(2005). Response to Frede V. Nielsen's, \Didactology as a Field of Theory and Research in Music Education\. Philosophy of Music Education Review, v13 n1 p98-101 Spr. A reply to Frede V. Nielsen's, \Didactology as a Field of Theory and Research in Music Education\ is presented. According to Nielsen, the principal question concerning Didaktik is What is the essential content in music education? The author of this article, however, argues that this is a philosophical (as well as a legal) issue concerning the aims of education and the matter of who has the right to decide the content. These kinds of matters can also be drawn on a larger canvas: the education of human beings generally. Music education (especially in the context of general education) is not only concerned with the skills that will enable pupils to become competent musicians. On the contrary and more profoundly, it aims to broaden the mind and expand the possibilities of thought and feeling. According to several researchers (such as Estelle Jorgensen, Anthony E. Kemp, David Best, Matti Huttunen, and Heidi Westerlund) music teachers should cultivate a wide understanding of the meaning of… [Direct]
(2009). Advanced Learning. InTech The education industry has obviously been influenced by the Internet revolution. Teaching and learning methods have changed significantly since the coming of the Web and it is very likely they will keep evolving many years to come thanks to it. A good example of this changing reality is the spectacular development of e-Learning. In a more particular way, the Web 2.0 has offered to the teaching industry a set of tools and practices that are modifying the learning systems and knowledge transmission methods. Teachers and students can use these tools in a variety of ways aimed to the general purpose of promoting collaborative work. The editor would like to thank the authors, who have committed so much effort to the publication of this work. She is sure that this volume will certainly be of great help for students, teachers and researchers. This was, at least, the main aim of the authors. This book contains the following chapters: (1) Enhancing On-line Blended Learning Systems Using a New… [Direct]
(1994). Using the Free-Response Scoring Tool To Automatically Score the Formulating-Hypotheses Item. GRE Board Professional Report No. 90-02bP. This study explores the potential for using a computer-based scoring procedure for the formulating-hypotheses (F-H) item. This item type presents a situation and asks the examinee to generate explanations for it. Each explanation is judged right or wrong, and the number of creditable explanations is summed to produce an item score. Scores were generated for 30 examinees' responses to each of 8 items by a semantic pattern-matching program and independently by 5 human raters. On its initial scoring run, the program agreed highly with the raters' mean item scores for some questions and improved its concurrence substantially as modifications to the automatic scoring process were made. By the final run, correlations between the program and the raters on item scores ranged from .89 to .97, and mean human-machine discrepancies ran from .6 to 1.1 on a 16-point scale. At the individual hypothesis level, the proportion agreement, given the large disproportion of correct responses in the… [PDF]
(2007). 2007 SOPHE Presidential Address: Discovering a Philosophy of Health Education. Health Education & Behavior, v34 n5 p718-722. While we have several hallmarks of a mature profession, does this include a well-articulated \Philosophy of Health Education?\ High-order questions should be important to both practitioners and researchers in health education. This address outlines why it is important for us to have a philosophy of health education, an approach that we could take in such a project, and brief illustrations of how one's philosophy of health education impacts our work. Studying philosophy is a discipline unto itself. The suggestion is made for us to take a systematic look at fundamental questions about who we are, what areas of the human condition we choose to affect, why (and in what way) we do the things we do, and what difference we are making. If using a traditional philosophical framework of inquiry, three major and important areas of questioning would be examined, falling in the areas of epistemology, ethical and moral discourse, and governance and justice. Discovering a philosophy of health… [Direct]
(1976). Unitarianism as a Rhetorical Movement. This paper traces twentieth-century Unitarian Universalism to its nineteenth-century transcendentalist roots by examining the communication patterns and philosophies of its proponents. Advocates of Unitarianism defend their religious/humanistic philosophy in terms of the Constitution's First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, reflecting their view that human dignity, knowledge, and understanding depend on the constant search for truth and meaning in life and necessitate religious tolerance and candid interaction among all members of society. The writings and sermons of several proponents of Unitarianism are discussed, but the paper concludes that further investigations of twentieth-century Unitarian sermons are necessary in order to better understand and appreciate Unitarianism's rhetorical and religious significance. (RL)…
(1967). ADDRESSES ADAPTED FROM THE 24TH ANNUAL INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS (FISK UNIVERSITY, AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER AND RACE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE). THIS JOURNAL CONTAINS SPEECHES ON RACE RELATIONS AND THE NEGRO'S STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL POWER. WHITNEY YOUNG DISCUSSES "THE SEARCH FOR LIBERALS" WHO WILL NOT BACK DOWN WHEN CONFRONTED BY ANGRY NEGRO DEMANDS FOR INDEPENDENCE AND EQUALITY. BAYARD RUSTIN ANALYZES TRENDS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND CONCLUDES THAT THE MOVEMENT'S CURRENT FOCUS IS ON ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FOR THE NEGRO AND THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY. "POLITICAL POWER AND SOCIAL REFORM IN THE GHETTO" IS THE TOPIC OF A SPEECH BY PAUL L. PURYEAR. FINALLY, IN AN EDITORIAL BY CLIFTON H. JOHNSON, "HUMAN RELATIONS FRONTIERS" ARE DISCUSSED. THIS DOCUMENT IS THE "COUNCIL JOURNAL," VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3, DECEMBER 1967. (LB)… [PDF]
(1975). Barrier Free Access to the Man-Made Environment – A Review of Current Literature. Interim Report. Reviewed in the interim report on revision of the existing American National Standards Institute provision is current literature on barrier free design for disabled individuals. The report addresses the following topics: the history of access as a civil right; demographic aspects (including information on task dysfunctions of disabled persons related to architectural building elements); standards and building codes review (including tables on scope of state and federal regulations); review of human factors research on functional anthropometry, biomechanics, information display and specific task environments; spatial behavior of disabled persons; analysis of building products (including a suggested matrix for use in evaluating such products as plumbing fixtures, telephone booths, and refrigerators); and recommendations on design features. (CL)… [PDF]
(1974). Federal Focus on Education: Transcript of Proceedings. Education Seminar. (Washington, D.C., April 18, 1974). This report of the education seminar held before media representatives contains statements by policy-level officials and technical experts in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Formal presentations are followed by question and answer sessions. Participants in the seminar include Lewis M. Helm, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; Casper W. Weinberger, Secretary; Charles B. Saunders, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary for Education; Thomas K. Glennan, Jr., Director, National Institute of Education; John R. Ottina, Commissioner of Education; Peter E. Holmes, Director, Office for Civil Rights; Stanley B. Thomas, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Human Development; Odell W. Vaughn, Chief, Benefits Director, Veterans Administration; and Kenneth R. Cole, Jr., Executive Director, Domestic Council. (JF)… [PDF]
(1976). Spatial Effects of Sound on Visual Activity in Human Newborns. This study investigated the possibility of a functional relation between the auditory and visual systems in the human newborn beyond reflexive organization. Visual activity was monitored in 16 newborns through the use of infrared corneal reflection video tape recording. Infants were observed in total darkness and while monocularly viewing a vertical bar presented either in the left or right part of the visual field. Sound was presented ipsilateral and contralateral to the bar. Results indicate that sound produced looking first toward the source and then away from the source, thereby spatially biasing exploratory visual behavior. The data suggest that audition and vision are related at birth in a manner that is not purely reflexive. (Author/SB)… [PDF]
(1990). Strategies for Change: Supporting Students with Special Educational Needs in Regular Schools. [Report Number 5]. This report presents the views of the Advisory Council for Special Education Needs for Queensland, Australia concerning effective education for students with special educational needs in regular schools. Three issue areas are identified: (1) commitment and advocacy; (2) effective management of education; and (3) improved human resource development and planning. For each issue, principles are discussed and then related educational goals and objectives are presented. The principles include: access to and participation in an appropriate and effective education; family participation in schooling; advocacy for and active promotion of student rights; personal welfare of students; the right of participation and choice; effective school-based programs and services; staff professional development; programs and services based on negotiation; needs-based planning and accountability; commitment by each staff member; support for teachers; upgrading of professional competencies; recognition of…
(2001). The Promotion of Minority Languages in Russian Federation and the Prevention of Interethnic Conflicts: The Case of Kalmykia. [Mercator] Working Papers. This paper asserts that fostering pacific cohabitation, harmonious multiculturalism, and sustainable development are the main challenges facing the regions of Russia today. It notes the importance of involving Russian linguistic and cultural minorities in the formulation, adoption, application, and evaluation of protection policies, as well as policies fostering their rights at international, national, and local levels. Effective participation of these communities can result in better management of the area's human, social, and economic resources as well better control of local government actions in order to guarantee equal rights and non-discrimination for all. The paper suggests that efforts to promote autochthonous languages and strengthening civil societies should strive to increase the relationships between democracy and national identity, promote tolerance, set up educational systems that disseminate messages of pacific cohabitation and mutual understanding, and implement… [PDF]
(1978). Sex Equality in Vocational Education: A Chance for Educators to Expand Opportunities for Students. Addressed to vocational educators and counselors, this booklet contains four main sections. The first section includes definitions of terms in the area of sex equality in vocational education, an overview of the problems created by sex discrimination, and a discussion of the question: Where does vocational education lead? The second section describes the laws and activities that are helping to eliminate sex discrimination, including the following: Title II of the Education Amendments of 1976, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Women's Educational Equity Act of the Education Amendments of 1974, Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The third section includes information about teacher and counselor training and about curriculum materials and methods that teachers may use in vocational education programs. The fourth section contains lists of print, nonprint, and human resources that are… [PDF]
(1974). Mind, Languages, and Literacy. For the past 100 years we have been acting as if education in school was of words, by words, and for words, but in fact verbal literacy was preceded by visual literacy when humans communicated with body language before they had speech. American educators have been concentrating efforts on the left hemisphere of the brain in which the verbal language skills, including reading and writing, develop and ignoring the right hemisphere of the brain in which visual sequencing, visual literacy, and visual patterning develop. Quite by accident, television has begun to cultivate the right side of the brain. That this may be so was discovered when Dr. Robert Thorndyke and others began to revalidate the Stanford-Binet IQ test, and it was found that the IQ of children changes, rising sharply at about age 2 when children begin paying attention to television and declining at age of 5 1/2 when children begin school and are pressed in the direction of verbal activities and forced away from the visual… [PDF]
(1989). Review and Analysis of Mississippi State/Federal Programs Servicing Persons with Developmental Disabilities. The 1990 Report to Congress, Volume I. Prepared in Accordance with: The Developmental Disabilities Act of 1987. As required by Public Law 100-146, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1987, this two-part compendium contains descriptions of federal and state programs in Mississippi providing services to persons with developmental disabilities. Part 1, an analysis of federally assisted programs, covers health services, housing, Medicaid, mental health programs, human development programs, Social Security, special education, transportation, and vocational rehabilitation. Each program description provides information on the administering agency, the legislation enabling the provision of services, the eligibility requirements for receiving services, the scope of the programs, the extent of services, and the effectiveness of the services in meeting individuals' needs. Part 2, which analyzes major state agencies serving developmentally disabled persons, covers Mississippi State's Department of Health, Department of Mental Health, Department of Education,…
(1971). Equal Educational Opportunity: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity of the United States Senate, Ninety-Second Congress, First Session on Equal Educational Opportunity, Part 21–Metropolitan Aspects of Educational Inequality. Hearings Held Washington, D.C., November 22, 23, 30, 1971. Contents of these hearings include the testimony of the following witnesses, as well as materials appended as pertinent to the hearings: (1) Lloyd Lewis, Jr., Chairman, Dayton City Planning Board and member of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission's Housing and Human Resources Advisory Committee; (2) Dale F. Bertsch, Executive Director, Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission, Dayton, Ohio; (3) Martin E. Sloane, Acting Deputy Staff Director, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, accompanied by Caroline Davis, Chief, Education Division, and Karen Krueger, Chief, Housing Division; and, (4) William L. Taylor, Director, Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University Law School. Appended materials include: (1) "A regional housing plan: The Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission Experience," Dale F. Bertsch and Ann M. Schafor, reprinted from "Planners Notebook"; (2) "Home ownership for lower income families: a report on the racial and ethnic impact… [PDF]