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Culturally Responsive Applications Of Computer Technologies In Education: Examples Of Best Practice, Rona Frederick, Jamel K. Donnor, Leshell Hatley Nov 2009

Culturally Responsive Applications Of Computer Technologies In Education: Examples Of Best Practice, Rona Frederick, Jamel K. Donnor, Leshell Hatley

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"For more than a decade, scholars have identified culturally responsive pedagogy as a teaching method for improving the academic achievement of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Scholarly research on the intersection of culturally responsive teaching and educational technology, however, remains scant. The purpose of this literature review is to highlight research-based examples of culturally responsive applications and to provide recommendations for the design of technology-based learning environments."


Leadership Development In Higher Education Programs, Pamela L. Eddy, Michael Rao Oct 2009

Leadership Development In Higher Education Programs, Pamela L. Eddy, Michael Rao

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A doctorate is increasingly a credential for community college leaders, yet much remains unknown about the structure of doctoral programs and links between course requirements and practitioner needs. Programs awarding an Ed.D. more often focus on skill oriented coursework, whereas Ph.D. programs have greater emphasis on research. This study creates a portrait of program structure that showcases a need to address how curriculum contributes to leadership development and the acquisition of key competencies.


School Of Marine Science Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science Aug 2009

School Of Marine Science Graduate Catalog 2009-2010, College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science

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Catalog for the Graduate program from the School of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary for the listed academic year.


The Challenge Of Adolescent Crowd Research: Defining The Crowd, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Kathryn L. Fletcher Jul 2009

The Challenge Of Adolescent Crowd Research: Defining The Crowd, Jennifer Riedl Cross, Kathryn L. Fletcher

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As research on adolescent crowds has increased over the past several decades, researchers appear to be confident in their claims of the consequences of crowd membership, even suggesting targeted interventions. This review of the various methods used to identify adolescents’ crowd membership suggests that this confidence may be misplaced. There are diverse methodologies used in this research area that examine different samples of adolescents belonging to each crowd. Social-type rating methods, self-identification methods, grouping by adolescent behaviors or characteristics, and ethnographic or other qualitative methods should be accompanied by greater specificity in terminology to alert researchers to the various phenomena …


African American Women At Historically Black Colleges During The Civil Rights Movement, Eddie R. Cole Jan 2009

African American Women At Historically Black Colleges During The Civil Rights Movement, Eddie R. Cole

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The African American Civil Rights Movement is a series of intentional occurrences in America that protested the legal segregation of African Americans and Whites. Inequality in the use of public spaces and the unequal opportunities for advancement of African Americans were the core reasons for this movement. This historical essay uses primary and secondary documents, as well as contemporary sources from non-educational fields, to assert that African American women were instrumental in the Civil Rights movement and that historically Black institutions can be credited, in large part, for preparing these women for their roles.


An Overview Of Two Incidents Involving African American Fraternities At Indiana University, Eddie R. Cole, Cameron J. Harris, Rubin Pusha Iii, Nadrea Reeves Jan 2009

An Overview Of Two Incidents Involving African American Fraternities At Indiana University, Eddie R. Cole, Cameron J. Harris, Rubin Pusha Iii, Nadrea Reeves

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The current campus climate facing African American Greek fraternal organizations at Indiana University (IU) can be examined through critical incidents of the past. A historical analysis of data sources associated with two incidents involving these organizations at IU provides a better understanding of the challenges students in these organizations may face. This paper aims to provide practitioners with an understanding of how specific policy changes for these fraternities may affect their members, as well as the student body they serve.


Grounded Tech Integration: An Effective Approach Based On Content, Pedagogy, And Teacher Planning, Judi Harris, Mark J. Hofer Jan 2009

Grounded Tech Integration: An Effective Approach Based On Content, Pedagogy, And Teacher Planning, Judi Harris, Mark J. Hofer

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Successful technology integration must focus on standards-based, curriculum-related learning outcomes rather than on the technologies themselves. In the first installment of a seven-part series, we offer a grounded approach to technology integration based on content, pedagogy, and how teachers plan instruction.


Hot Off The Presses: Podcasting For The Economics Classroom, Colleen Call, Kathleen Owings Swan, Mark J. Hofer Jan 2009

Hot Off The Presses: Podcasting For The Economics Classroom, Colleen Call, Kathleen Owings Swan, Mark J. Hofer

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Despite the recent interest and production of quality podcasts freely available online, there are relatively few podcasts available for K-12 teachers of economics. We see this as a missed opportunity given the real-time and real-world nature of economics. We have created the Econocast (http://econocast.org) website to help spark teachers’ imaginations to leverage podcasting in the economics classroom and to help make the publication process easier. In this article, we offer a definition of podcasting, discuss how podcasting might support the economics curriculum, and present a case study of a teacher's development of an “iReport” economics podcast for her ninth grade …


That Ain’T Workin’: That’S The Way You Do It: Teaching Greek Through Popular Music, Georgia Irby Jan 2009

That Ain’T Workin’: That’S The Way You Do It: Teaching Greek Through Popular Music, Georgia Irby

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On Becoming Educational Researchers: The Importance Of Cogenerative Mentoring, Judi Harris, Tamara L. Freeman, Pamela W. Aerni Jan 2009

On Becoming Educational Researchers: The Importance Of Cogenerative Mentoring, Judi Harris, Tamara L. Freeman, Pamela W. Aerni

School of Education Articles

The purpose of this reflexive action inquiry was to examine, from students' and instructor's differing perspectives, the authenticity (or lack thereof) of doctoral-level research methods instruction. The idea for this collaborative self-study emerged organically as a byproduct of a voluntary year-long research apprenticeship in which two of the authors were engaged, following coursework in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The apprenticeship was facilitated by the third author, a faculty member and methods course instructor. The importance of cogenerative dialog as an organizing process for methodological mentoring emerged as a central finding when the three authors collaboratively examined the across-case …


Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Knowledge And Learning Activity Types: Curriculum-Based Technology Integration Reframed, Judi Harris, Punya Mishra, Matthew J. Koehler Jan 2009

Teachers' Technological Pedagogical Knowledge And Learning Activity Types: Curriculum-Based Technology Integration Reframed, Judi Harris, Punya Mishra, Matthew J. Koehler

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In this paper we critically analyze extant approaches to technology integration in teaching, arguing that many current methods are technocentric, often omitting sufficient consideration of the dynamic and complex relationships among content, technology, pedagogy, and context. We recommend using the technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge (TPACK) framework as a way to think about effective technology integration, recognizing technology, pedagogy, content and context as interdependent aspects of teachers’ knowledge necessary to teach content-based curricula effectively with educational technologies. We offer TPACK-based “activity types,” rooted in previous research about content-specific activity structures, as an alternative to existing professional development approaches and explain …