(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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]
(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….