Acoustical Barriers to Learning

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 356-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy B. Nelson ◽  
Sig Soli
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
Educational Impact ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Classroom Acoustics ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Auditory Disorders

There are surprisingly large numbers of children with various auditory disorders in the schools. Their classrooms are often noisy, reverberant, and active places of learning. For these children, their auditory problems plus the poor classroom acoustics cause significant learning problems. Poor listening conditions can affect all children, but they affect those with auditory disorders more. Improving classroom acoustics can significantly reduce the negative educational impact of auditory disorders. This article reviews relevant literature on acoustical barriers to successful learning and provides guidance for school personnel making decisions regarding classroom facilities.

A ‘Galilean’ science of language

2014 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 671-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTINA BEHME
Keyword(s):  
Language Evolution ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Child Psychology ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Basic Understanding ◽  
Sixth Decade

The Science of Language, published in the sixth decade of Noam Chomsky's linguistic career, defends views that are visibly out of touch with recent research in formal linguistics, developmental child psychology, computational modeling of language acquisition, and language evolution. I argue that the poor quality of this volume is representative of the serious shortcomings of Chomsky's recent scholarship, especially of his criticism of and contribution to debates about language evolution. Chomsky creates the impression that he is quoting titbits of a massive body of scientific work he has conducted or is intimately familiar with. Yet his speculations reveal a lack of even basic understanding of biology, and an unwillingness to engage seriously with the relevant literature. At the same time, he ridicules the work of virtually all other theorists, without spelling out the views he disagrees with. A critical analysis of the ‘Galilean method’ demonstrates that Chomsky uses appeal to authority to insulate his own proposals against falsification by empirical counter-evidence. This form of discourse bears no serious relation to the way science proceeds.

The Jihadogenic Urban Structure

2021 ◽  
pp. 291-332
Author(s):  
Farhad Khosrokhavar
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Local History ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Urban Structure ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Dominant Structure

A jihadogenic urban structure is an urban setting that has been the stage for the departure of high numbers of jihadi agents to Syria in comparison with other districts. The dominant structure is a deprived poor district and in a minority of cases a specific poor or middle-class neighborhood. Chapter 6 explores the locations from which large numbers of jihadists have made the trip to Syria and the conditions that characterize these areas. In Europe, the geographic location of jihadism has been overwhelmingly urban, with two major exceptions. The first is the Islamist community of Artigat in France. The second is the Balkans and rural Bosnia. Regarding those urban dwellings where jihadism prospered, we can study local history, youth networks, and charismatic leaders who played a key role in the radicalization of the settlers. The intrinsic peculiarity of the urban setting seems not to exist in middle-class districts, in contrast to the poor ethnic districts where structural factors led to the radicalization of disaffected youth.

The social and educational effects of student mobility: implications for teachers and guidance officers

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry A. Fields
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Western World ◽  
Educational Impact ◽  
Demographic Feature ◽  
Mobile Populations ◽  
The Social

Australia has one of the most highly mobile populations in the Western World and yet there is very little awareness or appreciation of the social and educational impact of the phenomenon in this country. School personnel are particularly culpable in this regard, maintaining an image of schooling as a system focussed on relatively stable class groups. The available data, however, paint a very different picture, and one which compels not only the attention of educators but a variety of individuals from the helping professions and welfare agencies.This article explores the nature of student mobility and its effects on children. Particular attention is given to support programs for mobile children with the focus on policy development, remedial instruction, and counselling.The dynamic nature of Australia's population is a significant demographic feature of Australian life and yet it is not widely recognized or appreciated by the community at large or by the country's policy makers. As with other highly mobile populations in developed countries around the world, there exists an illusion of stability in both the work-place and in domestic life (Settles, 1993).

Child, School, Family: An Interactional View

1979 ◽  
Vol 161 (2) ◽  
pp. 71-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernice Z. Tucker ◽  
Arthur J. Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
School Psychologists ◽  
Child Behavior ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Learning Problems ◽  
School Practices ◽  
The Family ◽  
Symptomatic Child ◽  
School Learning ◽  
Family Based

This paper provides a rationale for viewing symptomatic child behavior in terms of a family systems perspective. In their clinical and consultation work, the authors have found that the family context provides the most constructive avenue for modifying problematic child behavior. The child brings to the school the repertoire of behaviors learned in the family, and the classroom becomes an avenue for the expression of these behaviors. School staff have the unique opportunity to take a leadership role with the families of children. The school can create a nonblaming environment where dialogue and mutual planning can take place between families and school personnel. In this way, the child is unburdened as the conveyor of information and values between the two systems. Changes in traditional school practices can be achieved: school psychologists can take on new roles, while principals and staff can learn new techniques and skills for relating to each other and for approaching family-based school learning problems.

scholarly journals The Rural RISE (Rural Initiatives Supporting Excellence)

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-39
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Ohlson ◽  
Shane C. Shope ◽  
Jerry D. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
School Personnel ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Local Stakeholders ◽  
High School To College ◽  
K 12

Faculty from two universities in Florida and Ohio designed, developed and implemented programs to work with youth from their respective service regions to support college and career readiness initiatives. Both programs were directed by university faculty and utilized university resources to support K-12 students’ career development skills. In this paper, we examine the programs’ design, implementation, and results, including feedback from students, school personnel and local stakeholders. Attentive to results and the relevant literature, we hope to ignite a long-term discussion on how universities can create effective outreach programs that help support transitions from high school to college or directly into a career. 

scholarly journals Management of Potential Data on Websites for Communicating Research in Education Issue

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3119-3122
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Wide Spectrum ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Current State ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
State Of Research ◽  
Selection Of

This research is concentrated in the increasing of education issue studies using the management of potential data on Websites for Communicating Research in the field of Education. This research relates with several web sites, i.e: https://puspendik.kemdikbud.go.id/hasil-un/, and https://dapo.dikdasmen.kemdikbud.go.id/sekolah/ Furthermore, this research is also purposed in order to elucidate the potentials and challenges of internet data for education to demonstrate a selection of relevant literature so that a wide spectrum of topics can be reached. A part of this data represents a large and increasing part of everyday life which sometimes could not be measured. The data used are a timely data which are potentially following a factual process, moreover they typically involve large numbers of observations, and they allow for flexible conceptual forms and experimental settings. In this paper, the data that are gained will be managed such that some academic articles are produced. Some data at the Internet had successfully been applied to a very wide range of detecting education issues (e.g. spatial analysis for relation a number of male and female students and score of mathematics and foreign languages test), we review the current literature attempts to incorporate the Internet data into the mainstream of scholarly empirical research in our research and guide the reader through this Special Issue. We provide some insights and a brief overview of the current state of research.

scholarly journals PERLINDUNGAN SOSIAL BAGI ANAK-ANAK FAKIR MISKIN - Strategi Memutus Mata Rantai Kemiskinan

Sosio Informa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suradi Suradi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Social Investment ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Large Numbers

Development of social welfare implemented to help every one who have experienced social dysfunction, including children who have abandoned to the poor households. In the year 2009, children stranded in Indonesia is still quite large numbers, its estimated 17.6 million people or 22.90 percent of the population of children. The condition has been associated with menerable because of declining quality of the young generation and the threat to the sustainability of devel- opment in the future. Therefore, the necessary handling really in the form of social protection programs for children are poor and needy. Design Vocational social protection for children re- ferred to the poor integrated with poverty reduction programs.Keyword : children of poverty, social protection, social investment,sustainable development.

Factors contributing to patient safety culture: the staff perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Ahmed Yahya Ayoub ◽  
Nezar Ahmed Salim ◽  
Belal Mohammad Hdaib ◽  
Nidal F Eshah
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Medical Errors ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Patient Safety Culture ◽  
Open Communication ◽  
Staffing Levels ◽  
Large Numbers

Background/Aims Unsafe medical practices lead to large numbers of injuries, disabilities and deaths each year worldwide. An understanding of safety culture in healthcare organisations is vital to improve practice and prevent adverse events from medical errors. This integrated literature review aimed to evaluate healthcare staff's perceptions of factors contributing to patient safety culture in their organisations. Methods A comprehensive in-depth review was conducted of studies associated with patient safety culture. Multiple electronic databases, such as PubMed, Wolters Kluwer Health, Karger, SAGE journal and Biomedical Central, were searched for relevant literature published between 2015 and 2020. The keywords ‘patient safety culture’, ‘patient safety’, ‘healthcare providers’, ‘adverse event’, ‘attitude’ and ‘perception’ were searched for. Results Overall, 18 articles met the inclusion criteria. Across all studies, staff highlighted several factors that need improvement to facilitate an effective patient safety culture, with most dimensions of patient safety culture lacking. In particular, staffing levels, open communication, feedback following an error and reporting of adverse events were perceived as lacking across the studies. Conclusion Many issues regarding patient safety culture were present across geographical locations and staff roles. It is crucial that healthcare managers and policymakers work towards an environment that focuses on organisational learning, rather than punishment, in regards to medical errors and adverse incidents. Teamwork between units, particularly during handovers, also requires improvement.

Auditory Hallucinations: An Audiological Horizon?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank E. Musiek ◽  
Sarah Morris ◽  
Kayla Ichiba ◽  
Liza Clark ◽  
Alyssa J. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Auditory Cortex ◽  
Clinical Investigation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Auditory Hallucinations ◽  
Clinical Population ◽  
Subcortical Structures ◽  
Auditory Nervous System ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Central Auditory Nervous System ◽  
Auditory Disorders

Abstract Background Interesting data and theories have emerged regarding auditory hallucinations (AHs) in patients with schizophrenia. The possibility that these patients may have changes in the anatomy of the auditory cortex and/or subcortical structures of the central auditory nervous system and present with deficits on audiological tests is important information to the audiology community. However, it seems clear that, in general, audiologists are not sufficiently aware of these findings. Purpose There are two main purposes of this article: (1) to educate audiologists about AHs related to schizophrenia and related issues, and (2) to encourage audiologists and hearing scientists to become involved in the evaluation and research of AHs. This fascinating disorder is one in which audiologists/hearing scientists are well suited to make a significant contribution. Research Design A review and synthesis of the literature was conducted. Relevant literature was identified through PubMed, Google Scholar, as well as independent book chapters and article searches. Keywords driving the searches were AHs, auditory illusions, verbal and musical hallucinations, schizophrenia, and central auditory disorders. Given the currency of the topic, the information collected was primarily between 1990 and 2020. Study Sample The review is organized around categorization, prevalence, models, mechanisms, anatomy, pathophysiology, and audiological correlates related to AHs. Data Collection and Analysis Searches were conducted using well-known search engines and manual searches by each author. This information on AHs was then analyzed collectively by the authors for useful background and relevance, as well as important for the field of audiology. Results Several anatomical, physiological, and functional imaging studies have shown compromise of the auditory cortex in those with schizophrenia and AHs. Potentially related to this, are studies that demonstrated sub-par performance on behavioral audiologic measures for this unique clinical population. These findings align well with the kind of hearing disorder for which audiologists are well-trained to make significant contributions. Conclusion Neurobiological and audiological evidence is accumulating on patients with schizophrenia and AH potentially rendering it as both an auditory and psychiatric disorder. Audiologists should consider expanding their horizon and playing a role in the clinical investigation of this disorder.

Health and Child Labor in Agriculture

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2_suppl2) ◽  
pp. S364-S371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Workplace Hazards ◽  
The Past ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Age Appropriate

Background Seventy percent of child laborers—more than 150 million girls and boys under 18—are agricultural workers. They are harshly exploited, toiling in poor to appalling conditions, performing dangerous jobs with little or no pay, and are deprived of an education. Because children's bodies and minds are still growing and developing, exposure to workplace hazards and risks can be more devastating and long-lasting for them. The line between what is acceptable work and what is not is easily crossed. However, not all work that children undertake in agriculture is bad for them. Age-appropriate, lower-risk tasks that do not interfere with schooling and leisure time are not at issue here. Objectives The goal of this paper is to examine the links between health and child labor in agriculture. It aims to explain why the International Labour Organization's goal of eliminating all of the worst forms of child labor by 2016 will only be possible if more work is done in agriculture. Methods Review of the relevant literature and data on the hazards of child labor and the reasons why agricultural child labor is particularly difficult to tackle. Results Children who work in agriculture are exposed to a large number of health hazards, and yet the problem is particularly difficult to tackle because of the large numbers involved, the young age at which children start to work, the hazardous nature of the work, lack of regulation, invisibility of child laborers, denial of education, the effects of poverty, and ingrained attitudes and perceptions about the roles of children in rural areas. Conclusions Policies for preventing and reducing agricultural child labor should mainstream and integrate child labor issues at the national and international levels with increasing emphasis on poverty alleviation and expanding and improving institutional mechanisms for education, law enforcement, health, and so forth. Cooperation between the International Labour Organization and international agricultural organizations is needed to ensure that child labor in agriculture is a thing of the past.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document