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Seeing Blindness, Trevor Cartwright

COD Library Student Research and Award Symposium

This project is intended to explain blindness in many aspects, definitions, how it looks in education, misconceptions, how it looks in the world, common issues among the blind, and support and accessibility systems that exist for those who are blind, and community resources available in the Chicago land area. This project exists in a written format and auditory format, it is intended as a format that could be used by a blind reader. (I can provide the audio file upon request). The works cited is included in written version of the project itself which has been submitted as the bibliography/works …

A Closer Look At Illinois' Approach To K-12 School Funding, Tiffany Cuevas

2022 HCIR

This project will focus on the funding aspect of K-12 schools in the state of Illinois. The presentation will touch a bit on the distribution of funding at both federal and state government levels. Additionally, the project will take a further look at what makes school budgets the way they are as a result of legislature and policy. Also, a variety of schools (private, charter, and public) will be compared to see how they are impacted differently or not as much.

Then, the presentation will take into consideration how differing budgets affect school communities and discover how the rise of …

Raising The Standard Of Living Through Educating People In District 502, Neal Paul

2020 Honors Council of the Illinois Region

Many adults living in District 502, unfortunately, lacked the opportunities to receive a quality education growing up. For this reason, they seek to get a GED diploma in hopes of increasing the standard of living for them and their families. The adult education and English Language Education classes at the College of DuPage provide the necessary resources for this. They offer five classes that differ based on the subjects tested on the GED exam, these being social studies, math, science, writing, and interpreting literature and art. The classes require no fees, are available at multiple locations including online, and can …

Academic Dishonesty And Testing: How Student Beliefs And Test Settings Impact Decisions To Cheat, Jarret M. Dyer, Heidi C. Pettyjohn, Steve Saladin

Testing Services Publications

Research shows that academic dishonesty in post-secondary education runs particularly high among students in the specific disciplines of engineering, business, and nursing. The authors were interested in how student attitudes towards specific environments for testing might contribute to the prevalence or likelihood of cheating on tests and exams. It was hypothesized that while there would be no difference in their beliefs or attitudes regarding the acceptability of cheating behaviors in unproctored versus proctored settings, students would be more likely to engage in cheating behavior in an unproctored setting. Technology continues to transform the world around us at a rapid pace, …

Examining Community College Faculty Attitudes Toward Open Educational Resources: A Mixed Methods Study, Denise Cote

Library Scholarship

The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed methods study situated at a large community college in the midwestern United States was to examine faculty attitudes, knowledge, and use of open educational resources (OER) and to identify institutional initiatives that would support OER adoption. The goal of the first, quantitative phase of this study was to replicate a national survey of higher education faculty on the subject of OER. Local faculty responses to the survey were compared to those of their national peers. The second, qualitative phase of the study was the development and analysis of a single case study that …

Test Proctors Share All: Stories From The Frontlines Of Testing, Jarret M. Dyer

Open Educational Resources

A compilation of test proctor stories from testing centers around the United States and across the globe. Proctors reveal the day to day realities of being on the frontlines of test fraud mitigation in an ever increasing digitally shareable society.

Oa In The Library, Denise Cote

College of DuPage Library Open Access Week

Webinar presented by Denise Cote, Professor / Electronic Resources Coordinator, College of DuPage Library.

Copyright And Open Educational Resources, Jennifer Kelley

College of DuPage Library Open Access Week

Webinar presented by Jennifer Kelly, Associate Professor and Reference Librarian, College of DuPage Library.

Finding, Using & Adopting Oer, Una Daly, Kate Hess

College of DuPage Library Open Access Week

Workshop presented by Kate Hess & Una Daly on searching OER repositories, evaluating resources, identifying research strategies and organizational tool to ease information overload, and outlining steps for adopting OER materials.

Open Source Software For Education, Colin Koteles

College of DuPage Library Open Access Week

Webinar presentation by Colin Koteles, Associate Professor / Web Services Manager, College of DuPage Library.

A "Fundamental Theory" Of Education Grounded In Ontology? A Phenomenological Rejoinder, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

When Praxis Breaks Down: What Heidegger's Phenomenology Contributes To Understanding Miscues And Learning In Reading, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

An Ontological Notion Of Learning Inspired By The Philosophy Of Hannah Arendt, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Dialectic And Dialogue In Plato: Revisiting The Image Of "Socrates-As-Teacher" In The Hermeneutic Pursuit Of Authentic Paideia, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Towards A Phenomenological Understanding Of The Ontological Aspects Of Teaching And Learning, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Phenomenology For Educators: Max Van Manen And "Human Science" Research, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

Phenomenology, in qualitative educational research, tends to be misunderstood. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is that scholars/researchers working in the field often emulate and imitate the dense writing styles of the philosophical forerunners in phenomenology such as Hegel, Brentano, Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Thus the writing is beyond the comprehension of many education professionals and practitioners. Phenomenology need not be highly complex, and thus I have sought to provide a summary of the main themes from Max van Manen's (1990) Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Active Sensitive Pedagogy in highly accessible terms, …

Existentialism, Phenomenology, And Education, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Huebner's Heidegger: Toward An Authentic Conception Of Learning And "Historicity" For Contemporary Education, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Huebner's Critical Encounter With The Philosophy Of Heidegger In Being And Time: Learning, Understanding, And The Authentic Unfolding Of History In The Curriculum, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

This paper responds to the following question: "What are the issues concerned with potential educational reform that arise from Huebner's critical encounter with Heidegger and the tradition in education and curriculum theory?" In attempting a rejoinder, I revisit Huebner's groundbreaking essay, "Curriculum as Concern for Man's Temporality," which introduces the phenomenological method in education and curriculum studies, with the goal of examining in detail the underlying themes, issues, and concepts, which ground Huebner's reconceptualization of curriculum reform, as they emerge from Heidegger's philosophy. I show that Huebner's understanding of Being-in-the-world in terms of the design of the educational environment, not …

Recovering A Phenomenological-Hermeneutic Understanding Of The Human Being As "Learner": Exploring The Authentic Teacher-Pupil Relationship, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

On Art Education: Can Art Give Us Knowledge?, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Working To Recover The Essence Of Education For The Sake Of Teaching And Teacher Education: Towards A Phenomenological Understanding Of The Forgotten, Ontological Aspects Of Learning, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

The current definition of a good teacher is grounded in sets of pre-determined competencies established and imposed upon schools by bureaucratic organizations that are, proximally and for the most part, removed from the foundational elements of education, namely, the existential, embodied conscious experience of teaching and learning as it unfolds in the lived world of schools and universities. As Pinar (2004) observes, contemporary American education is deterministic, and "in its press for efficiency and standardization,' has the effect of reducing "teachers to automata" (p. 28). Thus, the subject-hood, or authentic identity, of both teachers and students is not of their …

Toward A "Democratic" Vision Of Pedagogy: Hermeneutic Interpretation Through Communicative Discourse In The Humanities Classroom, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

Philosophers of education writing on teaching for social justice and student empowerment have suggested various theories for enacting a "democratic" learning environment within our schools. Strategies that have been suggested include classroom management stressing student-centered learning, peer-interaction, and the inclusion of diverse learning needs and styles grounded in a pedagogy composed of instructor-student initiated "discourse." Building on "social meliorist," or Social Reconstruction curriculum theory, I attempt to define the notion of authentic "critical pedagogy" through the analysis of classroom instruction in the humanities, and literature in particular. There is the potential for the emergence in praxis of an authentic "democratic" …

Teaching Western Philosophy: An Anti-Authoritarian Approach, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Issues: Democratic Education And Knowledge, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Worlds Apart In The Curriculum: Heidegger, Technology, And The Poietic Attunement Of Art, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

Margonis (1986) criticizes Heidegger’s philosophy and those who would attempt to adopt his views for the purpose of thinking education because of the "abstract nature of his discussions," which suggest "proposals regarding our political, economic and educational lives from the place of metaphysical argumentation" (p. 125). To the contrary, Dwyer, et al (1988) claim the Heidegger’s philosophy, "clearly suggests an educational theory" (p. 100). This, is perhaps an overly optimistic claim, for it glosses over the difficulty associated with plumbing the depths of Heidegger’s vast corpus in order to speculate on the legitimate potential his philosophy has for contemporary educational …

Aligning Nietzsche's "Genealogical" Philosophy With Democratic Educational Reform, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

No abstract provided.

How The Conception Of Knowledge Influences Our Educational Practices: Toward A Philosophical Understanding Of Epistemology In Education, James Magrini

Philosophy Scholarship

This paper explores how the conception and valuation of the knowledge within our educational practices determines the planning, writing, and implementation of the curriculum. There is a pressing need for educators to philosophically and systematically understand the relationship between the foundational epistemological beliefs that ground a curriculum and its relationship to forming the notions of competency, pedagogy, and the methods for evaluating and assessing student progress. These issues are not only relevant, but crucial when attempting to justify a particular conception of education, which relates directly to the student's potential for intellectual growth and social development. It may be argued …

International Dateline (February 2009, Vol. 19 No. 1), Zinta Konrad

International Dateline Newsletter

Welcome, Dr. Breuder; Visitors; Staff News; International Negotiations Modules Project; World Connections; College Lecture Series; Study Abroad; C.O.D. Study Abroad Scholarships; A Summer's Tale; Events/Workshops/Seminars; Brown Bag Series; Global Flicks 2009; International Women's Day Film Festival 2009; Cultural Miscues; Thanks

Google Tools: Google's Not Just For Searching Anymore, Jennifer Kelley

Library Scholarship

Learn how to use several of Google's free online tools and applications to write papers on the go, work on group projects from a distance, collect information from the internet automatically, and much more. After creating a Google account, attendees will learn how to set up a public calendar in Google Calendar, draft a document and collaborate using Google Documents and collect content from blogs and online news services using Google Reader.