Dangerous discourses and uncomfortable silences

In this paper, two teacher educators, a Latino man and an Asian American woman, reflect on their experiences in their graduate teacher-education classes after a controversial book talk and lecture about racism in higher education took place at one of the most diverse institutions of higher learning in the United States. Using critical race and dialogic frameworks, they analyze issues of race, power, and White privilege in academia and probe the reasons why, despite efforts to incorporate multicultural training in teacher education programs, discussing race can be an uncomfortable, threatening, and even cathartic experience to participants

Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disproportionality

Racial/ethnic disproportionality in the child welfare system is a complicated social problem that is receiving increasing amounts of attention from researchers and practitioners. This review of the literature examines disproportionality in the front-end of the child welfare system and interventions that may address it. While none of the interventions had evidence suggesting that they reduced disproportionality in child welfare front-end processes, some of the interventions may improve child welfare case processes related to disproportionality and outcomes for families of color

La estructura socio-económica del comercio ambulatorio: algunas hipótesis de trabajo

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Las Prácticas Basadas en la Evidencia en un programa Learning Support desarrolladas por docentes para la comprensión matemática de estudiantes con TDAH en el 7º grado de un colegio privado en Lima Metropolitana

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar las características de las Prácticas Basadas en la Evidencia (PBE) utilizadas por los docentes del programa Learning Support (SST) para fomentar la comprensión matemática en estudiantes con TDAH de 7mo grado de un colegio privado de Lima. Los estudiantes con TDAH son aquellos que enfrentan desafíos en el aula relacionados con sus problemas cognitivos con respecto a la falta de autorregulación y autogestión, interfiriendo con áreas relacionadas con la planificación y organización, la atención sostenida, la memoria de trabajo y la velocidad de procesamiento de la información. Además, cuentan con dificultades de inatención, impulsividad e hiperactividad haciendo que su éxito académico y matemático sea un desafío. Por lo tanto, la intención de esta tesis es analizar cuatro prácticas pedagógicas basadas en evidencia, denominadas: 1) Instrucción explícita con prácticas cumulativas; 2) Representaciones visuales; 3) Instrucción basada en esquemas; y, 4) Metacognición con el propósito de describir cómo los docentes SST aplican las distintas PBE en las aulas. Esta investigación cualitativa desarrollada bajo una modalidad descriptiva utiliza la técnica de las entrevistas semiestructuradas hacia los SST del programa Learning Support, con el objetivo de describir las características de los estudiantes con TDAH, y los criterios de aplicar las diferentes PBE en aula para incentivar un aprendizaje exitoso de las matemáticas. Finalmente, se concluye que el TDAH es un imperfecto del desarrollo de las funciones ejecutivas que interfieren con la capacidad de autorregularse e inhibir comportamientos relacionados con la atención y la organización sostenidas. Por lo tanto, para usar una estrategia matemática de manera eficiente, los docentes deben modelar explícitamente el problema, brindar instrucción estructurada, monitorear su trabajo y ofrecer retroalimentación inmediata para que los estudiantes puedan comprender y completar con éxito sus actividades.The present research aims to analyze the characteristics of Evidence- Based Practices (EBP) used by Student Support Teachers (SST) to encourage mathematical understanding in students with ADHD in 7th grade from a private school in Lima. ADHD students are those who face challenges in the classroom related to their cognitive issues regarding a lack of self-regulation and self-management, interfering with areas related to planning and organization, sustained attention, working memory and speed of processing information. In addition, these students will also have difficulties related to inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity making their academics and mathematical success a challenge. Therefore, the intention of this thesis is to analyze four pedagogical Evidence- Based practices: 1) Explicit instruction with cumulative practices. 2) Visual representations. 3) Schema based practices. And 4) Metacognition with the purpose of describing how the SST apply these EBP in their classrooms. This qualitative investigation, developed under a descriptive modality, uses the technique of semi structured interviews towards the SST from the Learning Support program with the goal of describing the characteristics of ADHD students, and the criteria of applying the different EBP strategies in a classroom to encourage successful math learning. After this research, we can conclude that ADHD is a developmental impairment of the brain’s executive functions that interfere with the capacity to self-regulate and inhibit behaviors related to sustained attention and organization. Therefore, to efficiently use a strategy, teachers must model the problem explicitly, provide structured instruction, monitor their work, and provide immediate feedback for successful task completion

Faces do not capture special attention in children with autism spectrum disorder: a change blindness study

Two experiments investigated attention of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to faces and objects. In both experiments, children (7- to 15-year-olds) detected the difference between 2 visual scenes. Results in Experiment 1 revealed that typically developing children (n = 16) detected the change in faces faster than in objects, whereas children with ASD (n = 16) were equally fast in detecting changes in faces and objects. These results were replicated in Experiment 2 (n = 16 in children with ASD and 22 in typically developing children), which does not require face recognition skill. Results suggest that children with ASD lack an attentional bias toward others' faces, which could contribute to their atypical social orienting