Harkavy, Ira (2015). Creating the Connected Institution: Toward Realizing Benjamin Franklin and Ernest Boyer's Revolutionary Vision for American Higher Education. Liberal Education, v101 n1-2 Win-Spr. In this article, Ira Harkavy points to the beliefs that education and schooling significantly determine the character of a society, and that higher education has broad societal impacts, including helping to shape the rest of the schooling system. It is this core idea that unites the work of Benjamin Franklin and Ernest Boyer and serves as the basis of their revolutionary vision for higher education. Both men believed that higher education should be of service to society for the progressive betterment of the human condition; therefore, Franklin in 1749, and Boyer 245 years later in 1994, wrote what were in effect proposals to create the New American College. Harkavy includes examples of their thoughts, and states that colleges and universities have increasingly been called on to do the right thing and engage with their communities in comprehensive and mutually beneficial university-community-school partnerships. In order for them to engage effectively, however, they must overcome the… [Direct]

Gunnestad, Arve; M√∏rreaunet, Sissel; Onyango, Silas (2015). An International Perspective on Value Learning in the Kindergarten–Exemplified by the Value Forgiveness. Early Child Development and Care, v185 n11-12 p1894-1911. This article highlights value learning in kindergartens exemplified by the value of forgiveness. Values are basic ideas on human behaviour and they function as a compass that helps children to make choices and priorities in their lives, to choose between good or bad, right or wrong. Value learning is an important part of the educational work in a kindergarten. This article presents a cross-cultural qualitative study concerned with the value of forgiveness in kindergartens in Kenya, Swaziland and Norway. Research questions were as follows: (1) How the kindergartens in Norway, Kenya and Swaziland had been working with forgiveness in theory and practice before this project? (2) How can working with stories about forgiveness in the kindergarten promote understanding of this value among children? Project leaders discussed the value of forgiveness with the teachers, and teachers were interviewed before and after a period of storytelling in the kindergartens. Children were interviewed in… [Direct]

Thompson, Daniel C. (1986). A Black Elite: A Profile of Graduates of UNCF Colleges. Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, Number 98. Characteristics of graduates of 42 colleges belonging to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) are considered. A primary objective was to evaluate the success of the colleges in preparing an elite class of individuals dedicated to the survival and advancement of blacks specifically and democracy and justice in a larger sense. After an overview of the group as a whole, and the political, economic, and social changes that influenced them, the question of racial equality is addressed. Information was obtained on the graduates' social origins, education, occupations, social life, social class, and leadership. Data sources included questionnaires, interviews, personal documents, and published information from secondary sources. The views of the graduates' on racial disadvantage, social class identity, family and human relations, community service, civil rights, politics, and leadership were determined. Areas of analysis included: graduates' place of birth, black migration, family…

Brouwer, Lynette F. (1988). The History of Women's Management Thought: A Snapshot. The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze women's contributions to the history and development of management concepts. The paper discusses the needs and reasons for this type of exploration and compares differences between men and women in relation to the development of management thought. A historical profile from the early 1800s which features specific women, events, and women's entries into selected professions, is presented. A research project is described in which writings by and about Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Parker Follett, Margaret Dreier Robins, and Mary Barnett Gilson were analyzed to determine what management principles might have been common to these five women. The management philosophies of these late nineteenth century, early twentieth century women include: (1) achieving unity through diversity, rather than through uniformity; (2) placing value on relationships and human interdependence; (3) subjugating individual rights for the good of… [PDF]

Miller, Louise (1990). Illiteracy and Human Rights = L'analphabetisme et les droits de la personne. To meet new needs, society has raised its requirements with respect to basic education and redefined illiteracy. A 1989 survey found that 38 percent of the Canadian adult population have reading problems. Illiteracy is a social problem involving the entire community. The social cost is counted by the millions prevented from exercising their rights to the fullest extent. Case histories translate the problem into concrete terms. A young mother is attending a community literacy group so her daughter will not be ashamed of her. A 69-year-old illiterate widow has been missing out on aid available to her. An illiterate middle-aged man in danger of losing his job may not be retrainable. The majority of illiterate persons do not have access to information on issues that affect them personally or on social, political, or economic issues. Such information must be made understandable and accessible. To improve job access for illiterate adults, training designed for the jobless must allow…

(1978). "Hypocrisy and an Outrage": Human Rights from a Native Perspective. American Indian Journal, 4, 8, 46-8, Aug 78. The first position paper to be presented by the Navajo, the Sioux, and the Iroquois nations, this statement asks President Carter to meet with the traditional and spiritual leaders of these American Indians to begin serious negotiations on issues vital to the survival–physical and spiritual–of Native Peoples. (JC)…

(1985). United Kingdom–Scotland: Corporal Punishment and the European Court of Human Rights. Western European Education, v17 n1 p69-71 Spr. Under Scottish law, schoolteachers may administer corporal chastisement in moderation as a disciplinary measure. The United Kingdom government is committed to a policy aimed at abolishing corporal punishment in Scottish schools, but they take the view that the policy is best implemented by consensus rather than by legislation. (RM)…

(1969). Many Steps To Go. Report of the Task Force on Human Rights. NJEA Review, 43, 1, 58-61, Sep '69. …

Eyde, Donna R.; Menolascino, Frank J. (1979). The International Year of the Child: Human Rights as if People Mattered. Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, v55 n4 p1-10 Fall. The social, cultural, and political implications of the International Year of the Child activities upon current models of education and habilitation are explored. The past and current significance of four sociopolitical experiments that have reformed American educational practice are also evaluated. (JMF)…

Huttunen, Rauno; Murphy, Mark (2012). Discourse and Recognition as Normative Grounds for Radical Pedagogy: Habermasian and Honnethian Ethics in the Context of Education. Studies in Philosophy and Education, v31 n2 p137-152 Mar. The idea of radical pedagogy is connected to the ideals of social justice and democracy and also to the ethical demands of love, care and human flourishing, an emotional context that is sometimes forgotten in discussions of power and inequality. Both this emotional context and also the emphasis on politics can be found in the writings of Paolo Freire, someone who has provided much inspiration for radical pedagogy over the years. However, Freire did not create any explicit ethical foundation for radical pedagogy. This paper argues that, when constructing normative grounds for radical pedagogy, Habermas's discourse ethics can be an important source, with the caveat that discourse ethics on its own is not sufficient grounding enough where radical pedagogy is concerned. Habermasian critical theory should be supplemented with Axel Honneth's theory of recognition, as Freire's focus on love and human flourishing corresponds well with Honneth's theory's three modes of recognition: love,… [Direct]

Wilkinson, Etta Lou (1983). Prevention of Discrimination in Selected Federal Block Grant Programs–Kansas. This report by the Kansas Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights reviews state enforcement of nondiscrimination provisions related to federally funded programs. The report looks at procedures used in fund allocation as well as public participation in the allocation decisions. It also looks at the extent to which minorities and women are beneficiaries of the services provided by the programs. Information . was provided by the Governor's office, the Kansas Department of Social Rehabilitation Services (SRS), the Kansas Department of Administration, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services/Office for Civil Rights (HHS/OCR). The programs studied were: Social Services Block Grant; Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Block Grant; Community Services Block Grant; and Low Income Energy Assistance. The advisory committee's review found that a compliance program has not been implemented. This may be based on the presumption that federal…

(1967). Fourth National NEA/PR&R Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Education. The fourth conference dedicated itself to the topic \The Treatment of Minorities in Textbooks,\ intending to give educators, publishers, civil rights leaders, and government officials an unbiased understanding of textbook problems. Participants learned from each other and gained insight into differing points of view, stimulating cooperative team action and improving human relations. Contents include: 1) Conference resolutions urging utilization of textbooks which treat all groups fairly and accurately, enhance multi-cultural education, and recognize contributions of minority groups; 2) Selection criteria for textbooks; 3) The keynote address suggesting ways in which learning materials can contribute toward the development of democratic behavior in human relations; 4) Panel discussions on the roles of educators and agencies in providing multi ethnic teaching materials; 5) Three summarized addresses on the findings of hearings; reasons why most textbooks have not been reality… [PDF]

Campbell, Christine; Gross, Bethany (2012). Principal Concerns: Addressing Statewide Principal Pipelines with Data and Strategy. Policy Innovators in Education Network Discussions about human capital and school improvement typically center on teachers, not administrators, and that's a mistake. Principals, who are responsible for selecting and developing the teachers they know are so important, are a critical driver of school success. So it is imperative that states do everything they can to find, deploy, and keep good principals. Unfortunately, when it comes to cultivating school leaders, current state-level practices are, at best, haphazard. In the worst cases, they actually may be keeping talented people out of the job. States are only just beginning to address the weaknesses in their principal pipelines–and even then, they are not yet developing the strategic approaches necessary to truly improve the talent pool and enhance student outcomes. To address these issues, states need to develop policies around conditions that support the pipeline: (1) The right work: The principalship must be designed as an attractive job that challenges and rewards… [PDF]

Twietmeyer, Gregg (2015). God, Sport Philosophy, Kinesiology: A MacIntyrean Examination. Quest, v67 n2 p203-226. Sport philosophy is in crisis. This subdiscipline of kinesiology garners little to no respect and few tenure track lines in kinesiology departments. Why is this the case? Why isn't philosophy held in greater esteem? Is it possible that philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre's (2009) diagnosis found in "God, Philosophy, Universities" could actually be fruitfully applied to kinesiology? MacIntyre argued that philosophy's fall from grace parallels the decline of theology in universities. This is the case for two simple reasons. First, philosophy was traditionally charged with giving an account of how the different disciplines fit together on the presumption that an orderly account of the universe could be given. However, the imperative for, as well the intelligibility of, such an account is hard to defend absent God. Second, without God, it becomes very difficult to argue that the philosophic enterprise is fundamentally human. Instead, philosophy becomes an esoteric enterprise meant… [Direct]

Gardner, Mark R.; Potts, Rosalind (2010). Hand Dominance Influences the Processing of Observed Bodies. Brain and Cognition, v73 n1 p35-40 Jun. In motor tasks, subgroups of lefthanders have been shown to differ in the distribution of attention about their own bodies. The present experiment examined whether similar attentional biases also apply when processing observed bodies. Sixteen right handers (RHs), 22 consistent left handers (CLHs) and 11 relatively ambidextrous inconsistent left handers (ILHs) performed an own body transformation task in which they were instructed to make speeded left-right judgements about a schematic human figure. Attentional biases associated with handedness were found to extend to observed bodies: CLHs' judgements were faster to the figure's left side, while ILHs, like RHs, showed facilitated performance to the figure's right side. These results demonstrate a novel embodiment effect whereby the processing of a static schematic human figure is modulated by an individual's personal motor capabilities. This finding suggests that motor simulation may contribute to whole body perception in the absence… [Direct]

Buly, Marsha Riddle; Carney, Joanne; Carroll, David; Chu, Marilyn; Clancy, Andrea; Donnelly, Susan; Green, Jennifer; Nutting, William (2019). Creating Synergies for Change. Teachers College Record, v121 n12. Background/Context: The challenges documented in the literature on research-practice partnerships and similar school-university collaborations are outlined in the literature review in this issue. Yet only a collaboration among multiple educational and community organizations could create a synergy powerful enough to achieve the multifaceted goals of this project: (1) enhance instructional practices to better meet the needs of diverse learners; (2) better prepare teachers and teacher candidates to engage families in support of their children's success; (3) develop a community of practice in which preservice teachers, teacher educators, in-service teachers, administrators, and other educational and human service professionals participate in ongoing, collaborative professional development; and (4) recruit and retain more teacher candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: This study analyzes features and outcomes… [Direct]

Chambers, Silvana (2016). Regression Discontinuity Design: A Guide for Strengthening Causal Inference in HRD. European Journal of Training and Development, v40 n8-9 p615-637. Purpose: Regression discontinuity (RD) design is a sophisticated quasi-experimental approach used for inferring causal relationships and estimating treatment effects. This paper aims to educate human resource development (HRD) researchers and practitioners on the implementation of RD design as an ethical alternative for making causal claims about training interventions. Design/methodology/approach: To demonstrate the key features of RD designs, a simulated data set was generated from actual pre-test and post-test diversity training scores of 276 participants from three organizations in the USA. Parametric and non-parametric analyses were conducted, and graphical presentations were produced. Findings: This study found that RD design can be used for evaluating training interventions. The results of the simulated data set yielded statistically significant results for the treatment effects, showing a positive causal effect of the training intervention. The analyses found support for the… [Direct]

Thompson, Travis (2012). Joseph v. Brady: Synthesis Reunites What Analysis Has Divided. Behavior Analyst, v35 n2 p197-209 Fall. Joseph V. Brady (1922-2011) created behavior-analytic neuroscience and the analytic framework for understanding how the external and internal neurobiological environments and mechanisms interact. Brady's approach offered synthesis as well as analysis. He embraced Findley's approach to constructing multioperant behavioral repertoires that found their way into designing environments for astronauts as well as studying drug effects on human social behavior in microenvironments. Brady created translational neurobehavioral science before such a concept existed. One of his most lasting contributions was developing a framework for ethical decision making to protect the rights of the people who participate in scientific research. (Contains 3 figures and 1 footnote.)… [Direct]

Emslie, Michael (2012). "It's Time": A Case for the Professionalisation of Youth Work. Youth Studies Australia, v31 n1 p16-24 Mar. Michael Emslie argues that the time is right for youth work in Australia to be professionalised in line with other human service practices such as nursing, education and psychology. He identifies a groundswell of activities that support the professionalisation of youth work and a concurrent growth in high-level interest in strengthening social and community services. He argues that this context presents an opportune time to professionalise youth work. Emslie provides reasons why it is imperative to regulate and monitor the youth sector as a profession, and explains how professionalisation will help address the critical shortage of qualified youth practitioners and also improve the quality of service young people receive…. [Direct]

(2002). Research Exchange, 2002. Research Exchange, v7 n1-3. These three issues of the "Research Exchange" focus on how better to conduct disability research and disseminate research results. The first issue examines the topic of human subject/human research participant protection, with a focus on research funded through the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). It provides answers to questions concerning U.S. Department of Education requirements for human subject/human research participant protection, information on Institutional Review Boards that review research activities to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects, information on the Association for Accreditation of Human Research Participant Protection Programs, and organizational policy statements on protecting participants in research. Resources on human research participant protection are provided. The second journal issue discusses how NIDRR grantees can increase access to disability research information in rural communities…. [PDF]

Cirell, Anna Montana (2017). Digital Learning in the Wild: Re-Imagining New Ruralism, Digital Equity, and Deficit Discourses through the Thirdspace. ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Arizona State University. Digital media is becoming increasingly important to learning in today's changing times. At the same time, digital technologies and related digital skills are unevenly distributed. Further, deficit-based notions of this digital divide define the public's educational paradigm. Against this backdrop, I forayed into the social reality of one rural Americana to examine digital learning in the wild. The larger purpose of this dissertation was to spatialize understandings of rural life and pervasive social ills therein, in order to rethink digital equity, such that we dismantle deficit thinking, problematize new ruralism, and re-imagine more just rural geographies. Under a Thirdspace understanding of space as dynamic, relational, and agentive (Soja, 1996), I examined how digital learning is caught up spatially to position the rural struggle over geography amid the "Right to the City" rhetoric (Lefebvre, 1968). In response to this limiting and urban-centric rhetoric, I contest… [Direct]

Adarrell LaFawn Owsley (2021). Examining CPE's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy and Its Impact on HR Directors to Recruit and Hire Faculty of Color at Associate-Level Colleges in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. ProQuest LLC, D.E. Dissertation, Eastern Kentucky University. Strategies to recruit and hire faculty and staff of color to the Commonwealth of Kentucky's population levels have continued for 57 years. From Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the Kentucky Plan in 1982 to the Strategic Plan for Kentucky Higher Education from 1982 to 1995, to the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education's 2010-2015 Policy and Framework for Institution Diversity Plan to its current 2016-2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policy. Despite five policy implementations, a problem still exists in recruiting and hiring faculty of color at associate-level colleges in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The need for public community colleges in Kentucky to intensify their effort to recruit and hire this demographic is evident. However, current data and trends do not reflect the current CPE policy mandates. According to Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Systems (IPEDS), from 2016-2021, there were 1,596 total faculty and staff working in the 16 Kentucky… [Direct]

Hise, Joan Vane; Koeplin, John P. (2010). Integrating Mission-Based Values into Accounting Curriculum: Catholic Social Teaching and Introductory Accounting. Journal of Catholic Higher Education, v29 n2 p155-171 Sum. This paper presents several reasons why mission-based values, in this case Catholic Social Teaching (CST), should be incorporated into a university business curriculum. The CST tenets include the sanctity of human life; call to family, community, and participation; rights and responsibilities; option for the poor and vulnerable; the dignity of work and rights of workers; solidarity; and care for God's creation. This paper also offers specific examples of incorporating CST into introductory accounting courses covering outsourcing, downsizing, environmental accounting, human resource accounting, stakeholder theory, socially responsible business behavior, and socially responsible investing. Although CST is most applicable for business education in Catholic universities, the basic premises of CST are consistent with the missions of many secular universities as well…. [Direct]

Gillmarten, Charles; Kalbfleisch, M. Layne (2013). Left Brain vs. Right Brain: Findings on Visual Spatial Capacities and the Functional Neurology of Giftedness. Roeper Review, v35 n4 p265-275. As neuroimaging technologies increase their sensitivity to assess the function of the human brain and results from these studies draw the attention of educators, it becomes paramount to identify misconceptions about what these data illustrate and how these findings might be applied to educational contexts. Some of these "neuromyths" have influenced our understanding of giftedness and visuospatial ability. One common neuromyth regarding visuospatial talent (VST) is that of "hemispheric lateralization", the idea that the discrete abilities of VST are associated with activations identified primarily in the right hemisphere of the brain. This article reviews the behavioral and neuroimaging literature to trace and untangle the origins of this misconception, parsing our current understanding of brain functions associated with VST and giftedness in order to dispel the myth of hemispheric lateralization and offer a more comprehensive account for the observed functional… [Direct]

Maydosz, Ann; Maydosz, Diane (2013). Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students with Disabilities: Case Law Review. Multicultural Learning and Teaching, v8 n1 p65-80 Jun. Despite the fact that disability has been recognized as "a natural part of the human experience" (Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000) and that the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and its later reauthorizations as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) should have served as an unbiased manifesto to address all students' disabilities, a further reality is that students with disabilities who also have cultural and linguistic differences remain poorly served in today's schools. In fact, while years of litigation and legislation have created improvement for some students with disabilities, it appears that a historic segregation may remain for culturally and linguistically diverse students with disabilities. This paper will examine case law and law review journals regarding students with disabilities who also have cultural and linguistic differences and their contact with the evaluation and placement phases of… [Direct]

Menashy, Francine (2013). Theorizing Privatization in Education: Comparing Conceptual Frameworks and the Value of the Capability Approach. Current Issues in Comparative Education, v16 n1 p13-25 Win. The past decade has witnessed a notable shift in the international education policy environment, characterized by a rapid growth in private educational provision. In the context of a divisive debate on the role of the non-state sector in primary and secondary education, this paper grapples with the theoretical underpinnings of both advocacy and critique of educational privatization, paying particular attention to a rise in low-fee private schools and public-private partnerships. It is argued that three of the most commonly adopted conceptual frameworks–the neoclassical, social primary goods and rights-based approaches–each have notable shortcomings when applied to an analysis of privatization. In light of this, the overarching aim of this paper is to offer the human capability approach and to argue that it is the strongest and most appropriate framework for understanding and analyzing the complex and multi-faceted issue of private sector engagement in education…. [PDF]

Edelstein, Barry; Marson, Daniel C.; Moye, Jennifer (2013). Assessment of Capacity in an Aging Society. American Psychologist, v68 n3 p158-171 Apr. Over the past 40 years, the assessment and scientific study of capacity in older adults has emerged as a distinct field of clinical and research activity for psychologists. This new field reflects the convergence of several trends: the aging of American society, the growing incidence and prevalence of dementia, and the patient rights, deinstitutionalization, and disability rights movements. Because of these forces, capacity issues now permeate the fabric of everyday life, whether in the form of guardianship petitions, questions of capacity to consent to treatment, the ability to make a new will, or participation in human research. In seeking to resolve these issues, families, clinicians, and legal professionals increasingly turn to psychologists to assess a capacity and to provide empirically supported judgments that properly balance autonomy and protection for the individual. Psychologists have taken a leading role in the development of functional assessment instruments that measure… [Direct]

(2018). The Whole Gifted Child Task Force Report to the NAGC Board of Directors. National Association for Gifted Children The National Association for Gifted Children's Whole Gifted Child (WGC) Task Force was the Presidential initiative of Dr. George Betts (NAGC President 2015-2017). The WGC Task Force reflects a collective of expertise related to gifted children, gifted education, counseling the gifted, and talent development. Dr. Betts charged the Task Force "to present knowledge and research about the diversity of gifted children, their needs, development, and the importance of providing alternatives for their ongoing growth in school, home, and community." The WGC Task Force set out to identify what is currently known about the multidimensional nature of gifted individuals, consider how what is known might affect gifted individuals' experiences, and begin to conceive of ways the task force might use their combined understanding to bring practical and proactive recommendations to foster the development of emotional health, engagement, achievement, relationships, and meaning in life. Best… [PDF]

Ahmad, Nisar (2013). Educational Poverty by Design: A Case of Mismanagement of National Resources. World Journal of Education, v3 n5 p34-44. The primary purpose of this paper is to review and evaluate the causes of educational poverty in less developed countries. The basic intent in carrying out such a study is to define and derive the role of governing agencies in deliberately creating educational poverty in the country, so that the private interest of the rich and powerful ruling class can be fully safeguarded. This study is of crucial interest to the common man because majority of the people living in less developed countries are poor in spite of the fact, that almost all these countries own ample human and material resources. However, the common man in these countries is continuously suffering, generation after generation, and has been denied access to basic amenities of life. The rich and powerful ruling class, in majority of the less developed countries, has intentionally denied basic education facilities to its people for keeping them ignorant and unaware of their fundamental rights to share national resources and… [PDF]

Collier, Howard L. (1969). Cracks in the Utopia: The Right to Earn is a Basic Human Right Denied to Many. Amer Vocat J, 44, 7, 19-20, 69 Oct. Excerpts from speech given at the Annual Conference of the Ohio State Vocational Education Staff, Nov. 1968….