(1999). A Core Curriculum & Training Program To Prepare Paraeducators To Work in Center & Home Based Programs for Young Children with Disabilities from Birth to Age Five. Second Edition. These instructional materials are designed to provide personnel developers and trainers with resources that can be used to improve the performance of paraeducators working in center-based and home visitor programs for young children with disabilities from birth to age 5. The modules cover: (1) strengthening the instructional team, the roles of paraeducators working in inclusive environments for young children, and communication and problem solving; (2) human and legal rights of children with disabilities and their families; (3) principles of human development and factors that may impede typical human development; (4) the instructional process (individualized education and family services plans, assessment, data collection, goals and objectives, instructional interventions, and facilitating inclusion using developmentally appropriate activities); (5) working with families; (6) appreciating diversity; and (7) emergency, health, and safety procedures. The format for the instructional… [PDF]
(1999). A Core Curriculum & Training Program To Prepare Paraeducators To Work in Transitional Services and Supported Employment Programs. Second Edition. These instructional materials are designed to improve the performance of paraeducators working in transitional services and supported employment for teenagers and young adults with disabilities. The competency-based program helps participants to learn skills they can apply immediately, to accept new practices, and to increase their understanding of education issues. The modules cover: (1) strengthening the instructional team, roles of paraeducators working in transitional and vocational services, and communication and problem solving; (2) human and legal rights of children with disabilities and their families; (3) principles of human development and factors that may impede typical human development; (4) the instructional process (individualized education and transition plans, assessment, data collection, goals and objectives, instructional interventions, and instructional methods for facilitating transition); (5) working with families; (6) appreciating diversity; and (7) emergency,… [PDF]
(2019). Early Means Early: Understanding Popular Understandings of Early Childhood Development in South Africa. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v39 n3 p295-309. Scientific and policy advances are putting early childhood development (ECD) at the center of efforts to improve human development. This study was undertaken to understand what knowledge and attitudinal barriers exist that 25 hinder the full-scale roll-out of services for the youngest children and their families. We used anthropological methods honed by the Frameworks Institute to plumb beliefs about early childhood development among members of the public and implementation and policy stakeholders, and compare those with the findings from ECD research. While members of the public and stakeholders agree on the importance of ECD, as demonstrated in other country settings, a major barrier to directing services to the youngest children is a perceptual tendency to 'age up'. That is, to consider learning and other important skills as being acquired in the pre-school rather than infancy period. Communication strategies that incorporate debate are needed to give full effect to the ECD and… [Direct]
(2014). Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa Cell: Rights of Patients and Responsibilities of Medical Researchers. History Teacher, v48 n1 p127-180 Nov. On the day that Henrietta Lacks died, researcher Dr. George Gey excitedly appeared on national television. He held a vial of her cells in his hand for the entire world to see and stated, "It is possible that, from a fundamental study such as this, we will be able to learn a way by which cancer can be completely wiped out." Once separated from Henrietta, the HeLa cell line revolutionized medical science. The HeLa cells were the first line of human cells to survive outside of the human body, and because of that, a breakthrough discovery for medical science. His prediction about cancer proved premature, but Dr. Gey knew immediately the scientific importance of his discovery, and opened the floodgates to an exploration of medical science presenting questions about the importance of balancing rights and responsibilities. Individual rights of privacy and consent would clash as never before with the rapid advancement of medical research and the creation of the modern biomedical… [PDF]
(2007). Associations in Human Instrumental Conditioning. Learning and Motivation, v38 n3 p242-261 Aug. Four experiments were conducted to study the contents of human instrumental conditioning. Experiment 1 found positive transfer between a discriminative stimulus (S[superscript D] and an instrumental response (R) that shared the outcome (O) with the response that was originally trained with the S[superscript D], showing the formation of an S[superscript D][right arrow]O association. Experiment 2 found that post-acquisition devaluation of an outcome selectively reduced the response trained with that outcome, showing the formation of a R[right arrow]O association. In Experiment 3, changing the outcome did not prevent participants from giving the response learned with each S[superscript D], even though none of the responses was appropriate for the new outcome, showing evidence of the formation of S[superscript D][right arrow]R associations in instrumental learning. The three binary associations were shown within the same basic experimental situation. Finally, Experiment 4 found evidence… [Direct]
(2010). Deepening Literacy Learning: Art and Literature Engagements in K-8 Classrooms. Teaching–Learning Indigenous, Intercultural Worldviews: International Perspectives on Social Justice and Human Rights. IAP – Information Age Publishing, Inc. This book is a wonderful blending of methodologies. This juxtaposition of art and literature serves as an instrument for teachers to inspire their students to create, critique, compare and predict, all higher-level intellectual behaviors, while composing across symbol systems. The work contains detailed classroom transcripts of strategies that lend themselves to culturally responsive teaching while engaging students and developing in them the desire to learn. Following a foreword by Tonya Huber and a preface by Ruth A. Vinz, this book contains: (1) Opening Possibilities Through Transmediation (Mary Ann Reilly); (2) Global Multicultural Literature and the Read-Aloud and Writer's Workshop as a Site for Social Justice (Jane M. Gangi); (3) \Living in a Dream of Music\: Fluency Through Choral Reading and Narrative Pantomime (Jane M. Gangi); (4) \Having More To Say\: Developing Writing Fluency Through Collage (Mary Ann Reilly); (5) Recasting Text Through Reader's Theater and Story… [Direct]
(2017). The Relationship between Ethics and Politics in the View of Islam and Muslim Scholars. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, v12 n5 p1391-1399. For a long time, this question has arisen that: whether the ethics and politics are in agreement or can we do some deeds which are profitable and acceptable at the same time. Some like the Machiavelians believe that to achieve a goal using all the methods and means are liable though they are immoral and unacceptable, because the profitable goal may not be accompanied with moral means. On the other hand, some believe that such goals should be ignored, because the achieve them we may utilize some immoral and illegitimate methods and means, and the human deeds should be moral. Generally, to reach human interest utilizing the moral means not only is possible but also is necessary. In this study, the authors try to find the relationship between ethics and politics and to show its impact on the political destination and prosperity of man in the view of Islamic scholars. The last hypothesis should be proved, because creating and tightening a link between ethics and politics in theory and… [PDF]
(2024). Enabling Multilingualism or Disabling Multilinguals? Interrogating Linguistic Discrimination in Swedish Preschool Policy. Human Rights Education Review, v7 n1 p5-25. In this paper we conduct a poststructural discourse analysis inspired by Carol Bacchi's 'What's the problem represented to be?' (WRP) approach. We explore what kinds of problems are formulated in preschool educational policy on multilingualism, and what underlying assumptions underlie the dominant discourse on language proficiency in Sweden. Serving as a case to discuss how racism, ableism and childism intersect with linguicism, we examine the importance of shifting from a 'children's (special) needs' discourse to a 'children's (language) rights' discourse through a social justice education framework. We draw upon Elisabeth Young-Bruehl's understanding of childism, which refers to prejudice and discrimination against children based on beliefs about their inferiority to adults. The right to and rights in education are contingent upon linguistic rights, upon students learning to use their first language, whether that be minority, indigenous or sign language…. [Direct]
(1990). Voices Rising: A Bulletin about Women and Popular Education. Volumes 1-4. 1987-1990. Voices Rising: A Bulletin about Women and Popular Education, v1-4 1987-1990. This document consists of the six issues of the serial "Voices Rising" issued during the four-year period 1987-1990. "Voices Rising" is the primary networking tool of the Women's Program of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). Articles in these issues include: "Tribute to a Courageous Woman–Nabila Breir"; "Centre for Women's Resources: Building the Filipino Women's Movement"; "Micro-Chip Technology: Its Impact on Women Workers"; "ICEA: Popular Education in Quebec"; "The Feminist Challenge to Adult Education: Highlights of a Seminar"; "Feminism and Popular Education"; "Jamaica: Building Democratic Organizations"; "Lebanon: Supporting Women's Daily Struggles"; "Reaching Women: An Informal Workshop on 'Media'"; "Strengthening Grassroots Solidarity: An Informal Workshop"; "Update on the Women's Program"; "Issues in Literacy in the Urban… [PDF]
(2011). Right Science and Right Results: Lifestyle Change, PBS, and Human Dignity. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, v13 n2 p69-77 Apr. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the comprehensive supports necessary for an adult with multiple disabilities and significant problem behavior to experience an inclusive adulthood. Written from the perspective of parents, the article highlights \lessons learned\ about how to implement and finance comprehensive supports across domains of home living, work, friendships, community connections, wellness, as well as additional areas. Practice tips are provided in terms of potential replication. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)… [Direct]
(2016). The Role of Higher Education in Equitable Human Development. International Review of Education, v62 n2 p139-160 Apr. As developing countries continue to battle poverty despite strong economic growth, understanding the relationship between equity and human development becomes increasingly important. In this context, equity is not equivalent to equality for any specific outcome such as health status, education or income. It is an objective ideal whereby people's achievements are increasingly dependent upon personal effort, choice and initiative rather than predetermined characteristics such as race, gender and socioeconomic background. As such, equity becomes an issue of moral equality based on the belief that people should be treated as equals, with equal access to life chances. This ideal pursues equal access to public services, infrastructure and rights for all citizens, including the right to education. While evidence suggests that education builds healthier, richer, more equitable societies, research on this has focused predominantly on primary and secondary schooling. The authors of this paper… [Direct]
(2014). Children's Rights and School Psychology: Historical Perspective and Implications for the Profession. School Psychology International, v35 n1 p6-28 Feb. School psychology and children's rights have great potential, well beyond what has been realized, for advancing the best interests of children, their communities, and societies. A child rights approach infused into school psychology can significantly contribute to the fulfillment of this potential. To respect and illuminate these factors and possibilities, a brief history of children's rights is presented, its major components as embodied in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and their relevance for education and the school community are clarified, and the opportunities for school psychology to champion and deeply integrate children's rights in policy and practice are explored. Employing this base, a proposal is made for a new social contract between school psychology and those it serves which moves beyond reactive problem oriented interventions to give primacy to proactive promotion of the well-being and full holistic development of the child, employing a prospective human… [Direct]
(2024). Doing the Impossible: Dealing with False Beliefs. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Antioch University. Fighting false information, propaganda, open lies, rumors, misinformation, and disinformation by attacking it directly and challenging it is the dominant strategy for dealing with false beliefs (Lazer et al., 2018; Maseri et al., 2020; Van Bavel et al., 2021), and it is an important one. Refuting falsity is crucial. At the same time, there are instances when fighting false information does not work (Ardevol-Abreu et al., 2020; McIntyre, 2018; Van Bavel et al., 2021). One of the reasons is that it denies another's worldview, belief systems, and, as a result, their identity and even right to exist. Searching for alternative strategies of dealing with falsity, this study used qualitative research methodology and conducted three focus group discussions. My research findings show that identifying and framing a narrative behind falsity shifts the dynamic from facts to interaction, from fighting to beginning relationships to that narrative and potentially people who stand for it,… [Direct]
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(2019). Is This Risky? Accessing Digital Literacy Level among Young Adult's in TRNC. Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, v4 n2 p25-32. Young adulthood is an important development time period for humans where majority of them spend most of their time with technology. Which constitute all the millennials of whom are digital natives. Most of the people in this category pride themselves as tech-savvy and are so immersed in technology to the extent that drawing a boundary between offline and online is difficult if not impossible. This overconfidence most often than not leads this young people into committing risky behaviors online. Global research institute interested with children are now paying a very close attention when it comes to children's right in the digital world. Whereas Internet policy was design to suit adult internet users, leaving the young adult vulnerable. This research work explores the digital world of this young adults by conducting a mixed method research where open-ended questionnaires were given to 512 randomly selected undergraduate students of Near East University of the Turkish Republic of… [PDF]