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Sarah Travis, Metamorphosis: Preaching after Christendom
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Donyelle C. McCray, The Censored Pulpit: Julian of Norwich as Preacher
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Jared E. Alcántara, The Practices of Christian Preaching: Essentials for Effective Proclamation
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More Than Just A Toothbrush: Children's Oral Health Disparities
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Schema and Comprehension
Full text linkThis review will focus on the effect of schema on upper elementary reading comprehension test scores as well as how to build the desire for upper elementary students to self-question while reading. Accordingly, this deficiency in comprehension skills and practical strategies have been evident in classrooms across the nation. This review investigates scholarly research contrasting striving readers and exceptional readers’ schema and characteristics. Next, research is presented to explore the gap between striving and exceptional readers in hopes of finding practical ways to bridge that gap between readers. Therein, this research is synthesized to help students build the desire for self-questioning while reading. This research is then applied to teaching implications and what a classroom might look like. An inability to monitor metacognitively and apply strategies was found to be a major reason why students struggle with comprehension (Anderson & Pearson, 1984; Pressley, 2000; Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 2002; Mason, 2004). Therefore, teachers must explicitly instruct and model those processes to increase comprehension skills and comprehension test scores
World Policy Analysis on Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Full text linkGender inequality is a significant issue in the workplace. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the national policies affect practice regarding gender equality in the workplace in Eastern Asia. The primary policy-level datasets used in this study are from the World Policy Analysis Center. We examined five variables regarding pay, promotion/demotion, and parental leave by gender. In comparing policies and practices, we found that women are still unequally treated in pay, promotion, and unpaid childcare responsibilities, even with policies intended to positively affect practices in China, South Korea, and Japan. Practices are far behind in achieving gender equality in the workplace.