12 research outputs found
Forgotten Feminine Foundations: Content Analysis of Secondary World History Textbooks\u27 Inclusion of Female Agency in the Rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
This study investigated womenâs agency in the emergence accounts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in nine twenty-first century United Statesâ world history textbooks through a feminist lens. The collected data were analyzed via critical discourse analysis and content analysis to determine if traditional patterns of female marginalization in content and imagery existed. The quantitative and qualitative findings in both text and imagery indicated that all textbooks in this sample supported a traditional content structure on both an individual and collective whole basis. This study then concluded that these gender-imbalanced accounts of world religions may serve as an avenue in which distorted and/or incorrect information may be communicated to students regarding the interconnectedness of culture and religion, potentially misshaping studentsâ knowledge cultivation processes. Additionally, traditional content formatting may also reinforce existing negative stereotypes concerning women in religion and women overall. To rectify these transgressions, this study offers educators and textbook publishers succinct, provocative information on seven prominent religious women within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam whose contributions assisted in the rise of their religions
Shedding Gender Stigmas: Work-life Balance Equity in the 21st Century
The gender stigma of work-life balance (WLB) policies as concessions for mothers and female caregivers originated with the push by the Womenâs Movement for gender workplace equity in the late 20th century. Unfortunately, this perception continues in the 21st century and retains the additional stigma of employee participation in these policiesââregardless of genderââas a detrimental career move. Thus, home and work responsibilities for professionals of all genders who desire more occupational flexibility remain unreconciled. Despite this dominant national and international outlook, this article encourages new century organizations and profes- sionals to reject the traditional perception of occupational inequity through gender- colored glasses and instead contemplate the benefits of WLB policies void of gender stigmas. Specifically, organizations could re-create workplace culture with stigma- free WLB policies through administrative leadersâ embracement of and participation in such policies, which may pave the way for establishing occupational equity. Through workplace culture re-creation, organizations may then offer employeesââregardless of gender, marital status, or company positionââflexible work options to assist them in leading happy, healthy, and more productive lives.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/1001/thumbnail.jp
Map It! Creating Meaningful Learning Experiences in Social Studies with IHMC CmapTools
As a free software tool, IHMC CmapTools redefines the concept mapping learning strategy with an infusion of technology to provide students with meaningful and non-rote learning experiences. The following review discusses what IHMC
CmapTools is, the literature-supported academic benefits of student-employed concept mapping, and how my secondary social studies colleague and I introduced this software to his students to create meaningful learning opportunities with social studies content. After working with IHMC CmapTools for over four years in both social studies and non-social studies classes, I would strongly encourage social studies educators in grades 5-12 to consider implementing this tool in their instruction as a means of enriching both their studentsâ engagement with social studies material and their studentsâ understanding of their own metacognitive processes.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/1002/thumbnail.jp
On the (Male) Fringes: How Early Religious Women remain âSubordinateâ in World History Textbooks
Second Wave feminist researchers identified male-dominated curriculum formats in late twentieth century curriculum materials. This study builds off their work and advances the conversation of womenâs inclusion by current United States secondary world history textbook content via a feminist lens to determine the extent of womenâs agency in the accounts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The purpose was to determine if textbooks portrayed these patriarchal religions as exclusively male, thereby presenting inaccurate portrayals of the religions and the agents involved, which directly violates NCSS Standards. This study used critical discourse analysis to identify patterns of female marginalization and omission, indicating that modern textbooks still use male-dominated content. This article concludes with pertinent information about early female religious leaders to promote more gender-balanced religious agency discussions in the classroom.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/1011/thumbnail.jp
âPushing Past the Marginsâ with Micro-content Analysis: A Tool to Identify Gender-bias in Textbooks
We present Micro-content Analysis (MCA) as a tool for social studies educators to quickly review their current textbook and determine if it contains gender-biased content. Our MCA Guide and Toolkit retain traditional content analysis components in a compact manner to ensure that MCA is a time-efficient process for educators. We demonstrate how we implemented the Guide and Toolkit on a secondary world history textbook currently utilized in a Midwest high school. Our MCA Toolkit includes resources for locating information on female historical agents so educators can present gender-inclusive content to their students and rectify any gender-biased messages presented in textbooks.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/1034/thumbnail.jp
Whose Story is it, Now? Re-examining Womenâs Visibility in 21st Century Secondary World History Textbooks
In 2005 Clark, Ayton, Frechette, and Keller (2005) conducted a content analysis study on secondary world history textbooks to determine whether womenâs inclusion had increased or decreased between 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s. They reported womenâs severe marginalization in the texts even though the percentages of womenâs inclusion had increased over the course of the decades. We conducted a replication study of the content analysis performed by Clark et al. from a feminist research lens and analyzed 2000 and 2010 editions of the same textbooks to determine if female inclusion had increased. Our findings revealed that very little to no progress has been made towards the equitable inclusion of women. We conclude by urging social studies educators to advocate for gender-based content reforms in state and national social studies exams as an avenue for obtaining gender-balanced textbooks.https://digitalcommons.snc.edu/faculty_staff_works/1012/thumbnail.jp
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Venetoclax in combination with chemotherapy as treatment for pediatric advanced hematologic malignancies.
BACKGROUND: Venetoclax is frequently used as salvage treatment in pediatric, adolescent, and young adult (AYA) patients with advanced hematologic malignancies. However, more data are needed from real-world studies to guide the safe and appropriate use of venetoclax in this population. PROCEDURE: We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of all patients diagnosed with hematologic malignancies less than 30 years of age treated with venetoclax outside of clinical trials at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Childrens Hospitals from 2016 to 2022. RESULTS: We identified 13 patients (acute myeloid leukemia, n = 8; B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia, n = 3; myelodysplastic syndrome, n = 2) aged 4 months to 27 years. A median of 3 prior lines of therapy weregiven (range 0-5). All patients received venetoclax in combination with either a hypomethylating agent or conventional chemotherapy. Three (23%) patients achieved complete remission (CR); two (15%) achieved partial remission (PR); 3 (23%) had stable disease (SD), and five (42%) had progressive disease. Median survival and time to progression from venetoclax initiation was 9 months (range 2.5-52 months) and 3 months (range 2 weeks to 7.5 months), respectively. Six patients (46%) developed grade 3 or higher infections while receiving venetoclax, including bacteremia due to atypical organisms, invasive pulmonary infections with Aspergillus, cytomegalovirus (CMV) viremia, skin infections, and encephalitis with bacterial brain abscesses. CONCLUSIONS: Venetoclax in combination with hypomethylating agents or cytotoxic chemotherapy was effective in a subset of pediatric/AYA patients with advanced hematologic malignancies, but multiple severe infections were observed, particularly among patients who received venetoclax in combination with chemotherapy. Prospective studies will be required to determine the optimal dose and duration of venetoclax in this population
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Pre-and post-HSCT use of TKI therapy for fusion-driven B-ALL: A case series of five pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients.
BACKGROUND: The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has significantly improved survival rates among patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+) B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). Ph-like B-ALL patients lack the BCR::ABL1 translocation but share gene expression profiles with Ph+âB-ALL. The role of TKIs for Ph-like patients pre- and post-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is not yet clear. CASE: Here we present five cases of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients who presented with Ph-like B-ALL or CML in B-ALL blast phase who were treated with personalized TKI regimens pre- and post-HSCT. CONCLUSION: This report describes several novel Ph-like fusions as well as combinations of TKIs with chemotherapy or immunotherapy not yet reported in the pediatric population. This case series provides real-world experience highlighting the potential application of pre- and post-HSCT use of TKIs in a subset of patients with targetable fusions
Preâand postâHSCT use of TKI therapy for fusionâdriven BâALL: A case series of five pediatric, adolescent and young adult patients
Abstract Background The development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) has significantly improved survival rates among patients with Philadelphia chromosome (Ph+) B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BâALL). Phâlike BâALL patients lack the BCR::ABL1 translocation but share gene expression profiles with Ph+âBâALL. The role of TKIs for Phâlike patients preâ and postâhematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is not yet clear. Case Here we present five cases of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients who presented with Phâlike BâALL or CML in BâALL blast phase who were treated with personalized TKI regimens preâ and postâHSCT. Conclusion This report describes several novel Phâlike fusions as well as combinations of TKIs with chemotherapy or immunotherapy not yet reported in the pediatric population. This case series provides realâworld experience highlighting the potential application of preâ and postâHSCT use of TKIs in a subset of patients with targetable fusions