(2019). A Critical Review of 11th Five Year Plan on Higher Education in India. Online Submission, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research v8 n10(3) p10-24 Oct. Development of any nation solely depends on the quality of human resources and good human resource is produced through quality education. Education provides people with an opportunity to reflect on the social, cultural, moral, economic, and spiritual issues and contributes towards the development through propagation of specialized knowledge and skills. Higher education is a relative term expressing that in the progression of learning, where the utility of a skill cannot be achieved without the acquisition of previous skills, or previous knowledge, which was derived, and proven through theories, to become 'higher' knowledge. Here we discuss about some past Five Year Plan and 11th FYP (2007- 2012) on Higher Education in India. And also criticize of this plans and present problems. Lastly, I suggest some point of view to overcome these problems…. [PDF]
(2020). Developing Engaged Scholars through Glocal Learning: A Case Study of the Thailand Global Citizenship and Civic Engagement Initiative. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v24 n3 p73-85. With the development of Thailand 4.0, it is critical for engaged scholars to address the role of higher education in Thailand's social and economic development with an understanding of how local histories (local) and economic globalization (global) shape their work. We discuss the Thai context for community engagement, then describe the purpose and learning goals for the Global Citizenship and Civic Engagement (GCCE) initiative, as well as the methodological approach used to assess the initiative's impact and long-term sustainability. The findings highlight how glocal learning fostered Thai and U.S. graduate students' valuing local knowledge and linking economic inequality to environmental injustice. Students transformed in their understanding of the need to revitalize marginalized knowledge and include experiences of other-than-human beings. The findings contribute valuable non-Western perspectives on how international partnerships between universities prepare graduate students as… [PDF]
(2020). Natives and Immigrants Enrolled in Spanish Intermediate Vocational Education and Training: A Comparative Study. Research in Post-Compulsory Education, v25 n3 p295-317. This article looks at the differences and similarities between Spanish-born and immigrant students enrolled in the first year of Intermediate Vocational Education (IVET) programmes in Spain. We analyse and compare their sociodemographic and academic backgrounds, their reasons for choosing IVET courses, their dropout intention and, finally, their commitment and engagement with the IVET programs in which they are enrolled. Data were obtained from a sample of 1,119 students, aged between 16 and 18, enrolled in first year IVET courses in the regions of Balearic Islands and Catalonia (Spain). The sampling strategy adopted was convenience sampling. Among other conclusions, the results point to students with an immigrant background having greater financial difficulties and a higher likelihood of having unemployed parents when compared with native ones. Also, immigrant students, mostly chose the IVET programmes in which they are enrolled to improve their employability. Finally, students from… [Direct]
(2021). Culturally Relevant Education: "Think Local" within a Holistic Orientation. Multicultural Perspectives, v23 n1 p3-16. Students bring valuable cultural ways of knowing and worldviews to the classroom. Teachers who build on student cultures are able to motivate and make learning more meaningful. We believe that teachers should "Think Local" within a holistic orientation to create a student-centered and culture-centered education that arises out of student cultural knowledge, life experiences, and belief systems. Like the Farm to Table movement in agriculture, teachers need to think about reaching students using a "Think Local" perspective. We highlight three examples of culturally relevant programs and how their holistic programs are based on thinking local. From these three cases, we recommend that teachers consider utilizing five cultural competencies that will assist them in integrating the local expertise of students into schooling…. [Direct]
(2021). Designing for Self-Efficacy: E-Mentoring Training for White and BIPOC Women in STEM. International Journal of Designs for Learning, v12 n3 p71-85. This design case describes the tensions and resolutions related to the iterative design of a virtual STEM peer mentoring program for White and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) women in STEM study programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Stakeholder feedback, along with a conceptual framework, including Tinto's Institutional Departure Model and Bandura's Theory of Self-Efficacy, guided the design work. The second iteration featured eight self-paced, eLearning modules designed to be completed as one per week in conjunction with asynchronous and synchronous communications with program peers and faculty facilitators. The design goals focused on the self-paced modules and resolved content presentation, case videos, practice, and reflection issues. The case highlights the intersection of new design elements with Bandura's (1977) four sources of self-efficacy: social persuasion, vicarious experiences,… [Direct]
(1996). Sustaining the Vision. Selected Papers from the Annual Conference of the International Association of School Librarianship (24th, Worcester, England, July 17-21, 1995). Themes of the 24th Annual International Association of School Librarianship conference included: "School Librarianship"; "Children's Literature"; "Technology"; and "Children's Literature, Literacy, and School Librarianship." The following presented papers are assembled in this proceedings: (1) "For Better or Worse? School Libraries in the UK: Problems and Developments" (Vida Conway); (2) "Teacher-Librarianship: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice" (Ken Haycock); (3) "Never Mind the Book, I've Seen the Video" (Margaret Perkins); (4) "Some Issues Concerning Access to Information by Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils" (Christopher F. Green); (5) "Sustaining the Vision: How Can We Ever Have Literacy for All?" (Judith Graham); (6) "Condensed and Enriched: Images of the Miniature and of the World of Children's Literature" (Susan Hancock); (7) "Where Are the Children in… [PDF]
(2018). Looking Backward but Moving Forward: Honoring the Sacred and Asserting the Sovereign in Indigenous Evaluation. American Journal of Evaluation, v39 n4 p543-568 Dec. Culturally responsive evaluation and culturally responsive Indigenous evaluation (CRIE) within the broader field of evaluation are not often included in Western literature nor are they known or used by the majority of mainstream evaluators. In order to address this literature and practice gap, this article offers an overview and a broader origin story of CRIE prior to colonial or European contact in the United States and gives an overview of the historical, theoretical, and practical foundations for conducting CRIE in a contemporary evaluation context. Examples of evidence-based models, theories, and resources are provided to connect CRIE to Western evaluation designs and provide concrete strategies for the field of evaluation going forward. The article concludes with systemic and policy evaluation considerations as agencies from federal (i.e., United States), tribal, and international governments and partners from private or nonprofit sectors collaborate to carry out Indigenous… [Direct]
(2018). Inservice Preparation for Mainstream Teachers of English Language Learners: A Review of the Empirical Literature. Educational Forum, v82 n2 p156-173. The empirical literature regarding the nature and outcomes of inservice learning opportunities for mainstream teachers of ELLs reveals that such opportunities give primary emphasis to developing teachers' pedagogical knowledge and skills but also give attention to encouraging teachers to learn about their students, curriculum, and school context; engage in inquiry about their own practice; deepen their subject knowledge for teaching ELLs; analyze and change beliefs; and develop identities as teachers of ELLs…. [Direct]
(2019). A Better Start to Literacy Learning: Findings from a Teacher-Implemented Intervention in Children's First Year at School. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, v32 n8 p1989-2012 Oct. This study investigated the feasibility of a teacher implemented intervention to accelerate phonological awareness, letter, and vocabulary knowledge in 141 children (mean age 5 years, 4 months) who entered school with lower levels of oral language ability. The children attended schools in low socioeconomic communities where additional stress was still evident 6 years after the devastating earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011. The teachers implemented the intervention at the class or large group level for 20 h (four 30-min sessions per week for 10 weeks). A stepped wedge research design was used to evaluate intervention effects. Children with lower oral language ability made significantly more progress in both their phonological awareness and targeted vocabulary knowledge when the teachers implemented the intervention compared to progress made when teachers implemented their usual literacy curriculum. Importantly, the intervention accelerated children's ability to use… [Direct]
(2019). An Abecedarian Approach with Aboriginal Families and Their Young Children in Australia: Playgroup Participation and Developmental Outcomes. International Journal of Early Childhood, v51 n2 p233-250 Aug. New approaches to support the early learning for young Indigenous children are important to government policies across Australia. This study explores whether the Abecedarian Approach Australia (3a) intervention, with strong cultural adaptations, can boost young Aboriginal children's early language and learning skills, prior to preschool. Participants in this study were Aboriginal children attending playgroups, "Families as First Teachers," in school settings in two remote communities in the Northern Territory. Implementation data on two components (Conversational Reading and LearningGames) of the Abecedarian Approach Australia (3″a") intervention are reported, and the level of exposure the children had to the programme during the study period is analysed. Child outcomes were assessed on the Brigance Early Childhood Screen II for 149 children aged from 24 to 56 months. Children's language and early learning were associated with intervention dosage. Higher exposure… [Direct]
(2019). Tribal Folklore as ELT Material for First-Generation Learners. Advances in Language and Literary Studies, v10 n2 p19-26 Apr. An important component of any ELT programme is the content. A course-book ensures that the required course content is presented in a uniform format for ready implementation. In most cases where English is taught as the second or foreign language, a course-book is 'the only point of contact with the language' for learners. Available research has established that appropriate language content motivates learners to acquire language skills. In the eastern Indian state of Odisha, that has a high tribal population, a government sponsored scheme named Anwesha exists, which aims at providing quality English medium education to underprivileged rural tribal children, in urban public schools. But it is widely observed that these first-generation tribal learners in the English Medium Instruction (EMI) system are being deprived of the desired results. Finding no motivation to study a foreign language with unfamiliar content, and facing unfair competition from city-bred privileged learners, many of… [PDF]
(2019). Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Mentoring Program for Indigenous Trainees in Australia Using Propensity Score Analysis. Education Economics, v27 n3 p308-322. Traineeships have been shown to be successful in generating improved labour market outcomes and are often recommended as a policy option for disadvantaged youth. Regretfully data indicate that one such target group, Indigenous Australians, continues to have lower traineeship completion rates than the non-Indigenous. To address this issue, a program of mentoring for Indigenous students has been implemented in Australia. This paper provides the first quantitative evaluation of this mentoring program by using propensity score matching techniques. Post-matching analysis indicates the program increased the completion rate of Indigenous trainees by approximately 10%…. [Direct]
(2019). Reshaping Canadian History Education in Support of Reconciliation. Canadian Journal of Education, v42 n1 p251-284 Spr. Scholars disagree about the implications of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action for history educators and curriculum developers. Some scholars contend that responding to these Calls to Action requires rejecting the discipline of history and historical thinking approaches currently being implemented in history and social studies curricula in several Canadian jurisdictions because they are derived from an ethnocentric Western epistemology. In this article, we propose three significant and important changes to Canadian history education in support of reconciliation, some of which are already underway, albeit imperfectly, and each of which can be implemented without radical epistemological restructuring…. [PDF]
(2019). The Challenges of Geographical Inclusive Education in Rural Bangladesh. International Journal of Inclusive Education, v23 n1 p7-22. This paper considers the challenges of promoting inclusive education in geographically isolated rural communities in Bangladesh. Inclusion is explored from both government and non-government (NGO) providers, and identifies challenges and opportunities for implementing inclusive practices. Challenges for implementing inclusion are linked to poverty, gender inequality, ethnicity, remoteness, language barriers, issues for children with disabilities, and the negative impact of climate (e.g. monsoonal flooding, landslides, and other natural calamities that beset Bangladesh on a regular basis) as well as the current humanitarian crisis with the Rohingya children now in Bangladesh. While there is sometimes a mismatch between government policy and the literature on inclusion in relation to practical implementation at the local level, opportunities for inclusion come with the dedication and passion of educators who provide teacher training about inclusive education, assistive technologies… [Direct]
(2016). From Cultural Deprivation to Individual Deficits: A Genealogy of Deficiency in Inuit Adult Education. Canadian Journal of Education, v39 n4. Adult education programs are often grounded in problematic assumptions about learners' inadequacies. The purpose of this article is to critique such assumptions through presenting a history of the manner in which representatives of Canadian governments conceptualized the education of Inuit adults from the 1940s through the 1980s. Using genealogical methods and archival data, I find three stages in the evolution of official discourses about Inuit adult education: exclusion, cultural deprivation, and individualization. This article contributes to the history of Inuit education, and to the critique of deficiency discourses as more broadly deployed in the education of adults from marginalized backgrounds…. [PDF] [Direct]