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Being an Innovative Teacher: Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions of Technology and Innovation
Heather A Davis, Richard Hartshorne, Gail Ring
Technology Education, Integrating Technology, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Innovation, Conceptual Change

The purpose of this study was to understand how first-semester, preservice teacher education students understand the concept of innovation including its role in promoting students’ learning and de... 1 year ago

The Role of Reflective Practitioner Heuristic Inquiry in Institutional learning and Research
Edward Sek Khin Wong
Reflective Practice, Action Research, Cognitive learning, Institutional research development

In this paper, the authors reports on a critical and reflective practitioner heuristic inquiry that investigates a case study concern a post-modern approach in enhancing institutional teaching and r... 1 year ago

Advances in Hepatitis B Research: From Virology to Clinical Management (A Special Issue)
Xuanyong Lu1, Ke-Qin Hu2
Hepatitis B, Virology, Clinical management

Topics in this issue touch important progresses of current HBV study. Authors have provided their expertise for the prospective research in the future, and we hope this will inspire the efforts on un... 1 year ago

From Equity to Adequacy: Evolving Legal Theories in School Finance Litigation: The Case of Connecticut
Lesley A. DeNardis
School finance reform, Court cases, Legal theories, Equity, Adequacy, Equalization

Since the landmark school finance decision Serrano v. Priest (1971) ruled that California’s reliance on the property tax to finance public schools violated equal protection provisions in state and... 1 year ago

Critical thinking, critical rationalism, knowledge development, Popper, teacher development
Bob Ives, Kathryn Obenchain, Kathryn Obenchain, Eleni Oikonomidoy, Eleni Oikonom...
Cultural attitude, Romanian youth, Pre-service teacher

A variation of the Bogardus scale on social distance was implemented to examine the cultural attitudes of Romanian youth about minorities in Romania. The results indicated that the greatest social d... 1 year ago

An Increased Risk of Osteoporosis during Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
N. Annapoorna, G.Venkateswara Rao, N.S. Reddy, P. Rambabu1 and K.R.S.Samabasiva ...
Osteoporosis, AIDS, HIV, Bone mineral density, HAART, Protease inhibitor, OPG/RANKL/RANK

Osteoporosis is characterized by decreased bone mineral density and mechanistic imbalances of bone tissue that may result in reduced skeletal strength and an enhanced susceptibility to fractures. Os... 1 year ago

A Critical Approach for Building Teacher Knowledge
Stephanie Chitpin
Critical thinking, critical rationalism, knowledge development, Popper, teacher development

This paper advocates a Popperian approach for empowering teachers to build knowledge when faced with uncertainty or obstacles. It begins with a discussion of the need for schools to use a critical a... 1 year ago

Goals, Efficacy and Metacognitive Self-Regulation A Path Analysis
Ibrahim S. Al-Harthy, Christopher A. Was, Randall M. Isaacson
Self-efficacy, Task value, Achievement goal orientation, Metacognitive self-regulation, Self-regulation, Learning strategies

The purpose of this study was to illustrate the relationship between self-efficacy, task value, goal orientations, metacognitive self-regulation, self-regulation and learning strategies and to inves... 1 year ago

The Potential Applicability of Gene Transfer Technology to the Human Germline
Kevin R. Smith
gene targeting; gene therapy; genetic modification; pronuclear microinjection; sperm-mediated gene transfer

The theoretical possibility of applying gene transfer methodologies to the human germline is explored. Transgenic methods for genetically manipulating embryos may in principle be applied to humans. ... 1 year ago

NON SENSE - A discourse analysis of the Danish Upper Secondary School Reform 2005
Katrin Hjort
Upper Secondary School, Educational Reforms, Discourse Analysis, Regimes of Practice, Advanced Liberal Management, Professionalization, Competence Development

The Danish upper secondary school was reformed in 2005. The reform had been anticipated for a long time. It was badly needed and much was expected of it but when the reform was implemented, many tea... 1 year ago

A Model for Using Reflection to Enhance Interprofessional Education
Yadolah Zarezadeh, Pauline Pearson, Clair Dickinson
Interprofessional Education, Reflective Practice, Reflective Learning, Model

Both Reflective Practice and Interprofessional Education (IPE) have gained a considerable attention in the past three decades. Although a plethora of literature exists on either topic, few articles ... 1 year ago

Topics of Stress and Abuse in Children’s Literature for Intermediate Readers
Wendy Smith, Susan Thompson
Child abuse/maltreatment, Children’s literature, Intermediate grades, Social justice

Close to 900,000 incidents of child abuse and neglect are reported each year in the United States. These children are abused or maltreated physically, emotionally and sexually, in addition to being ... 1 year ago

VAST – a Tool for Recognising Vulnerable Children in the Classroom and Developing a Care Pathway of Intervention
Brian Hall, Sithy Haddow, Maurice Place
Self harm, Coping, Cutting, Resilience, School health service

The increasing prevalence in young people harming themselves in an area of the North of England stimulated efforts to find ways of reducing this behaviour. The links with stress and poor coping mech... 1 year ago

Engaging Students in Writing Labs: An Empirical Study of Reading and Commenting on Student Papers
Joyce Adams
Writing Lab, Tutor, Advising, Composition

Writing Center literature fails to come to a consensus on whether students or tutors should read student papers during tutorials. This empirical study sought to discover whether the choice of reader... 1 year ago

Auditory-Visual Matching and Language-Based Learning Disorders: Two Studies of Specific Language Impairment and Developmental Dyslexia
Minna Tormanen
Auditory-visual Matching, Language-based learning disabilities, Specific language impairment, Developmental dyslexia, Comorbidity, Computer program, Intervention

This is a binary study about auditory-visual matching in language-based learning disorders (N=212). Much controversy ensures about the extent to which auditory processing deficits are important in t... 1 year ago

Three men teachers, three countries and three responses to the physical contact dilemma
Penni Cushman
Men teachers, Physical contact, Gender issues

The shortage of men teachers in primary schools is a global concern. As the demand for men teachers expands, the reasons why men choose not to teach, also grows. In some countries a media-fuelled fe... 1 year ago

Educating Higher Education and School Leaders in Matters of Peace
Susan Carson, Susanne Chandler, Elaine C Collins, Deborah Snow
Urban, Peace, Education, Reform, Restorative justice

Current reform efforts in the redesign of educational leadership programs in higher education call for rigorous coursework in management and education. Educational leadership models that are grounde... 1 year ago

Beyond Skill Instruction: Promoting Literacy Acquisition in Kindergarten
Kerry P Laster, Evan T Ortlieb, Earl H Cheek
Kindergarten, Literacy, Reading, Acquisition, Early childhood, Teacher

It is well-known that kindergarten teachers provide diverse opportunities for early literacy development; however, there are many aspects to literacy instruction at the kindergarten level that have ... 1 year ago

Dispositions: Ability and Assessment
Charles Edward Notar
Dispositions, Internship, National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, Professional Development

The article is a review of literature on dispositions and how the College of Education and Professional Studies, Jacksonville State University has implemented a program to help students identify and... 1 year ago

From Classroom to Boardroom: How International Marketing Students Earn Their Way to Experiential Learning Opportunities, and the Case of the “Beyond Borders of a Classroom” Program
Sylvain Charlebois
International marketing, Live-case competition, Undergraduate studies, Experiential learning, Client-based projects.

Many marketing instructors recognize the challenge of conveying to students the realities of international marketing within the classroom. In 2004, a Faculty of Business designed a partnership be... 1 year ago

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