(2013). Self-Assessment and Reflection in a 1st Semester Course for Software Engineering Students. International Association for Development of the Information Society, Paper presented at the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) (Fort Worth, TX, Oct 22-24, 2013). How can student self-assessment be used as a tool and become beneficial for both lecturers and students? We used a simple self-assessment tool for pre- and post-testing on a first-semester engineering course. The students graded their knowledge on human-computer interaction based on their ability to understand and explain specific concepts. The assessment tool was inspired by the SOLO-model. The assessment tool promoted practice reflections on the academic concepts. In the pre-test the students became aware of specific academic expectations in the course and they got to grade the gap between their own current knowledge and what would be expected at the end of the course. The lecturer could right from the beginning sharpen the academic semester plan based on the assessment results. The post-test could be used by the students as a tool for grading their knowledge in preparation for the final exam. From the lecturer's perspective the post assessment was useful in optimising the course… [PDF]
(2013). Temporal Expectation in Focal Hand Dystonia. Brain, v136 n2 p444-454 Feb. Patients with writer's cramp present sensory and representational abnormalities relevant to motor control, such as impairment in the temporal discrimination between tactile stimuli and in pure motor imagery tasks, like the mental rotation of corporeal and inanimate objects. However, only limited information is available on the ability of patients with dystonia to process the time-dependent features (e.g. speed) of movement in real time. The processing of time-dependent features of movement has a crucial role in predicting whether the outcome of a complex motor sequence, such as handwriting or playing a musical passage, will be consistent with its ultimate goal, or results instead in an execution error. In this study, we sought to evaluate the implicit ability to perceive the temporal outcome of different movements in a group of patients with writer's cramp. Fourteen patients affected by writer's cramp in the right hand and 17 age- and gender-matched healthy subjects were recruited… [Direct]
(2013). Resolving Interference between Body Movements: Retrieval-Induced Forgetting of Motor Sequences. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, v39 n4 p1152-1161 Jul. When body movements are stored in memory in an organized manner, linked to a common retrieval cue like the effector with which to execute the movement, interference may arise as soon as one initiates the execution of a specific body movement in the presence of the retrieval cue because related motor programs also are activated. We investigated the resolution of such interference between motor programs. Participants learned several sequential finger movements, each consisting of the movement of 2 fingers of either the left or the right hand. Subsequently, they performed retrieval practice on half of the items of 1 hand. A final recall test then assessed memory for all initially learned items. In 3 experiments, retrieval-induced forgetting occurred; that is, retrieval practice impaired the recall of unpracticed movements belonging to the practiced hand. The results suggest that retrieval-based inhibition resolved interference between motor programs pertaining to the same hand, thereby… [Direct]
(2013). Without Discipleship: A Psychoanalytic Study of Influence for Education. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, v21 n3 p361-382. While psychoanalytic and educational research consistently document a fraught relation between the two fields, they share in common the problem of how to influence others in the direction of psychical and perhaps more so in the case of education, social change. And yet, the changes at stake in psychoanalytic theory do not proceed from conscious effort or the right kind of knowledge. In this paper, I consider the problem of influence as an ironic registration marked not by the analyst's intention, insight or charisma, but by her capacity to survive the disillusionment of these ideals in the face of the analysand's regressive crises. Drawing on two analytic pairings (Loewald/Lear and Winnicott/Little), I show that the foundation of psychical change proceeds not from instruction or insight but, from the opposite direction: or, the analysand's regression. For education, what remains is a question of how the teacher can survive not only the helplessness of her own helping… [Direct]
(2004). Funding Federal Civil Rights Enforcement: 2005. US Commission on Civil Rights The year 2004 marks 40 years since Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and 50 years since the two historic Brown v. Board of Education cases. In recognition of the anniversaries, Americans are gathering to take stock of how much has been accomplished, and how much yet must be done to ensure equality for all. The substandard conditions in which many minority citizens still live makes it imperative that agencies charged with enforcing the laws that protect civil rights possess sufficient funding to do so. The United States Commission on Civil Rights's Office of Civil Rights Evaluation (OCRE), over a period of years, has reviewed data relevant to civil rights enforcement funding, staffing, and workload levels. This year, OCRE analyzed data representing fiscal years 1994 to 2005 for: (1) the U.S. Department of Education (DOEd), Office for Civil Rights (OCR); (2) the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division (CRD); (3) the U.S. Department of Health and Human… [PDF]
(1999). How To Serve and Organize the Abandoned Poor: A Human Rights Spiritual Case Study Manual. This guide is designed to help social workers, social activists, members of religious organizations, police officers, urban planners, and anyone interested in working with disadvantaged people. Case studies and examples from the experiences of real people are given to make the discussion practical. Each chapter contains a series of questions and answers that illustrate the precepts of serving and organizing efforts for the abandoned poor. The introductory chapters discuss the human person and present a philosophical and principled approach to their problems. Other chapters provide detailed and concrete accounts of methods and techniques for training people for social activism and leadership. Among the topics discussed is self-help by the poor at the neighborhood and community levels. The final chapter contains specific advice for establishing a nonprofit agency that includes members of the community being served. Eight appendixes reinforce many of the chapters with detailed… [PDF]
(1996). The Somalia Inquiry: What Does It Have to Do with Us? Focus on Human Rights. Canadian Social Studies, v30 n2 p53-55 Win. Explores the recent scandal concerning Canadian paratroopers' conduct during the United Nations relief and peacekeeping efforts. Three soldiers from an elite commando unit tortured and murdered an unarmed Somali teenager. Government investigation of this incident has focused on racist ideology, socialization of recruits, and chain-of-command responsibility. (MJP)…
(1995). John F. Kennedy and Constitutionalism, Democracy and Human Rights in Latin America: Promise and Performance. New England Journal of History, v52 n2 p38-57 Fall. Summarizes the sometimes confusing and contradictory efforts of the John F. Kennedy administration to encourage the development of democratic political processes in Latin America. Although sincere, Kennedy's efforts often were stymied by resistance from the local power structure and his own Central Intelligence Agency. Eventually, anti-communist considerations dominated the Latin American policy. (MJP)…
(2001). African Mother-Tongue Programmes and the Politics of Language: Linguistic Citizenship versus Linguistic Human Rights. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v22 n4 p339-55. Proposes a notion of linguistic citizenship as a way of capturing how issues of language may be accorded a central place in the arena of education and politics. Offers both sociopolitical and theoretical rationales for an integrative view of language policy and planning in the context of education, combining an academic and social analysis of language political issues that support a transformative approach to issues of language and democracy. (Author/VWL)…
(2004). Teaching about Global Human Rights for Global Citizenship: Action Research in the Social Studies Curriculum. Social Studies, v95 n1 p16 Jan-Feb. What are my rights? What can I do if my rights are violated? Who has the right to do that?Questions like these are easily articulated by most students in the United States because from an early age they frequently receive socially diffused rights messages in virtually every aspect of their lives. The United States has been described as a highly legalistic society or a polity of laws, not people. That tradition is indeed one of the hallmarks of the U.S. democracy. Television and film media illustrate that claim, awash as they are with references to laws, statutes, adjudication, and police work. Because young people, particularly adolescents, are great consumers of those visual texts, they imbibe a general understanding of, and perhaps even a taste for, this national legal fixation. The same is true for classrooms, with rights and litigation issues taking precedence over all other civic ideas, according to Avery (2002). Much of what constitutes formal rights education in the United…
(2018). Re-Conceptualizing the Role of Chief Diversity Officer within Small, Private, Four-Year Colleges. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Immaculata University. To accomplish the important work of diversifying the student body, staff, faculty and administrators in order to create a welcoming and inclusive culture, many institutions of higher education have installed an executive leader to serve as the organization's chief officer of diversity, with the objective of infusing diversity into the college or university mission in a manner that meaningfully affects internal stakeholders and external stakeholders alike. This study explored how the chief officers of diversity within small, private, four-year, colleges have conceptualized their role, giving consideration to modern structural and operational conventions of chief diversity officers, to the missions of the institutions, and to any theological underpinnings. This study examined the four principle organizational components that affect the productivity and effectiveness of the chief officer of diversity and are affected by the productivity and effectiveness of the chief officer of… [Direct]
(2001). The Dangerous Right to Human Education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, v20 n3 p279-81 May. Uses the theories of Michel Foucault to support the contention that the educational system normalizes and disciplines the individual rather than stimulates the development of personal potential. Argues that children should be allowed to co-author the contracts they have with their educators; in this way education can serve to empower the child. (NB)…
(2015). END 2015: International Conference on Education and New Developments. Conference Proceedings (Porto, Portugal, June 27-29, 2015). Online Submission We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. Our International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. Our goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and bring together academics, scholars, practitioners and… [PDF]
(1991). Transcending Difference: The Place of the Classics in the Curriculum of the '90s. A close examination of the classics of western civilization reveals values that transcend any narrow definition and so absolve the classical tradition from the accusations leveled against it for being mere "representations" of the dominant culture. The classical tradition, with its values of individualism, freedom, and human dignity, has always, at its best, sought to affirm a wisdom that transcends race, gender, and nationality. Grove City College has initiated a revision of its core curriculum–a three-year sequence entitled the "Civilization Series" that guides every student through the great literary, philosophical, and religious works of western civilization and introduces them to other major world civilizations. New Historicism's diminishment of the classics to mere curiosities of a particular mindset of a particular time elevates the half truth of a work's historical context into the full truth about that work. Dante's use of Beatrice in "The Divine… [PDF]
(2014). The Complex Normative Foundations of Language Policy. Language Policy, v13 n4 p317-333 Nov. The language policy of a liberal democratic state must be formulated in a context of multiple, often conflicting sets of interests and of normative constraints that limit the means by which the liberal state can manage these interests. The interests at stake are, first, those of the individual, for whom language is viewed both instrumentally, and as a matter of identity. The state has an interest in homogenizing the linguistic repertoires of its members to a degree sufficient to achieve the functions that states must by their very nature serve. To the extent that it views itself as just, it must also respond to the demands for linguistic diversity that emerge, for example, in federal and in postcolonial contexts. Finally, there may be an interest shared by all humans in preserving linguistic diversity. These sets of interests predictably generate conflicts, which a broadly liberal state must manage while respecting the normative constraints of state neutrality, and of individual… [Direct]