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Reflection on Practice: Pre-Service Teachers’ Reflection and Intentional Planning to Enhance Toddlers’ Engagement During Free Play
Get PDFIn this paper, early childhood teacher educators describe their work to provide opportunities for pre-service teacher candidates to engage in specific practices that facilitate reflection and planning related to enhancing toddlers’ engagement during free play. The practices targeted were structured by the instructor and supported by the mentor teacher and included observation; guided written reflection; collective discussion and reflection; and intentional planning. Each practice and how it was implemented and completed by the instructor and students are discussed. As a result of participating in the practices, teacher candidates identified several factors they believed impacted toddlers’ engagement during free play. They included location of centers, materials, and other people, variety of materials, adult interaction, and children’s interests, all of which aligned with prior research. Implications for practice for pre-service teacher preparation programs and practicing teachers are provided
Customer perceptions about family firms and their effects on customer behaviors
Get PDFThe current is an exploratory project exploring the associations and impressions evoked by the term “family-owned business” (FOBs) and how these impressions affect intentions to buy from a family firm. Four studies were conducted to assess the perceptions about family firms. Based on signaling theory and the theory of reason action, it was predicted that the family nature of firms would act as a signal that consumers will use to determine perceptions, attitudes towards family firms, and intentions to buy from family firms. Results indicate that, in general, participants had positive perceptions about organizational values and neutral perceptions about products and services offered by family firms. As suggested by the Theory of Reasoned Action, these perceptions affected attitudes and intentions towards FOBs. Implications for theory and practice are discussed
STREAM into Online Play Groups How Children Adapt to Play in a Rapidly Digitized World
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to explore the relationship between technology integration and play from a whole child perspective, specifically through online play groups. As play continues to decline and vanish from our schools completely, the author believes we must reexamine the countless benefits of play across STREAM education. With current digital advancements, children will adapt to online play and continue to develop their creative and analytical skills. The author suggests that with continued support from parents and educators, children who are encouraged to have a say in what and how they learn can use online play to build a solid STREAM foundation
Introduction
Get PDFThis Spring issue provides readers with information related to the challenges of Covid-19 and the importance of teacher self-care. Moreover, this issue also provides content related to students with disabilities and the impact technology and intentional planning can have on play. The IJWC continues to be committed to promoting holistic learning and the development of children
Headquarters location decisions under conflicts at home: Evidence from a configurational analysis
Get PDFThis study identifies the necessary and sufficient conditions to relocate firms’ headquarters (HQ) under circumstances of high political and economic risk (the illegal referendum of Catalonia in 2017). One of the most promising advances in the discussion of relocation decisions lies in combining non-economic conditions with traditional production factors. We use fsQCA methodology to test the model. QCA is a method based on set theory in which the outcome depends on combinations of elements, that have the nonlinear property and permits that certain conditions act in opposite ways under different circumstances. Using a database of 42 companies of different sectors, 28 of them that maintained HQ and 14 that relocated, the study provides evidence that family firms under similar circumstances may make decisions to stay or relocate as a function of the origin of the founders and the production factors of the relocation region. Second, we found that relocation decisions of subsidiaries under political and economic uncertainty are not affected by economic factors and there is inertia in their behavior
The economic implications of clustering on Hispanic entrepreneurship in the US
Get PDFThis article assesses the effect of Hispanic clustering on Hispanic self-employment in the US and the extent to which endogenous social factors within a cluster may encourage Hispanics to start a business. We address key identification issues in the clustering literature by applying a series of robust econometric techniques to US census data. The study provides empirical evidence on the role of Hispanic clustering on Hispanic entrepreneurship. This article also tackles the constructs of Hispanic entrepreneurial heterogeneity and suggests the clustering of second-generation Hispanics as a potential indicator of the Hispanic entrepreneurial environment. The study derives insight on the economic implications of Hispanic clustering and its benefits and suggests policy recommendations to promote success among Hispanic entrepreneurs. We propose that generational differences across Hispanics is not merely an ethnic control variable, but rather an important factor for the design of strategies and incentives at the federal, state, and local level
Entrepreneurial cognition of the business model construct: A mixed methods study of STEM and non-STEM entrepreneurs
Get PDFApplying the theory of socially situated cognition, we study how entrepreneurs cognitively process the business model construct during the early stages of launching technology-based new ventures. Through an abductive reasoning procedure, we aggregate four underlying socially situated cognitive functions of the business model and describe how these functions facilitate opportunity development. We examine if the entrepreneur’s educational background (STEM vs non-STEM) influences their cognitive processing of the construct. We discuss the contribution of our study to the literature on managerial cognition, business models, and to practice in detail
The Value of Social Media Advertising Strategies on Tourist Behavior: A Game-Changer for Small Rural Businesses
Get PDFNature-based tourism represents a growing sector within the tourism industry, and these interests could help improve the conditions of economically disadvantaged rural communities. The new digital landscape, including Internet and social media usage, represents a critical strategic opportunity to inform, educate and reach these tourism segments. The present research examines the impact of social media advertising on nature-based tourism within rural communities. In this research, we utilize the COBRA (Consumers’ Online Brand-Related Activities) model (Muntinga et al., 2011) of consumer behavior to assess the impact social media advertising plays in generating Pre-Consumption, Consumption, Creation, Contribution, and Engagement in rural business. The results are significant, finding that incorporating digital strategies within rural firms is beneficial. According to our research, the careful placement of a social media advertisement can statistically increase engagement components by more than 50%. In theory, this can increase tourism and economic activity in these rural, economically disadvantaged areas
Education by the Numbers
Get PDFIt is not difficult to hear or engage in a debate on the influence that a celebrity, politician, or an athlete have in society. However, outside of the immediate home environment, a teacher is the most influential person in the life of a person. They act as role models and offer guidance to our children. Teachers are the backbone of society. Teachers are the people responsible for social and economic development of a society. 
Narrative Authority: The Intersection of Mass Media, White Saviors, Corporate Interests, and the Subaltern Voice
Get PDFThe narratives that are disseminated by various parties who are members and tools of the dominant culture serve to conceal not only the voices of the marginalized but also the treachery of those who take advantage of them while inflating the conscience of those who hope to satisfy a moral obligation to help the poor. This essay will explore the different voices in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People. This novel utilizes the narrative voice in a unique manner, allowing a disabled, impoverished young boy named Animal to tell the story of his life of oppression, suffering, and marginalization through a series of tapes addressedto what he refers to as “the Eyes.” Sinha allows Animal to speak for himself, but, in doing so, Animal highlights other dominant narrative trends, including the visual and auditory power of the mass media in communicating the position of the poor, the white saviors’ interpretation of and response to what they see and hear of the poor, and how these contribute to the corporate interests’ ability to remain invisible and thus avoid responsibility for their actions. Sinha uses characters such as Elli, a white American doctor, who comes to Khaufpur to open a clinic, Jarnalis, an Australian journalist, who leaves a set of tapes for Animal to record his story on his own time, and the big Kampani lawyers, who hide the parties actually responsible for the disaster the novel describes. I will postulatethat the connections between mass media representations, white savior responses, and the resulting benefits to corporate interests are the narratives that should be scrutinized so that the narrative authority can be given back to those with lived experience