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TEACHING ECONOMICS WITH SCENES FROM MONEYBALL
Get PDFThe award-winning film Moneyball is considered one of economic educators’ top movies for teaching economics, but resources to teach with the film are scant. We summarize eight key scenes in the movie that are closely tied with economics topics, many of which can be used in a principles-level course. For each scene we provide the corresponding topic, a brief summary, and a follow-up question to ask students
THE ROLE OF RELEVANCE IN ECONOMICS EDUCATION: A SURVEY
Get PDFThe literature on active learning and engaging pedagogy has grown since the turn of the century when William Becker challenged the economics education community to be “sexier” in order to attract more majors. While the effectiveness of teaching methods has been understudied, the available resources to an interested educator has grown substantially. We survey the literature of active teaching techniques and resources as well as provide sources for aspiring educators wishing to enhance the relevance of their coursework
Developing a Small Business Educational Program for Growing Rural Businesses
Get PDFThis paper elaborates on the development of a small business certificate program in rural Kansas. Researchers and local practitioners suggest that there are differences between rural and urban small businesses and that most educational programs do not account for these differences. After exploratory research, the university team identified specific needs facing local businesses and tailored a program for their needs. A program structure and set of topics, paired with faculty experts was developed and implemented. Topics focused on developing an entrepreneurial orientation, as well as certain business fundamentals that were deemed critical to small rural businesses. Each topic was oriented toward the rural context where face to face business is more essential. A feedback loop was implemented leading to a shorter 8-week timeframe and some topic adjustments. To date, 378 firms have participated in the program and have shown an 80% survival rate. Specific feedback has indicated that business growth has occurred and that the respondents do perceive development in their entrepreneurial orientation. In addition, specific skill areas related to unique businesses have been improved. Lastly, the program participants have grown their regional business networks, which has been shown to be an important factor for rural business success
The Intersection of Trauma, Mental Health, and Academic Performance Among School- Aged Youth
Get PDFAs the adults battle the COVID-19 pandemic\u27s effects, children are also dealing with its fallout. In addition to the health effects, since March 2020, the pandemic has caused long-term school closure, which forced school-aged youth to deal with the stress of social isolation; moreover, since youth have returned to school, there has been an uptick in school violence (Maxwell et al.,2021). These experiences have produced trauma that has affected youth mental health and academic performance. Consequently, educational systems need a better understanding of the intersecting effects of these traumatic events on the youth\u27s mental health and academicperformance to implement evidence-based interventions to mitigate the negative impacts of youth trauma
“Productive Struggle” as an Effective Strategy in Elementary Math Classrooms
Get PDFProductive Struggle refers to a strategy that gives students an opportunity to increase their background mathematical knowledge. Productive Struggle helps students connect key concepts, determine how and where an error occurs, and supports students in figuring out how to use their own thinking and reasoning skills to correct an error. Teaching without utilizing Productive Struggle instruction can lead to students being reluctant to work towards developing a deeper understanding of math concepts. Without a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts, students, who often do not perceive themselves as competent in math, may continue to find math difficult for them in the future
STEM Content vs. A Sense of Wonder and Joy of Learning: It Shouldn’t Have to be a Choice
Get PDFThe purpose of this reflective article is to examine how structured STEM programs often fail to promote key traits that are crucial to the scientific process including creativity, wonder, curiosity, and imagination. Typical STEM programs are content-driven, outcome-oriented, and scripted in a curriculum-centered, teacher-directed manner. Because of their rigidity, these programs often preclude more open-ended explorations that foster creative explorations in STEM. The article gives examples of scientists and inventors who dared to imagine and explored the world with a sense of wonder in non-scripted, active ways. The article discusses programs like Genius Hour and provides suggestions for promoting creativity in STEM programs
Updates
Get PDFThank you for your continued support of the International Journal of the Whole Child and our commitment to holistic learning and to the development of the whole child. To improve the efficiency of the journal, we have updated our submission and publication dates. Beginning Fall 2021, submission deadlines for the Fall will be September 30th. The submission deadline for the Spring will be February 28th. The Fall issues will be published in December and the Spring issue will be published in May. Lastly, our journal has officially moved to the APA 7th edition. We ask that all authors adhere to this edition when submitting your manuscript for review. Thank you again for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you in Spring 2022
THE POTENCY OF ENVY
Get PDFEconomists and other scholars have long explored the role of envy in personal and social decision-making processes. The construct envy functions both as a motivator and deterrent in a variety of disciplines including sociology, psychology, politics, economics, and business. While many studies indicate that envy plays a role in individual and societal behavior, its extent and exact definition remain a source of debate in academic literature. Additionally, most research studies the construct in Baby Boomer and Generation X populations. Using exploratory and descriptive research methods, we investigate current college-aged students’ perceptions of envy to discern its pervasiveness and influence on personal, social, and political values
E-learning in “innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship”: Exploring the new opportunities and challenges of technologies
Get PDFCompanies and society demand professionals be able to provide creative solutions with added value as well as to implement them in order to face the arising challenges in the increasingly dynamic environment. Although the transversal competence “Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship” is essential for engineers that should find innovative solutions to problems, teachers find many difficulties when training and evaluating their students in the scope of the regular courses: large groups, very adjusted time to technical contents. In this context, the School of Industrial Engineering (ETSII) at Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) is aware of the opportunities offered by new information and communication technologies to support teachers in this task while enhancing students’ generic outcomes. For this reason, an e-learning platform has been created on this competence, that offers valuable resources to students to implement this competence throughout the assigned course tasks, and supports teachers prompted to train and evaluate this transversal competence. With this platform, the authors aim to contribute to the still neglected educational aspect of entrepreneurship and address for the first time in an e-learning system its relationship with innovation and creativity
How to retain Generation Y employees?
Get PDFThis study aims to understand the relationship that work-life balance and the perception of organizational support to work-life balance have with job embeddedness (construct that measures the reasons to remain in the organization) in the case of professionals belonging to Generation Y. A quantitative cross-sectional study was developed using instruments adapted from the literature. The sample consists of 211 members of generation Y with three or more years of work experience. The results of the analysis show that there is a positive relationship between work-life balance and job embeddedness in the sample of members of Generation Y. The study is relevant for both academic and professional aspects. The literature reviewed did not present a consensus on work-life balance and its relationship with job embeddedness; therefore the results help to understand this relationship. Likewise, this study focuses on work-life balance independently and not as the absence of conflict. In addition, in response to the demand from literature, young people from Generation Y have work experience in the sample. Considering work-life balance as a relevant factor generates the creation of organizational retention policies