Special Education in My Life

1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-75
Author(s):  
M.N. Njoroge
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Low Vision ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University

The following article traces the author's professional and intellectual development in both regular and special education, highlighting his personal and educational experiences at The University of Texas at Austin. Factors that affect low vision special education in Kenya, as well as the author's goals for the future as a specialist in education in Kenya are discussed as well.

Comprehension of Statistical Terms by Special Education Students

1973 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 408-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Mclaughlin ◽  
Victor Hinojosa ◽  
Jack Trlica
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Education Students ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Education Students ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Professional Journals ◽  
The University

Since special education students have been expected and often required to read in professional journals, a basic knowledge of statistics would seem to be helpful in effectively reading and evaluating research reports. Therefore, this investigation was designed to ascertain the level of comprehension of statistical terminology in a sample of 122 special education students from The University of Texas at Austin. Results suggested that students may not have the tools necessary to determine the worth of an article. There was indication that the problem might be alleviated through either inservice or preservice study in statistics.

Affirmative Action for the Future

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. Sterba
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Affirmative Action ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Of California ◽  
Affirmative Action Program ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Action Program ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The Future ◽  
The University

Diversity instead of race-based affirmative action developed in the United States from the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke decision in 1978 to the present. There have been both objections to this form of affirmative action and defenses of it. Fisher v. University of Texas could decide the future of all race-based affirmative action in the United States. Yet however the Fisher case is decided, there is a form of non-race-based affirmative action that all could find to be morally preferable for the future. A diversity affirmative action program could be designed to look for students who either have experienced racial discrimination themselves or who understand well, in some other way, how racism harms people in the United States, and thus are able to authoritatively and effectively speak about it in an educational context.

Electronic Literature Organization Chats on LinguaMOO

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena Larsen
Keyword(s):  
Online Discussion ◽  
Electronic Literature ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The University

On LinguaMOO, hosted at the University of Texas at Dallas from circa 1999 to 2003, the author conducted a series of online chats from her apartment in Colorado -- at first, on her own, and then sponsored by the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO). She invited lecturers and the electronic literature community; served virtual tea, coffee and pastry; introduced guests and suggested topics. Discussions included archiving, tools, the differences between print literature and electronic literature, the definition of electronic literature, readers of electronic literature, and the future of electronic literature. Participants included Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Robert Kendall, Talan Memmott, Jennifer Ley, Nick Monfort, Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Stuart Moulthrop, M.D. Coverley, Stephanie Strickland, John McDaid, Bill Bly, Sue Thomas, and Katherine Hayles, among many others. In addition to discussions and participants, this chapter also details the use of MOOs for online discussion and the creation of archives for the ELO Chats.

Course and Program Outcome Assessment Process

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Karimi
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Assessment ◽  
San Antonio ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Program Outcome ◽  
The Future ◽  
Undergraduate Programs ◽  
The University

Course and Program Outcome assessment process at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is briefly discussed. It is explained how data were collected, analyzed, and used in the enhancement of the undergraduate programs. This paper describes the management of the assessment process. Lessons learned from assessment experience are described and how these assessment processes will be streamlined in the future are highlighted.

Notes on the Life of a Tortured Optimist

1989 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-485
Author(s):  
Gideon Sjoberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Organizational Setting ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
The University

This article is an autobiographical account of the author's background, educational experiences, and academic life and work as a professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin. Particular attention is given to the author's scholarly and research interests, and to how crises involving the organizational setting in which he worked are related to the sociological problems he has addressed since the early 1960s, especially those concerning bureaucracy and human rights.

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