Harvey, Francis A.; Lee, Mi Jar (1999). The Relationships between Navigational Patterns and Informational Processing Styles of Hypermedia Users. This study investigated the relationships between hypermedia users' information processing styles and navigational patterns. Three aspects of navigational patterns were investigated: navigational depth patterns that reveal how comprehensively users access; navigational path patterns that display what sequences users follow; and navigational method patterns that show what methods users employ when using the system. Subjects were 102 undergraduate students enrolled in management courses. Information processing styles were measured by the Human Information Processing Survey. Thirty-four students were selected for each of left, right, and integrated information processing style groups. The subjects interacted with the A.g.i.l.e. Resource(TM) trainer program to complete open-ended and closed-ended tasks. Significant differences were found among groups in navigational depth patterns; right dominant information processing style subjects accessed significantly more new nodes than left… [PDF]

Fletcher, Donna; Ogle, Peggy (1986). Being Human: A Handbook in Human Growth and Development for the Developmentally Disabled. The handbook is intended to provide practitioners with information on establishing and organizing a Human Growth and Development program in agencies and facilities which provide training to developmentally disabled persons. The handbook discusses the legal foundation (Florida law) for establishing the program as well as specific methods for teaching Human Growth and Development skills. The first chapter considers habilitation planning for human growth and development with sections on the human growth and development matrix (with domains of social identify, physiological identity, and health/hygiene) organized by six difficulty levels and behavioral indicators: goal development, evaluation of goals, implementing the habilitation plan, short-term objectives, lesson plans, and teaching methods. Chapter two looks at policies and support systems with an emphasis on Florida and includes sample agency policy statements on masturbation and privacy. The third chapter examines legal…

Dolan, Raymond J.; Kilner, James M.; O'Doherty, John; Perrett, David I.; Winston, Joel S. (2007). Brain Systems for Assessing Facial Attractiveness. Neuropsychologia, v45 n1 p195-206. Attractiveness is a facial attribute that shapes human affiliative behaviours. In a previous study we reported a linear response to facial attractiveness in orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), a region involved in reward processing. There are strong theoretical grounds for the hypothesis that coding stimulus reward value also involves the amygdala. The aim of the present investigation is to address whether the amygdala is also sensitive to reward value in faces, indexed as facial attractiveness. We hypothesized that contrary to the linear effects reported previously in OFC, the amygdala would show a non-linear effect of attractiveness by responding to both high and low attractive faces relative to middle attractive faces. Such a non-linear response would explain previous failures to report an amygdala response to attractiveness. Human subjects underwent fMRI while they were presented with faces that varied in facial attractiveness where the task was either to rate faces for facial… [Direct]

Jensen, Dwight Wm. (1985). Toward a Normative Theory of Freedom of the Press. In considering the possibility of a normative theory of freedom of the press, this paper examines arguments about such freedom in the Third World and elsewhere. Some of the arguments discussed in the paper are derived from the theories of John Locke and Karl Marx; others are drawn from the concepts of divine rights, elitism, liberal democracy, and capitalism. The paper considers these arguments against a background of cultural, religious, social, and human issues. (HOD)…

Welsh, Paul (2004). Two Peas in a Pod?: A Case of Questionable Twins. Journal of College Science Teaching, v33 n4 p23-27 Feb. Based on an actual event, this case study focuses on problems associated with reproductive technologies. It tells the story of the \Jones\ who, after in vitro fertilization, discovered that their fraternal twins were less similar in appearance than one would expect two brothers to be. Students work in teams to unravel the mystery using DNA profiling. Related issues include the right to medical information, the implications of human error, and racism. (Contains 2 figures.)… [Direct]

Ben Porath, Sigal R. (2003). Autonomy and Vulnerability: On Just Relations between Adults and Children. Legal and political theorists strive at expanding the scope of children's rights to cover further areas of their lives and choices. This paper suggests that this effort is misguided, and that the protection of children requires instituting adults' obligations, rather than broadening children's rights. Contrary to the common theoretical and societal tendency to focus on just and efficient ways of turning children into specific types of adults (most commonly citizens), the paper defends a view of children and childhood as deserving equal respect to adults based on regarding childhood not as an impediment, but rather as the first of many steps that make up human life. It presents the argument for just relations between the two social groups, adults and children relying on philosophical, psychological, and educational theories. The paper shows the contextuality of the conception of childhood and describes some of the basic elements of the contemporary Western conception of childhood. It… [PDF]

Devenish, Stuart, Ed.; Dowson, Martin, Ed. (2010). Religion and Spirituality. International Advances in Education: Global Initiatives for Equity and Social Justice. IAP – Information Age Publishing, Inc. Religion and spirituality make critical contributions to an inclusive vision for the welfare of minorities, the marginalized and other disadvantaged groups in societies and cultures around the globe. Religious movements and spiritual traditions work to improve social outcomes for disenfranchised groups by enriching educational, political, and social agendas, and by providing a wide variety of justice-driven programs and services. Values underpinning these services include the dignity of the human person, the sanctity of human life, the foundational role of families and communities, the transformative power of learning, and the advancement of shared personal and social rights and responsibilities. These values act as a counter-balance to other attitudes and values that may impede pro-social cohesion and development. Drawing on diverse religious and spiritual perspectives and traditions, this new volume provides exciting and enriching examples of theory, research and practice that… [Direct]

Klein, William M. P.; Moore, Don A. (2008). Use of Absolute and Comparative Performance Feedback in Absolute and Comparative Judgments and Decisions. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, v107 n1 p60-74 Sep. Which matters more–beliefs about absolute ability or ability relative to others? This study set out to compare the effects of such beliefs on satisfaction with performance, self-evaluations, and bets on future performance. In Experiment 1, undergraduate participants were told they had answered 20% correct, 80% correct, or were not given their scores on a practice test. Orthogonal to this manipulation, participants learned that their performance placed them in the 23rd percentile or 77th percentile, or they did not receive comparative feedback. Participants were then given a chance to place bets on two games–one in which they needed to get more than 50% right to double their money (absolute bet), and one in which they needed to beat more than 50% of other test-takers (comparative bet). Absolute feedback influenced comparative betting, particularly when no comparative feedback was available. Comparative feedback exerted weaker and inconsistent effects on absolute bets. Absolute… [Direct]

Eggertsson, Thrainn (1972). Economic Aspects of Higher Education Taken Under the World War II Bill of Rights. Final Report. The aim of this thesis is to bring to bear the concepts, tools, and theories of human capital and human resources economics to evaluate the Federal Government's massive involvement in higher education under the World War II GI Bill of Rights. The major findings include estimates of total human capital formation by education, both during and after the war by veterans, and estimates of how large the stock of post-service college education would have been had the schooling of ex-servicemen not been subsidized under the GI Bill. Regression analysis is used to explain the variance in earnings for veterans, and special emphasis given the earnings-education relationship, and the impact on that relationship on the timing of schooling in relation to military service. Finally, rates of return to college for typical veterans are calculated from two viewpoints: private rates of return without the GI Bill subsidy; and rates of return to total resource investment. (Author)…

Maclachlan, Malcolm; Mc Auliffe, Eilish (2005). "Turning the Ebbing Tide": Knowledge Flows and Health in Low-Income Countries. Higher Education Policy, v18 n3 p231-242. In many developing countries, the value of knowledge is in its capacity to save and enhance human lives. The absence, loss or restriction of such knowledge impacts at the lowest levels of disadvantage and poverty, in death and disease. Essential components of an effective health service are medicines and skilled human resources. This paper highlights the restricted availability of these resources–a situation that arises because of deliberate policies that adversely affect knowledge flows towards the poor. We focus in particular on intellectual property rights and the mobility of highly educated health professionals (the "brain drain") and how the ensuing knowledge flows affect health systems and their ability to respond to the often worsening health situation in many countries, particularly in the context of HIV/AIDS. We conclude that urgent steps need to be taken to address the facilitators of human resource outflows and the inhibitors of intellectual capital inflows in… [Direct]

Smith, Paul (2004). Exploring Reality: Cultural Studies & Critical Thinking. Liberal Education, v90 n3 p26-31 Sum. Americans seem to be living in a moment in the United States when there?s some profit to be had from casting cultural beliefs, values, and knowledges into strictly oppositional frames. So, even though the author believes we are all right now suffering from some dire consequences of that habit, to begin, almost in mimicry, to address the issue of cultural analysis by way of a kind of Manichean scenario. On the one hand, there are some people out there who still believe that we can have access to some fundamental and obvious reality, an empirical natural world that is theoretically open to our unmediated knowledge if only we persevere long enough. But, they believe, the essential clarity of such a reality is then muddied and confused by all the things that we humans do, socially and culturally. For some of them, the core reality even includes a human nature,too, one that would shine through all the varieties and differences wrought by human cultures, upbringings, histories…. [PDF] [Direct]

Owen, Crystal L.; Sincoff, Michael Z. (2004). Content Guidelines for an Undergraduate Human Resources Curriculum: Recommendations from Human Resources Professionals. Journal of Education for Business, v80 n2 p80-85 Nov-Dec. In this study, the authors surveyed 445 human resources (HR) professionals to determine their views regarding the HR curriculum content that will lead to graduates' success in entry-level (first-job) HR positions. Ninety-eight questionnaires (22%) were returned. Respondents identified five topics–equal employment opportunity/affirmative action (EEO/AA), employee rights and responsibilities, recruitment, selection, and compensation–as most important. They considered internship experience to be more valuable than professional human resource certification and indicated that HR curricula should reflect workplace and societal trends, general business understanding, and communication and teamwork skills. For HR curriculum development, the authors suggest a \niche\ approach that provides in-depth training in some common HR functions, along with training in communication and teamwork skills. (Contains 2 tables.)… [Direct]

(1976). The Bilingual Bicultural Child and Special Education. Report of the Arizona Identification Model Task Force. This service model on special education for bilingual, bicultural handicapped children features the Arizona Task Force recommendations to local education agencies, to colleges and universities, and to human service organizations. A list of Task Force participants, introductory material, and a list of definitions are followed by information and recommendations for local education agencies; these cover: the rights of bilingual/bicultural children and their parents concerning special education services; guidelines for child-centered processes related to the provision of special education services; suggestions regarding parent and community involvement; specific preparation needed by special education paraprofessionals; special education services for children in rural/remote areas; and funding and resource necessities for implementation of Task Force recommendations. Recommendations to the Arizona Division of Special Education cover training of school personnel, services for…

Schore, Allan N. (2000). Parent-Infant Communication and the Neurobiology of Emotional Development. The interactive creation of an attachment bond of affective communication between the psychobiologically attuned primary caregiver and the infant is central to human emotional development. These emotional transactions directly influence the experience-dependent maturation of the infant's early developing right hemisphere, which is in a growth spurt in the first year-and-a-half of life and is dominant for the first 3 years of life. This paper examines attachment processes and emotional communications, the neurobiology and psychobiology of attachment, and the organization of an attachment regulatory system in the right brain. The paper notes that, as opposed to a secure attachment, early misattuned interactional environments generate an insecure attachment and a right brain regulatory system that is limited in its capacity to cope with stress. This neurodevelopment outcome represents a high risk for later-forming emotional disorders. It is suggested that Early Head Start interventions… [PDF]

Emmons, Janet Galbreath (1989). AIDS and Education–Why? Why Not?. Every child who enters the doors of the nation's school system deserves an education, including children with AIDS. Parents of AIDS-free children fear that the AIDS-infected child in the classroom threatens the health and safety of the general school community. But according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, casual contact with AIDS patients does not place others at risk of contracting the illness. A child with AIDS is considered handicapped and thus is entitled to all the legal rights that a handicapped student possesses. These rights include the right to receive a free and appropriate education with the same variety of programs and services that children without handicaps enjoy and placement in the least restrictive environment with nonhandicapped children (mainstreamed) whenever possible. According to the legal community, educators are in direct conflict with the nation's laws if they refuse to educate the AIDS afflicted child; therefore, teachers must comply…. [PDF]

(2000). From Privileges to Rights: People Labeled with Psychiatric Disabilities Speak for Themselves. This report is based upon testimony submitted by mental health professionals; lawyers; advocates; people with psychiatric disabilities and their families at the National Council of Disability (NCD) hearing about the problems of those with psychiatric disabilities. Many reported of routine use and overuse of psychiatric drugs, often administered against a person's will. Such testimony pointed to the fact that people with psychiatric disabilities are systematically and routinely deprived of their rights and treated as less than full citizens or full human beings. Based on the testimony, the NCD concluded that the manner in which American society treats people with psychiatric problems constitutes a national emergency. Their recommendations all follow the same principle that people with psychiatric disabilities are first of all citizens who have the right to expect that they will be treated according to the principles of law that apply to all other citizens. Recommendations address the… [PDF]

(1985). Brief of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada to the Sub-Committee on Equality Rights. The economic, human, and social impacts of mandatory retirement are addressed in a brief presented by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) to the Subcommittee on Equality Rights. There is a possibility that the coming into force of equality rights may remove mandatory retirement. It has been estimated that by 1989 removal of mandatory retirement would result in approximately 300 fewer new faculty being recruited and an increase in operating costs due to the retention of higher salaried faculty. Concerns of AUCC include: in the absence of mandatory retirement, the lack of career opportunities for young and promising scholars will be further aggravated; already limited financial resources for universities will be further drained either by the retention of a more expensive professoriate or by the costs of alternatives to mandatory retirement; in the absence of mandatory retirement policies, the human practices of institutional loyalty that allow termination of… [PDF]

Gewertz, Catherine (2005). Staff Investment Pays Dividends in Maryland District. Education Week, v24 n44 p1, 16 Aug. In the past few years, Viers Mill Elementary School's home-grown leadership team has overseen a striking rise in test scores, especially among its substantial minority population. The school, located in Montgomery County, Maryland, exemplifies the district's strategy of using its human-resources operations as a lever to improve student achievement, particularly in its less-affluent neighborhoods. As districts nationwide seek ways to ensure a sound education for all children, Montgomery County has drawn notice for its unusual concentration on human resources. The 139,000-student district spends 3 percent of its annual budget–or $50 million a year–on recruiting and developing its people. The approach appears to be yielding dividends. Test scores are rising across the county, and performance gaps between students of various racial and ethnic groups are narrowing. That's because, experts say, investing in choosing the right people and providing them with the right kind of training… [Direct]

Brinckerhoff, Richard F. (1992). One-Minute Readings: Issues in Science, Technology, and Society. Many people feel that the purpose of an education is to prepare students for life outside of school. To help reach this desire it has been suggested that students be allowed to experience and confront issues that they will experience later in their lives. This book confronts students with major issues in science that in many instances have created societal problems that science cannot answer. Some of the topics covered are: (1) general biology (animal rights, definition of life, patenting plants and animals, animal rights); (2) environmental issues (world population explosion, pesticide pollution); (3) destruction of species (destruction of tropical forests); (4) bioethics (human gene manipulation, organ transplants); (5) waste (underground toxic wastes, radioactive waste disposal); (6) pollution (acid rain, oil pollution; pesticide pollution); (7) natural resources (petroleum depletion); (8) mechanics (Newton's Law and the existence of God); (9) heat, light, and sound; (10)…

PARTRIDGE, ALICE (1967). RELATIVE THEORY OF GOOD IN "BRAVE NEW WORLD" AND "1984.". ONE METHOD OF INTERESTING THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN QUESTIONING INTELLIGENTLY THE NATURE OF GOOD IS THROUGH THE STUDY OF HUXLEY'S "BRAVE NEW WORLD" AND ORWELL'S "1984." IN BOTH OF THESE NEGATIVE UTOPIAS THE LOSS OF MAN'S HUMANITY, INDIVIDUALITY, AND RIGHT TO REASON THE NATURE OF GOOD ARE THE VERY QUALITIES WHICH MAKE HIM "EXCELLENT," AND WHICH ARE NECESSARY FOR A "GOOD" SOCIETY WHERE STABILITY IS THE PARAMOUNT VIRTURE, DISEASE AND POVERTY ARE ERADICATED THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE, AND MAN IS NEVER FACED WITH MAKING THOSE AGONIZING CHOICES WHICH WRENCH HIS PSYCHE. THE YOUNG READER, AFTER STUDYING THE TWO NOVELS AND BEING FRIGHTENED BY WHAT HE RECOGNIZES AS A POSSIBLE FUTURE REALITY–GIVEN THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY, MAN'S NATURE, AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE–COMES TO STAND WITH THE SAVAGE OF "BRAVE NEW WORLD." HE REALIZES THAT IT IS THE RIGHT TO QUESTION THE NATURE OF GOOD AND EVIL IN A FREE SOCIETY WHICH PRESERVES MAN'S… [PDF]

(1997). People and the Arctic: A Prospectus for Research on the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) for the National Science Foundation Arctic System Science Program. The U.S. Global Change Research Program was established in 1990 to develop scientific projections of anticipated impacts of the changing biosphere on humans and social systems. As part of this program, the National Science Foundation created the Arctic System Science Program (ARCSS). This document describes the ARCSS Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) initiative to consider how humans interact with physical and biological environmental change in the Arctic. HARC cuts across traditional social, biological, and physical science disciplines; employs varied methodologies; collects data across a broad range of time and spatial scales; and involves local people and communities in research design and implementation. Five fundamental research questions address the impacts of human activity on arctic and global systems; types and sources of global change in the Arctic; effects of global changes on human societies in the Arctic; alternative approaches to current and future problems;… [PDF]

de la Maisonneuve, Christine; Strauss, Hubert (2007). The Wage Premium on Tertiary Education: New Estimates for 21 OECD Countries Countries. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 589. OECD Publishing (NJ1) This paper presents cross-section estimates of gross hourly wage premia on tertiary education. They are based on a unified framework for 21 OECD countries from the 1990s to the early 2000s and use international household surveys to maximise international comparability. The results of the "augmented" Mincerian wage equations point to an average hourly gross wage premium on completed tertiary education of 55% in 2001 (country-gender average), translating into a premium of close to 11% per annum of tertiary education. Wage premia display little variation over time but huge cross-country variation: at 6% they are lowest in Greece and Spain (men and women) as well as in Austria and Italy (women) while reaching 14%-18% in Hungary, Portugal, and in most Anglo-Saxon countries. Given that the wage premium is the single most important driver of private returns to education, the results presented here have potentially important implications for policies that aim at increasing… [Direct]

Behrmann, Marlene; Humphreys, Kate; Luna, Beatriz; Scherf, K. Suzanne (2007). Visual Category-Selectivity for Faces, Places and Objects Emerges along Different Developmental Trajectories. Developmental Science, v10 n4 pF15-F30 Jul. The organization of category-selective regions in ventral visual cortex is well characterized in human adults. We investigated a crucial, previously unaddressed, question about how this organization emerges developmentally. We contrasted the developmental trajectories for face-, object-, and place-selective activation in the ventral visual cortex in children, adolescents, and adults. Although children demonstrated adult-like organization in object- and place-related cortex, as a group they failed to show consistent face-selective activation in classical face regions. The lack of a consistent neural signature for faces was attributable to (1) reduced face-selectivity and extent of activation within the regions that will become the FFA, OFA, and STS in adults, and (2) smaller volumes and considerable variability in the locus of face-selective activation in individual children. In contrast, adolescents showed an adult-like pattern of face-selective activation, although it was more… [Direct]

Wheeler, Thomas E., III (2007). Personnel Pitfalls in Cyberworld. School Administrator, v64 n9 p22-24 Oct. In May 2006 administrators in the Austin, Texas, Independent School District learned that Tamara Hoover, an art teacher at Austin High School, was the subject of several explicit photographs that had been posted on Flickr, a public photograph-sharing website. Purportedly these photographs were posted on Flickr by the teacher's partner without her knowledge or permission. Last August she agreed to resign in exchange for a payment of $14,850. The case garnered national attention and generated a heated debate about the privacy rights of educators and the role of the Internet in the employment process. This article reports on the Hoover case which demonstrates the personnel pitfalls that arise in cyberspace. As the Internet becomes ubiquitous, situations involving school personnel like Hoover will surely multiply. Unfortunately, much like students, school district employees sometimes demonstrate lapses in judgment that force administrators to regulate Internet conduct. Complicating the… [Direct]

Ingraham, Blake (1990). Project Wild and the Dominant Western Paradigm: A Content Analysis Utilizing Deep Ecology. Environmental educators utilize activity guides as a primary method of diffusing environmental education material into educational settings. The most popular environmental education activity guide in use today is Project WILD. Project WILD has come under fire by various groups, especially animal rights groups. Accordingly, a content analysis study was undertaken to determine if the guide exhibits a predominantly anthropocentric versus biocentric bias. Anthropocentric perspective, linked to the "Dominant Western Paradigm," sees humans as separate and superior with respect to non-human nature. It provides other species value only as a "resource" to other humans, exhibits a strong confidence in science and technology, and has been implicated as a source of environmentally destructive attitudes. A biocentric perspective, linked to the "New Environmental Paradigm," places humans within the context of nature, extends "intrinsic value" to other… [PDF]

Harris, Lauren Jay (1975). Interaction of Experiential and Neurological Factors in the Patterning of Human Abilities: The Question of Sex Differences in 'Right Hemisphere' Skills. Sex differences in cerebral organization and functioning, and the apparent superiority of males in spatial ability are examined in this paper. Attention is given to several kinds of cognitive and perceptual tasks in which sex differences in spatial ability have been shown to exist; among these are tasks involving: (1) recall and detection of shapes, (2) geometry and mathematics, (3) directional sense, (4) Piagetian skills and (5) the game of chess. A neurological model for sex differences in spatial ability is discussed, which suggests that some brains are further specialized (lateralized) for spatial analysis than others, and that these \further specialized\ brains are more frequently male than female. Medical research with war veterans who have suffered brain injuries, data from anatomical and clinical studies and results of testing of normal individuals are cited to suggest that the left hemisphere of the brain seems primarily organized for verbal function, the right hemisphere… [PDF]

Rebore, Ronald W. (2001). Human Resources Administration in Education: A Management Approach. Sixth Edition. This book reflects the changing aspects of school human-resources management. Current concerns include the impact of new laws related to disabilities, civil rights, family and medical leave, and the testing of school bus drivers for alcohol and controlled substances. Also examined are human resources' responsibilities to military reservists and National Guard units entering active duty. The new concerns of sexual harassment and issues related to HIV and AIDS are assessed. Collective bargaining, workplace health risks, workers' compensation, fringe benefits, and managed-care medical insurance are explored. Accountability to taxpayers and the passing of tax-levy elections are considered. New in this edition are a job description for a director of risk management, an enhanced discussion of risk management, and more content on the use of technology. Chapter 1 establishes the rationale and organizational structure of human-resources administration. Chapters 2 through 5 are concerned with…

(1977). Research Involving Children: Appendix to Report and Recommendations. The appendix contains papers, reports, and other materials that were reviewed by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research during its deliberations on research involving children. Entries include the following titles and authors: \Research Involving Children\ (Survey Research Center); \Law of Informed Consent in Human Experimentation–Children\ (G. Annas, et al.); \The Ethics of Non-Therapeutic Clinical Research on Children\ and \Proxy Consent in the Medical Context–The Infant as Person\ (W. Bartholome); \The Competence and Freedom of Children to Make Choices Regarding Participation in Biomedical and Behavioral Research\ (L. Ferguson); \Rights, Duties, and Experimentation on Children–A Critical Response to Worsfold and Bartholome\ (S. Hauerwas); \Children and the Institutionalized Mentally Infirm\ (H. Foster and C. Kyukendall); \Resolution and Recommendations of the Workshop on Children\, \Responsibility in Investigations on…

Adam, Heidemarie; Gudalefsky, Adam B. (1986). Sexuality and Mental Retardation [including]"Ethical Issues Concerning Mentally Handicapped Persons.". The paper documents two presentations made during a pre-congress course of the Ninth World Congress of the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicaps. The course, titled "Sexuality and Mental Retardation," was held in August 1986. Part I discusses the topic's theoretical aspects, such as moral perceptions of sexuality, the possibilities opened up by normalization, and prejudices and misjudgments made concerning mentally retarded individuals' sexuality. Part II of the first presentation reports on the development of relationships between West German institutionalized men and women when the concept of mixed-sex living was introduced. Suggestions for sexuality education programs for the mentally handicapped focus on body image, appropriate behavior, puberty, pregnancy, and childbirth. Sample instructional materials accompany the paper. The second presentation, included in an appendix, consists of a paper by A. Gudalefsky titled "Ethical Issues…

Smith, G. Pritchy; Zacko-Smith, Jeffrey D. (2010). Recognizing and Utilizing Queer Pedagogy: A Call for Teacher Education to Reconsider the Knowledge Base on Sexual Orientation for Teacher Education Programs. Multicultural Education, v18 n1 p2-9 Fall. In order to teach effectively in hyper-diverse contexts, if effective teaching is considered to be the creation of knowledge, the transmission of ideas, and the \growing\ of human beings intellectually, morally and socially, educators at all levels, but particularly those who are new to the field, must be well-versed in multiculturalism and diversity. They must also be unafraid to immerse themselves in the world as it concurrently unfolds and evolves around them. Educators must also accept their role as mentors who help to define reality for those they are educating, and they must commit to redefining that reality as dictated by demands for social justice and equity. To ignore these continually emerging requirements means that educators will quickly become outdated and ineffective at best, and damaging and socially unjust at worst, neither of which are acceptable outcomes for those who are truly committed to the profession. This article aims to supplement and update Knowledge Base… [PDF] [Direct]