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What’S Before The Ipad®? Teaching Basic Prerequisite Skills For Ipad® Use, Kimberly Maich, Steve Sider, Carmen Hall, Megan Henning
What’S Before The Ipad®? Teaching Basic Prerequisite Skills For Ipad® Use, Kimberly Maich, Steve Sider, Carmen Hall, Megan Henning
Education Faculty Publications
Assistive technology, such as that available in an iPad®, have increasingly been used to support learning for all students and particularly for those with special education needs. The purpose of this article is to consider the prerequisite skills required for effective iPad® use. The effective integration of assistive technologies, from technology, pedagogy, and content knowledge perspectives is an important theoretical framework. From a Universal Design for Learning perspective, we consider how new skills can be taught and how task analysis is a critical part of the process. A review of suggested apps for prerequisite skills, such as cause and effect, …
Daughters Of Single Fathers: Working As A Team, Heather Currie, Steve Sider
Daughters Of Single Fathers: Working As A Team, Heather Currie, Steve Sider
Education Faculty Publications
In this paper, we consider the perspectives of daughters of single fathers as they reflect on their experiences and relationships with their fathers. The paper provides an opportunity to consider an under-represented group in the literature on single parent families. Three themes emerge from the qualitative research design: parental expectations and involvement, household tasks, and family relationships. We consider these themes in light of the work done by Bronte-Tinkew et al (2010) and Risman (1986) regarding the involvement and support of single fathers in the lives of their children. We conclude by providing suggestions for teachers and other professionals regarding …
“Is It Because I’M Black?”: Creating Space For Diversity In The Christian University, Mary Ashun, Steve Sider
“Is It Because I’M Black?”: Creating Space For Diversity In The Christian University, Mary Ashun, Steve Sider
Education Faculty Publications
This paper examines the experiences of a black female faculty member as she enters the Christian university where there is limited ethnic diversity. She experiences critical student responses to her teaching which lead her to consider the reasons why she may be experiencing such resistance. As she confronts the possibility that it’s because she’s black, she enters into an on-going dialogue with a white male faculty member. Their experiences and conversations create a space for shared learning. The paper raises the question of how Christian universities might intentionally create space for faculty of color to feel welcome and embraced in …