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WORKING TOWARD THE DEVOTIONAL IDEAL: GANDHI ON THE NON-IDIAL STATUS OF LIBERAL INSTITUTIONS AND VALUES
Get PDFGandhi’s relationship to liberal political philosophy has recently become a source of controversy. On the one hand, advocates for a virtue-based reformed liberal interpretation of Gandhi are inattentive to the devotional aspects of his political thought. On the other hand, advocates for a Tolstoyan and Hindu devotional interpretation are equally inattentive to those aspects of his political thought embracing liberal institutions and values. However, I re-interpret the devotional Gandhi’s relationship to liberalism in light of a distinction between ideal and non-ideal theory. This re-interpretation acknowledges Gandhi’s profound disagreement with liberal ideals of justice in both domestic and international politics. Nevertheless, it also acknowledges his acceptance of liberal institutions in non-ideally facilitating progress toward his devotional ideal of enlightened anarchism by which humanity’s spiritual progress renders the lawful uses of state violence unnecessary
Desperate Measures: How Teacher Preparation Programs can Engage and Retain Black Male Teacher Candidates
Get PDFBlack male teachers are less than two percent of all current teachers in the United States. However, there has been an effort to recruit and retain Black men into the teaching profession for a number of reasons. All student benefit when they have a Black male teacher. Black boys, in particular, have markedly higher test scores and improved discipline when they have a Black male teacher. Black male adults in educational settings is essential for enhancing Black boys’ academic and social development. There is a need for Black male teachers in education. Even with nationwide recruitment efforts like My Brother\u27s Keeper, the numbers of Black male teacher remain small. Additionally, Black male teachers leave the profession at a higher rate than other subgroups. This paper will examine one teacher preparation program\u27s effort to increase retention of Black males in the teacher preparation program and the teaching profession. 
Gender Identity Awareness and Inclusion: Developing and Implementing a K-5 Lesson Plan Trajectory to Support All Students
Get PDFThis article explores the process of creating and intitial outcomes of a gender diversity lesson plan trajectory for students in grades kindergarten through fifth in a small California school district. The discussion includes the impetus for the creation of the lessons, some of the challenges faced by the district and methods of overcoming those challenges ultimately resulting in successful implementation. Practical resources are included.  
The Institution of Slavery in British Colonial America
Get PDFIn the mainland British American colonies, slavery as an institution evolved throughout the seventeenth to the eighteenth century. The colonies transformed from “societies with slaves” to “slave societies.” Along with the transformation to slave societies, the labor of slaves also changed. Analyzing Historical Statics to evaluate the demographics, the economy of the colonies, and the legal structure will aid in understanding the changes in the institution of slavery
Using Social Media to Promote Adapted Physical Education Services
Get PDFWithin the profession of adapted physical education (APE) profession, there is often an identity crisis where others outside the field often misunderstand or are unaware of the positive motor and physical activity ben-efits that quality APE services can provide for students with disabilities (Winnick & Porretta, 2017; Wrightslaw, 2016). The use of social media offers one innovative approach to promote APE programs. Social media can be used to advocate for the importance of APE and capture a variety of teachable moments that can serve as a rich resource of ideas for a variety of stakeholders (e.g., students, teachers, parents, commu-nity members). Additionally, social media can serve as a cost-effective tool to use in professional develop-ment to help teachers feel connected to others in their profession. Social media can be used to learn about new techniques, tools, resources, as well as, it helps connect in ways that were unfathomable only a decade ago. The purpose of this article was to indicate strategies regarding (a) how to use social media, (b) promo-tion of the field of APE, and (c) how to use it within classes
Incorporating Migration Into an Age-Structured Population Model With Variable Mortality Rate
Get PDFWe modify the McKendrick-von Foerster population model, an age-structured population model, by including a net migration term to model population dynamics when net migration is a significant contributor to population size. Net migration is treated as a continuous function of age and time. We consider the model\u27s mortality rate as both a constant and as a function of age. By allowing the mortality rate to be a function of age, the model better captures more realistic death rates. We then apply this model to the United States population. When the mortality rate is considered as a constant, the model has 3.95% relative error. When the mortality rate is considered as a function of age, it yields a better approximation with a 2.33% relative error. This more accurate model of population dynamics can provide a framework for studying the effect of policy changes and major events on populations and sub-populations
An Elementary Proof of Weisman\u27s Congruence When p=2
Get PDFWe give an elementary approach to proving divisibility results for a class of binomial sums that are similar to Fleck\u27s congruence. We use tools that are accessible to undergraduate students and in proving the divisibility results, we obtain additional interesting properties that we highlight in several parts of the paper
Malintzin: The Buried Voice of the Spanish Conquest
Get PDFThe Mexican Conquest is one of the most significant events in world history. However, for centuries, the dominant narrative has been a Eurocentric portrayal that presumes Hernán Cortés and other conquistadors to be heroic, noble, and competent to maneuver through México with little to no opposition. Additionally, it silences Indigenous voices of the 1519 Spanish Conquest and omits the acknowledgment of Indigenous contributions to Spanish success. Matthew Restall’s Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest pushes against the dominant Eurocentric narrative of the Conquest. In particular, Restall brings an Indigenous woman, Malintzin, the interpreter of Hernán Cortés, to the forefront. With support from translated Nahuatl texts and pictographs and sixteenth-century Spanish sources, Malintzin’s voice becomes visible. Two core Indigenous sources that molded Restall’s arguments are the Florentine Codex, a Mexica source created a generation post-Conquest, and the Lienzo de Tlaxcala, representing an Indigenous ally perspective. Through these sources, Malintzin emerges as a central figure with a multi-skill set of quick language acquisition, the ability to navigate high-risk scenarios, interpreting with cultural mediation and sensitivity, plus the utilization of different linguistic registers. Her skills allowed her to make a conscious decision to become Cortés’ interpreter and proved to be indispensable when it comes to Spanish-Indigenous communication during the Conquest
LOVE, WOMEN, AND JAPANESE LITERATURE: THE SALVATION OF WOMEN (BOOK REVIEW)
No full textSaiichi Maruya 丸谷才一. Koi to Onna to Nihon Bungaku, Onna no Sukuware 『恋と女と日本文学・女の救はれ』(Love, Women, and Japanese Literature: The Salvation of Women). Tokyo: Kodansha Bungei Bunko (Japanese), 2013. 192 Pp
HOME AND WANDERLUST: PATRIOTIC WAYFARERS ON THE PATH OF“UNIVERSAL LIFE” IN RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Get PDFScholars have observed that the clash between patriotism and cosmopolitanism constitutes a central theme of Rabindranath Tagore’s novel The Home and the World. What remains to be fully addressed, however, is Tagore’s profound depiction of affective and spiritual sources of sympathy larger than loyalty to one’s country. Tagore’s multi-personal delineation of consciousness illuminates the complicated relations between notions of the constitution of self and allegiances to vital sites of belonging—home, nation, the world, and the infinite. Through a close examination of spatial tropes in the novel, the article illustrates how Tagore draws on Buddhist traditions in presenting his vision of svadeśsamāj, a form of social collectivity that amalgamates inner life with traditional Indian ways of communal existence. Paying special attention to the protagonists’ introspections, this essay argues that the novel suggests how moral judgments can be nurtured by aesthetic sentiments that are tied to such communal existence