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Implementing Systematic Informal Assessment in Early Education Settings
No full textThe purpose of this study was to investigate early educators’ current practices, knowledge, beliefs and training needs for utilizing various informal assessment methods. Early educators working Head Start centers and other child care from two southeastern states completed an online survey. The results indicated that participants primarily used one-two informal assessment practices; with anecdotal notes and event/frequency being the most popular. In addition, Head Start teachers used significantly fewer informal assessment methods compared to those in other child care settings
School Choice and Marginalization: The Case of School District Competition and Political Institutions in the U.S.
No full textThis paper studies effectiveness of school choice and type of school districts’ political institutions jointly vis-à-vis student learning. School choice relies on market-oriented policies for reforming public education, but their effectiveness, i.e., equity and productive efficiency is debatable. The effectiveness of different types of political institutions that manage school districts and compete for students in urban regions in the USA is also a neglected area of research. This study fills these gaps by empirically investigating the joint relationships of inter-school district competition- a key dimension of school choice- and local political institutions with student learning. Results from the analysis of a unique data show that inter-school district competition has some productive efficiency effects on student achievement, the political institution does not. The inter-school district competition and political institutions have differential equity effects on student achievement. This paper substantively discusses these results in the context of school choice and marginalization
Online Course Evaluations in the Digital Age
No full textRecently new ways of administering course evaluations have moved to an online format. There have been advantages and drawbacks to online course evaluations as compared to paper-pencil evaluations. One of the greatest concerns with online course evaluations is the lower response rates compared to paper-pencil surveys. This research study aims to find out whether those concerns are legitimate by examining the students\u27 response rate to a new online course evaluation implemented at a small size public university in the United States. Investigating variables such as class format, class level, and class size, there were no statistically significant results, suggesting these factors did not play a role in students\u27 response rates. What potential factors may have played a role in these results will be further discussed
Book Review of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
No full textKendi, I. X. (2017). Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist ideas in America. New York, NY: Nation Books. (Original work published 2016). ISBN-978-1-56858-598-7 (paperback
Attractiveness Norm Violations and the Halo Effect
No full textThis study investigated participants’ expectations that people who are low versus high in attractiveness would violate social norms. Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that unattractive individuals would be rated as more likely to violate norms involving negative behavior than attractive individuals, and attractive individuals rated more likely to violate norms involving positive behaviors than unattractive individuals. To test these hypotheses, participants completed an online survey rating the likelihood that an individual depicted in a photograph would engage in norm-violating behavior. The photograph depicted either an attractive or unattractive individual. Three types of norm-relevant behaviors were described: positive, negative, and norm-conforming. The results suggest that (a) unattractive individuals were viewed as more likely to commit negative norm-violating behaviors than attractive individuals, (b) attractive individuals were viewed as more likely to commit positive norm-violating behaviors than unattractive individuals, and (c) attractive individuals were viewed as more likely to uphold norms than unattractive individuals. 
Journey of Racial Discrimination in Educational Genealogical Analysis
No full textIn this paper, we uncover how racial discrimination in education has shifted in different periods of time. Using the genealogical analysis method, we examined three distinct time periods. Racial discrimination does not disappear, but penetrates into the micro-educational context through curriculum, in grades, and funding to normalize people into a mainstream culture.
This study is meaningful since we consider racial discrimination in education in different periods of time. In the first period, nearly all restrictions identified were structural in nature, while in the second period, fewer structural limitations remained, but were combined with a paternalistic approach. Finally in the third period, unspoken and off the table structural prohibitions exist through approaches that allow discrimination to continue. Acknowledging this changing agenda in different periods of time sheds light on ways to break the structural barriers and promote students equal access to education
Counterstory: After Incarceration - short documentary
No full textThis short 24 minute documentary addresses one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time, mass incarceration and re-entry, through the lived experiences of formerly incarcerated college students and faculty. It is ideal for adult education classrooms as it addresses the connection between education and the prevention of recidivism. The documentary was created through the collaboration of a group of stakeholders including students, faculty and college administrators. Counterstory was an official selection of (In)Justice for All International Film Festival 2018.
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Decolonizing Pedagogy by Appropriating Yoga. The Role of White Women in the Search for Social Justice within Higher Education
No full textHigher education in North America replicates cultural and psychological values that are distinctive of its colonialist roots. Within this system some educators seek to challenge the status quo by introducing new pedagogical practices with the potential to evoke transformation and change. This mixed methods study sought to understand the use of yoga as pedagogy in undergraduate courses across North America. Participants integrating yoga as a teaching tool verbalized hopes of uprooting the hierarchies of privilege that exist within higher education; simultaneously, secularizing yoga necessitated removing the discipline from its historical context, replicating colonialist values of appropriation. The role of white women in seeking social justice, and replicating colonialist values is discussed within the context of higher education
Family and Friends in Uniform: Effect of Close Relationships on CJ Major Selection Among Diverse Students in Urban Colleges
No full textThis article investigates the complexity of the relationships criminal justice (CJ) students from two large, diverse urban colleges (N=371) have with family and friends who are both work within CJ institutions as professionals, but also with family and friends who are adversely impacted by the criminal justice system. In particular, the impact of having a family or friend in a CJ profession on motivations to enter the CJ are probed. A survey consisting of quantitative and qualitative questions was administered, and descriptive and inferential statistics obtained. Findings showed 40% of students both had family and friends affected by the CJ major and who had family and friends who worked in a CJ profession. There was a high degree of correlation between those with CJ connections and the influence those connections exert towards the choice of CJ as a college major. Implications for adult educators of these students is discussed