(2019). Empowerment for Individual Agency: An Analysis of International Organizations' Curriculum Recommendations. Globalisation, Societies and Education, v17 n2 p231-260. Much recent research stresses the increasing relevance of international organisations (IOs) for national education policymaking. Yet, IOs' curriculum recommendations have remained largely out of scope, although they provide a forceful example of 'soft' governance. Based on a content analysis of 83 documents from 42 inter/-nongovernmental, global and regional organisations involved in international education networks between 1990 and 2015, this paper identifies an expansive field of IOs directing growing attention to such curricular issues as student needs, educational goals and content, as well as issues of teaching and learning. In line with much cross-national curriculum research, analysis provides evidence for the trend towards a global curriculum model stressing empowerment, individual agency and psychosocial development. The article argues that the strong focus on human capabilities and human capital in IOs' curriculum policies reflects wider cultural transformations in… [Direct]
(1992). Proceedings of the Annual Technology Literacy Conference. (7th, Alexandria, Virginia, February 6-9, 1992). The following papers are included in these proceedings: \Weaving Technology and Human Affairs\ (B. Hazeltine); \Positivist and Constructivist Understandings about Science and Their Implications for STS Teaching and Learning\ (B. Reeves; C. Ney); \A Modular Conceptual Framework for Technology and Work\ (D. Blandow); \A Time of Uncertainty: The Impact of the Open-ended Time Frame on Biomedical Ethics\ (P. di Virgilo); \Frozen Rhetoric? Public Impact on the Ice-minus Field Trials\ (S. Hagedorn); \Beyond the Right to Die: Reality Versus Abstract Issues\ (R. Mellican); \Technology Adoption and Sub-Sahara African Agriculture: the Sustainable Development Option\ (B. Durosomo); \Environmental Commodification and the Industrialization of Native American Lands\ (J. Byrne, S. Hoffman; C. Martinez); \A Structural Approach to the Environmental Crisis: Energy, Environment, and Underdevelopment\ (K. Ham; R. Wykoff); \After Eve: Various Women's Approaches to Religion, Values, and Science\ (M…. [PDF]
(2003). The Bill of Rights in Action, 2002-2003. Bill of Rights in Action, v18-19 2002-2003. This document includes the following issues of this journal: volume 18, number 3, Summer 2002; volume 18, number 4, Fall 2002; volume 19, number 2, Spring 2003; and volume 19, number 3, Summer 2003. The summer 2002 issue of "The Bill of Rights in Action" views problems related to victims of war. It focuses on the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II, the court case that upheld it as constitutional, and subsequent attempts to compensate those held in the camps; examines the massacre of Chinese by Japanese troops just before World War II, and at the war crimes trial following the war; and examines how victims of World War II are attempting to get compensation through lawsuits. Each article includes questions for discussion and writing, a central activity, and a list of book for further reading. The Fall 2002 issue examines issues related to the environment; shows that humans have been experiencing environmental problems since the agricultural… [PDF]
(2005). The Future Reform and Development of Higher Education Teacher Training in China. Chinese Education and Society, v38 n6 p17-38 Nov-Dec. At the dawn of the twenty-first century, as China's society and economy continue to develop and higher education undergoes further reform, higher education teacher training, which is crucial to building a teacher base in institutions of higher education and an effective means of tapping human resources, finds itself at an historic turning point. Where does it stand right now and what defines it? What are its main issues and difficulties and what are the main causes of these problems? How can it continue to develop as it adapts to the demand of the Sixteenth National People's Congress to create a society in which everybody is reasonably well-off and one in which study is the norm, and what does the future hold for it? To answer these questions, the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Education organized a network in 2002 to undertake a special nationwide survey of higher education teacher training. This article reports the findings of that survey. The survey was conducted through… [Direct]
(1995). Proceedings of the National Technological Literacy Conference (10th, Arlington, Virginia, March 2-5, 1995). This collection of 20 papers represents the work of 24 authors with a variety of perspectives on the growth of the science, technology and society movement in the United States in the past 10 years. These essays are seen as a representative sample of the work of the movement. Divided into four sections, Section 1, \General Science, Technology and Society Studies,\ includes: (1) \The Policy Discourse of STS: STS as an Issue Area and Interaction Network\ (Lars Fuglsang); (2) \Public Perception Issues: Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology\ (Charles Hagedorn; Susan Allender-Hagedorn); (3) \Controversies over Evolution and Creationism: Toward a Postmodern Historiography of Science\ (Michael Seltzer); (4) \Mathematics: An Important Interface Language for STS\ (Glenda R. Haynie; W. James Haynie); (5) \Women and Genes: Finding the Right Fit\ (Deborah Blizzard); and (6) \Community or Commodity? Reconsidering the Environmental Movements in Taiwan\ (Shih-Jung Hsu; John Byrne). Section… [PDF]
(1992). American Council on Consumer Interests Annual Conference (38th, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 25-28, 1992). Proceedings. These proceedings contain 70 papers and summaries of panel discussions and workshops. Selected titles are as follows: \Consumer Access to Health Care\ (Jones); \Credit Education for the Disadvantaged Consumer\ (Schuchardt et al.); \The Jouranl of Consumer Affairs\ (Herrmann et al.); \The Consumer's Role in a Changing Marketplace\ (Edwards); \Developing Curricula in Consumer Affairs\ (Widdows); \Developing an Internship Program\ (Douthitt); \CRIS (Consumer Response Information System) in Class\ (Hay); \What Business Consumer Affairs Professionals Want in Graduates\ (Brady); \What Consumer Economics Textbooks Say about Service Contracts\ (Ackerman); \Children and Consumer Decision Making a la Carte\ (Coon, Peterson); \Adoption of Financial Planning Practices by Midlife and Older Women\ (FitzGerald, Foster); \Financial Freeway: A Financial Management Program for the High School\ (Haldeman, Crites); \EFNEP Plus: A Money Management Calendar and Education Program for EFNEP Clientele\…
(2001). Teaching about Climate Change: Cool Schools Tackle Global Warming. Within the last couple of decades, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has increased significantly due to human activities. Today climate change is an important issue for humankind. This book provides a starting point for educators to teach about climate change, although there are obstacles caused by the industrialized structure of society and its political structure. The activities presented in this book are based on an interdisciplinary approach, and most of them can be implemented at the elementary and secondary grade levels. The content of the book is divided into five sections. Chapters include: (1) \A Climate of Change: The Context\ (Louise Comeau and Dave Mussell); (2) \The Educational Challenges: A Framework for Teaching about Climate Change\ (Milton McClaren and William Hammond); (3) \The Greenhouse Effect\ (Louise Comeau and Tim Grant); (4) \Gases and Greenhouses: Simple Activities for Exploring Key Concepts\ (Gail Littlejohn and Alex Waters); (5)…
(2005). Educational Leadership in the Spiritual Way: \Whatever Will Be, Will Be\. New Horizons in Education, n52 p117-123 Nov. Background: The article provides a broad, concise overview with the intent to provoke scholarly argument and debate on an illusive, yet majestic, theme. Purpose: In this article, the authors make the case for educational leaders who are spiritual. Argument: The contemporary postmodern world society is very cosmopolitan and pluralistic. The complexities and confusion that result call for individuals in educational leadership roles, at all levels, to truly know themselves and to act out of sound beliefs and values. In human affairs, leadership need be moral, meditative, and enlightened with a clear vision of \the big picture\ and the future. At one time relegated to lower levels of importance, a spiritual approach through service, tolerance, empathy, and empowering those being led has now gained top prominence in theory and practice and will surely continue to do so. Spirituality is deep, internal, and loving. And people of all specific religious persuasions are included, hopefully… [PDF] [PDF]
(2003). The Experience of a Native American English Professor in Central Pennsylvania. American Indian Quarterly, v27 n1-2 p412-415 Win-Spr. The author is a part-time English faculty at a wealthy, 95 percent Anglo, liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and she is a candidate for a PhD in Native American studies. College administrators and her colleagues know that she is a tribally enrolled Native American (Shawnee). She used her tribal enrollment card for Form I-9 identification when she became employed there four years ago, and she (used to) speak often of her academic endeavors in the Native American discipline. She teaches Native writers and culture as part of her English composition courses, and the course description appears in the college catalog. Despite this general knowing on campus, everything Native American about her and around her is invisible to her coworkers: her personhood, her discipline, Native colleagues in the field, Native owned and produced publications (including her own), and ultimately all Native people and Native history. College administrators proudly laud a campus "Native presence"… [Direct]
(2005). The University as an Entrepreneurial Organization. Russian Education and Society, v47 n1 p7-25 Jan. In the past ten years, the organizationally homogeneous Soviet system of higher education has been transformed into a heterogeneous set of educational structures. The institutional autonomy of educational institutions carrying out programs of higher education allows them considerable freedom in the choice of the means by which they provide for their development. However, due to their diverse nature, these institutions are finding it difficult to construct administrative models that offer uniform practical methods of operations under the new conditions. The processes involved in university development is something new to the sociology of education and administration of Russia. In this article, several questions focusing on the current state of the Russian higher education are addressed. These questions are as follows: (1) What are the real sources of the crisis in major Russian regional universities?; (2) What tasks should they be accomplishing?; and (3) What path of organizational… [Direct]
(2020). Babies' Transition between Family and Early Childhood Education and Care: A Mosaic of Discourses about Quality of Services. Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, v40 n4-5 p429-448. This article aims to discuss the quality of early childhood education and care in Brazil and the process of infants' and toddlers' "Inserimento" to daycare. The theoretical framework of our arguments is based on the notion of quality of child education as a negotiated concept, and by the Italian concept of "Inserimento." The methodology is based on the Mosaic Approach, a participative method to listen to young children. As part of the methodology, we participated in the "inserimento" process in five municipalities in southeastern Brazil, from 2016 and 2020. Data analysis was based on the pedagogy of listening and on studies on gender and racial relationships. The results show how laws, normative documents, family expectations, planning and routine of childhood education, available toys, space, babies, families, and professionals creates a complex mosaic of discourses about what constitutes the quality of childhood education in the babies' first days in… [Direct]
(2020). Human Resources Professionals' Perspectives on the Use of a Community of Practice to Improve Employment Practices for Individuals with Disabilities. Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, v32 n1 p2-13. Background: The hiring of persons with disabilities continues to lag relative to the employment outcomes of persons without disabilities. Objective: The goal of this descriptive study was to examine human resources (HR) professionals' perceived needs and development considerations related to the use of a community of practice (CoP) to improve the hiring and retention of people with disabilities within the context of the technology acceptance model (TAM). Methods: Participants were 190 HR professionals who were recruited through email invitations distributed by HR professional organizations in the Rocky Mountain region. The survey was comprised of items assessing beliefs regarding the usefulness, ease of use, and barriers to engaging in a CoP. Survey data were analyzed using descriptive and t-test analyses. Findings: Findings supported that 43.6% of HR professionals were unfamiliar with the term CoP, while 40.6% were familiar with the term CoP. A series paired-samples t-test revealed… [Direct]
(2004). Rethinking Our Classrooms: Teaching for Equity and Justice. Volume 2. Revised Edition. Rethinking Schools, Ltd With more than 180,000 copies in print, the first volume of "Rethinking Our Classrooms" broke new ground, providing teachers with hands-on ways to promote values of community, justice, and equality–and build students' academic skills. This companion volume continues in that tradition, presenting a rich new collection of from-the-classroom articles, curriculum ideas, lesson plans, poetry, and resources–all grounded in the realities of school life. "Rethinking Our Classrooms, Volume 2" is an essential book for every educator who seeks to pair concerns for social justice with students' academic achievement. This book is divided into six parts. Part I, The Power of Words, contains the following: (1) Where I'm From: Inviting Students' Lives into the Classroom (Linda Christensen); (2) "Where I'm From" (George Ella Lyon); (3) "I Am From Soul Food and Harriet Tubman" (Lealonni Blake); (4) "I Am From Pink Tights and Speak Your Mind" (Djamila… [Direct]
(2018). Pathways to Empowerment: Recognizing the Competences of Syrian Refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Since 2011, millions of Syrians have fled brutal conflict in their homeland to seek refuge in other countries. Millions more remain internally displaced. More than 5.7 million children and youth are in need of educational assistance as a result of this bloody and protracted war (OCHA, 2015) and, with no political solution in sight, it seems likely that the refugee crisis will continue to have a profound impact on neighbouring countries and their education systems. This study examines the issue of valuing and recognizing the non-formal learning and individual competences of Syrian refugee youths (adolescents) and young adults as a means of empowering them, for example to gain a qualification, to enter employment or to escape poverty and social exclusion. Such pathways to empowerment, of course, depend on a range of other factors, such as the prevailing social and economic arrangements and the acknowledgement of political and civic rights, as well as opportunities for education and… [PDF]
(2015). Parallels in Preschoolers' and Adults' Judgments about Ownership Rights and Bodily Rights. Cognitive Science, v39 n1 p184-198 Jan. Understanding ownership rights is necessary for socially appropriate behavior. We provide evidence that preschoolers' and adults' judgments of ownership rights are related to their judgments of bodily rights. Four-year-olds (n = 70) and adults (n = 89) evaluated the acceptability of harmless actions targeting owned property and body parts. At both ages, evaluations did not vary for owned property or body parts. Instead, evaluations were influenced by two other manipulations–whether the target belonged to the agent or another person, and whether that other person approved of the action. Moreover, these manipulations influenced judgments for owned objects and body parts in the same way: When the other person approved of the action, participants' judgments were positive regardless of who the target belonged to. In contrast, when that person disapproved, judgments depended on who the target belonged to. These findings show that young children grasp the importance of… [Direct]