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The 3 C\u27s of leadership
Get PDFThis study aimed to investigate and identify the strategies and best practices employed by elementary school leaders through the teacher\u27s lens to ensure their success. Additionally, the research sought to view school leadership behaviors and practices through the teacher\u27s lens. This approach created collaboration and communication between the school leader and their teachers. Moreover, this qualitative phenomenological study focused on independent school teachers with at least 10 years of teaching experience. The researcher collected data by interviewing 15 teachers from independent schools across Los Angeles County to answer four main research questions through corresponding interview questions. The findings connected to the literature themes of collaboration, communication, and care, called the Three C’s. Overall, based on the interviews and findings from the research and the literature corroborating the data collected, this study contributed to creating the JGRogers D.N.A model of leadership, which detailed the desires, needs, and abilities of school teachers to be successful. Ultimately, the research and model will provide a lens for school leaders to listen and understand what their teachers need from them to be successful educators in their classrooms. This study adds to the current education, leadership, and collaboration literature
Immigrant mothers: a testimonio
Get PDFInternational immigration creates economic, demographic, and cultural shifts worldwide. The process of migration entails steps beginning from the decision to migrate, the migration journey and experiences upon arrival to the host country. Factors such as age at time of migration, traditions, and beliefs of those who migrate inform various aspects of their lives, such as parenting practices. Once in the new country, immigrants face various challenges and stressors such as discrimination, acculturation, language barriers and lack of opportunities due to legal status. These stressors are often compounded with existing pre-migration trauma that result in higher risk of mental health concerns for immigrants and their children. More specifically, immigrant mothers face many challenges with various circumstances informed by their legal status, home environment, socioeconomic status, parent cognitions and levels of support. With the influence they can have on our new generations, immigrant mothers are a crucial component in the success of future generations; however, to adequately support them in their efforts, supports need to be culturally relevant and readily available.
The literature states the need to support immigrant mothers as their wellness directly correlates with their child’s wellness and academic achievement. Different repercussions of the immigration process and challenges upon arrival are acknowledged throughout the literature. The literature informed this qualitative study in which semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore the phenomenon of immigrant mothers supporting their children’s academic success. The results of the study can inform educators, community leaders and policymakers in designing adequate supports for immigrant mothers in their efforts to support future generations
Artificial Intelligence Common Good in Research and Academics
Get PDFIntegrating artificial intelligence (AI) into academic research has become increasingly prevalent, offering opportunities and challenges within scholarly activities. AI tools offer valuable features that enable researchers and academics to enhance, improve, and create research content. However, alongside these benefits, persistent concerns and challenges around plagiarism and academic integrity exist. This paper investigates the ethical implications inherent in utilizing AI in academic research, examining its advantages and drawbacks. This study suggests that while AI technologies hold significant potential for the common good in research, it is essential to establish a balanced approach to mitigate potential drawbacks and disadvantages. Despite the potential benefits of AI in enhancing research strife, it is essential to distinguish between automation and augmentation, with the latter emphasizing human-machine collaboration. While AI can rationalize research processes and stimulate creativity by helping outline content and generate content, its application in academia raises ethical concerns regarding the authenticity of research outcomes and the ethical implications of AI-generated content. This paper advocates for the responsible and positive utilization of AI technologies in academic research, emphasizing the need for awareness to maintain academic integrity and mitigate risks of plagiarism and misconduct. Further, a comprehensive understanding of the ethical dimensions of AI in academia is crucial for navigating its role in scholarly research and upholding the integrity of academic discourse. Central to this investigation is the role of complementary technology, which empowers educators and research publishers to identify content generated entirely through AI. One of the most challenging aspects of AI pertains to the need for more technologies capable of discerning the extent of its involvement in content creation. A distinction exists between fully AI-generated content, characterized by automation, which may be deemed unauthentic and unethical, while augmentation can vary in its level of integration. Finally, a comprehensive comprehension of AI\u27s ethical implications in academia is essential for effectively navigating its role in scholarly research. By prioritizing ethical considerations and conscientiously harnessing AI competencies, researchers can uphold academic discourse integrity while leveraging AI technologies\u27 transformative potential to advance scholarly endeavors
Understanding how the organizational systems that select, promote, and retain first-time, managers can be improved for the growing millennial supervisory population
Get PDFThe success rate for first-time managers is staggeringly low (approximately 40%) during their first 24 months in the role. While various journals and studies have addressed this topic, few have addressed it with a focus on millennial, first-time managers. Given that many millennials are stepping into the role of front-line supervisor, understanding their experience is an important step in understanding how organizational systems can be improved to increase new managers’ success rates. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to understand how to improve the organizational systems that select, promote, and retain first-time managers for the growing millennial supervisory population. Further, as Gen Zers flood the workforce, there are now four distinct generations working alongside each other. These generational shifts are hypothesized to present an added challenge. The results of this study suggest that generational demographics do present an added challenge, but may not hinder a first-time, millennial manager’s success
Psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals experiencing auditory verbal hallucinations: a systematic review
Get PDFThe objective of this review was to systematically review the available research on psychotherapeutic interventions for individuals experiencing Auditory Verbal Hallucinations (AVH). This review focused on interventions evaluated using Randomized Control Trials (RCTs). Data on the treatment protocols and their efficacy was reviewed, as well as proposed mechanisms of change. Included treatment protocols were evaluated for their attention to culture. Using specific search criteria, 17 studies were identified and evaluated. Out of the 17 included studies, three utilized individual and group Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp) as their intervention of choice and six utilized individually created therapies based upon the principles of CBTp. Two of the studies utilized protocols based on third wave cognitive behavioral therapies. Four studies used technology-based treatment protocols including virtual reality therapy, one study utilized an imagery training protocol, and one study utilized an experienced focused counseling treatment protocol. The efficacy of these treatment protocols were variable. Across the included interventions, treatment targets included sense of self-efficacy, acceptance of AVH, the interpretation of AVH, and combinations of these targets. Only one treatment protocol was adapted to be more culturally congruent to the patients participating. The variety of outcome measures utilized, inconsistent findings, and methodological limitations limits the generalization of the conclusions. However, it was consistently found that engagement with some therapy was found to show improvements over Treatment As Usual (TAU). Future research should focus on identifying adaptive coping strategies to be applying across therapeutic orientations, that can be adapted to the individual voice hearer
Academic integrity graphic novel mini-cases
Get PDFAcademic integrity is a crucial aspect of the educational process, often receiving insufficient attention until a violation occurs. Researchers emphasize the importance of students comprehending academic integrity to foster ethical professionalism. However, there is a lack of resources available to effectively support these conversations. This study aims to assess academic integrity efficacy and the multi-dimensional ethical scale (MES) through the use of a graphic novel mini-case study. The analysis reveals a significant relationship between academic integrity efficacy, MES dimensions (moral equity, relativism and contractualism), and the case studies among undergraduate participants. The combination of quantitative and qualitative findings provides valuable insights into how graphic novel mini-cases can engage in academic integrity discussions with undergraduate students. The graphic novel mini-cases, along with their limitations and potential for future research, are provided
AtPCa-Net: anatomical-aware prostate cancer detection network on multi-parametric MRI
Get PDFMulti-parametric MRI (mpMRI) is widely used for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis. Deep learning models show good performance in detecting PCa on mpMRI, but domain-specific PCa-related anatomical information is sometimes overlooked and not fully explored even by state-of-the-art deep learning models, causing potential suboptimal performances in PCa detection. Symmetric-related anatomical information is commonly used when distinguishing PCa lesions from other visually similar but benign prostate tissue. In addition, different combinations of mpMRI findings are used for evaluating the aggressiveness of PCa for abnormal findings allocated in different prostate zones. In this study, we investigate these domain-specific anatomical properties in PCa diagnosis and how we can adopt them into the deep learning framework to improve the model’s detection performance. We propose an anatomical-aware PCa detection Network (AtPCa-Net) for PCa detection on mpMRI. Experiments show that the AtPCa-Net can better utilize the anatomical-related information, and the proposed anatomical-aware designs help improve the overall model performance on both PCa detection and patient-level classification
Building relationships: A perspective on how to achieve teaching success in study abroad programs
No full textStudy abroad programs have become increasingly popular in recent years as vehicles to prepare students for the global work environment. This paper describes a perspective on how to maximize teaching effectiveness in these programs via developing personal relationships. Based on the teaching of a Principles of Marketing course in Florence, Italy, the author discusses how the special characteristics of the study abroad program enabled the formation of deep faculty-student and peer relationships. Key faculty-student relationship factors were connections outside the classroom, career discussions, and assignment/exam reviews, while key peer relationship factors were interactions between students outside of class and field trips. The author notes how the importance of these factors is supported by current theory and research. He also describes how the factors led to higher teaching performance in Florence than in the U.S. as measured by student evaluations, marketing core question ratings, grades and attendance. Ideas for future research on the impact of relationship variables in study abroad programs are suggested