and critiques are presented which were delivered at a conference designed to stimulate ideas and actions among foundations of education faculty members. Six foundations professors who had experience with Dean's Grant Projects were selected to deliver the papers, while seven foundations professors were chosen to present critiques. The introduction to this publication, by Maynard C. Reynolds, gives an overview of the effects of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975) and of the Dean's Grants Program on educational theory courses. In the first paper, "The Mandate for Equity in Education: Another Challenge for Foundational Teacher Preparation," Christopher J. Lucas urges philosophic inquiry into the ambiguities and challenges presented to teachers by Public Law 94-142. Critiques of Lucas' themes are by Donna R. Barnes and Victor L. Worsfold. The second paper, "All the Children of All the People: Public Law 94-142 and America's… [PDF]

(1962). PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE NCCSS. A REPORT OF A CONFERENCE ON THE ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEMS OF SPANISH SPEAKING MIGRANTS AND RESIDENTS OF MEXICAN, PUERTO RICAN, AND CUBAN ORIGIN ARE PRESENTED. AMONG THE LIST OF THE CHAPTER TITLES AND THE ADDRESSES PRESENTED UNDER EACH HEADING ARE–(1) LATIN AMERICAN IDEOLOGY–"CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING AND ANGLO COMMUNITIES,""THE SPANISH SPEAKING IN THE US.S. TODAY,""THE SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS OF THE SPANISH SPEAKING,""THE SPANISH-SPEAKING PERSON AND THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY,""COLORADO FEDERATION OF LATIN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS,""EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LATIN AMERICANS,""THE LATIN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES," (2) U.S. CITIZENS OF MEXICAN ORIGIN–"THE PERSON OF MEXICAN ORIGIN IN THE SOUTH,""THE PERSON OF MEXICAN ORIGIN IN THE MIDWEST,""THE PERSON OF MEXICAN ORIGIN IN THE WEST," (3) PUERTO RICANS–"CONDITIONS AFFECTING MIGRATION FROM…

Wilmore, Elaine L. (2004). Principal Induction: A Standards-Based Model for Administrator Development. Corwin Press Many school administrator candidates enter the principalship with great potential, but sometimes lack the critical guidance to ensure success. With the many challenges facing principals daily, it is imperative for new and seasoned principals alike to remain informed, rejuvenated, and passionate about providing students with a quality education and supporting high quality teachers and an effective staff. \Principal Induction\ focuses on the importance of an effective induction process in the recruitment, development, and retention of school principals. The first of its kind, this standards-based format seamlessly weaves the new Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards–resulting from the work of ten leading educational organizations interested in school leadership and improvement–into the principal induction process. Developing this unique approach, while providing encouragement and support, the author produces case studies, professional development activities and… [Direct]

(2001). Child Support and Fatherhood Proposals. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session. These hearings transcripts compile testimony before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means focusing on the performance of the child support enforcement program and providing information on current child support and fatherhood proposals. Oral testimony was heard from eight invited witnesses. Three members of Congress discussed proposals to strengthen child support enforcement through changing the tax code and allowing support money to flow directly to the child's mother rather than to the state. Representatives from various advocacy and community organizations discussed the need to reduce out-of-wedlock births, simplify child support distribution, eliminate the cap on child support federal incentive funding, provide support and help to fathers who want to pay child support but cannot, and emphasize fatherhood as well as marriage in welfare reform authorization. Witnesses emphasized that the child support reform enacted in 1996 substantially improved… [PDF]

Bates, Richard (2005). An Anarchy of Cultures: The Politics of Teacher Education in New Times. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, v33 n3 p231-241 Nov. The Victorian Age was a period of great confusion, of great hope and great despair, of a bourgeois assault upon the aristocracy, of an evangelical assault upon the establishment, of the raised voices of the Wesleyans in the Welsh valleys. In Australia, of course it was the threat of the Yellow Peril and of Russian invasion as well as the emerging Shearer's union and the battle for the eight hour day among the stonemasons at Melbourne University. It was, also, of course, a period where religious certainties were challenged by scientific doubt. The battle between the ethical dilemmas presented by scientific reconceptualization of the human species and the certainties of religious fundamentalism was with people then, as now. Matthew Arnold, Chief Inspector of Her Majesty's schools in 1869, and later Professor of Poetry at Oxford, chose to solve this confusion by joining Adam Smith's century old advocacy of public funded education of the poor. Culture, as well as religion, was to be the… [Direct]

Best, David (2004). Aesthetic and Artistic; Two Separate Concepts: The Dangers of \Aesthetic Education.\ Perspectives. Research in Dance Education, v5 n2 p159-175 Dec. In this essay, the author notes a danger concerning the general approach to teaching about the arts through improper use of the concepts \aesthetic\ and \artistic.\ Observing that both concepts are often used interchangeably, with \aesthetic\ being seen as the more generic term, the author argues that these concepts are separate and should be treated accordingly, especially by educators. He defines each concept and its proper application. The concept of aesthetic, while applicable to other areas beyond the arts, describes an appreciation for or enjoyment of an art form without really understanding why. It is an appreciation that simply exists in its own right. By contrast, the concept of artistic refers to an ability to appreciate and discuss various proposed interpretations of an art form, especially one that has been studied over time to have developed both perception and understanding. The danger in using these concepts within an educational framework stems from the real… [Direct]

Irvine, Colin C. Ed. (2008). Teaching the Novel Across the Curriculum: A Handbook for Educators. Greenwood Press Language arts are at the forefront of education these days. Instructors at all levels are being encouraged to teach writing in their courses, even if those courses cover subjects other than English. Literature instructors have long used fiction to teach composition. But because the novel reflects a broad range of human experiences and historical events, it is the ideal medium for learning about contemporary social issues. This book helps educators learn how to use the novel in courses in English, the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and professional studies. The book is divided into broad sections on general education classes; multiculturalism; literature classes; humanities courses; classes in social, behavioral, and political sciences; and professional studies, such as social work and teacher training. Each section includes chapters written by gifted teachers and provides a wealth of theoretical and practical information. While the book examines major canonical works…

Zapp, Mike (2019). Empowerment for Individual Agency: An Analysis of International Organizations' Curriculum Recommendations. Globalisation, Societies and Education, v17 n2 p231-260. Much recent research stresses the increasing relevance of international organisations (IOs) for national education policymaking. Yet, IOs' curriculum recommendations have remained largely out of scope, although they provide a forceful example of 'soft' governance. Based on a content analysis of 83 documents from 42 inter/-nongovernmental, global and regional organisations involved in international education networks between 1990 and 2015, this paper identifies an expansive field of IOs directing growing attention to such curricular issues as student needs, educational goals and content, as well as issues of teaching and learning. In line with much cross-national curriculum research, analysis provides evidence for the trend towards a global curriculum model stressing empowerment, individual agency and psychosocial development. The article argues that the strong focus on human capabilities and human capital in IOs' curriculum policies reflects wider cultural transformations in… [Direct]

Cheek, Dennis, Ed. (1992). Proceedings of the Annual Technology Literacy Conference. (7th, Alexandria, Virginia, February 6-9, 1992). The following papers are included in these proceedings: \Weaving Technology and Human Affairs\ (B. Hazeltine); \Positivist and Constructivist Understandings about Science and Their Implications for STS Teaching and Learning\ (B. Reeves; C. Ney); \A Modular Conceptual Framework for Technology and Work\ (D. Blandow); \A Time of Uncertainty: The Impact of the Open-ended Time Frame on Biomedical Ethics\ (P. di Virgilo); \Frozen Rhetoric? Public Impact on the Ice-minus Field Trials\ (S. Hagedorn); \Beyond the Right to Die: Reality Versus Abstract Issues\ (R. Mellican); \Technology Adoption and Sub-Sahara African Agriculture: the Sustainable Development Option\ (B. Durosomo); \Environmental Commodification and the Industrialization of Native American Lands\ (J. Byrne, S. Hoffman; C. Martinez); \A Structural Approach to the Environmental Crisis: Energy, Environment, and Underdevelopment\ (K. Ham; R. Wykoff); \After Eve: Various Women's Approaches to Religion, Values, and Science\ (M…. [PDF]

Martz, Carlton (2003). The Bill of Rights in Action, 2002-2003. Bill of Rights in Action, v18-19 2002-2003. This document includes the following issues of this journal: volume 18, number 3, Summer 2002; volume 18, number 4, Fall 2002; volume 19, number 2, Spring 2003; and volume 19, number 3, Summer 2003. The summer 2002 issue of "The Bill of Rights in Action" views problems related to victims of war. It focuses on the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II, the court case that upheld it as constitutional, and subsequent attempts to compensate those held in the camps; examines the massacre of Chinese by Japanese troops just before World War II, and at the war crimes trial following the war; and examines how victims of World War II are attempting to get compensation through lawsuits. Each article includes questions for discussion and writing, a central activity, and a list of book for further reading. The Fall 2002 issue examines issues related to the environment; shows that humans have been experiencing environmental problems since the agricultural… [PDF]

Jin, Yang; Jinming, Xu; Yan,Yu (2005). The Future Reform and Development of Higher Education Teacher Training in China. Chinese Education and Society, v38 n6 p17-38 Nov-Dec. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, as China's society and economy continue to develop and higher education undergoes further reform, higher education teacher training, which is crucial to building a teacher base in institutions of higher education and an effective means of tapping human resources, finds itself at an historic turning point. Where does it stand right now and what defines it? What are its main issues and difficulties and what are the main causes of these problems? How can it continue to develop as it adapts to the demand of the Sixteenth National People's Congress to create a society in which everybody is reasonably well-off and one in which study is the norm, and what does the future hold for it? To answer these questions, the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Education organized a network in 2002 to undertake a special nationwide survey of higher education teacher training. This article reports the findings of that survey. The survey was conducted through… [Direct]

Cheek, Dennis W., Ed.; Cheek, Kim A., Ed. (1995). Proceedings of the National Technological Literacy Conference (10th, Arlington, Virginia, March 2-5, 1995). This collection of 20 papers represents the work of 24 authors with a variety of perspectives on the growth of the science, technology and society movement in the United States in the past 10 years. These essays are seen as a representative sample of the work of the movement. Divided into four sections, Section 1, \General Science, Technology and Society Studies,\ includes: (1) \The Policy Discourse of STS: STS as an Issue Area and Interaction Network\ (Lars Fuglsang); (2) \Public Perception Issues: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology\ (Charles Hagedorn; Susan Allender-Hagedorn); (3) \Controversies over Evolution and Creationism: Toward a Postmodern Historiography of Science\ (Michael Seltzer); (4) \Mathematics: An Important Interface Language for STS\ (Glenda R. Haynie; W. James Haynie); (5) \Women and Genes: Finding the Right Fit\ (Deborah Blizzard); and (6) \Community or Commodity? Reconsidering the Environmental Movements in Taiwan\ (Shih-Jung Hsu; John Byrne). Section… [PDF]

Haldeman, Virginia A., Ed. (1992). American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference (38th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 25-28, 1992). Proceedings. These proceedings contain 70 papers and summaries of panel discussions and workshops. Selected titles are as follows: \Consumer Access to Health Care\ (Jones); \Credit Education for the Disadvantaged Consumer\ (Schuchardt et al.); \The Jouranl of Consumer Affairs\ (Herrmann et al.); \The Consumer's Role in a Changing Marketplace\ (Edwards); \Developing Curricula in Consumer Affairs\ (Widdows); \Developing an Internship Program\ (Douthitt); \CRIS (Consumer Response Information System) in Class\ (Hay); \What Business Consumer Affairs Professionals Want in Graduates\ (Brady); \What Consumer Economics Textbooks Say about Service Contracts\ (Ackerman); \Children and Consumer Decision Making a la Carte\ (Coon, Peterson); \Adoption of Financial Planning Practices by Midlife and Older Women\ (FitzGerald, Foster); \Financial Freeway: A Financial Management Program for the High School\ (Haldeman, Crites); \EFNEP Plus: A Money Management Calendar and Education Program for EFNEP Clientele\…

Grant, Tim, Ed.; Littlejohn, Gail, Ed. (2001). Teaching about Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming. Within the last couple of decades, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased significantly due to human activities. Today climate change is an important issue for humankind. This book provides a starting point for educators to teach about climate change, although there are obstacles caused by the industrialized structure of society and its political structure. The activities presented in this book are based on an interdisciplinary approach, and most of them can be implemented at the elementary and secondary grade levels. The content of the book is divided into five sections. Chapters include: (1) \A Climate of Change: The Context\ (Louise Comeau and Dave Mussell); (2) \The Educational Challenges: A Framework for Teaching about Climate Change\ (Milton McClaren and William Hammond); (3) \The Greenhouse Effect\ (Louise Comeau and Tim Grant); (4) \Gases and Greenhouses: Simple Activities for Exploring Key Concepts\ (Gail Littlejohn and Alex Waters); (5)…

Ho, Kwok Keung; Ma, Qi; Thom, Douglas J. (2005). Educational Leadership in the Spiritual Way: \Whatever Will Be, Will Be\. New Horizons in Education, n52 p117-123 Nov. Background: The article provides a broad, concise overview with the intent to provoke scholarly argument and debate on an illusive, yet majestic, theme. Purpose: In this article, the authors make the case for educational leaders who are spiritual. Argument: The contemporary postmodern world society is very cosmopolitan and pluralistic. The complexities and confusion that result call for individuals in educational leadership roles, at all levels, to truly know themselves and to act out of sound beliefs and values. In human affairs, leadership need be moral, meditative, and enlightened with a clear vision of \the big picture\ and the future. At one time relegated to lower levels of importance, a spiritual approach through service, tolerance, empathy, and empowering those being led has now gained top prominence in theory and practice and will surely continue to do so. Spirituality is deep, internal, and loving. And people of all specific religious persuasions are included, hopefully… [PDF] [PDF]

Sellers, Stephanie (2003). The Experience of a Native American English Professor in Central Pennsylvania. American Indian Quarterly, v27 n1-2 p412-415 Win-Spr. The author is a part-time English faculty at a wealthy, 95 percent Anglo, liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and she is a candidate for a PhD in Native American studies. College administrators and her colleagues know that she is a tribally enrolled Native American (Shawnee). She used her tribal enrollment card for Form I-9 identification when she became employed there four years ago, and she (used to) speak often of her academic endeavors in the Native American discipline. She teaches Native writers and culture as part of her English composition courses, and the course description appears in the college catalog. Despite this general knowing on campus, everything Native American about her and around her is invisible to her coworkers: her personhood, her discipline, Native colleagues in the field, Native owned and produced publications (including her own), and ultimately all Native people and Native history. College administrators proudly laud a campus "Native presence"… [Direct]

Grudzinskii, A.O. (2005). The University as an Entrepreneurial Organization. Russian Education and Society, v47 n1 p7-25 Jan. In the past ten years, the organizationally homogeneous Soviet system of higher education has been transformed into a heterogeneous set of educational structures. The institutional autonomy of educational institutions carrying out programs of higher education allows them considerable freedom in the choice of the means by which they provide for their development. However, due to their diverse nature, these institutions are finding it difficult to construct administrative models that offer uniform practical methods of operations under the new conditions. The processes involved in university development is something new to the sociology of education and administration of Russia. In this article, several questions focusing on the current state of the Russian higher education are addressed. These questions are as follows: (1) What are the real sources of the crisis in major Russian regional universities?; (2) What tasks should they be accomplishing?; and (3) What path of organizational… [Direct]

Costa, Julia; D'Andrea, Maria; Oliveira, Sabrina; Pontes, Loani Cristina Buzo; Santos, Bruna Lima; Santos, Nat√°lia; Tebet, Gabriela G. De C. (2020). Babies' Transition between Family and Early Childhood Education and Care: A Mosaic of Discourses about Quality of Services. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v40 n4-5 p429-448. This article aims to discuss the quality of early childhood education and care in Brazil and the process of infants' and toddlers' "Inserimento" to daycare. The theoretical framework of our arguments is based on the notion of quality of child education as a negotiated concept, and by the Italian concept of "Inserimento." The methodology is based on the Mosaic Approach, a participative method to listen to young children. As part of the methodology, we participated in the "inserimento" process in five municipalities in southeastern Brazil, from 2016 and 2020. Data analysis was based on the pedagogy of listening and on studies on gender and racial relationships. The results show how laws, normative documents, family expectations, planning and routine of childhood education, available toys, space, babies, families, and professionals creates a complex mosaic of discourses about what constitutes the quality of childhood education in the babies' first days in… [Direct]

Bezyak, Jill; Chan, Fong; Kang, Hyun-Ju; Tansey, Timothy; Yan, Min-Chi (2020). Human Resources Professionals' Perspectives on the Use of a Community of Practice to Improve Employment Practices for Individuals with Disabilities. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, v32 n1 p2-13. Background: The hiring of persons with disabilities continues to lag relative to the employment outcomes of persons without disabilities. Objective: The goal of this descriptive study was to examine human resources (HR) professionals' perceived needs and development considerations related to the use of a community of practice (CoP) to improve the hiring and retention of people with disabilities within the context of the technology acceptance model (TAM). Methods: Participants were 190 HR professionals who were recruited through email invitations distributed by HR professional organizations in the Rocky Mountain region. The survey was comprised of items assessing beliefs regarding the usefulness, ease of use, and barriers to engaging in a CoP. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive and t-test analyses. Findings: Findings supported that 43.6% of HR professionals were unfamiliar with the term CoP, while 40.6% were familiar with the term CoP. A series paired-samples t-test revealed… [Direct]

Bigelow, Bill, Ed. (2004). Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice. Volume 2. Revised Edition. Rethinking Schools, Ltd With more than 180,000 copies in print, the first volume of "Rethinking Our Classrooms" broke new ground, providing teachers with hands-on ways to promote values of community, justice, and equality–and build students' academic skills. This companion volume continues in that tradition, presenting a rich new collection of from-the-classroom articles, curriculum ideas, lesson plans, poetry, and resources–all grounded in the realities of school life. "Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2" is an essential book for every educator who seeks to pair concerns for social justice with students' academic achievement. This book is divided into six parts. Part I, The Power of Words, contains the following: (1) Where I'm From: Inviting Students' Lives into the Classroom (Linda Christensen); (2) "Where I'm From" (George Ella Lyon); (3) "I Am From Soul Food and Harriet Tubman" (Lealonni Blake); (4) "I Am From Pink Tights and Speak Your Mind" (Djamila… [Direct]

Singh, Madhu (2018). Pathways to Empowerment: Recognizing the Competences of Syrian Refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Since 2011, millions of Syrians have fled brutal conflict in their homeland to seek refuge in other countries. Millions more remain internally displaced. More than 5.7 million children and youth are in need of educational assistance as a result of this bloody and protracted war (OCHA, 2015) and, with no political solution in sight, it seems likely that the refugee crisis will continue to have a profound impact on neighbouring countries and their education systems. This study examines the issue of valuing and recognizing the non-formal learning and individual competences of Syrian refugee youths (adolescents) and young adults as a means of empowering them, for example to gain a qualification, to enter employment or to escape poverty and social exclusion. Such pathways to empowerment, of course, depend on a range of other factors, such as the prevailing social and economic arrangements and the acknowledgement of political and civic rights, as well as opportunities for education and… [PDF]

Friedman, Ori; Van de Vondervoort, Julia W. (2015). Parallels in Preschoolers' and Adults' Judgments about Ownership Rights and Bodily Rights. Cognitive Science, v39 n1 p184-198 Jan. Understanding ownership rights is necessary for socially appropriate behavior. We provide evidence that preschoolers' and adults' judgments of ownership rights are related to their judgments of bodily rights. Four-year-olds (n = 70) and adults (n = 89) evaluated the acceptability of harmless actions targeting owned property and body parts. At both ages, evaluations did not vary for owned property or body parts. Instead, evaluations were influenced by two other manipulations–whether the target belonged to the agent or another person, and whether that other person approved of the action. Moreover, these manipulations influenced judgments for owned objects and body parts in the same way: When the other person approved of the action, participants' judgments were positive regardless of who the target belonged to. In contrast, when that person disapproved, judgments depended on who the target belonged to. These findings show that young children grasp the importance of… [Direct]