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DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION IN A GENERAL CHILDREN’S MINISTRY CURRICULUM: EVALUATING DISCIPLESHIP IN AN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOOM
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the perception children’s pastors have in their ability to provide a comprehensive instructional program for children with special needs. The quantitative study utilized a survey research method to address three research questions. The survey instrument was distributed electronically to children’s pastors nationwide to identify instructional and environmental elements required to provide a comprehensive instructional program within the ministry setting for children with special needs. In an effort to further research why children with special needs do not regularly attend religious worship services, this research study focused on elements that create the greatest obstacles for children’s pastors to provide a comprehensive discipleship program for children with special needs. Researching the elements of curriculum, instruction, classroom management, behavioral management, communication, and inclusive learning gave clearer insight to the resources children’s pastors need to effectively provide inclusive provisions within a place of worship. The study’s participants perceived elements relating to an inclusive environment as most helpful to increase their confidence in creating a comprehensive instructional program for children with special needs. Additionally, children’s pastors overall have a willingness to establish inclusive ministries but lack confidence in their ability to create them effectively. Implications of the study include strategies for bolstering the confidence level of children’s pastors to create inclusive ministries for children with special needs, to provide opportunities to increase the attendance level of children with special needs and their families
COMPARING THE JOB SATISFACTION OF VIRTUAL SCHOOL EDUCATORS TO THAT OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATORS
Get PDFVirtual education in the K-12 environment is a growing field in the education industry. Not only does virtual education provide new opportunities for students, it also changes how teachers work in the industry and how they perceive the job satisfaction. Using the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (TJSQ), this study compares perceived job satisfaction of virtual educators to that of traditional educators in the K-12 environment. Data collected from 112 educators suggested that both virtual and traditional educators were satisfied with their jobs. When teachers in both environments were compared to one another, there was no statistically significant difference in their perceived job satisfaction. Based on the dimensions analyzed in the TJSQ, both groups of educators rated responsibility as the dimension that contributed most to their job satisfaction. Both groups of educators also rated security as contributing least to their job satisfaction
Owning My Scars: A Transformational Journey to Effective Leadership
Get PDFExperiences are powerful antecedents to perceptions and behaviors; their
consequences evident in self-leadership and leadership of others. Accordingly, authentic vulnerability and the courage to examine the sources of behavior, acknowledge the product of wounds, and pursue healing are paramount. Through healing, wounds that are conduits to ineffective leadership transform to scars of victory, propagating wholeness and effective leadership. Indeed, effective leadership requires a lifelong transformational journey to influence self and others positively.
Owning My Scars: A Transformational Journey to Effective Leadership authentically chronicles experiences of sexual assault, sexual abuse, homelessness, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. The captivating personal narrative is a testament to the power of God in delivering and healing, and in working things out for good. The author revisits the transformational process, delineating the purpose produced by pain, and accentuating developed and refined leadership characteristics and approaches. Each chapter is an evolutionary milestone and includes supporting concepts based on scholarly and practical contributions. The book provides strategies and empowerment to live authentically and embrace exploration, discovery, awareness, acceptance, and to actuate.
Owning My Scars: A Transformational Journey to Effective Leadership is possibly one of the most unconventional books about leadership. However, it is highly essential, because it engenders a wonderful exchange from brokenness and ineffective leadership to wholeness and effective leadership. If you are walking through the fire; if you are ready to trade ashes for beauty and despair for praise; if you cannot envision yourself beyond the mental and physical pain or other experiences; and if you are wondering whether good could emanate from your past, this book is for you. Finally, if you were waiting for a sign to embark on change, this is it! Begin this journey, become a phenomenal leader, and lead others phenomenally
WHO CAN TEACH US? AN EXPLORATION OF THE INFLUENCES OF PEDAGOGY ON THE DISEMPOWERMENT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF OAXACA, MEXICO
Get PDFPersistent poverty coupled with inequality and marginalization continues to broaden the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous populations of Oaxaca, Mexico. Particularly in the field of education, Oaxaca exhibits an insufficient and inadequate pedagogical system. Federal, State, and NGOs educational interventions have been unreliable at best, demonstrating minimal outcomes predominantly in the degree and percentage of engagement that the indigenous of Oaxaca demonstrate at creating and implementing educational alternatives suitable to their local and state needs. The development of an ethnic pedagogical system—with all its propositions of community engagement for the purpose of progress—is critical to poverty exits as demonstrated by current research. This multi-site case study is an exploration of indigenous teachers and mothers’ perceptions and values concerning education in three communities of the state of Oaxaca. Data was collected using socio-demographic questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and participant observations. The findings suggest that that the degree and rate of engagement of indigenous in the creation of educational alternatives is affected by their perceptions and values concerning education. Participants believed that, for the significance of their survival as nations living within a nation, the fight to recover their cultural identity is a greater priority than academic and universal knowledge, that cultural and traditional principles and ethics should be the directive of education, and lastly the use and teaching of technology should be under the framework of values and behaviors of each individual ethnic group. An additional and vital finding emerging from this study is the notion that while the essential characteristics of education have been used to disempower societies these cultures in turn have disempowered education through rendering it inoperative. These dynamics generate yet another drawback to indigenous peoples: education as the path to indigenous personal and social development and progress at best enjoys a good status while at worst continues to remain neglected along with all its transformative qualities
THE STOCK MARKET AND POLITICS: AN ANALYSIS OF STOCK MARKET REACTIONS TO POLITICAL DECISIONS AND WORLD EVENTS
Get PDFThe stock market is influenced by many outside factors around the world. Stock prices change every single day and there are many factors that cause this. This paper is structured as an extended literature review analyzing previous literature on the topic of politics and the stock market. There are six specific types of political decisions and world events analyzed to determine the effect on the stock market. The following topics are political elections, the presidential impact, tariffs, war, the pandemic, and tax cuts. Stock market data is gathered before and after the event takes place to understand the effects on the market. Finally, this paper will use the data to suggest whether or not political and world events impact the market. It will also suggest the possibility to predict the market based on the effects of the events
THE ASSESSMENT OF COLLEGE FEMALE ATHLETES’ PERSPECTIVES ON THEIR COACHES’ DISCUSSION ON FOOD RELATIONSHIPS AND BODY POSITIVITY
Get PDFThis study examined the differences in how often college female athletes’ coaches discussed food relationships and body positivity with how often the college female athletes wished their coaches discussed food relationships and body positivity. I hypothesized that the coaches’ discussions of food relationships and body positivity did not meet the expectations of the college female athletes. Twenty-six participants from Southeastern University in a population of female athletes completed an online survey that produced quantitative data to determine the discrepancy. The survey consisted of three main topics of eating habits, eating disorders, body positivity, and their relationship building with their coaches. The results concluded that the coaches were meeting the expectations of the athletes in the categories of eating habits, body positivity, and in their relationship building. However, the results for the topic of eating disorders were insignificant. Thus, the coaches appear to have discussed these topics positively and constructed positive relationships with their athletes
LEVEL UP: EXAMINING THE EFFECTS OF SEXUALIZED VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS
Get PDFCharacters in video games, especially female characters, are often designed or depicted to be sexually attractive. These characters are sexualized by exaggerated body proportions, revealing clothing, and behavior. There are a variety of methods by which players could be impacted by these sexualized characters, including the mere exposure effect, Proteus effect, and avatar identification. The increase of video game usage and sales in recent years, specifically among the COVID-19 pandemic, brings a greater need to understand the effects of these video games. Little research currently exists on the topic, and often provides conflicting data. The current study enlisted volunteers to take self-objectification, objectification of others, and sexism inventories after playing a video game condition. The goal of this study was to discover if playing a game with a sexualized female avatar resulted in statistically significant score differences when compared to a nonsexualized and control condition
Diversified Collaboration, Strategic Plan Design, and Strategic Planning Outcomes in Public Sector Aging Services
Get PDFEffective strategic planning in aging services is needed to help public sector agencies and their networks successfully meet the needs of a growing and aging U.S. population of older adults. The purpose of this mixed-method study was to explore public sector state strategic plans and the effect of diversified collaboration, strategic plan design, and regional and state characteristics on related outcomes and organizational performance. This study reviewed State Plans on Aging and the effect of the diversity of stakeholders contributing to developing the plans, the comprehensiveness of the plans’ design, and the states’ performance in areas related to long-term services and supports. This study sought to provide insights that would add to the existing body of knowledge on public sector strategic planning, and help to enhance strategic planning activities aimed at improving services and supports for older adults. This study found that diversified collaboration and strategic plan design could have a positive effect on strategic planning outcomes. The study also employed a framework for studying strategic planning that answered previous calls for more research linking process/micro and practice/macro approaches to strategic planning research. Process-based research focuses on the microlevels of planning. Practice-based research focuses on the macro levels. When integrated together, these two types of strategic planning perspectives allow researchers to understand better how, why, and when strategic planning works. This study offers some insights into future research, provides implications for practice, and serves as a call to further action in addressing a broad social challenge
Women in STEM: An Examination of Career Commitment as a Moderator to Organizational Commitment
Get PDFMost research on women in STEM in the United States has revolved around retention, barriers, turnover intention, and underrepresentation in businesses, governments, and universities. This quantitative correlational study investigated whether career commitment moderated organizational commitment among women working in STEM careers based on independent variables of organizational justice and perceived organizational support. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2020), in 2019, women made up 34% of the STEM workforce, or 12 million workers, and 52% of the non-STEM workforce, or 62 million workers. In 2006, President George W. Bush released the American Competitiveness Initiative for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Formal Education (Bush, 2006). In 2016, researchers advocated that STEM jobs in the United States are expected to increase to 1 million positions, 92% of which will require postsecondary education and training (Chen, 2013; Ellis et al., 2016; Olson & Riordan, 2012). The imbalance of women in STEM occupations reflects a lack of workforce diversity, which is valuable to organizations as it enriches innovation and organizational performance by representing differentiated backgrounds and experiences (Diaz-Garcia et al., 2013; Friedman et al., 2016; Herring, 2009; Hoever et al., 2012; Steele & Derven, 2015). Through the use of survey data from a sample of 111 working women in STEM careers in the United States, the hierarchical regression results were significant for two sub dimensions of organizational justice: interpersonal justice was significant (β = .331, p \u3c .001) and informational justice (β = .290, p \u3c .05) when career commitment was added as a moderator. Perceived organizational support showed significance representing 57% of organizational commitment (R2 = .567, p \u3c .001). Recommendations for businesses include gathering similar survey data among STEM professionals to ascertain a more customized approach to relational skillsets among women in STEM. The findings of this study could also be applied to educational institutions seeking to survey and assess their STEM program curriculum and add further research on participants in STEM based on gender and long-term retention in STEM careers