(2011). Teaching the Art of Employee Discipline to Educational Leadership Candidates. International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, v6 n3 Jul-Sep. This activity is designed to be utilized in a School Law class, but is also appropriate for a class in Human Resources. Holding students and staff accountable for their actions is essential to a well run school. School principals are prepared to deal with student accountability and student discipline issues, but rarely are principals ready to deal with behavioral infractions by staff members. This instructional module insures that the educational leadership student will understand due process rights, the doctrine of progressive discipline, and how to hold staff members accountable through documentation. The critical skill that the educational leadership student will obtain from this activity is the ability to write a thorough and legally sound letter of reprimand or warning addressed to a school employee to lay the foundation for possible further disciplinary action, including dismissal. The letter of reprimand or warning written by the educational leadership student will be… [PDF]
(2011). Mary Wollstonecraft and Catharine Macaulay on Education. Oxford Review of Education, v37 n5 p603-617. Catharine Macaulay and Mary Wollstonecraft are linked by intellectual and political bonds; for both, education is a philosophical and political preoccupation in its own right, and also interacts with philosophical questions of morality, social power, theology, truth and human action. Macaulay's philosophical and political engagements with Hobbes, Burke and with 18th-century deism lend a particular cast to her theory of education, and influenced Wollstonecraft who shares a good deal of Macaulay's critical reading of Locke and Rousseau on education. They both focus in particular on the relationships between authority, social power and gender that structure Rousseau's pedagogy. Their method of criticism, as well as their developed evaluations of equality and friendship, are notably significant for later feminist and social theory, although their position on truth and rationality in connection with theology is not. For later social theorists the "social constructivism" and… [Direct]
(2016). A Latina Theological Reflection on Education, Faith, Love, and Beauty. Journal of Catholic Education, v19 n2 Article 2 Jan. In this article, Cecilia Gonz√°lez-Andrieu presents what she defines as a theological reflection. She writes that it is theological in that she engages jointly faith and reason, the religious tradition of the Catholic Church and the contemporary situation. What makes it theological "reflection" is that it arises out of a community of belief not only from data or theories but from hearts fully engaged in a shared and sacred story of a loving God. Here the author defines the goal of the Catholic religious education tradition as forming new generations whose gifts of intellect and wisdom will be guided by a coherent understanding of God's longing for a world full of love. The author argues that a radical stance about the basic right to education is a theological necessity for a well-articulated Catholic faith and not an "add on" or an "option" arising from particular political leanings. Universal access to quality education is not "politically… [PDF]
(2011). Teaching about Homosexualities to Nigerian University Students: A Report from the Field. Gender and Education, v23 n4 p367-383. Nigeria's diverse cultures, religions and political parties appear to be unified by a strong taboo against homosexuality and gay rights. This has affected academic research, HIV/AIDS programmes, and sexuality education, all which commonly show evidence of heterosexism, self-censorship and even explicit condemnations of homosexuality. Yet a dissident discourse in Nigeria, as well as research from elsewhere in the region, suggests that this appearance of unity may belie greater openness to the issues than assumed. Indeed, research shows that (1) many African societies are traditionally more accommodating toward non-normative sexualities than contemporary nationalist or cultural claims would allow, and (2) secretive "bisexuality" is more common in practice (and tacitly acknowledged) than previously understood. Is it possible then that the presumption of homophobia and the fear of backlash that has clearly contributed to heterosexism and self-censorship in scholarship around… [Direct]
(2012). Making the Argument. Science Teacher, v79 n5 p46-50 Jul. The effects of environmental pollutants on human and environmental health are a growing concern. Little science curriculum focuses specifically on environmental health, and little data exists on the extent to which environmental health is taught on a national level. Students have the right to access information that can enable them to make informed choices. In the political arena, legislators, lobbyists, environmental groups, and other stakeholders argue from vastly different perspectives issues of environmental health, such as the causes and consequences of global warming. Scientists, for their part, use argumentation to make progress in developing and supporting coherent theories. For several decades, education researchers have argued for the need to integrate scientific argumentation into the high school science classroom. Scientific argumentation involves making claims, supporting them with evidence, providing \warrants\ or reasoning for how the evidence supports the claims,… [Direct]
(2012). Essays on the Economics of Higher Education. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Oregon. This dissertation is comprised of two essays that broadly consider the role human capital plays in the matching process between individuals and institutions and builds on prior education literature that has found growing evidence that economic choices and opportunities are inextricably linked to human capital investment. The essays in this dissertation also build on the labor-economic tradition of bringing to bear new data sources that involve both collecting new data and combining these data with previously existing data sources in new ways so as to permit the study of interesting issues that could not have been addressed in the absence of these data. Using recent institutional data from the oldest stand-alone honors college in the country, Chapter II of this dissertation studies how the application and enrollment decisions of honors college students differ from the general population of students considering a large public university. Overall, the results suggest that honors college… [Direct]
(2017). The Corporate Assault on Higher Education and Union Responses. Thought & Action, v33 n2 p11-36 Sum. Higher education is under siege by a barrage of policy initiatives that aim to fundamentally transform the academy. The most visible and most sustained assault has come in the form of funding cuts. Nationally, funding for public higher education was 18 percent lower in 2016 than in 2008, amounting to a $10 billion total disinvestment. In many states, cuts to higher education funding were made not as a fiscal necessity but as an affirmative policy choice, often instituted at the same time that legislators created new tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. Beyond budget cuts, higher education has been hit from multiple directions by policy initiatives that threaten to radically alter what it means to teach or to learn in postsecondary institutions. These policies are part of a coherent and well-coordinated agenda fueled by the largest and most powerful political forces in the country: the nation's premier corporate lobbies. At the state level, corporate lobbying is coordinated by… [Direct]
(2010). Girls' and Women's Education within Unesco and the World Bank, 1945-2000. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, v40 n4 p405-423 Jul. By 2000, girls' and women's education was a priority for international development organisations. While studies have examined the impact of recent campaigns and programmes, there has been less exploration of ideas about girls' and women's education within development thought in the immediate post-colonial period, and the political mechanisms through which this came to be a global concern. Through a study of policy documents, this paper investigates how the education of girls and women came to be prioritised within the two principle UN agencies involved with education since 1945, the World Bank and Unesco. A shift in priorities is evident, from ensuring formal rights and improving the status of women, to expanding the productive capacities of women, fertility control and poverty reduction. While the ascendance of human capital theory provided a space for a new perception of the role of women's education in development, in other policy arenas women's education was central to exploring… [Direct]
(1996). The Academic Librarian's Human Resources Handbook. Employer Rights and Responsibilities. This handbook offers "how to" guidance on library management and provides a single source for laws, regulations, executive orders, guidelines, and court decisions on employee and employer rights and responsibilities. Detailed information is provided on: recruiting and selecting personnel; the employment relationship; wages and hours; employee benefits; health, safety, and privacy; discipline and discharge; and disability and workers compensation. It covers routine procedures and regulations, such as those for social security, as well as issues such as discrimination in the workplace. One chapter, "What To Do Before You Phone an Attorney," covers such concerns as violations of employee rights, reassignments, and personal problems. Potential management difficulties are also discussed and case problems with suggestions for resolution are presented. (AEF)…
(2010). On the Difference between Designing Children and Raising Them: Ethics and the Use of Educationally Oriented Biotechnology. Mind, Brain, and Education, v4 n2 p53-67 Jun. The use of educationally oriented biotechnology has grown drastically in recent decades and is likely to continue to grow. Advances in both the neurosciences and genetics have opened up important areas of application and industry, from psychopharmacology to gene-chip technologies. This article reviews the current state of educationally oriented biological technologies, eventually focusing on the use of psychiatric drugs with children and adolescents to improve their academic performance. Distinguishing between \good\ and \bad\ uses of biological technologies is complicated by conflicting theoretical views about human development, the etiology of disability, and the diagnostic categories that structure treatments. To address these issues I introduce a set of ethical concepts, which are based on a biopsychosocial approach to human development. The difference between \designing children\ and \raising children\ marks an ethically salient difference between approaches that focus on only… [Direct]
(2013). Nature and Causes of Locomotor Disabilities in India. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, p48-62 Win. A large proportion of disability around the world is preventable. Levels of disability in many poor countries can be reduced by achieving the international development targets for economic, social and human development. In this paper, the author studied the different contributory and causative factors of locomotor disability, disease states and the significance of poverty in relation to disability in Eastern part of India. Final data were collected from 200 people with locomotor disability by personally visiting each individual and their family at their home or institutes on the basis of personal interviews, discussions with them, their parents and teachers. Data were collected by situational sampling technique and tools used for the study were General information schedule (GIS) and Semi-structured interview schedule. The study revealed that various diseases which resulted in locomotor disability in some way were related to poverty. The nature and causative factors for various… [PDF]
(2013). Changing Grassroots Communities and Lifelong Learning in Japan. Comparative Education, v49 n1 p42-56. Japanese "community" is falling apart. This is caused by the combination of two problems: on the one hand, people are feeling their existence to be less and less stable and their reality is being shaken; on the other hand, the sense of values in the society is becoming more and more diversified and fluid. In the background of the two problems are three issues facing society: the rapidly declining birth rate and aging and dwindling population; the prolonged economic depression and destabilised employment; and the destruction of communal ties among inhabitants due to change in grassroots communities and the increasing isolation of individuals comprising the so-called "no-bondage society." What is attracting more and more attention by policymakers addressing the two crises is lifelong learning. Challenges facing lifelong learning in Japan do not simply mean the acquisition of competency as often discussed in Western countries. More importantly, they are about how we… [Direct]
(2011). The Impact of Salient Advertisements on Reading and Attention on Web Pages. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, v17 n2 p174-190 Jun. Human vision is sensitive to salient features such as motion. Therefore, animation and onset of advertisements on Websites may attract visual attention and disrupt reading. We conducted three eye tracking experiments with authentic Web pages to assess whether (a) ads are efficiently ignored, (b) ads attract overt visual attention and disrupt reading, or (c) ads are covertly attended with distraction showing up indirectly in the reading performance. The Web pages contained an ad above a central text and another ad to the right of the text. In Experiments 1, 2, and 3A the task was to read for comprehension. Experiment 1 examined whether the degree of animation affects attention toward the ads. The results showed that ads were overtly attended during reading and that the dwell times on ads were the longest when the ad above was static and the other ad was animated. In Experiments 2 and 3, the ads appeared abruptly after a random time interval. The results showed that attention (i.e.,… [Direct]
(2010). What Jim Crow's Teachers Could Do: Educational Capital and Teachers' Work in Under-Resourced Schools. Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, v42 n4 p329-350 Nov. This article explains how Jim Crow's teachers–former teachers of legally segregated schools for blacks–prepared and motivated disadvantaged students in spite of funding and resource deprivation. According to the author, black teachers fashioned situated pedagogies for the acquisition of educational capital that could be used in exchange for jobs, rights, and social power. Findings reveal three strategies of opportunity which provide some clues to how urban teachers today can educate poor children of color in under-resourced schools, such as generating materials and supplies, situating curriculum and instruction, and mobilizing human resources. The analysis draws upon 44 oral history interviews with former teachers in the coastal plains of North Carolina, as well as secondary historical sources…. [Direct]
(1983). Cases of Discrimination against Native People and Settlements of These Cases: From the Files of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, 1978-1982. Canadian Journal of Native Education, v11 n1 p20-26. In connection with Ontario Ministry of Education high school curriculum guidelines on teaching about Native peoples, eight case studies of discrimination against Canada Natives, and court settlements of these cases, can be used with nine suggested learning activities to help students recognize the effects of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. (MH)…