(2020). Here-and-Then: Learning by Making Places with Digital Spatial Story Lines. Cognition and Instruction, v38 n3 p348-373. In this article, we introduce and analyze learning experiences made possible by a teaching framework that we have developed and call "digital spatial story lines" (DSSLs). DSSLs offer a novel approach to learning on the move by engaging learners with related conceptual practices of archival curation, digital mapping, and the production of public history. Learners collaborate to make and follow map-based story lines that bridge archival media they curate in public libraries and museums onto city neighborhoods these media describe. Story lines can be followed as tours to explore under- or untold stories about a city's public history at walking scale. To illustrate and study learning within the DSSL framework, we describe and analyze one design iteration from a larger, multi-year research project with local museum, library, and high school partners. Our analysis shows how making and following story lines provided opportunities for pre-service social studies teachers to engage… [Direct]
(2016). Social Responsibility in High Education Institutions: Evidence from Economic Faculties in Czech Republic. Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, v9 n4 p88-96. The presented paper shows results of a qualitative survey of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the tertiary education sector. Economically oriented faculties of public universities in the Czech Republic were selected. For the assessment of High Education Institutions' engagement in CSR activities seven key areas covered by ISO 26,000 standard were used. Analyzed High Education Institutions in the Czech Republic are engaged in many CSR activities but these activities are often untargeted and representing by-products of other activities. The main drawbacks of all assessed faculties in the key area five — "Environment" were discovered. The results for the first key area — "Organisational governance" show that integration of the CSR concept in High Education Institutions strategy substantially defines the level of their overall engagement in corporate socially responsible activities…. [PDF]
(2005). Youth in Transition: The Challenges of Generational Change in Asia. Proceedings of the Biennial General Conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (15th, Canberra, Australia, 2005). Online Submission, Proceedings of the Biennial General Conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (15th, Canberra, Australia, 2005). This book originates from a conference of the Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils and contains writings and research reports on Youth in Transition in the Asia and Pacific region. The definition of "youth" varies from country to country and ranges between the ages of 10 to 35. The publication summarizes issues in the region, generally regarded as a critical stage before adulthood. Due to local requirements and the development stage of countries in the region, the focus of adolescent studies deals with a wide range of topics such as indigenous people, rural-urban migration, lifestyle, population policy, and technology. Statistics also show that the current generation of youth is immensely different from its predecessors as a result of improved healthcare, rise of technology, and globalization. The differences cover not just livelihood factors such as marriage, sexuality, habits, or employment but also the bigger picture including demographics and culture…. [PDF]
(1999). The Future of Libraries in Human Communication: Abstracts and Fulltext Documents of Papers and Demos Given at the [International Association of Technological University Libraries] IATUL Conference (Chania, Greece, May 17-21, 1999). Volume 19. This proceedings of the IATUL 1999 conference of the contains the following papers: \From Industry to Higher Education and Libraries: Building the Fast Response Library\ (A. S. Apostolou & C. H. Skiadas); \Managing the Learning Agenda in a Converged Service Environment\ (Richard Biddiscombe); \Management of Electronic Information\ (Michael Breaks); \Challenging Technolust: The Educational Responsibility of Librarians\ (Alan Bundy); \Sharing Metadata: Enabling Online Information Provision\ (Jenny Darzentas); \Breaking through with Thin-Client Technologies: A Cost Effective Approach for Academic Libraries\ (Sohair W. Elbaz & Christofer Stewart); \The Future of the Academic Library and the Academic Librarian–A Delphi Study\ (Blazej Feret & Marzena Marcinek); \Information Literacy Courses in Engineering and Science–The Design and Implementation of the DEDICATE Courses\ (Nancy Fjallbrant & Philippa Levy); \New Reference: Diversifying Service Delivery\ (Imogen Garner); \A Key to the New… [PDF]
(2014). Experiencing Cultural Geography in the Birthplace of the Blues. Geography Teacher, v11 n1 p7-16. Over time, fewer and fewer geography scholars have the opportunity to actually engage in fieldwork. This article summarizes a field experience shared by a group of geography faculty and students who traveled through the Mississippi Delta endeavoring to study the dynamic nature of the region's blues music and culture. This endeavor entailed the utilization of a place-based approach to focus attention on the many geographical, historical, and cultural processes that have unfolded within this region over time. This approach also sheds light on the ways in which this unique region has impacted the rest of the country and the world. Socially transformative processes and issues related to the evolution of the civil rights movement and cultural diffusion are given specific attention…. [Direct]
(2004). Chronicle of Higher Education. Volume 51, Number 4, September 17, 2004. Chronicle of Higher Education, v51 n4 Sep. "Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This September 17, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Just Deserts: A New Assistant Professor Wonders About the Price of Ascending the Academic Ranks" (Coleman, Jon T.); (2) "Breaking the Spell: How a Ph.D. in History Finally Resisted the Lure of the Academic Job Market" (Hoyt, David L.); (3) "Prepare for Departure: A Historian Begins a Chronicle of his Fulbright Year in Poland" (Phelps, Christopher); (4) "Colleges Should Mobilize to Protect Voters' Rights" (Loeb, Paul Rogat); (5) "University Pressures Require Better Management Skills" (Bernuth, Patrick); (6) "Permutations of New-World Experiences Rejuvenate Jewish-American Literature" (Weber, Donald); (7) "Smart, Pretty, Popular, and in Need of Professors'… [Direct]
(2005). Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development: Mixed Methods in the Study of Childhood and Family Life. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development. University of Chicago Press \Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development\ provides a new perspective on the study of childhood and family life. Successful development is enhanced when communities provide meaningful life pathways that children can seek out and engage. Successful pathways include both a culturally valued direction for development and competence in skills that matter for a child's subsequent success as a person as well as a student, parent, worker, or citizen. To understand successful pathways requires a mix of qualitative, quantitative, and ethnographic methods–the state of the art for research practice among developmentalists, educators, and policymakers alike. This volume includes new studies of minority and immigrant families, school achievement, culture, race and gender, poverty, identity, and experiments and interventions meant to improve family and child contexts. \Discovering Successful Pathways in Children's Development\ will be of enormous value to everyone interested in… [Direct]
(2019). Every Child Learns: UNICEF Education Strategy 2019-2030. UNICEF The gap between the levels of learning that education systems are providing and what children, communities and economies need, is growing. The breadth and depth of this learning crisis constitute the greatest global challenge to preparing children and adolescents for life, work and active citizenship. The lesson of the learning crisis is clear: the conventional assembly of education inputs is not improving learning outcomes. This presents a fundamental challenge to the way that governments, development partners and communities are managing and supporting education systems. A new, more radical approach that focusses on enhancing learning outcomes is long overdue and forms the basis for this strategy. The report also outlines the shift towards a greater focus on improving learning outcomes, including supporting the breadth of skills that allow young people to become agile, adaptive learners and citizens, equipped to navigate personal, social, academic, economic and environmental… [PDF]
(2019). Disability and the University: A Disabled Students' Manifesto. Peter Lang Publishing Group "Disability and the University: A Disabled Students' Manifesto" is a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essentials universities should provide for these students. Each chapter presents a benchmark for students to follow as they travel through the institution, and lays clear what they should expect. Written by former students with disabilities who have traversed the terrain and experienced higher education, this book is not about disabled students, but instead is a manifesto, a call for change, a call to action. It is a guide book, blueprint, and tool for both students and universities. "Disability and the University" is divided into four parts, each examining crucial aspects of higher education, including the culture of the academy, movement beyond the limits of compliance, access to and in the institution, and disability rights. Each chapter is a statement of what every institution of higher… [Direct]
(1966). Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, 1962-1966. Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, v1 n1-5 Aut 1962-Aut. The research projects reported in this bulletin represent the scope of thinking being done by those in the music teaching field, by college students, and by students in Missouri's secondary schools. Articles in Volume 1, Number 1 are: "Toward the Development of a Music Curriculum Based on the Maturation of the Child" (A. Kitto); "Musical Values and the String Class" (J. Lang); "The Slow Learner in the High School General Music Class" (A. Olsen); "Music for the Academically Talented High School Student" (M. H. Wurtz); "Instrumental Music and the Cerebral Palsied Child" (W. H. Knirr); "Research and Progress in the Allied Arts" (D. G. Bowling; L. Karel); "Survey of Musical Style for Band" (D. K. Anderson); "Principal Instrumental Forms of the Baroque Era" (W. Morie); "Trends in Piano Class Instruction 1815 to 1962" (W. H. Richards); "Musical Taste as Indicated by Records Owned by College… [PDF]
(2015). Resolution on the Dignity and Education of Immigrant, Undocumented, and Unaccompanied Youth. Position Statement. National Council of Teachers of English From 2013 to 2014, more than 66,000 children and adolescents, unaccompanied by their parents, made journeys from urban and rural areas of M√©xico and Central America and arrived in the United States in search of safety and educational opportunities. To date, various local, state, and federal agencies, as well as community and faith-based organizations, are collaborating on humanitarian efforts to ensure the safety, well-being, and education of young people who are newcomers to the U.S. Following the recent surge in border crossings, some municipalities have begun government proceedings to unwelcome children and minors if they are labeled as immigrant. In 1994, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) issued the Resolution on Proposition 187 in response to California's Proposition 187, which denied educational and social services to undocumented immigrants, specifically those of Latino origin. This proposed resolution builds on similar resolutions affirmed over the past two… [Direct]
(2016). Improving Student Wellbeing: Having a Say at School. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, v27 n3 p348-366. The wellbeing of children and young people remains a concern internationally and an increasing focus of policy, programmes, and teacher professional development in schools. Supporting wellbeing is now central to the realisation of children's rights, evidenced by an expanding literature linking children's participation and their wellbeing. As promising as such scholarship might be in advocating for the democratisation of schools, little empirical research has investigated these links. Drawing on relevant findings from a large mixed-methods study in Australia that sought the views of students, principals, teachers, and other staff about wellbeing at school, this paper explores a number of links between student voice and wellbeing. The findings revealed that students understood wellbeing in multifaceted ways, including having a say, being listened to, having rights, and being respected. Further, both students and staff identified positive associations between having a say at school,… [Direct]
(2012). Roots, Origins and Backgrounds: An Analysis of Their Meanings in the Creation of Adoptive Families in Sweden. Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v19 n1 p115-128 Feb. In international conventions as well as in the national discourses of many countries, children who do not grow up with their biogenetic parents have the right to receive information about their origin. The meaning of origin in intercountry adoption, however, is not necessarily the same as in artificial donor insemination (AID). Through an analysis of the material published by the Swedish Intercountry Adoption Authority from 1972 to 2004 and by discussing the often-drawn analogy between adoption and AID, the present article aims to investigate the varying meanings that have been ascribed to origin and the arguments that have been used in support of its importance. (Contains 5 notes.)… [Direct]
(2014). Capacity Enablers and Barriers for Learning Analytics: Implications for Policy and Practice. Alliance for Excellent Education The field of learning analytics is being discussed in many circles as an emerging concept in education. In many districts and states, the core philosophy behind learning analytics is not entirely new; for more than a decade, discussions of data-driven decision making and the use of data to drive instruction have been common. Still, the U.S. education system has not yet come close to reaching the potential of learning analytics. The learning analytics initiatives described in this paper are helping states and districts move from being data collectors to being data analyzers, able to use the vast amount of information being collected in a secure, practical, customized, and predictive system. Ultimately, many of the examples provide a glimpse into how districts are preparing to take advantage of learning analytics to meet the needs of each student. This transition is not just about implementing new or better data or assessment systems, or even improving the analysis of data. Education… [Direct]
(2000). Distance Learning 2000: Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning (16th, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2-4, 2000). These proceedings contain 75 papers from information sessions that address important human factors in distance education from several perspectives, including implementation planning, management and policy, instructional design, teaching methods, faculty development, learning environments, learner supports, and evaluation. Among the papers are: "Best Practices in Strategic Planning and Implementation" (Abbiatti, Decuir); "Who's on the Line?" (Adria, Woudstra); "Creating a Virtual Learning Community" (Ahearn, Blunt); "Don't Just Have Talking Heads" (Allers, Hays); "Learning Strategies Used by Distance Education Students" (Ally); "State Educational Institutions Granted Immunity for Patent and Trademark Infringement" (Armatas); "Shifting from Resident to Synchronous Web-Based Training" (Arnold, Palmore); "Accrediting General Education in Distance Learning Bachelor's Degree Programs" (Baker, Lucas); "How…