bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Izazovi postavljanja tužbenog zahtjeva u slučaju povrede prava osobnosti tjelesnom ozljedom
Authors:   odvjetnik, Matić Zvonimir , Baretić Marko ,   Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Published: February 2022

Prema odredbi čl. 19. ZOO/05 svaka fizička i pravna osoba ima pravo na zaštitu svojih prava osobnosti pod pretpostavkama utvrđenim zakonom, a pod pravima osobnosti razumijevaju se pravo na život, tjelesno i duševno zdravlje, ugled, čast, dostojanstvo, ime, privatnost osobnog i obiteljskog života, sloboda i dr. Odredbom čl. 1046. ZOO/05 neimovinska šteta definirana je kao povreda prava osobnosti, a odredbom čl. 1100. ZOO/05 propisano je da će sud, ako težina povrede i okolnosti slučaja to opravdaju, dosuditi novčanu naknadu zbog povrede prava osobnosti, vodeći pri tome računa o dužini i jačini pretrpljenih duševnih i fizičkih boli, straha te svrsi kojoj naknada služi. Iako ZOO/05 uvodi u naš pravni sustav objektivnu koncepciju neimovinske štete u smislu da je pravno priznata neimovinska šteta ona tzv. primarna šteta koja nastaje samom povredom zaštićenog neimovinskog dobra, sudska praksa pokazuje kako su u procjeni postojanja neimovinske štete i nadalje odlučne činjenice koje tvore subjektivni koncept neimovinske štete, tj. takozvana sekundarna šteta u vidu jačine i trajanja fizičkih i duševnih boli te straha. Navedeno je potvrđeno zauzetim pravnim shvaćanjem Građanskog odjela Vrhovnog suda Republike Hrvatske od 5. ožujka 2020. i 15. lipnja 2020. godine, kojim Vrhovni sud RH daje do znanja da su i nadalje u primjeni Orijentacijski kriteriji i iznosi za utvrđivanje visine pravične novčane naknade nematerijalne štete VSRH od 29. studenog 2002., koji su doneseni za primjenu subjektivnog koncepta neimovinske štete iz čl. 200. ZOO/91, smatrajući da su podobni i za primjenu odredaba čl. 19., 1046. te čl. 1100. ZOO/05. Orijentacijski kriteriji za neimovinsku štetu Vrhovnog suda RH tijekom vremena sve su više izloženi kritici u smislu da je promjena koncepta poimanja neimovinske štete trebala i/ili morala dovesti i do suštinske promjene u činjeničnoj i pravnoj osnovi zahtjeva kojim se potražuje naknada neimovinske štete. Osobito se ta problematika potencira u slučajevima kada se pojavi dilema je li štetnom radnjom došlo do povrede većeg broja prava osobnosti ili je uvijek riječ o jednom pravu osobnosti, odnosno u slučajevima kada povredu prava osobnosti nije moguće iskazati kroz odredbu stavka 2. čl. 1100. ZOO/05 zato što se nije manifestirala kao fizička i duševna bol, odnosno strah, pa nije moguće primijeniti Orijentacijske kriterije VSRH. Ovim radom pokušat će se analizirati na koji bi način trebalo odrediti činjeničnu i pravnu osnovu tužbenog zahtjeva, odnosno kako postaviti tužbeni zahtjev u slučajevima kada jedna štetna radnja izazove veći broj povreda prava osobnosti, odnosno kada je riječ o povredi prava osobnosti koju po svojoj naravi nije moguće procijeniti s pomoću stavka 2. čl. 1100. ZOO-a, odnosno nije moguće primijeniti Orijentacijske kriterije VSRH za neimovinsku štetu.
Je li prethodni postupak doveo do koncentracije i kraćeg trajanja parničnog postupka?
Authors:   Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska, Brozović Juraj
Published: February 2022

Nakon više od deset godina primjene pravila o prethodnom postupku, koja su bila predmetom većeg broja novela Zakona o parničnom postupku, postoji potreba da se preispita je li takva postupna strukturna promjena doista dovela do koncentracije te kraćeg trajanja postupka uz održavanje manjeg broja ročišta. Službeni podatci koje objavljuje Ministarstvo pravosuđa RH odnosno Vrhovni sud RH ne mogu dati odgovor na pitanje koliko i zašto traje postupak, koliko traju pojedini njegovi stadiji te koliko se u postupku zakazuje ročišta. Naše istraživanje nudi inovativnu metodologiju te prikazuje rezultate opsežnog empirijskog istraživanja koje, s jedne strane, uzima u obzir stvarne podatke o trajanju postupka i broju ročišta iz sustava eSpis te, s druge strane, analizom reprezentativnog uzorka predmeta najvećeg hrvatskog općinskog suda nastoji identificirati potencijalne uzročnike neučinkovitih postupaka. Naposljetku predlažu se nužne izmjene pravila o prethodnom postupku, ali i mentaliteta sudaca, odvjetnika i drugih pravnih profesionalaca koji sudjeluju u postupku.
Criminalization of Animal Cruelty in Context: An Albanian Perspective
Authors:   Faculty of Law, University of Prishtina, Prishtinë, Kosovo, Shala Nita , Puka Avni ,   Faculty of Law, University of Prishtina, Prishtinë, Kosovo, Pratola Gianluigi ,   Deputy Attorney General at the Italian Court of Cassation; International Expert for the EURALIUS Project in Albania, Ministry of Justice, Zogu I Bulevard, Tirana, Albania
Published: February 2022

The Albanian legislature has been slow to comprehensively regulate and suitably penalize cruelty towards animals. During the second decade of building a democratic legal system, adopted legislation mandated administrative penalties for only a small number of acts of commission or omission that constituted cruelty to animals. A petition from 37,527 electors obliged the Committee of Laws at the Albanian Parliament to deliberate on the criminalization of animal cruelty for the first time in November of 2017. Two years later, on 18 July 2019, the Albanian Criminal Code was amended with six provisions criminalizing animal cruelty. How has context and other factors shaped the law in Albania with regards to animal cruelty? Authors aim to respond to this question through a functional method with a problem-solving contextual approach, engaging in an in-depth legal evaluation of the Albanian legislation and comparative analysis on the topic. This work draws on deliberations from eight meetings of the Committee of Laws and consultation with nineteen Members of the Parliament, civil servants in responsible institutions, and representatives from civil society, to clarify how society’s effort shaped the criminalization of cruelty towards animals in Albania. The discussion proceeds with a comparative legal analysis between proposed legislation and adopted changes in the Criminal Code with legislation in certain EU Member States and EU acquis. Concerns linger about whether criminalizing a behavior such as animal cruelty is the appropriate way to reduce the occurrence of this offence.
La première loi sur la laïcité de l’État au Canada, un événement peu relayé par les médias français
Authors: Ubertini Anne-Hélène Le Cornec
Published: February 2022

Après dix ans de débats à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, la première loi canadienne sur la laïcité de l’État, a été votée le 16 juin 2019. Malgré son caractère historique, la presse écrite française s’est très peu emparée du sujet. Lorsqu’elle l’a fait, elle a associé cette loi à la loi sur l’immigration votée le même jour, jugé irrationnelles les craintes des défenseurs de la loi et considéré que les nouvelles dépositions légales étaient plus contraignantes que celles de la loi de 1905 en France.
PARAMETRIC STUDY IN FETAL UMBILICAL VEIN BASED ON HEMODYNAMICS
Authors: Zareh Elham , Hasani Kamran , Navidbakhsh Mehdi
Published: February 2022

Abnormal flow in the ductus venosus can indicate fetal diseases such as chromosomal abnormalities, heart defects, hypoxia, and intrauterine growth restriction. However, the circulating blood flow to the fetus has not been studied in great detail, and doctors have obtained the necessary information to make the right decision about abortion before or even after birth using the data. In this paper, a comparative study is performed to determine blood velocity in ductus venosus using a combined method based on three-dimensional computational simulation and Doppler measurement. For this purpose, a model is proposed that has three paths, and the ratio of pressure to displacement in each path is calculated separately. The obtained results illustrate a linear relationship between the pressure and distance in first path and the greater the distance from the junction of the vessels, the lower the pressure in the path. Also, the greater the distance, the more pressure is created in the arteries in the second path. However, there is no linear relationship with pressure in the next path, although as the distance increases, the pressure decreases. The results demonstrate that the ductus venosus tolerates a higher level of displacement and pressure in comparison to the two other paths of the proposed model. The obtained results and velocity values can be considered as an indicator of any disease in the fetus.
The Role of Spirituality in Ethical Decision Making During Projects
Authors: van der Walt Freda
Published: February 2022

Unethical behaviour of individuals in various professions is rife. The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between workplace spirituality, virtue ethics and rational ethical decision-making. The reason for this is that the project management profession values ethics but unethical decision-making is on the rise. The findings of the study indicate that spiritually based organisational values significantly impact on virtue ethics, and that virtue ethics significantly impact on rational ethical decision-making. This implies that supporting the development of good character among employees, through the creation of spiritual workplaces, will enable them to make rational ethical decisions.
The Association Between Meditation, Egocentrism, and Workplace Spirituality
Authors: Barua Banya , Burgess John
Published: February 2022

An analytical framework seeking to understand the application of practicing meditation towards mediating egocentrism is presented. It emphasises achieving emotional balance. It is assessed through four propositions on whether practicing meditation facilitates a decrease in egocentrism: If duration is increased, do practitioners progress from Dharana to Dhyana? If “one pointed” attention of meditation technique is used, does it counter egocentrism? and, When both aspects of practicing meditation are used, does the practitioner develop positive leadership? It contributes to the studies on management, leadership, and people practices. It mainly contributes to the studies on egocentrism and will facilitate transforming egocentric leaders into using positive attributes and becoming productive in leadership style, assessing and transforming the younger generation of potential leaders into positive leaders, and in guiding business education to develop leaders free of egocentrism.
Development of the Scale of Spirituality for Workplaces
Authors: Ahluwalia Gurvinder
Published: February 2022

Spirituality is not a new area of research. The unavailability of standardized assessment measures of spirituality is the basis of the present investigation. Phase 1 of the present study developed themes through ‘self-report measurement' administered to 15 participants (G1) of different spiritual organizations and studying the glimpses of Indian spirituality. Results revealed 90 themes, which were used as variables for the development of the scale. Phase 2 involved the development of measures of spirituality for an adult sample. The author selected N=300 (G2) MCQ for Part-1 and Likert format for Part-2 of the scale. Beginning with an over-inclusive 100 items (40+60) WSIS in the study, a series of exploratory analyses led to a reduced set of 51 items (17+34). With another 1200 participants (G3), a priori criterion PCA yielded a 14-factor structure: 6 factors WSIS (Part 1) and 8 factors WSIS (Part 2). The author proposed the Workplace Spiritual Intelligence Scale (WSIS), which was standardized and showed satisfactory validity and reliability.
Spiritual Leadership and Well-Being in the Context of the Modern Workplace
Authors: Garg Mahak , Punia B. K. , Garg Naval , Punia Vandana
Published: February 2022

Organizations of modern times experience business loss in the form of financial, physical, psychological, and cultural loss with their employees, clients, suppliers, or any other related persons. To cope with such issues, we need to introduce spirituality at our workplace. and as leaders manage organizations, spiritual leadership needs immense research for growth. Spiritual leadership has been actively debated in recent decades and is a disputed subject attracting research and practice. Spirituality has evolved into a valuable tool for coping with stress and resolving business concerns. Leadership lacking ethics may be harmful, damaging, and even toxic. Though often addressed in the literature, spiritual leadership has been taken as a construct in a few types of research for empirical study. The main aim of the study was to develop knowledge into how spiritual leadership would be the essential need in the modern workplace.
Spirituality in Education Administration
Authors: Panicker Shalini Gouri , Devassy Viju Painadath , Kureethara Joseph Varghese
Published: February 2022

The ability to think about the past and to plan for the future and mould situations the way we want distinguish human beings from all other living beings. Emotion, intelligence, and spirituality are three vital aspects of human existence. Though the ancient academic engagement was focused on an integral vision of human development, recent heavy focus on professional and vocational development has skewed the purpose of higher education and delimited its scope. Hence, integral education aimed at a new world order marked by ethical sensitivity and global citizenship, social sensitivity, social involvement, and social contribution should focus on whole-person education that emphasizes connectedness with oneself, others, the environment, and at a deeper level connect with the supreme power or reality. The authors present a brief review of current practices relating to spirituality in educational administration.
Civic Value of National Service
Authors: Plante Jarrad D. , Kinzey Amanda , Renney Brooke M.
Published: February 2022

Research from one large public university highlights that on average, of the 10,000 students who graduate, 650 students, or 8% of participating graduates, indicate ‘volunteering' or ‘taking time off' as their immediate next step post-graduation. This creates a ‘service year' opportunity. A pilot study was conducted on the civic value of national service within a population of students who graduated from one large public university and participated in at least one national service program to understand the civic value of national service. The pre-, during-, and post-service year experiences are examined with respect to ethical dilemmas and best practices within higher education leadership. Action steps for ethical best practices created by institutional leadership will foster a connection for students and national service opportunities as a pathway from college to career.
Service Learning as a Scholarly Pursuit
Authors: Turner Sylvia
Published: February 2022

This chapter will show how one of the top scholars programs at the University of Tennessee incorporates meaningful service-learning into its curriculum. Their model, which includes academic courses, service dialogues, and service, promotes greater scholar engagement in the community and undoubtedly enhances the classroom experiences for its students. Following the practices of many of the earlier movements, the program tries to recognize the valuable resources, the human competence, and the rich cultural legacies in the schools and communities in which they serve. It is a constant and dynamic process of assessment and reflection that will hopefully transform not only the scholars but the communities they serve.
Successful Transitions From College to Career (C2C)
Authors: Penland Jennifer (Jenny) L. , Burke Dawne Raines
Published: February 2022

For many minority, first generation, and other under-represented students at two small universities, graduation and a successful career seem almost out of reach. Lack of preparation, lack of confidence, and lack of career-focused experiential learning opportunities leave students feeling frustrated and result often in their early departure from higher education. This newly developed and piloted experiential learning educational program provides opportunities that allow students to grow and develop inside and outside the classroom. Through community building and regional partnerships—enmeshed in a visible number of academic departments campus wide—the researchers endeavored to promote engaged and active learning. Engaged, active learning encourages students' connections with college resources with diversified programming that includes (a) internships, (b) service learning communities, (c) experiential immersions, (d) undergraduate research platforms, and (e) capstone projects, all of which directly correlate with increased retention and persistence in higher education.
Guiding School-Based Service-Learning With Youth Participatory Action Research
Authors: Bocci Melissa Cochrane
Published: February 2022

Youth Participatory Action Research offers service-learning practitioners a critical framework for guiding their projects, particularly those engaging diverse or marginalized communities. A YPAR-guided service-learning project is youth-led, centers and affirms youth identities, examines problems and takes actions on structural and personal levels, and bases those actions on original, youth-conducted research. As such, YPAR-guided service-learning explicitly promotes youth empowerment and positive identity development, which can result in increased academic engagement and motivation, making such projects a strong option for attending to the opportunity gaps marginalized students often face in their school systems.
Using a STEM Camp for Rural Middle School Students to Launch Ambitious Teaching Practices With Pre-Service Teachers
Authors: Giamellaro Michael , Knapp Melinda C.
Published: February 2022

In this chapter, the authors describe an initiative they have been enacting within their secondary science and mathematics Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program over the last four years. As a first teaching experience during their first term in the program, MAT students prepare and enact engaging STEM lessons for middle school students who attend a free, three-day STEM Camp during their summer break. The authors describe the context of the students (both middle school and pre-service), the structure of the camp and teacher supports, and share excerpts of written reflections from the MAT students to highlight patterns in outcomes of this medial service learning experience.
Creating a Scale for Service
Authors: Plante Jarrad D. , Bryer Thomas A , Winston Haley G.
Published: February 2022

This article presents a model that is based on Eyler and Giles' Five Elements of Citizenship, where students learn about Volunteer UCF through marketing strategies, participate in one-time service or educational events, and then pursue continuous involvement based on their positive experiences. Students transition to leadership roles by serving on a social topic committee and move up to social topic director managing their own committee. Some students aspire to be an administrative student leader and incorporate large-scale institutional projects and events. The final stage for students is committing to lifelong community engagement opportunities post-graduation. The results will inform where the touch points are at the higher education institution, so administrators can apprise bureaucracy and cultural barriers to help students progress through the scale for service within the continuum.
Fieldwork in Developing Countries
Authors: Vaughn Michelle , Swanson Karen Weller
Published: February 2022

Twenty-first century teachers can become more culturally competent through thoughtfully planned opportunities designed to develop global perspectives. Cultural competence can be cultivated through service-learning experiences such as study abroad, thus maximizing pre-service teachers' global preparation and future success within diverse classrooms. In this chapter, the authors discuss preparing undergraduate and graduate students for fieldwork in Liberia, South Africa, and Belize. The purpose of trips to developing countries is to teach and serve but also requires planning that acknowledges issues experienced by pre-service teachers such as anxiety and low efficacy. Upon completion of the Mercer on Mission trips, several pre-service teachers expressed their views about the usefulness of the preparation activities, which are explored within student narratives. Ultimately, the goal of the service-learning program is to support the completion of fieldwork requirements in exceptional contexts while adequately preparing students to be effective across a variety of diverse settings and activities.
Conceptualizing LEAD
Authors: Salinitri Geri , Pizzo Dana L. , Furlong Kathleen
Published: February 2022

At a critical point in education, teachers are the agents that can positively affect the outcomes of all learners. Preparing teachers to understand youth and the challenges they face through globalization, economic uncertainties, and social inequities must begin in Teacher Education programs. L.E.A.D. (Leadership Experience for Academic Directions) is a service-learning program designed from a need to reach marginalized and vulnerable youth, to aid in closing the achievement gap, and advocating for social justice and inclusion. This chapter highlights the conceptualization of L.E.A.D. based on research, theory, and practice.
Community Engagement in the Earth Sciences
Authors: Fortner Sarah K. , Scherer Hannah H. , Ritter John B.
Published: February 2022

Situated learning posits that all learning happens in context. Applied to earth resilience challenges (e.g., water, climate, hazards), learning should include building the skills, habits, and relationships needed for participatory and equitable community planning and political change. Students should encounter the operational context needed to enact geoscience in communities (e.g., jurisdictional, institutional, political, cultural, information-sharing). This work describes how the geology and environmental science programs at Wittenberg University, a four-year, liberal arts college, use community engagement to deepen student preparation. Together, both programs are recognized as exemplars in civic learning and democratic engagement by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. It especially highlights how community engagement prepares graduates for work in communities by 1) designing courses around community priorities and authentic data analyses and 2) modeling partnering and project evolution as key modes for improving community outcomes.
International Service-Learning in Practice
Authors: Habashy Noel B.
Published: February 2022

This chapter explores key theoretical concepts relevant to the planning and implementation of international (and domestic) service-learning programs. This chapter explores the power dynamics of international service-learning through four key theoretical concepts: the politics of power, local knowledge, framing, and problem definition. While these ideas are particularly appropriate for international service-learning program, they are also relevant for domestic service-learning partnerships in nearby communities. In addition to providing theoretical frameworks, this chapter identifies recommendations for practice in order to address each of the four challenges identified. Universities must consider these factors if they wish to develop stronger programs with reciprocal benefits to communities and students. With stronger partnerships, better development will occur for both students and community members.
Creating a Leadership Learning Community
Authors: Macy Marisa , Towson Jacqueline , Levin Judith
Published: February 2022

A blended approach where pre-service and in-service professionals attend the same professional development event has the potential to create a leadership learning community. Bidirectional opportunities can result from a professional development format where experienced in-service professionals spend time with pre-service professionals. Public schools and universities can play a part in providing valuable resources to the community. This study shares how a leadership learning community was created by blending professional development to serve the needs of pre-service graduate students and in-service professionals in the field of early childhood education.
Principles in Practice
Authors: Morton Mavis , Varghese Jeji , Jackson Elizabeth , Levac Leah
Published: February 2022

This chapter offers faculty and institutional leaders a set of principles and practical approaches for designing and supporting courses that develop and mentor emerging community engaged scholars at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The learning outcomes and design features of these courses provide students with opportunities to develop knowledge, skills, and values that are required for undertaking ethical sustainable critical community engaged scholarship (CCES). The chapter begins with an overview of the CCES framework that guides the authors' specific courses and thier commitments to supporting the development of community-engaged scholars more broadly. The chapter describes several courses that share the CCES framework but vary by size, disciplinary foundation, and engaged-learning approach. These courses are used to consider the development of students' capacities and values, the interplay between CCES and pedagogical best practices, and the role of institutional supports in enabling CCES and navigating institutional challenges to community-engaged teaching and learning.
The 5M Approach
Authors: Blanton III Edwin L. , Garcia Migdalia
Published: February 2022

In this chapter, the authors present a multi-layered framework that can be used to guide students through intentional reflections. The 5M Approach is a model that suggests practices on how to challenge students to be culturally knowledgeable and responsible. This can be facilitated by having students look inward at self as well as outward at experiences and interactions. The 5M Approach is holistic and can be utilized as a tool in a variety of academic and experiential settings. In this chapter, the authors share how they have facilitated the stages during different student experiences such as study abroad, service-learning, peace and justice education, and more.
Complexities of Coordinating Service-Learning Experiences in Rural Communities
Authors: Andrews Urkovia , Tarasenko Yelena , Holland Kara
Published: February 2022

Explored from the viewpoint of the faculty member, nonprofit director, and service-learning staff, this chapter provides insight into the complexity of the service-learning relationship in rural communities. Specifically, it provides perspectives that highlight the cultivation and maintenance of a relationship with a local nonprofit, challenges of incorporating and implementing a e-service-learning project in a hybrid format, and the outcome of the e-service-learning project between a graduate level public health course and a free medical clinic that serves the medically uninsured. These highlights will be discussed through sections detailing the geographical location of the area, through an overview of the local nonprofit community partner, which is a free medical clinic, a review of the community partners various university partnerships, an overview of e-service-learning within the graduate level course, the faculty member perspective, the community partner perspective, and the service-learning staff member perspective.
Service-Learning Volunteerism Reboot
Authors: Park Hannah , Minifie Jana Roberta
Published: February 2022

How universities adapt SL varies almost as much as the number of universities that offer those programs as SL can vary from volunteerism to internships. Seventy-seven SL administrators participated in a survey on the perceptions of the U.S. colleges on the definition of SL activities. The survey results indicated the participants less likely consider an academic community engagement project as a SL when it is paid by the community partner. This chapter examines the importance of including funded community engagement scholarship in SL activities. Following the survey results, the chapter further addresses how funding from community partners may strengthen the definition of SL by introducing The Design Laboratory, The Lab, from Memphis College of Art as a case study. The Lab was a student-driven design agency that provided SL activities to the students and communities. Most of The Lab's SL activities were funded by the community partners.
Teaching to Transform Baltimore
Authors: Flores-Koulish Stephanie A.
Published: February 2022

In this chapter, the author highlights a case study from Baltimore, Maryland where one parent's classroom collaboration helped to educate over 100 fourth graders about how state government works. Specifically, the chapter details how the parent became inspired by her son's teacher's back-to-school night presentation, and how that led to their future collaboration on a social studies service learning unit. Social movement theory motivated the parent, while the students gained a deep, authentic understanding of the content as well as democratic advocacy skills as a result of this more meaningful teacher/parent collaboration.
A Case Study Exploring Ways to Increase Access to Education Abroad for Career and Technical Students With Limited Availability
Authors: McKee Anne-Marie
Published: February 2022

This chapter looks into the experiences of the career and technical students who studied abroad and how their experiences affected them and transformed them in the years since studying abroad. The purpose is to examine the experiences of studying abroad for CTE students attending a rural-based community college. In this study, relevant categories and themes of meaning for CTE study abroad students were identified. One goal of this study was to see if these students' study abroad experiences affected them in the workplace and if the service-learning component of their study abroad experiences led to other altruistic practices.
Gaining Perspective
Authors: Coffey Heather , Harden Susan B.
Published: February 2022

In this chapter, the authors discuss the outcomes of a program evaluation of a university-middle school service-learning partnership. The initial goal was to evaluate the extent to which three middle school teachers, our community partners, were satisfied with the volunteer experience their seventh grade students had with first-year university students. The evaluation came after a three-year partnership between undergraduates enrolled in a liberal studies course focused on citizenship and education and a team of middle school students and their teachers. Interviews revealed that this partnership enabled teachers to view their students through a different lens than they had prior to the partnership. Further, teachers suggested that the service-learning activities facilitated a deeper understanding of students' funds-of-knowledge and talents. This research supports the possibility that there are valuable unintended outcomes of service-learning partnerships between universities and public schools.
Global Pull of Community Engagement
Authors: El Hitti Samar , Hecht Deborah
Published: February 2022

This chapter discusses the CUNY Youth Ambassador Program, an undergraduate mentorship and leadership development program with an emphasis on global sustainability that focuses on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically Goal Number 4: Quality Education. The creation and development of this program is one way two educators at the City University of New York responded to the global call for action on quality education, by initiating a collaboration with UNESCO to seed a movement of informed youth undergraduate advocates active in education spaces. This chapter showcases the framework and components of the CUNY Youth Ambassador Program and the aforementioned collaboration, as well as the experience and impact on the undergraduate students involved in this initiative.
The Transformative Nature of Community Engagement in the Arts
Authors: Quinn Robert D. , Arnold Alice , Littlewood Kerry Anne
Published: February 2022

Art educators have engaged in various community-engagement experiences with undergraduate classes for many years. In addition to the curricular reward, the authors have found that students are experiencing community in new ways through these opportunities. In this study, researchers used a mixed methods approach to carefully examine several key aspects of community work in afterschool programs in two community centers. First, the context was explored, and ethnography was used to describe experiences with art, community, and engagement in an area facing severe socioeconomic challenges. Outcome data from one site helped to link community work to at-risk student achievement on end of grade testing. Outcome data from the second research site suggests that resilience increased in students engaged in afterschool programming, perhaps through the incorporation of visual art. Last, university students' response papers were content analyzed to illustrate gains achieved through these opportunities.
Reducing Risk Through Academic Community Engagement in Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Authors: Denham Magdalena , Khemka Ashish Kumar
Published: February 2022

This inquiry engaged graduate students in the Homeland Security and Emergency Management program course designated as Academic Community Engagement (ACE) at an Institution of Higher Education (IHE) in rural Texas. The purpose was to evaluate an American Red Cross (ARC) risk-reduction Home Fire Campaign initiative and to implement new strategies designed by students and grounded in after action reports (AARs) and principles of emergency management (EM). Vygotsky's model of social learning and Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) framed the study. Students partnered with the ARC, emergency responders, and civil society organizations to (a) assess the effectiveness of the ARC-led campaign; (b) apply EM principles in designing the student-led campaign; (c) implement EM principles to new capability-building strategies; and (d) offer recommendations. Comparative analyses of separate campaign events in the community revealed reciprocal benefits; solutions devised by students enhanced program effectiveness and expanded social capital; students reported deep contextualized learning.
An Afrocentric Perspective on Inclusive Pedagogy
Authors: Dudu Annah , Majoko Tawanda
Published: February 2022

This chapter examined an Afrocentric perspective on inclusive pedagogy. It is laced with theories that resonate with the Afrocentricity philosophy. Among these is Ubuntu, which places the learners at the centre, in so doing, moving them from the margin and enabling them to be the subject and not the objects of the learning encounter. Ubuntu is an Afrocentric theoretical ideology that is consistent with the humanistic spirit that defines the ethos of Africans. Ubuntu constitutes the fundamental principles and values of compassion and humanity. Accordingly, inclusive pedagogy is a social justice and human rights agenda. Inclusive pedagogy also promotes access, acceptance, participation, and achievement of all learners in mainstream schools regardless of their individual differences.
Embedding Afrocentricity in Inclusive Education and Equality
Authors: Sabela Primrose T.
Published: February 2022

The chapter explores arguments pertaining to inclusivity and equity in higher education with reference to the Afrocentric organising principles. Embedding Afrocentrism in higher education discourse will address inclusivity, redress the past deficiencies of equity access and outcomes, reduce socio-economic inequality, and stimulate physical wellbeing. Little attention has been given to the relevance of Africa's educational needs and other deficiencies emanating from the adoption of Eurocentric ideas and philosophies within which the African higher education system is currently anchored. Afrocentricity is a vehicle through which identity, communalism, cultural and ethnic tolerance, self-driven development will be realised. Afrocentricity has potential to enhance the feeling of self-identity, re-affirm African intellectualism and capabilities, and eliminate prejudice and discrimination of the African philosophies.
Human Dignity is Central to Inclusive Education
Authors: Masalesa Metse Juliet
Published: February 2022

The aim of this chapter is to reflect on the importance of human dignity in inclusive education. The chapter focuses on taking all stakeholders on board regarding as far as human dignity and human rights. Aspects discussed are the following: the importance of human dignity, inclusive education (IE) as human right, the principles of inclusion, IE under international law, aspects of Ubuntu, Afrocentric IE, IE and inclusive schools, and diversity in South African education. This chapter is intended for stakeholders in education system, the community, and the entire African countries. It is also intended for the international countries in order to inform them that Africa takes inclusive education very seriously. The said factors will assist the intended community to avoid discrimination in its entirety and support learners with barrier and acknowledge that every person is unique and respect his/her rights and dignity.
An Afrocentric Perspective of the Whole School Approach to Inclusive Education
Authors: Dudu Annah , Majoko Tawanda
Published: February 2022

This chapter examined the whole school approach to inclusive education embedded in the Afrocentric perspective. It constitutes theories appropriate to the African context including Afrocentricity that places learners at the centre stage of teaching and learning. The philosophy moves learners from the margin and empower them through making them subjects and not the objects of pedagogy. The basic principles or canons of Afrocentricity are ukweli, utulivu, uhaki, ujamaa, and kujtoa. Accordingly, the whole school approach to inclusive education constitutes three inter-connected but interrelated dimensions of a school, namely school policies, culture, and practices which underpin the promotion of quality teaching and learning. This chapter is a springboard for future studies on Afrocentric perspectives to inclusive education.
Professional Preparation of School Administrators for Inclusive Education in an African Context
Authors: Majoko Tawanda , Dudu Annah
Published: February 2022

This study examined the professional preparation of school administrators for inclusive education. Embedded in Ubuntu philosophy, it is based on a qualitative interpretive study that drew on a sample of 24 Zimbabwean primary school administrators. A constant comparative approach was used throughout data analysis. Participants had inadequate professional preparation for inclusive school administration. The entrenchment of inclusive education in Ubuntu and its social, educational, economic, and political benefits to all people, countries, and the world informed the understanding and positive attitudes of the participants. Participants selected children with specific disabilities for inclusion in schools under their administration. Training school administrators in educational management courses could professionally prepare them for inclusive education.
Local Governments on the Way at the Provision of Gender Equality
Authors: Önez Çetin Zuhal
Published: February 2022

The provision of gender equality has been a critical agenda for public administrations and organizations. In Turkey, both local governments and central government has been dealing with initiatives towards the provision of equality of man and woman. At that context, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior, Foreign Affairs and European Union Department 2010 Circular on “Human Rights of Women and Girls” is an important Circular in terms of local governments and the issue of gender in Turkey. At the study, the local governments' relation with the issue of gender equality has searched. At that framework, firstly, the concepts of gender and gender equality have explained. Secondly, the national documents in related to women in Turkey, and Local Equality Action Plans of six provinces in the context of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Interior and United Nations Protecting the Human Rights of Women and Girls and Development Joint Program have been explained to search the local governments' relation with the issue of gender, and lastly some practices of local governments have explained on the issue of gender equality.
Girls in STEM K-12 Subjects
Authors: Mayakis Courtney Glavich , Robinson Jessica
Published: February 2022

While utilizing social learning feminist theory, this chapter explores current literature pertaining to the limited presence of women in STEM careers. This stems from girls' attitudes and self-assessment of math and science achievement, male-dominated workplaces, and societal stereotypes. The social learning feminist theory is composed of two theories: post-modernist feminism and social learning theories. The authors provide practical recommendations to broaden the definition of STEM to allow more women access to these related fields as well as to encourage more girls to pursue STEM majors.
Female Enrolment in High School Computer Science Courses
Authors: Floyd Steven Paul
Published: February 2022

Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher's book Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing presented computer education as a clubhouse for boys that was resulting in women and girls being left out of the computer science (CS) loop. This research reveals that now, almost 20 years later, a number of doors, walls, and windows still inhibit certain students from equal access and participation to the computing clubhouse and provides data from Ontario, Canada indicating that females make up only 26%, 21%, and 15.7% of student enrolled in the Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12 high school courses, respectively. Considering the number of initiatives and money related to expanding CS education, including a revision of high school CS curriculum in Ontario and $60 million of additional CanCodes money provided by the federal government, a better understanding of the underrepresentation of females in high school CS is critical.
Feminist Co-Mentoring as Advocacy
Authors: Berger Alyssa , Gustavsen Nicole R. , Wood Penelope
Published: February 2022

This chapter serves as a case study describing three science, technology, engineering, and mathematics librarians' processes, reflections, and growth through co-mentorship. The authors discuss the processes and limitations of traditional, hierarchical mentorship structures in academic libraries and outline their work moving beyond this model to create and maintain a feminist co-mentorship community. The peer mentorship model is intentionally non-hierarchical and works as a complementary support system alongside formal mentorship relationships. They outline the benefits of this model, which include the provision of support around the emotional labor inherent in working in higher education, balancing professional and personal growth, and navigating the academic landscape. This chapter lays the foundational work the authors undertook to develop their co-mentorship group and community of care and addresses the practical benefits of this work in each of their lives.
The Question of Gender Equality
Authors: Nazneen A.
Published: February 2022

The feminist perspective reshapes the categories through which gender is performed. Gender explores a dimension of human life that has proven to be troublesome in understanding oneself and causing disturbances in social relationships and structures. Though critics feel that gender loyalties will deprive the chances of redressing distortions and omissions, the fact is that in real ‘lived in experience', gender neutrality is a mirage. Hence ‘gender' matters. Gender justice is a desirable social goal. Feminism is a thought trend that refuses to identify human experience with male experience. The feminist perspective challenges the partial and biased account of knowledge. The attempt is to acknowledge feminine ways of knowledge and accommodate them in such a way that more appropriate and impartial ways of knowing the world are explored. This chapter explores the possibility and relevance of the feminist perspective in attaining gender equality.
Law, Equality, and Entrepreneurship Through a Gendered Lens
Authors: Sandill Shubha
Published: February 2022

An insurmountable amount of great research being done in academia rarely gets transformed into laws and policies. This can be attributed to the disconnect between academia, law/policy makers, and decision-making tables. A three-pronged approach to bridge the gap between academic scholarship, grassroots advocacy, and political activism could be instrumental in impacting socio-legal and policy reforms. Gender, as a social construct, has intersected since time immemorial with the way law and society have been organized. Law, as a hegemonic collection of practices and processes, has actively perpetuated a particular social order that did not go far enough in matching lived realities. This chapter begins with the author's efforts to examine family law and social inequality through a gendered lens by exploring marriage, divorce, and family entrepreneurship. It further outlines the ongoing debates about gender vs. diversity mainstreaming in policy realms. Lastly, it concludes with how these experiences drove the author's passion for grassroots advocacy, which finally led the author to political activism.
Campus Climate and the Theory of Gender Performativity
Authors: Zimmerman Aaron Samuel , Herridge Andrew S.
Published: February 2022

The objective of this chapter is to outline the theory of gender performativity and to discuss its implications for researchers and policymakers in higher education. This chapter will examine the manner in which the measurement tools and recruitment methods utilized by research in higher education may serve to reinforce particular ontological assumptions about gender. If institutions of higher education aspire to serve their diverse student populations as inclusively as possible, it may be valuable for researchers and policymakers to consider the notion that gender is a social construct that is continually open to experimental performance.
The Vagina Apocalypse
Authors: Rich Kate
Published: February 2022

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) have been the subject of contentious debate on all sides of the political spectrum. In response, many have created various IUD-related texts that are not only controversial, but allude to apocalyptic themes. Apocalyptic discourse has previously been studied in relation to religion, mass media, the environment, and masculinity. The feminist or even feminine style apocalypse, however, has yet to be explored. Widespread feminist movements use the apocalyptic genre to communicate dystopian urgency about women's reproductive rights. Simultaneously, alternative medicine movements are a source of persuasive texts that both co-opt feminist themes while making use of apocalyptic genre to deter women from certain birth control methods. This chapter analyzes feminist texts in the alternative medicine movement through the Instagram accounts positioned against IUDs to evidence how the feminist apocalyptic genre functions. Greater implications for apocalyptic genre, medical discourse, and feminist symbolism will be addressed.