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Evaluating The Benefits Of Mindfulness Based Practices In The Hospital Setting: A Case For Mindful Communication Interventions For Nurses, Annie Kaplon

Mindfulness Studies Theses

Recent stressors, such as COVID-19, have provided new challenges for healthcare workers, especially nurses, and have contributed to the increase in burnout rates in the hospital setting. Therefore, relief in this space is critical. Ample research demonstrates that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) may help to improve well-being among healthcare providers more broadly. Literature supports that the practice of mindful communication, in particular, is helpful, not only in improving patient outcomes, but also in decreasing interpersonal stress among healthcare workers. This paper analyzes and synthesizes relevant studies, both qualitative and quantitative, and argues that mindful communication training improves the workplace environment for …

Equity Among Equity Workers: Public Service Motivation In An Educational Nonprofit Organization, Russell C. West Jr

Theses and Dissertations

What opportunities and challenges arise when an equity-focused educational organization aims to support employee’s individual equity practices while simultaneously developing the organization’s equity practice? In this study, employees of a non-profit educational organization were asked what rationales and expectations played a role in their decision to volunteer in an equity working group. Their responses were used to understand whether Perry’s (2000) process theory of Public Service Motivation helped describe their decision. In a second round of interviews, employees were asked what outcomes they perceived came from their participation. These responses were used to understand whether the outcomes aligned with those …

The Experiences Of Children On Sri Lanka's Tea Plantations: Labor And Sexual Exploitation, Violence, And Inadequate Education, Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Bandaranayake, Glenn M. Miles, Jarrett D. Davis, Madeline Stenersen, Anjum Umrani

Dignity: A Journal of Analysis of Exploitation and Violence

This article explores the difficulties faced by children living in Sri Lanka’s tea plantation areas. Data from 150 children reveal high rates of poverty, violence, and school dropout. Children in tea plantation schools report bullying and stigma from teachers and students. Many children do not envision completing school due to inadequate resources, family income pressures, and the need to work. Children who drop out of school face abusive labor conditions and poor pay. Over 30% of all children report experiencing sexual abuse, often in their own homes. Those working face discrimination, physical abuse, and wage theft. Initiatives are needed to …

Affective Domain Development In Virtual Education: Visual Thinking Strategies And Art Pedagogy, Jayne Josephsen

Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Development of the affective domain is linked to increasing self-awareness of internal dialogue, such as biases and assumptions, which can affect the ability of nurses to engage in person-centered care and meet the identified patient outcomes. Through visual thinking strategies (VTS) paired with art-based pedagogy to examine grief, loss, and bereavement concepts in a hospice and palliative care nursing virtual education course, affective domain development was advanced. Foundational to this virtual educational intervention was using the VTS framework of questions and pairing them with art-based pedagogy promoting open-ended interpretation and response to the art presented. This assisted the students in …

Tennessee State Museum Summer 2023 Newsletter & Calendar Of Events, Tennessee. State Museum.

Tennessee State Museum

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Legislative Brief, Outcomes-Based Funding Formula Update, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Office of Research and Education Accountability

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Legislative Brief, Overview Of The Hope Scholarship In Tennessee, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury.

Office of Research and Education Accountability

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Perceptions And Barriers To Adopting Artificial Intelligence In K-12 Education: A Survey Of Educators In Fifty States, Karen Woodruff, James Hutson, Kathryn Arnone

Faculty Scholarship

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making significant strides in the field of education, offering new opportunities for personalized learning and access to education for a more diverse population. Despite this potential, the adoption of AI in K-12 education is limited, and educators’ express hesitancy towards its integration due to perceived technological barriers and misconceptions. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of K-12 educators in all 50 states of the USA towards AI, policies, training, and resources related to technology and AI, their comfort with technology, willingness to adopt new technologies for classroom instruction, and needs assessment for …

A Christian Response To The Restrictions Of Girls' Education In Afghanistan Under The Taliban Regime: How Kuyperian Insight Requires Theological And Embodied Engagement, Jaelyn Dragt

Pro Rege

Jaelyn Dragt, a Dordt University junior, majoring in Social Work and Community Development and minoring in Theology, submitted this essay to the Lambertus Verburg Prize for Excellence in Kuyperian Scholarship competition, 2023.

Recap Report: Girls Deliver Pre-Conference On Adolescent Girls At The Women Deliver 2023 Conference, Girl Center

Adolescents and Young People

The Girls Deliver: Pre-Conference on Adolescent Girls was held on July 16, 2023 in Kigali Rwanda to kick off the Women Deliver 2023 Conference. Girls Deliver was led by the Population Council’s Girl Innovation, Research, and Learning Center (GIRL Center) and co-hosted by AFIDEP, Amplify Girls, Baobab Research Programme Consortium, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Coalition for Adolescent Girls, Exemplars in Global Health, FP2030, Girl Effect, Girls First Fund, Hilton Foundation, NDI, Plan International, PMNCH, Purposeful, Together for Girls, UNICEF, Women Deliver, and The World Bank Africa Gender Innovation Lab.

This recap report presents an overview of Girls Deliver, a summary …

Covid-19 And Learning Loss At Kalamazoo Public Schools, Randall W. Eberts

Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs

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Why The Public Discourse On Education Is Wrong, Jesus Felipe

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

ONCE upon a time, the Philippines was praised for its relatively well-educated labor force. Not anymore. The situation seems to have reversed: policymakers and commentators single out education as one of the primary causes for the country’s poor performance (lack of competitiveness) and the unemployability of many of its workers.

To put the discussion in the correct context, I will start by arguing that the relevant measure of progress for a developing nation like the Philippines is productivity. Without productivity increases, there cannot be increases in income. Productivity in the Philippines is low in general. Is education the key to …

Screening Utility And Acceptability Of The Kiswahili-Pgals (Paediatric Gait, Arms, Legs, Spine) At A Tertiary Referral Hospital In Kenya-A Diagnostic Accuracy Study, Jacqueline Kawishe, Anthony Ngugi, Stanley Luchters, Helen Foster, Angela Migowa

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background:Paediatric rheumatic diseases cause considerable disease burden to children and their families (Moorthy LN, Peterson MGE, Hassett AL, et al, Pediatric Rheumatology 8:20, 2010). Delayed diagnosis is a signifcant determinant of severity and mortality attributed to these conditions (Foster HE, Eltringham MS, Kay LJ, et al, Arthritis Care Res 57(6):921-7, 2007). pGALS is a simple clinical tool used to assess joints and identify musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in school-going children to enable early referral to paediatric rheumatologists.

Objectives: This study aimed to translate and determine the diagnostic accuracy and acceptability of a Kiswahili version of the pGALS screening tool among …

Signature Libraries: A Roadmap For The Formation Of Special Interest Group Libraries., Young-Min Kim, Eric M. Chin, Michael Fahey, Rose N. Gelineau-Morel, Kate Himmelmann, Jennifer O'Malley, Maryam Oskoui, Bruce Shapiro, Michael Shevell, Jenny L. Wilson, Max Wiznitzer, Child Neurology Society Cerebral Palsy Special Interest Group Consortium, Bhooma Aravamuthan

Manuscripts, Articles, Book Chapters and Other Papers

OBJECTIVE: "SIGnature Libraries" channel the dynamism of academic society-based special interest groups (SIG) to systematically identify and provide user-oriented access to essential literature for a subspecialty field in a manner that keeps pace with the field's continuing evolution. The libraries include literature beyond clinical trial data to encompass historical context, diagnostic conceptualization, and community organization materials to foster a holistic understanding of how neurologic conditions affect individuals, their community, and their lived experience.

METHODS: Utilizing a modified-Delphi approach, Child Neurology Society's Cerebral Palsy (CP) SIG ((n = 75) administered two rounds of literature submissions and ratings. A final review …

Equity In Learning Opportunities For Middle School Students: Connecting Communities And Transportation Through Gis, Tom O’Brien, Ben Olson

Mineta Transportation Institute

Geographic information systems (GIS) is part of an in-demand career skillset that can lead to safer streets in California communities. This project included a three-session bootcamp that introduced middle school students to transportation via GIS and gathered assessments on their awareness of transportation as a career pathway. The project built upon CSUTC TRANSPORTS’ Year 4 project, “K–12 Special Investigation Project: Mapping E-Commerce Locally and Beyond.” The bootcamp for this project was coordinated in partnership with Rio Hondo College, which provided the instructor and connection to the students at the Mountain View Unified School District in El Monte, CA. The bootcamp …

Major Factors Influencing The Utilization Of Maternal Health Services In Nepal, Kaitlyn Alessi, Michael Ierardi, Nadia Anderson, Sujan Babu Marahatta, Cyril Blavo

HPD Articles

According to the World Health Organization, maternal health services (MHS) include antenatal care, perinatal care, and postnatal care. MHS have been underutilized in Nepal and are contributing to an increased morbidity and mortality in the region leading to various adverse outcomes for both mothers and their newborns. Many of these adverse outcomes can be avoided with increased use of antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal checkups.

Students' Attitudes, Beliefs And Perceptions Surrounding 2slgbtqia + Health Education And Inclusiveness In Canadian Physiotherapy Programs, Codie A Primeau, Holly T Philpott, Kyle Vader, Janelle Unger, Christina Y Le, Trevor B Birmingham, Joy C Macdermid

Physical Therapy Publications

BACKGROUND: Patients who identify as 2SLGBTQIA + report negative experiences with physiotherapy. The objectives were to evaluate student attitudes, beliefs and perceptions related to 2SLGBTQIA + health education and working with individuals who identify as 2SLGBTQIA + in entry-level physiotherapy programs in Canada and to evaluate physiotherapy program inclusiveness towards 2SLGBTQIA + persons.

METHODS: We completed a nationwide, cross-sectional survey of physiotherapy students from Canadian institutions. We recruited students via email and social media from August-December 2021. Frequency results are presented with percentages. Logistic regression models (odds ratios [OR], 95%CI) were used to evaluate associations between demographics and training hours …

How Do We Teach Social Justice? A Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis Of Social Justice Andragogy, Bagmi Das, Isabel Farrell, Kriti Vashisht, Alexandra Gantt, Elisabeth Simpson, Adrianne Johnson

School of Social Work Faculty Publications

Social Justice is a critical component of many of the helping disciplines. Similar goals govern these different disciplines, which are reflected in the scholarship of their professional training. However, the crossover in scholarship is limited. This review of social justice andragogy literature from various fields in the United States creates a conversation among these helping disciplines so that they may be able to learn from each other. From these separate realms of scholarship, the authors have derived terms and recommendations of what these disciplines may learn from one another through their shared obstacles and through processing of their work.

Understanding Recidivism: A Phenomenological Study Of Repeat Offenders' Lived Experiences Under Placer County, California Probation Supervision, Andrew Stephenson Beasley

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This transcendental phenomenological study aimed to explore the lived experiences of repeat offenders under probation supervision within Placer County, California. The hierarchy of needs theory provided the theoretical framework for the study. The central research question was: What are the lived experiences of the repeat offenders under Placer County, California probation supervision? The three guiding questions asked the following: 1) How do offenders describe their lived experiences as a repeat offender? 2) How do offenders describe the support or lack of support from correctional intervention? 3) How do participants perceive the challenges experienced after being released back to the community? …

Nibley Teams Up With Brigham Young To Look At Politics, Education, Leadership, And The Environment

Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship

As those who have read much Brigham Young know, the combination of this pioneer prophet's insight, articulateness, and candor is little short of stunning. Nibley calls him a "monumental figure," perhaps (after Joseph Smith), the most prominent mind of his century.

Impact Of The Russia-Ukraine War On Education And International Students, Fakir Al Gharaibeh, Ifzal Ahmad, Rima Malkawi

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study examines the effect of the Ukraine crisis on the national and international economy, which is intrinsically tied to education, research, and science. As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the country’s economy plummeted sharply. This displaced many local and international students, teachers, and educators at Ukrainian universities, schools, and institutes, including girls and women. In this paper, we have highlighted the global effort to sustain higher education and accommodate displaced students. We have adopted an exploratory, descriptive analysis of media coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War and other statistical studies and articles generally addressing …

Klein, Hilde, Sophia Maier Garcia

Bronx Jewish History Project

Hilde Klein, born 1945, lived on Monroe Avenue, near Claremont Park, before it became part of the Cross Bronx Expressway and her family would move to Mount Eden Avenue. Klein remembers playing games in the street, roller skating and picnicking in the park. In addition to being an avid reader, she was a singer throughout school and in the synagogue choir and was recruited to be a part of the Ed Sullivan Show, but her parents said no.

Her family kept kosher, and on weekends would go to a dairy restaurant or delicatessen. Klein describes many experiences spent with her …

Tefra 7 Requirements: Assessment Of Education On Crna Knowledge, Erin Tienhaara

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Failure to follow the seven requirements of the Tax Equality and Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) when working in a medical direction model can place a CRNA at increased liability related to Medicare fraud. CRNAs and SRNAs often lack basic knowledge about the TEFRA 7 requirements which puts them at risk of committing inadvertent medical billing fraud. The purpose of this study was to determine if the investigator-developed educational flyer improved CRNA and SRNA knowledge regarding the TEFRA 7 requirements. A convenience sample of CRNAs and SRNAs (n=61) completed an online knowledge pre-test about TEFRA, reviewed the investigator-developed educational flyer about …

Podcasting As An Education Modality On The Environmental Effect Of Desflurane, Jacob Bonnema

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Background: Climate crisis is well-documented as posing a major threat to the population. The provision of anesthesia utilizes gases that contribute to this problem. Podcasts may serve as a useful modality to educate anesthesia providers on best practices.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an evidence-based educational intervention in the form of a podcast which focuses on the evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and practice habits related to the use of desflurane among anesthesia providers.

Methods: An observational cross-section study using survey methodology was utilized in this pre-test post-test design. Knowledge, attitudes, and practice habits …

Gender Affirming Anesthesia: It’S More Than Pronouns, Matthew Klimesh, Angela Kurth

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Transgender individuals experience healthcare-related discrimination, resulting in significant disparities and negative health outcomes in comparison to the general population. Many CRNAs do not receive formal or adequate education before being expected to care for transgender patients that contributes to these negative health outcomes. To correct this problem, an educational intervention was created to improve anesthesia providers' knowledge of genderaffirming therapies and to survey anesthesia provider attitudes towards transgender patients and knowledge, beliefs, and preferences towards treating transgender patients. A sample of anesthesia providers was collected (n=27) that included SRNAs and CRNAs at varying levels of professional experience from diverse sociodemographic …

An Ardl Approach To Investigating The Link Between Education Spending And Economic Growth In Egypt., Mervat A. El-Dib, Rania R. Moawad

Information Sciences Letters

In this paper, we explore the correlation between public spending on education and economic growth in Egypt. The paper seeks to shift the narrative surrounding education from a service to an investment. The study employs the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) co-integration technique using time series data from 1996 to 2022. The findings support previous research indicating a positive and significant long-term relationship between education spending and GDP growth at a 5% significance level. While the short-term relationship is negative, the highly significant negative error correction term (ECT) suggests that the whole model adjusts toward long-run equilibrium at a speed of …

Trust, Transgression And Surrender: Exploring Teacher And Send Student Perceptions Of Engagement With Creative Arts Project-Based Learning (Capbl) Pedagogies, James Tarling

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

CAPBL is an example of a student-led, Creative Arts/Project-Based Learning (CAPBL/PBL) curriculum approach to working with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) learners. This mixed-methods, quasi-experimental study seeks to explore staff and student perceptions of working in this way and establish key themes for practice in relation to equity and inclusion. Although the literature on PBL is widespread, CAPBL is novel in that it brings these ideas to a specialist SEND, Creative Arts, post-16 context, Further Education (FE), with a particular focus on arts education currently absent from the existing literature. This small-scale research project is positioned as a participant-led …

Perception Of Eco-Innovation Based On Educational Attainment, Erika Loučanová, Vladislav Kaputa, Miriam Olšiaková

European Management Studies

Aim: To evaluate the influence of educational attainment on the perception of ecological innovation was the main objective of the paper. The depth of attention paid to the interdisciplinary impact of innovations and education in society ultimately affects the level of the culture of education and whether the innovations that arise respect people and their environment. Design/methodology/approach: Input data gathered via survey of customers using the Kano questionnaire. The research applied the Kano model to data processing. The analysis allowed us to measure and explore the emotional reactions of Slovak customers to products. Findings: If multidisciplinary innovations positively affect the …

Generative Ai And Opportunities For Feminist Classroom Assignments, Sarah F. Small

Feminist Pedagogy

Handwringing about ChatGPT and generative AI has penetrated teaching circles. Many educators are concerned it will disrupt education in negative ways. However, I introduce two approaches to assignments in which students work in tandem with AI to develop better understandings of reflexivity and feminist epistemology. I believe, if we are intentional in our teaching practice, our educational responses to generative AI can be in feminist directions.

Caste And The Classroom: A Review Of Wilkerson's Work, Evans-Amalu Kelsey

Feminist Pedagogy

Isabel Wilkerson’s (2020) Caste is a useful book to integrate into introductory courses in education training programs to discuss the sociological context of where the education system in the United States of America is situated. This book review suggests how preservice teacher programs may use Wilkerson’s work to bolster theoretical understanding in the inequitable structures education is built on, and what actionable steps can be taken both in and outside of the classroom.