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Designing a Course for Lifelong, Self-Directed Character Growth
Authors: Erbe Ryan , Konheim-Kalkstein Yasmine , Fredrick Ray , Dykhuis Elise , Meindl Peter
Published: March 2024

In this paper, we discuss how to create a course that helps students set a foundation for lifelong, self-directed character growth. To this end, we offer a new framework for character change which we call the 3M’s for “mindset” (having a growth mindset for character growth), “motivation” (using psychological needs described in the Self Determination Theory, autonomy, competence, relatedness, and purpose), and “means” (tools for character development). We then give concrete examples of how each component of this framework can be used in a classroom setting to help students develop their character.
Post-Pandemic Rental Housing Affordability Economics in the U.S., U.K., & Canada
Authors: Wilson Grant Alexander , Jogia Jason , Case Tyler
Published: March 2024

Rental unaffordability is defined as spending more than 30% of a household’s gross income on rent. Post-pandemic inflation and interest rate increases have intensified rental unaffordability. This research examines rental affordability in the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. It also explores the effect of renters’ “affordability knowledge” – defined as the expertise tenants have and use to make economical rental housing choices – on rent expenditure and affordability positioning and compares personal finances, economic perspectives, and demographics based on renters in affordable and unaffordable situations. The results show that nearly two-thirds of the renters studied are in unaffordable rental situations. Interestingly, affordability knowledge was found to reduce rent spent and increase affordability situations. Significant demographic differences were found between those in affordable and unaffordable rental situations, including rent spending, food spending, transportation spending, savings, perceived homeownership likelihood, and age. The research offers important insight into current rental affordability economics, recommendations for policymakers, and opportunities for real estate organizations.
Resistance Theory and Illegitimate Reproduction
Authors: Welsh Susan
Published: March 2024

In the literature of critical pedagogy, resistance theory analyzes, ranks, and judges the emancipatory value of writing behaviors, privileging nonreproductive and transformative consciousness over cultural reproduction. The ranking of consciousness and the central metaphor of “reproduction” too often are naïvely applied, suppressing the political, social, and pedagogical value of writing that develops from within contradictory consciousness.
The Opening of the Modern Era of Writing Assessment: A Narrative1
Authors: White Edward M.
Published: March 2024

Notes that writing assessment has become an important specialty within composition studies with links to such “suspicious partners” as educational research, statistics, and politics and with profound effects on public policy and educational funding. Discusses the modern era of writing assessment beginning during the fall of 1971 an its implications. Considers assessment as a site of conflict.
Liberating American Ebonics from Euro-English
Authors: Palacas Arthur L.
Published: March 2024

Considers if American Ebonics is a different language from English or if it is a dialect of English. Discusses how American Ebonics relates to the larger Ebonics picture Focuses on the grammatical patterns of Ebonics that diverge the most from standard English. Addresses pedagogical implications.
“A Radical Conversion of the Mind”: Fundamentalism, Hermeneutics, and the Metanoic Classroom
Authors: Perkins Priscilla
Published: March 2024

Considers how in the classroom, dealing with conservative Christian belief, progressive writing instructors confront “problems of meaning” just as perplexing and urgent as those that trouble evangelical students. Offers some stories that show how the author analyzed her own recurring “problems of meaning,” some theoretical (and theological) ways of working through perceived impasses between academic interpretation and biblical precept.
OPINION: Introducing Shakespeare
Authors: Leinwand Theodore B.
Published: March 2024

Discusses the short introductions by literary scholars that more often than not precede Shakespeare's plays. Considers the importance and lack of importance that readers put on these introductions. Describes the use and creation, over time, of these introductions to many different plays by Shakespeare.
REVIEW: Working Out Our History
Authors: Miller Thomas P. , Jones Joseph G.
Published: March 2024

Reviewed are The Selected Essays of Robert J. Connors,edited by Lisa Ede and Andrea Lunsford; Writing in the Academic Disciplines: A Curricular History, by David R. Russell; Imagining Rhetoric: Composing Women of the Early United States, by Janet Carey Eldred and Peter Mortensen; and Gender and Rhetorical Space in American Life, 1866–1910, by Nan Johnson.
Collaborative Teacher Education for the 21st Century
Authors: Graham Peg , Ross Sally Hudson , Adkins Chandra , Callaway Dackie , Wallace Jerelyn , Schwartz Janet , Solheim Karen
Published: March 2024

Describes the community of English educators in 2001. Considers individual and collective roles of English educators as modeling life-long learning for students, prospective teachers, and colleagues. Concludes that the vision of English educators in the 21st century must be locally constructed and rest upon the desires of participants to make teacher education a high priority in their professional lives.
Student Authority Revisited
Authors: Small Robert C.
Published: March 2024

As a recipient of the Janet Emig Award for his 1972 article, “Student Authority,’ Small reflects on his first article and revisits the concept as it applies to today’s classroom. He notes that the themese raised in the 1972 piece are still applicable today. The role of the English teacher, Small says, is to help students build on and expand the authority with language that they begin to develop almost from birth. Today’s students have an even greater authority with language due to advances in technology and the explosion of media.
Young Adult Literature: The Problem With YA Literature
Authors: Crowe Chris
Published: March 2024

Discusses and answers objections to young adult literature which generally fall into one of two categories: that young adult books are bad because they are not the classics, and/or they corrupt the young. Offers brief descriptions of 12 new or overlooked young adult books worth reading.
Why Keep Searching When It’s Already Their? Reconsidering Everybody’s Pronoun Problem
Authors: Nilsen Alleen Pace
Published: March 2024

Discusses the logic, elegance, and history of using they, them, and their as singular indefinite pronouns. Notes that, as a solution to the pronoun problem, the strength of this solution is its vagueness. Offers numerous real-life examples from publications or broadcasts and lists why it is counterproductive for English teachers to exclude this usage from the pronoun system they teach.
From the Secondary Section: Being a Professional Means Nurturing Others
Authors: Phipps Carolyn
Published: March 2024

Argues that, in this time of teacher shortage, English educators must all reach out to encourage and help new teachers or struggling veteran teachers. Offers several examples of organized efforts (by professional groups, in districts and as individuals) to address this need.
EJ Extra: A Visit from Dewey Neill
Authors: Shafer Gregory
Published: March 2024

In this narrative, a teacher argues with a new student who won’t take a state-mandated exam? or does she?
From the Secondary Section: NCTE Secondary Section Activities
Authors: Chair Dave Wendelin
Published: March 2024

The Secondary Section Steering Committee remains focused on one of its major goals - secondary reading - and thus continues to sponsor reading workshops that invite secondary teachers to learn about and share experiences with the challenge of incorporating reading instruction into the secondary curriculum.
Yankee Schoolmarms in the South: Models or Monsters?
Authors: Jonsberg Sara Dalmas
Published: March 2024

In this historical account of the South during Reconstruction, Sara Jonsberg looks at the relationship between white female teachers from New England and their newly freed slave pupils. Her study is contextualized by today’s critical race studies such as the work of Beverly Daniel Tatums.
Teaching Our Town in Our Town
Authors: Haberling Jennifer A. , White Brian
Published: March 2024

Noting that high school students had difficulty understanding Our Town, teachers from a high school and a university collaborated to analyze the obstacles students encountered. They created several specific activities to help students approach and appreciate the play. Jennifer A. Haberling and Brian White describe the strategies and students’ reactions.
Teaching English in the World: Addressing the Range of Human Experience in Rural Schools
Authors: Lindblom Kenneth
Published: March 2024

Teaching English in the World examines the teaching of English in a global context.
Standards without Sacrifice: The Case for Authentic Writing
Authors: Kixmiller Lori A. S.
Published: March 2024

Students can write for real audiences and purposes and still meet state and national standards. Lori A. S. Kixmiller confronts the challenge of helping them do so by requiring students to complete a senior project.
Developing “Real-World Intelligence”: Teaching Argumentative Writing through Debate
Authors: Dickson Randi
Published: March 2024

Students who debate learn skills of critical thinking, argumentation, and presentation. Randi Dickson explains how she combined essay writing and debate to address a range of language arts standards and, more importantly, help students become better-informed participants in a democracy.
Supporting Progressive Change: The James R. Squire Office of Policy Research
Authors: Farrell Edmund J.
Published: March 2024

To support progressive reform in English language arts education and to honor the legacy of James R. Squire, NCTE has established a center of policy research in his name. A major figure in the profession himself, Edmund J. Farrell details Squire’s life and work.
Taking Time: The Art of Grading Papers Quickly and Effectively
Authors: Perry Tonya
Published: March 2024

“Taking Time” addresses challenges in teaching and curriculum that affect middle level education through focusing on the middle child in urban, rural, and suburban settings.
Subvert the Subversives (But Keep Their Inquiry)
Authors: VanderStaay Steven L.
Published: March 2024

Teacher educator Steven L. VanderStaay argues that helping students to read and write is the most direct way to improve society and that teachers must exercise their authority, not relinquish it. While affirming Postman and Weingartner’s advocacy of the inquiry method, VanderStaay challenges their critique of conventional schooling.
Snapshots: The Misguided Saint Bernard
Authors: Kashman Margery D.
Published: March 2024

“Snapshots” offers insights about teaching and learning through teacher stories about a particular classroom event.
Reading across Rhode Island: One Book, One State, Many Successful Readers
Authors: Arvidson Anne J. , Blanco Pamela
Published: March 2024

The power of community to increase literacy was highlighted in a statewide reading initiative where all residents of Rhode Island were invited to read David Baldacci’s Wish You Well. Anne J. Arvidson and Pamela Blanco explain how they created and implemented the program and used Baldacci’s book in their classrooms.
Taking Time: I’m Taking Over! The Five Cs for Students to Own Their Learning
Authors: Perry Tonya
Published: March 2024

“Taking Time” addresses challenges in teaching and curriculum that affect middle level education through focusing on the middle child in urban, rural, and suburban settings.
Fifty-Five Teachers, Poems in Hand, Approach the Cruelest Month
Authors: Brewbaker James
Published: March 2024

In anticipation of National Poetry Month, James Brewbaker presents a collection of lessons for teaching poetry, all utilizing the same group of five poems. Various educators provide the lessons, demonstrating the value of diverse approaches to the same material.
PROFILE: NCTE Poetry Award Recipient: X. J. Kennedy
Authors: Darigan Daniel L.
Published: March 2024

Daniel Darigan profiles X. J. Kennedy, the recipent of the NCTE 295 Poetry Award for the year 2000.
Power, Identity, and Instructional Stance in Writers’ Workshop
Authors: Rowe Deborah Wells , Fitch Joanne M. , Bass Alyson Smith
Published: March 2024

In this article, Rowe, Fitch, and Bass explore how issues of power and identity are embedded within the cultures of a first-grade writing classroom.
Ode to That Kind of Paper
Authors: Sjostedt Catherine M.
Published: March 2024

Memories of texture, color, and feel permeate this poetic reminiscence. What kinds of memories will our current generation of keyboarders have?… Thoughts of spongy keyboard action, the smell of the packaging on new software or hardware, or digitized color in thousands of pixels. Do these seem so far away from Sjostedt’s yearned-after silver, copper, and gold crayons?
Changing the Way We Think about Language Arts
Authors: Dudley-Marling Curt , Murphy Sharon
Published: March 2024

In their final issue, the editors review three versions of educational reform: the professionalization of teachers; over-regulation of teachers’ work; and the deregulation of schooling, arguing that over-regulation and deregulation work together as part of a larger market-oriented strategy for reform that seeks to limit the professional autonomy of classroom teachers. Finally, they speculate on how language arts educators might best resist destructive, market-oriented reforms of education.
Stories from the Shadows: High-Stakes Testing and Teacher Preparation
Authors: Watson Patricia A. , Abel Carolyn Davidson , Lacina Jan Guidry , Alexander Vi Cain , Mayo Karen Embry
Published: March 2024

Describes how a group of Texas teacher educators use story to examine their teaching decisions in the face of a test-driven curriculum. Notes that their stories reflect their responses to pressures to create curriculum that imitates the test rather than remaining learner-centered.
Taking on Critical Literacy: The Journey of Newcomers and Novices
Authors: Lewison Mitzi , Flint Amy Seely , Sluys Katie Van
Published: March 2024

Mitzi Lewison, Amy Seely Flint, and Katie Van Sluys identify four dimensions that define critical literacy and then use these as a framework for examining the beliefs and practices of a specific group of teachers beginning to implement a critical literacy curriculum.
Peeling the Onion: Teaching Critical Literacy with Students of Privilege
Authors: Foss Abigail
Published: March 2024

Abigail Foss personalizes the role of the teacher by sharing the ways she encourages critical conversations around compelling texts and challenges students in her classroom to problematize the privilege that permeates their lives.
Living Poverty and Literacy Learning: Sanctioning Topics of Students’ Lives: How teachers respond to stories of poverty can either silence or validate children’s experiences.
Authors: Jones Stephanie
Published: March 2024

Primary-aged children living in poverty are faced with great challenges as they walk into school each day. Reading the world from a class-specific location that is often very different from their teachers, these children begin at a very early age to consciously silence their home experiences so as to not reveal the stark differences between their lives and their teachers’ lives.
Codeswitching: Tools of Language and Culture Transform the Dialectally Diverse Classroom: Codeswitching and contrastive analysis are tools of language and culture that can transform literacy instruction
Authors: Wheeler Rebecca S. , Swords Rachel
Published: March 2024

This article shows how to affirm and draw on the dialect diversity of students to foster the learning of Standard English. Based on insights from applied linguistics, an elementary teacher and university professor show that when African American students write “My goldfish name is Scaley” or “I have two dog and two cat,” they are not making mistakes in Standard English.
The Second Class: Providing Space in the Margins
Authors: Campano Gerald
Published: March 2024

A teacher researcher reflects on a student’s migrant narrative in order to illustrate the challenges and possibilities of developing literacy curricula sensitive to the life experiences and cultural identities of children in an educational climate of standardization and high-stakes testing. He conceptualizes a “second class” that occurs during the margins and in-between periods of the school day, an alternative pedagogical space where teachers potentially reconcile bureaucratic demands with the individual needs and capacities of diverse students.
The Donut House: Real World Literacy in an Urban Kindergarten Classroom
Authors: Powell Rebecca , Davidson Nancy
Published: March 2024

This article describes a real-world literacy project that occurred in an urban kindergarten classroom. The “donut house” project evolved from a school-university collaboration and generated numerous opportunities for teaching and using literacy in natural contexts. The authors argue that young students ought to be provided with literacy instruction that empowers them to develop a sense of self-efficacy, versus a literacy that is geared primarily toward improving performance on standardized achievement tests.
“Look, Karen, I’m Running Like Jell-O”: Imagination as a Question, a Topic, a Tool for Literacy Research and Learning
Authors: Gallas Karen
Published: March 2024

In this paper I examine the role of imagination in literacy learning using data collected over a 5-year period in my primary classrooms. My conception of imagination as a missing component in literacy instruction was raised by a child’s question about the importance of the read-aloud experience as a daily literacy practice. That question, and my failure to answer it effectively for my student, prompted me to undertake a close study of imagination and its role in discourse acquisition. The study progressed from a general look at how imagination makes itself visible in the work of children to a conceptual structure that proposes an inside-out theory of literacy learning. This structure presents identity, discourse appropriation, and what I am calling the authoring process as essential elements that are unified through the imaginative actions of students as they come into contact with the texts, tools, and props of each discipline. I argue that to be successful and meaningful to all, literacy teaching must begin and end with a focus on imagination.
The Question of Authenticity: Teaching Writing in a First-Year College History of Science Class
Authors: Greene Stuart
Published: March 2024

The purpose of this research was to examine both what it means to teach writing and what it means to write in a first-year university course in the history of science. More specifically, I investigated what students learned about writing when the focus was mainly on subject matter and only secondarily on writing and rhetoric. A number of converging methods of research were used to address this issue: audiotaping classroom discourse and taking field notes, interviewing students and collecting retrospective protocols about their responses to a writing assignment, and analyzing students’ texts. The analyses indicated that classroom discourse focused primarily on framing concepts that brought into focus different and conflicting conceptions of the scientific method and the ways authorship in history is colored by writers’ subjectivity and perspective taking. Although students’ interpretations of the writing assignment were not very detailed, the texts they wrote revealed some understanding of how to use comparisons as a tool for analysis in writing history, the importance of attending to context in examining a given historical phenomenon, and the extent to which writing history is both interpretive and rhetorical. Yet neither the focal students nor the other students participating in this study responded uniformly to the assignment. The data raise the question of whether disciplinary courses in writing provide an authentic alternative to the space general writing skills courses currently occupy, particularly if such classes exist as sites where students are introduced to critical thinking and argumentative writing in college.
Theory and Method
Authors: Smagorinsky Peter , Smith Michael W.
Published: March 2024

Researchers are freer now than ever before to pursue a wide variety of research questions approached from diverse theoretical perspectives through the use of many different research tools. The cost of this freedom is the necessity to outline theoretical frameworks for study and to explain how that theory informs the tools of research. The studies in this issue of RTE serve as models of the methodological clarity and rigor that are now required in scholarly research.
Developmental Gains of a History Major: A Case for Building a Theory of Disciplinary Writing Expertise
Authors: Beaufort Anne
Published: March 2024

In literacy and composition studies, efforts to develop data-driven theories of disciplinary writing expertise and of writers’ developmental processes in joining specific discourse communities have so far been limited. This case study, of one writer’s experiences as an undergraduate history major, parses the multiple knowledge domains comprising disciplinary writing expertise and compares his beginning and later work for signs of developmental progress. A conceptual model of five knowledge domains writers must draw upon—discourse-community knowledge, subjectmatter knowledge, genre knowledge, rhetorical knowledge, and writing-process knowledge—is applied to the data both for analysis of the case and for exploring the usefulness of the conceptual model for further empirical and theoretical work. What results is a fuller depiction of the complexities of gaining expertise in any given discourse community, as well as an indication of the importance of educators across all disciplines considering the multi-dimensional and developmental nature of their curricula for building literacy skills.
Learning: A Process of Enculturation into the Community’s Practices
Authors: Kong Ailing , Pearson P. David
Published: March 2024

The authors gave the following talk at the 2004 NCTE Annual Convention in Indianapolis upon receiving the Alan C. Purves Award, presented to the RTE article from the previous volume year judged most likely to have an impact on classroom practice (“The Road to Participation: The Construction of a Literacy Practice in a Learning Community of Linguistically Diverse Learners,” v. 38, pp. 85-124).
“You’ve Got to Roll with the Punches”: Developing as a Two-Year College Instructor
Authors: Fisher Nancy M.
Published: March 2024

Reflects on the author's long, demanding, and rewarding career as a teacher and administrator in community colleges. Describes how she found herself an advocate of change in the profession in the 1970s, the differences she sensed and thrived upon in the community college experience, and how flexibility was the key to successfully teaching the wide array of community college students.
INSTRUCTIONAL NOTE: Solutions to Mechanical Errors in Writing: Usage Scans and Fix-It Pages
Authors: Sitler Helen Collins
Published: March 2024

Through two personalized instructional tools - usage scans and the "fix-it page" - students become more aware of their own patterns of mechanical errors, learn to locate and correct their errors, and learn to use a handbook.
Traversing Terra Incognita: Mapping Literary Texts
Authors: Levy Sharona A.
Published: March 2024

Considers how mapping literary works provides students with a powerful tool for critical analysis. Suggests that educators need to force students to do something different with the text. Notes that the author’s solution is to insist that her students visualize the text on paper.
“A Flare from the Margins”: How the Association for Business Communication Fails Two-Year College Faculty
Authors: Tyler Lisa
Published: March 2024

The premiere professional organization for those who teach business communication has long neglected the needs of teachers at two-year institutions.
“Aren’t You Wasting Your Ph.D. at a Community College?” Four Voices Rewriting the Narrative
Authors: Gerstner Janet Peterson , Holmsten Vicki , Jacobs Connie A. , Penner Andrea M.
Published: March 2024

Four members of a community college English faculty respond to the question of the appropriateness of advanced graduate training for a community college teaching career
An Experiment in Teaching Grammar in Context
Authors: Smoot W. Scott
Published: March 2024

Contemporary teachers are frequently criticized for not teaching grammar; this is seldom the real issue. Rather, how can grammar best be highlighted within a well-rounded, rich writing program? Join veteran teacher Scott Smoot on an exploration of the issues that arose when he committed to teaching grammar “in context.”
“Amidst Familial Gatherings”: Reading Apprenticeship in a Middle School Classroom
Authors: Jordan Marean , Jensen Rita , Greenleaf Cynthia
Published: March 2024

Describes Reading Apprenticeship, an approach to adolescent reading improvement in which teachers apprentice students into the strategies skilled readers use. Demonstrates the program at work in one seventh and eighth grade classroom. Discusses four key dimensions of classroom life: social (building community); personal (connecting to reading); cognitive (developing a tool kit); and knowledge-building (tapping resources).
Winners in My Book
Authors: Lesesne Teri S.
Published: March 2024

Offers brief annotations of 18 books for young adults which are the author’s favorites: books that break new ground with unusual styles and formats; that discuss hitherto taboo topics; and present fresh distinctive new voices for readers.
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Authors: Pierce Erin
Published: March 2024

Offers brief annotations of 40 science fiction and fantasy books that middle school readers might enjoy. Notes that readers can confront the realities of this real world as the fictional characters fight good and evil, search for identity, summon courage, and enjoy family and friends.
Beyond Silverstein: Poetry for Middle Schoolers
Authors: Chance Rosemary
Published: March 2024

Offers brief descriptions of 23 books of poetry for middle schoolers. Notes that these selections may lure readers who are dismayed with poetry back to a love of poetry.
TECH CONNECT: Spelling: Blame It on Technology
Authors: Patterson Nancy
Published: March 2024

Discusses how the technology of alphabetic writing is the first technology to “blame” for students’ spelling problems. Considers the use of computers and spell checkers in dealing with spelling issues. Lists 10 Web sites that address spelling reform; research on spelling; and spelling lists, tests, tips, and games.
Going beyond the Book: A Multicultural Educator in the English Language Arts Classroom
Authors: Page Michelle L.
Published: March 2024

It’s not enough to present students with multicultural literature. The potential impact of such literature stems from honest and deep discussion, and that can only take place in a room where respectful, trusting relationships have been built. Page offers principles and strategies for establishing those relationships, nurturing those discussions, and reaping productive results.
One Last Thought: Getting Three Birds with One Net through Critical Inquiry
Authors: Wilhelm Jeffrey D.
Published: March 2024

Critical inquiry can be used to reframe what we do in school by asking relevant questions around “real world” topics, thus inviting marginalized groups into full participation that has meaning for their lives.
The Literature Circle: Literature Circles and the Election of 2004
Authors: Daniels Harvey
Published: March 2024

Daniels highlights flaws in the thinking behind No Child Left Behind and conclusions from the 2000 report from the National Reading Panel, urging teachers to consider stands on education when choosing candidates at the polls this fall.
The Flame Tree
Authors: Lewis Richard
Published: March 2024

Lewis’s own experiences living in Indonesia are fertile ground for telling “a ripping good story,” one found in The Flame Tree. He hopes people will enjoy the tale and appreciate the differences of an unfamiliar culture. The excerpt from The Flame Tree will reel readers in quickly.
Trouble Don’t Last
Authors: Pearsall Shelley
Published: March 2024

Even as a child, Pearsall questioned social injustice and prejudice. In her own community in Ohio and, as she grew, all over the world, she saw social inequities she could neither understand nor accept. Her novel Trouble Don’t Last, takes place during the era of the Underground Railroad. The chapter included here pulls us in immediately with a sense of urgency and fear.
Form and Artistry: The Reading/Writing Connection
Authors: Patterson Nancy
Published: March 2024

The March 2005 issue of Voices from the Middle is a tribute to the life and work of Louise M. Rosenblatt, a pioneer in reading theory and the teaching of literature, who died on February 8, 2005, at age 100. Through her groundbreaking books, Literature as Exploration (1938) and The Reader, the Text, the Poem (1978/1994), and her years as a teacher, researcher, and speaker, Dr. Rosenblatt affected the thinking and teaching of generations of teachers. These pages are filled with stories and perspectives from those who knew her and learned from her, articles from those whose work has been indelibly imprinted with the principles of her theories, and excerpts from Rosenblatt’s own writing over 70 years of publishing. There is even a poignant piece from her son, Jonathan Ratner. A selected bibliography is included to encourage deeper reading.
EX-POST APPLICATION OF STRUCTURAL REMEDIES TO LARGE ONLINE PLATFORMS AT A NATIONAL LEVEL
Authors: Eroğlu Muzaffer , Koksal Alptekin
Published: March 2024

The enormous market power enables Online Platforms to leverage their data and economic power to spread into the digital sector. Abuse of dominant position through various means, mainly exclusionary conduct, such as leveraging or self-preferencing, can be seen in the conduct of Online Platforms. Most countries, including international authorities such as the EU Commission, concluded that there is a gap in the law in the context of digital competition and decided to fill this gap through extensive regulation. However, digital life has just blossomed and is proliferating with technological development. Regulating a fast-changing and developing area would harm its character and innovative nature. Therefore, instead of a rushed ambition to regulate the area, which could be disruptive and harmful to the competition, all alternative methods should be considered before taking ambitious steps. In that case, a well-defined ex-post method could become a better alternative to address the competition problems in the digital sector. Therefore, this paper argues that recent competition interventions in the digital sector seem to be quite relevant and effective against competition problems present in the sector. Instead of an ex-ante regulation, which may hinder innovation and development in the long term, an ex-post could be the relevant solution to the current situation.
Integrasi Kurikulum Merdeka dalam Pembelajaran Pendidikan Agama Islam (PAI)
Authors: Junaidi  , Sileuw Marwan , Faisal
Published: March 2024

The Merdeka Belajar curriculum provides freedom of learning which is formulated according to the needs of each educational institution, which has differences in characteristics, content, application and results achieved. This curriculum integration is examined to unite the components and values in it as part of Islamic religious education. The method used in this research is a qualitative approach, by reviewing data from interviews, reducing data, compiling data in certain units and grouping data based on an arrangement based on research questions. The last stage carried out in this research is data validation. This research demonstrated that the integration of the independent curriculum in Islamic religious education learning is a process that significantly provides a positive space for students, teachers and the environment to learn according to educational goals. The integration also increases the religiosity of students in socializing and social relations. With the integration of an independent curriculum, it is hoped that it can provide a view to optimize student learning outcomes from differences in concepts, implementation and learning outcomes by Islamic education teachers. Not only in the school environment but also for the future.
O desenvolvimento da autoria na Educação Básica: processos de escrita a partir de Virginia Woolf e Clarice Lispector
Authors: Rodrigues Samanta Samira Nogueira
Published: March 2024

Este trabalho aborda processos de escrita e desenvolvimento de autoria a partir das reflexões de Virginia Woolf (2016), presentes em seu ensaio Profissões para mulheres, lido em 1931 para a inglesa Sociedade Nacional de Auxílio às Mulheres; e de Clarice Lispector (1999), em sete crônicas de seu livro A descoberta do mundo. Busca-se discutir autoria e estilo em processos de ensino cujos objetivos contemplem a busca por experiências reais com a linguagem, algo nem sempre priorizado no exercício da produção textual escolar. A fim de relacionar a criação textual na Educação Básica – considerado o descompasso entre documentos oficiais e realidade (aluno, ensino, professor e escola) – com as produções inerentes de quem tem a escrita como ofício, são acionadas enunciações sobre a (não) atuação de alunas e alunos em seus textos (Bernardo, 2012) e recomendações da Base Nacional Comum Curricular (Brasil, 2018) sobre o trabalho com o texto na sala de aula, especificamente sobre o que o documento entende por autoria.
SOLUÇÕES PROJETUAIS UTILIZANDO A IMPRESSÃO 3D E OS MATERIAIS NATURAIS
Authors: Filgueiras Monique De Brito , Pagliuso Rodrigues Mara Regina , Librelotto Lisiane
Published: March 2024

A impressão 3D é uma tecnologia que pode tornar as estruturas mais sustentáveis e personalizadas, uma vez que reduz o desperdício de construção e possibilita a utilização de materiais diversificados na sua composição, bem como oportuniza a elaboração de projetos mais criativos. Para isso, este artigo teve como objetivo investigar a ampla adoção e sucesso da tecnologia de impressão 3D em escala global, em paralelo com a incorporação estratégica de materiais naturais nesse contexto. Através da realização de uma busca exploratória em artigos científicos de divulgação aberta e online, foram encontradas publicações que se concentraram em informações referentes à manufatura aditiva aplicada para a construção civil, à tecnologia que envolve a impressão 3D e à aplicação de materiais naturais no contexto de projetos. Como resultado, a pesquisa concluiu que há desafios e possibilidades para a impressão 3D na arquitetura, uma tecnologia que pode revolucionar o setor da construção. Entre os principais desafios estão a escala, a qualidade dos materiais, a regulamentação e a sustentabilidade. No entanto, evidencia-se que é preciso superar essas barreiras para que a impressão 3D se torne uma prática comum e amplamente adotada na indústria da construção.
Ethics and AI: Confronting the Challenges Ahead
Authors: Khobragade Vaibhav
Published: March 2024

Exploring AI’s Ethical Terrain: Addressing Bias, Security, and Beyond

Author: Vaibhav Khobragade (

ORCID:

0009–0009–8807–5982) Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4, Meta’s LLaMA, and Google Gemini (previously called Bard) have showcased their vast capabilities, from passing bar exams and crafting articles to generating images and website code.
Language Models: Deep Dive into BERT
Authors: Gupta Dhruv
Published: March 2024

Unlocking the power of language models: A deep dive into BERT

Author:

Dhruv Gupta (ORCID:

0009–0004–7109–5403

)

Clive Humby, in 2006 rightly said, “Data is the new oil”. With data being present everywhere, it has never been more valuable.
How Much Can Vision Language Models Really “See”?
Authors: Kau Amanda
Published: March 2024

Exploring the potentials and limitations of Vision Language Models

Author:

Amanda Kau (ORCID:

0009–0004–4949–9284

)

The human brain is more extraordinary than any machine we could build. From an early age, many of us gain the ability to comprehend what our eyes tell us and articulate it. Furthermore, we combine evidence from all our senses to reason.
Menanamkan Nilai-nilai Akhlak dalam Pergaulan Siswa Di Lingkungan Madrasah
Authors: Kholik Moh. , Mujahidin Mujahidin , Munif Achmad Abdul
Published: March 2024

This research examines the application of Islamic social etiquette among students at MTs Al-Ikhlas Alang-Alang Caruban Jogoroto Jombang. The research method used is a qualitative approach with a case study type. The research results show that this madrasa applies Islamic social etiquette through preventive and repressive measures. Preventive measures include education in aqeedah, worship, and morals. Repressive action takes the form of giving educational punishment. The main supporting factor is the teacher's role as a guide, facilitator, role model, and motivator. The inhibiting factor is the influence of social media and technology. Implementing Islamic social etiquette is urgent to shape students' personalities with good morals, produce a young generation with a leadership spirit, and anticipate the negative influence of developments in technology and social media. Strategies to strengthen its implementation include increasing the quality and quantity of religious activities, collaboration with parents, separate seating for men and women, teacher supervision, and spiritual formation through habituation to commendable behavior and imitating the Prophet Muhammad SAW.
Representaciones sociales sobre las mujeres y la sexualidad en el reggaetón, según las juventudes de Tegucigalpa
Authors: Alvarez Vides Yensi Rossana
Published: March 2024

El reggaetón como género musical es un medio de expresión cultural que permite a las personas manifestar y representar sus sentimientos, ideas y pensamientos. En la actualidad, este género ha venido ganando espacio y popularidad en las juventudes. El objetivo es analizar el proceso en que las juventudes construyen representaciones sociales sobre las mujeres y la sexualidad, a partir de las prácticas culturales derivadas del sistema patriarcal y representada en este estudio de caso por medio de la letra y videos del reggaetón. A nivel metodológico, se realiza una investigación transversal de tipo explicativa, delimitándola a la ciudad de Tegucigalpa M.D.C. durante el año 2019. Se aborda desde un enfoque cualitativo, utilizando las técnicas de entrevistas exploratorias y grupos focales a estudiantes de 14 a 21 años. Los resultados apuntan a que los jóvenes consumidores configuran de forma distinta su imagen y percepciones sobre mujeres y sexualidad, influenciados por los significados, vínculos y asociaciones que establecen con otras personas y objetos representados en el reggaetón.
Hur kommer det sig att det vackraste av alla operaarior handlar om sömn-löshet?
Authors: Garmy Pernilla
Published: March 2024

Ingen sover -Nessun dorma. Giacomo Puccinis opera Turandot fyller fulla hus på Malmö opera våren 2024. I den avslutande akten sjunger tenoren Kalaf (i Malmö spelad av Daniel Johansson) arian där vi alla får gåshud. Men hur kan det komma sig att den vackraste av alla operaarior handlar om sömnlöshet?
Assessment of Dead Ship Condition by the IMO Second Generation Intact Stability Criteria for 5000HP Tug Boat
Authors: Shin Dongmin , Lee Sangmok , Sung Yonmo , Jeong Hyomin , Moon Byungyoung
Published: March 2024

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has been discussing technical issues by dividing the second-generation intact stability criteria for ships into five types. In this paper, we paid attention to the dead ship condition and introduced the process for the assessment of Levels 1 and 2 in detail. Dead ship condition refers to a case where a large angle of rolling motion occurs due to waves incident on the side of the ship’s hull after the ship’s engine has failed. Basically, in the dead ship condition, if the Level 1 criterion for analysis related to the GZ curve is not satisfied, an evaluation is performed against the Level 2 criterion considering the hydrodynamics of waves. The method for the effective wave slope function required to obtain the spectrum of the effective relative roll angle, which is the most important factor in the calculation of Level 2, was implemented. In particular, unlike existing ship types in terms of various experiences, this study performed stability evaluation using special ship data of a 5000HP tug boat and obtained results that satisfied both Level 1 and 2 standards. Through this example of dead ship condition evaluation for a tug boat, we aim to ensure the expansion of IMO second-generation intact stability evaluation targets for various types of ships.

Keywords

IMO second generation intact stability criteria; dead ship condition; GZ curve; effective wave slope function; tug boat
Effect of Gram-positive bacteria on antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria
Authors: Willem Haley , Kim Choah , Moody Mikayla
Published: March 2024

Antibiotics are one of the most common treatments for bacterial infections, but the emergence of antibiotic resistance is a major threat to the control of infectious diseases. Many factors contribute to the development of antibiotic resistance. One is bacterial conjugation from Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacteria where there is a transfer of resistance genes from Gram-positive to Gram-negative bacteria that could increase antibiotic resistance in the latter. In light of these observations, we decided to test whether Gram-negative bacteria that came into contact with Gram-positive bacteria had a higher resistance to the antimicrobial properties of spices than Gram-negative bacteria that did not come into contact with Gram-positive bacteria. We hypothesized that Gram-negative bacteria that had been exposed to Gram-positive bacteria would be more resistant to antibiotics than unexposed Gram-negative bacteria. To test our hypothesis, we cultured and subcultured lettuce (Gram-negative) bacteria and forearm (Gram-positive) bacteria, as well as lettuce bacteria that encountered forearm bacteria, on agar plates using powdered ginger, which has previously been shown to have antimicrobial properties to assess antibiotic resistance. We found that lettuce bacteria that encountered forearm bacteria were indeed more resistant to ginger since they showed more growth than lettuce bacteria. These results indicate that Gram-positive bacteria may transfer their resistance genes to Gram-negative bacteria, resulting in increased antibiotic resistance. If thousands of Gram-positive bacteria become antibiotic-resistant and pass those genes to Gram-negative bacteria found in the human body, it can make bacterial infections more difficult to treat.
The Effect of Massage on Pain Reduction in Osteoarthritis Knee: Literature Review
Authors: Khairina Afrida Hasya , Dheirani Dheby , Adi P Imam Cahyo , Wicksono Ganjar Pujo , Alpiah Dini Nur
Published: March 2024

One way to reduce OA complaints is by using massage methods. Massage is a condition of physical recovery from certain disorders or diseases through muscle and physical straightening techniques so that this method has good credibility. Massage is the art of hand movement that aims to get pleasure and maintain health. This mechanical hand movement will create a sense of calm and comfort for the recipient. This study aims to determine the effect of massage on pain relief in knee osteoarthritis. This study uses a critical review approach, carried out using a PICO search in several databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scimago. From that search, 5 journals were obtained which showed that the frequency was 2 times a week, with a duration of 20 minutes, carried out 2 times a week for 8 weeks. With p<0.001 showed significant results in relieving pain in osteoarthritis patients.
CLIMA ORGANIZACIONAL COMO BRÚJULA DEL ÉXITO: UN ESTUDIO EN UNA EMPRESA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO
Authors: Villar Laguna Víctor , Rojas García Sandra Yarely , García Parada Ricardo , Castillo Cruz Olga Rebeca , Macías Sagarminaga María Eugenia Astrid
Published: March 2024

El presente artículo explora el clima organizacional como un factor determinante del éxito en una empresa de la Ciudad de México. El estudio se realizó en una empresa de servicios empleando un método inductivo con enfoque cuantitativo y descriptivo, y un diseño de investigación transversal. Se aplicó una encuesta a 26 empleados, abarcando sólo el nivel operativo. La encuesta evaluó seis dimensiones: trabajo en equipo, condiciones físicas, comunicación, igualdad, liderazgo y motivación.

Los resultados revelaron que el clima organizacional de la compañía es inferior al óptimo. Se encontraron áreas de oportunidad en la comunicación interna, la gestión del talento humano, el reconocimiento al trabajo y la claridad en los objetivos organizacionales.
Collaboration, Socialization, and Support: Accountability Partners in an Online Doctoral Learning Environment
Authors: Weese Susan , Madison Rae Denise , Godley Valise , Cassibry Tim , Measeles Mistie , Rush Marty
Published: March 2024

Non-traditional doctoral students encounter numerous challenges seeking a doctoral degree in an online learning environment. Non-traditional online doctoral students tend to be working adults who are integrating their online doctoral studies with the existing challenges of work and family. Effective online accountability partners must work within a framework of virtual mentoring competencies for online doctoral students to successfully collaborate, communicate, and learn together. The qualitative exploratory study explored the experiences of successful online doctoral students at working with accountability partners during their doctoral journey. The research question guiding the study was: How can accountability partner relationships be effective for online doctoral students when almost no face-to-face and in-person interaction takes place? The three themes emerging from the study addressed the online doctoral student's need for (1) collaboration, (2) socialization, and (3) support from their accountability partners. Study participants emphasized the many characteristics of a successful accountability partner relationship, including bidirectional support, feedback, communication, encouragement, cooperation, and collaboration. The study findings aligned with existing literature and illustrated the many challenges faced by online doctoral students that their more traditional student counterparts studying in a more traditional brick-and mortar university environment do not encounter. Numerous practical implications and recommendations resulted from this study. The researchers created the Collaboration, Socialization, and Support (CSS) framework using the thematic analysis of the coded interview results. The CSS framework is a practical model for creating and maintaining successful accountability partner relationship between online doctoral students.