20/20 Analysis: Taking a Close Look at the Margins

1993 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maynard C. Reynolds ◽  
Andrea G. Zetlin ◽  
Margaret C. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This article presents “20/20 Analysis” as an experimental, output-oriented, noncategorical alternative to traditional approaches to identification of students for special education. 20/20 Analysis identifies students showing least (below 20th percentile) and most (above 80th percentile) progress toward important objectives of education in a school. The situation of each student in low 20% and high 20% groups is then examined as a basis for broad (noncategorical) approaches to improvement of learning opportunities. Case studies of two schools are presented. Policy implications are considered briefly.

The Practical Issues and Policy Implications of Regulatory Cost-Benefit Analysis Through Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-89
Author(s):  
Saungah Sau ◽  
Insun Lim ◽  
Sohyun Woo ◽  
Moonsun Kang ◽  
Ssangeun Jo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Benefit Analysis ◽  
Regulatory Cost

Getting up to SpEED: Special Education Embodied Design for Sensorially Equitable Inclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 114-136
Author(s):  
Sofia Tancredi ◽  
Rachel Chen ◽  
Christina Krause ◽  
Dor Abrahamson ◽  
Filippo Gomez
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Learning Opportunities ◽  
Special Education Students ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Design Based Research ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Design Speed

We present the implications of a novel approach to design-based research, Special Education Embodied Design (SpEED), for inclusive education. SpEED is a new way of thinking about how Special Education students can learn through whole-body participation (Tancredi et al., in press). The goal of SpEED is to update our thinking about special education and inclusion based on the latest developments in cognitive science. We illustrate the utility of embodied design to teaching and research on issues affecting learners in Special Education through examples centering different Special Education populations, including Deaf learners, learners on the autism spectrum, and sensory-seeking learners. Each project focuses on deepening the learning opportunities we offer students by using learners' existing embodied resources. We conclude with a commentary on considerations for implementing SpEED within the Italian educational system.

An Analysis of Teacher Sorting in Secondary Special Education and Alternative Schools

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loretta Mason-Williams ◽  
Joseph Calvin Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Secondary Teachers ◽  
Alternative Schools ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Alternative School ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Content Areas ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Nationally Representative

This study provides nationally representative information about the qualifications and preparation of secondary content and special education teachers in special education and alternative school settings, as compared with teachers in regular schools. Findings demonstrate that a statistically significant relationship did not exist between school types and many teacher inputs. However, a relationship between special education preparation and setting did exist among secondary content teachers. Moreover, results highlight the inadequate number of secondary teachers, both in content areas and in special education, who held a degree and/or certification in special education. Practical and policy implications of these findings are discussed, and limitations are addressed.

Moving Research into Practice: Can We Make Dissemination Stick?

2013 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
Bryan G. Cook ◽  
Lysandra Cook ◽  
Timothy J. Landrum
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Evidence Based Practices ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
What Works ◽  
Effective Dissemination ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Practice Gap ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Although researchers in special education have made significant advances in defining and identifying evidence-based practices, scholars often constitute an insular group that disseminates research findings primarily through outlets and venues targeting like-minded researchers using traditional approaches. Thus, despite tangible results in determining what works, using dissemination approaches that fail to resonate with or influence practitioners represents an important but often overlooked contributor to the ongoing research-to-practice gap in special education. The authors argue that empirical and theoretical literature outside of special education may offer insight into how ideas take hold, which may be especially relevant to the effective dissemination of evidence-based practices. Drawing on Heath and Heath's (2008) model, the authors describe 6 characteristics of messages that are likely to “stick”: (a) simple, (b) unexpected, (c) concrete, (d) credible, (e) emotional, and (f) stories. The authors consider each in terms of implications for dissemination of special education research findings, and urge special education researchers to consider researching, refining, and applying dissemination strategies that can make special education research matter on a broader scale.

Why Quality? Why Value? Is it Information Related to These Aspects?

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Leal Jamil
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Traditional Concept ◽  
Conceptual Base ◽  
Initial Approach ◽  
Final Goal ◽  
Quality Value ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Do So ◽  
Changing World

Writing about information quality and value will always be challenging: how does one combine such concepts, so classically applied, debated, defined, and also related to a dynamic, fast-changing world? In this chapter, a first call for the study developed along this book is made. An initial approach about quality, value, and information is conducted in order to show the already defined conceptual bases and the possible relationship among them. Along with this discussion based on traditional approaches, a discussion is introduced motivating the reader to think about how this concept and its relationship perform today. It is the “rethinking” of the conceptual base, which is the final goal of this book that is initially provoked in the present chapter. To do so, first the traditional concept view is approached and some of the criticism and motivations to change its understanding is presented. In the end, with case studies, this new relationship is debated, opening the book development of the desired rethinking process.

Defective Decision Making

2019 ◽  
pp. 234-247
Author(s):  
Unoma B. Comer ◽  
Suki Stone
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Teacher Practice ◽  
Teacher Burnout ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Thought Processes

Teacher burnout as the result of poor career choice and decision making plagues new teachers in the field of education, as well as special education. This chapter introduces theories of moral development and self-efficacy that explain the thought processes of teachers whose expectations in the field do not match the reality of teacher practice. Therefore, their decision making to enter the field contributes to early teacher burnout. Three case studies are described as examples to understand how the psychology of choice determines the factors that result in burnout. The chapter describes how the teachers' decisions relate to the psychology of moral development theory and self-efficacy theory for their career choice. Their behavior and attitude as a teacher relates to their catastrophic choices. The chapter presents suggestions that teachers can implement to make better decisions for their career choice.

Migration Transition in Small Northern and Eastern Caribbean States

1988 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome L. Mcelroy ◽  
Klaus De Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Important Policy ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Eastern Caribbean ◽  
Migration Experiences

One area of intra-Caribbean migration that has been overlooked is the “migration transition”—the transformation of rapidly modernizing societies from net labor exporters to net labor importers. This article assembles eight case studies to: 1) briefly present a spectrum of migration experiences in the Caribbean; 2) uncover some transitions under way; 3) pinpoint the forces that underlie the migration transition and; 4) point out some of the more important policy implications of labor migration reversals.

scholarly journals Policy for the Support of Creative Economy

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
Jozef Tvrdoň ◽  
Eva Belvončíková
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Policy Tools ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Policy Level ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
The Eu

Creative economy has become an important part of the development policies for more than a decade. Traditional approaches and tools of regional policy have not sufficiently operated in the creative economy framework. The paper presents the first insight of authors an this topic. The first part is focused on creative economy as a policy object in theory and in the EU policy level. It is followed by examples from two countries oriented on SMEs policy tools and on institutional framework. On a basis of the case studies the paper also looks at policy tools and their status in Slovakia. The final part contains proposals for policy tools in two areas - tools oriented on small and medium sized enterprises support and tools for creation of a specific creative economy development conditions (regulatory framework, supporting institutions and intellectual property rights area).

Diffusion of diagnostic medical devices and policy implications for India

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Mahal ◽  
Anil Varshney ◽  
Srinivas Taman
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Medical Device ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Facilities

Objectives:This study describes the diffusion of advanced diagnostic devices in India and assess implications for efficiency in resource use and equity.Methods:Commodity-level import statistics, household survey data, and interviews with medical device sellers are used to assess the spread of diagnostic devices. Published qualitative evidence, case studies of diagnostic service providers, and cross-country analyses are used to identify the reasons underlying the spread of medical devices in India. Case studies of public and private providers and data from 150 hospitals in one Indian state are used to assess efficiency in resource use and the distributive impacts of diagnostic devices.Results:High-end medical device inflows rose during the 1990s, with both supply- and demand-side factors influencing this trend. Although our results suggest that the overall quantity of advanced diagnostics in India is not excessive, there is some evidence of inefficiency in public facilities and possibly unethical practices in private diagnostic facilities. The unequal geographical distribution of magnetic resonance imaging facilities, coupled with inefficient use of medical devices in public facilities suggests inequality in access.Conclusions:The study points to major regulatory gaps and health system inefficiencies and suggests ways in which these gaps can be addressed.

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