bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
POJOK MAINAN EDUKASI PADA TAMAN BACAAN MASYARAKAT (TBM) SEBAGAI SARANA MENINGKATKAN MINAT BACA SEJAK USIA DINI
Authors: Rosalina Vidila , Saefudin Saefudin , Hikmatullah Hikmatullah
Published: February 2023

Budaya masyarakat suatu bangsa memiliki hubungan yang erat terhadap kualitas bangsa. Tingginya minat literasi seseorang berpengaruh terhadap wawasan, mental, dan prilaku masyarakat. Semenjak 77 tahun merdeka, bangsa Indonesia masih menjadi bangsa dengan tingkat literasi yang masih rendah. Ada banyak faktor kenapa literasi masyarakat Indonesia memilki persentase yang rendah. Permasalahan ini harus segera mendapatkan perhatian serius bukan hanya dari pemerintah tapi dari kita semua. Bagaimana wacana mengenai minat baca sejak dini menjadi terlaksana ketika kita masih memiliki keterbatasan menyediakan ruang baca yang ramah anak dan menarik bagi anak?. Ketika budaya literasi menjadi sebuah budaya di Indonesia maka bukanlah mustahil bangsa kita akan menjadi bangsa yang maju. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini yaitu dengan menciptakan pojok mainan edukasi di TBM Ginau sebagai tempat/ruang yang ramah anak sehingga dapat  menarik minat anak untuk berkunjung ke Taman bacaan Masyarakat (TBM) untuk berkunjung, bermain dan membaca.
Pelatihan Smart Parenting Pengawasan Orang Tua Dalam Penggunaan Gadget Untuk Anak Usia Dini
Authors: Fernando Donny , Karyaningsih Dentik , Safaah Eva
Published: February 2023

Dampak penggunaan teknologi khususnya gadget/smartphone memberikan dampak baik positif maupun negatif. Perlunya pengawasan dan pendampingan anak usia dini dalam penggunaan gadget tersebut oleh orang tua untuk menghindari dampak negatif dari penggunaan gadget  tersebut. Pengabdian pada masyarakat yang dilakukan adalah pelatihan mengatur pengawasan dan pendampingan penggunaan gadget pada anak usia dini diantaranya pembatasan waktu akses, mengatur pembatasan akses konten yang tidak sesuai dengan usianya, mengarahkan pada game edukasi, serta keterlibatan pengawasan orang tua. Pada pelatihan ini orang tua siswa menjadi mengetahui cara mengatur, mengawasi serta membatasi penggunaan gadget/smarthphone.
Educator Perceptions toward the IEP Meeting
Authors: Fish Wade , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The individualized education program (IEP) was the primary component of Part B of the Education forAll Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Through the Individuals with Disabilities Education ImprovementAct (IDEA 2004), the IEP has continued to direct the educational needs, goals and objectives,placement, evaluation criteria, present levels of educational performance, and duration of programmingmodifications for students receiving special education services (Drasgow, Yell, & Robinson, 2001; 20U.S.C. § 1400). The IEP functions as the blueprint for services to be provided for students, as IEPregulations identify meeting dates, parental and student consent and accountability, as well asresponsibilities of educational agencies (Huefner, 2000).
Urban versus Rural Community Colleges: A National Study of Student Gender and Ethnicity
Authors: Waller Sharon , Tietjen-Smith Tara , Davis Jason , Copeland Michael
Published: February 2023

Approximately half of the U.S. population currently lives in suburban locales, one-fourth in big cities, andanother fourth in small towns and rural areas. Hodgkinson (2003) indicates that the U.S. population isundergoing an increasing migration into rural areas. This relocation holds many challenging andominous implications for urban and rural higher education as colleges and universities struggle to meetthe divergent needs of shifting demographics. Public community colleges are especially impacted bythese changes in student populations.
Urban vs. Rural Baccalaureate Colleges: A National Study of Student Financial Aid
Authors: Waller Lee , Waller Elizabeth , Reyes Albert , null null
Published: February 2023

This study examines baccalaureate colleges of arts and sciences in light of institutional degree ofurbanization to determine the percentage of students drawing financial aid. The study further examinesaid award amounts from federal, state/local, institutional, and student loans. The indicateddemographics are then analyzed for differences between and among the city, suburban, town, and ruralinstitutions.
Professional Development for College Students in Tough Economic Times: The Drexel University Co-op Program Model
Authors: Elrath Megan , Hawk Joseph , LeClair Nancy , null null
Published: February 2023

The United States is currently experiencing a financial recession with large and lasting consequences.College students and recent college graduates have certainly felt the impact of the current recession.The staff and faculty at Drexel University’s Steinbright Career Development Center (SCDC) inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania have developed many initiatives to help both graduating seniors andstudents enrolled in our cooperative education program land meaningful, relevant employmentopportunities. One initiative aims to provide our co-op students with the most effective preparation tonot only secure jobs, but to excel at those jobs and make lasting positive impressions on theiremployers. To accomplish this goal during these extraordinarily tough economic conditions, the facultyrevised the curriculum of our Career Management and Professional Development course, otherwiseknown as COOP 101. This required course provides students with the practical tools they need to besuccessful during their job searches as well as on the job. By changing the course from a lecture inclass, practice out of class model to a demonstrate in class, practice in class model the COOP 101faculty aimed to prepare students for the realities of a difficult job market.
Interaction Patterns in Mathematics Classrooms in Ogun State Secondary Schools
Authors: Ifamuyiwa Adebole , Lawani Abisola , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Interaction among people plays some vital roles in the life of individuals. This is evident in the waypeople relate with one-another at home, in the school, within the society, and among peer groups. Inparticular, the relationship between students and their teachers is expected to have a great effect ontheir lives. The way students learn any subject, Mathematics inclusive, will depend on the teacher’spattern of classroom interaction. Teacher-student interaction in the classroom is a two-way process.Each participant influences the other’s behaviour; that is, the students condition their teachers’behaviour and vice- versa. The concept of classroom interaction according to Oyedeji (1989) refers tothe chain of events, which occur one after the other, each occupying a small segment of time. Thisincludes what the teacher does that influences pupils’ learning. Study in classroom interaction istherefore a way to bridge the gap between the teacher’s good intentions for the class and thebehaviour, which actually occurs in the classroom. The classroom interaction during a teaching-learningprocess can be verbal or non-verbal behaviours. The teacher may engage the pupils in verbal dialogueby asking questions, responding to pupils’ questions and so on. The interaction can be non-verbal likegiving the pupils problems to solve, working problems on the chalkboard, or marking pupils’ work. It is atruism to say that during the teaching learning process, students’ personal and social problems inconnection with their families and peer groups may hinder student-teacher interaction in the class.
Leading Change: "Going Green" with iPads
Authors: Lindsey Jill , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the fall of 2010, our department began a "green" professional development initiative designed toreduce paper usage as we collectively learned to use iPad touch technology for department meetings.The adoption of an iPad initiative was a manifestation of an expectation and commitment tocommunication and capacity building within the department. Effective implementation would result inresponsible resource utilization, effective communication and communal learning. This initiative waspart of the chairperson’s effort to enact a vision of a collaborative culture with transparency, autonomy,and interdependence within the department.
Teachers Evaluations of NAGC Initial Knowledge & Skill Standards for Gifted and Talented Education
Authors: Monaco Theresa , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)have jointly developed standards for the review of NAGC. These standards will be presented to theNCATE for adoption. If you are interested in reviewing the program standards and offering suggestionsbefore they are presented for adoption, please click on the URL below.The standards may be accessed at: http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1512 .These standards were evaluated by teachers enrolled in summer University graduate in the area ofgifted education scheduled at the University of Houston. Comments are modified verbatim text.Teachers were asked to select one or more standards and give their professional reaction to theselected standard (s). Some teachers made recommendations such as additions or deletions thatwould strengthen the standards. Some teacher respondents selected more than one standard in theirresponses.
The Similarities Between Business Organizations and Psychology
Authors: Marshall Michael , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the 1980s, the system of relatively uniform centralised budget resource allocation to schools wasjudged by many to have impaired the achievement of equality, efficiency, liberty and choice. Thus,school-based management was suggested, with lump sum budgets allocated to schools, together witha high degree of community involvement in school decision making and the fostering of diversity withinschools to ensure choice (Caldwell and Spinks, 1988). School-based management (SBM) wasintended to encourage positive participation from teacher, principal and parent representatives on theschool board committee (Yadollah, 2006; Cheung and Kan, 2009). This attracted groups of people withdifferent interests to participate in school policy decision-making. SBM also promised greater freedomand authority for principals to exercise their leadership (McInerney, 2003). Schools also allowedprofessional teachers to express their opinions and take up greater responsibility for decision-making.Teachers became more like partners rather than employees. Teachers also acted as a facilitator andcoordinator to reinvent the organisational culture in school (Cheng, 2004). SBM could provide thenecessary conditions such as transparency (Cheung and Kan, 2009), autonomy and flexibility inmaking decisions (Cheng and Mok, 2007). This was intended to help the employees develop theschool and strengthen their sense of belonging to the school.
Challenges and Opportunities to Enhance the Clinical Reasoning Skills of Medical Students: Lessons Learned from the Advanced Clinical Transactions Pilot Program
Authors: Chandran Latha , Schiavone Frederick , Navaie Maryam , Chen John
Published: February 2023

Medical school faculty must foster high-quality patient care while simultaneously assessing the clinicalskills and reasoning of students in order to promote their independent functioning in the clinical setting.A growing concern noted across medical faculty is that students may complete their undergraduatemedical studies without sufficient understanding of how simple clinical tasks are done with realpatients. These concerns have been validated by results from numerous studies that have reportedmany medical students express a lack of confidence and competence to critically evaluate patientneeds based on data, a factor that has been linked to problems in performance and patient safety(Radcliffe and Lester 2003; Seabrook 2004; Chumley et al. 2005; Patey et al. 2007).
A Dynamic Systems View on Leadership, Talent, and Intelligence
Authors: Kozel Wolf , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A key question concerning leadership is whether leaders are born or made. Research has shown thatalthough genetic temperament may play a role, environment is a large factor (Ceci, 1996). Adeterminist point-of-view may consider that if something exists, then it can be measured andorganizations would be foolish not to use tests to assess talent and leadership. In contrast, however, adynamic systems view of leadership would contend that the variables that determine leadership arenumerous, interacting, with small differences sometimes resulting in great changes.
Preliminary Study of the Relationship Between Undergraduate Learning Outcome Assessment and Estimated Earnings of Graduates
Authors: Crawford C. , Gould Lawrence , Scott Robert , Crawford Dane
Published: February 2023

The primary motivation for exploring the relationship between learning outcomes assessment andgraduate earnings is to simply document the assumed link so that educators have some basis forclaiming long-term benefits of outcomes assessment. Furthermore, the scope of the project was limitedto exploring learning outcomes assessment in the state of Kansas as this was deemed a preliminaryinquiry. Specifically, this article seeks to address the following three questions:1. Have academic programs in Kansas adopted assessment plans?2. Does student ability play a role in earnings differentiation upon graduation?3. Is there a difference in earnings between the highest, moderate, and lowest performing graduates?
Intellectual property, copyright, and fair use in education
Authors: Lakhan Shaheen , Khurana Meenakshi , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

As with other rights, such as liberty and organization, intellectual property (IP) rights are oftenoverlooked or disregarded simply because they are intangible. Yet, IP rights are essential to theworkings of our society, and upholding them means greater freedom to invent, create, and advance.IP is an emerging issue within the education arena. While many people think of it as a new concept, itsorigins date back to the sixteenth century. In 1557, Great Britain began to awaken to the idea ofcopyright, and the idea took firm root. The creators of the American Constitution included it in Article I,with the purpose of giving an author exclusive rights to his or her own work and preventing others fromprofiting from it. Very soon after, the United States Copyright Act was enacted in 1790, closelymodeled on a pre-existing British statute. Several changes and amendments were made to the Act —most important, the 1976 Copyright Act, the one we effectively use today.
Deny The Consent To Be Governed: Risk Leadership Theory
Authors: Brungardt Curtis , Crawford Chris , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Denying the consent to be governed: Risk leadership theory takes a radical approach to leadership change, and organizational improvement. It departs from the traditional and contemporary views of leadership where the leader/power figures serve as the change agents for their organizations. Instead, most change agents are not the recognized leaders/power figures, but rather are the lower and middle level employees because power structures reassert stability and squash change when risk is felt. Organizational leaders, as well as lower and middle level employees, need to recognize the weaknesses of contemporary change models that are top-down and reinforce status quo quick fix thinking solutions. Risk leadership theory encourages lower and middle level employee to confront and challenge the status quo authority for the purpose of transforming the organizations. Furthermore, this model seeks to Establish a corporate culture that not only accepts, but also expects, confrontation and challenge to enhance problem solving decision making, and overall organizational performance. This theory is a call for lower and middle level employees to "step up to the plate," and not wait for the power structure to transform their corporation.
Developing Improvisation Skills For Alleviating Poverty In Nigeria: The Place Of Chemistry In Entrepreneurship Education
Authors: Nbina Jacobson , Viko B. , Birabil S.T. , null null
Published: February 2023

One of the goals of Education in Nigeria is the acquisition of appropriate skills, the development ofmental, physical and social abilities and competencies as equipment for individual to live in andcontribute to the development of the society (Federal Government of Nigeria, 2004). The realization ofthis goal can be impeded by non-availability of science equipment that can ensure effective teachingand learning. Many authors have, however, reported the issue of inadequacy of science equipment ineducational institutions in Nigeria. (Ogunleye, 2007 in Ugwu, 2008; Ogunmade et al 2006; Nwagbo,2008; Bajah, 1982; Osobonye, 2002). It has also been reported that the non-availability of scienceequipment in educational institutions serve as barrier to effective science teaching (Adeyemi, 1990;2007), which confirms the persistent poor performance of students in science in educational institutionsin Nigeria over the years. The situation is attributed to various factors, prominent among them being theissue of inadequate science equipment. The issue of inadequate funding of the education sector isalso a contributing factor to the inadequacy of science equipment in educational institutions. Over theyears, financial allocation to the education sector has been inadequate for the needs of the sector thusmaking it impossible to procure adequate equipment for teaching and learning.
An Assessment Of The Perceived Benefits Of Extracurricular Activity On Academic Achievement At Paramount High School
Authors: Zwart Michael , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

One of the many problems facing today’s schools is the need to raise academic achievement whilefacing the continuing issue of budget limitations. Paramount High School is in a lower socioeconomicsuburban community in southern CA. Eighty seven percent of the students in the district receive free orreduced lunch and 21.9% were below the poverty level. Forty percent of the high school students wereforeign born, 71.8% speak a language other than English at home, 34% were identified as EnglishLanguage Learners, 50% of the students’ parents never graduated from high school, and the 81%Hispanic population creates a high mobility rate to and from Mexico. In 2003 PHS was a decile 1school according to the performance index score (Paramount High School WASC/FOL self-study,2005). Just as none of the challenges are specific to this individual school, neither are some of thepotential solutions.
Differentiation . . . but to what degree? The Ed.D. and Ph.D. in Higher Education Programs
Authors: Leist Jay , Scott Joyce , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Research into higher education as a field of study is impeded by the lack of an authoritative databaseof all graduate programs in the United States. One resource used frequently is the Association for theStudy of Higher Education (ASHE) database, which is self-reported by the host institutions. In 2008,this database indicated that approximately 77 higher education (HIED) programs awarded the Doctorof Education (Ed.D.), 91 offered the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), and 35 awarded both degrees. Thisdistribution recalls questions that have marked research in the field for 80 years: how do HIEDprograms differentiate between the two degrees? Are both degrees really necessary?
Implicit Models of School Improvement: A Mixed Method Analysis
Authors: Griffore Robert , Phenice Lillian , Schweitzer John , Green Robert
Published: February 2023

There is a persistent belief that public schools are profoundly in need of improvement (Berliner &Biddle, 1995). Given substantial research on teaching literature (Borman, Hewes, Overman, & Brown,2003; Hertling, 2000), it is not clear why more progress has not been made. Perhaps an answer maybe found in the complexity of the educational literature, which provides a confused map towardaccomplishing school improvement. Educational leaders are left in the position of relying on eitherimprecisely formulated or idiosyncratic and implicit models of school improvement without clearguidelines to follow for specific contexts. Models appear as ex post facto, reflecting an approach toeducational reform on the part of administrators that may be best thought of as implicit.
Educational Leadership: The Relationship Between Spirituality and Leadership Practices
Authors: Perkins Gerra , Wellman Nelda , Wellman Wendell , null null
Published: February 2023

Throughout American history, schools and educational leaders have been in the spotlight because ofthe eminent task of preparing the young of our nation for competition within a global economy and themarketplace of ideas. Educational leaders have moved through the stages of management, industrialefficiency, and cultural leadership finally concluding that school management requires more thanefficiency and organization (Brickham, 1996). With the advent of tough-minded management and therealization of the difference between a leader and a manager, combined with an increase in the highschool dropout rate, awareness developed that something was not working in American Schools(Batten, 1989). Changes in the organizational landscape of America gave rise to the idea of theprincipal as the cultural leader (Rollins and Roberts, 1998). This plan also, was doomed to demise. Thebeginning of accountability spurred the popularity of the idea of the principal as the instructional leader.This initiative was the basis for holding someone accountable when the school failed.
Globalisation, Good Governance And Democracy: The Interface
Authors: Arowolo Dare , Aluko Folorunso , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Globalisation has been an important factor in accelerating democracy’s growth in recent decades. Inthis globalised world, rapid development and global proliferation of new technologies andtelecommunications, and integration of the world economy through trade and investment, haveincreased the role and power of regional and global institutions (Cheema and Maguire, 2004). Thispromoted and strengthened the spread of democracy while also providing the leverage for goodgovernance. Globalisation impacts on the mode of governance that a country operates either as asymbol of universality or for uniformity. This unstoppable trend has homogenised governance on aglobal scale while depicting authoritarianism as unproductive political modernity.
Continuous Inquiry Meets Continued Critique: The Professional Learning Community In Practice And The Resistance Of (Un)willing Participants
Authors: Elbousty Moulay , Bratt Kirstin , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The term Professional Learning Community is commonplace, and it holds many meanings andsuggestions. For the purpose of this essay, however, we discuss a specific Professional LearningCommunity (PLC) that was established in a high school, fifteen months prior to the application of asurvey instrument to evaluate participants’ perceptions on the initiative. The PLC that we evaluate inthis article had a set of very specific goals: To create a department within a high school wherecollaboration would become a norm and not a rarity, and to encourage collaboration that would includedesigning formative and summative assessments, collecting, comparing, and disaggregating studentdata to enhance classroom practices and meet students’ needs. Most importantly, maximizing studentachievement is the long-term goal for this endeavor (Elbousty & Bratt, 2009).
An Active Learning Project In A Managerial Accounting Principles Class: Is It Time Well-Spent?
Authors: Jones Rita , Lang Teresa , Deal Keren , null null
Published: February 2023

The current active learning project involves students visits to area companies to collect information regarding the companies’ use or nonuse of Responsibility Reports (RRs). The students involved were attending a managerial accounting principles class at southeastern, regional university, and were given oral instructions by their teacher to complete the project. Sixty-two students participated, along with sixty-one companies. The average grade earned by the students was 15.58 of 20 points, and nine students earned a perfect score. The student findings were that 45 of the 61 companies, or 73.8%, use RRs. Based on the student performance, reports and feedback, the project was determined to be a valuable Active Learning experience.
Determinants of Managerial Career Attainment: Student Perceptions and organizational Realities
Authors: Hurley-Hanson Amy , Giannantonio Cristina , Sonnenfeld Jeffrey , null null
Published: February 2023

This study explored the perceptions of managerial career attainment of graduating MBA students and compared them to previous research on the actual determinants of career attainment. Results suggest that students did seem to have a good grasp of which determinants are important to managerial career attainment. Business school faculty are encouraged to prepare MBA students for the organizational realities that they will likely experience during their careers.
Transformational Leadership Practices of Teacher Leaders
Authors: Alger Gary , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Although many schools are developing teachers as leaders, researchers have not sufficientlyinvestigated the leadership behaviors of these individuals. Therefore, using data collected from teacherleaders and their principals, I addressed three questions in this study:1. What are the leadership practices of teacher leaders, as perceived by the teacher leaders and theirprincipals?2. Are there significant differences between the perceptions of teacher leaders and principalsregarding the leadership practices of teacher leaders?3. Are selected demographic variables of teacher leaders, specifically age, years of experience,educational level, and gender related to the leadership behaviors of teacher leaders?
Multi-Perspective Systems Thinking Arrives at School
Authors: Duffy Curt , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Managers who cling, dogmatically and unquestioningly, to a single view of leadership are especially aptto fail in educational institutions, where critical thinking and serious debate are part of the daily routine.Such unskilled application of simplistic leadership philosophies is seen even more often now that thecorporate model, and its focus on basic accountability, is being integrated into the educational sector.Today’s educational administrators desperately need sophisticated training to help them apply forprofitmethodologies to the more value-based and institutionalized educational arena.`
XB: New-Paradigm Management of The Classroom As A Complex organization
Authors: Putzel Roger , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Management instructors may abandon the lectern to engage students in activities, but many experiential approaches can still produce the teacher’s nightmare: passive, inarticulate bunglers, lost in the maze. This paper describes XB, a classroom organization that involves, orients, trains, and educates students.
The influence of assertive classroom management strategy use on student-teacher pedagogical skills
Authors: Barnabas Annette , S. Clifford , D. Joseph , null null
Published: February 2023

This quantitative study examined the influence of teacher-educators’ use of assertive classroommanagement strategies on English as a foreign language (EFL) student-teacher generic-educationand language-teaching skills. Concerns have been voiced that many teachers fail to communicatetarget skills and information to their students though they possess abundant subject-content andpedagogical-content knowledge. Traditionally, teacher-educators have been concerned with assistingstudents to grasp a defined body of knowledge through information transmission. Currently, teacher educatorsface the challenge of assisting student-teachers to learn how to learn so that they can facepolitical, social and economic uncertainties and to become independent lifelong learners. Thisdemanded new ways of educating student-teachers who, too, have to handle the very task (Shawer,2010; Shawer, Gilmore & Banks-Joseph, 2008). Some key skills student-teachers need to developinvolve their use of effective classroom management strategies (Shawer, 2006).
Mystic Inspiration of Effective Habits?
Authors: McDougall Dennis , Black Rhonda , Smith Garnett , Skouge James
Published: February 2023

Although numerous and diverse publications address professors’ writing and research productivity,exceedingly few empirical studies report findings for interventions designed and implemented toincrease professors’ research productivity. This study used an innovative mixed methods design with aconcurrent triangulation strategy and methods from two research traditions that investigators rarelyintegrate – quantitative single-case interventions and qualitative inquiry. Processes and findings fromthis study illustrate how researchers can combine these methods to illuminate the how and why ofchanges in performance in participant-interventionist studies. In this study, university professors usedgoal setting and behavioral self-management techniques to increase their daily research productivityand the number of manuscripts they submitted to professional journals. Based on findings and existingliterature, we identify practical habits that increase research productivity. This study extends theliterature base that includes numerous descriptive articles and opinion pieces on many topics aboutscholarly productivity, but few intervention studies that report quantitative findings.
The Effective Use of Staff Governance in Academic Leadership
Authors: Miller Michael , Nadler Daniel , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Colleges and universities provide both the human capital development and often the researchbackbone for the economy to function at a high level. Simultaneously, institutions provide a tremendoussocial benefit for graduates and other stakeholders who make use of their emphasis on the arts,entertainment, and cultural development. This multi-dimensional role, one in which Clark Kerr referredto as the "multiversity" (Johnson, Kavanagh, & Mattson, 2003, p. 11), often results in a conflicting notionof purpose and management, with competition for business-like accountability with public sectorintangible service. Burgess (2009) noted that the result is the perspective of the public university as aquasi-governmental agency.
Improving the Practical Aspect of Pre-Service Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues of Conceptualization, Planning and Management
Authors: Cobbold Cosmas , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Teaching practicum, variously called teaching practice, professional practice, professional experience,practical experience, school experience, has always been part of teacher education regardless of theapproach taken. The Standard Council of the Teaching Profession (1998, p.10) defines teachingpracticum as:a period of time spent in schools where the prime focus for the trainee teacher is to practice teachingunder the supervision of a mentor who should be trained for this job, to spend time with teachers andclasses, observing, teaching small groups and whole classes, and undertaking the range of tasks thatmake up the teacher’s role including planning, assessing and reporting.
Understanding Curriculum Perspectives: A lesson in frustration
Authors: Mee Molly , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

During a heated discussion in my master-level Curriculum Theory and Development class on whetheror not a given curriculum borrows more from the experientialist or the constructivist perspective, Suzy, a45-year old veteran math teacher interrupts the discussion and in an agitated tone asks, "Professor willyou please just tell us the answer?"This is typical of the responses I receive when my students read about curriculum perspectives tointerpret them in light of their own teaching. Anticipating frustrations like Suzy’s I open my first classsession with a lesson on Posner’s notion of reflective eclecticism which is an overarching and recurringtheme of the course. "Reflective eclecticism is based on the assumption that…there is no panacea ineducation. People who are looking for ‘the answer’ to our education problems are looking in vain."The key to deconstructing a curriculum is to understand that an effective curriculum is one that reflectsa myriad of alternatives rather than prescribing to just one.
Making the Most of Post-Tenure Review
Authors: Smith Don , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Governing boards have the unenviable duty of trying to oversee in a responsible and responsive way acomplex and long-enduring social institution whose arcane workings few board members,administrators, or faculty ever fully comprehend. Enduring social institutions of any kind are, of course,like great leviathans borne by currents and instincts in ways and directions they need not understand intheir continuing pursuit of sustenance and self-preservation. However, if one is to effect any meaningfulchange in the values and conduct of the leviathan, one must take into account the environmentaldynamics and motivational stimuli that determine the thing’s behavior. Otherwise, the internalbureaucracy takes over, tucking well-intended mandates into already existing routines, renderingcompliance necessarily efficient but also largely perfunctory.
A catalyst for educational change: the role of career and technical education in Georgia’s statewide educational improvement efforts
Authors: Chow Anthony , Whitlock Mark , Phillip Lucy , null null
Published: February 2023

The Central Educational Center is a product of multiple visions, desires, and hopes. The ideal vision isoutlined in a book entitled "The Eden Conspiracy" (Harless, 1997). Other perspectives include arequirement from local business that basic skills of high school graduates need to be rapidly improved,the desire of a growing local school system to provide costly industry-standard career-technicaleducation to all high school students, the vision of a regional technical college to "dual enroll" highschool students and make technical college a viable post-secondary option, and the hopes of aGovernor looking for a viable model to support his desire to reform education partly through a newinfusion of technical education opportunities.
Dangerous Liaisons: Non-Western religious minority groups and American public education
Authors: Charbonneau Steve , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Public education and so many institutions charged with serving the public are struggling to servecultural minority groups who see the world and interact with it in ways quite foreign to mainstreamAmerica. A lack of knowledge, on the part of public institutions, has led to the further alienation ofcertain minority subgroups and has made the public institutions that serve them ineffective. Increasinginstitutional knowledge of cultural minority groups is one of the critical steps American pubic educatorsmust take towards cultural competency (Hoffman, 2004).
Table of Contents - Fall 2009
Authors: null Fort Hays State University College of Education , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Academic Leadership Journal Fall 2009 table of contents
An Examination of Successful Leadership Power Base Perceptions
Authors: Tworoger Tom , Preziosi Robert , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This research investigated the relationship between the leader's perception of their power base and the follower's perception of the leader's power base. Two research questions focused the research. Leaders attempt to influence follower behavior (Weber, 1947; Lewin, 1951; Dahl, 1957). Hersey (1969) suggests that leadership equals influence. Furthermore, leadership is closely related to the concept of power (Stodgill, 19 74). Yukl (1989) concluded that French and Raven's work (1959) enjoyed wide acceptance in trying to define the type of leadership. The Power Perception Profile developed by Hersey and Natemeyer (1979) includes French and Raven's (1959) five power bases, French and Kruglanski's (1970) information power and Hersey and Goldsmith's (1980) connection power. Results and discussion are included. Suggestions for future research are presented.
University Preparation and the Research/Practice Divide
Authors: Freeman Gregory , Gies Frederick , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A major disconnect between education research and practice is widely acknowledged by both schoolpractitioners and university-based researchers. Evidence and commentary relative to the disconnectare articulated in four articles in the April 2007 issue of Phi Delta Kappan under the theme TheResearch/Practice Divide. The authors explained, decried, explored, and sought to close the divide;none expressed doubt concerning the existence of the divide in teacher education or educationleadership. Davis asserted (2007, p. 569), "It appears that comparatively little of what is written andthought about by scholars and policy makers actually has any appreciable impact on classrooms ordrives durable system-wide reform efforts."
Rebranding Nigeria Through Educational Process for a Better Future: A Call for Policy Review and Development for Creating Standards in Business Education
Authors: Bolarinwa Kayode , Adeola Lukman , Ojetunde Sunday , null null
Published: February 2023

Business education is vital for success in virtually every career. All citizens must apply business skillsand concepts to meet the challenges of a changing society and workplace (Smith, 2006).Business instruction is organized to prepare individuals for occupations in administrative officesystems, accounting and finance, management, and computer information systems. It is the enterpriseof education directed at the study and research of the field of business. It includes secondary educationand higher education or university education, with the greatest activity in the latter. It is often or almostalways oriented toward preparing students for the practice of an occupation in business or business-relatedfields. It can be studied to degree level relating to teaching business in schools or universitieshowever a teaching qualification is essential afterwards. If one doesn’t want to go into teaching it canbe useful when going into management or the business sector.
Half is Great the Rest Only Good
Authors: Johnson Craig , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

A book review of Good to Great by Jim Collins.
Why South Korean Universities Have Low International Rankings – Part II: The Student Side of the Equation
Authors: Jambor Paul , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the first part of this essay, the reasons ‘Why South Korean Universities Have Low InternationalRankings’ (Paul Z. Jambor in Academic Leadership: The Online Journal, 2009: Volume 7; first issue)are clearly laid out from numerous points of views pertaining to two prominent international rankings;the Times and the Shanghai rankings (QS, World & Shanghai, 2008).
Human Resource Capacity Building in the developing world and mobilising excess capacity for export
Authors: Dartey-Baah Kwasi , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper has two sides to it. The first part has to do with building sufficient human resource capacityand the second part of it is to do with the mobilisation of the excess human resource capacity forexport. Achieving this two-pronged task is a challenge that requires the expertise and involvement of allkey players in the relevant institutions for the desired results. The second part of the topic under discussion will follow on organically from the achievement of the firstpart that is, once the structures are in place to develop human resources and build capacity, thenexpansion on those structures can be used to produce the excess capacity for export.
Capstone Approach For Teaching Financial Instruments In Intermediate Financial Accounting
Authors: Gunderson Konrad , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Since the release in 2003 of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard 150 (SFAS150), accounting for certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity, intermediate accounting textbooks now include mandatorily redeemable preferred stock (MRPS) as a financial instrument requiring liability classification. MRPS is not legal debt in the traditional sense, but is classified as debt because its characteristics make it essentially equivalent to debt. This paper presents a series of teaching modules which, building on standard coverage of long-term debt and contributed capital, are designed to increase students' understanding of the essential characteristics of financial instruments. Completion of the modules will allow students to understand provisions of SFAS150 and prepare them for further standards developed in the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ( FASB) financial instruments project. The approach enhances the skills students need for entry into the accounting profession, such as conceptual thinking, working in groups, written and oral communication, and applied professional research.
An Unlikely Recruiting and Retention Tool: Financial Education
Authors: Hayes Suzanne , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

We currently live in an era where universities report higher dropout rates due to debt burdens than fromacademic failure (Prah 2006; United College Marketing Service 2006). Higher education institutionsroutinely provide tutoring and other support services for students with academic concerns; however,most universities are not adequately addressing the alarming levels of student credit card debt.Universities have an underutilized opportunity to provide a credit education course for incomingstudents. The class is a winning proposition for students, parents, and universities. Lending institutionsalso stand to benefit from decreased loan default and bankruptcy rates.
Teaching It In A Knowledge Economy Raising Tacit Productivity
Authors: Adler Hans-Joachim , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The growth of interactions represents a broad shift in the nature of economic activity. Interactions are defined as the searching, coordinating, and monitoring that people and firms do when they exchange goods, services, or ideas, for many employees today, collaborative, complex problem solving is the essence of their work, these “tacit” activates -- involving the exchange of information, the making of judgments, and a need to draw on multifaceted forms of knowledge in exchanges with coworkers, customers, and suppliers – are increasingly a part of the standard model for companies in the developed world.
Transformational Leadership: Operating in an Abundant State of Mind by Capitalizing on Tangible and Intangible Resources
Authors: Cain Darrell , Picquet Jim , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Becoming an effective and well rounded leader in academia often requires proficiency in the threecritical components of an academic career: scholarship, service, and teaching. However, the emergingfocus on faculty scholarship as the most salient of these elements, particularly as evidenced throughpublication in academic journals for graduate faculties, has been well documented in research (Green,2005; Green & Baskind, 2007). While the relative weighting and importance of scholarship issomewhat inconsistent across universities, disciplines, and faculty rank (Green, 2008; Price & Cotton,2006), the publication productivity of faculty is the major correlate for graduate program rankings fromthe U.S. News and World Report and many graduate school deans consider it the "central criterion" forpromotion and tenure decisions (Green & Baskind, 2007, p.282).
The relationship between vocabulary knowledge, linguistic intelligence and morphological awareness among EFL learners
Authors: Zahedi Keivan , Fallah Nasser , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This article will share numerous interesting insights that are important for business development,marketing and sales growth.
Identifying and Developing Scientific and Performance Standards for Educational Administrators of Tehran’s High Schools and Providing an Appropriate Model
Authors: Khanifar Hosseein , Jandaghi Gholamreza , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Nowadays, the necessity of continuous and permanent attendance of standard is felt in various fields ofhuman life in general and in training and education field in particular because that standard is a groundfor similar performance and an indicator for identifying the rate of individuals’ success in designatedworks. (Nilly Ahamad Abadi, 2003).Generally, one can study human resource standards in three aspects of knowledge, function andbehavior.Knowledge standards consist of the knowledge expected to be possessed by the individuals. In fact,they define scientific issues that should be learned by individuals. Performance standards consist of aqualitative performance shown by the individual in order to perform his/her duties and to provideexpected services (Rahimi, 2003). Behavioral standards belonged to individual’s values, beliefs andhabits which can be derived from both scientific and performance aspects.
A Study of Character of Prospective Administrators in Administration Preparation Programs
Authors: Roberts K. , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

In the world in which we live character is at the forefront. It’s hard to tell what is the truth as the lineshave been blurred because of a word called "spin" and a person’s own mental justification for theiractions. Daily accounts of superintendents and other school administrators are headlined in the media,whether mainstream media or specialized education media, about failures in character. What causedthat superintendent or administrator to sacrifice their character? They relied on their reputation andbecame lax in their moral obligations and judgments.
The Level of Emotional Intelligence in Principals of Recognized and Acceptable Schools
Authors: Stephens Todd , Hermond Douglas , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

The future of our democratic society depends on a strong and vibrant educational system. The 90sbrought us accountability and high stakes testing and our new millennium promises to demand evenmore sacrifices from teachers, students, and principals as expectations rise and pressures increasefor educational improvements. Quality leadership from school principals will be crucial in creatingschools capable of producing students who can excel and compete in today’s challenging globaleconomy.
The possibility of Applying Senge’s Learning Organization Principles in Irbid Public High Schools As Perceived By Principals and Teachers
Authors: Ashour Mohammed , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

Purpose of the study:1. To be acquainted with the possibility of applying Senge’s learning organization principles in Irbidhigh public schools as seen by principals and teachers2. To be acquainted with the individual differences of the participants about the possibility of applyingSenge’s learning organization principles in Irbid high public schools related to the social type,experience and qualification3. To be acquainted with the suggestions presented by principals and teachers in Irbid high publicschools regarding the possibilities of applying Senge’s learning organization principles
Exploring Unique Dimensions of Caring
Authors: Austin Len , null null , null null , null null
Published: February 2023

This paper seeks to increase the growing body of knowledge relative to the "accompanyingcharacteristics" or attendant attributes of caring (submissiveness, sacrifice, the ability to individualize,and being able to anticipate the needs of others). It also offers are four unique philosophicalunderpinnings of the attribute of caring. These dimensions include the reciprocal nature of caring, thehierarchical nature of caring, the requirement to be pro-active in caring, and being knowledgeableabout the changing timetable of caring in people’s lives. In addition, an example of one university’sefforts to integrate caring across the curriculum is examined.