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Family Sources Of Educational Gender Inequality In Rural China: A Critical Assessment, Emily C. Hannum, Peggy A. Kong, Yuping Zhang Nov 2008

Family Sources Of Educational Gender Inequality In Rural China: A Critical Assessment, Emily C. Hannum, Peggy A. Kong, Yuping Zhang

Emily C. Hannum

In this paper, we investigate the gender gap in education in rural northwest China. We first discuss parental perceptions of abilities and appropriate roles for girls and boys; parental concerns about old-age support; and parental perceptions of different labor market outcomes for girls’ and boys’ education. We then investigate gender disparities in investments in children, children’s performance at school, and children’s subsequent attainment. We analyze a survey of nine to twelve year-old children and their families conducted in rural Gansu Province in the year 2000, along with follow-up information about subsequent educational attainment collected seven years later. We complement our …


Teaching The Teacher: Integrating Information Literacy Into The Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes Sep 2008

Teaching The Teacher: Integrating Information Literacy Into The Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Teacher: Integrating Information Literacy Into The Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes Sep 2008

Teaching The Teacher: Integrating Information Literacy Into The Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Suffering In Silence: Girls With Asperger Syndrome, Lee Wilkinson Jul 2008

Suffering In Silence: Girls With Asperger Syndrome, Lee Wilkinson

Lee A Wilkinson, PhD

No abstract provided.


International Course Transformation Process In Psychology, L. Bartolini, A. Gharib, W. Phillips Jul 2008

International Course Transformation Process In Psychology, L. Bartolini, A. Gharib, W. Phillips

LeeAnn Bartolini

No abstract available


Information Literacy In The New Curriculum, Michiel E. Moll Jul 2008

Information Literacy In The New Curriculum, Michiel E. Moll

Michiel E Moll

South Africa has undergone major changes in the school curriculum. At the same time, international emphasis on the importance of Information Literacy has found reflections locally in many calls for the development of school libraries (e.g. Arnold, 2002: 178), but has remained a problem in the actual implementation. This is also reflected in initial teacher training which has moved Information Literacy to a skill of the teacher, rather than an essential part of the curriculum that they have to teach.

This paper first looks briefly at the changes in national curricula in South Africa, and then at the current curriculum, …


The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson Jun 2008

The Emerging New Human Being, The Culture-In-The-Self, And Ahp's New Multidimensional Intercultural Initiative, Carroy U. Ferguson

Carroy U "Cuf" Ferguson, Ph.D.

The emerging New Human Being will need to explore and come to terms with a phenomenon, operating deeply, uniquely, and diversely at a core level of all human beings on the planet. I call this phenomenon the “culture-in-the-Self,” a term coined some years ago by cofounders of Interculture Inc. What we commonly think of as culture is just the surface of this phenomenon, often appearing outwardly in the diverse “forms” of cultural scripts, beliefs, values, behaviors, and customs). I want to call attention to what goes on beneath surface culture(s), and how AHP intends to play a primary role in …


Information Literacy For Teachers: Is Reform Necessary And How To Establish A Successful Model Program?, Sonya Shepherd May 2008

Information Literacy For Teachers: Is Reform Necessary And How To Establish A Successful Model Program?, Sonya Shepherd

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Information Literacy For Teachers: Is Reform Necessary And How To Establish A Successful Model Program?, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes Apr 2008

Information Literacy For Teachers: Is Reform Necessary And How To Establish A Successful Model Program?, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes

Sonya S. Gaither

No abstract provided.


Teacher As Designers Of Online And Open Educational Resources: An Empirical Examination Of Professional Development For Re-Use, M. Robertshaw, Kristy Bloxham, Andrew Walker, Heather Leary, Mimi Recker Dec 2007

Teacher As Designers Of Online And Open Educational Resources: An Empirical Examination Of Professional Development For Re-Use, M. Robertshaw, Kristy Bloxham, Andrew Walker, Heather Leary, Mimi Recker

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Walking Through The Storm, Norman Powell Dec 2007

Walking Through The Storm, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.


Lost In Transition: Navigating And Exploring Alternative Education, Norman Powell Dec 2007

Lost In Transition: Navigating And Exploring Alternative Education, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Teacher: How To Incorporate Information Into The Teacher Education Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes Dec 2007

Teaching The Teacher: How To Incorporate Information Into The Teacher Education Curriculum, Sonya Shepherd, Robert Fernekes

Sonya S. Gaither

Paper presented at the ALA 2008 Annual Conference.


Every Student Graduates, Norman Powell Dec 2007

Every Student Graduates, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.


Crossing Paths To Connect Educators And Learners With Online Resources, Heather Leary, M. Robertshaw, Andrew Walker, Kristy Bloxham Dec 2007

Crossing Paths To Connect Educators And Learners With Online Resources, Heather Leary, M. Robertshaw, Andrew Walker, Kristy Bloxham

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


The Linguistic Similarities Of Spanish Heritage And Second Language Learners, Andrew Lynch Dec 2007

The Linguistic Similarities Of Spanish Heritage And Second Language Learners, Andrew Lynch

Andrew Lynch

This article addresses the situation of lower-proficiency heritage language learners of Spanish in terms of their linguistic similarities to second language learners. The analysis highlights grammatical and lexical features in the oral discourse of Spanish heritage and second language learners at intermediate and advanced levels of study, establishing common linguistic ground between the two groups. Given the similarities, the article emphasizes the current need for courses designed to accommodate lower-proficiency heritage learners, integrating principles and aspects of second language acquisition theory and pedagogy.


Strategies For Working With Children From Diverse Backgrounds, Norman Powell Dec 2007

Strategies For Working With Children From Diverse Backgrounds, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.


Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker Dec 2007

Supporting Meaningful Learning With Online Resources: Developing A Review Process, Sarah Giersch, Heather Leary, Bart Palmer, Mimi Recker

Heather Leary, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.


Assisting Overseas Libraries While Still In The U.S., Dorothy Bowen Dec 2007

Assisting Overseas Libraries While Still In The U.S., Dorothy Bowen

Dorothy N. Bowen

No abstract provided.


The Difference A Perspective Makes: Teaching Race And Ethnicity From A 500-Year World Historical Epistemological Perspective, Jesse Benjamin Dec 2007

The Difference A Perspective Makes: Teaching Race And Ethnicity From A 500-Year World Historical Epistemological Perspective, Jesse Benjamin

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.


A Statewide Study Of Transitions Of Youth At Risk In Non-Traditional Educational Programs, Norman Powell Dec 2007

A Statewide Study Of Transitions Of Youth At Risk In Non-Traditional Educational Programs, Norman Powell

Norman W. Powell

No abstract provided.


The Best-Laid Plans: A Case Of Cross-Cultural Online Learning, Beth Rubin Dec 2007

The Best-Laid Plans: A Case Of Cross-Cultural Online Learning, Beth Rubin

Beth Rubin

This article describes a case of cultural barriers affecting the success of an online course developed in one country and co-taught from two locations, and analyzes the cultural, communication and procedural factors that contributed to failure.


Ability Grouping And Academic Inequality: Evidence From Trinidad And Tobago, Clement (Kirabo) Jackson Dec 2007

Ability Grouping And Academic Inequality: Evidence From Trinidad And Tobago, Clement (Kirabo) Jackson

C. Kirabo Jackson

In Trinidad and Tobago students are assigned to secondary schools after fifth grade based on achievement tests, generating large differences in school and peer quality. Using instrumental variables to address self-selection bias, I find that being assigned to a school with high-achieving peers has large positive effects on examination performance, particularly for girls. This suggests that ability grouping (or school tracking) reinforces achievement differences by assigning the weakest students to schools that provide the least value-added. While students benefit from attending schools with brighter peers on average, the marginal effect is non-linear such that there are small benefits to attending …


Teaching Students And Teaching Each Other: The Importance Of Peer Learning For Teachers (With Elias Bruegmann), Clement (Kirabo) Jackson Dec 2007

Teaching Students And Teaching Each Other: The Importance Of Peer Learning For Teachers (With Elias Bruegmann), Clement (Kirabo) Jackson

C. Kirabo Jackson

Using student examination data linked to longitudinal teacher personnel data we document that a teacher’s students have larger test score gains when she experiences an improvement in the observable characteristics of her colleagues. Using within-school and within-teacher variation, we further show that a teacher’s students have larger test score gains when she has more effective colleagues (based on their own students’ achievement gains from an out-of-sample pre-period). A one standard deviation increase in average teacher peer quality is associated with an increase of 0.02 and 0.04 standard deviations in student test scores in reading and math respectively (about one third …


The Risk Intelligence Conundrum And Its Impact On Governance., Mark F. Loves Dec 2007

The Risk Intelligence Conundrum And Its Impact On Governance., Mark F. Loves

Mark F Loves

This paper looks at intelligence led strategic planning, specifically within the context of an operational private sector corporate security unit which the author managed from 1994 to 2005. It examines the role, mission and objectives of the unit, with specific emphasis on management models, planning frameworks, policy and strategy, client relations and performance measuring. It develops the concept that risk assessment and intelligence development are in fact the same process, acting to direct governance and informing decision making at both tactical and strategic levels.


Student Demographics, Teacher Sorting And Teacher Quality: Evidence From The End Of School Desegregation, Clement (Kirabo) Jackson Dec 2007

Student Demographics, Teacher Sorting And Teacher Quality: Evidence From The End Of School Desegregation, Clement (Kirabo) Jackson

C. Kirabo Jackson

The reshuffling of students due to the end of student busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg provides a unique opportunity to investigate the relationship between changes in student attributes and changes in teacher quality that is not confounded with changes in school or neighborhood characteristics. Comparisons of OLS and IV results suggest that the spatial correlation between teachers’ residences, students’ residences and schools could lead to spurious correlation between student attributes and teacher characteristics. The reshuffling of students led to teacher re-sorting so that schools that experienced a repatriation of black students experienced a decrease in various measures of teacher quality (including estimated …