11 research outputs found
Are You Ready for a Crisis? Communication and Continuity in the Aftermath
Institutions of higher education face numerous crises from natural disasters to mass shootings to sexual abuse scandals. Our interactive workshop will engage participants in planning, negotiating, and recovering from a variety of institutional crises. Participants will develop concrete plans for crisis preparation and recovery, including retrospective sensemaking
Good Teaching Starts Here: Applied Learning at the Graduate Teaching Assistant Institute
Increasingly, graduate teaching assistants serve as the primary instructors in undergraduate courses, yet research has shown that training and development for these teaching assistants is often lacking in programs throughout the United States and Canada. Providing mentoring and skill development opportunities for graduate teaching assistants is vital, as many will become the next generation of faculty. This paper discusses the literature on effective training programs, which underscores the importance of consistent feedback from mentors, intrinsic motivation, and practical applications. Afterwards, we examine an existing training program at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Specifically, we focus on an institute for teaching assistants that helps graduate students understand applied learning as an effective pedagogical modality and helps them implement applied learning lesson plans tailored to their disciplines. Suggestions for strengthening training programs are discussed.
Il est de plus en plus courant que des assistants Ă lâenseignement soient chargĂ©s de donner des cours de premier cycle universitaire. Cependant, des Ă©tudes ont dĂ©montrĂ© le manque de formation et de progrĂšs de ces assistants Ă lâenseignement, aux Ătats-Unis comme au Canada. Il est donc indispensable dâoffrir des occasions de mentorat et de perfectionnement Ă ces assistants, puisquâun grand nombre dâentre eux deviendront la prochaine cohorte de professeurs. Cet article traite des recherches effectuĂ©es sur les programmes de formation efficaces, ce qui souligne lâimportance des commentaires des mentors, de la motivation et de la mise en pratique. Ensuite, nous Ă©tudions lâĂ©volution dâun programme de formation Ă lâUniversitĂ© de Wilmington de la Caroline du Nord. Notre Ă©tude se concentre sur un institut pour les assistants Ă lâenseignement, qui leur montre que lâapprentissage appliquĂ© est un outil pĂ©dagogique efficace. Par la suite, cet institut les aide Ă mettre en Ćuvre un plan de leçon dâapprentissage adaptĂ© Ă leur discipline. Lâarticle sâachĂšve par des suggestions dâamĂ©lioration des programmes de formation.
 
Marxism, racism and the construction of âraceâ as a social and political relation: an interview with Professor Robert Miles
Robert Miles has made a significant contribution to the field of racism and ethnic studies. In his early work, Miles drew upon structuralist Marxist theorizations of capitalism to offer a historically informed analysis of racism and migrant labour (Miles 1982). This perspective placed political economy at the centre of the study of racism. In addition, Miles' critical discussions with other influential contemporaries such as Paul Gilroy and Stuart Hall (Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) 1982) raised crucial issues concerning the construction of âraceâ as a social and political relation in Britain (Back and Solomos 2000). However, Miles became most renowned for his critique of the ârace relationsâ paradigm and his insistence that sociologists employ the concept of âracializationâ rather than âraceâ (Miles 1982, 1989, 1993). Overall, Miles' work was rich both in its theoretical clarity and historical depth, and his contributions warrant critical analysis today. The following interview was conducted in December 2009
Testing the test: an examination of the Freshman English Equivalency Exam
Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to [email protected], referencing the URI of the item.Includes bibliographical references.This study evaluates the validity, reliability, fairness, and effects of the Freshman English Equivalency Exam at Texas A&M University after one year of use. Consistency of scores across test administrations, raters, and social groups is examined, as is the difference in apprehension levels among those who have failed to receive credit through the exam. The administration of scoring is examined through comparison of the Texas A&M system and those recommended by composition experts. The study finds the test sufficiently valid and reliable, but suggests improvements in fairness toward minorities and finds the results of the apprehension research inconclusive
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An estimated two billion people worldwide currently suffer from micronutrient malnutrition, and almost one billion are calorie deficient. Providing adequate nutrition is a growing global challenge. Seafood is one of the most important sources of both protein and micronutrients for many, yet production from wild capture fisheries has stagnated. In contrast, aquaculture is the worldâs fastest-growing food production sector and now supplies over half of all seafood consumed globally. Mariculture, or the farming of brackish and marine species, accounts for roughly one-third of all aquaculture production and has received increasing attention as a potential supplement for wild-caught marine fisheries. By analyzing global patterns in seafood reliance, malnutrition levels, and economic opportunity, this study identifies where mariculture has the greatest potential to improve human nutrition. We calculate a mariculture opportunity index for 117 coastal nations by drawing on a diverse set of seafood production, trade, consumption, and nutrition data. Seventeen primary variables are combined into country-level scores for reliance on seafood, opportunity for nutritional improvement, and opportunity for economic development of mariculture. The final mariculture opportunity score identifies countries with high seafood reliance combined with high nutritional and economic opportunity scores. We find that island nations in Southeast Asia and the Caribbean are consistently identified as countries with high mariculture opportunity. In other regions, nutritional and economic opportunity scores are not significantly correlated, and we discuss the implications of this finding for crafting appropriate development policy. Finally, we identify key challenges to ameliorating malnutrition through mariculture development, including insufficient policy infrastructure, government instability, and ensuring local consumption of farmed fish. Our analysis is an important step towards prioritizing nations where the economic and nutritional benefits of expanding mariculture may be jointly captured
Backlash Menâs Movements Part 1: (Real) Fathers 4 Justice, bourgeois rational and new man/new father masculinities
Chapters 5 and 6 critically examine backlash men's movements, especially fathersâ rights groups and the politics of fatherhood. Both chapters are based on in-depth, qualitative analysis of interviews with members of (Real) Fathers 4 Justice. Chapter 5 explores two of three masculinities identified: âbourgeois-rationalâ, and ânew man/new fatherâ masculinity. These map on to specific constructions of fatherhood: âthe good enough fatherâ, and the ânurturing fatherâ respectively, which are also explored. âProgressiveâ notions of crisis were associated with new man/new father masculinity, which advances a vision of kinder masculinity (without fundamentally unsettling gender binaries). Finally, the presence of feminist and postfeminist understandings of gender/fatherhood in fathersâ rights perspective is considered. The analysis demonstrates that menâs movements frequently shift discursive strategies and express ambivalence about feminism