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The Missing Links: Enhancing Anti-Bias Education With Anti-Racist Education, Kerry-Ann Escayg

Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education

Social justice in early childhood has generally been conceptualized to include the anti-bias curriculum, and to a lesser extent, anti-racist education. Over the years, however, scholars have highlighted the many areas in which anti-bias education falls short both pedagogically and conceptually. In keeping with such discussion, this paper highlights significant gaps of anti-bias education by engaging central premises of anti-racist education. By centering a critical race and anti-racist perspective, the paper further provides practical suggestions on how to align early childhood classroom practices with anti-racist principles.

System As A Paradigm Of International Relations, U. Khasanov

International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law

The system of international relations is undergoing a period of serious transformation. The changes that have occurred have touched upon the fundamental princi ples and structure-forming elements of the world political system, thereby determining the long-term trends of its development.

In Chekhov’S Shadow: Yelena Shavrova As A “Second-Class” Writer, Анатолий Собенников

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Rossica

The article is devoted to Anton Chekhov’s creative connection with Yelena Shavrova, for whom he edited her works and helped her have them published. Shavrova followed Chekhov’s advice: she shortened descriptions and removed fragments calculated for effect. The young writer indeed absorbed Chekhov’s artistic principles: narrating “in the spirit and tone of the character”, relinquishing external eventfulness for the sake of focusing on the characters’ psychological states, open endings. Like her mentor, Shavrova was also interested in gender issues. After Chekhov’s death, Shavrova gave up literary activities.

My Big Fat Catholic Queer Wedding, Kourtney Baker

Comparative Woman

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The Quest For Self: Using Mandala Art In Reflective Practice Journaling, Kathleen Quinn

Comparative Woman

This article is a nexus of research, personal journaling reflections, and mandala creation from the authors own journals and focuses on the use of Mandalas as part of a reflective practice journaling process. Attention to mandala usage within reflective practice considering depth interiority, engaging and sharing with others. The authors approach to mandala construction is included followed by an exercise for observation and assessment of mandalas. The structure for reflective practice helps shape transformational leaders, using expressive arts, narratives in journaling. This transformational Discovery pathway and narrative exercises can be used for creating professional learning communities. This form of reflective …

Stem Education In Rural Schools: Implications Of Untapped Potential, Rachel S. Harris, Charles B. Hodges

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

A large number of students in American public schools attend rural schools. In this paper, the authors explore rural science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and the issues associated with STEM education for students, teachers, and parents in rural communities. Characteristics of rural STEM education are examined to highlight unique considerations for this context. The authors conclude with the recommendation that more research is needed that specifically addresses rural STEM education.

Teaching The Way The Brain Is: Working Successfully In An Urban Classroom With Children Who Live In Poverty, Linda Ann H. Mccall

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

During the past three decades, growing attention has been paid to the idea of mind/brain-based teaching and learning—an exciting approach, rooted in neuroscience research, that proves the interrelatedness of the mind, brain, and body. The purpose of this report is multifold: (a) to explain why mind/brain-based teaching and learning is relevant to children growing up in poverty; (b) to offer a review of the findings in cognitive neuroscience; (c) to offer a review of the findings regarding the effects of poverty on the developing mind/brain; (d) to identify themes emerging from these findings (i.e., research and understanding, communication, multiple intelligences, …

What To Do If We Think That Researchers Have Overlooked A Significant Conceptual Issue?, Peter J. Taylor

Working Papers on Science in a Changing World

Participants in debates about developments in science and technology point to issues overlooked or downplayed by scientists—or, if the debate is among scientists themselves, by other scientists. Sometimes included among participants in debates are interpreters of science—sociologists, historians, philosophers, and scholars from other fields of Science and Technology Studies. Taking these scholars as the audience, this article asks what should we do if we identify a significant issue not yet subject to debate? In particular, what should we do when the overlooked issue is conceptual—a matter of how inquiry is framed—more than it is a matter of analyzing …

Psychological Tension And Its Relationship With The Center Of Control (Internal And External) For Handball Players At The National Center For The Promotion Of Sports Talent, Wajdan Sabih Hassan

Modern Sport

The difference among individuals in their process of interpreting the facts and events they undergo in the process of their understanding of the reasons behind the occurrence of those who have sex with each other? The strength and influence of other people are described as having an experienced external control center.

The Outstanding Performance Of The Administrators Of The National Centers For The Care Of Specialized Sports Talent In Iraq, Huda Mohamed Suleiman

Modern Sport

The research aims to identify the reality of achieving the distinguished performance of the administrators of the National Center for the care of specialized sports talent in Iraq and the possibility of exerting various efforts to take care of talented athletes in order to reach Iraqi sports to the stage of high achievement. The research sample (116) was supervisor of the sports activities of the centers of Baghdad and governorates for 2018 The study sample was chosen in a deliberate manner for the administrators of the national centers for the care of sports talent. The descriptive method was used in …

Effectiveness Of A Motor Education Program On The Development Of Some Elements Of Motor Cognition Among First Grade Students, Abdulhassan Rahima Mashkor

Modern Sport

The first stage of education is appropriate for the period of physiological, cognitive and motor development of the child. It starts from the general and comprehensive cognitive level, to the level of identification, stability and analysis, where the muscles and breathing muscles grow. These processes need care The importance of research in the need to begin the motor education of the child as early as possible, because the lack of involvement of the child in the advanced motor programs during this stage may lead to a weak cognitive abilities and mobility, This may be reflected negatively on social relations and …

Management Of Wisdom And Its Relationship To The Effectiveness Of Strategic Decisions Among Members Of The Boards Of Faculties Of Physical Education And Sports Sciences In The Universities Of Iraq, Saba Qais Ghadban

Modern Sport

The management of wisdom is concerned with the level of expertise, methods of transmission, use and ability to problems and their impact on behavior and human behavior in order to improve it in the form of successful decisions. The importance of management of wisdom in making successful decisions that ensure the survival and development of society through the provision of leaders capable of planning, organization and decision-making to achieve the goals and objectives required in a complex and changing environment. Where the administration faces positions and problems that require operational decisions to organize the activities of the institution in line …

Profiling And Identifying Individual Usersby Their Command Line Usage And Writing Style, Darusalam Darusalam, Helen Ashman

Knowledge Engineering and Data Science

Profiling and identifying individual users is an approach for intrusion detection in a computer system. User profiles are important in many applications since they record highly user-specific information - profiles are basically built to record information about users or for users to share experiences with each other. This research extends previous research on re-authenticating users with their user profiles. This research focuses on the potential to add psychometric user characteristics into the user model so as to be able to detect unauthorized users who may be masquerading as a genuine user. There are five participants involved in the investigation for …

Empowering The ‘Unempowerable’.Behavioural Insights Into Informing Consumers About Internet Access Services In The European Union Under Regulation 2015/2120, Andrzej Nałęcz

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The European consumer policy relies on the ideal of consumer empowerment, which involves providing all consumers with detailed information on the goods on offer. This policy also applies to the electronic communications sector, and empowering consumers who are the end-users of internet access services. The author reviews behavioural law and economics literature that pertains to consumer empowerment and applies the resulting insights to interpret Article 4 (1) of Regulation 2015/2120 laying down measures concerning open internet access in a way that would truly empower the sophisticated consumers. The author also proposes advising or obliging the providers of internet access services …

Organizational Politics: Harmful Or Helpful?, Laura Porter Soares

Instructional Design Capstones Collection

Politics play a role in almost every organization – churches, schools, sports teams, and even volunteer organizations. However, the place where politics can directly impact people on a daily basis is the workplace.

Literature on organizational politics has historically focused on a negative view of politics. More recently, however, researchers have discovered that workplace politics is not inherently negative and can even include positive traits. This shift primarily began with the work of Gotsis and Kortezi in 2010 and 2011. As researchers sought to expand the perspective, they argued that organizational politics has the potential to be positive, as well. …

Pendekatan Konsep Harmoni Dalam Manajemen Konflik Oleh Jepang Dalam Isu Sengketa Senkaku/Diaoyu Dengan Tiongkok, Rudi Saeputra

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

The Senkaku dispute refers to a territorial claim between China and Japan over a group of eight pinnacle islands in East China Sea. Japan has taken a valid control over the Senkaku Islands since 1895. Yet, in the light of historical records, China claims the islands as a part of its ancient territory. This article aims to analyze Japan’s motives in taking repetitive peaceful measure in handling the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute. Most of existing academic writing about China-Japan discord put emphasize on the findings related to mutual aid and regime, strategy and policy, power projection and threat perception, and interaction …

Effect Of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field On Menstrual Distress In Primary Dysmenorrhic Women, Ahmed H. Abd El Aziz, Engy M. El Nahas, Hesham M. Kamal

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Primary dysmenorrhea is a common menstrual cramp that is recurrent and is not owing to other diseases and is a common cause of stay at home and school or work. Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) on menstrual distress in primary dysmenorrheic women. Patients and methods A total of 40 women having primary dysmenorrhea were selected from Physical Therapy Department in Al Mataria Teaching Hospital in Cairo. Their ages ranged from 20 to 30 years. They were divided randomly into two groups equal in number: group A (study group), …

Uji Kualitas Uji Dokumentasi Terapi Menggunakan Teori Tes Klasik Dan Model Rasch, Reza Nur Asyi

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

The third-semester occupational therapy students of the University of Indonesia Medical Vocational Program must have occupational documentation competence to explore the information that is available to the patient and determine the purpose of the therapy to be given to become an occupational therapist. The courses taught cannot yet evaluate and analyze student competencies related to occupational therapy documentation. This problem was analyzed using psychology (psychometrics) in the form of Classical Test Theory (CTT) and Rasch Mode. Research respondents were 200 people with a measurement tool for response patterns along with key answers from the Occupation Documentation Final Test, Universitas Indonesia …

Maternal Outcomes After Different Surgical Techniques In Placenta Accreta: A Prospective Study, Ashraf M. Kansouh, Esmail M. Serag Eldin

Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research

Background Placenta accreta (PA) is a potentially life-threatening obstetric condition that requires a multidisciplinary approach to management nowadays owing to increased incidence of PA in parallel with the increased cesarean section rates. With the age of the patients with PA getting younger and fertility preservation being required, until now, there is no unique approach to management of PA. Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the efficacy and safety of different surgical procedure in conservative treatment of PA to evaluate their role in minimizing major surgical intervention, especially hysterectomy with its comorbidities. Patients and methods This prospective, surgical …

How Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management, And The Business Environment Affect Thailand’S Food Industry Innovation, Pimsara Yaklai, Opal Suwunnamek, Chalita Srinuan

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

In 2015, Thailand employed nearly 11% of the population in agriculture, which has always been a stable and prosperous component of the economy. Having a rich natural abundance of resources, combined with significant investments in technology, food safety, and research and development (R&D) have helped contribute to Thailand being labeled as “Kitchen of the World.” Given these priorities, stratified sampling was employed to select 246 individuals from the target population. Confirmatory factor analysis was used, followed by a structural equation model to analyze how intellectual capital, knowledge management, and the business environment affect innovation in Thailand’s entrepreneurial food industry. The …

Five Oral Reading Fluency Strategies For Supporting Struggling Adolescent Readers, Kavin M. Ming

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

By the time students enter the fourth grade, it is expected that they possess the basic literacy skills needed to read and learn content. It is the general belief that in the early grades, students are taught foundational literacy skills that make them proficient readers by the time they become adolescent learners. For many, this assumption is true. However, for a large majority of students between Grades 4 and 12, basic literacy skills are not in place, leading them to struggle to acquire information. Oral reading fluency, one of the basic literacy skills that adolescents must possess, can be explicitly …

The Effect Of Social Media E-Marketing Towards Consumers Shopping Behavior, Arius Krypton, Naldo Naldo, Hardika Widi Satria

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

As the numbers of internet users increase, the trend of online transactions also increase. E-Marketing is one of a selling strategy using social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Whatsapp, BBM and LinkedIn. The purpose of this study was to analyze the simultaneous and partial effect of E-Marketing on the shopping behavior of respondents. Data were obtained from questionnaires given to 100 student respondents of Indonesian vocational education. The analytical method used in this research is the t-test and F test using SPSS 17. Based on the results of the study it is found that three factors affected the shopping …

Budaya Kerentanan Dan Kapasitas Masyarakat Kepulauan Mentawai Menghadapi Bencana Gempa Bumi Dan Tsunami, Purnama Betty Rosalyna Sitorus

Jurnal Vokasi Indonesia

One of the things that can threaten the national security is the high incidence of disasters. Based on the research, scientists estimate there are still many events including a major earthquake disaster -risk tsunami threat in Indonesia, particularly in the Mentawai Islands which is a 200 year earthquake cycle. One effort to do for disaster risk reduction is by knowing the culture in society, vulnerability, and capacity of communities to cope with disasters. The purpose of this study is to map the culture associated with disasters and analyze the vulnerability and capacity of the social, physical, economic, and environmental. Location …

Different Methods Of Embodied Cognition In Pedagogy And Its Effectiveness In Student Learning, Cassandra Durkee

Master's Theses

The Mathematical Ideas Analysis hypothesizes that abstract mathematical reasoning is unconsciously organized and integrated with sensory-motor experience. Basic research testing movement, language, and perception during math problem solving supports this hypothesis. Applied research primarily measures students’ performance on math tests after they engage in analogous sensory-motor tasks, but findings show mixed results. Sensory-motor tasks are dependent on several moderators (e.g., instructional guidance, developmental stage) known to help students learn, and studies vary in how each moderator is implemented. There is little research on the effectiveness of sensory-motor tasks without these moderators. This study compares different approaches to working with an …

The Whiteness Of The Elephant In The Room: How White Guilt, White Fragility, And Colorblind Racial Ideology Shape Environmental And Social Justice Activism In Santa Cruz County, Robert Michael Foran

Master's Theses

Using frameworks from critical race theory, social movement theory, and community-based activism, this thesis explores the phenomena of white fragility, white guilt, and colorblind racial ideology and how they impact the ways predominantly white-identified social and environmental justice organizations approach, build, and maintain solidarity with communities of color in Santa Cruz County, California. A qualitative approach was employed to investigate the experiences of white-identified activists and how they attempt to engage in this constantly challenging process. Using twenty-two semi-structured interviews and eight group observations, I explored how white-identified individuals negotiate the transformation from ‘moral passivity’ to meaningful, personal relationships with …

Diversity Training Outcomes: Assessing Impact Of Diversity Training On Attitudes Towards Societal Diversity And Cognitive Empathy, Iris Lenette Smith

Master's Theses

Understanding the perspectives of others and appreciating their differences are important due to diversity increasing in society. However, research on diversity has seldom examined the ineffectiveness of diversity training on attitudes towards societal diversity and cognitive empathy. The present study was conducted to examine how diversity training affects one’s attitudes toward societal diversity and cognitive empathy. It was hypothesized that attitudes towards societal diversity and cognitive empathy would improve as a result of diversity training. Gender and ethnicity were also hypothesized to interact with diversity training such that women and ethnic minorities would show more positive attitudes towards societal diversity …

Psychological Presence In Immersive Virtual Environments, Steven L. Wu

Master's Theses

Immersive virtual environments are simulated locations that attempt to create a sense of presence, or the psychological feeling that an individual is acting within the simulated environment rather than their physical one. When interfacing with an interactive virtual environment, evidence suggests that aspects of psychological presence are affected, such as time perception and situation awareness. As such, this study hypothesized presence as the construct by which immersive virtual environment usage influences time perception and situation awareness. Two levels of presence were manipulated using a monitor and Oculus Rift. Forty-one participants were tasked with a scavenger hunt in both monitor and …

The Relationship Between Antenatal Care With Childbirth Complication In Indonesian’S Mothers (Data Analysis Of The Indonesia Demographic And Health Survey 2012), Krisnawati Bantas, Nurul Aryastuti, Dwi Gayatri

Jurnal Epidemiologi Kesehatan Indonesia

Labor complications often lead to maternal death. A good antenatal care can reduce maternal and infant mortality. The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between antenatal care and labor complica tion among Indonesian’s mothers. Data of the Indonesia Demographic and Health Survey (IDHS) 2012 from 33 Provinces were used in this study. Samples consisted of 11.803 women aged 15-49 years who deliv ered baby at sometimes during the last 5 years before survey. A cross sectional design was used. Variables in the study consisted of dependent variable (labor complication), main independent variable (antenatal care) and potential confounder …

“Colors And Kindness”: Nature Photography As A Means To Support Academic Skill Development Of Elementary Students At Risk, Wendy L. Chambers

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

This article describes a service project involving a 3–year partnership between a university professor (the author) and P–12 faculty at a local rural Title I elementary school. Major aims of the project were to provide an opportunity for students to explore and learn about their natural surroundings through the use of nature photography activities and to connect these experiences to classroom activities with the goal of supporting academic skill development. The author visited the school twice per week to take children around the school grounds to photograph nature for about 20 minutes per session. Outcomes included the following: (a) students …

Letter From The Editor, Cordelia D. Zinskie

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Journal

Cordelia D. Zinskie, Chief Editor of the National Youth-At-Risk Journal, shares journal updates and provides an overview of articles included in this issue.