Forest for the Trees

These paintings show life’s swarming energy coalescing into form. They are propositions to make space for connection

The Potential of Catholic Schools: Public Virtues through Private Voucher

Recent US Supreme Court cases signal a likely increase in calls for K-12 school choice programs that include the option of enrolling in religious schools. In turn, criticism of religious school-inclusive school choice programming is likely to shift to policy and values-based critiques. This article addresses two allegations of Catholic primary and secondary school deficiencies in achieving objectives important to a pluralist society, allegations that would invalidate indirect state support of Catholic schools. By analyzing the aesthetics of Hans Georg Gadamer and Aristotelian moral theory in light of American Catholic schools’ potential, this paper rejects claims that Catholic education is unlikely to meet core needs of a contemporary pluralist society

Human Rights and the Search for Common Ground: A Comparative Study of Islamic and Christian Thought

A review of: Common Ground: Islam, Christianity, and Religious Pluralism. By Paul Heck. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press. 2009

Using free teaching resources from HHMI BioInteractive to map out the richness of the scientific process

In this workshop, you will experience as a learner the free online interactive tool How Science Works. You will use it to investigate the richness of the scientific process (including, but not limited to, the scientific method). After that, you will consider with peers other ways in which you might use the tool, including ways to guide learners in designing their own scientific inquiry. This is suitable for educators at all levels and in all scientific disciplines. How Science Works is part of a suite of roughly 600 free, online tools available to educators from HHMI BioInteractive. Bring your internet-enabled device to access the tool during the workshop

Too Little Stem Workforce In The United States: Framing The Discourse In A Global Setting

Policymakers and industry leaders are claiming that the U.S. has an insufficient number of STEM graduates. As the rhetoric of a shortage of skilled scholars and employees in STEM-related fields expands, there is a plethora of publications that refers to a phenomenon dating back to the 1950s. Nonetheless, this new paradigm presents a critical challenge to policies and programs that surround STEM education in countries around the world. While STEM, including the underlying human capital component is a major factor of economic growth in the United States, it is also in Australia and Germany. The policy analysis study is presented as a systematic investigation, critically examining how the contemporary discussion around STEM and skills shortages is articulated within an analytical framework that tends to differ. The policy analysis has proven useful to identify how the rhetoric reflects the real situation and how solutions are sought out relative to the national and international contexts

Assessments that foster belonging in the science classroom

In this presentation, we explore the findings of a scoping review on alternative ways of assessing students in the science classroom. Assessment plays a crucial role in teaching and learning, especially in promoting students\u27 sense of belonging. Well-designed assessments can support students\u27 sense of belonging by valuing their lived experiences, offering choice and flexibility, and promoting meaningful interactions and compassionate practices. The question arises: what does an assessment that nurtures belonging look like in practice? In this presentation, we showcase different types of assessments used by science educators and identified in our literature review, that can foster belonging among students. These assessments include personal learning network (a learning network usually built through social media), project-based assessment, authentic assessments (assessment that focus on future relevance and the ways students will apply the knowledge learned in the future), and many more. This presentation is relevant not only to science educators looking to enhance belonging through their assessments but also to educational developers working with science educators

It Takes More than Public Speaking: A Leadership Analysis of The King’s Speech

In a time of global anxiety, a recent internationally acclaimed film aptly shows the development of a leader who never intended to lead. This leadership analysis of The King\u27s Speech critically explores transformation shaped by the pressures of war, modernity, and a public figure\u27s speech impediment in the advent of radio broadcasting. Supportive leadership and followership are examined, as the Duchess of York serves as an exemplar of both. The central catalyst of transformative leadership comes from Lionel Logue, who exercises his role with emotional intelligence and key strategies that are invaluable to the eventual King finding his voice. The servant leadership role is discussed, as it resonates strongly with an ongoing need for transformative and shrewd servant leaders in an increasingly fragmented and information-based global economy

Collaborating across workflows: Managing creative assets from legacy works

From the perspective of two distinct workflows, this presentation will illustrate how library departments, Digital Collections and Conservation collaborate on the production of digital assets. In essence, both digitization and analog preservation workflows aim to guarantee that collections are easily retrieved and usable. This case study will illustrate two examples. The first one is more linear yet regional; it aims to create digital assets to engage the community by means of crowdsourced transcription. The second one is hands-on, as it addresses the long-term research value of the physical material for use in classrooms by Special Collections. While these workflows may exist within the constraints of restricted resources, collaboration is key to creating successful outcomes. In small departments collaboration helps units to advocate for each other through shared knowledge and promotion of services. In this way legacy projects are managed more efficiently, through sustainable solutions, where digital assets then become the primary points of access for the public. For example, the Historical Costumes book by Charles Bianchini is extremely fragile to handle and its binding has greatly deteriorated over time. Making the decision that this legacy piece can be digitally transformed is to offer a secondary pathway to preservation and alternative mode of access ensuring that the passage of time does not lessen the educational asset it represents and the value it offers. The management of creative assets produced from legacy materials, including accessioning those assets within a digital preservation schema are important steps to ensuring the sharing of knowledge

Experience of pension providing in the developed countries of the world

У статті розглянуто особливості пенсійного забезпечення у розвинутих країнах світу та можливості використання зарубіжного досвіду у розбудові вітчизняної пенсійної системи.In the article the features of the pension providing are considered in the developed countries of the world and possibility of the use of foreign experience in reformation of the pension system of Ukraine