ethanporcaro/eric-fulltext-meta huggingface dataset:
Gender-Based Content of Educational Materials for the Study of Serbian Language in Lower-Stage Grades of Elementary Education
Author: Trifunovic, Vesna
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Instructional Materials,Gender Issues,Serbocroatian,Elementary Education,Elementary School Students,Media Selection,Sex Fairness,Content Analysis,Instructional Material Evaluation

This paper presents the results of analysis of educational materials for the study of Serbian language in lower-stage grades of elementary education (intended for students from 7 through 11 years old) from gender perspective. The first part of the paper presents the process of institutionalization of gender-based education in the Republic of Serbia after the year 2000, when gender issues became highlighted as an integral part of the overall reform of education within the implementation of education for democracy and civil society. Declarative commitment to developing gender sensitivity has led to changes in the curriculum for elementary education and, presumably, changes in the selection of educational materials for different school subjects. The authors intended to determine whether educational materials for Serbian language honor the principle of gender equality in the selection of literary texts. The presence and nature of gender-based content in reading books from different publishers, for second and third grade, was determined by using the method of &quot;content analysis&quot;. The aim was to establish empirical evidence that would show the degree of gender sensitivity of analyzed educational materials and their compliance with the strategic commitment to &quot;gender mainstreaming&quot; in education. The authors are aware of the range of this micro-level research, and the impossibility to reach general conclusions, however, in their opinion, the obtained data may shed a light on at least one part of the mosaic of the complex relationship of education, educational material and gender equality in contemporary Serbian society. The following conclusions were drawn: (a) the analyzed educational material serves the function of developing gender sensitivity; (b) the principle of gender equality is respected in selection of the material; (c) the distinguished gender characteristics go beyond the so-called traditional gender pattern.
Play Theory: A Personal Journey and New Thoughts
Author: Sutton-Smith, Brian
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Theories,Cultural Influences,Games,Foreign Countries,Children,Child Development,Social Influences,Playgrounds,Research,Personal Narratives,Fantasy,Imagination,Folk Culture,Psychology,Toys,Social History,Popular Culture

A preeminent play-theory scholar reviews a lifetime devoted to the study of play in a lively, even playful, recounting of his illustrious career and some of its autobiographical roots. The author covers the development of his three major theories of play--as a viability variable, as culturally relative play forms, and as a co-evolutionary multiplex of functions--and points to some new areas of inquiry on the topic.
Cats and Portals: Video Games, Learning, and Play
Author: Gee, James Paul
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Video Games,Teaching Methods,Technology Uses in Education,Problem Solving,Simulated Environment,Play,Discovery Learning,Animals,Figurative Language,Cooperation

The author builds on arguments he has made elsewhere that good commercial video games foster deep learning and problem solving and that such games in fact promote mastery as a form of play. Here he maintains that some good video games engage players with an important type of play, namely of play as discovery, of play as surmising new possibilities in a given environment. The game &quot;Portal&quot; exemplifies this form of play, a form designed to give players a smart tool that enables them to see these new possibilities and use them in innovative ways. The author concludes with a discussion beyond games of young people using smart tools to become Pro-Ams, that is, amateur experts at something for which they have developed a passion.
What's Wrong with America's Playgrounds and How to Fix Them: An Interview with Joe L. Frost
Date: 2008-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interviews,Playgrounds,Play,Child Development,Recreational Activities,Playground Activities,Design,Cognitive Development,Physical Development,Social Development,Recess Breaks,Physical Activity Level,History,Standards,Safety,Accident Prevention,Injuries

Joe L. Frost is Parker Centennial Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas, Austin, and one of America's leading experts on play and playgrounds. In addition to having taught child development and early childhood education at Texas and several other universities, he has written or edited fifteen university-level textbooks and more than one hundred articles and reports, lectured throughout the world, and served as a consultant to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Department of Justice, and myriad cities, schools, universities, hospitals, and public park systems. He served as president of the Association for Childhood Education International and of the International Play Association USA and continues to direct research at the University of Texas Play and Play Environments Research Project. Here Frost talks about what sparked his lifelong interest in playgrounds, their evolution over the last half century, their current state, lawsuits and other factors that influence the way children play outdoors today, and current trends in playground design and development. He also makes recommendations for correcting inconsistencies in state and federal playground safety standards and regulations.
The Effect of Learning English (L2) on Learning of Arabic Literacy (L1) in the Primary School
Author: Hussien, Abdelaziz M.
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Second Language Instruction,Semitic Languages,Elementary School Students,Grade 4,Foreign Countries,Reading Instruction,Spelling,Bilingual Students,Monolingualism,Oral Reading,Accuracy,Bilingual Education,Tests,Scores,Phonological Awareness

This study investigated the effect of learning English (L2) on learning to read and spell connected texts accurately in Arabic (L1). The author selected a sample of 83 (38 males and 45 females; 45 bilinguals and 38 monolinguals) native Arabic-speaking fourth-graders in Egypt. Students completed the author-developed Oral Reading Accuracy Measure and Spelling Accuracy Measure. Interestingly, results revealed that the bilingual (Arabic-English) students performed better than their monolingual (Arabic) counterparts on the two literacy variables: oral reading accuracy (ORA) and spelling accuracy (SA). The discussion concludes that learning English (L2) has a positive effect on students' oral reading accuracy and spelling accuracy in Arabic (L1).
Now More than Ever: Changing Lives in an After School Theater Program
Author: Macy, Carol
Date: 2003-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: After School Programs,Theater Arts,Workshops,Public Schools,Child Development,Facilitators (Individuals),Teacher Role,Self Esteem,Literary Devices,Dramatics

All of us are aware that young people today are facing challenges far greater than the ones we ourselves faced growing up. Now more than ever, the music, television, and film industries are busy parenting their young consumers at an alarming rate and with a fierce intensity. The products of these industries are, for the most part, stripped of any magic or true inspiration so essential to childhood, often giving young people access to far more information than they are able to process. In addition, recent news events have deeply shaken our children, leaving many of them vulnerable and uncertain about the future. After School educators can balance what is happening by finding ways to slow children down and help them process all that they are exposed to each day. Carol Macy discusses her experiences working as a workshop leader and theater director in public schools and in her own after school program for young people. Based on her own twenty five years of experience she considers theater exercises and the dramatization of stories and poetry to be vital to the education of young people. Macy believes that after school programs can make a major contribution to the education of the &quot;whole&quot; child. This article shares what she has come to know both through her graduate research, and in her practice.
Wild Justice: Honor and Fairness among Beasts at Play
Author: Bekoff, Marc
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Animals,Animal Behavior,Emotional Response,Moral Values,Empathy,Cooperation,Trust (Psychology),Intelligence,Justice,Social Behavior

This essay challenges science's traditional taboo against anthropomorphizing animals or considering their behavior as indicative of feelings similar to human emotions. In their new book &quot;Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals,&quot; the authors argue that anthropomorphism is alive and well, as it should be. Here they describe some activities of animals, particularly animals at play, as clear signs that they have recognizable emotions and moral intelligence. Based on years of behavioral and cognitive research, the authors discuss in their book that animals exhibit a broad repertoire of moral behaviors, including empathy and cooperation, but here they concentrate on the fairness and trust so essential to any kind of play, animal or human. They contend that underneath this behavior lays a complex range of emotions, backed by a high degree of intelligence and surprising behavioral flexibility. Animals, they find, are incredibly adept social beings. They rely on rules of conduct in their play, just as do humans, which in turn, helps prepare animals for dealing with the intricate social networks that are essential to their survival. The authors conclude that there is no moral gap between humans and other species. As the play of animals helps to make clear, morality is an evolved trait humans unquestionably share with other social mammals.
The Graceful and Gritty Princess: Managing Notions of Girlhood from the New Nation to the New Millennium
Author: Forman-Brunell, Miriam
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Females,Imagination,United States History,Social Attitudes,Socialization,Children,Fantasy,Fairy Tales,Social Influences,Sex Stereotypes,Sex Role,Toys,Social History,Social Change,Femininity,Popular Culture,Feminism

The authors investigate the nearly ubiquitous cultural icon for girls' play, the princess. They survey historical instances of princess play from the beginning of the American republic to the New Millennium, look at the literature concerning princesses in various periods, and discuss the individual recollections about princess play of a number of women. The authors argue that the figure of the princess, by absorbing a range of girlhood ideals, aids in reconciling the contradictory notions about what it means to be a girl in contemporary society.
Word Play: The Creation and Function of Novel Words in the Pretend Play of Two Siblings
Author: Nwokah, Evangeline E.
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,Imagination,Novelty (Stimulus Dimension),Vocabulary,Vocabulary Development,Young Children,Males,Siblings,Child Development,Word Recognition,Language Processing,Hypothesis Testing,Linguistic Borrowing

This article examines the creation of novel words by two English-speaking male siblings, ages five- and six-years-old, during a fourteen-month period of weekly play sessions. The questions the article addresses are: Did the boys produce novel words? What types of words? Why were these words created? and Did they become a permanent part of the siblings' vocabularies? The authors categorized all novel words as either developmental substitution, word play, redundant duplication, or word gap, depending on how the words functioned in the boys' conversations. In this dyad, novel words functioned primarily as word play and filling a word gap (thereby providing a precise way to convey meaning). The novel words were nearly all nonce formations (isolated occurrences) and were composed mainly of compound words (two- or three-word combinations) and pseudowords (fictitious words). When the boys repeated novel words, they usually did so immediately, i.e. within the same play session. The study suggests that these children spontaneously produced a varied repertoire of novel words to meet and expand the needs of their imaginative or pretend play. The words were created in the moment and arose from the novel concepts and themes of pretend play. Research for this article was funded in part by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Family Business/Entrepreneurial Studies: A Small Private Liberal Arts College Approach
Author: Bledsoe, M. Tony
Date: 2004-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Entrepreneurship,Business Administration Education,Business Administration,Liberal Arts,Undergraduate Students,Private Colleges,College Programs,Program Development,Performance Factors,Womens Education,Womens Studies,Models,Curriculum Development,Delivery Systems,Research Projects,Consortia,Program Descriptions,Educational Practices,Surveys

The Center for Women's Business Research reports that, &quot;As of 2002, there are an estimated 10.1 million privately-held majority or 50% women-owned businesses in the U.S., accounting for 46% of all privately-held firms. These firms generate $2.3 trillion in sales and employ 18.2 million workers.&quot; Further it states, &quot;In North Carolina, women-owned firms approach 171,000, employment tops 307,000, and sales exceed $37.3 billion.&quot; Given the impact of these statistics, the questions arises what, if anything, should a small, all-female, undergraduate, private liberal arts college do about developing and implementing a Family Business/Entrepreneurial (FB/E) studies program? This paper reviews issues: national, state and college to determine the direction for establishing a program at this school.
Will They Use What You Taught Them? Course-Embedded Assessment of Accounting Students' Information Technology Self-Efficacy
Author: Moore, John W.
Date: 2004-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Information Technology,Accounting,Self Efficacy,Undergraduate Students,Information Systems,Curriculum Implementation,Computer Literacy,Assignments,Self Concept Measures,Praxis,Behavioral Objectives,Student Evaluation,Questionnaires,Pretests Posttests,Likert Scales,Prior Learning,Incidence,Spreadsheets,Courseware,Database Management Systems,Electronic Libraries,Reference Services,Computer Graphics,Integrated Activities

This paper provides a model of course-embedded assessment for use in an undergraduate Accounting Information Systems course, and reports the results obtained from implementation. The profession's educational objectives are mapped to specific computer skills and assignments, to provide direct evidence of learning outcomes. Indirect evidence of learning is provided by data collected with computer self-efficacy instrumentation. The paper addresses an important issue for persons entering the profession, in that they may have learned to use specific computer applications, but may lack the confidence in their own ability to use these skills. This may impact their ability to gain employment, or to maintain employment in accounting. The data collected may be employed to assess how well an AIS course supports the mission of its school, by demonstrating the acquisition of IT skills and the necessary self-efficacy to use those skills.
Fraternization in Accounting Firms: A Case Study
Author: Heinze, Tim
Date: 2004-12-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Interpersonal Relationship,Employees,Managerial Occupations,Dating (Social),Ethics,Risk Management,Personnel Policy,Case Method (Teaching Technique)

This case study sheds light on how to avoid risks caused by manager-subordinate dating relationships (fraternization) such as employee misunderstandings, retaliation charges, favoritism complaints, wrongful termination lawsuits, and sexual harassment lawsuits, as well as associated ethical risks. Risk avoidance can be accomplished through a better understanding of the pervasive guidance offered by judicial outcomes and typical accounting firm directives. This case study can be used in the classroom to amplify the difficult issues that accompany fraternization in accounting firms. The authors estimate that classroom presentation and discussion of this case would require a minimum of 30 minutes of classroom time. Background information and inherent risks associated with fraternization are discussed. We conclude with practical steps to mitigate those risks.
Creating &quot;SMART&quot; Supply Chain Scenarios Using SAP R/3
Author: Ragan, Joseph M.
Date: 2004-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Business Administration Education,Accounting,Curriculum Development,College Curriculum,Teaching Methods,Computer Software,Undergraduate Study,Supply and Demand,Databases,Student Projects,Undergraduate Students,Case Method (Teaching Technique)

Pedagogical revisions to the undergraduate Haub School of Business curriculum at Saint Joseph's University employing the SAP R/3 system encompass the core accounting courses traversing the sophomore and junior years. The entire accounting curriculum was overhauled in order to integrate SAP R/3. Each course progressively builds upon and expands the knowledge base in the prior course(s). Substantive pedagogical modifications have been integrated into the material delivered and methodologies utilized in selected sections of the required sophomore and junior accounting courses. SAP supported material, created and modified by a student team, is delivered in the classroom using a team-oriented format within a business case context. It is envisioned that the SAP material will seamlessly present accounting issues currently in the curriculum, while allowing the students to observe the capabilities of SAP R/3. This paper discusses the design, implementation, and execution of collaborative supply chain business scenarios using SAP R/3 as the platform. Its use within an undergraduate curriculum is assessed and evaluated. Sample scenarios and a demonstration case are included.
Physically Active Play and Cognition: An Academic Matter?
Author: Sattelmair, Jacob
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Physical Activities,Physical Activity Level,Physical Health,Academic Achievement,Physical Education,Child Health,Play,Brain,Cognitive Development,Cognitive Ability,Child Development

The authors discuss the growing evidence that strenuous physical activity is not only healthy for students but improves their academic performance. Based on such research, they argue that schools in the United States need to stop eliminating physical-education programs under the current political pressures to emphasize academics and instead to reform traditional physical education. Modern physical education should move away from its competitive-sports approach to one that employs a wide range of play involving strenuous physical activity for every student.
Building Relationships between Business Schools and Students: An Empirical Investigation into Student Retention
Author: Adidam, Phani Tej
Date: 2004-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Investigations,Academic Persistence,Structural Equation Models,School Holding Power,Trust (Psychology),Social Theories,Public Relations,Interpersonal Relationship,Undergraduate Students,Questionnaires,Interviews,Business Administration Education,Student Attitudes,Maximum Likelihood Statistics,Item Analysis,Student School Relationship,Multivariate Analysis

This study uses the relationship marketing theory of commitment and trust as a framework to investigate the issue of student retention in business schools. Structural equation modeling was used to examine relationships specified by Morgan and Hunt's (1994) theory of relationship marketing. Students' commitment to the business schools were determined by perceived benefits of attending the school, perceived similarity of values between the school and the students, and trust between the professors and the students. Commitment increased intentions to remain at the business school.
The Use of Economic Impact Studies as a Service Learning Tool in Undergraduate Business Programs
Author: Misner, John M.
Date: 2004-11-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Economic Impact,Community Benefits,Community Study,Service Learning,Experiential Learning,Undergraduate Students,Business Administration Education,Integrated Activities,Adoption (Ideas),Learning Experience,Classroom Techniques,Evaluation Problems,Teaching Methods,Educational Practices,Field Experience Programs

This paper examines the use of community based economic impact studies as service learning tools for undergraduate business programs. Economic impact studies are used to measure the economic benefits of a variety of activities such as community redevelopment, tourism, and expansions of existing facilities for both private and public producers. Economic impact studies when structured as service learning projects provide an experiential learning environment for business students, affording them with the opportunity of applying the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom while at the same time engaging in community service. Such projects can expose students to the importance of corporate social responsibility and help involved faculty to remain current in their fields of expertise while providing pedagogical and practice oriented avenues for research. Clients gain access to expertise in a cost effective manner. When done effectively, service learning projects in undergraduate business programs generate goodwill and favorable publicity while helping academic institutions meet mission statements and address specific accreditation standards.
Play as the Learning Medium for Future Scientists, Mathematicians, and Engineers
Author: Bergen, Doris
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Play,STEM Education,Creative Thinking,Innovation,Child Development,Cognitive Development,Creativity,Sciences,Standards,Adults,Professional Personnel,Scientists,Educational Methods,Curriculum

In recent years, playful methods of learning have almost disappeared from school classrooms, and active, creative, extended playtimes during recess, at home, and in neighborhoods have also greatly diminished. This disappearance of play is especially unfortunate because it is happening at the very time that professionals in many scientific, mathematical, and engineering fields articulate the need for creative and innovative thinkers in their professions and advocate for the use of playful learning methods to assist students in developing the intellectual abilities required for excellence in these fields. This article discusses the importance of returning educators' attention to play as the learning medium that can best develop these abilities and motivate students to pursue careers in science and mathematics.