(1991). Home Economists in the Workplace: Formulating HIV/AIDS Policy. Journal of Home Economics, v83 n1 p27-28,44-47 Spr. Reviews facts about human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), HIV transmission, and prevention of HIV/AIDS; discusses risks for contracting HIV; reviews relevant legislation regarding the rights of employees, employers, and consumers; describes HIV/AIDS workplace policies and procedures; and presents implications for home economists. (Author/JOW)…
(1991). The New Hero in Children's Literature. New Advocate, v4 n4 p209-20 Fall. Asserts that people have used animals in literature as long as there has been writing, because animals give people a way to characterize themselves. Argues that animals are being regarded in new, heroic ways in children's books, more and more without human distortions, but as heroes in their own right. (PRA)…
(2000). Conservation in a Human-Dominated World. California Journal of Science Education, v1 n1 p7-26 Fall. The policies, practices, and institutions needed to imbed conservation in society should aim to change the perceptions of conservation from a cost of development to human advancement and welfare. Discusses the rise of modern conservation and rights, complexity, and change. Emphasizes the need for flexible and adaptive conservation strategies. (ASK)…
(1965). Liberty and Law: The Nature of Individual Rights. Teacher and Student Manuals. This social studies unit considers the nature and sources of the individual rights of American citizenship as well as the complexity of the federal system as it operates on the liberties of the individual and relates to state government. The unit is structured chronologically to indicate that the history of liberty is largely the history of legal procedures. It notes changes in the understanding of individual rights from early manifestations in England, through the 18th century American contributions in the Bill of Rights, to the Fourteenth Amendment. To further illuminate how legal processes affect the acquisition of human liberties, the 1963 "Gideon v. Wainwright" decision and the right to counsel are discussed. The right to trial by jury in federal court, the use of evidence without a warrant, and extensions of the right to counsel are then considered as examples of the part that the Supreme Court has played since the Twenties in the reaffirmation of civil liberties…. [PDF]
(2007). Journalism and Institutional Review Boards. Qualitative Inquiry, v13 n6 p871-874 Sep. The author opposes any Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) overseeing the work of journalism professors and journalism students in any academic institution. He argues that the tendency for IRBs to require anonymity for persons interviewed immediately reduces the credibility of any journalistic story. The composition of an IRB is questioned on grounds that its faculty and public members may be uncomfortable with the thrust of a journalistic inquiry and, in reaction, thwart the intention of a journalist by refusing approval. The medical human subject IRB model of oversight is supported, but the author is perplexed how this medical model has awkwardly extended into such areas a social science. The journalist's first obligation is to the public's right to know under the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution and IRB oversight unconstitutionally interferes with that obligation. Moreover, IRB oversight amounts to \prior restraint,\ a practice the U. S. Supreme Court ruled is… [Direct]
(1987). Basic Realities of Global Education. WCCI Forum: Journal of the World Council for Curriculum and Instruction, v1 n1 p62-65 Jun. States the need for global education and suggests ways in which it might be accomplished most effectively. Suggestions include focusing on (1) the oneness of humankind; (2) the innate goodness of human beings; (3) equality between men and women; (4) the right to education; and (5) the necessity of ecological harmony. (BSR)…
(1985). An Explosion of Creativity in a Remote Egyptian Village. Art Education, v38 n3 p35-37 May. The Egyptian architect Wissa Wassef believed artistry in crafts to be an innate human characteristic that would be universally expressed under the right conditions, i.e., the practice of the craft from early childhood. When he had Egyptian peasant children with no previous art experience weave tapestries, the results astounded the world. (RM)…
(1978). Localisation of Human Speech by the Newborn Baby and the Effects of Pethidine ('Meperidine'). Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, v20 n6 p227-34 Dec. Eight newborn babies were tested to see whether they could make discriminating head-turn responses to the sound of a 9-second recording of a human voice coming 15 degrees, 30 degrees, and 80 degrees from the midline, from either the right or left side. Journal availability: see EC 113 765. (Author)…
(1989). The Ethics of Screening for Early Intervention in HIV Disease. American Journal of Public Health, v79 n12 p1661-67 Dec. Discusses the ethical aspects of screening and testing for clinical detection of individuals infected with asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Careful consideration must be given to individuals' rights, respect for their privacy, and society's obligations to provide needed clinical and social services in translating cautious medical optimism into ethically justified policies. (AF)…
(1991). Putting Children's Issues before Congress. Report from Washington. PTA Today, v16 n4 p22-23 Feb. Describes a trip by youth from around the nation to Washington, DC, to testify about various issues (e.g., drug abuse, disability rights, and foster care) at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Resources as part of National Children's week. Photographs from the hearing are included. (SM)…
(1992). Theorizing Tutorials: Using Cassirer's Concepts of "Word Magic" to Interpret Writing Conferences. Journal of Teaching Writing, v11 n2 p219-31. Shows how tutorial encounters enact gradations and extremes in the manner of Ernst Cassirer's concept of "word magic." Argues that tutorials in which students try to find the "right words" illustrate the need to make written language commensurate with human thought. Narrates several case studies illustrating these insights. (HB)…
(2003). Genetic Testing and Its Implications: Human Genetics Researchers Grapple with Ethical Issues. Science, Technology, and Human Values, v28 n3 p365-402 Sum. Contributes systematic data on the attitudes of scientific experts who engage in human genetics research about the pros, cons, and ethical implications of genetic testing. Finds that they are highly supportive of voluntary testing and the right to know one's genetic heritage. Calls for greater genetic literacy. (Contains 87 references.) (Author/NB)…
(2006). Enhancing Portugal's Human Capital. OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 505. OECD Publishing (NJ1) The lack of human capital in Portugal has become a key obstacle to higher growth. This paper discusses the performance of education and training services in Portugal and shows that improvements are needed to narrow the significant human capital gap with other OECD countries. Despite progress in the past decades, Portuguese children spend comparatively few years in formal education, and they do not perform as well as children from other OECD countries. Adults, especially the least educated, do not participate enough in lifelong learning and training programmes. This situation does not stem from a lack of resources devoted to education and training but from inefficiencies and misallocation of spending, and weaknesses in the quality of the services that compound the low starting point of Portugal regarding education. Modernizing the Portuguese economy therefore requires a broad reform which increases human capital at all levels. The ongoing efforts of the authorities in the three areas… [Direct]
(2009). Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools. Harvard Education Press "Inside Urban Charter Schools" offers an unprecedentedly intimate glimpse into the world of charter schools by profiling five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachusetts. Interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations conducted over the course of two years flesh out rich and colorful portraits of daily life in these schools. Using an analytic framework grounded in research on nonprofit management and effective schools, the authors show that these schools excel along the organizational dimensions of structure, systems, human resource strategies, culture, and clarity of mission. By raising provocative questions for parents, educators, policymakers, and scholars, the book makes a powerful contribution to important conversations about the purpose of K-12 schooling in the twenty-first century and what it will take to enable all schools–whether charter or traditional–to successfully educate all students. The… [Direct]
(2009). Old Challenges and New Opportunities for Studying the Financial Aspects of Intercollegiate Athletics. New Directions for Higher Education, n148 p11-22 Win. The infrastructure, both physical and human, devoted to intercollegiate athletics at the largest U.S. universities is more comprehensive and impressive than the Olympic training facilities of most countries. More challenging is determining the extent of the significant investment that these institutions make in their sports programs. Many programs, particularly outside the most prominent ones, receive an annual subsidy from the institution in the form of a general fund appropriation, an earmark of student fees, or even an appropriation of state funds. However, should an observer trace such funds, it remains virtually impossible to assign a total cost of an athletics program to the institution whose name it bears, as well as comparing it with competitors. Over the years, even as the exploding costs associated with arms races in facilities and salaries have become policy issues, the lack of complete and consistent data on the finances of intercollegiate sports has become a concern in… [Direct]