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Progress in education Volume 17 / Robert V. Nata, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Progress in education ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education--United States.
- Education.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The field of education is consistently on the top of priority lists of every country in the world, yet few educators are aware of the progress elsewhere. Many techniques, programs and methods are directly applicable across borders. This series presents substantial results from around the globe in selected areas of educational research.
- Contents:
- Intro
- PROGRESS IN EDUCATION, VOLUME 17
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1WHY THEORY IS FAILING IN THEAFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY:THE BATTLE TO REDUCE HIV/AIDS
- ABSTRACT
- DISTRUST OF THE GOVERNMENT
- CONSPIRACY THEORIES
- SOURCES OF HEALTHCARE TREATMENT
- OTHER BARRIERS TO CONDOM USE
- INCORRECT BELIEFS
- UNIQUE NEEDS OF AT-RISK GROUPS
- MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (MSM)
- CURRENTLY OR PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED MEN
- INJECTION DRUG USE (IDU)
- HETEROSEXUAL WOMEN
- CONCLUSIONS/CALL TO ACTION
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 2AGAINST SCIENCE EDUCATION: THE AIMS OFSCIENCE EDUCATION AND THEIR CONNECTION
- INTRODUCTION
- INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY AND THE ONUS ARGUMENT
- POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATORY STRATEGIES IN DISCHARGE OF THE ONUS
- SOME POSSIBLE AIMS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION OFFEREDIN DISCHARGE OF THE ONUS
- WORKFORCE PREPARATION?
- CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY'S WEALTH?
- COPING"?
- (INTRINSIC)WORTHWHILENESS OF SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDINGAS PART OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION?
- PURSUING LIFE GOALS
- BECOMING A"GOOD CITIZEN"?
- COMBINATIONS?
- CONCLUSION
- Chapter 3BECOMING DIFFERENT: PERSPECTIVETRANSFORMATION THROUGH POST-REGISTRATIONBACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDIES
- BACKGROUND
- STUDY DESIGN
- FINDINGS - BECOMING DIFFERENT
- Thinking Differently
- Seeing Things in a Different Light
- Bringing Others Along
- DISCUSSION
- IMPLICATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Chapter 4PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH EDUCATIONRESEARCH - VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
- DEFINITION OF "VULNERABLE POPULATION"
- THE SCORE OF HEALTH EDUCATION
- APPLYING HEALTH EDUCATIONTHEORY TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
- COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH (CBPR) ANDPARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR)
- CULTURAL SENSITIVITY.
- DEVELOPING CULTURALLY SENSITIVE INTERVENTIONS
- APPLYING HEALTH EDUCATIONTHEORY AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
- Step 1: Social Assessment
- Step 2: Epidemiological Assessment
- Step 3: Behavioural and Environmental Assessment
- Step 4: Educational and Ecological Assessment
- Step 5: Administrative and Policy Assessment
- Steps 6 to 9: Implementation and Evaluation
- CASE STUDY I
- THE EBINO EDUCATION PROJECT
- THEORY OF DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION
- PLANNING FOR DIFFUSION: INNOVATIONAND ADOPTER CHARACTERISTICS
- DIFFUSION AS A MULTI-LEVEL CHANGE PROCESS
- CASE STUDY II
- THE PIKA WIYA PROJECT
- MULTI-LEVEL CHANGE PROCESS
- Chapter 5HEALTH AND SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AMONGIMMIGRANT CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES
- METHOD
- Subject Selection
- Procedure
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS
- Data Coding
- Data Analysis
- FINDINGS
- DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
- COMMON ILLNESSES
- Time of Hospital Attendance
- Chapter 6ACCESSING THE GENERAL PHYSICALEDUCATION CURRICULUM FORSTUDENTS WITH SENSORY DEFICITS
- WISDOM FROM THE FIELD:HOW TO DO PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Wisdom for the Classroom Teacher
- Wisdom for the Physical Education Teacher
- Wisdom for the Parent
- INTRODUCTION TO THE GENERAL PHYSICAL EDUCATIONCURRICULUM
- General Physical Education
- Importance of Physical Education
- Summary
- EDUCATION LAWS
- Introduction
- History of Special Education Law
- IDEA
- No Child Left Behind Legislation
- SENSORY IMPACT ON MOTOR DEVELOPMENT.
- Who are Students with Vision Loss?
- Practical Intervention Strategies and Suggestions
- Who are Students with Deafness?
- What is Deafblindness?
- What Special Needs do Children with Deafblindness Have?
- Movement
- Reasons to Move
- Practical Suggestions
- ASSESSMENT OF THE PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS
- Assessment of the Psychomotor Skills and Physical Fitness
- Concerns
- Information Associated with the Assessment Instruments
- Assessing the Domains of Learning
- Multiple Domain Assessments and Other Sources Information
- PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND THE IEP
- Communication
- Present Level of Performance
- Annual Goals Based on General Curriculum
- Professional Development
- Sequential Benchmarks
- HOW IS PHYSICAL EDUCATION DIFFERENT FROM ORIENTATION ANDMOBILITY?
- Special Considerations for Children with Sensory Impairments Who ReceiveOrientation and Mobility Services
- Relationship of Orientation and Mobility to Physical Education andAdaptive Physical Education
- ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SENSORYDEFICITS
- Adapted Physical Education
- Benefits of Adapted Physical Education
- Developing the IEP
- Students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Students with Blindness and Low Vision
- Students who are Deafblind
- DEFINITIONS
- Chapter 7CONFORMANCE EVALUATION OF STANDARDSFOR THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICEOF INTERNAL AUDITING:AN ASSESSMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT'SVALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
- AN OVERVIEW OF INTERNAL AUDITING
- JUSTIFICATION FOR NEW INSTRUMENT
- BASIS OF DEVELOPMENT
- THE STRUCTURE OF QUALITY CONFORMANCE INSTRUMENT
- INSTRUMENT MEASUREMENT
- REVIEW OF VALIDITY
- DATA COLLECTION
- DETERMINATION OF SAMPLE SIZE
- REVIEW OF RELIABILITY
- STATISTICAL TEST FOR RELIABILITY
- RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION
- FACTOR ANALYSIS.
- CRITICAL CONSIDERATION IN PERFORMING FACTOR ANALYSIS
- Sample Size
- Types of Data and Normality
- Linearity
- Independency and Multicolinearity
- Data Suitability of Correlation Matrix for Factor Analysis
- Commonalities of Factor Structure
- Methods to Determine the Number of Factors to be Extracted
- Rotational Techniques
- Assigning Name for the Extracted Factors
- Factor Scores
- Quality Conformance, Attribute Standards
- Quality Conformance, Performance Standards
- FUTURE RESEARCH
- AUTHORS' NOTE
- Chapter 8AT-RISK PRESCHOOLERS BECOME BEGINNINGREADERS WITH NEUROLOGICALLY INTEGRATEDALPHABET INSTRUCTION
- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
- Alphabet Knowledge
- At-Risk Preschool Learners
- A New Integrated Alphabet Approach
- Purpose
- METHODOLOGY
- Participants
- ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
- INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES
- Experimental
- Control
- RESULTS
- LETTER SOUNDS
- Blending Sounds into Words
- Chapter 9LEARNING FROM DIFFERENCES. THE MASTERSSTUDY-COURSE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT ATLUDWIGSBURG PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY
- 1. INTRODUCTION: EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGINGWORLD
- 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
- 2.1. Study organization and curricular conception
- 2.2. Didactic-methodological architecture
- 4. SUMMARY AND PROGNOSIS
- Chapter 10TEACHERS, LEARNERS AND CURRICULUM
- TEACHERS
- Importance of Instructional Leadership in School Improvement
- Teachers Learning To Change
- Development of Teams and Professional Learning Communities
- Learners
- Listening to Student's Voice for School Improvement
- CURRICULUM
- Redesigning Curriculum and Improving Instructional Program Coherence
- CONCLUDING REMARKS: OTHER UNRESOLVED ISSUES.
- REFERENCES
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61470-624-7
- OCLC:
- 770677185
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