Educator Perceptions Following Changes in Gifted Education Policy: Implications for Serving Gifted Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 001698622110237
Author(s):  
Jaret Hodges ◽  
Rachel U. Mun ◽  
Javetta Jones Roberson ◽  
Charles “Tedd” Flemister
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Multiple Imputations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Present Part ◽  
Descriptive Framework

Policy changes are an ever-present part of education. In 2019, legislators upended over two decades of gifted education policy in Texas with the removal of direct funding for gifted education. In its wake, the removal of funding shook educator morale and created uncertainty as to the future of gifted education in the state. In this article, we report on a survey administered to gifted education educators in Texas. A descriptive framework in conjunction with Bayesian analysis and multiple imputations is used to analyze the survey results. Our findings provide evidence that though educator sentiment is largely negative toward the changes to gifted education in Texas, educator outlooks on the future of gifted education in the state are relatively high.

scholarly journals Unsung Heroes: How Senior Centers Have Adapted to Provide Essential Services in the Face of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
Jan Mutchler ◽  
Caitlin Coyle ◽  
Ceara Somerville
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Senior Centers ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Nutritional Needs ◽  
Core Mission ◽  
Almost All

Abstract This presentation will describe the ways in which senior centers in Massachusetts have adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three surveys (distributed in April, August, and November, 2020) were conducted with 342 senior centers in the state to learn about current operations through the pandemic, challenges faced, and steps taken to solve those challenges. Results suggest that almost all senior centers (91%) continued to provide limited programming or essential services during the pandemic. Senior centers are prioritizing socialization and nutritional needs as critical services, but are changing the way they operate to continue to meet those needs. Despite facing uncertainty about the future, senior centers continue to adapt to changing conditions as they seek to meet their core mission. This presentation will discuss effects of COVID-19 on how senior centers will continue to operate through and post-pandemic times as well as local and state policy implications.

Policy Implications at the State and District Level with RtI for Gifted Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissa F. Brown ◽  
Sherry H. Abernethy
Keyword(s):  
Gifted Students ◽  
The State ◽  
District Level ◽  
Policy Implications

A comprehensive plan for differentiating the training of teachers of the gifted online at the state, district and university levels in Florida, USA

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gillian Eriksson ◽  
Christine Weber ◽  
Lauri Kirsch
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Training ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Gifted Students ◽  
Google Earth ◽  
Training System ◽  
The State ◽  
National Standards

The training of teachers for a meaningful use of all that contemporary technology offers to developing curriculum requires constant vigilance, experimentation, innovation, revision and updating. The lifestyle of today’s gifted students includes a range of ever-unfolding technologies, such as text messaging, blogging, social networking, personal webpages, video pods, streamed television, online textbooks, online knowledge base, web searching, presentation tools, desktop publishing, graphics infused in word processing, simulations and complex gaming. At the same time, the technology literacy of most teachers is in ‘catch-up mode’ with constant retraining about how to provide curricula that includes webquests, virtual field trips, virtual passports, interactive maps (Google Earth) and webliography (TrackStar), presented in diverse formats. The following questions will be examined in this paper: How do you cross regional boundaries and local educational administration to provide a comprehensive state-wide teacher training system in gifted education? How do you differentiate teacher training in gifted education that uses appropriate methods, strategies and best practices in teaching gifted students? How do you incorporate the daily technology needs and uses of gifted students into training their teachers? How can you provide teacher training that is independent of time and space to reach teachers beyond their classroom yet make it directly applicable? How do you structure a system of accountability that meets state and national standards for gifted education? In the state of Florida, USA, a three-tiered comprehensive approach provides online training and certification to teachers at the state level, through the WOGI (Working on Gifted Issues) project, at the district level that builds on Florida State Training Modules for local relevance, and at the university level that can be incorporated into a graduate Master’s degree with a specialization in gifted education.

scholarly journals On measuring the image of the future in the discourse of the Russian State Duma deputies (as based on territorial-political representations)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Mariya V. Nazukina ◽  
◽  
Konstantin A. Sulimov ◽  
◽  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Structure ◽  
The State ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
The Federalist ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Russian State ◽  
The Future ◽  
Word Forms ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

Introduction: the analysis of ideas about the future in the discourse of deputies of the State Duma is of interest for developing a coherent and consolidated vision of the country’s fundamental future development. However, there has been a lack of study into the discursive features of parliamentary discourse and their research methods have not been thoroughly developed. Objectives: to address the methodological issues arising in studying the image of the future in the discourse of the State Duma deputies. Methods: content analysis, discourse analysis, expert survey. Results: the article describes the methodological challenges that researchers face when analysing the discourse of deputies. Following the study of territorial-political views, a model of expert codifier has been created, a heuristic potential of which was tested while applied in the study of “federalism” category in the analysis of transcripts from the State Duma sessions (VI-VII convocations). The structure of semantic field of the federalist discourse has been highlighted, which includes ideas about the concept’s basic layer, its conceptual segments and periphery. The prospects of combining quantitative and qualitative methods of studying political texts as well as potential directions for further work have been identified. Conclusions: various limitations associated with the analysis of large volumes of texts have been covered. The ratio of the revealed structure of the deputies’ discourse about “federalism” and its place in the expert codifier regarding the importance of this aspect in the picture of the future of Russia do not coincide. Categories and units under analysis appear to be linked in the deputies’ speeches in rather a complex way. Word forms and the components of discursivity need to be taken into account while analysing the meaning of the concept within the category under study. It has been determined that developing a complex structure of intersections in the codifier can become a solution and a promising direction for further research.

Obecny stan badań nad Zagładą na Ukrainie

2014 ◽  
pp. 889-915
Author(s):  
Anna Abakunkova
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Significant Part ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Holocaust Studies ◽  
The Holocaust ◽  
The Future

The article examines the state of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine for the period of 2010 – beginning of 2014. The review analyzes activities of major research and educational organizations in Ukraine which have significant part of projects devoted to the Holocaust; main publications and discussions on the Holocaust in Ukraine, including publications of Ukrainian authors in academic European and American journals. The article illustrates contemporary tendencies and conditions of the Holocaust Studies in Ukraine, defines major problems and shows perspectives of the future development of the Holocaust historiography in Ukraine.

Collective Memory: Between Values and Historical Knowledge

2020 ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
VICTOR BURLACHUK
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Collective Memory ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
Main Element ◽  
Rapid Decline ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

At the end of the twentieth century, questions of a secondary nature suddenly became topical: what do we remember and who owns the memory? Memory as one of the mental characteristics of an individual’s activity is complemented by the concept of collective memory, which requires a different method of analysis than the activity of a separate individual. In the 1970s, a situation arose that gave rise to the so-called "historical politics" or "memory politics." If philosophical studies of memory problems of the 30’s and 40’s of the twentieth century were focused mainly on the peculiarities of perception of the past in the individual and collective consciousness and did not go beyond scientific discussions, then half a century later the situation has changed dramatically. The problem of memory has found its political sound: historians and sociologists, politicians and representatives of the media have entered the discourse on memory. Modern society, including all social, ethnic and family groups, has undergone a profound change in the traditional attitude towards the past, which has been associated with changes in the structure of government. In connection with the discrediting of the Soviet Union, the rapid decline of the Communist Party and its ideology, there was a collapse of Marxism, which provided for a certain model of time and history. The end of the revolutionary idea, a powerful vector that indicated the direction of historical time into the future, inevitably led to a rapid change in perception of the past. Three models of the future, which, according to Pierre Nora, defined the face of the past (the future as a restoration of the past, the future as progress and the future as a revolution) that existed until recently, have now lost their relevance. Today, absolute uncertainty hangs over the future. The inability to predict the future poses certain challenges to the present. The end of any teleology of history imposes on the present a debt of memory. Features of the life of memory, the specifics of its state and functioning directly affect the state of identity, both personal and collective. Distortion of memory, its incorrect work, and its ideological manipulation can give rise to an identity crisis. The memorial phenomenon is a certain political resource in a situation of severe socio-political breaks and changes. In the conditions of the economic crisis and in the absence of a real and clear program for future development, the state often seeks to turn memory into the main element of national consolidation.

Current Situation of the Efficiency of the National Budget Allocation in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nguyen Trong Vinh ◽  
Nguyen Cam Nhung
Keyword(s):  
Budget Allocation ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Econometric Models ◽  
The State ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
State Budget ◽  
National Budget ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Positive Results

This research evaluates the efficiency of the state budget allocation in Vietnam in the period 2007-2016 by using econometric models of OLS, FEM, REM and FGLS. The estimated results from the model, together with the evaluation of the state budget allocation show that the budget allocation has achieved positive results, but the efficiency of budget allocation is still not high. Following this, the article gives some policy implications for Vietnam to effectively allocate the state budget in the near future.

The main directions of educational policy of Finland

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
K. E. Stupak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education Policy ◽  
Education System ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
The State ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
State Education Policy ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
State Education

The article deals with analyzing the main streams of the education policy in Finland, which reflect the relationship between a person and society in modern socio–economic conditions. Such policy directs the system of education to change the person and his mind himself. Finland using its education system, has long before been concerned about preparing people for the future by reforming approaches to teaching in schools and higher education institutions. As a result, it has achieved world–wide recognition and top positions in various ratings have resulted. Therefore, today there is a great interest of scientists in certain issues of education functioning in Finland. Thus, G. Androshchuk, V. Butova. I. Zhernokleeva, T. Pushkareva and others study in their works the purpose and decisive role of Finland's education policy in the development of the education system. S. Grinyuk and V. Zagvozdkin pay attention to the practical the steps of reforming the Finnish system of education. T. Drobyshevsk investigates the system of providing educational services in Finland as a sector of knowledge production. L. Volynets, P. Kukharchuk consider the principles of the state education policy of Finland. L. Smolskaya examines the role of the state policy in implementing the "Finnish phenomenon"; P. Basyliuk and Yu. Kulykova, focus attention on the study of the evolution of the system of higher education in Finland; O. Scherbak reveals peculiarities of vocational education and training.

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